Club 520 Podcast - Club 520 - Michael Blackson got PULLED OVER w/ Kevin Hart, meeting Ice Cube, Embiid & 76ers

Episode Date: January 4, 2024

We’re back with Season 2, Episode 28 of Club 520 where Jeff Teague and the guys are joined by comedian, Michael Blackson to discuss his start in comedy, making a movie, and the upcoming release of his own TV show, 'The Michael Blackson show.' Blackson tells stories of meeting Ice Cube, getting pulled over with Kevin Hart on their way to NYC, and his love for Philadelphia sports such as Joel Embiid and the 76ers, and Jalen Hurts and the Eagles. #Club #VolumeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Volume. by Anjali Su, CEO of Tubi, we dive into the competitive world of streaming. What others dismiss as niche, we embrace as core. There are so many stories out there, and if you can find a way to curate and help the right person discover the right content, the term that we always hear from our audience is that they feel seen. Listen to Good Company on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. There's a company dedicated to a future where the answer will always be no.

This is Absolute Season 1, Taser Incorporated. I get right back there and it's bad. Listen to Absolute Season 1, Taser Incorporated on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. I'm Clayton English. I'm Greg Lott. And this is Season 2 of the War on Drugs podcast. Yes, sir. Last year, a lot of the problems of the drug war.

This year, a lot of the biggest names in music and sports. This kind of starts that a little bit, man. We met them at their homes. We met them at their recording studios. Stories matter, and it brings a face to them. It makes it real. It really does. It makes it real.

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Man, I'm a little tired, but man, I'm so hyped, man. One of my favorite people in the building. Man, I told you how many times I used to watch a movie every single day. So I got some questions to ask today, but I'm hyped to be here. Back when niggas had DVD players and only had two DVDs. That's a fact. No cable. We might haveiggas had DVD players and only had two DVDs. That's a fact. No cable. We might have. I can't remember if we had cable or not. Stop saying that.

That's how old he is. The T-Film requests we hold them down. They say you'll be giving them no love like you're supposed to. Y'all had cable, man. We got a lot of stuff

I need if y'all need, man. All right. You gotta fuck it. But to my left, we got a special guest, man. Blessed to start the year off with this guy man if you haven't seen him

then you absolutely suck one of the funniest people on earth humanitarian comedian philanthropist adult Michael Blackson

appreciate you pulling up to 520 this bitch what's up motherfucker how you doing man I'm great man glad to be here when y'all gonna fix

this ceiling man it's a drop ceiling what's going on here a drop ceiling and we just moved in y'all gonna fix this ceiling man it's a drop ceiling what's going on here a drop ceiling and we just moved in y'all just moved in okay but now

I'm glad to be here man appreciate you guys not only that y'all got a great show y'all supported my non-profit appreciate the support for sure

absolutely shout that out again so people know what I'm saying yeah motherfucker my niggas helped me out put them kids in school now I get teachers to teach them right

them kids are teaching themselves so now I got teachers thanks for the check motherfuckers y'all psych ABT we take everything I don't know

but you know what I'm saying we trying to revamp the place like your boy Mike man nah nah this shit look like I know Mike is fixing the block

shout out to Mike I'm in Indianapolis right now in case y'all don't know we in Indy from here I'm gonna hang out my man Epps you know Mike is fixing the block. Shout out to Mike. I'm in Indianapolis right now because y'all don't know we're in Indy. Yeah. From here,

I'm going to hang out with my man Epps. You know, Mike fixes the whole neighborhood up. I think he only fixed his house and left everybody else shit fucked up. We're going to find out when we get there. He took all the PVP law for himself. Exactly. This nigga got a three man hour house

and a $2,000 block. That is crazy. Now that's crazy. Now that block is crazy. You been there? Nah, I just know the area. But he gonna have to refix everything. It's more rebuilding.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. For sure. We'll check it out. But obviously you in town, you know what I'm saying? Doing a little business as well. I gotta start off with a frog question.

What is your most memorable or worst show you've ever had? Ah, most memorable or worst? Worst worse let me think about the worst show ever this had to be like 90s dang it yeah late 90s i remember it was doing the dennis rodman era right and i remember doing the shows it's actually the first time i started roasting so i'm remember performing on stage in Philly, Germantown area of Philadelphia. Philly, what's up,

motherfuckers? I'm in Philly performing at this place called Morgan's. And my mom been on stage and I remember seeing this girl

in the front. She had like the blonde hair and Dennis Rodman had blonde hair back then. And I called her Denise Rodman

and the bitch got mad and poured a drink at me. And I didn't know how to react to that so I said okay thank you goodnight for a second and I came performing where?

that's probably one of my most memorable worst show but it's all good best show though let me see

my stand up show right comedy show right man so many of them damn it my favorite oh my favorite had a band to my stand-up show, right? Comedy show, right? Man, so many of them. Damn it. My favorite. Oh, my favorite had to have been

the Martin Lawrence tour we just did. We did Vegas. Oh my goodness. I couldn't just, I couldn't, anything I said, these motherfuckers

going crazy. So I remember that show very well. It was so good, you know, I just, I left early because I mean,

if I stay any longer, they're not going to laugh for the next comedian. So I'm like, let me just cut it nice and short. And I was at Martin Lawrence tour in Vegas like two years ago.

