Donnell - From the Trap to the Laugh! Special guest T.I.

Episode Date: February 10, 2022

In this Episode, Donnell sits down with  Rapper / Actor / Comedian T.I. to talk about life and his next journey into being a comedian. A joke could be too soon, but it could never be too soon for a funny observation. Special thanks to T.I. @troubleman31 @THC Design  @nikigolightly, @Samson Crouppen  @juliuslikeaboss, and @csikmixing http://www.donnellrawlings.com Like, Subscribe & Follow Donnell on: YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnXf59H6e99fQpWYM5uvEQw?sub_confirmation=1 Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/donnellrawlingsofficial Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/donnellrawlings Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/donnellrawlings Website: http://www.donnellrawlings.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Wasn't able to open this one up, but I'm excited to get down here and have a good time. March 17th through the 20th, Philly, Philly. Heliums. Tickets on sale. And March 25th, Wealthy Theater, Grand Rapids, Michigan for one show. And Garden Theater, Detroit, Michigan, one show.

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It's so cute. It's fire, son. But the best thing is that it's a pre-roll. So this is for like arrogant people. Like you. People like fancy. No. People that are fancy about their smoke, I only do pre-rolls.

They don't want to take the time to wait for someone to do the process of rolling something. You should wait for someone else to do the process of rolling something. Yeah, wait for someone else to do the process of rolling something, not you. Yeah, sometimes you just want to hit a joint. Anybody got a lighter? Ladies and gentlemen, it's not too, I don't, when I first started doing my podcast, I was like, well, the toughest thing is going to be for me

to ask somebody to be on my podcast because the worst thing to do is hear, no, I ain't got time for it. Oh, here come this nigga with this new podcast. You got a podcast. Everybody got a podcast. And I always said that the only people I want to interview or talk to is people I admire, have love and respect for. I just didn't want to do no stunts.

You're like, you know you can get so-and-so, but motherfuckers, you can feel. Our guests, and we are starting to grow, our guests that we have on the show today is an established writer, an established actor, an established producer, an established father. But to add to his hat that's already filled with motherfucking feathers.

Ladies and gentlemen, come into the stage, Tip Harris, the comedian. What's going on? What's up, sir? Hey, man, I don't know how to answer that. It's not even an answer. I don't know how to answer that. You know, I don't think I'm a comedian, though. What do you mean?

I'm a superstar. A superstar. A multimedia superstar, the kind of amoeba of talent that delves into different applications of skill whenever necessary. If you don't know the story we're speaking of, Tip Harris decided that he wanted to dabble into the arena of stand-up comedy. And for the last two months, I have to honestly say that I haven't seen anybody as passionate as wanting to hustle than this nigga. The last person I seen had that energy to aggressively want to get on stage every opportunity they could.

What I would say would be me. It's just the truth. The nigga, I want to get up. I want to get on. I want to get on. I want to get on. If you don't know the story, he started to dabble in the world of stand-up comedy. Yeah.

And he's willing to take the long drives to do it. Yeah. And in your definition, that must mean a jack of all trades. I mean, I guess so. I think I do the things that serve my gifts you know what I'm saying I don't think that music pulls from all

of my gifts yet you know you got more to give I do you know and I think that's why you have to you know I also direct write screenplays I you know I do a bunch of shit everything Everything, nigga. You know, I can't draw worth a damn.

You know what I'm saying? You can't draw in a sense of paper. Yo, this is so funny you said that. Maybe you won't draw with pen and paper on there, but you can draw the picture. I can. Draw the picture of creativity. I can.

I can paint a picture with words. I'm going to tell you the first time. The funny thing, when you started doing stand-up, right? Because for years, y'all got to understand this, for years, this nigga just called me randomly.

Yeah. This nigga, no matter where city he is, I was like, I'm thinking like this, yo, what's popping, nigga, we about to turn up? And this nigga like,

yo, yo, what, this is a comedy club I can go to? I'm like, nigga, fuck that comedy club, what's popping? He was prepping. You know,, nigga, fuck that comedy club. What's poppin'?

He was preppin'. You know, the thing is, that's like a thing that me and my wife always did. Like, when we first met, going to comedy clubs, that's kind of like our, that's what we did. Like, the first Uptown Comedy Club, like, that was like our shit. So you are really a fan of comedy.

Have been for decades. Where did that come from? Like, where did that come from? I don't know. Fucking Eddie Murphy Raw, I guess. Richard Pryor, Robin Harris. You know, just watching the greats coming up. And when the

scene took off in Atlanta, it was kind of like at the beginning of my career. You mean the Def Jam black comedy scene? When the scene took off in Atlanta, it was kind of like at the beginning of my career. The scene, that would be like, you mean the Def Jam black comedy scene? The black comedy scene in Atlanta.

Now, I won't say I didn't catch the black comedy scene at Def Jam in New York. I was too young at the time. Oh, really? Yeah, I was, shit, 12 years old, probably. But in Atlanta, you know, we had the Nod Holstons and, well, even before that, 559 with Bruce Bruce.

That was in Miami, right? Nah, that was 559 in Atlanta, West End. 559, let me tell you something, son. I used to come to do that joint and we used to do a, it was called a creative tour. We started in D.C. And it ended at 559. And 559, if you don't know, was the place—

That shit was one of the most notorious comedy holes in the world. Nigga, you were bad. You would ruin your career. You'd be second guessing yourself. Yo, nigga, Bruce would tell you— That was one of the worst rooms. Yo, Bruce would tell you, look, man, they ain't really here to see you, right? And that nigga's like, look, you gonna get your money, right?

But you basically like, nigga, just take this boot and keep it moving. Damn. That room 559, it's interesting that you remember that area. Yeah. Bruce Bruce was the host then? Yes. Bruce Bruce. Then you had the Uptown Comedy, the first Uptown Comedy corner with...

Quake? Was it Earth? No, Holston is who I remember. Okay. Holston. But I know that Quake was in there. Earthquake was in there. Skull Bubble.

K-Dub. Lil Duval. You know what I'm saying? Shouty Shouty. Yo, let me tell you, every name, and I've seen motherfuckers perform different places. Right. But every name that you mentioned, whenever I've seen them perform in Atlanta,

niggas be destroying the room. You know what I'm saying? Yeah. They be destroying the room. Everybody, like, they destroy that shit. And I remember that time. It was like, it was a go-hard time. In comedy, everybody was trying to blow

the next nigga out of the water. That's real. And then, and after that, you know, probably about five years, six years after that, there was another era when Uptown moved. We had a night called Trippin' on Sundays with me, Clay Evans, and Duval was the host for that, for Trippin' on Sundays. So I've always been involved in comedy. You know, I've always had a love and admiration and a respect for it.

And I've always said in the back of my head, man, I can do this shit, man. I can do this shit. That's it. That's it. But here it is. There it is. I can do it.

And there's so many motherfuckers that have that same motherfucking feeling. Right. Oh, I can do that. Ain't none of that type. They only perform at Thanksgiving dinners and shit like that. You know, niggas be going where they gonna rip. Like, come in the family room, you know?

But a lot of people have that, but the thing that separates it, the person that says, I'm gonna act on it. Well, see, I didn't actually plan on doing it. I ain't gonna lie. I knew that, you know, people liked to hear me speak because, you know, I do public speakings and stuff like that,

and people actually... What really gave me an idea that people wanted to hear me speak or see me somewhat do some stand-up and win, people started asking me to come speak at funerals and shit like that. No, no, for real, bro. Yo, but go, yo, bro. No such shit, bro. Yo, I got to say this.

