50 Cent on Diddy’s Life In Prison, Eminem, & Street Fighter Reaction
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The interview explores the life and persona of a highly successful entertainment figure, known for his diverse ventures in music, business, and media. While celebrated for his achievements, he is also candid about his flaws and human moments—like accidentally spilling water in front of others—showing a relatable, unfiltered side. He critiques the excess of wealth, noting how expensive purchases like gardens or exotic trees reflect a sense of vanity, even if they bring personal satisfaction. The conversation delves into his approach to fame, emphasizing authenticity, self-awareness, and resistance to compromise, especially in Hollywood and social media spaces. He reflects on how his success has drawn both admiration and scrutiny, particularly regarding his artistic choices and relationships. A key insight is that his career success was built on consistency, creativity, and strategic planning, not just luck. Despite being surrounded by power and influence, he maintains a grounded identity, choosing to value personal experience over superficiality. The discussion also touches on cultural dynamics, like the dominance of white-centered entertainment and the impact of diversity in media consumption. Ultimately, the guest portrays himself as both a product of and a force within the entertainment industry, balancing fame with integrity, and using his platform to stay true to his roots and values.
What's up everybody? Well, I'm gonna flag our guest today as the deeply annoying habit of being good at everything that he does music, dominated business, made a fortune, television built an empire, throwing out the first pitch at a meds game, okay, maybe not everything. That was the worst. It might have been the point is the guy has 14 different dream careers. He still finds time to wake up every morning, go on Instagram and ruin somebody's day. Calling him successful at this point would be an insult. He's inevitable. Ladies and gentlemen, the Thanos of the entertainment industry, ball-rugged street fighter, out of October 16th, we got Kurt as 50 said Jackson, baby, let's go. Yo, man, I wanted to, I wanted to congratulate you for being COVID, man, I want you. You know, I obviously, rappers are late to everything and shit, right? Really? Like, are we two weeks ago? Really? Like, late, late, late, right? Everybody's dead for you, you know. You're gonna bring it back real quick. I just get COVID. I don't know. I thought that was for population control at the end. Yeah. Now we're talking, now we're talking, because these comes into play and it attacks people with existing illnesses and like elderly people. Yeah. Yeah. Doesn't have strong immune system. I don't seem a little perfect. You are too many YouTube videos. It's an interesting question. Bro, population, too many fucking people in the world, man. So it happens when you're in the house for a week with COVID. Yeah. Yeah. Just go watch videos. I can't go like this. I'm supposed to go out over no shit like this. You know, you think you're gonna die? You're good. No, I was, I was sick sick though. I don't understand. You know, you just get cold and shit. Yeah. Like, you know, like, I don't know. I'm like, I'm like, I thought I had the flu. Damn. Bro, first of all, I just want to say, I started watch poking out. I'm sorry. I'm asleep. I want to know that's my watch. No, just, no, I have a watch for you. Okay. It's very nice. And I'm gonna give it to you. Whether you want it or not. I know you don't believe that story when I tell you that's the craziest story. Yeah. But that is a true story. Can you, can you tell it again? Okay, look, I am not a clumsy person, right? I am not. So I get to, I come the first day I make it to Australia. Everybody is already there. The cast has been acquainted already. They already communicated with the director in a, in a comfortable place. We sit. We have dinner. We're talking. And I just, I go, yeah, and turn. And Andrew, look, it was, I sat next to him because I'm more comfortable and I don't know these people from nowhere. The actors and stuff like that. So I just go, let me just be, be where I'm comfortable by, and I'm home with someone, or at least I know this person. Then the, the other thing, I'm like, yo, I spill the water on him. And I'm like, what the fuck? And this is front of every, all these new people. This is shit people do that agitate me for real. Like, I'm like, go, no, I mean, he's like, it's all right. It's all right. It's not. I'm like, no. Like, yeah, take this, because everybody stopped laughing when I said, that's shit too, right? I'm like, no, take this. I want you to have this, because I did that. That was a mistake. And I'm gonna get me that one. So this is, I'm not making the same mistake twice. Yeah, yeah. Now, this is very, very, very, very, very, very, very nice, very, very nice one for you. Yeah. And now I'm positioned this so you can spill it on me too. No, that was, yeah. That one would not mind against me. Yeah. But that, that, you know, I wanted to give it to him. You know, I like, for me, a lot of the stuff that I'd be doing, it just be, like, I just have to want to do it. Like, because I don't, I don't mean like, I'm just going to, like, like going out, like, going to do shit. Yeah. I didn't do nothing all year. But why? I just was working, but you're always working. You know, I just didn't stop to just go do something randomly. Yeah. You know what I'm saying? Because then I'm usually where everybody's going to have fun and party shit like that, too. So I mean, that's environment, but I never went, like, oh, yeah, I didn't do nothing. Like, because I have a lot of the things that did out, like, wanted. Yeah. And then now it's like, okay, kind of used to that shit. Like, my car's collect exotic dust like the dust. It's like, it's like, I'm walking past the shit every day, bro. It's right there in the back of the truck. And I'm out of city. The money's in the back of the SUV in New York. Yeah. It is not true. Flash. It's not true. Nobody's driving a Lamborghini in New York City. Not for that list. It's a recreational day in the middle of everything. else is going on. Yeah. And it's just not the way New York City culture was. What's the most pointless shit you bought? Like, it seems like you're communicating at this, at this point, it's like, you've had the money, you've had a success. And you realize that most of it is just frivolous nonsense. I let shit for your yard. That's what it is. Yes. I want Pinterest. I want Pinterest. I'm going to landscape it. Yeah. Why does this guy's got a fucking garden? It looks like somebody just needed it. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I want to walk around shit like that when there's nothing to do. Like it just make it oddly cool. Yeah. And then you go and it is like a one-time spend. You get the right garden in it and the guys is in there to plant it. And then it grows on its own. Yeah. It's there. Yeah. Yeah. So I don't think money shit because you know names of trees and shit like that. He's like, he's a nice maple. Yeah. It's where you do get it. You know, the giants are private. She's trees and shit like that. Yeah. Yeah. But that look, there's no process. Evergreen, you know, because you need that blockage in a way. You need it to open up. Okay. See nothing in there, man. That should turn into one wall. Yeah. All the trees down there. But it's weirdly expensive. You try to go buy a tree and they're like, oh, yeah, it's a $10,000 tree. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Somebody's like the Asian trees and shit like that. I got two like, it's like sleeping willows. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Don't look nice. No, the other trees, but they look nice. The other trees were the expensive, bro. Yeah. So in that, I saw him as a cross. I said, oh, keep it. Yeah. That was like the big, the shit and Mike and Mike's crib. Like you got on his around the house. The weeping willow. Yeah, he had these things. This shit. Yeah. It looks like the trees like, like when in an old way shit. Oh, we have a special delivery, by the way. This is how you cure COVID, right? Yeah. Yeah. This is the cure. Feel like we celebrate. We are celebrating. Can I ask you one more question about this watch? Yes. The watch that you would offer to him. Yeah. I don't want to, you know, money. Sometimes you tell about money. It's a little bit ugly. It's a little ugly. But if you had to estimate how many zeros are on the end of the price of that watch? Like, is it a pretty expensive watch? Yeah. That's about $45. But then you just, I used the whole thing out. Yeah. Now, it was the time is all over the moment to try it. It's just the Rolex one. That was the one that he tried to give you. Is there a point where you, it's like everybody knows you have it, so you just wear fake shit? No, no, no, no, no, no. I don't like that. You can't do it. No, look, look, how would you wear fake shit? All of this shit, but all of this shit is in short, right? Right. Yeah. I did count, you know, like if anything happens, things go, go, go miss it. Yeah. People were running, you know? Why is that so scary when you're saying that? So the guys, the demons are stronger than them. Yeah. Right. Right. You know, I, like, and I don't, if you give me that, like, I look like a, like you're fine. So I go, you know, whatever, whatever. Was that like a chain was missing? That's so strong. What the fuck is the chain that, bro? No, somebody's like, I know I didn't, I thought I'd probably left it in Houston or one of the other spots because I do be taking it, you know, I'm just leaving this shit. And, you know, like I didn't even have jewelry on today. I was sort of walking around. You were very professional. Yeah. So salmon pants. Yeah, you know, you know, I am confident when I wear salmon pants. Bro, I had the blue stripes in it. Yeah. The master blue jacket. Yeah. Ty, everything for you. Yeah. I'm sure you're doing it. They say all the way saying about the clothes. Like, you know, I'm simple. Listen, I think the fashion piece is the first piece, bro. What you mean? Like, but when you saw hustling, the first thing that changes is your sneakers. Yep. All interesting. The shoes. And then they, they start to outfits. Right. And then, like, like, even for male children, you could tell when they nuts is fallen. They start getting in the fragrances. Like, because the compliment of Joe, oh, you smell good. They're like, oh, they want that. Yeah. That energy from people telling them that. And it's like, okay. Like, they felt one step closer to the pussy. Look, it does. That's what it's doing. But when does nail polish come in? Yeah. What about a nail polish? That's right. Final boss level. That's like, that's like, that's a nail polish thing. That's the thing. The person is, they're not in the style. They're a fucking stylist. The person is crazy about it and all the shit in their own entryway. They, they forgot to do that because I'm like, yo, bro, I have never had a desire to put fine stones on my fucking nails, bro. Yeah. But you want to make sure you do that. You got to clean them, though. Look like you're slugging it. You know what the bag is up last. You know how I'll last? Just fucking die. I scratch my head. Okay. I'm very, we know you know what. I just like that. To try somebody else, you don't try me. What the fuck?