Damn, that's nice to say. I didn't even think about that. Like you being in a situation where you're like, let me, let me not go too crazy. Let me see if these niggas

some laughs. You know what I mean? It was going that well. Is that like a bad feeling though? Like, cause you know you're killing it. No, no, is that like a bad feeling though like cause you know you killed it no no no

it's a good feeling but you know at the end of the day it's a team work because it's I wasn't the one closing the show if I was the one

closing the show out then I'd probably give him another 10 minutes but I had another guy that had to go in after me so I said let me save something for him my check in won't be

any more money motherfucker so no need to do too much that's funny cause you ain't saving your backup no minutes on that exactly nah I ain't saving your backup no minutes on that exactly no i wouldn't i ain't want nobody else to play after me i'm trying to shoot all the balls so i don't want you to be hurt a long time that's crazy but also man shout out to you know

what i'm saying tv show bt plus going on how hard was that to, you know what I'm saying, get your own first show? Man, that was, you know what, that had to do more like networking. You know, usually you went on your agents to like make things happen. But, you know, I just, in the years, I built a name for myself and I just started to use my own name

to just try to get things done. I actually ran into Tyler Perry. The first time I ran into Tyler Perry, actually, I did a cameo in a movie he was doing with Tiffany Haddish. It's called Nobody's Food. And I know I was booked to do like a little cameo in the movie. It was a scene in a movie where Tiffany just got out of jail and I went up there to pick up somebody else from the jail and then she ended up

giving me some pussy in the car. It was a wild scene, right? You was a real Uber. Yeah. Uber delivered dick when I put that. Uber dick.

That's what I was. It's a wild act. So that's the scene and you know, I was, and I pretty much ad-libbed the whole movie, you know,

and I was on set for like freaking 10 minutes done. You know what I mean, you know, and I was on set for like, freaking 10 minutes done, you know what I mean? And then, and it's so funny, we're just talking about how you should leave some laughter

for the audience, because I remember that night, I was, it was in Atlanta, actually, we did the Martin tour again, it was in Atlanta, this time, it was a guy that was going on after me,

I'm not going to mention no names, and he was the one going on after me. I'm not going to mention no names. And he was the one going on after me. You know, he was new to the tour. It was his first date. But this guy's a beast. He's a comedian. We know him.

Every comedian know that he's a comedian's comic. And by that night, I hit him hard that night. And I remember I had to leave because originally they wanted me to close the show out. But because I had to go and film this movie with Tyler because Tyler was on set waiting on me. So he's waiting on me and I'm like,

okay, I went up there and hit him hard. Boom, boom, boom, boom. Got in the car. I'm being driven to the Tyler Perry studio and then 10 minutes later we got a call like,

Mike, the motherfucker that went after you is getting booed right now. I mean, he caught it. This motherfucker probably cannot perform in Atlanta ever again because it was bad.

Damn. You know, but yeah, that's when I went up there and did my thing. And that was the first time I ran into Tyler then. Well,

fast forward to like 20, maybe 19, I went to this Jay-Z event at the Hard Rock in Florida. He was doing like his yearly nonprofit event where they raise money for college or something he does everybody was there from beyonce meek and um jay-z tyler was there

and i ran into tyler again i just went up to him myself you know i'm like hey i got a show idea he said okay good take my number and then i text him the next day he connected me with his people at the talaberry studio and I went and met with them. He said, I go, you know, set up an appointment to meet with them. And prior to that, I've been trying to get my agents to like, you know, I always wanted to do a show where I play a teacher.

As a kid growing up in America, nigga roasted me every day in school. I got lit the fuck up. In Philly? Philly, in fact, before Philly was Jersey. Jersey was even worse. I was in Jersey for like three years before I. In Philly. Philly, in fact, before Philly was Jersey. Jersey was even worse. I was in Jersey for like three years

before I moved to Philly. And, and even, even then, it was like some foreign teachers, the kids always clown them teachers. They had some Jamaican teachers or even African teachers.

Them niggas caught it hard. Them kids. And I'm like, I gotta save these niggas, right? So I always wanted to do a show where I light these fucking kids up. I'd be a teacher and I got a revenge for every foreign teacher that ever taught a badass fucking school, right?

All them hood schools, fuck all you motherfuckers. I hope y'all watching. Punk bitch, motherfucker. Y'all destroy my life. He's a prodigal. He went to lean on me. Yeah, we would have got on your ass too. He went where?

Especially with that weak ass coat on. We would got on your ass too he went where especially with that weak ass coat on we would've tore your ass up nigga now I wear shit on purpose I wear shit so niggas can run so I can light their ass up

motherfucker finish your story though I'm gonna finish on you in a second we'll be back keep that same energy when I come back so what I said

so I always I mean I have like for the past seven years I always I mean I have like for the past seven years I always I even shot a little pilot one time of a teacher show where you know

I get to a class and I'm dressed crazy and the kids lighting me up and then I just took turns lit all them kids up and he ain't supposed to do that to kids you know what I mean

but fuck them kids shout out to Anthony Edwards send the video. We'll get back to that nigga in a second too. Hold on, nigga's gonna get back to you. You, Anthony Edwards.

Same lineage. They locked here. Two years. Send the video. Yeah, so I met with his team and then we talked about a show, you know,

and then the pandemic happened. show you know and and then the pandemic happened I don't hear shit back so why you know and I know we don't know about it you know what I mean so I just went on

and tried to get another show idea I met with another team we put some other shit together pitched this other show to BET BET was like yes

you know came on board ready to make it happen and right before I signed the papers Tyler's studio called me up like hey you know came on board ready to make it happen and right before I signed the papers Tyler's studio called me up like hey

remember the show we talked about ready to make it happen I'm like fuck so now I have to decide what show I want to go with but I ended up choosing you know

Tyler's studio cause Tyler got the billion dollars you know you got everything going on you know I mean you can't go wrong

and we went up there and made it happen, man. The show, if you ain't seen the show yet, it's called The Michael Blackson Show on BT+.