Nigga, at funerals, it's a set. Nigga, go ahead, tell your story. When my sister Precious died, man, everybody was hurting and everybody was mourning, but I got up there because me and my sister, you know, our father was never married, had eight different children from eight different women. Nigga, that sound like my, is that the story of the hood?

That's my father, nigga. When I got up there, I said, all right, Precious, well, we finally got all buddy women in one roof, under one roof, you know what I'm saying? And everybody just bust out laughing, and I just started talking about, you know, my sister. So you started your... You started, was inspired to do your comedy career

at a funeral, nigga? I mean, I guess, you know what I'm saying? You ripped the funeral? I did. But you know what? Yo, it's so funny you say that, man, because when we deal with death, everybody, it's gotta be like dark and gloom or whatever. But it's something to be said when someone passes away, which is always,

it's going to happen. It's inevitable for anybody. But if you can make it a celebration, you know what I'm saying? Like when people leave us, people so often want to be, oh man, I'm going to miss them. Yeah, I know I'm going to miss them, but let me just have those memories of a good time. I think that's what we did, man. What was your second joke at the funeral, son? That was an opening. Man, I don't remember, bro.

I don't remember. I think it was about her. She was a Delta. So I was like, yeah, we got all your gang members here. You know what I'm saying? Everybody's in red. It's just like a Piru funeral, you know? Man, this shit is about to pop off.

But nah, man. Actually, what got me on stage three weeks ago, I was out with my wife to see K-Dub at an open mic in Atlanta. Me and K-Dub, we always have exchanges about the philosophy of comedy. Yeah, I would say, this is how comedy go. I'm like, man, that shit ain't, this is what make it funny. And so we always, he's like, nigga, when you getting on stage? Yo, son, wait a minute.

It's so funny because I can tell the birth of the comedian, right? He's like, nigga, when you getting on stage? Just right now, before you told me that story, right? When you did your hands and you was trying to explain it to him, I was like, I already know what that nigga said. You was like, yo, when you like, he like, nigga, go tip that shit, but don't tip this shit. This is my shit.

And I knew, in fact, so all the years you called me, I'm going to this comic, I was like, what the fuck is going on? And it was probably that same week because you talking about comedy and I told you, I said, nigga. I said, nigga, when you gonna get the fuck on stage? That's the first thing I said. He said, yo, I already did it. And I think you was like...

I was three sets in. Three sets in. Three sets into that shit. But I could just... I honestly could feel something about to happen. For real? I'm telling you, man, I'm around birth of a comedian. I'm around birth of a comedian.

You know what I'm saying? I can feel when motherfuckers like taking it serious. And I was like, wait a minute, on the low, this nigga is a student of this shit. Yeah. Even the relationship that you have with Dave Chappelle. Yeah, man. I got a lot of love for him.

Man, he's a fucking master craftsman. I know this is crazy, and it's hard for me to get away from him. He's one of my closest friends and one of the dopest to do it. Do you remember the first time you linked up with him? Was it during the Chappelle time or was it before? It wasn't during the Chappelle show. I was actually locked up for most of that. Nigga! Yeah, I watched for most of that. Nigga!

Yeah. I watched that shit in jail. Nigga, please tell me. Please tell me this, this is so fucking dope. What was that show for niggas that was locked down? Like on the outside,

let me say this. On the outside, we looked at it one way, but we wasn't in a situation where you got to fight for time to watch it. That felt like that was all we had, for real. Really? Yeah, yeah.

Did everybody enjoy it? Everybody. Black, white, everybody. Man, everybody. You better not touch that TV when that shit was on, man. What type of nigga would try to change it? I mean, man, you know, now, it was a time, I think, because y'all was on around the same time

Monday Night Football or some kind of sports-type shit. Yeah. Yeah, so, you know, when the sports shit was on, motherfucker, hey, man, don't touch that goddamn TV, bro. Right.

We can get to school later, you know? Right. But the shit was, it made us forget we were locked up for a minute. You know what I mean? Right. It was that kind of entertainment that it kind of made us kind of forget locked up for a minute. You know what I mean? It was that kind of entertainment that it kind of made us kind of forget

about our circumstances and shit. It's interesting that you say that because I've heard this from people that have been locked up. I've heard this from people that were in the military, Afghanistan. Like, so many people come up to me like, man, on my second tour, Afghanistan, man,

shit was blowing up. I lost a couple of my friends. Damn. This was the motherfucking joint that, just second tour Afghanistan, man, shit was blowing up. I lost a couple of my friends. This was the motherfucker joint that, just like you say, just took me away from it and gave me some happiness or some peace, even if it was only for a half hour. Shit, man, my shit wasn't that bad for me, man. Locked up? Yeah, I just couldn't get no pussy.

It wasn't that bad for me, man. Yo, yo. I told you. Wait a minute, man. Yo. Yo. Wait a minute. Wait a minute. How long were you there? Just a year. I just did a year. Okay.

I just did a little year. But you was married, right? Yeah. Actually, at the time, I wasn't married. That's why you couldn't get no ass. Nah. Ain't no conjugal visits. That shit is a myth.

Really? I heard that shit happened in California prisons and shit. That's not the truth. Huh? I mean, it's state by state. Right. Federally, no. Really?

You and the Fed joint ain't no conjugal visit. Really? No. I didn't know that. The only time I ever did, I did 48 hours, nigga. I was about to kill myself, nigga. With a plastic knife, nigga. With a 48 hours.

Hey, look, your first 48 is the worst 48. You know what I'm saying? They're the worst time you gonna do. Nigga, the first time you feel like you don't have the freedom to do, the first time you feel like you don't have the freedom to do what the fuck you want

when you want it is when that shit hits your head. Yeah. I remember, it was only like 48 hours or whatever. I wanted a newspaper and a coffee in the morning, right? That's all I wanted.

That's all I wanted. Where's my slippers? Look, yo. Exactly. That's all I wanted. I's all I wanted. Where's my slippers? Look, yo. Exactly. That's all I wanted. I was like, I can't do that shit. Hell nah. That's fucking crazy, man.

But you know, I had short beds. I've had a lot of short beds. You got to answer the question. What? And we was talking about this earlier because everybody know, like, my deepest thing that motivates me is being a father, right?

Right. And I was talking about, on one of my episodes, on the lack of memories that I had with my dad because of his situation, being incarcerated, and also said that you have to be of a certain mindset to be able to deal with knowing that you have a kid out there and you're incarcerated.

Right. How did you keep your mental being away from your kid? At the time, being away from your kid. Well, which time? Because the time we were talking about, which is your tail show. Anytime. My kids were real young.

Like, my wife was pregnant with King at the time. So I had three kids then, and they were only like, you know, six and five. And, you know, so they were oblivious at the time. And I had a very short bid to do. I only had like 13 months or something like that. And the next time, the kids were older, you know. The kids were older.

They were kind of teenagers. My oldest was teenagers. None of them was like, this nigga, what the fuck is you doing? Nobody said that? Nah, they didn't even understand it. You know, it was like, I said, man, I'm going to be gone for a second. You know, and they're like, this nigga, fuck is you doing? Nobody said that? Nah, they didn't even understand it. You know, it was like, I said, man, I'ma be gone for a second, you know, and they're like, all right, cool. Because I spent a lot of time on the road.

They're like, all right, yeah, all right, you gonna be gone. All right, cool. But then it's like... Oh, so you said niggas sitting in the road, they doing the bids? Yeah, I never told them I was in prison. You know what I'm saying? I was like, man, I'm gonna be gone for a minute. You know, I'll be back.