I'm not cool with the nail polish shit, I was acting cool because it was all right. I was being cool with you, man. It's like, "Damn it, I know something cool about him." He got that. It's from Queens. Yeah. That's for a rock. Beach community. For a rock too. What for? Oh, my laugh. My. Yeah. Shit. Yeah. Come on. He knows everything. I know because the shit is around you, if you're not paying attention, you're going to get it up by it. He did. He got pushed off. Oh, shit be happening. So, you got to paint your nails. You got to paint your nails. Different paint. I know that. I'm a civilian. It's a pro. I know that. I'm a civilian. It's a pro. I know that. Get your hands on your hands. Oh, God, I was a game, man. Look at this. I'm clean up. What the fuck? The kind of game you thought I was with. Are you still a little bit mad because Tony Yeo and Uncle Murt over calling you out? Can we bring out the Tony? Can we buy that? Yo, the man was getting up close. Don't worry about that. That's not wrong with him. It's the man. Yeah. How do you know? Fab is better than Bex. You know what Banks would say? You got your nails painted. You can't give it up. I didn't know what he thinks. He thinks that Eminence is crazy. He was sitting crazy. Show him the nails. Show him the nails. Show him the nails. Show him the nails. Show him the nails. Oh, man. You know, do you call him? He's going to be dead. No. That's what he's going to do. No, I didn't. But I wish I did. No, I didn't. What are you going to talk about in the park? What are you going to talk about now? How common is it to get a massage in jail? You're still a genius.
different, bro. Who fucks offering them a side? Those things got cool air packets when they lived with you. There's a different thing going on in there, bro. Trust me. And apparently he's got an Instagram. That's what they said. He's got an anonymous Instagram that he's there. So the rumor is that he watched the doc. That's the rumor. Yeah, he said that. But who hasn't watched it? I mean, somehow you became more dangerous as you got entrenched in Hollywood. No, that look, I went into when I was looking like I had that in development, I had it in development. Six months before I met Alex, like I had met Alex and worked up with something else with her. But six months before I brought it to her for her to actually be the head and the showrunner on it. Yeah. And when she got to it, she was the right person for that. She built it out, it was not, it wasn't biased. You want to tell the story, not you know, make a hit piece. Yeah. How'd you get the cameraman that was following him around? Because like that was. Yeah, bam. So like how close to the release of the doc did you get that? Because it seemed like that was very recent. Yeah, I'd be catching this dude. That was like right like days before you got picked up. Wow. Yeah, so it's like, you know, there's a plan himself that I get people don't realize that he was, he's a reality stock. Like he's done making the band and his other shows they prop him up as far as the visibility. Yeah. And he was already on that. Was there anything you didn't include in the doc out of fear of getting sued or maybe you couldn't substantiate it and it was just kind of like a rumor you heard, but you were like, no, we can't put it in. Oh, a whole bunch of stuff. Like it's worse than the doc. Like a lot of the stuff that two were saying that you didn't put into it because. Because then you're liable and the fact that I'm gonna have some sort of something as a basically. And then there's a. What were some of those rumors which is called. I just don't get yourself in trouble. That's for like shit this, like cooler. I like, like, uh, baby mother shit. I've been known that for a year. I had that happening. Where? What? But baby mother is over there freaking off and she'll like that. Who? What path? Oh, the James. Yeah, the James though. Oh, why that's dead. Like, you know, that's not. This is a woman I haven't kissed in a mouth in 12 years. 13 is my son's 14. Yeah. Yeah. All right. So when that's happening, it's like, it won't account. Oh, it's 50s baby mother. So what? That's Jason Derulo's ex. That's what put that on me. You know what I mean? My fucking names will be recorded. And I like to be fucked with a whole lot of. I don't want to say it. But, you know, because didn't they look at the tape and my son seen me saying it instead of somebody else. They're trying to attach to you because you're the biggest person. Yeah. And then because we actually was organ. So it looks like, you know, my boyfriend got a habit of dealing with people that had previously dealt with somebody. Like he had a gratification out there. He likes to get behind so much. It's the confirmation of you, because this person is enamored by you and they used to be with somebody else. What is that? I'm not going to say just only rappers do it, but it is. It seems like in the rap community a lot of people like to. Yeah, why is that? Yeah, you know, isn't just so you could say that. I fluctuate. I don't know if that's just the motivation, but they are excited by women that have been around someone else. Like because it validates them. Yeah. Like if this girl chooses me and she shows that person. And she's excited because look, these but these house, yeah, they be excited. They're like, these bitches be wanting to play house, be a playhouse with me. How you know you've been all over place. You're all over the place. Just be all over the place. Don't come playing house. Like you got a moral compass or a basin. You don't just do what you fucking been doing. But are the dudes doing it because they want that notch in their belt or they just want to have something. For me personally, it's not a notch. But you know, some of them have this special skill set. Like that boy with Nielsen. Who's Nielsen? And when you're kidnapped, the kid, he says, I got this special skill set. I'm gonna fuck her. Yeah. Yeah. I'm gonna fuck your socks off with your shoes on. It's different when you got a pusher. Yeah. Okay. Speaking of movies, though, people don't believe me sometimes when I say that you didn't eat for a month for Street Fighter. Oh, yeah. Now I was very little. And it was like the eating for fuel instead of pleasure. But my understanding was you were doing liquid diet for like, yeah, I've been able to do that since I got shot. That's how you learned it. No, no, that I went through six weeks. No food, no food, no food, just English. And I have to take the insures and stuff like that. They still have to write nutrition. Yeah. But I can I can go on the quiz. Especially if I'm doing like intense cardio, stuff like that. Because that suppresses my appetite. Yeah. You know, people there are all of kind of shit out there that could help you now. But you know, I just been doing it that the way I did it. Yeah. The whole fashion way. But was it weird being in one place and having nothing to do for the first time? Yeah, but that was great. Like I was on vacation. Yeah. Because I move around so much as shit. Like the one I'm in one spot. And I'm here for like 30 days. And the jump part is like a lifestyle for me too. What were you doing? Would you leave the hotel? Would you just go for walks? Like to be a regular human being for the first time since you were probably 15 years old. Look at it. I don't go out. I didn't go anywhere a lot while we was there too. I'm like, because Australia. See, I always be feeling like, if you pay to see me, you should see me for free. Oh, so you're trying to like remove yourself from everything. All those things. Wait a minute, do you think that that? Okay, that's interesting. So that's like the old school celebrity thing, right? We're like back in the day when we were growing up, you would only get to see George Clooney or some shit or in a movie, right? And then with Instagram, social media, now you're kind of inundated with celebrities. Yeah, you can see more of the lifestyle. But do you think that's a bad that we see it so much? Does that make us less likely to go to the theater? You know, yes. Well, to a point slightly, like if you ask certain things, like if you say, well, what kind of car does it, anybody like, when they, when they focus on that area, it means they really haven't made it that much. What do you mean? Those those things. Like when they focus on like the expensive stuff that you had cars and shit like being seen. Yeah, but when you, like for the most part, you know, the, the bigger celebrities, you said, what kind of car do they drop? That's a good question, because they, you don't even know. Because they would be, when you see them, they get out of the back of a black SUV. Right. Then it takes, when they on leisure time, you pop out with what they were, what they like. Like I don't need everything. I need to shit that I like out of the cool stuff that came out. Like I pick. I don't say, I'm gonna get every car, like every, or every one of these shit, because I'm not going to do nothing, but walk past them, or fuck it. Yeah. And so they, you know, I just, I know now not to sell them back. Why? Why? Because like, like my mousy logo, I saw the back and it, because it got older to me in the car was, I didn't mean it didn't, to me. I don't like cars or cars. I get, at least that one, you get in it and it drives when you're trying to keep. Right. The other ones, these just got feelings. Like the Ferrari is just like that. You got to pet this motherfucker. Yeah. Ferrari got a thing where you got to plug it up on the wall, even though it's a gas car. And I'm like, what the fuck is this man? You getting a hundred of shit stock when you got this motherfucker. It is 500,000 more than a hundred. Yeah. And then shit won't start when you get ready to go. Yeah. You go, what? A couple of times I went to Ferrari, I fought the 4888. The 4888. 480? Yeah. It's like a. I don't know about that. Yeah. It was the spider for it. Okay. And then he changed it. Okay. And what happened with it? And that shit just was not going outside. I was voting to go for a ride, but it was not going anywhere. She was like, now I don't feel like it. Yeah. That's right here. 4888. Wow. You dropped a couple hundred thousand dollars on the car. Get into it and it doesn't start. Better fucking turn on it. I just like five and change. Wow. So you like. I heard, I heard a rumor that many years ago you got paid in Bitcoin for a show. Yeah. I got paid in Bitfoot in 2014 or something. Yeah. Like for a project. Like one of the projects I was accepting Bitcoin too. And it never really was like, I was like, "Yo, yeah, I do it." And then just thinking a different shit to do. And that was a different way to involve people and get the engagement then later. I was like, "Oh, shit. I ain't gonna know that." He just forgot about all that. Yeah, because it was. I'm counting the money that came back for me. Bitcoin was in somewhere else and it got lost in the shuffle with me and then later they popped up. They reported there was 700 Bitcoin. Yeah, yeah. It was from 50 cents. You know, I try to stay as grounded in as cool as grounded as possible so I could sustain cool. Right. Because if you're not, like I think that shit gets your head and you start, you know, you've been in the bubble. Yeah. Yeah. That shit.
'cause you can't function like that, you just gotta be. - Well, how do you, I mean, like you're in a bubble, but how do you make sure that you're not, like. - Yeah, like it's still. - You've been famous for fucking 30 years, dude. - But having an understanding of what it's gonna click and go off right away, it was not, like I'll go, if I'm gonna do something in gaming, yeah, I'll take Celo and take it into casinos. - Yeah, I saw that. - But culturally, even if you're not a hardcore gambler, you've learned the game already. - Yeah, yeah. - Because it's a part of the East Coast culture, like just life, at some point you come across it. I'm surprised no one has done that. - Yeah, head crack. - Yeah. - Oh, that's what, oh shit, okay. - Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. - Who's that with you? - That's Florida, that's my way. - Oh! - Well, you can roll four, five, six, let's go. He wanted to sleep with, they sleep on him because the music game, like, I don't like gangster shit, but it's top 40 crossover. - Oh, he has him staying with him. - I talk about Florida at all times. - Yes, yeah. - I'm from Florida. - I doubt him is like, you need to look at the catalog. - No, it's no joke. Like, it's really, and then when you travel, and then nationally, you hear it. - Yes, yeah. - I'm like, oh, this shit. - And he got like the Celsius money in prison? - Yeah, he likes this song. (laughing) - No, no, he can't. - I'm going forever. - He's like, I got stuck in Miami, right? At the hard rock, I was doing some shit at that point. And then, I'm trying to take off. This was Trump had to do something. They fucked up all the fights. - Okay. - And then I'm like, yo, what the fuck? I'm stuck in Florida, and I'm like, yo, he's like, I tell him, yeah, he could take my plane. And I was like, you're a plane. - Wait, did you think he's had a plane? I'm like, how much money did you think it got? 'Cause I got a lot of money. I got a lot of money. I didn't decide to buy a fucking plane, right? So I'm like, the process of like, you buy the maintenance, and then you put it back for somebody else to do it. I just do what someone else does. - Yeah. - It gets your plane when you, like, you buy it. It's cool. I'll take it and use it when I get ready to use it. - You handle the responsibility, so. - Yeah, so I don't have to think about a fucking plane. - Yeah. - And then, hang on, like, I look at the boats, like they're like big holes in the water, and you just dump my money. - Yeah. - But you never returns. - Never comes back. - Never comes back. - Never comes back. - I'm like, 'cause I just don't have boat time. They're like Miami, different. They go around and do a little parties that shoot on the boat, but yeah. That's like a second home where you can just take people out on the boat, shit, and then they get gas. - So did you take his plane? - Yeah, no, I ended up, yeah, I ended up, yeah. I flew back on his plane to get back there. - So he got you with the ride back? - Yeah, well, everybody was stuck. So he had to turn on it already on the runway over there. So I flew back on his plane. - All right, guys, stay and break for a second. Speaking of getting paid in Bitcoin this episode is brought to you by Cracken. Cracken, the simple investing platform that allows you to trade over 600 tokens, like Bitcoin and over 11,000 stocks in ETFs. You know that friend who swears he'd be an incredible trader. If he just had more money to work with, well, this is for him. Cracken has this thing called Cracken Funded. You take a challenge. Prove that you can trade in. If you pass, you have the chance to unlock a $1,000 funded account. And if you're funded, you keep 80% of the profits. 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So Vester Stallone returns as mob boss Dwightman frady in Tulsa King, the Paramount+ hit series widely considered as one of the best gangster TV shows ever. This season Dwight faces his most dangerous adversary yet a ruthless new enemy determined to take him down piece by piece with threats mounting against Dwight and his crew prepare for the biggest fight of their lives. Now that his empire is on the line, Dwight will do whatever it takes to protect everything he's built Tulsa King, new season streaming October 16th only on Paramount+. Another rumor about Street Fighter, well that rumor is true, it's just getting the unreleased toolbox on. >> Yeah, yeah. >> What's that? >> What's that? >> What's that you? >> That was not a rumor, it was real. >> It was real. >> It was real. And they had looked into it and they got it and it was a song that his original ambition as a writer, his version, he wrote it for Mike. >> As a walkout song. >> Wow. >> So he wrote the song for Mike Tyson, get out of here. >> Like that and then-- >> Oh, shit. >> I'm a street fighter. >> I'm going to fuck with me. >> I won't deny it. >> Oh, wow. >> You don't want to fuck with me. >> Yeah. >> It turned into the poli bus and it came through shit to a G. But the original version of it, he had written, he just, look, because he had done that, Park should have done it because, to me, he's an art student that took Doug as a thing. Because he was advanced, it was more advanced than the average street writer. Like the things that the street guy would write and put into the actual music, it's lifestyle, shit, yeah. And aggressive shit that he had done because of what people had done to him. But he would write a poetry book when he wasn't doing that. And we do other things, prodigies, like that from all of these, just the only other person I came in contact with, that I looked at and was like, no, you did that? Like, yeah, I write books, but I have a writer with me writing the book. >> Yeah, but prodigies, yeah, so, yeah, he'll do the whole shit, like sitting there and proofreading and it makes correcting everything in it before it goes out. >> Wow. >> I'm like, no, I'm not doing that shit. I'm telling you what the fuck you need to say, this is my book, right there, shit for me. So I don't have to deal with every dot, no, yeah, you do that part, right? They do that shit and then he goes, but he would do the whole thing and then they made fun of it because that he was cultured. >> Oh, really? >> And the fun of him for being close, his mom, he had, with his dad's question and he had a tutu back in the day. >> Similar to you. >> Yeah, some of them, some of them screened thing when they had him up there. Because the mob deep music was street music, it was like, shit, it was real Queens Bridge. >> What was the desert storm on the road that came on? Did you know he grew up doing ballet? >> Not ballet, partner dancing, my parents are dancing, but okay, just what I'm saying. >> I paint his dance. >> Just a little bit of it. >> I don't know. >> I was saying you cultured, like, you know what I'm saying, I was saying you cultured. >> We don't want to say, they're exposed to the arts early because the family was already there. >> But that's an advantage. >> Yes. But it was a strike against proud to see all the way to clown them. >> Yeah. >> Because how aggressive or how gangster, the lyrics were on the records and it was like. >> But doesn't that happen once people reach a certain level of success? You see all these people supported on the way up and then you hit some plateau and then it's people trying to tear you down. >> Oh, they're all there. >> And that's just with every game, right? >> It's a part of it because they were uncomfortable. The artist community itself, when you make it, they root for you. The first time. >> Yeah. >> But when you build a consistency that makes them feel like they're not going to move, they're going to go, wait, how the fuck am I supposed to have my time? >> Yeah, I can't get that out of line. >> Right. So when your new project comes out, they go, yeah, it's cool, but it's not like the first joint. The first joint, everybody except that you were great, then later they go, oh no, it's cool, but it's not like the first one, and you've got, boy, shit, you're so mean for the first week. >> Yeah. >> You know, the massacre, my second album, so 10 million records also. >> Fuck. >> So when they go, oh no, it's not as good as that one, I'm like, yeah, bitch, the chart don't know what you just said. >> Yeah. >> That's my fucking records to number one when they came out. >> So you don't even, before you even mention it, you just keep on pushing. >> Yeah, because they are trying to take away something that already gave me what I'm a gift from it. You can't change it. You can't change, a versus can't change that. Those things, the winner is supposed to lose that because you have everything too. >> Cuz I already fucking won, you're going, they're going to root for the undergo. >> Yeah. >> I was the underdog coming. >> Yeah. >> Now I won. >> Yeah. >> So they look around, you put them up against anybody.
you put them up again, they're gonna root for the other guy because they should. - Right. - For the other guy because you are clearly the winner. - Yeah. - Right. - So if they get point to anything that's a strong point on this person, they're like, "Oh, there's not." - It's not. - They're like, "He said, the job root should is pussy, you sing it in the rain, yeah." They think it was doing duets. - I don't do duets. (laughs) - I put a little melody on them. But that's so, in a nationally bitch, when we travel internationally, you see that they respond to my music. Some of these people English is not their first language. So you need them to be able to hum something. - What the fuck do you think they're following? - Yeah, but they know in the club. - Yes, they know the melody's on these records and you go, "Oh, okay, so what are you here?" Like, right here, it's home, bro. The rhythm of the rap, the music. I'm like, "Yo, we didn't know what the fuck "we're saying in gasoline." - Oh, yeah. - Remember gasoline? - Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. - You know what, what the fuck? - Something like that. - Somebody wanna make it with you in gasoline. - Play that shit. - I like that shit like the other hits. You can feel this a hit record. - Wait a minute, so when you're first starting out, are you already aware of this? Or when you're first starting out, are you just like, "I just wanna get a hit." Or are you plotting the next 10 years in the career? - In the first and the very beginning, give me how to rob. - Nah, you just wanna hit. That was desperation. Like, when I made that record, it was, Columbia was, I was approaching the release date. Columbia Records was keeping the release date. - Yeah. - And I had to do something. - To push their hand? - Well, to do something to create a notoriety. - A buzz and excitement. - Within the culture that made the record, I see like, do you suppose to get your head tore off for that, like that? Everybody within that culture looked, they hadn't said each other's names. - Yeah, I know. - Since Tupac and Biggie, oh, so everybody was a little-- - Everybody was 20 GB, someone in the threat, someone sent in them. Lex3TV sets the minimum. That's Nas talking about Jay-Z. I just say, fuck you if I don't like what you're saying right now. He went through the trouble of building this intricate piece aligns that described what you had in your video. - Yeah. - And the subliminals were intense. Like, everybody was doing shit that, but there wasn't saying each other's names. - So you went direct, and all of us are remember even, as a kid, like, you know, what the fuck is happening? - Yo, he's crazy. Like, can you go, yeah, yeah, well, crazy is, you see what I'm subjected to in my neighborhood? When I'm shot up, that's my neighborhood's activities. - So you're not worried about wrapping on the floor? - No, it didn't get worse. - That's just home. - Yeah, rappers are safe. - Yeah, that's what's the other way. - Wait, I want people, all of you motherfuckers. - Yeah. - You know, I've had people, three guys, then collectively, they have four life sentences. - Wow. - Those are the people I had people with. Like, it's framed, it didn't match me, your fucking world, shit like that. Those people were on the list of people you don't want to have problems with. - Yeah. - See, but because I don't want to pick who comes, like, who has the issue, and when they say they want a problem, I say, no problem. When they say, what a problem you say, no problem. - Oh, fucking problem, man, you're gonna find out that I have resources. All I do is make your introduction, bro. (laughing) They're fucking tough. - Okay, I'm gonna introduce you to this tough nigga, I know. (laughing) And y'all gonna go do tough shit. - Okay, hold on. So, all right, once you start, once the career goes crazy, now you have a label that realizes you're a cash cow, right? Is there a part of the label that goes, yo, we have to make sure that you're safe because you're literally printing money. - No, and that, let me tell you what happened. - What should we know, that didn't happen? What happened was, didn't they show up? - No, Eminem is 50 cent broke. There's no 50 cent without him. And people don't understand my relationship with him, because at the time, they had relationships with everybody, all of the business. - Who is they? - This is murdering, this is Irv. This is-- - Oh, the opposite. - Yeah, so they were doing, like, I've never told people not to play Javro's music. I told him, I don't fuck with him. And if you fuck with him, I don't fuck with you. - But they were doing the corporate pressure shit where they were taking you off to that year. - So I knew if I did a deal in certain places, it would not, I would not get a share. - Oh, did it deal with the same label as somebody only had to go over there? - I had to be on the West Coast. When the East Coast West Coast ship was going on. - Oh! - In the scope is the West Coast. - Yeah. - Oh, wow. - That's the, that was, Jimmy had Defro. Jimmy Ivean had Defro, that entire time that that was fun. So when you get to the end of scope, they there, and they're like, we don't care about what they don't. Over there, like, this is-- - It doesn't affect our business. - It's a world apart. And it gave me the fair shot that I needed, like, just that, for me, I don't need no help from now. I'm gonna run with this just so crazy. You're gonna be like, there's a point where, like Paul talks about, Paul Rosenberg, where you go, he's fucking more popular than them. And I'm going, him's the guy, he's just stupid. Because the way I was raised, bro, I never, we've never had an issue 'cause I've never tried to outshine the master. And what I mean by that, is he is why I got the opportunity. See, when I'm selling 13 million records. - Yeah. - He sold 24 million records for the money. - Right. - And my other self, yeah. - Look, they'll look and say, oh, why is someone, he's why? - He's fucking wrong, yeah, that's why. (laughing) - Why? - Yeah, how long do you wanna do that? - Yeah. - How long do you wanna do that? When we listen to the fucking music and it's more advanced. - Yeah, yeah, yeah. - Was he given you advice artistically at that point, but he's telling you like, - He was looking at me like, what the fuck is wrong with this guy is? - It. - Yeah. - Even till his day he talks, there's a great version. There's a great interview where he's, he literally wraps a verse of yours. - Do you know what I'm talking about? - He knows all of them. - Like, it's the crazy thing. - Did they gather like, he picks these, 'cause look, we go, like I listen, there's not an M&M record out that I didn't hear. 'Cause I didn't sit and listen to him. - Yeah, really? - I listen to all of his shit. - Wow. - Something when he gets angry, he gets fast. - And everything starts coming out. She's like that and the music, but I listen to every single thing. - Oh, sure. - That he's done. And if you said, he'll send me, - How do I kill him, he'll send it to me. - Early. - So I already know some of the shit that they trying to catch up with to learn it. - Right. - I already heard it. - No, wow. - You sound insane. So I was like, it kind of, we had a relationship that kind of kept us ahead of the curve with a lot of shit. And it's because creatively, I was doing things like, look, I wasn't even going to say anything about a job. Well, when I first got there, I didn't want them to feel like they brought a problem. - You said I'm saying so. - Yeah, yeah, yeah. - He made a mistake and said something about Haley. - Yeah, that was it. - I said something about Haley because that's, we felt like he had a relationship with him because they got high a couple of times and they put the intimate situation, made them blood brothers. - Yeah, it's something. - You know what I'm saying? Well, he fucking, and he just went off and said something about Haley and him was bothered by it. And it was like Friday. It was a Friday that we heard it and was in Detroit in the studio. So you're together. - Yeah, and he left. He left. We didn't go home. - Oh my God. - I recorded, I don't know how to go for it. That's the first tape where I was addressing this situation like that. I recorded that whole CD, what, and saturday and Sunday. - And Em is, Em is, he goes home to write his shit or he went home to chill for a while. For the weekend, like the rest of the Saturday, Sunday is cool. You couldn't went out and the hotel or the hotel a little casino and then shit like that. - You were partying. You were, you were partying. - Like we, it's best. - It's me, thanks. Yeah, you there, everybody there? Like, no, we not leaving, bro. They left. They gone. This hours. - Yeah. - And you guys recorded the whole week. - The whole automated gunfight. But you came back. He was like, yo, I said, yo, you got to hear this. I go look. So that's cool. And he go, how do you got past like the dirty track? I'm like the, I smell pussy and all that. He was like, when did you do this? - Yeah. - And he was like, yo, this seems like this guy's crazy. Like, he said, wait a minute, wait a minute. I gotta do my shit. Like, he said, I gotta do my, cause he's, you inspired him to go. - He's saying, I gotta, he didn't, hadn't touched on how he was going to respond to what Jai said. Cause he left the chill for two days and it came back. - Yeah. - And suddenly we got back, that Monday, it was like, yo, no, you got to hear this bro. Cause this is, like, he like, for, he noticed like, I just was saying close your head when you left. Like, we never left. He's studio. He stayed in that studio. That's like the two part made it to the West Coast. - Yeah. - I understand. This is why we have more two part music, the Biggie music. - Why? - When he passed. Because he was going back to jail. - So he's like, I gotta record. - He's out on appeal. - So he's like, what? He's working like an animal bro. And then he, he done so much. Dre was still on his victory lap from the chronic. So the first record he did when he got out there was California Love. - Wow. - California Love. - Yeah, of course. - He said video on Craigsail, California Dreamer. - Yeah. - So that shit was hard. And then he did, a double CD, it was all eyes on me. Broke Street Date with Mark Velley.
It was only a five-hour deal, yeah, the concrete rose or something else sitting there. He had to do the key art and put skits together to it, but Drey didn't produce none of those records. Oh, sure. So, she was telling Jimmy, "I don't know, something might have to happen to Drey." What? Something might have to happen to Drey because he got to figure out how he can give two pop hits, you know, a piece of a death row, to keep him. He built the outlaws at the same time. This is all him having something if he goes back to jail, the outlaws can still rock because he got them hot. And then, so he building all of this up, he got two other albums sitting in it, the tracks is dead. They mix and shit and figuring out skits and to make the albums complete, shit like that. But it just, he did them fast, bro. Okay, so what's happening for you at this time? Are you tracking all this? Are you seeing what they're doing strategically? No, I watch everybody's, like everybody was doing, bro, like it's not, because there's no playing beat. This shit got to work for me. I was saying that I got to work. Well, I don't remember when we were in Australia, you were saying something interesting to me about like, you like, I could turn on the tour aspect whenever I want. Yeah, yeah, I could go. And like, it was a very interesting thing. I spoke to someone else about this and they're like, if you have a 10 year run in, let's say, music. Yeah, like it's like, Jay, just, just displayed it. Exactly. You can go tour whenever you want. That's, look, what do you think creates the Yankees stadium shows? Tell me. He spent about eight months on a legit record of this. Jesus. You got to figure out how to fix that shit. Fifth. Come on. He was doing so well. He dropped. She dropped it. There was an alleged, I say he spent six months on a legit record. Did you hear that statement? Yes. What was incorrect about that? There is nothing incorrect about it. Wait. I have three spider out. No, it's 16. I took two spider out. I'll take that. I'll take that. Oh, anything to do with it. Yes, the fuck you do. He stayed in three times. Look at this. You go. Who's the job is it to make sure you can stay in a good enough position publicly for them to make the money back that they already gave him? Who? I don't know the answer. Carlad nation. Okay. So you think those concerts were already planned? So this allegation, this is not new, bro. The J.K. Stadium in Detroit as a stadium. Him and M&M. Yeah. M is the biggest fucking rap artist in the world. They pay you M&M, two people. I don't go fuck who it is. You can go find a guy that had. He'll get that boy. I got brought to the lab. Get him with that one record and kill him with M&M and I should sell out. You say, oh, you're saying his M's going to sell out in a matter of what? He's going to fucking sell out. And he's doing two shows just New York in Detroit. Come on. Interesting. What the fuck, bro? And then there's like, in between them, there's a song. Great song, no. Very good. That's true. That's true. Even when they did that, I was at home and I said, look at this thing. I said, look at this thing. He'll say, look at this thing. cool like I'll hang out with this motherfucker man like the way the communication is his cool bro it's not like that's why I saw so so when you look at the body of work after when you understand that they're not screaming for diversity are you crazy they don't care to see you niggas on the TV bro that's real I said you know I'm saying if I put look the original Hollywood is white Hollywood so the Hollywood that successfully sells the best is white Hollywood right if you make diversity I'm up against not so many fabulously financed projects okay all right so when I come in I'm able to to create shit that is beyond up to standard because of the landscape or the business I'm coming at a time that you got streamers and apps and all these different things everybody spend beaten and then and when you got a compete you got to spend if you mean and then you carve they're carving out what makes them unique and special and then what brings the core audience over to different places like for stars they they would lean on outlander bro they were outlander outlander outlander outlander outlander outlander outlander outlander outlander outlander and it's look I'm going pal with the fuck pal why are you they're not saying power they're saying outlander when you look at the subscriber ship and the people that are drawn yet it's for me saying so this is this is a thing I keep telling people it's like and again you correct me if I'm wrong but what I thought you did when it came to TV film is you demonstrated and now this happens all the time by the way but you've demonstrated that the streamer doesn't have an audience the show has an audience right my content matches my personality slightly yeah like you can see you go I can see him yes why he would make that yeah creatively it's it's like I got to taste what I like like and Tyler should have carved out like that too and then he'll he'll start to tear it over you'll start to see a make things because he said he was a little jealous when when they hit like that but power they didn't receive it right away to the point that I had to display that the people were there because of me what you mean like they thought they were pop before the power universe took place yeah and they and we was going off then I said yo you know what time it is you know I let you know when it's coming back oh you pulled it he pulled it you pulled it and they were 40% of the subscription wow and you did that so they understood what you brought it was so mad at me I came in the office he goes it's Chris Alper again the car we luck the issue car comes in there what kind of partner does this all right and then he goes over and I'm like listen you guys have been doing this a lot longer than me I said if you're not understanding that you have the issues you have in the programming issue and it's not what I said then I'm not understanding what you're looking at and Chris is looking at me and he goes over Gary Lee because he's like it's fucking way smarter than we think he is we got to do something like with to expand it and then I get the call back this is when they will and do the power yeah okay you come out as 50 you put out G unit you force out G unit second before you drop the second out this is all strategic right yeah is that the same fucking gameplay you do with power and then I'm in the universe when you do that with that scenario I just explained to you was what I did to make them look at it like we need more this like we need more to keep the people there because it was take it six months more than that eight months for the yeah and then I'm like oh so it goes off this is they only have the app for that people make choices now they don't just they don't click every fucking app and I was one of those people so you will pay the dollars pay every month you take it out but if you got the universe running the whole year now I'm paying for right there's way more money for them and event what they're probably trying to do is match certain program without you and you're like hold on we don't do that with them that's they maximize and they were spending the money on the other program inside and it's like we're not here for outlander like they had they had a pie of two different tracks yeah the outlander track and everything it was there was what was supposed to make the the network successful you know I'm saying that because it was definitely it targets the white audience but even like every other culture this condition to watch white entertainment hmm this is why we love Robert De Niro and Al Pacino and because they were against the representation yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah early stages yeah that was done well yeah that actually had budgets involved to make the scenes go everything is tight yeah those movies were made and the iconic movies like you I don't care what culture you it's like what nationality you have you watched that and those those were the favorite movies yeah we'll watch a godfather we're all watching fucking Tony my god they were looking to say okay Cuban refugee me in per year insert yes the that person right there like you know I mean it didn't matter that they wasn't the same they could see themselves getting to the top of the game like that yeah yeah you know I mean and you would even see the mirror it declared it but it suits like that so you think when when the industry is talking about diversity you actually don't think they don't care about diversity trust me it's not like look look at this I've been number one in African-American and Latina households for in addition it's crazy like for 13 years wow power just the original power came out that's been number one African-American Latina households in the universe stayed there so when that's a fact when you look at that and there was no ammunition tough to lose it never even made it to that platform for you I have a that's the Taylor Sheridan thing like yeah Taylor created his worlds and he never gets a fucking Emmy nomination nothing don't think well that's the thing you don't need but some I don't know what he wants but it's another example of like he created a world in his likeness he kind of did a 50 cent thing he's going to pay like a mother fucker he's going to be he's going to be yes he's going to get like believe me from yeah like you think they why do you think I impressed for you to say you're not just the greatest rapper I got a boatload of money yeah not worried about that shit like you are like it is yeah I'll make you the best name song you've heard in your love yeah want a jingle like like setups where you get a chance to continue to be 50 so I haven't compromised myself because I don't have to I am me they you know like they got to figure out how to have someone like me on their team to have that type of thing you know a fox was saying when they met Empire this is our power no wow yes well you think they say when snowfall is under network yeah wow this is our power like this is so they were doing the Hollywood thing where it's like because we hit the bulls eye exactly you want it it's a race to be second yeah and then when you go I mean in the bulls eye but they don't have the marketing money so I got to have beef with them be a fuck Empire it's still not tagline right because empires are built on power that was just good marketing when you're trying to get the same audience to take a look at it right and then add all the funds to continue to market and to get that audience to gravitate to you know to cookie over what's going on over there and and I love to write yeah fifth of a work of shit what are the biggest things I respect about you is how you've been able to step in any room and stay yourself like you go to Hollywood and you stay yourself you don't get compromised you don't wanna see if you're right my audience they are running the fucking world explain the people who were in college in 2003 2005 when I'm clearly dominating music culture these are the people who to see CEOs now these are the people running the fucking world wow so the people in charge are the people that everybody did not go talk to to make the deal yeah completely understands why um oh wow wow so I walk in meaning more than the average producer yeah person that you talk to and what happens if it's the older generation who doesn't really understand by the track record I have 42 shows across 15 networks I'm the only person that you'll be talking to it does it has that at the present moment active shows 11 going towards air the others are in different stages of development production and stuff like that but it's easier to tell me yes yeah and then once you get a certain amount of momentum that it goes like you look how do you think I need variety or deadline or or Hollywood reporter that write a story on me the fuck out you have each 110 million people to my phone you know so what I need them for that sends a signal to business inside is that if you want this project to be a successful you want it to work right you need to get that over there yeah have they ever try to ask you to do a show that's completely outside of who you are the basis I mean I've been you know always wouldn't be outside of but they think look don't use music and say this is what he's going to produce in television right because like you would have said like there are people that the specifically did he dot when I talked to other people who were in development yeah one docs because I was like well you know they might have a take on it and we might be able to get with it and just do it like that because I had everything else in place right
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I mean, Call Shee has OKC and the Spurs tied at 20%. >> Yeah, yeah, yeah. >> And then this is, but here's the thing. It's like everybody comes to New York because they want to go up against the odds. You don't leave wherever you're from and move to the most competitive city in the world because you're worried about being an underdog. >> Yeah, I mean, LeBron did it. He left Akron, Ohio to come to New York. >> Thank you, right? >> Thank you. >> He's living here flying around in a helicopter. >> 100% because he needs to know what it feels like to be an underdog in New York. >> If he lived in Philly, whether they're number three, they're above the Knicks right now. >> Yeah, six or 13%. >> And the Knicks were at a measly single-digit 9%. >> But we like that. We like that. We like being overlooked. That's inspirational. >> That's a little too disrespectful. >> That's what I was going to write to you. >> I was going to put too much of that. >> That's disrespectful. >> Fuck you all there. >> Fuck you all there, not believing in us. >> Okay, wow. >> Knicks in five. >> I mean, you're going to see Philly versus the Knicks opening Dad. >> Damn, right? >> Right. >> Damn, right. When is that? The 20 something? >> Yeah. >> Hopefully it goes down to that preseason game. >> Woof. >> We're not worried about it. >> Yeah, preseason versus-- >> We're not worried about practice late. >> It's not my practice, it's come on. >> Yeah, we're not going to do all that out. Come on, Dad. >> We, listen. What we're going to do, we always do. We might even be getting the season. Let other teams think they've got a shot. It really might be that. >> Sandbagging. >> I'm not going to say we're going to sandbag, but we already understand we can come back from any lead. When you go down 29 in the finals and then you come back. >> It's just time. >> Sorry, 39. When you go back 39 in the finals and then you come back, is there anything else you can't do at that point? It's like kind of invisible. It's a little like a, thank you. >> Come on, we got this. >> Thank you, come on. >> A hundred percent. >> And there's lots more next year. It's kind of nice. Everyone's got next year. I've seen more Knicks apparel in the last like week than I have in the six years of the journey. >> Let's go. >> You know what, I really want to say. I like us being underdogs because it allows other people not from New York to live vicariously through us. The one thing about this Knicks Championship win is usually when the New York team is in the finals, the entire world roots against us. Like I remember going through it as Yankee fan. No one gave a fuck. They hated the Yankees. But the Knicks have been so sorry for so long. People started rooting for us. >> Yeah. >> So it's really the entire world and the Knicks verse whoever else is on that board. >> If you really think that. >> So I'm going to go with the entire world. >> There you go. >> All right, let's get back to the show. >> It's interesting. I think a lot of people from the outside have an assumption to like, oh, the streets and gang life is like ruthless and cunning. But Hollywood is all, you know, buttoned up and everyone's, you know, above board. Is Hollywood just as much of a gang as street life? >> It's worse. >> Have people tried to intimidate you? >> Only because, no, not me. How the fuck do you do that? >> I mean, so why would it be worse? >> But they're what I'm saying is worse because they're not. >> Because of how, when they rob you, they have that nice suit I just had on. >> Yeah, yeah. >> When they rob you, it's in their language. >> Yeah. >> It's not, they don't give you the courtesy of pointing the gun at you. >> Yeah, right. >> They hide behind the wall. >> So you can feel it. >> Yeah, yeah. >> You just find out after with the fuck. >> Right, right, right. >> People try to get over on them and that's the reason. >> The courtesy of pointing out that you can feel fear. >> Yeah. >> Wow. >> When you take it your shit. >> Yeah. >> Right, you just, you missed that whole part of it. And then you just walk off at your shit. And anytime I see you post a white guy on Instagram, I'm like, oh, some exec got cute. >> It's my whole white dude on your Instagram. >> When they do shit, they make me uncomfortable. I respond to it sometimes. And when that happens, I go, yo, look, this guy, oh, you're doing, that's a guy from Shreveport. >> It was something, I just saw you post something. >> I was like, I can't see the curve. >> Yeah, I was like, oh, this guy's in front wall. >> You know, they use, but it's like everything else. When you use your foreheads, because you're getting that much coverage in that area, you just put little things out. Because you get, you know, journalists though. >> Yeah. >> And then use the journalists as weapons. >> Yeah, yeah. And when he's doing that, I'm going, yo, why you keep saying, like it's like the issue was, should I be able to put brands on the gates of the property I own? >> It's like, you're, it's your fucking property. >> What the fuck do you mean? >> Yeah. Like, when I got to make, cover it up, because it's going to be working constructions like, I put things that matter to me. It's going to come to Shreveport when I, as I come. Those things, right? So it was, it's usually about nothing when they do that. And that's why it's being handled in a playful way. Because later, I tell them, yo, you must be friends, bro. Because you're being my enemy. It's not going to matter. I got too many enemies already. You know, shit. >> On the list of people that, you know, you know, you know, they threaten it all to me. >> Yeah. >> And, you know, we might as well just have done and talk about how you feel, the way you feel. >> [LAUGH] >> How much, how often does that happen? We're like, you will get somebody to speak straight to you. And is there anybody that you, that you felt like? Oh, I actually admire this guy's honesty. >> Yeah, if you say something and it's how you feel about it, I'm like, okay, I see, I just feel. >> I mean, privately, they'll be like, hey, can we talk this out? >> No, not a lot, that doesn't happen. >> Because you know what happens if they, I would absolutely understand that. You know, like, this time I just commented or just did things. And it's just me being me. Like, I look at shit like, like, Beckham, Odell, like. >> Oh, what happened? >> Like, I saw like, wow, pictures. Like, like, is it just choice? And I'm like, yo, you want one, right? I post them like, yo, he did it. And he thought, like, I had a beef with him. Like, I was, like, a beef with him. >> Yeah. >> And I said, I mean, he was like, yo, you post it like, like, we ain't ain't no beef with no like that. And I was like, what? >> Yeah. >> So, what the fuck you talking about, bro? >> Yeah. >> Said beef, I'm like, nah, man. You talking about what I'm supposed to fit you? I said, nigga, you wore that shit. >> You wore that shit? >> I looked at the shit you had, or I said, What the fuck is going on here?
- Right. - And I'm like, oh, you look-- - He gives me open life, I mean, when I'm saying it because he's saying he's-- (laughing) - I get it. Like it's not like, but leave hell, no. - Yeah. - Over your choice to where, what you want to where? - Yeah. - It's just-- - No, I'm just saying that it was stiffer shit called that. - If you'd do it with some different shit right now, I'm like, what's that? - Watch Street Fort giving you such a hard time if you're gonna bring so many jobs and like, just traffic to the end. - When you're doing something that you're looking for a fertilizer area, I always looked to do the biggest thing possible, like a take on the biggest challenge, right? And you think, I've done everything I've done in my career to be a restaurant owner, no. It's not on my list of shit, dude. How-- look, when I come back, are you gonna think I'm cratered because I have a successful restaurant now? Like, no fucking way, that's what she was doing. Why you wouldn't do it something productive, no? - Something else, right? Like, you know, but that's not an easy business. These are not easy businesses to make work, yeah. But I would take on those challenges 'cause it's right there and to bring people there and to get them active faster was I know I will put the money in to start it functioning. - Right. - All right, and they play games in negotiations. Like, there's a thing where, you know, the mayor there, he said to me, right, when I did him harmony. He said, you know, there's some people that are nice. - I was there, I was there. - It's not happy here, here. - Why? - And I'm like, this is, you want Louie's in it? - Okay. - I think so. - Some people not happy your black ass is doing anything. - Okay. - Hmm, okay. - You understand? - Let alone so. - And the biggest party for that week. - Yeah. - You still have all the things crazy. - Fucking celebs. - And then it turns into 35,000 people. And then all of the star power. - The relationship is bringing that energy. - Yeah. - And you going, this is shit I show you couldn't make. - Mm-hmm. - It's an unmakeable show for, you can't repeat it. - Mm-hmm. - I mean, that's the comedy show I'm in saying. - Yeah, no, don't like that. - And all just off of you sending a text out. - Look at the line up. What would it cost? - No, you can't pay for it. - You can't pay for it. - Yeah. - It was, it was like the roast of Tom Brady, but in Shreveport. Without Tom Brady. (laughing) - You got it. - You got it. - You were to take a connecting flight. - There you go. (laughing) - Pat Williams. - Yeah. - Andrew Schultz. - Matt Reif, Earthquake. - It was great. - Bill Bellamy. - Yeah. - Michael Blackson. - Yeah. - So many other DC on fly. - DC on fly. - DC on fly. - He's good boy. - He's good boy. - He's good boy. - He's good boy. - Oh, I was good boy. - Gary. - He's good boy. - Gary. - Yeah. - Look, this is so much stop power. There's so much. Look, if you, you can't pay that line up. You know what you need to do that? We need, or 65,000, or a 70,000 arena. - Theater arena, yeah, a stadium basically. - To do that. And then, I've set up that allows them to feel like they can see those screens a little closer than that. 'Cause that's the super bowl of that would probably get more eyeballs if you, if we marketed it. - Yeah. - We didn't, without surprise, it was opening the entire town at that point. So, anybody that said, "Live Nation was the partner "on it to begin with when we had it in the stadium." They go, "It's not a tarmac market." I'm like, "What the fuck do you mean it's not a tarmac? "Ned is the desert for fucking Burning Man." - Yeah. - You know what I'm saying, you know what I'm saying? You go, "I'm like, what do you mean?" - Bro. - Like, I can move people here. - Yeah. - Like, be crazy. You going, "Well, so, okay, you're going to do the line up "and do this, this is nice." Yes. We'll move a mountain out this month 'cause everybody was holding, help me down on that. And you look at them going, "What, when they saw it happen?" - They were like, "Oh shit." - Mm-hmm. - Yeah. - "Live Nation." You guys see the things where people would go, "Oh, you know, maybe we do something together." You know, yeah. - Yeah. - They try to play around and come back. - Yeah. - Who the fuck has changed their whole tone? Like, listen, people flew in to do eight minutes. - Yeah. - We're not talking about like, like, "Cat will even flew in." - But they didn't need, look. The eight minutes, the time didn't matter. - Yeah. - It was just showing that you can get to, yeah. Grace, the stage at that point, when you had the biggest things that was heading, in between, we had live music, hit music in between. And it's like, they didn't still stay long enough for you to hear shit, you didn't want to hear. - That's true. - Mm-hmm. - They played, you come out with your head? - Slap hit and move. - Boom. - Comedian. - Yeah. - Next comedian. - Yeah. Like, anything go about, the music, next comedian. - Yeah. - They were sitting there and they was in shock. Like, oh, shit, too. - Yeah. - Like, I'm glad my cousin didn't come. - Yeah. - Yeah. - Somebody can make it. - Yeah. - It was, yeah. - I told you. Like, if you was doing that, but to show up, again, without even mentioning who was coming, it was sell out. - Yeah. - Now you're dealing with governmental power. Like, do you understand power on a different level? - That's right. - Now that you're at this point. - Governor, Governor Landrys, right? - He got down there. What happened? There was significant about that event was they usually have four to five violent crimes a day in Shreeport, right? - Oh, yeah, I remember this. - No violence. - No crime. - No crime all weekend. - The crime stopper. - No weekend. - This was like, there was something exciting happening and it ain't a good time to be in jail. - Yeah. - Right, so nobody fucked up for 16 days before they had another violent crime. - Wow. - Just the thought, even after the thought of, this is coming to the town. They got high off that shit, bro. It was high off of it enough to not fuck up at all. - Yeah. - You know what I'm saying then? - But then I would think, hey. - But this, let's roll out the record. - Let's roll out the record. - And he comes from the legal side of things. He's looking, and he goes, you don't have four or five people, like four or five violent crimes that took place, has been there as a staple. - Yeah, that's a baseline. - That's just what, yeah. It's been there. Like, he said, so for you to stop, shit. We gotta do that again. Because the man is, it's very positive intentions in my eyesight. Like, from my perspective, he does things. And it was, that is what drove him to support the idea. - All right, tell me about, tell me about Street Fighter, and you being just the actor. - Yeah, that was cool. I felt like I was on vacation because I was away from everybody. Like my phone went off too, like I fucked with them while I was doing the training and everything. So, I was able to do, you know, just get away from it. And then for me, it's like, I'm back in that, yeah, tone, I'm a boxer. - But was it, was it hard to not be producer as well? - Yeah, yeah, that's what, when he, the producer, okay, when he take us out on a yacht, yeah. - And it was like the cool shit. - Cody did technically, Cody took us out on the yacht, and then 50 heads of big up everybody. Like, I'm like, what the fuck, bro, why, this guy that got with me, like, what the fuck are you doing, bro? - Yeah. - Why are you not thinking to do that? - Yeah, yeah. - So, he went out, I didn't know where, you know, didn't know I ain't going to where I'm just training, training, training, that's what I'm doing. - Yeah. - Training, and then we go off on his yacht 'cause they call us the whole cast to come, and we have a ball. - Yeah. - And I'm like, yeah, why the fuck is they taking me to that shit, and I'm not taking them, or doing that. And then he went and found something they could, you know, replace that, that's how we got them. I bought them out the amusement park. - Like an actual whole thing park. - The whole thing park. - Yeah. - And the cast and crew could come. So, like, the guy's, he's a grip. He's moving the lights. He's feeling like that the next day. He's like, go, "Fab!" - Yeah. - Fuck you guys. - Yeah. - He's like, "Go!" 'Cause everybody got chance to bring like that girl, or somebody from home with them. - Do you remember the magician? - Yeah, he fucked up. - He was super fun. - He fucked you up. - He did some of that time, look, listen, we're not a good magician. - 50 kind of believes in magic, bro. (laughing) - You know it's not, but then it's like eating butt. - No, some of the shit is incredible, bro. - That's right. - Like, when you're really good, bro. - Yeah. - That's my favorite. - No, but I look, and I think-- - You don't love him. - No, that is not of God. This is some evil shit. - He's doing evil shit right now. - I don't know what you just did, bro. - Look, he's doing it in front of us right now. (laughing) - Yes. - Dude. - And you can't make it work. (laughing) - No. (laughing) - That's what I've started looking at now, bro. (laughing) - Well, I started thinking the devil was involved. - Wow. - But you say, 'cause you know that this-- - Jackson aces, the magician. - Jackson, Jackson, Jackson, yeah, man. - Yeah, man, the physics and shit, like that physical shit, things are not possible. - I love him. - How did you just do some shit that's impossible? And then when you think, 'cause when you think magic, is it black magic? - Maybe. - That day. - You don't notice that they pick evil things? Like, cross angels, you know? - Yeah. - Why don't you think they pick the evil thing? Why's that? Because the things that you don't know, like if you're a God-fearing person, things are already magical. - Yes, they're already magical. - Already that way. - Wow, so they have to use the darkness.
- Yes, 'cause this is the unknown. You starting to tap into a different area and that's why I like, 'cause I should be having my fucking hair standing up on my body. (laughing) - Yo bro, what did you do? Tell me the trick bro. Don't go fuck, slow down. Let me see now, so what you do? - Have you ever met him? Have you ever had a picture? - Yeah, I look, I like it. I would like to be able to do some of it when it's advanced. - Yeah. - But the shit is like bro, what the fuck was that? Like, how do you-- - Yeah, come here, slow down, do that shit again. Let me see what you just did. Like, how do you, yo, show me that, how do you do that? - You got to take it to like a big magic show. - Now we got a big stage magic show. - Yeah, we got to get to do it. - Yeah, you should be standing there and maybe right on the other side of the room. At the same time. - Yeah. - I'm like, do you low-key believe it though? - I do, I look, this motherfucker is the devil. (laughing) - When he started doing that, 'cause he was shit, like in the nails and all that, everything's black and his hair and all this extra shit. It's evil shit, it's shit I don't understand. And he was like, take that, I don't understand what you, like what you're doing, your faith base or what's going on there at all. You got something different going on. And then show me some shit that I thought was not possible. Like there's some people that believe psychics are evil. - Yeah. - But they have to give to do different things. They can tell you all your shit. - What happens because they feel like those demons have been watching you for some time now. - But would you go to a psychic? - I have, I have, and what they say. And he told me shit, like they, you know, like I don't frequent that shit 'cause it is scared. - A little bit. - Yeah, a little bit. - Yeah. But that's like a, yeah, I went and it's my, I got a, what's, I'm going to scare people out of the dough and hat. - Where, what? - You know, I think it's a great place for horror. - What a mad hat. - Magical psychic. - Yeah, when did you go meet, when did you go meet an actual demon? - I feel like you're pitching a movie right now. - No, that is, I'm doing it now, you know. Now, you talk it. - Yeah, would you do something in the horror genre? - Yeah, yeah. And that's the, I would like, like in horror, I would bring it to things that you see, that you might not indulge in. Like you, we've all, we've passed the signs. The electric sign that says psychic wouldn't, and shit like that in a window and shit like that. But, you know, it could be really scary. - I don't ever go in. - No, but that, just what I'm saying, I'm spooked. - When you see it, but you don't understand what it is. - Yeah. - It's a great area for you to tap into it to build. - Right, 'cause there's an unknown. There's a much less. - That's a great point, like if you're already spiritual, magic isn't a big thing for you to believe in. - All right. - No, you're so already magic happen. - Yeah, and that's why I don't do Ouija Boards or play with any of those stuff. - Yeah, fuck off. - There's no way. - Oh, cool. - I don't believe that. - Why are you? - Would you do a Ouija Board? - I don't believe it, I should. - Even if you don't believe it, why really? - Do you believe in ghosts? - The spirit. - The spirit's not ghosts. - There's this show called Widow's Bay. Did you hear this show? It won a bunch of awards. You heard about it? - At Widow's Bay. - Anyway, they handled this exact feeling. We're discussing perfectly in it. Because there is something like spiritual or cursed with this place where the show takes place. - I had an experience one time at LA. - Yeah, tell me. - Yeah. - I had a house out there, and I was in there writing, I'm on the bed, the music's playing, but it's not that loud. It's just a music. - Oh, cool. - And I turned the music off for a second, and I'm just sitting there chilling. It's not going on in the house. And click, like the lock opened up, and the door opened. Like, just enough for someone to fit into the room. And he just stopped. And I sat up on the bed, looked, and was like, what the fuck? I looked at the clock, it's like six o'clock. Somebody just came home from work. Imagine you died, and you just, you just, you just want to continue to go home. I mean, still having a nine to five. - It just came off of work. - It was fucking bad as a mother fuck, but you're dead. (laughing) - I was like, what the fuck is this? - Yeah. - Yo, I'm sitting a bugger like, yo, no, I do believe that, you know, some people get stuck here. - Yeah. - Yeah. - Oh, wow. - Like that, they don't actually, they don't live, and then if you aren't just shit, shit, they'd be there. - Any other experiences like that, it was the only one. - That was the only time that I've been somewhere and was scared. - Yeah. - I was just scared by what just happened to me at the house. - The fuck up out of there. (laughing) - I still don't know if they fucked up in his house. - I don't know if they're fucking with me because there was one time I was talking about a past life regression. So it was like, I went to some lady, and she's like, connected with my grandmother, and I'm like talking to my grandmother in like the spiritual world, whatever. While I'm talking about that story, this door, it's a heavy-ass door, it just opened up. Nobody on the other end of that shit. Nobody comes. I think they fucking with me, but we checked outside, there was nobody out there. - I mean that, I really-- - Like that door is heavy. I seen that, like I think it was the wind. - No, no, no, look, it's not the wind, bro. - I don't know what it was. - What do you think it was? - I closed the door right after. Close it and pull it. 'Cause I'm like, how, look, it didn't move on my end. Like the handle didn't move when it clicked and opened. So when I'm moving it, the thing is moving, but it just went click and opened. It came out. - Yeah, that's crazy. - I'm just serious, and I was like, what the fuck, outside there? And then I started feeling like, yo, this is some weird shit, bro. Like this is weird, you know what I'm saying? I got up and I was like, yo. - I was like, Callie Wheat right there. - Yeah, yeah, yeah. - I don't smoke that shit. - Yeah, I don't. - I should have had me. I was like, that was something else that just came out there. - What about nightmares? You ever wake up with like crazy vivid nightmares? - No, no, you know. You know what, I did have nightmares all the time. I thought I shot. - That's what I was gonna, yeah. I did still have that linger in it. - You would wake up in the middle of the night where it was happening or what? - No, not me getting shot again, but I kept getting in and shoot out. - Mm-hmm. - She looked like that because of-- - I used to. - She didn't shift, like when you get hurt like that, like that bad, you get shot, that bad. Like, then you have to be key with her, it's wrong. Like that, first, if you're, get some of you. - It consumes you? - Yeah, you just afraid of shit. And then that, when you're not comfortable with that, 'cause that's just not who you are, your personality, like to be like that with that, then you start to become a bit insensitive. 'Cause the only way to get rid of that emotion is to take on that anger or to take on aggression. Something else takes its place. - Yes, and then that, it replaces that. 'Cause it's something like, when people don't know, something, if you got information or output, like, or something that you, they're not aware of it, they could be angry for not understanding. 'Cause the defensiveness-- - Yes, they could angry because they don't understand why you said that, like, yeah, I'm saying it. And then, it's not, you can't take offense to that, 'cause you look at them and say, "Wait, he just doesn't understand, so some of these people are stupid." You know, the president, actually, are you stupid? Are you stupid? - Yeah. - Things I don't like about 'em. - But there's some things I like, right? - Yeah. - There's a lot, there's just a lot, a lot, a lot. - There's some things I'll fucking like, right? - No, it's just, I've never seen anything like that. - Are you stupid? - Yeah. - Are you stupid? Like, in the middle of the fight, the fucking president. (laughing) - My god. - He has fun. - Yeah, he says, he's cool. - He says, oh shit, like, he's crazy. I don't know, drink low rocks. (laughing) - I don't know fuck. (laughing) - I'm like, you know, who the fuck? - Quaint. (laughing) - So, wait, so how'd you get rid of the fear? - That, well, that's, it naturally is uncomfortable for me to feel like that. So, I started, you know, going towards it. - Going, you went. - Going towards it instead of waiting into it for something to happen. I was trying to not actually make it happen. - Oh, fuck. - So, it didn't. It changed it. It was like, nah, and I'm just gone. 'Cause I was feeling like, like, like, after you, like, you hit like that, you old shit, like, and nobody's off the street, everybody's home. So, how does it work? You can't see a cliff path to things working. So, I'm like, if I kill you, boy, I'm going down as the guy who knocked you off and you had a high profile of me on a street level. - Yeah. - So, I'm just knocking your ass off, since I'm feeling like this. So, I'm saying everything in my plans, everyone. So, your shit is, I don't know what you're planning, but you shouldn't play a longer than me seeing it. - That's terrifying. - Yeah. - I know you mean that. - Yeah. - Yeah, you know, and that was really, like, the process that I went to, and then, but, look, it wasn't meant for me to do that, because the music just took off. It was just started working, like the tapes. Look, it was a long shot, bro. Like, you got to even, we couldn't upload music to iTunes and YouTube and shit, and get worldwide coverage. - Yeah, they were gatekeepers. They were real gatekeepers. - Yeah, you could get in it. Like, the universal way, like the, why the mixtape circuit is the way for marketing. Like, I had a guy around us that didn't understand it, because usually when the bull is. Legas have artists material they're losing money and it's hurting them He punching the bootleg in the face. I'm like your brother knock the teeth out the wood mouth. I'm going No, you can't that's promotion right there. I need them. Yeah Like cuz like he used to feel like nah, I thought we was losing money cuz he Take you know, and I'm like They get we don't even exist Right now we need that to happen like I'm putting the Columbia barcode on the back of it To make it look a lot of it's not you're in the vault It's just the last label. I was gonna they stop asking the phone. I put the logo fuck with Columbia talking about them Just that they say don't do it. I'm doing it when they stop answering the phone cuz you were signed to them first Was that you saying because you got blackboard or because they thought you weren't gonna make it cuz you're a shot along with that Oh in addition, that guy is too much pressure, but they didn't feel like oh, you know what instead of dropping you let me just Tell you what's going to happen The the next project the next that week Cuz you were ready buzzer that week. I was supposed to shoot a Doug love is me Beyonce The Doug love song they offer that power dollar We were scheduled to do the video everything when I got shot. I was going to the tattoo parlour you and Beyonce Yeah, they had a record to hold on. Yeah, that was what my single was off that out and Yeah, I just didn't have the shot to do that because I got shot and This is how like when when oh boy is telling this crew that he I'm coming He already knew I'm coming Already it fast enough. This is what I'm telling you. It's just Being a student of the game. It's studying what's going on and Understanding that you know, he's gonna be a big fucking problem when he does cut through And this is you know Jay telling these people. Yeah, you need to put out as much shit as you can put out right now Cuz it's just flooded because when you don't fuck when you come back. It's We're cutting off the water for everything. Yeah, it's going to shut that shit down. All that stuff's going on. They didn't Didn't get the fish. I think you got guys like Ebro, right from director. Uh-huh. They're supposed to continue to play these guys music and He plays what's working the best It was working the best is usually what the radio plays. Mm-hmm, right? And he doesn't Participate or pull them or those other artists records on to the air so they don't become pure They don't have a hit why I haven't hit and maybe we should do a song together Like you know, I'm saying they didn't feel like that So when I work with people I would be like I was a mom big fan. Mm-hmm. I was a moped fan So I picked them up. I knew that the business would tell you they're gonna sell 500,000 pieces Max, but I'm saying I could get them to sell more Like my audience will buy the record And I could sell a million records for more deep album. I can do that watch You know, I'm saying I use different like even the clubs. Did you put out the any up? Now they just didn't release that ahead. That's records that made me fans. Yeah, but then did you go after MOP? Because I think rock fellow was also trying to sign them at the same time. No, okay I never did that like I never went after the artist and competing to have like the thing like I Went after the artist because you want to put out the music. Yeah, like with mace I was trying to take him away from Puffy. Like mm-hmm. I wanted to make Jesus walks, bro Like I did God give me style God give me grace, but that was like look When you have the kind of success given to die trying brought That's the first thing that came out as a first song I recorded It was on a mask was to God give me style God give me grace. She like that. And I went and I played it for my grandma. Mm-hmm Oh, wow It was the first rap record I had there was my grandmother appropriate. Yeah, mm-hmm All right, the rest of the shit she would go out and buy the CD and wouldn't open the case Cuz I was saying this wrong shit The fuck I don't know what you're talking about. All right, and it's so spurred through like how I grew up feeling like my grandfather was the strongest one in the house My grandmother's faith was so strong. Yeah, that even when the cancer shit comes that you don't notice. Oh, wow She's going through the process because she prayed on it. It's nothing to worry about. She's looking at you like Why are you wearing but I see a shrinkage? Mm-hmm. Well the process that physically has changed and I yeah, like I'm hurt by that, but she just it was just like It was shit because it's like it's like no she didn't even Identify what why I was feeling that way. She has so much faith. Yeah, that's it. You said your prayers That said you pray you wherever you don't do both woof If you pray or you worry you do both if you were your higher pal Would you answer your prayers if you saw it you doubt me? Not because those prayers aren't there right you're not you're doubting watch that answer your press Wow did her faith give you face That was the only one praying at that point in the early stages You know like my mother she was doing the prayer for me. Mm-hmm. Are you spiritual? Yeah, yeah, like church people are godfiring No, no, I don't I'm godfiring and I'm not a in the regimen You mean religious. Yeah, when you bring up. Yeah. No, I'm not religious. I'm spiritual And I do believe in God and I have my own relationships, you know, you would I've been in more situations where I need answers And then who do you go to? Higher power than I bet you get the prayer when things get uncomfortable. Yeah All right, and then there's a even when the plane shake shit Because you see so many images of that shit not going right you know, but you know if the plane go down Don't worry about me. I'm not going out like that. I'm in somebody's pool Have that weird confidence to that if a plane's going down for some reason They go out like like people like we die from like echoes I always wondered what brought on the line jay's line when he says I'm about a dollar what the fuck is 50% Was that because of how to rob or did something else happen? That's just because how to wrap you said whenever you tap At that point because I feel like Peace like and I was on it by yeah, cuz I went and started looking like he said when I saw him before he said it You think I was at some of jam when he said I Didn't know that how the rob was already out pro. I didn't know that many people know the fuck 50% was Me okay, cuz there's no way to gauge it fact and there's no social media Looking at blogs. What do you say now? I don't go fuck it. She said And they scream I go oh shit ain't no me. Yeah All right bitch I'll be back Yeah, he got me, but that's that's one of those things where you know like That's why you look like everybody Need somebody like how do you leverage like yeah? It's like wrestling you need a heal. Yeah, can't be a baby face with you. Yeah, all by yourself doing that and it's like You know like even like during that Kendrick thing was great fun Yeah, it didn't damage anything. Yeah, I feel like you come back. You see three of them selling like a fucking Like yeah, well, I asked them it's funny, but that Kendrick's control verse is like that how to wrap That was like the modern day how to wrap not call on everybody Kendrick is These guys are just worlds apart man different And it was braw like that the Kendrick they've been have the Kendrick in our culture, but it was Taliban quality. Yeah That was it was both deaf like those guys are kids was what Kendrick offered but like they lived in in a culture it was Common sense as conscious it was smart. Yeah Sit down be humble Fuck says that bro Look at the culture would they say Cardi comes like my pussy Of life that Wouldn't fit fits in the culture the descriptions fit in hip-hop Yeah, it belongs here like then this is what You know what people experiences when they able to articulate it because they you can't escape the love of it It's happening all over the city. It was a bridge When it keeps saying oh no, it's white. Yeah Anything that expires a business or increases a consumer base There's a bridge is a bridge There's an iconic clip of you and Jim Carrey. Oh, yeah That was can you tell me what this was Sundance we was in Utah and then we got to wrap this up
we get, but we're getting told. >> It was Christmas, you know, you know, understand. >> Okay. First of all, how familiar with Jim are you at this point, huh? >> Super familiar. >> Okay. >> Like I'm like a comedian. He was not even human. >> Yeah. >> Like he'd be a whole nother person. >> But is this, is this Ace Ventura, Jim Carey? Is this the mask? >> Yes, okay. >> Okay, okay. >> To me, like he's on top of the world. >> You can't fucking get nothing bigger than that. >> Yeah, yeah, yeah. >> At the time and then you like, that's why I'm like, I don't go fuck. Like, yeah, you do what you want. >> That's not it. >> Second. >> It's 2009. >> Okay. So tell me, so he just goes, I want to come on stage with you, or does he just- >> Jeff, come on. >> Okay, play this. [MUSIC] >> He's going crazy. [MUSIC] >> [LAUGH] >> [LAUGH] [MUSIC] >> What the fuck? He's the best. >> Oh, I've never seen this. Jim Carey's the best. >> You can't fucking get that to watch. >> [LAUGH] >> You can't hold it in the face. >> [LAUGH] >> You can't buy some up. >> [LAUGH] >> All right, we got to get out of it in the L before we leave, man. Street Fighter, October 16th, anything you want to tell the people about this, about this massive movie that- >> That's for me just not sure. >> You know, I expected this to do about 90 million, you know, and- >> [LAUGH] >> Partly because of me, you better go watch this fucking movie right here. >> I'm counting on you now. [LAUGH] >> I'm counting on you now. You know, you didn't expect me to be up in there, like, that, look at this. >> Yeah. >> Yeah, look at that. >> They only let Michael be told to do shit like that. >> Shit. >> [LAUGH] >> If you were Michael Bay. >> That's true. >> The top of the game. >> Oh shit, man. >> Look at this. And you know, in an event, man, as you got busy in this joint, they don't get a chance to see him, like, in rare form, bro. >> Oh, respect. >> And it, like, there was, was crazy, like, the process, cuz I'm in love with this process, like, watching this shit. Like, yeah. >> I see things different now. I see the scenes, I see the effects, what they had to fix, what came in after. You know, but when you watch someone, like, like, in the character, like the actors, like, it's the most insecure business to be an actor. So every time they heard a yes, you gotta imagine how many times they heard no. >> Mm-hm. >> Right. And when they get really good, they can do everything five and six different ways. >> Yeah. >> So they have to have a communications with a director. Someone they can rely on is going to give them the note, or it's going to save. That was it. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. >> And, okay, you can play now. >> We got it. >> I got it. >> Right. And then they can wheel off into the other areas that they have to bring different things to the character and their performance. But if they don't get that, if they don't make that communication, that connection between them and the director, they can be frustrated because they're not getting the feedback they need. >> Five or six different ways. >> Yeah. >> And they're not registering. >> Yeah. >> I did a joint with Mel Gibson. >> How was that? >> And he was like, how was that? How was that? And the guy was like, it's good. We're just going to change the enclosures. And then he was like, it's going to tell me it's good. It's shit. I don't know when it's shit. I know when I get fucked. Damn. What was that? He said, look at me. You know, maybe we get them on the next floor. Right here. It's not going to do it. But he was like, what the fuck man? He was like, what the fuck man? Like, who's on the city council? Yeah. I don't even know who the fuck they are, bro. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. We don't really connect to the city politics. Yeah. Yeah. It's different. Like, you know, and you're in the city, and you're like, and when you come out, you still look, there's some things that they start bugging with. Like, you know, they start trying to attack the people that are earning well. They work that earn well, right? Mm-hmm. So if you specifically go there, and I'm being like, I know you're doing the Robin Hood thing and shit, but then you're going to rob the hood. Well, you're doing that Robin Hood? Well, I was a communist. No, no, no, no, no. When you say that, it feels like, you know, these people out there, they're like, yeah, yeah, take it from them, because it's not from them. Yeah. But, you know, if you look at the businesses, the smaller businesses, you got it. The functioning, like, when you go to restaurants, they usually have four or five owners. Oh, those people who have a lot of money that are just making the investment for the social experience. And they bring their people there, having beans over and they hanging out, shit. Like, yeah, they go to that, they frequent that spot. And bringing cool people makes the place cool. Mm-hmm. Because people start to bring their people. Yeah. Right. You know, how does it work? And then, so if you run them out, you run a lot of the smaller ancillary business that goes on because they just build a lifestyle. Yeah. Participating in those things. I heard you voted for Zoram, I'm sorry. Do you heard that? Yeah. How's that politic? You know, I mean, I'm great at this. I'm just trying to sorry. I'll stop it. Look, his nails are painted. I know. You know, he didn't do some shit. Yeah. He voted for report. Just point out. It was amazing. I thought it was 16 Street Fighter 50 set, everybody. Yeah. Yeah.
Podcast Summary
Key Points:
The guest is portrayed as a highly successful and influential figure in entertainment, with a vast array of ventures and a deeply ingrained presence in pop culture.
He admits to embarrassing or awkward mistakes—like spilling water in front of others—highlighting a human, relatable side despite his fame.
He discusses the absurdity of wealth and consumerism, such as buying expensive, impractical items like a garden or exotic trees, which he views as frivolous yet personally meaningful.
The conversation touches on his personal habits, including a deliberate avoidance of social media overuse, and a focus on authenticity and self-preservation in a celebrity-driven world.
He reflects on the cultural impact of his music and career, noting how success can lead to scrutiny, with critics questioning his authenticity or motives.
A major theme is the tension between fame and personal identity—how he maintains control over his image despite being constantly observed.
He shares anecdotes about artistic collaboration, such as writing songs for others, and the strategic, long-term planning behind his creative projects.
The discussion highlights how success breeds both admiration and criticism, and how he navigates this by staying true to his roots and values.
Summary:
The interview explores the life and persona of a highly successful entertainment figure, known for his diverse ventures in music, business, and media. While celebrated for his achievements, he is also candid about his flaws and human moments—like accidentally spilling water in front of others—showing a relatable, unfiltered side. He critiques the excess of wealth, noting how expensive purchases like gardens or exotic trees reflect a sense of vanity, even if they bring personal satisfaction.
The conversation delves into his approach to fame, emphasizing authenticity, self-awareness, and resistance to compromise, especially in Hollywood and social media spaces. He reflects on how his success has drawn both admiration and scrutiny, particularly regarding his artistic choices and relationships. A key insight is that his career success was built on consistency, creativity, and strategic planning, not just luck.
Despite being surrounded by power and influence, he maintains a grounded identity, choosing to value personal experience over superficiality. The discussion also touches on cultural dynamics, like the dominance of white-centered entertainment and the impact of diversity in media consumption. Ultimately, the guest portrays himself as both a product of and a force within the entertainment industry, balancing fame with integrity, and using his platform to stay true to his roots and values.
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The rumor is that in 2014, 50 Cent accepted Bitcoin for a project, though he later stated it was a one-time experiment and the payment was eventually lost in the shuffle, with only 700 Bitcoin reportedly recovered.
50 Cent has a garden as a personal hobby that he finds oddly cool and fulfilling, even though it’s expensive and involves purchasing premium trees. He sees it as a one-time, low-effort investment that grows on its own, reflecting his interest in simple, meaningful activities.
Yes, 50 Cent went without food for six weeks during a period of intense training, relying on liquids and medication. He described it as a form of discipline to suppress appetite, not a complete fast.
He stays grounded by avoiding compromises in his identity, refusing to wear fake jewelry or conform to trends. He believes authenticity is key and that true success comes from staying true to himself, not from fitting into a celebrity mold.
He believes music transcends language and culture, with melodies and rhythms resonating deeply across international borders. He notes that even non-English speakers can connect with his music through its rhythm and feel.
The question is a joke—there is no credible evidence or statement in the transcription that 50 Cent received a massage in jail. It appears to be a playful or absurd question not based on fact.
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