It's something I always wanted to do. Get a chance to roast students back for every foreign teacher in the world. All these foreign teachers that ever came to America that got roasted, this show is for you,

my niggas. All them French motherfuckers, African, Jamaican teachers, all y'all foreign teachers that these fucking kids disrespected. I did this show for all you my niggas all them French motherfuckers African Jamaican teachers all y'all foreign teachers that these fucking kids disrespected I did this show for all you

motherfuckers so y'all owe me what's up new one Miss Jones hype right now who's Miss Jones she's a foreign teacher

yeah it's for you Miss Jones she used to try to wear Airbags 95 to be cool where's she from Nigeria

oh poor lady you shit fuck you T poor Nigerian lady you shit we used to tear her up Where's she from? Nigeria. Nigeria? Oh, poor lady. You shit. Fuck you, T. Poor Nigerian lady. You shit. Oh, man, we used to tear her up, man. Shout out to her, man. Shout out to her.

She gave me an F, too. I had to retake her class when I was a senior. It was a freshman class. I was pissed. Damn. You know Vince Jones, too? I do. Yeah, I know.

Oh, you a senior in the ninth grade class? You didn't go there in like a little short yellow bus, did you? No, I was white. That's even worse. That ain't no bus, that's a van. I know a lot of cops, and they get asked all the time, have you ever had to shoot your gun? Sometimes the answer is yes.

But there's a company dedicated to a future where the answer will always be no. Across the country, cops called this taser the revolution. But not everyone was convinced it was that simple. Cops believed everything that taser told them. From Lava for Good and the team that brought you Bone Valley comes a story about what happened when a multibillion-dollar company dedicated itself to one visionary mission. This is Absolute Season 1.

Taser Incorporated. I get right back there and it's bad. It's really, really, really bad. Listen to new episodes of Absolute Season 1, Taser Incorporated, on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Binge episodes 1, 2, and 3 on May 21st, and episodes 4, 5, and 6 on June 4th. Ad-free at Lava for Good Plus on Apple Podcasts.

I'm Clayton English. I'm Greg Lott. And this is Season 2 of the War on Dr Podcasts. I'm Clayton English. I'm Greg Glod. And this is season two of the War on Drugs podcast. We are back. In a big way. In a very big way. Real people, real perspectives.

This is kind of star-studded a little bit, man. We got Ricky Williams, NFL player, Heisman Trophy winner. It's just a compassionate choice to allow players all reasonable means to care for themselves.

Music stars Marcus King, John Osborne from Brothers Osborne. We have this misunderstanding of what this quote-unquote drug thing is. Benny the Butcher. Brent Smith from Shinedown. Got B-Real from Cypress Hill. NHL enforcer Riley Cote. Marine Corvette. MMA fighter Liz Caramouch.

What we're doing now isn't working and we need to change things. Stories matter and it brings a face to them. It makes it real. It really does. It makes it real. Listen to new episodes of the War on Drugs podcast season two on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts.

And to hear episodes one week early and ad free with exclusive content, subscribe to Lava for Good Plus on Apple Podcasts. I'm Michael Kassin, founder and CEO of 3C Ventures and your guide on good company. The podcast where I sit down with the boldest innovators shaping what's next. In this episode, I'm joined by Anjali Sood, CEO of Tubi, for a conversation that's anything but ordinary. We dive into the competitive world of streaming, how she's turning so-called niche

into mainstream gold, connecting audiences with stories that truly make them feel seen. What others dismiss as niche, we embrace as core. It's this idea that there are so many stories out there, and if you can find a way to curate and help the right person discover the right content, the term that we always hear from our audience is that they feel seen. Get a front row seat to where media, marketing, technology, entertainment, and sports collide. And hear how leaders like Anjali are carving out space and shaking things up a bit in the most crowded of markets. Listen to Good Company on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Now let's take it back to how you link up with Q for the Friday series.

Ice Cube, my nigga. Yes, man. Let me see. That's a crazy story too, man. So the last job I had, last time I clocked into a job, was an airline job. A lot of comedians had that job because they got to fly for free. Yeah.

You know what I'm saying? So you get to like, you know, on your days off, go wherever you want. So last job I had in Philly, I had worked for the airline. And then on my day off, I fly to LA, just go hit the stage. And there's one particular time I went on stage. It happened to be the same night that Ice Cube came out to watch Mike Epps for the first time ever. And then I happened to be performing that night. And then when I was done, he came to see Mike Epps to play, to do Next Friday.

I didn't know. I didn't know they was doing a Next Friday project. I just remember performing. And I remember like the next day, you know, the guy that was hosting the show was Guy Torrey. He hit me up like, hey, some people here asking about, you know, you audition was hosting the show was guy tori hit me up like hey um some people here asking about you know you auditioning for uh next friday i'm like what the fuck is that i didn't realize it was a sequel to friday and i got the script and i you know looked at it and i had to go back home of course and then come back like a week later to audition and the week before the audition was when everything go wrong you know um

the week before the audition in fact a week before the audition something crazy happened right was uh this is philly this is like 1999 january of 1999 me comedian named buck in philly another guy named toray another comedian named Kevin Hart right four of us driving to New York to do a show right

before we got in a car to do the show we all met at a location and then we all decided to get in the wrong fucking car you know what I mean my car

I didn't want to put miles on my shit I'm like no nigga I just got my car and I put miles on it fuck you motherfuckers Kev she was some piece of shit. Wasn't getting her car.

Terrain had no fucking car. Buck had the nicest car. His car's like a, maybe a 1995 Nissan Maximum, low miles, looking good. Good guy. You know, we like, yeah, we won't get in this car. But we also forgot that Buck is the most illegal person in the group. This nigga, everything about him

is not real. I don't think his mother is his real mother. Right? Nigga long story short, we later found out this nigga had a license plate on his car

that belonged to another car. So back in Philly, back in the day, when you get a lot of tickets on your car, you just report the plate stolen and then you get a new plate

that way you don't you don't tow your car so the plate he had was the plate that somebody already reported stolen in the past so that plate is on the car we on the turnpike

maybe 30 minutes from New York we in Jersey around Newark, New Jersey same place I was I spent my first three years state trooper behind us.

And mind you, I should have known something was wrong because before we started driving, Buck was like, I'm not feeling well. Mike, you drive. I'm like, okay, I'll drop you a nice car. Not thinking, this nigga got me driving because the papers ain't right. We driving, state trooper

behind us. I'm like nervous. I'm like, I never had no state trooper behind me before. You know, I don't know what to do. I'm freaking 21 years old. If that, so I'm like, oh shit. Okay. It's what we're going to do. So he said, Mike, man, just, just like Mike, just drive straight.

Don't pay no attention. Just drive. And the next thing you know, the light is on. And then he's like, pull over. You know, then we pulled over. They pulled out guns on us. us had guns on all of us like get out the car because they read

the license plate the license plate came up stolen property so they think the car is stolen they didn't even think it's a license plate

they like get out the car drive her hands up walk backwards I'm like I don't even nigga I just got hit nigga you know I'm like walking they's like Mike you don't get backwards. I'm like, I don't even, nigga, I just got hit. Nigga, you know. I'm like walking. It's like, Mike, you don't

got shot, Mike. I'm making a long story short. They got us all on the ground, handcuffs, you know, and then they're like, while we're on the floor, right, I'm right here. The nigga with the car owner, the bitch-ass nigga that got us in trouble, he next to me like,

yo, Mike, man, if they ask you anything, tell them my name is Aziz White. I'm like, who the fuck is Aziz White, nigga? He said, who car is this? I said, Buck. Buck who? Buck Wild. This nigga right here. This car. Right? I know somebody who did that. Oh!

You snitched before? Man, hell nah. Tell your motherfucking story. We're going to get on his ass. I said, it's Buck Wild. The nigga, so we have Kevin laughing. Everybody cracking the fuck up.

This nigga got like, um, fake counterfeit money in his pocket. There's a whole lot of shit going on with this nigga. So they're like, okay, what's going on? Who,

the car? Where y'all going? I'm like, we're going to New York to do a show. I'm a comedian, sir. My head shots are in the trunk, right? So they still laugh

about that shit to today. They say, Mike, your head shot. I'm not going to fuck about your head shots. He tried to promote. He tried to promote. Promote on the arrest.

That's crazy. He said, my head shots are in the trunk. Good marketing. You know, so they're looking shit up. Buck got counterfeit money. Now he took that shit, threw it away. Cop didn't, cop didn't realize.

Oh, cop, dumbass cop like, yo, I think you threw your money by accident. Get this shit back to the nigga. Right, nigga like, motherfucker, I'm trying to get rid of this shit. So he put it back in his pocket. Cuffed us up. Got us all four of us in the this shit. So he put it back in his pocket, cuffed us up, got us all four of us in the same cell, you know, while they figure everything out.

And then while we're in the cell, this nigga still got this money in him. He ain't a bad from chewing money, trying to get rid of the evidence, right? His mouth all green. He's like, yo, guys, I need y'all to help me eat this money. I said, nigga, fuck anybody hungry, motherfucker. I'm like, chewing no goddamn money, you know, and shit and change. Fuck you, motherfucker. So eventually, you know, they figure everything out.

And we was in there for like four or five hours. We all went home. They kept the car, of course. And then we got home. But then we had a court date. And the day of the court date was the same day I had to be in LA for my audition. So me and Kev, the only ones that like rented a car, drove to Newark, New Jersey, went to court. You know, they threw the shit out.

And then I flew. We drove back. And then I was right in time. I got the 30 minutes to catch a flight to make my audition. You know, when God flew, took that little five and a half hour flight. Went up there, hyped the shit, and killed the audition. And then next thing you know, got the movie. Okay.

Tell them your favorite part of the movie. Nah, so when he asked you, have you been chewing on the CD and shit, you start laughing. Oh, yeah. Yeah. Because it wasn't me and Ep, like, you know, prior to that, I mean, we known each other for like, this is like 99. We known each other six years already. So we used to ad-libbing.

You know what I'm saying? We ad-libbed. Let me tell you, every line we said was our own line. The only thing that was in that script that we said, that I said, was, I can't get cheeky with this shit. That's the only thing the writers wrote. Everything else was me and my app just going at it. I watched that movie so many times, I noticed you laughing. I'm like, this nigga laughing. It was shocking to me, like it just came out of nowhere.

So I kind of like try to laugh and I try to change series at the same time, go back into like acting mode. I was crying. Yeah, but people at some point noticed that. But even though, I mean, when I watched it, when it was finished and I went and watched the finished cut, because they had like a

session where all the actors get to watch what we did. I was like, what the fuck? I didn't even like what they picked. That's how much better shit that we did. Damn. Much better. Much funnier shit. I'm like, what?

Why'd they choose this part? And, you know, that's because I'm guarantee you, Ice Cube was not in the editing room. I was not in the editing room. When they shoot a movie and they send it to the editor, the editor is not even there when they're shooting a movie. His goal is to get the best angles and the best this and that. Fuck the jokes.

There's just more angles than that. And I think that's what the editor was looking at. Instead of looking at jokes, what niggas really care about. We don't give a fuck about angles. Shout to volume. Know about that a little bit. Wow, he be just going for angles? Yeah, he's that nigga.

That's Freaky Mike. That's a joke, right? His prior life, all he cared about was angles. Yeah. Fuck your angles, motherfucker. Get the jokes. I know a lot of cops, and they get asked all the time, have you ever had to shoot your gun?

Sometimes the answer is yes. But there's a company dedicated to a future where the answer will always be no. Across the country, cops called this taser the revolution. But not everyone was convinced it was that simple. Cops believed everything that taser told them. From Lava for Good and the team that brought you Bone Valley comes a story about what happened when a multi-billion dollar company

dedicated itself to one visionary mission. This is Absolute Season 1. Taser Incorporated. I get right back there and it's bad. It's really, really, really bad. Listen to new episodes of Absolute Season 1, Taser Incorporated, on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts,

or wherever you get your podcasts. Binge episodes 1, 2, and 3 on May 21st and episodes 4, 5, and 6 on June 4th. Ad-free at Lava for Good Plus on Apple Podcasts. I'm Clayton English. I'm Greg Lott. free at Lava for Good Plus on Apple Podcasts. NFL player, Heisman Trophy winner. It's just a compassionate choice to allow players all reasonable means to care for themselves. Music stars Marcus King, John Osborne from Brothers Osborne. We have this misunderstanding of what this quote-unquote drug ban is. Benny the Butcher.

Brent Smith from Shinedown. We got B-Real from Cypress Hill. NHL enforcer Riley Cote. Marine Cor vet. MMA fighter Liz Karamush. What we're doing now isn't working and we need to change things. Stories matter and it brings a face to them. It makes it real.

It really does. It makes it real. Listen to new episodes of the War on Drugs podcast season two on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. And to hear episodes one week early and ad-free with exclusive content, subscribe to Lava for Good Plus on Apple Podcasts. I'm Michael Kassin, founder and CEO of 3C Ventures and your guide on good company, the podcast where I sit down with the boldest innovators shaping what's next. In this episode, I'm joined by Anjali Sood, CEO of Tubi, for a conversation that's anything but ordinary. We dive into the competitive world

of streaming, how she's turning so-called niche into mainstream gold, connecting audiences with stories that truly make them feel seen. What others dismiss as niche, we embrace as core. It's this idea that there are so many stories out there, and if you can find a way to curate and help the right person discover the right content, the term that we always hear from our audience is that they feel seen. Get a front row seat to where media, marketing, technology, entertainment, and sports collide. And hear how leaders like Anjali

are carving out space and shaking things up a bit in the most crowded of markets. Listen to Good Company on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. All right, but obviously we know,

you know what I'm saying, that is a hood classic. All right, what's your favorite hood classic? Go through. Probably Don't Be Admonished. Admonished forever. Yeah, Don't Be Admonished. How about you? I mean,

I got to give it to Friday. I mean, I like comedy. I get what menace was. I mean, menace was very, very intense,

you know. But my fans, when they see me, their favorite of all things was Repo. Y'all saw Repo? Yeah. What?

Classic. Well, Repo was a strictly That's my favorite low budget film. Low budget, okay. Definitely low budget. That would have been platinum on Tubi when it right. Well, Repo is a strictly That's my favorite low budget film. Low budget. Okay. Definitely low budget.

That would have been platinum on Tubi when it dropped. Oh, man. People were asking that shit. That's why y'all put that shit on Tubi, man. That big black girl

in that movie is fucking hilarious. But you know, Leslie ended up on Saturday Night Live. Yeah. Shout out to Leslie. No, for real.

She was hilarious in that. Funny shit, man. Repo was funny. And the thing about it, I casted that whole movie. The only person I didn't cast was Cat. Because I think

P hit him up and then pay him for his old saying in one day. I remember that. Damn. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Because I casted him.

I know where everybody got paid in that. Fucking in that shit. Your pocket watch. Hmm? His pocket watch. Well, no, because I had to tell him

what was going to get paid. That's real. You know what I mean I was like okay I'm like PI let's get this person let's get that person let's get this

I casted a whole shit you know what I mean I went and called because we we were talking about Leslie you know when I hit her up I said hey Leslie I need this

I need you in this movie and then she read the script she's like I'm supposed to be an ugly girl I'm like nigga you know you're ugly come get this check I need you in this movie. And then she read the script. She's like, I'm supposed to be an ugly girl? I'm like, nigga, you know you're ugly. Come get this check, man.

Come get this ugly check. She mad at me till today. She had a legendary part in that motherfucker, man. For real. Shout out to Big Liz. Big Liz. Tell you which one is your favorite hood classic?

Next Friday. Next Friday? Yeah, I watched it 4,000 times. Damn. fucking man for real shout out to Big Liz Big Liz English Unprivileged classic next Friday next Friday yeah I watched it 4,000 times damn for real nah that's the only movie we had on DVD that's one of the

funniest movies ever though and I just ran it over and over I can name that whole movie I can say the whole movie

bar for bar for real next Friday yeah but I think Friday after next came too fast think so

you think it was like first of all Friday was 1995 But I think Friday After Next came too fast. Think so? You think I'm... It was like, first of all, Friday was 1995. Next Friday was 2000. Five years later. And then a year later, Friday After Next came out. You saw that back.

Yeah. I think it happened too fast. That's probably why it don't get as much because nobody talked about Friday After Next being their favorite. Nah, it was funny though. It's one of the best Christmas movies ever though. It's one of the best Christmas movies ever though. it don't get as much because nobody talked about Friday After Next being their favorite. Nah, it was funny though. It's one of the best Christmas movies ever though.

It's one of the best Christmas movies ever though. Definitely the best hood Christmas movie at least. For sure. Oh, for sure. That's number one. Yeah, that's definitely number one.

Ricky Smiley being that skinny ass Santa Claus is one of the funniest shits on earth. Yeah. Nah, speaking about AE though, have a girl ever put a baby on you?

You trying to get rid of her? Man, my goodness. It's probably the first time I've talked about this before. I never talked about to my AE. Oh man, I've had,

I've had one big scare. Uh-huh. You know, my youngest kids are about to be 17 in March. You know what I mean? So Mike is very, I ain't out there reckless.

Yeah. You know, but I did have a scare four years ago, maybe five years ago. It was a chick I met, you know, I just became single, you know, and then I was kicking it with her. And this girl, I remember her, you know, the funny thing about it, I was so dumb because she told me she was a dancer. And I wasn't thinking, because nobody,

no real stripper going to tell you you're a stripper. You know, they let you kind of like find out later on. But she told me she was a dancer. Why my dumb ass thought this motherfucker was a ballet dancer? Or, you know, like a background dancer. That's that. I wasn't thinking about like, pop the cooch coochie pole and all that other stuff, right? Night shift.

Yeah, I thought you danced before midnight. Anything after midnight is not good. Anybody working after midnight is no good. So. Speak for yourself. She was. Third shift. Shout out to the graveyard somebody gotta do it

nah go ahead though so it was so I met my dad and we met on IG if I'm not mistaken and then I think you know we decided to meet up

in Atlanta everything bad up in Atlanta. Everything bad happens in Atlanta. It's where I met her and she looked cool, you know. Did you check her neck? Hmm?

Did you check her neck? Let me check her neck. Oh, no. She had a whole baby. So one thing about her, she was, this girl was, she was a very hardworking girl.

She was dancing, going to school, and then had a whole daughter. So she was very responsible. You know, and her baby dad was in jail. So the last thing this girl needed, wanted, is Epps calling me now. Let's talk to Epps on the phone.

Mikey Mike! Mike! Mike! What's up motherfucker i'm here with your peoples man i'm at the part no i'm not there i'm at the podcast i'll be i'll be done in like 15 minutes i'm not there yet i'll see you soon okay i got that's not tomorrow's gonna be that one o'clock that's why he hit me up. So what was I talking about? The girl. Talking about Edwards, right?

Mm-hmm. Okay, yeah. So she had, like I said, she had a, she was going to college, dancing at night, and had a whole daughter, and a baby daddy was in jail. The last thing this girl ever wanted was another kid. She stressed that completely. Her baby was the last thing that was on her mind. Right? So this is like

maybe a year later of me, you know, seeing her or whatever. She had, she was supposed to wear a guy to BBF. A tummy tuck. He was going to get a tummy tuck.

She had a little gut. So she went to go get a tummy tuck. And when she went to go get a tummy tuck, first you got going to get a tummy tuck. She had a little gut. So she went to go get a tummy tuck. And when she went to go get a tummy tuck, first you got to take a test, whatever. And she said, she can't get it done. She can't get her tummy tucked down. I said, why?

She said, they said she's pregnant. I'm like, oh, snap. Oh, okay. I said, you seen somebody else? She said, she said, you seen somebody else? She said, she said, um, uh,

yes, but you're the only one I, you know, I do unprotected with, she said, right? And, um,

I said, okay, no problem. And then, you know, she's like, don't worry, I don't want to have no kid anyway,

you know? So, you know, she hit me back, like, a week later, she said, she said,

she went to the, to the clinic, and she just didn't, it looked that dirty, she didn't like the way it looked, so, you know, she hit me back like a week later. She said she went to the clinic and she just didn't look that dirty. She didn't like the way it looked. So, you know, she decided she was changing her mind. I said, okay, you know. And me, I always looked at kids as blessing. Always, you know. And at that particular time, around that time, my oldest son, I have an oldest son who's like 25.

You know, he lived with me when he was, he moved to Cali with me, like 10th, 11th, 12th grade. And when he got out of, when he, during high school, Mike, he just never listened much at all. Hung out with the wrong crowd. Mike thought he spoke in wheat, ended up smoking some K2 fucked himself up mentally you know what I mean and he'll never be the same you know what I mean and because of that

I'm like you know what and then she knew it was a boy whatever I'm like you know maybe that's God just gave me a new Mikey you know what I'm saying

so I didn't it didn't bother me you know kids to me if somebody came and said these 10 kids are yours I'm like come on motherfucker

let's go that's how I am I love kids, I'm like, come on, motherfucker, let's go. That's how I am. I love kids. So I'm like, but at the same time, I knew she was only keeping a kid because she thought it was mine. And because you're always stressed. You never, you know, you got too busy for a baby. You're only doing it now because you're looking at the bag, right?

But it's okay. It didn't bother me. So then, you know, I guess at like bag, right? But it's okay. It didn't bother me. So then, you know, I guess at like seven, eight months pregnant, she's like, she could actually take a paternity test to make me feel comfortable. Why are you still pregnant?

I'm like, that don't sound, that just sounds too new school to me. Let's do things the right way. Is it too new school? Yeah, let's let, when the little nigga come out, let's go, you know,

swipe this guy's mouth or whatever plug his butt whatever we got to do to find out if this is mine or not you know it's got to be a better practice than that one whatever they got to do right so and then um so we had an appointment for me to go down there, like, and a week before my appointment, she hit me up and like, you don't have to come. I guess she made the other person took a test. Man, it was there. Damn.

So I'm like, okay, I thought, what happened? But it was the biggest relief of my life because I'm like, I knew she wasn't doing it because she wanted, she was doing it because she was trying to get a life 18 years back. So I was like, thank you, Jesus Christ, for saving me. Amen. That's probably, that's by that, you know,

that's by the biggest, you know, baby scare ever. And talking about Edwards, right? You ain't pushed 100K. You ain't pushed 100K through. Nah, nah. But you know know with him if he's able to get over the 100k

he should be happy but if that we know that girl ain't no dummy she ain't taking 100k she got Instagram she'll get 100k a month

for 18 years so why would you do that she ain't gonna do that she ain't gonna do that so be ready you're gonna be a daddy motherfucker you know

not you're gonna be a daddy but I'm about to be an uncle too I'm going to be a daddy, motherfucker. Not you're going to be a daddy, but I'm about to be an uncle too. I'm tired of girl listening. I'll be the uncle to the baby. You know, I will. I'll take you to all

your paternity meetings. Okay, because we're about to get. You moving in? We're a family now. We're a family. In fact, you know what I mean?

I'm like, hey, Edward, you're not treating us right. Hey, that's wild. When I first saw it, I thought it was a million dollars. They said a hundred grand. I'm like, hey, Edward, you're not treating us right. Hey, that's wild. When I first saw it, I thought it was a million dollars. They said a hundred grand.

I'm like, nigga, please. A million dollars, maybe she might. Even though that's just one year of support for her. A million dollars? Yeah. What, you got 300 million? Yeah. It ain't in Naira.

That Naira is Nigerian money, okay? Okay. It ain't in Naira. It's in U.S. dollars, okay? It ain't no pesos. Man. The pesos. But I...

You just became a daddy of an Instagram baby, my brother. Just embrace a baby and just hope he becomes something. Because you paying a hundred grand a month,

that nigga better be a president. If he come out as a crackhead, I'll be very upset. You pay that kind of money for a kid and a nigga like a crackhead, I'll be very upset. You pay that kind of money for a kid and a nigga like a crackhead? I'm like, nigga, I'm taking you to court.

Your honor, this nigga cost me a hundred grand a month and now he a crackhead. I want all my shit back. Facts, bro. Stay home. Hell yeah.

Sue when your kid is funny as hell. And you know, you've been bullshitting for too long. We're going to get this right. Why wouldn't you, though? I'd be hurt if I paid a hundred grand and my kid was a crack hell. You know, you've been bullshitting for too long. We're going to get this right. Why wouldn't you, though? I'd be hurt.

I paid $100,000. My kid was a crackhead. Yeah, he coming out here in a crackhead. That's great. You're in the corner. You showing him receipts and shit. But we know you a Philly man. You know what I'm saying?

You unfortunately are an Eagles fan. You know what I'm saying? What's going on? Yeah, you know what it is. We already talked about this. Listen, man. When you go from the Super Bowl, it's hard to go back. So every obstacle is against you.

They didn't know it yet. A lot of teams besides the Chiefs and the Patriots, a lot of teams after the Super Bowl, they just usually collapse. Nothing happens. Yeah. You know, nothing much happens after that. So I'm not giving up on the Eagles yet. You know, they— There's a lot of, I'm not giving up on the Eagles yet. You know,

they, um, It's a lot of Jalen Hurst slander out here. Huh? It's a lot of Jalen Hurst slander out here. Yeah,

he be alright. He don't deserve You know what, he's, no, no, no, the thing about Jalen Hurst, I mean,

well, he got 200 something million. He earned that from like, you know, the three years he got the team

to the playoffs. You know, look at the pretty dude. The nigga's making like, he making what them guys make a game. He making $800,000 to the playoffs. You know, look at the pretty dude. The nigga's making like, you're making what them guys make a game. You're making $800,000 for the year.

And look what he's doing to the team. So, you know, when the bad comes, they're paying you for what you already did. So they're paying Jelligan to pay for what he already did.

You know, so he just got that money. Prior to that, he was making what? A million dollars, two, three million a year? Yeah, he was second round pick. But he just,

he just gotta just, you know, he'll get it together. Because what got him where he was making what? A million dollars, two, three million a year? Yeah, he was second round pick. But he just, he just gotta just, you know, he'll get it together. Because what got him where he was is not making mistakes. And the last three games, he made a lot of mistakes.

And hopefully, you know, it could wake him up, you know. But it's sports. At the end of the day, who cares, right? Nobody give a fuck.

You give a fuck. But what's your favorite, your favorite Philly sports? Philadelphia is my, everything Philly from 76ers Sixers Eagles

Flyers Phillies okay and we all got I mean we're all having a very tough years I mean the Phillies almost go through

a World Series I mean then they went last year they lost the soccer team went to the finals lost Eagles went to the finals

lost Sixers we can't even go past the second round what's up with NB man we know he we know he second round. What's up with Embiid, man? We know he like that, but what's up with the playoffs, man? Yeah, he finds a way to choke, man, that second round. The first round is no problem.

The second round, they just find a way to choke, you know. Then got bent out of there. Now, what's the excuse now, you know? But we'll see what happens. They got James out of there, too. Now, no more excuses. Yeah. now, you know? But we'll see what happens. They got James out there too now. No more excuses. I mean, you know, James Hartnett, he's had to find the

perfect place for him. Hopefully, I mean, I think they won like seven out of eight games, right? They got nine in a row. James Hartnett, I'm a fan of him. And I like to see a guy like that win somehow. So, you know,

it's unfortunate, but hopefully he somehow. So, you know, it's unfortunate, but hopefully he found a home, you know. Yeah, I hope he win in LA too. I want Russell Westbrook to get an NBA championship. Me too. That's somebody I want to win a championship. Yeah, yeah, definitely. Nobody deserve it more.

And I'm still pissed, still mad about that whole separation from Oklahoma City, man. Off of one game. I mean, they had that shit in the back. Three games to one, and then they lose a game to the Golden State. All of a sudden now, you go join them niggas. That's crazy, because we might not even talk about a Golden State dynasty if that happens.

Because I think the winner of that series won that championship. I think that OKC team was probably beaten. They should have stuck in there. But it's free agency. Muppets are offering you all kinds of money. You're going to go. It's a business, man. And you ain't trying to live in Oklahoma City either. But not, I mean...

It was cool out there when I was there. Respect. I think a team, you could make anybody could make a city pop. Seriously. You put LeBron in Cleveland,

Cleveland was popping. Nah, LeBron's gone, Cleveland's not like Oklahoma. You know what I mean? You put anybody anywhere and they would make that city pop. O.K.C. was popping

when them guys were there. For sure. That's a fact. Yeah, so I mean, even like, I mean, think about back in the day, Reggie Miller,

he had the city popping with basketball. Yeah, tell him again. So now you guys are kind of had the city popping with basketball. Yeah, tell him again. So now you guys are kind of getting back. Tell him again. What? Tell him again. Reggie Miller era, man.

That was an era, man. God, you had some good games. Are you a Reggie fan? I'm a basketball fan. You know, I remember Reggie. I'm telling you, we was just like, oh, God, 90s. I remember actually when he came, played the Sixers one night. And I remember that night, when they came play the Sixers one night, and I remember that night,

I was just starting comedy, and they went to this place, this one club that they came to, and Manu Bo was playing then a long time ago. I remember hanging out with them dudes, like, back. It's like...

Damn, man, how old are you? You working out with Manu Bo? Listen, man, Africans don't know our age, okay? Oh, okay. We don't know our age. I wasn't... When I was born,

I was born in a backyard. Nobody wrote shit down, okay? Okay. Nobody know. I asked my mom the other day, I said, Mom, how old am I? She said,

Between 19 and 100, nigga. Pick an age, get the fuck out of my face. When you was born, you saw a doctor. When I was born, I saw a goat. I said, Nah, you saw a doctor. When I was born, I saw a goat. I said, nah, he said,

man. So yeah, man. I'm going to live forever. Don't worry about my age, motherfucker. I'm going to see every generation. 90 years from now, I'll be looking just like that. You're going to be all old and crusty, motherfucker. You're more afraid of my own people who ain't got birth certificates.

We ain't got none. That's funny as hell. That's my soccer age. I ain't no African got a soccer age. Them niggas come maybe 30 years and I'm 19.

Nah, we got some people that come here and hoop and say that. They start dating in high school. Yeah, when they come out of the country, man, they could do whatever.

Until they start hitting 30 and them bones start hurting. Okay, maybe I'm not 19. Matter of fact, if you know something, sit on a bike. Prefer to like 6'8". And a bus.

You want a thai maker? Yeah. He could be 24 hours. 21 years old. Who has Aladipo? Aladipo? Aladipo? No, not Aladipo.

Is that it? Milwaukee. Oh, Giannis. Giannis is 39 years old. I'm a fuck ass man. Nigga to my 28. His brother is 50. Oh, his brother is 55 years old.

I went to high school in Nigeria with them niggas. How old is NB? NB is about 97. That's his sports age to my 28. Yeah, to the world power, motherfucker.

I'm snitching all Africans, motherfucker. All of y'all niggas. Embiid, you are 97. I know how your grandfather, motherfucker.

He holding it down for y'all, though. Nah, he's trying. Hey, we down. We are like 20 and 8, you know. We have a good season. Nah, y'all going crazy right now.

Tyrese Maxey playing great, too. Shout out to Tyrese Maxey. He should be an all-star. Yeah, Maxey, y'all having to... Y'all gonna have to pay him, though. Yeah, you gotta give him that money. You'll get a little 200 mil very soon. That's a fact.

That's crazy. That's light now. And I don't think... Do y'all think this Pistons gonna win another game? I hope they don't. Why? Because it's funny.

Oh, that's y'all. Y'all hate them, huh? It's just funny to see them lose. They ruined our championship. Yeah, so fuck them. What, from back in the day? Yeah. When they had the brawl?

They did, they sure enough did. Yeah, we was gonna win the chip that year. We got love from everyone throughout. But then y'all did go one year, y'all lost a little bit. Y'all swept the Lakers, right? Yeah, we couldn't beat Shaq and Kobe. Yeah.

You talking about before Shaq era, y'all had a chance. Nah, we had when Steven Jackson, Metal World Peace, all them was there. Yeah, yeah, yeah. we couldn't be Shaq and Kobe yeah you talking about before Shaq era y'all had a chance nah we had when Steven Jackson Metal World Peace all them was there yeah that year

I was fighting yeah fighting year you was a baby I was I was in high school okay I remember that year

everybody was fighting but the coaches it was a rumble yeah and Reggie Reggie didn't fight yeah Reggie didn't fight he wasn't fighting Reggie built like a crack't fight. Yeah, Reggie didn't fight. He ain't fight.

Reggie built like a crackhead. He ain't fight no more. Go up there and break in half. He just, hey, stop that. Hey, don't hurt him. Reggie built like a... Stop beating him like that.

That's crazy as hell, man. Before we get up out of here, Mike, man, show these people what you got going on. Promo the show, BET Plus, the Michael Blackson show. That show BET Plus The Michael Blackson show

That's right The Michael Blackson show BET Plus So what we shot We shot like Pilots So when you come Doing a TV

You shoot pilot Pilots a show You shoot You air it If people like it Then they shoot more So we shot Four episode pilots

We'll watch it If y'all like it Then we'll shoot more So it's up to your fans going to watch the show and, you know, posting and talking about it. Hey, this show is funny.

And I'm very hard on myself. So if I say the show is good and it's been a comment, I'm telling the show, you're going to love it. I think it was one of my best work. And a lot of fun. I ad-libbed most of the whole shit.

You know what I'm saying? So watch the show. Besides that, I mean, like I said, shout out to these guys for supporting my nonprofit. You know, my goal, education always been my thing because in America, school is free. You know, Africa, it ain't free. They have some government schools,

but even with those, you still have to pay for certain things. And a lot of kids can't afford uniform. They can't afford the books and all of that. So I went back home, built a free school in the village for the kids. And I want to keep doing more. So support my nonprofit. It's at michaelblacksandfoundation.org.

For those who went to a public school, I spelled it for you. M-I-C-H-A-L-B-L-A-C-K-S-O-N.org. So go and type on help do some shit. Thank you for the service. Yes, sir. Tap in. Appreciate you pulling up good, sir. Starting the new year off

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