They're like, all right, cool. But then like in the middle of the bids, kind of like, hey, hey, hey, hey was like, man, I'm going to be gone for a minute. I'll be back. They're like, all right, cool. But then in the middle of the bit, it's kind of like, hey, hey, hey, hey. Like, when you coming back? Right. You know, it's about time to pull on up. I'm like, I'll be there soon. And then we about a time.

And they never came to see me. That's one thing. I never allow my kids. Really? They'll never come in there. Damn, man, I used to go see my dad. And that was a moment for me. I used to go see my uncle.

It was a moment. You know what I mean? It was a moment. I'm like, I used to go see my dad. I used to go see my uncle. You know? It was a moment. You know what I mean? It was a moment. I'm like, God damn, it was a moment. But damn,

motherfuckers don't want to, that's why I think it's so important, man, to, I ain't saying live your life super straight, but try to be by the books as much to, if nothing else,

to not do nothing you can't handle. Yeah, how did you feel? I know the kids didn't understand, but how did you keep your mind? How did I feel? Yeah. Like a failure.

I mean, that's what, you know, like shit, I failed. Whatever I was trying to do, that shit, the plan went horribly left, and I failed. So what was the redemption of that? Like, was it a situation where you're like, I'm going to do better. I don't want that situation. Sure. What was it? The redemption of it was family hustle.

You know what I'm saying? To get out and kind of, how can I say this? Document the progressive steps. You was killing it. Motherfuckers like, here's the thing. From back in the day to family hustle, everything, motherfuckers could actually see your growth. Like, actually see your growth as a human.

And another thing niggas got out of that was see your growth as a business person and know how to hustle this shit the right way. Right on. You know what I mean? Like, nigga, you was like, I was like, damn, this nigga, can I get a show, nigga? That was, to me, I think prison put a lot of stuff in perspective for me.

A lot of that shit that, you know, I cared about before just didn't matter anymore. It just wasn't important. I couldn't make myself care. You know, like, who was the best this or the greatest that? And I'm like, man, bro, I couldn't make myself care. You know, like who was the best this or the greatest that. And I'm like, man, bro, I don't give a fuck. I don't care nothing about that. You know, I've seen a struggle that a lot of motherfuckers ain't seen. I've overcame things and beat challenges that a lot of motherfuckers ain't had to beat. You know, so a lot of that shit just trivial. It just became trivial to me. And it kind of showed.

Motherfuckers can tell I didn't care. When they make their little lists and shit, like, I don't give a fuck. I don't care. You know what I'm saying? I care more about how the people around me feel, how I'm impacting the lives of those that I actually encounter from day to day.

That shit mean way more to me than the opinions of strangers. And I think that kind of separated me from a big part, a large part of the business, you know? Fuck them. The fuck them attitude. Oh, fuck them.

Yeah, definitely. I don't give a fuck about, I know that shit. I did three years of that. The subtle art of not giving a fuck. That's a dope book. It is a great book. The subtle art of not giving a fuck.

Bruh, if this universe catch you caring about something, it'll tear you apart. And when I say this universe, I'm talking about the industry, the, you know, social media. If they catch you caring, they're going to use that shit against you. You just got to not give a fuck, man. You got to not give a fuck.

I don't give a fuck what you say. I don't give a not give a fuck. I don't give a fuck what you say. I don't give a fuck how you feel. I don't give a fuck what you think. It matters not. But in order to do that, you got to have a strong, solid foundation. A friend, family, team. Support system.

And know who you are. You can't fuck with our kids. I didn't understand that. Fuck with the right people. Yeah, you got to know where you stand, know who you are, know what you mean to the world that you have built around yourself.

Why is it so hard for so many people not to be able to identify what their worth and their value is? I mean, I think they haven't taken enough time to look themselves in the mirror and hold themselves accountable for the shortcomings in their life. And if you've never...

The first step to solving a problem is admitting that there is a problem. So if you still trying to pretend like it ain't no problem and you got it all under control and everything, well, you'll never take the first step toward progression. So I think that's the first thing. You know, everybody thinking like, yeah, I got it, I got it, I got it. It's good, it's good.

When they really know deep down it's not. They're not being honest with themselves. You got to be honest with yourself. Yeah. I was just telling somebody the other day, most situations, motherfuckers be honest. They play Michael Jackson looking at the man in the mirror. Yep, exactly.

Because for the most part, that's the motherfucker that have the answers to everything. Everybody has had to have that moment. Everybody had to, you know, look at themselves in the mirror and say, man, I'm fucking up. Or will have to. Yeah, yeah. If you ain't, you will.

It's a part of the journey. I'm fucking up and ain't shit going to change until I change internally. You know, it all starts here. And you got to make that, you got to be willing to be vulnerable enough with yourself and accept change. And once you accept change, then you don't move forward and kick yourself in the ass for not doing it right because you know, I don't know how to do it. So let me just begin to learn. Let me start asking questions. Let me start listening more, speaking less. And I think that's, you know that's the the first step on the journey how do you

and you know you've had in your i don't want to say past but in your life some stories you know i'm saying yeah i'm just saying you had some stories you had people feel a certain way you had people accuse you but something like that how How do you maintain, and throughout all the process you've been with your life, I've always seen you to keep moving forward. Right. You know what I'm saying? Stay true to who you are. And like you say, that fuck yeah too.

How do you stay motivated to even, like now starting a comedy career where motherfuckers have dragged you, tried to drag you. This is some real shit. They have dragged you, tried to drag you. This is some real shit. They have dragged you, tried to drag you. Well, they can't drag me. I'm going to tell you why.

No, I'm saying, how do you keep your focus through all of this shit? It's a few things. Okay, for one, you got to know who you are. Sense of self will carry you farther than anyone else's fantasy of you.

Knowing my reality will never be overruled by their fantasy you know what i'm saying no matter how great it is or how how how how much worse it is i know who i am and if i know who i am i know who i ain't yeah i mean so whoever you think i am never between you your opinion of me none of my business you know what I'm saying? And I just kind of operate on a philosophy, like, what is the value of the respect of a

non-respectable person? Oh, this thing about the big words, we've been waiting for this shit, son. I've been waiting for it. Respect or value? Which one? No, I was like, this nigga still got these two-syllable joys. I know these. Yo, I was like, indubit still got these two-syllable joints. I know these. Yo, I was like,

indubitably, like, when this nigga gonna... When this nigga gonna put some bablies on this shit, son? Instinctively and all them type shit.

Yo, nigga, don't use a big word. What's the... Can you... I have super... What is that shit? Super list? Super fragile...

Super fragile... Super fragile... Super fragile. Super fragile. Super califragilistic espialidocious. Yeah, that's not a word. She went. I just sing it.

She went to white school. That's the shit Disney came up with. That's not a word for real. It's not a word. It's not. No,

but I'm saying it's pronounced though. Misfulfilling themiomia is not a word either. That's actually a disease. I know. It's a real ailment.

But does anybody know, do anybody, real talk, do you know Misophilithemia is not a word either. That's actually a disease. I know. But does anybody know, do anybody, real talk, do you know a nigga with it? I'm like, who are they trying to reach? Amen. Because I don't know a nigga. The medicine must work. I ain't never feel those advertisements or something. I'm't never... Yeah, that's that misophemia.

It's that misophemia. Yo. But what I was saying here, the value of the respect coming from a non-respectable person. If a motherfucker don't respect me, but don't nobody respect you, like, why the fuck would I care?

Right. Like, you say motherfuckers drag me. Whew. Right. All the motherfuckers who I respected and shit are very supportive. Right. So the motherfuckers that I have no idea who you are, nobody else knows you. You have no real, you know, footing in your own journey.

You ain't even made enough steps in your own journey to be able to critique me and mine. Right. So I don't give a fuck how you feel about me. So your stand-up, is there anything that's going to be off-limit? Are you going to talk about some of these issues of the past? What you mean? Like, what? Nah, I mean, it's a freedom up there.

I feel it's therapeutic. So I speak about, you know, I take what the audience give me. Now, if you're talking about, you know, my set, my set, it goes through some past things. I take actual accounts in my life and share it with the audience. But there are times where the audience can give me some input or energy that will allow me to elaborate on other parts of my life.

You know what I'm saying? I don't want to say too much. I want people to actually get a chance to catch it. Now, when you express yourself, you've been expressing your music, do you prefer expressing your thoughts and the things you think about as a comedian or in music. Do you prefer expressing your thoughts and the things you think about as a comedian or in music? Man, I think

it's two different applications of skill and two different rewards. You dig? I think that in music, it's about saying flashy like some outlandish shit and being true to who you are and being able to relate to your listener.

And it's about cadence. It's about, you know, operation within the rhythm. comedy is about finding truth in shit that everybody have experienced or sharing some shit that was funny that happened to you that everybody can laugh at. So sometimes I feel like, you know, the reason I be so misconstrued is because the music is in the way. You know what I'm saying? Y'all too busy listening to the 808 and the snare.

You need to just me and the mic and let me tell you how I'm feeling. So I value them differently, but I appreciate them both. Yeah, you mentioned something else. Like, I don't want to give up

too much of your set, but you mentioned something about this time of your life being a man 41. Yeah. Things you want to do and things you don't want to do. I mean, bro, like...

You did everything. You got mad kids, son. A little over half a dozen. It's you and Nick Cannon, Nick. I got a little over half a dozen, yeah. The countable ones, or... Nah, I ain't never had... I ain't never had no non-countable.

I ain't that... Listen, though. I might have done cheated on my wife before, and I'm sorry for that, but I ain't never cheated on my kids. I ain't never had no other kids, and,'m sorry for that, but I ain't never cheated on my kids. I ain't never had no other kids, and you know, nah, I just ain't never did that. But that's another thing my wife don't like me to talk about,

so I just shut the fuck up. So there is stuff off limits. I guess so, yeah, yeah. Infidelity. Infidelity is off limits. I can't talk about that. I do say I have to love you guys' relationship, because when I saw you guys at the show,

I wasn't expecting her to jump out of the truck. I just kind of geeked out a bit. Man. And an Xscape fan myself. But I love that late night. She reminds me that she was popping before I was every chance she did. Really?

Yeah. She's like, you know, I was platinum in 94. Oh, shit. What the fuck were you doing? I was just chilling. Shit. Yeah. But for her to come out late at night to support you,

is it because it's a new thing? You think she's going to let me out late at night? Come on. She's probably on that. So that is the... I'm fucking going. Where you say? Where we going?

Where we going? I see y'all. I see y'all. I'm in there. Oh, man. You answered my question she don't I'm gonna tell you and she's a

a trooper you can just tell when y'all together and everything you know that's my partner but I'm gonna tell you I felt

one time I looked her in her face and realized she was mad as shit at you son what like like she did like this right when was this I looked her in her face and realized she was mad as shit at you, son. What? Like, she did like this.

Right? When was this? When I was talking about Gucci. Remember when you wasn't fucking with Gucci? Yo, she, I know, no disrespect. She looked like this nigga here. Yo, I swear to God. Tiny looked like,

she rocked with everything about you and everything, like, that's him. Dude, thick and thin. But, man, her face, she did like this. Ha! And then she started naming all this shit she wasn't going to be able to fuck with no more. She was just throwing bags like, I can't fuck with this bag.

I've never even worn these fucking shoes, nigga. I know you woke, nigga, but like... Hey, man, it's a small price to pay for integrity. That's how I feel. How do you feel about this?

I know this is like a beat-dead horse, but some time ago, the black community and a lot of people were really upset about Gucci because I think

they had one of their prints. It was a monkey or something. Right? Yeah, it was something like that. It was some kind of der one of their prints. It was a monkey or something, right? Yeah, it was something like that. It was some kind of derogatory. You the black face or a monkey. You went hard. Yeah, because the shit... You went hard.

Can I say this? I know when your life's about to be hard, I'm going to tell you, sir, after you do your tea... The nigga do his tea with his pinkies. Yo, the nigga do his rice. The nigga do his tea with his...

He don't do it like regular niggas with a buck. He got that, the little extra tea, the plate for the tea. He has a saucer and everything? Yeah, nigga. With a little spoon joint, right? Do you have cubed sugar? Nah, man. I do agave.

I do agave. I know. It's all his shit. It's this. The nigga got all his shit ready. When that nigga do that, and when he do his hair like this, this is where I know he gonna go hard.

When it's the third time of the day, is when the sun coming up. Son, I get up early, nigga, but when I know you're up before me, I'm like this nigga about to go in. That nigga say, that nigga say,

let me take this away from the house. In case I get loud, go for a little walk. I got all these green acres, niggas. I got space. But when that nigga do that shit, and when he say, well, we not going to do, nigga, I get popcorn, nigga. I be like, let's go.

I can do three days of this, nigga. Oh, shit. I can do three days. And you led. You led the charge on that so much. Because niggas always complain, we don't need to fuck with this. It's okay. So we're not going to fuck with something.

What's our option? And you started, I know it's tough as shit for you to get rid of your Gucci, nigga. Yeah, but see, what I did was, it was more strategic than that. What I did was, I checked and saw when they report their earnings, their quarterly earnings, right? And it was very close to when the complaint had happened. Right. So I knew that if we stopped fucking with them right then,

it would show up on their quarterly earnings, and then they'd have to come to the table. Right. You know what I'm saying? Okay, what's to be said about... There was an issue with the black community with that. I don't know if they made it up, because I'm starting to see niggas...

Who? Gucci in the black community? Well, see, niggas don't really care for real. Niggas don't really care for real. Like, I ain't going to lie to you. Like, you could call the community of black people some niggas as long as you send them a check. Right.

Or as long as you... You know what. Right. Or as long as you, you know what I'm saying? Like, they're motherfuckers that sell a little bit of their ego. Like, you know, it's a little bit for sale. They might not want to do it

in front of everybody, but, you know, don't nobody really give a fuck like that for real. Well, that's why I'm wearing a Gucci belt right now. It was because the pearls, because I like belts with pearls.

I ain't tripping. Not because the Gucci, sir. I have no, hey, look, I'm not condemning anybody who do anything. I mean, everybody kind of look out for their own personal interests, like what goes, like what works best for them. And that's understandable. Some people are looking out for the greater good of the collective, like to move forward as a unit, I think, you know,

we kind of have to think about what's best for the greater good of the collective. But me, I have my moments when I only look out for myself, too. You have to, nigga, because I'm going to tell you. You know why? Because I'm going to tell you the realest shit I'm going to say, and I'm a fucking real nigga, but niggas are exhausting sometimes. Yeah, yeah. Yo, niggas, and I know you. Yeah, yeah. Yo, niggas,

and I know you've been through it where you riding for a cause, you riding for something, and then a motherfucker flip the switch. Yeah. And then you say, why am I going so hard?

You riding harder than they willing to ride for themselves. Atlanta, it's the issue. I know a little bit about it. Which one? The issue at Oomi's. Okay.

When the nigga pulled up with the Air Force Ones and shit. Yeah. And you was fucked up about that. Like, you, on any black shit, you and Sean King,

I don't know, we all called, nigga. Motherfuckers get to calling me. You know what I'm saying? I know, but that's what they look at you for. I mean. They look up to you

to represent the hood and like, tell us what to do. Now, the thing about the Oomi situation was the guy called me the owner of the store. Right. He hit me and said, how can I fix this? What do I need to do to fix this?

And that is much better than, like, for instance, when I gave you the Gucci situation, I felt like there had to be some consequences implemented to get them to the table to be willing to discuss. This gentleman was already willing to come to the table. Right. So I felt like that was a better position to be in. And niggas ain't always got to fight. You ain't always got to yell. Yeah, yeah, we're going to get out of here.

Fuck that. Yo, niggas need to get some syllable words like you. It's simple as this. Where are you coming from? What is your problem? What can we do? And how can we find some common ground? You know what I mean?

It's simple as that. But you got to get there. Because with no consequence, there's no correction. Right. You know what I mean? So you got to show, hey, man, we can fuck you up. But we don't want to. You know what's interesting to me about that story?

When I heard it, they say because he had athletic shoes on. I was like, and I didn't want to blow it up. I was like, nigga, I just did two weeks ago, nigga. I know. But I had John Parfaito's on, too. But the thing is, right? Yo, the nigga was mad at M-First Ones. Niggas don't.

But nah, man. Check this out. M-First Ones get fucking profiled, son. Exactly. And that's the thing. If you say no athletic gear, that means no athletic gear. That means no tennis gear, no golf gear. You see what I'm saying?

You can't not let a motherfucking in with a baseball cap and then let a motherfucking in with a golf cap. Right. You know what I mean? You can't do that because that's where the racial profiling comes in. Okay, so, and I know, personally know, the people that run that spot, right? Mm-hmm.

It was very fucked up for me because I'm like this. I don't know. Maybe a nigga had a bad day. Niggas can have a bad day. Sure. You know what I'm saying? Sure.

Niggas can just snap one day. Is that the history of the place? And maybe it was more of the energy of the person and less of the attire. You don't even, not only, but it had to be, you know, you catch a nigga the wrong day. You know what I'm saying? You just catch him on the wrong day. Right.

It could have been something to set him off. I'm not justifying. Well, I can't really say what it was. I don't know. I just happy that, you know, we was able to get to a place where, you know, he apologized. He recognized the errors. But then the other nigga wanted some money, though, right? Yeah, man.

That's when you backed out, son. Yeah, I had to check out on that one. Yeah. He was like, man, what'd I get? I'm like, what you gets? What you mean? This ain't about you. Oh, trying to get an opportunity.

Nah, he was like, man, maybe he can buy me a building. I say, huh? Buy your own building, nigga! I'm like, whoa, bro. You think I'm here, whoa, bro. You thought I was here to work for you to get you something and not get me anything?

We all got to eat for a straight room. Nigga, you don't know how to. If it's some money, yo. Now, the time I was in it for the money, the time I was in it for the money. If it's some money to be got, it's going to get gotten. Yeah, absolutely. By everybody. But I was in it for the money, the time I was in it for the money. If it's the amount of money to be got, it's going to get gotten. Yeah, absolutely.

By everybody. But I'm not going to be working to get no money for you. Right. I'm not no motherfucking Ambulance chasing ass attorney or no shit like that, man. Right, right. But the time I was actually in it for real financial progress is the Lloyds of London letter that I wrote.

So I saw an article where Lloyds of London, who was an insurance... Did you use big words in that letter? Yeah. What was the biggest words you put in there? I don't remember. I got to read it again. All right, go ahead. But Lloyds of London apologized to African Americans,

just apologized on behalf of the company for their participation in the part they played in the transatlantic slave trade. So Lloyds of London apologized and admitted to ensuring colonizers to buy and build ships and insured to come to Africa and enslave our ancestors. And on the way back, they insured our ancestors as cargo. So all that did not make it,

they paid a deductible and got money back. You know what I'm saying? And they apologized for that. And I wrote a letter saying, yeah, the apology is nice. With the money in it. But doesn't it seem like the descendants of the people who you brought over here or who you insured and enabled the colonizers to get over here,

don't you think they at least deserve a piece of this country? Reparations, nigga, let's go! Okay, but the thing is... Fuck that reparations, nigga! I think that's who needs to pay it. All of the companies, all of the banks that are benefited from slavery, they're the ones that need to pay for it. But you got to get one to fall in line first.

But what you think? You're right. But niggas won't even stand up for that. I'm like, what they gonna do with reparations? And now here I am, I can't even get no motherfucking insurance on my check.

Now I fuck myself up. Fuck with these niggas. Yo, reparations, man. Man, shit. We have to hear it. Yo, and, and. But what would niggas do? Yo, I'm going to tell you.

It's sad to say. And another thing is, so in my letter, I requested, I say the descendants of the participants of the transatlantic slave trade should get 10% of the company, and every African-American who is a descendant of a slave should at least get a $1 million loan at 1% interest. And do it expeditiously. I said that.

Yeah. But when they apply for the loan, do they gotta talk? They ain't gotta talk in an old slave voice. Guess what? I bet you niggas will pull up, dude. Niggas will pull up, too. Niggas will pull up, too. I's a hit against my's. I's a hit against my's piece, son.

I's tossed the T's out. And T has told me y'all's got the tricks for us. I just want my fast shower. That's all I want. And you won't have to worry about me no more. I'll be silent. I know this is wrong and we know this shit. I'll just shut my lip.

Don't do it. Stop it. Stop it. You hush up. You gonna get a scope. Don't do it, son. Don't do it, son. We can't be funny without getting somebody to pay. So here's my question. Don't do it, son. We can't be funny without getting somebody to pay. So T.I., I'm going to bring up, now we're going to bring up something.

Since we are on this topic, if you found out one... First off, Nikki, you have a nice top. Don't start with this. I'm not talking, no, no, no, not in a bad way.

Slow down. Well, it's Valentine's Day. We're heading into Valentine's Day, so I wanted to wear my red. No, it's nothing to do with Valentine's Day. Oh, my God. So, if you found out...

Thank you so much. Thank you so much. Look at all these drinks going around. Y'all trying to get me in trouble. No, Nikki. It's nothing to do with Valentine's Day. It has everything to do with last episode. The latter. We were loving the latter do with last episode. The latter.

People were loving the latter. Thank you. The last episode, and we not exploit this situation. It is what it is. What situation? She had a top on. It was like a Jacob Laddum joint. It was like bow, bow, bow, went right under the titties.

Yeah, that's like, that's how my old lady wear them. Bow, bow. She always want to show titties. Right. But she don't always want to show titties, son. But she don't always want to show titties, son. But she was proud of him that day. And this is when she knew she had a good titty shirt on. Oh, Jacob Latimer over here.

Yeah, Jacob Latimer. This is when she knew she had a good titty shirt. As soon as I saw her, she said, my eyes are up here. Yo, whenever women say my eyes are up here, they know. You knew. I've known him for over 20 years, and his eyes have never looked down when he talked to me. You never had to Jacob Black on it. That's just like if

you put a Christmas tree here, you'll walk right past it. But if you put ornaments and some lights on that motherfucker and plug it up, you're gonna stop. Wait a minute. Look at this tree. Yeah, you like that shit lit up. I'm saying yeah, you got there showcasing it.

It's marketing. Garland. How can you expect a motherfucker not to look at the billboard? Yeah, it a bad thing. But it never went, it never was here

to exploit anything. But then, one of her favorite artists, and this was, she was like this, I've been wanting this guy to animate me for the longest time.

Who? It was that top. Who's the guy? Now you just put me. Kev Lear. No, that was art. So he does comics and stuff. And I've always wanted to be a comic.

You a comic buff? I wouldn't call it a buff, but I've always wanted to be a superhero comic. Okay. And he did it. And it was in that top. Finally. He's like, I've been wanting to draw her for years.

And I was just now motivated. Maybe that's what my only reason is. Let me explain what you did. Let me explain what you did. Let me explain what you did, though. You was like, uh, this is what you told me. You said, I got to get more of those tops.

Guys. And you know, I went right on to Fashion Nova and got this one. Oh, that's so cool. Hey, man, maybe that's what my old lady want. Maybe she secretly wants

to be a superhero comic. I absolutely do. I'm talking about my old lady, because she always putting her titties out. Oh, yeah? Like, what is the thing? And I can't tell her what to wear. You can't tell her what her titties are wearing?

I can't tell her what to wear, but I can put it on. God damn. Like, what? The problem is, it's not practical. As you move throughout the day, your titty gonna be popping out from time to time.

You know what I'm saying? We just tuck it back in. We okay. No, but what about... Okay, so what if I wore shorts the day your titty gonna be popping out from time to time. You know what I'm saying? We just tuck it back in. We okay. No, but what about... Okay, so what if I wore shorts and my dickhead just happened to pop out from time to time? Shout out to Nelly. Shout out to Nelly, son.

I love you, son. Don't do nothing. Don't send the goons. Hey, man. Yo, son. Bruh. Yo, come on, son. It's a sensitive subject.

Yo, son. It's a tough time. Someone catch me up. Someone catch me up. I don't know. What? Catch me up. I have no idea.

I have no idea. I don't know. You got to Google this. I want no parts. Googling Nelly's dickhead? No, don't Google anything. Don't Google nothing. Don't Google nothing.

It is. Don't Google nothing. Nelly's dickhead? No, don't Google anything. Don't Google nothing. It is. Don't Google nothing. Nelly's dickhead? No! Oh, my God. Yo! That's my man's. Don't talk about my man's like that.

The fuck is y'all talking about? I ride with my man's. I don't know what y'all talking about. God damn, but... The fuck is y'all talking about? The point I was making, I don't even want to make it anymore. I don't even want to make it anymore.

No, I'm just saying. No, I'm just saying. But I'm just saying, if she was on another foot, man, like, she would feel the way. You know, she'd feel like, why you showing your Johnson out? You know what I mean? Like, that's how I would, that's, you know, kind of how I feel. Yeah, I know.

That's a touchy one, son. And I'm like this, so I'm like, man, son, at some point, you just got to figure out a reason not to just get mad. Like, fuck it. Free the nap. I don't know. Chicks always want to date.

Then they like just, yeah. Titties for everybody. You get a titty. You get a titty. You get some titties. Everybody get some titties. But if you get caught looking at a titty,

then they gonna be like, oh, nigga, you looking at titties? Well, here goes some titties you can look at. Well, I mean, when I see nice titties when I'm with my dude,

I'll be like, oh, she has nice titties. I mean, I ain't never gotten in trouble for looking before. Yeah. I can admit that. Don't'm with my dude, I'll be like, oh, she has nice titties. I mean, I ain't never got in trouble for looking before. Yeah. I can admit that. Don't even do this conversation, son. Don't even do this conversation, son. You're not allowed to talk about these things.

No, I ain't never got in trouble for looking is what I said. Looking never got me in no trouble. Damn. You know what I'm saying? How do you not look? Can a nigga, can a motherfucker ever not look no more? Like, I don't think you can ever not look. Nah, man, don't nobody expect that.

Don't nobody expect that. Like she said, my old lady will look with me. Yeah, you have to be realistic. If someone looks good, they look good. Yeah, you know what I'm saying? Now, you can't do nothing after that. Ain't nothing else to follow. Look, but don't touch.

Nah, you can't get to touching now. That's what got me in trouble. I used to touch, son. I used to touch, son. I used to touch. I know, son. Like, ah, man. That ain't gonna turn out well. Don't take me to the candy store, nigga, if I can't get nothing. That's the worst thing you can do to a kid.

Take this nigga, you want to go to the candy store? This is some traumatic shit for a kid. Take your kid to a candy store, let him walk around and just say, you ain't gonna get nothing. Nah, tell him before you get in there. You ain't gonna get nothing? Yeah, yeah. When we get in this motherfucker, don't you touch

nothing. Don't even look at it. Don't even look. Keep going, eyes straight ahead. That is the dumbest shit in the world. Why in the hell is you gonna take him in there if you can't get nothing? You encouraging a nigga to be a thief. Nigga, when we used to go to gift shop, I'm like, I'm going to stay out here. All these niggas that had money,

I hated the niggas that went on field trips. You know what niggas I hated? These niggas on field trips, niggas I hated. The niggas that got a bologna cheese sandwich. Oh, shit. They got some fried chicken. Damn. Right? Like, this is what they bring in from home. Bologna, cheese,. Oh, shit. They got some fried chicken. Damn. Right?

Like, this is what they bring in from home. Bologna cheese, fried chicken, Pringles. And then the nigga had $20 to get something? Damn. I was like, this rich-ass nigga. And especially those ones that have the fruit roll-up, too. Yo, oh, I hated them. Fruit roll-ups.

I hated them. Jeez. I hated niggas that had snacks. They be talking about, Donnell, you want to go in the fucking gift shop like the steel nigga? Ain't nothing I'm going to do in there. I'm just going to steal something

to just keep me the fuck out of here. The Lunchable motherfuckers made me. Oh, yeah. The Lunchable guys. I couldn't stand the Lunchable motherfuckers, man. Yo, you can tell a nigga that couldn't stand the Lunchable niggas growing up. It's niggas that's growing shit

be eating Lunchables. Yo. Making up for lost time. Yo, this nigga talking about how much he can't stand them. I hate them niggas, man. Yeah, like, yeah, I don't know why you eat this shit. Daddy, you ate my whole Lunchable up.

This one's a double-decker. Going back to comedy, how far, because so you know you got some people like, yeah, he had a papa, he was doing this shit. How far do you want to take stand-up? I mean, bro, I'm just enjoying myself. I ain't, you know, I ain't even thought about the concept of business.

You know, I just want to continue to... You ain't thought about the money yet? Ain't no money to think about. Shit, I ain't got that made a dime. Yeah, it'll take a minute. But I ain't tripping, though, because I'm enjoying myself. I think that I just want to enhance the experience of my live performance. It's only so long I can hop around on stage

performing for teenagers doing the same song. So when you come or you hear T.I.'s in your town, you hear Tippers in your town, I don't want you to think about just coming to see me hop around on stage doing them same song. Because it's only so long that that's going to be valuable. Right.

As everybody get older, going gonna have to enhance the experience in order to continue to make it viable to come see again and again and again so i think stand-up is a little more age appropriate you know and i don't even know you know it's maybe it's just like a presentation of philosophy, you know? It is, and I've talked about this, especially with you, it's like, niggas know what you stand for, niggas know what you ride with, but presenting that same passion and understanding in a more of a acceptable form for everybody.

Like, make the niggas like... You always make niggas think, but then down, if I make you laugh, you're gonna be open to listening to what the fuck I want to talk about and who the fuck I am. If I could do a hit record, share, challenge your

perspective, and make you laugh all at the same time in the same show. I could do that shit forever. What stage are you hitting next? Shit, I'm opening up for Mike Epps tonight at Man's Chinese Theater. Oh, nice. This nigga, I'm

telling you, man. This nigga be like, like, I wanted to go home and go to sleep the other day, son. I was like this. You know how one of the boys is like, well, I know we're supposed to talk to each other, but I mean,

if the nigga don't call me, then I'm just gonna go get some rest tonight, right? This nigga be like this every day. Yo, what's up? Yo, what stage? I'm in the stage tonight.

Nigga, we going to a stage. You know a nigga been hitting a lot of stages because the nigga crew getting smaller and smaller. Yeah, the first night he showed up about five people. I told you he was about to fight that nigga. Yesterday that nigga, it was just him.

He said, I'm about to stop. Niggas start looking at their watch like, what time? Because people don't understand, like, if you want to, if certain people you can fuck with and know that it's the process. Good, the bad, and the ugly. But some people don't understand that. You know what I'm saying? Some people don't understand what your excitement is.

When is the last time this nigga's been this excited? And that's why as you going through it and you did something on your Instagram you did the Red Fox shit. And I was listening to you. I'm like, man. I didn't post it, though.

Huh? I didn't post it. Oh, I can't. I didn't post it. Oh, man. I'll just put it like this. No, but I mean, it got out there. Enough people posted it.

How these niggas keep posting shit don't know how it got out there. It got out there. It got out there. I didn't post it. Yo, niggas don't post nothing no more. Nigga got hacked. Nigga fucked up.

Yo, we dropped that shit. Nigga dropped that fire. Yeah, nigga just apologized for getting hacked. Hell shit. Did you apologize for that? Nigga, I said, I got hacked. Nigga, y'all taking the hack or not? To hack or not to hack.

But now it's a whole different shit, a whole different fucking audience, a whole different trials and tribulations of wanting to be respectful to the art. And then these motherfuckers that are always going to be bitter. I don't understand. I don't understand how much more respectful I can be

of making the ultimate sacrifice. Every time I'm on stage performing for free, I could be somewhere making $100,000 doing my show. And I'm sacrificing that money to come stand on stage for free. What other comedian is sacrificing $100,000 to come and perform on stage for free? I don't know, man. So that's why I feel like... It wouldn't be nigga.

I'd be like, nah, I'll talk to you later, son. I'm just saying, like, there's, you know, I think that's paying dues, literally. Absolutely. That brings up our previous show, like, What Brings You Happiness? And we talked about it's about the hustle and, like, you can have all the money,

but it's like, okay, now I'm here. What's next? What else can I... You have to be it's like, okay, now I'm here. What's next? What else can I? You have to be challenged. Yes. You know what I mean? Like, that shit just too easy. Starting at, you get to one level,

and then you got to start at the bottom of the next new level. Right. And I think that that's what it is. Like, when I'm on stage doing stand-up, the shock on motherfuckers' faces, like, I can't believe these motherfuckers, I can't believe this nigga doing this shit. And I'll never get that in music again.

Because what can I do? Drop another hit record? Yeah, another hit record from T.S. So what? Because I'll tell you, I've been in the audience when they see me. I've been in the audience when you were on stage. And it's like, because there's no build-up or anything, right? And then niggas like, yeah, who's this nigga?

Whatever. Right? And then you up there, and they like, because there's no buildup or anything, right? And then niggas like, yeah, who's this nigga? Whatever, right? And then you up there, and they like, huh? What? Oh. Oh. Oh. You can hear them. They start thinking of everything.

They like, oh, shit. Oh, shit. They like, what the fuck is this nigga doing? So you ain't going to do no songs? All right, nigga, I know. Ha, ha, ha. Ha, ha, ha. Yo, this is funny, yo. You ain't gonna do no songs? All right, nigga, I know. Ha, ha, ha. Ha, ha, ha. Yo, that nigga funny.

Yo, you ain't gonna do nothing? Drop a beat. Oh, nigga, ha, ha. L-O-L, L-O-L. You ain't doing nothing, nigga? What I respect is that you don't go there. You let the niggas know right off the top, I know what y'all expect,

but this is what it's gonna be. And then after a while, it's so funny, because niggas are like, yeah, he's funny. I'm like, nigga, you still ain't going to do it? He about to close or something. So I'm going to tell my cousin. Yeah, we just saw Tim. Where at, nigga?

At the coffee club. What did he sing? Nothing. Hell no. Oh, shit. Yo. I'm going to tell my kids that. Hell no.

But this is what you're talking about. It's generations of different shit. Yeah. I think it's admirable that you know. Niggas don't know when they're going to get old. Niggas act like old just happened. I'm old. Yeah.

You better start planning the next move of that shit. It's real. I mean... It's a combination of both. To do it with the passion that you have, but also, I got the passion, but I got to think, what is the business of this shit, too? A lot of niggas don't know how to run their business, son, and they get mad at the world. Yeah. They get mad at the world.

But, I mean, you know, it's kind of like, it's the optics. Like what do, okay, so it's three versions of ourselves. It's how the world sees us, how we see ourselves, and who we really are, right? So which are you going to give? Are you going to give the world how they see you? Are you going to give the world how you see yourself? Or are you going to give the world how they see you? Are you going to give the world how you see yourself? Are you going to give

the world who you really are? You dig what I'm saying? So I feel like me on stand-up, I'm giving the world who I really am. They didn't even know to see me this way. So it's new to them, right? I thought it was a great way to articulate your thoughts. I was like, I'll be like this, nigga, you serious?

I feel you, nigga. Yeah, I'll be like this, nigga, you serious? I feel you, nigga. Yeah, I feel you, nigga, but you had to put the black fist in there, son. You couldn't do the piece, nigga. You know when you do the black fist. Nigga's gonna be up in my DM.

Damn. But you keep it up. But again, it's just interesting just to see the journey of you even thinking about this shit, son. Man, I mean, it's shit interesting to me. Every step of it. Every step of it. What's your ultimate?

You know how some communities are like, oh, I just want to be good. But is it that you want to be good for a certain thing? Because some niggas are like, you know what? Always wanted to do Madison Square Garden. Do you have any of those goals? Do you see something like, man, this show right here will be dope?

I mean, like right now, it's opening up for Mikey Ups tonight. Right. Last week, it was coming to open up for you. Like, then tomorrow, it'll be the guest spot at the Shaq comedy all-star. The goals are kind of creeping up in the short term.

All this shit you say, you know, is one nigga like this. Man, ain't nobody tripping off that shit. Yo, you gonna be a hater. That shit niggas be always potlight. Hating. Oh, man, fuck that nigga. We already saw that shit. Hey, but look, though, right?. Ay, but look though, right?

Ay, but look though, right? And then you said, shit, pull up in Cleveland. Right. You know, so now it's like, shit, can that shit possibly, can that shit really happen? Oh, nigga, you can get on stage. You can get on stage any day. Ay, and then I think that, so what I really would love to do is shine more light on the entire genre of comedy.

Especially for us. You know what I'm saying? Because you don't really have to be funny to get a special on a streamer if you are... You got the complexion for the connection. Right. You know what I'm saying?

I know. For us... for the connection. Right. You know what I'm saying? I know. For us... Crackers. Nah. For us, bro. I don't know. We can say cracker. Joe Rogan said nigga.

We can say cracker. It might come back to haunt you in 13 years, though, Donnell. Fuck that. This is how much. They can fuck them cracker ass crackers, nigga. Hey, man. Everything black, nigga, fucks y'all talking about. Hey, nigga. Amen. Everything black, nigga, fucks y'all talking about. Amen.

Amen. Ah! Oh, shit, son. But I want to bring, I want to shine more light so other comedians who've been doing this shit, beating up the circuit

for years and years and years can finally get some shine. Yo, that's funny. So like a show? You're thinking a show? Yeah. Yeah, he is on that shit, because I'm like this.

I'm going to tell you how hard he is on that shit, right? This nigga be calling me like, yo, where can I get on? I'm like, I don't know. You know, he's still like rules and etiquette to shit, but always crossing. Let me check, see what's popping or whatever, right? And then I was like, yeah, boom.

I got you. The nigga's going to be good. And this is why I know you give a fuck about the next nigga. First thing he says, yeah, it's me and K-Dub, right? And then I was like, yeah, boom, I got you. Them niggas gonna be good. And this is why I know you give a fuck about the next nigga. First thing he says, yeah, it's me and K-Dub, right? I was like,

one of y'all can't go on, nigga, so you caught me. Yo, this is the thing. I'm just saying, like, nigga, but I respect the fact that you wanted your mans to get on. I mean, I want all of them

to get on. K-Dub, J-Ski, Erica Detches, Randy Jordan, on. I mean, I want all of them to get on. All to get on. K-Dub, J-Ski, Erica Dutchess, Ronnie Jordan, Tyler. I mean, like, it's a lot of them, bro. Just do it. All ships rise with the high tide. Oh, you got to do it. Oh, you got to do it. Yeah, I'm going to get me a little venue, man.

You know what I'm saying? Man, own that shit. Come on, nigga. Come on, nigga. You got minutes, son. Yeah, I mean, that's the thing. Like, I got to figure out how to make my shit short. I told you.

You don't want to listen to me, son. What? What'd you tell me? You know why you don't want to listen to me? Why? Because I be sending you shit. I been telling niggas the real shit. But I read it.

I read it. Fuck all that, nigga. Fuck all that, nigga. You know how hard it is to cut and paste for a nigga, son? Man, I read this shit, though, bro. Nigga, I be sending nigga links. I be like, yo, check this link out. I be sending this nigga mad links.

But he don't understand, bro. Look, I start looking at some shit sooner than my phone ring. I understand. I sent you links. This all I'm saying. You can tell me you're in town. I know I gave you links. I don't give a lot of nigga links. I tried to make it easy. I didn't say Google. I said the link.

And I say, click on the link. You be honest. You be like, man, I ain't really fucked with a link. If you can't tell it to me in a second, nigga... In a second? And I say, click on the link. You be honest. You be like, man, I ain't really fucked with a link. If you can't tell it to me in a second, nigga. In a second. I'm like, nigga, what did it say? Yep. But I appreciate that.

Thank you. I appreciate, and I appreciate your willingness to. I already told you, son. Trim the, just, just when you trim the, like, this is what I'm watching you you like making moves in places like you really test a motherfucker like you could be used to telling a joke and it always hit but have you felt when that joke didn't work that

have you felt it when your man in the back is like huh you know what I mean have you tested in any situation if it can stay in that shit you know when you put your sauce on it. I see you, like, have to make adjustments. And every time you made an adjustment, it was funny and you reacted to it.

You engaged the audience. You knew how to engage the audience and bring them back. You're like, oh, shit, they wouldn't fuck with that. Yo, but look, I can't let niggas know they ain't fucked. I got to keep this shit going like it's a regular day at the job. Yo, them jokes be getting short. I know exactly what you're talking about. Them jokes be getting short.

Because some crowds, man, every crowd is different. You know what I'm saying? Some crowd will be able to relate to some shit a little bit more than they will to others. So some shit going to hit hard in some rooms. But when you getting that three minutes, you like this. Oh, shit, nigga. I got to figure out a way to make this shit. I'm just saying, Trenton Fett, just like, I see you.

You're growing fast. I see what you're doing. I'm telling you, man. Doing some shit every day. All you got to do is, that's it. Just the reps, nigga. Just stay in the gym. Yeah, doing some shit every day. But see, my thing, bro that's it, just the reps. Nigga, just stay in the gym. Yeah, doing some shit every day.

But see, the first, my thing, yeah, bro, I get up there, and I'm long-winded, so I can get up there. You ain't got to tell me. I can get up there and talk. You ain't got to tell me. Long-winded. Nigga, long-winded. The nigga just told me he long-winded.

Yo, the other night, I was like, who doing a special? Me or this nigga? The other day, K-D day, he came in the back. You remember that big flashlight that went off? At the Laugh Factory. That nigga came through like the fans. That nigga was like, foom. I'm like, what the fuck you doing, nigga?

He was like, you think he saw the light? I was like, that nigga saw the red light. That nigga hit you again, foom. And then you came off. That nigga said, I can't believe that. Long- red light. That nigga hit you again. And then you came off. That nigga said, I can't believe that. Long-winded. Hey, listen, bro. Nigga, that's before you start using the big words, nigga.

Hey, look, let me tell you something. K-Dub threw me on stage just out of nowhere. And so I was up there. My first set, I was freestyling, just talking shit. That shit was 30-something minutes. And so he said, man, you got to come back. So I came back again. Now, this was open mic, but he had done paid somebody to perform.

Now, he paid, I forget who it was. I don't want to say the wrong person. But he paid somebody to perform that night, right? And so I was up there. This time I did like 43 minutes, and he was waving that light. And I was like, man. As a new nigga. I was like, man time I did like 43 minutes and he was waving that light and I was like as a new nigga I was like man

I'm not a comedian I'm a superstar I don't know what this light mean I came for the light I came for the light hit me with the light he said oh you get my good side motherfucker

I don't know what this light mean he said so you know I paid him and he didn't get to go up. I said, yeah, where the next spot at? Let's go. He was like, damn, nigga,

you don't know what the fuck that mean? Why the nigga didn't go up? Because it was, I took all the time. It don't matter. Yo, this is what I don't understand.

Niggas be getting scared. Like if a special guest of yours is going to do it, you, like, basically you bumping me. And I don't have no problem you bumping me. I'm still going on stage.

Give me my money because I see niggas like these bitch niggas. Yeah, I'm going to get my money. Get out of here. No, nigga, I'm going to get my money and I'm going to wait. I'm going to get my money.

I'm going to wait. That's what they be in it, man. I just wanted to go up and do my little shit, man. Them niggas don't take the money if you ain't going to perform, man. That's what that's about. Fuck that, nigga.

Fucking this shit happen, nigga. Something happened where Tip Harris just happens to show up in the club. And you think I give a fuck about your two years of open mic? This nigga... The fuck y'all talking about? Nigga, guess who just came to see?

Jermaine Dupri, Usher. Michael Jackson came to see. Fuck if y'all talk about it. Let the nigga go, son. Amen. Let them niggas go. So now they got to shrink the shit down, man. Yeah, but you know what?

I'm telling you, the type of rooms you've been doing and then the room we went to, keep balancing with that shit. Because you getting just the words down, man. I was saying to myself, I could tell this nigga, I was like, no, the nigga's swimming now. You know what I'm saying? The nigga is swimming now. Now, all you got to do is push your way.

And the more reps you get, that's why I know. I don't give a fuck. That's why I know you're going to be good. I know you're going to be good, son. Man, thank you. I know you're going to be good because I know you're going to keep getting the fucking reps in. Yeah. Fuck them niggas.

I couldn't talk about that video. You didn't post it. You sent it to me. Nah, man. No, no, no, no, no. Let me niggas. I couldn't talk about that video. You didn't post it. You sent it to me. Nah, man. No, no, no, no, no. Let me tell you something. That video, I was watching like, oh man, this shit funny. I was like, but when is he gonna say,

fuck them niggas? Right at the end. Right at the end, nigga! Yo, that's the end of the show, nigga. I was like, when? I said, when? I said, this nigga ain't gonna say, fuck these niggas.

And right at the end, nigga. And then the nigga went right back to doing his TV. Donnie and Rawley show, nigga. Y'all fucked up now. Y'all are fucked up, man. Thank you, bro. Love and respect, bro. Thank you, too.

Hey, let's get some wings. Bye.