Drink Champs - Episode 16 w/ David Banner

Episode Date: June 24, 2016

N.O.R.E. and DJ EFN are the Drink Champs. In this episode the guys drink it up at Mississippi's own David Banner. The guys speak about Banner's recent run in with the law, the state of hip hop, activism and his vast career. As an added bonus Daz of DPG pops in to surprise the guys. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/drinkchamps/support Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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And this is the Drinks Champs motherfucking podcast. Make some noise! And right now, I got a good friend in the building. I like to call him a rap-tivist. An activist that's a rapper. You can't spell Mississippi without David Banner. I don't know if that makes sense. Absolutely not.

But you can't smell it like that. He's a guy who's been making his own beats. Making his own music. Was down with a legendary group called Crooked Letters. They was from Mississippi. Nobody even heard of Mississippi. They came out to New York and they got a deal.

The legendary Mississippi himself. David Banner is in the building! The legendary Mississippi himself. Mr. Mississippi. David Bennett is in the building. And as a surprise, we also have another legend who just popped up. This is what the drink champs is about. Coast to coast in this motherfucker. We got from Dog Pound Gangsters making his second appearance on Drink Camps. Last time he tried to get away without drinking.

Today, we have a real, real reason to drink. Hood Niggas is really running the building, and we got to get to this question now. We heard he did I Ain't Mad at You, and we didn't get that question now. We're going to get it this time. We're going to get it. We got the legendary Daz in the house. No, no, no. Okay, so I got to start it off with you, David Banner.

We're going to have a drink. What is your poison today? Today, we're going to make sure you drink, David Banner. I'm going to move around a little bit. You want to start immediately with the celebration?

You want to get into it and do some Syrah. Take a penny. We can do some Syrah. There you go. is do some Ciroc. Take a penny now. We can do some Ciroc. There you go. Let's do some Ciroc. Take a penny now.

Shout out to Best Buy Liquors who provided the liquor today. Shout out to Best Buy Liquors, man. Definitely, man. Shout out their address too. They got four locations. They all over Miami. Oh, yeah. They all over Miami. Check them out at Best Buy Liquors.

Today they held us down. They definitely held us down. Shout out to David. We hit David Banner up, and he said he's a Ciroc guy. You poured already? Yeah, I poured up. Yeah, I'm going to pour me some. