Club 520 Podcast - Club 520 - Ice Cube on Big 3 vs. Olympics 3x3, Kobe Bryant 60-point game inspiring Big 3 creation

Episode Date: August 18, 2024

On a special edition of the Club 520 Podcast, Ice Cube joins Jeff Teague and the fellas live from the 2024 Big 3 Championship in Boston! Ice Cube updates Teague and the crew on the situation with FIBA and the Olympics, and why the Big 3 should represent Team USA in future 3x3 events in the Olympic games. Cube talks about Kobe Bryant's legendary 60-point performance in his final game, and why that inspired Cube to start the Big 3 league. And don't miss Cube and the guys talk about his acting career and some of his greatest hits in the movie world! #Volume #ClubSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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I'm the host. My name is DJ Wells. This is a special, special guest episode. I know a lot of times we talk about having legends, but we got a real life legend, a pioneer, and everything that you see, see, like entertain all the above. We're going to introduce my man's last, but to my far left, we got my dog, Bishop B. Henn, out the pearlies. How you what, Nasty? Cool and nasty. Let's get to it, baby. Big day. Yes, sir. Wonderful guest. To my right, my dog, young Nacho, young Teague. How you what, man? I'm good. I'm chilling, bro. Happy to be here. Got a huge guest.

I'm a huge fan. Had an opportunity to be a part of the big three with him, so I'm hyped. Come on, man. All-star T, talk about it. Oh, man. Lucky me. Lucky me. But listen, man, to my left, we have one of the most important people ever, a mogul in

his outright. Everything that you've ever seen this man done, he has been successful and dominated his field. Listen, music, acting, and more importantly right now, the man's got his own basketball league. He's starting up with a super dope. you ever seen this man done he has been successful and dominated his field listen music acting and more importantly right now the man's got his own basketball league he's starting up with a super dope we got the living legend in the building ice cube big dog appreciate you sliding on this man yeah yeah anytime man thanks for having me man this is amen i don't know how y'all feel about this i know you don't make people but this is geek for me because you know i'm saying you're

part of like my my life dog from music to movies and I'll be here we talk about them DVD days when we was running dog come on man yeah the bootleg DVDs yeah I used to sell your shit for five I know I know I know damn you don't keep some residuals but man listen man we are here for the big three Strive for Genza this weekend We got the All-Star game, Celebrity game More importantly, we got the championship But just, man, just for our fans and listeners How did this come about, man? Just being a fan You know, fan of balling

Played a little bit You know, we had some epic battles in my backyard As a youngster Hold on, hold on. Did you hoop at Taft? I didn't hoop at Taft because they was hating on me. The coach was hating on me because I played football. Yeah.

So I came over late to try to play basketball. You know, it's already started pretty much by the time football is over with. So he was like, man, you ain't getting no love. Even though I worked at point guard at practice, we did a little one-on-one. But, you know, he wouldn't let me play, so I had to just watch. Okay. I just had to ask. Back to the big three.

I tried to, you know. Respect. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I mean, listen, bro, he got a triple-double in the pickup game. He's the goalkeeper. You know how crazy he was mean listen bro He got a triple double In the pickup game He's the gold You know how crazy He was keeping stats It's crazy

No I didn't I fucked around And got a triple double So I was just Bullshitting And got a triple double That's different You wasn't even like

I was trying Oh it was on light Yeah yeah Light work You stupid Yeah But who'd you start The big three with Is it this Yeah, yeah, light work. You stupid. Yeah. But who'd you start the big three with?

Started it with my manager. You know, he's my partner, Jeff Quantnitz. Shout out to Jeff. We've been working together, man. It's got to be 25, almost 27 years, something like that. And we big sports fans. It's got to be 25, almost 27 years, something like that. Okay. And we big sports fans. And, you know, seeing Kobe score 60 points in his last game, I was kind of hot. I missed the game and shit.

I was shooting a movie in Atlanta. My wife, you know, kids, they went to the game. They was all hype. Then I was like, damn, I started just a realization of I can't see this dude hoop no more. Like I cannot go nowhere and pay to see this dude play. And that's some bullshit, you know. And so I was like, man, it's got to be a way. So now I'm starting to think of this idea I had in the back of my head for years about three on three. I used to be like, why haven't they been elevated to the pro level?

So now these ideas are starting to come together. I'm talking to Jeff. We shooting the shit. We like, what would a league look like? So, you know, we just bullshit, you know talking about it We spent a whole year Like all 2016 Talking about rules You know I would do it like this

I would do that I wouldn't do this cause You know they do that shit in the NBA Niggas don't like that You know what I mean When they get out I would do it like this And so

We just was like damn This is a good-ass idea you know I'm saying like it's tight business model is tight so we start asking you know like niggas we knew from the game would y'all be down with something like this like you know a Clyde Drexler and Kenyon Martin and Chauncey Billups and these dudes was like, oh yeah, this is tight. And that's how it just, we was like,

let's go for it. You smart, boy, because I was going to ask you, I thought about it. The niggas is old, so you kept a half court. Well, you know, I played three on three full court before. Crazy. And it's bullshit. You just get a bunch of cherry pickings. I played three on three Full court before Crazy

And it's bullshit You just get a bunch Of cherry pickers Yeah Dude standing down And throw it Throw it You throwing the ball

Way down there So I'm like Nobody want to see that No You know Half court is the way And you know It was just about

Elevating it Because everybody Like three on three Right Everybody like to play it because you get to touch the ball. You're really involved

in the win, you know. Yeah. So, I was like, yo, this could be done. If the pros buy into it,

like if the, you know, if the niggas that play on that level buy into it and want to play. Yeah. How couldn't

everybody else get into it? You know what I'm saying? You got the best in the world doing it. It's just hard. So, you got to ask how I feel like it you know what I'm saying you got the best in the world doing it so you gotta ask how I feel like you know what I'm saying coming straight out

of the league to see that as another opportunity like you said a lot of times players don't want to retire a lot of things

take place front office health injury all the above now you got an outlet cause y'all still hoot it don't matter the next day

y'all still basketball players y'all still want to get to it to have another outlet to show your skills and live your dreams is fire. No, it was huge. For me, it's more like a financial thing. He brought another league.

For some guys, when you retire, they go through this little part where it's kind of a rough patch. And then he kind of gave them another outlet to even make some money. But like you said, as a competitor, to be able to get out there and hoop and then still have fans in the stands, get to talk crazy, have some of your highlights shown around the world and stuff like that to play on TV still, it's a huge opportunity. I mean, I appreciate it because it was cool for me. Like, y'all know me, I hoop every day at home. But to get back and be on TV and people talking crazy to me and stuff,

I wasn't used to that. So it was cool to be back in that kind of moment. Yeah, for them to take you knowing your body is shattered take that take that gamble yeah it's like you rock with the handicap I got a question though did you know it was gonna be an olympic sport when you like first started no we didn't know they actually uh we just jumped out there because we was like we looked at FIBA and we was like nah that's that's that's amateur basketball you know I'm

saying that's the amateur version we're gonna elevate this to something better than that and um so we we was just moving forward and then once we launched i think about three months later the olympics said yo we're gonna put it in in the olympics and um you know we was like yo this just gives it more credibility yeah for sure it's credibility for sure and like you said man we seen you coming out some i let cube handle that and the thing i don't like about it is it's very possible like you said we know the rules we know the. A man already has the infrastructure in place to make that happen. We gotta make that happen, man.

Cause what they did out there, nah, we gotta redeem ourselves, man. Come on, man. Everybody know we got better players than that. Everybody like, damn. And so I think it's pettiness. You know, I think, you know, the NBA, they don't like what we doing.

You know, even though Adam Silver told me he did like what I was doing. You know, his words exactly was, the more basketball, the merrier, you know, which we, you know, that's bullshit now that we know. And so they're involved with USA Basketball We've been asking since 2020 Since they didn't even make it in Tokyo Y'all know our 303 didn't even make the Olympics Did not qualify They didn't qualify Wow

We asked again They was like thank you But no thank you We got it And we see what they got Yeah Yeah they probably gonna be asking now it's gonna be in la too come on man yeah hopefully you know if they know it's good for them they should ask and our guys will

play you know our guys been you know they'd love to represent the country in three on three come on take you know what i'll do it you got four years to get right. Shit, four years? I'll be 40 this left knee? Oh, I'll go out there. He's excited to go out there. Keep your rotational slug. That's cool. We'll get it in. What about the expansion cities, though?

Like, you plan on expanding to more cities? Like, how many cities you want to be a part of it? We got 12 teams now. We're going to sell all 12 and put them in different cities. Okay. Right now we got LA, Miami, Houston, and Detroit.

So once we place these other eight, then we'll look to go to 16 teams, maybe 20 teams, and then place those in cities. Okay. And just open up the fan base you know we feel like we've proven the sport people dig it now if you connect these teams to cities that people even be more invested into the league into the players into the teams and you know they just uh it go to a different level from there.

Yeah, and that's the dope part about it is like for you to start your own league and now we're all growing with the league. And a lot of people don't remember like back in the NBA days before it was super popular, it was on tape delay. It's like to see this league grow in real time, especially with the players and the social media and everybody saying, you can see that we're working in this and now you're getting the cities involved. You know how many people got feelings and cities and pride about their city.

Is it dope to see the evolution of this? Like you got some of the younger players now who may not have super long careers, like the Isaiah Briscoes, and some of you got the YouTube players that are playing the Balls Lifeguards. It's just growing all this stuff together. It's dope to see it progress like this. Yeah, you know, we felt like, you know, three on three is its own sport. You know, just because you was dope in five on five, that don't mean you're going to come out in the big three and get loose.

Different game for sure. You got to have all skill set. You got to be able to pass, dribble, shoot, and defend, or you're going to get exposed. So we felt like, well, we can develop our own athletes. We can develop our own athletes. We can develop our own stars, you know, like Isaiah Briscoe, who, you know, people might not have saw him in the NBA or might not know how much game he got, but, you know, he's a good player. The Kevin Murphys of the world, you know, Garland Green, you know,

these dudes who really making a name for themselves in the big three, in the three-on-three game, and they might have missed their calling a little bit in the NBA. That don't matter. You know, balling is balling. A baller is a baller. And we got them on display, you know. We got the best three-on-three league in the world, without a doubt. Shout out to the MVP, Mike Bees.

Yeah, Mike Bees. Cert certified bucket no I ain't gonna lie though like playing like you talking about the cities like going to Jersey this year I ain't gonna lie that was crazy that's I ain't had that kind of feeling in a long time the crowd was amazing it was packed in there and then for Briscoe like you said for B from there and how the crowd was behind him talking crazy, it was a vibe in there. Didn't y'all win that game, though? Yeah, you know we won. Didn't y'all win that game, though? That's why you like it so much.

Man, for Briscoe to be going off like that and boom, boom, boom, we still won. So? You know what I'm saying? For sure. No, this is cool. That's what it's all about. You know, it's putting these guys Back in the arena

Back where Where they belong You know I mean Even to see our coaches You know You got Gary Payton About to go against

Coach of the year JC Going against Cooper You know They've been yelling At each other Since the 80s And shit

So It's dope To To see them guys You know, they've been yelling at each other since the 80s and shit. It's dope to see them guys back, you know, not just waving to the crowd, hey, there go Iceman, you know. But they coaching and they want to win and they yelling at the refs, yelling at each other. You know, it's funny as shit to see Iceman cussing at Rick Barry. You know what I'm saying? It's like...

They still on that. Yeah, they still on that. You know, they won't let it go. And Rick Mahorn and these dudes, you know, still got that

competitive fire. And the NBA don't have no coaching job for these dudes. You know what I'm saying? So, for us to have it

in the big three is just that cherry on top for a fan. Yeah, For sure. Like you said, you preserving the legends and introducing them to a younger crowd, letting them know. Like I said, a lot of people don't know who Michael Cooper is, but you should know who Michael Cooper is if you know basketball. Without a doubt.

One of the best players to ever do it, you know, especially on the defensive end. For sure. Man, I would be remiss if I didn't look, man. We are all Huge fans Huge fans You know what I'm saying I gotta ask you What's some of your Favorite movies

That people may not You know what I'm saying We know the Fridays Like our goals But what's some of your Favorite movies You've been a part of That I've been a part of

Yes sir Oh man I love Me Boys in the Hood That's the hardest Come on now You know Barbershop Barbershop is a Slept on trilogy

Yeah Barbershop dope You know, Barbershop Barbershop is a slept on trilogy Yeah, Barbershop dope You know, I love Three Kings You know Let's see You got a lot of moves You got a lot of shit

You know, two of them on Jump Street Two of them? You went for the Anaconda Anaconda was dope, you know what I mean I played an Anonda I don't remember that Anaconda was dope You know what I mean I played an anaconda Only reason I did an anaconda Is because I was like

If y'all want me to do the movie You know Nigga can't die You know what I'm saying Matter of fact I want to help kill the snake It was like It was like what

It's like yeah If you want me in the movie Nigga can't die And I want to kill the snake I want to help at least And they was like Alright You had to pull

To make that requirement You had to pull To make that requirement That's all Hell yeah Come on now Hey look You know

Somebody had to do it Cause If you see every movie Before that Nigga get killed wait jurassic park nigga didn't last four minutes like the opening scene damn he didn't even yeah like he didn't homie i said nah nah we gotta we gotta put an end to this shit and l kujay owe you for that man because you was the first one to make it,

so he was the second one. He was the second one, you know what I'm saying? Set the tone. Yeah, you got to set the tone, man. We got to cut this shit out. I wanted to ask you, which set did you have more fun on on the Friday? Which Friday was the most fun?

The most fun was Friday at the Next, the last one. Because the first one, we were having fun, but we were like, this is our first movie producing and writing. The director was, you know, this was his first movie, Gary Gray. He had directed a couple of my videos, a couple of my St. Ives commercials and shit. And so that was a malt liquor before y'all time. Yeah, I know. It's still around.

He grew up on that. Championship team. Brown paper bag team. Yeah, there we go. We know what that is. Oh, man. So, you know, we was all new, so we were just Trying to make sure

We was getting it right And we shot that movie In 20 days Damn That was like Four weeks Damn It was just crazy

Like yep In a month It was done And so Classic By the time we got to Friday after next We all

Season vets in the game Knew how to make a movie You know We had all You know Damn near the whole cast back Yeahnew how to make a movie You know we had all You know damn near The whole cast back Yeah And we was just

Having fun You know every day Was just fun fun Laughing like hell Stomach hurt laughing Yeah that's what I'm I don't know how y'all Memorized that lines

I know y'all was playing All day around that Motherfucker It is funny now To go back and watch it You know what I'm saying With a different quality Of stuff and looking

At y'all faces Between while other People talking Y'all be laughing Like a little bit Yeah It's funny now to go back and watch it, you know what I'm saying, with a different quality of stuff and looking at y'all faces while other people are talking, y'all be laughing like a bitch. It's hard not to, man. Because a lot of the movie, you write it, but then you shoot what you write. Then you be like,

okay, we got that. Now you can go. Whatever you think of, hit me with it. Whatever you think of, hit with it Whatever you think of Hit me with it So that These comedians be coming

Off the dome man And Sometimes you ain't ready For that shit That they be saying Make you laugh But if you laugh You gonna kill it

You gonna kill the tape So You gotta hold it in But Yeah man They be These dudes is funny They clever

And they Say something different every time and shit so you got to be be ready for them you know for sure like you mentioned those two movies in particular you know so you put one indianapolis on on the world stage mr mike and it's crazy you know he's my favorite to work with he embodies indianapolis to a t so to see him in the movies and represent us the way he represented us, man, it really felt different for us because he is Indianapolis to a T.

One of the funniest people ever. Without a doubt. You know, naturally funny. You know, you don't have to give him no lines. You know,

if he walked in his door, he'd make you laugh just because that's just his essence. That's how John Witherspoon was. You know, Witherspoon,

you know, played Pops in the movie He just make you laugh Just talking about He could be talking about some shit Happening to him on the corner Got you rolling So, Mike, you know, we We good friends to this day We just, you know

Sometimes just get on the phone And we be on the phone for hours Just talking shit, laughing And so it was cool to be able to work with him you know, sometimes just get on the phone and we'd be on the phone for hours just talking shit, laughing. And so it was cool to be able to work with him. And I've done a few movies with him, you know, all about the Benjamins. Classic.

Jackie Promoters. Jackie Promoters. That's his move, right? Jackie Promoters. That's what we call being. That's one of my favorite. Nigga, I had a car that's a 300 like you. It was black. With a bullet hole.

Bullet hole in the dump mat on the back. Shout out to Butler University. That's one of my favorite niggas. I had a car accident 300 like you. It was black. With the bullet hole. Bullet hole in the donut on the back. That was my traffic grill. That's right. Gotta have the bullet hole. Yeah. Yeah, so he's one of my favorite dudes in the world, man. I love Mike. is a podcast that exists to empower listeners to rise above their struggles, break free from the chains of trauma, and silence the negative voices that have kept them small.

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always want to give you credit for is the fact that you know i'm saying one of your favorite movies um you know i'm saying them documenting how they came up with nwa when you were in that office bro you you became a true legend oh in uh you went crazy we almost had a moment like that they used to roast me all the time because since that movie, I haven't been to the theaters. Like, y'all was in for me. That was it. That was it for me. You know what I mean?

I was going to sit there for like four times. So that best scene is special to my heart. Yeah, it was special to mine, too. It's a trip because in that scene, if you look at my son, he's saying, you promised me this, man. I'm getting a house and I got a baby on the way. Well, the baby on the way was his ass. Yeah. In real life.

Oh, yeah. That makes sense. Yeah. Yeah. So, yeah, you know, it ain't a proud moment, but I was happy I did it. You know what I'm saying? Like, sometimes, you know, that pencil and pen shit, that lawyer shit, you just got to show them, man. You was thinking ahead of the game, bro. Yeah, yeah.

You got to show them, you know, we ain't, we ain't, we got to take it back to, you got to take it back to the 80s on this one. We ain't done with the 80s, man. We ain't done. We ain't renegotiating. We was like, what would Ice Cube do? But the dope part about it Like it show how you Obviously you were

Serious about your art But you were always like Okay I need to be Compensated for my art Why am I having conversations If I'm showing up And doing it every day And it makes sense

With how you progress With everything How you progress with music How you progress through art And film And not how you progress With the big three For somebody that's starting off, what would you say was the most important thing they should probably lock in no matter

what they got going on? Well, I think you got to believe in yourself for show. And you got to, to me, you know, not really take no for an answer When you know That it's the truth What you're talking about Is real What

You can really make it happen You know sometimes Somebody will say no today But me I go ask him the same God damn thing And I wait two weeks And then ask him the same thing Cause He might have just been having a bad day.

Or, you know, you give it a little time and you ask again. You go again because the person you ask in circumstances might change. And then you might be just the person they looking for. You dig? Like, so believe in yourself. don't take no for an answer you know no is like okay two weeks i'm gonna ask your ass again and then i might wait another two weeks and i'll show again um funny story you know real quick uh we was trying to get the big three started we wouldn't talk to one network about the big three they told us ah nah we good so my man Jeff Carden was like he

was talking that Friday was like damn this sucks they turned it down cuz only a few networks that really can blow you up you know I'm saying everything else is you know on the under so he said I'm gonna call him again this weekend I'm gonna just talk to him like we doing it called her way up and just got into the conversation like it's happening dude was like hey man didn't you uh didn't you hear that we turned that down he was like yeah but I was just to just talk to you about how cool it would be if we had it. And by the end of the conversation, the dude was like,

you know what, Monday I'm going to go in there and talk to him again about I think we should put this on. He was like, yeah, alright, let me know. On Tuesday, it was like, when can y'all come up here and have a meeting? You see what I'm saying? So, you know, hearing a no don't mean it's a no. You know, it was like, when can y'all come up here and have a meeting? You see what I'm saying? So, you know, hearing the no don't mean it's a no.

It means, ask again later. Ask again later. Don't ask me for no more shoes. I want to ask about the CIA, though, before the NWA. How'd that start? Oh, a group. We was in a group called the Stereo Crew. Oh, OK.

Me, Sir Jinx, and KD. And we put out a record on Epic Records. It was called She's a Skag. That's a hell of a record. Damn, I got to tell you called she's a skag and uh it it was a frisbee you know what i mean nobody you know it's tossing out the window yeah yeah it was a frisbee and so we was like we wanted to do another record we got dropped and off epic so we wanted to do An independent record And everybody felt like Man y'all gotta change

Y'all name Cause You know If the radio station See that stereo crew Yeah And they ain't gonna wanna You know

Bump it They ain't even gonna play it So we changed it to We tried We tried to change it To Criminals in Action Okay But then

I mean Lonzo Who was running the record company, was like, man, y'all ain't about to be no criminals or nothing. If y'all want this name, y'all got to be Crew in Action. So we changed it to Crew in Action. Okay. And we did three songs, and they was Frisbees too. They was whack too. You know what I mean?

All produced by Dr. Dre. That's why I always want to ask. I ain't never heard you speak on CIA. That ain't my fault. Yeah. Yeah, so. Come on in, man. This my son.

Yo, what's going on? What up, what up, what up? I'd be remiss if we didn't ask, obviously, man, but you've been a West Coast legend, especially in the rap scene. And obviously you had a couple of legendary diss tracks yourself. Not how you felt about the pick a side, but, you know,

to see K-Dyne and Draco back. How was that to see that type of energy? You know what I'm saying? You was once a part of that to see it going on now. How was that to see that energy, especially back at home? It's always fun. You know, it's always fun to see a heavyweight battle. Yeah.

You know, we've been getting them for a long time in hip-hop, you know, all the way. You know, LL, Kumo D, Karas One, MC Shan. You know, so it's legendary. You know, me, NWA, Dre. Oh, I know that's the one. Dre and Eazy. Mm-hmm. You know what I'm saying? It's just, it's legendary.

So it's part of the game it happens and so you know to see me even 50 and ja rule just you know as long as it don't get physical it's it's it's cool it's it's part of the game fans love it you know so it's really all about, you know, shit, man. You can't hold back if you dissing. I ain't gonna lie Q, you was out of pocket for naming that motherfucker No Vaseline, though. Good. I wanted to be out of pocket.

Yeah, I wanted to be very disrespectful. Hell yeah. No doubt. No doubt. I wanted to hurt feelings. For sure. And what made it much better Is like

Seeing the movie To see what led up to it And then you drop it It was like That's crazy Yeah You know It was

I wasn't there When they heard it So I was learning shit Making the movie I was like Yeah I was listening to it Like yeah

Yeah we was listening to it Like that It's hard Okay So You know It's a trip making that Stratoconta movie because I was learning stuff that I didn't know because I was on this side of town.

Yeah. They on that side of the town. And, you know, we kind of going through this in a parallel universe. So I was discovering shit, and they was probably discovering what we was thinking on my side of the table so it was uh i said man if i'm learning shit from this movie everybody gonna be learning shit from this definitely yeah that's dope man man bye felicia everybody nobody knew that yeah i don't nobody knew that and that was just the experience at the same time but to go back and look at that

you saw by you and dre like to see where y'all were then obviously y'all was already successful then for y'all to be moguls the way y'all are now how is that to look back and reflect on that sometimes it's beautiful you know it's uh we all just stuck to our to our convictions you know in our own way and um you know we had a lot of opposition coming up. A lot of opposition, not only from, you know, the music business,

but government. Yeah. And to see us just, you know, still do it our way and kind of let the chips fall where they may. And then, you know, we was able to land on our feet.

It's a pretty cool story and hopefully it inspires you know anybody coming up behind us that you know sometimes you gotta do it your way you know even if it's if it's not popular at the time sometimes you just gotta you you're happier when you do it your way whether it works or not and I've seen people make it you know and they had pop songs and shit they hated performing them every night they was on tour but they hated performing their own songs and so I was like I never want to be like that ever for sure for sure it's real as we say you a testament both y'all keeping around staying true to ourselves obviously you can tell that reflects for the big three and reason why it's growing away it is you got young Teague about their hooping man man I appreciate you I want to thank you for real cuz man you gave me a huge

opportunity had a dope experience hopefully I'm back next year try to get MVP or win or so yeah that's all I'm saying. Yeah, I got to come back. I got to revamp my team a little bit, but we'll be hard. No problem. Hey, thank you for playing, man. You know, we always look to add big names to the league, and you was one of them. And, you know, you added excitement to the league, you know. And when you was on the floor, it was like, you know, it was butter.

Appreciate it. So can't wait, it was butter. Appreciate it. So can't wait to see you hoop tomorrow. Yeah. And hey, let's keep it going next year, baby. I appreciate it, man, for sure. Yeah. We appreciate your time, man. We're going to do this again sometime.

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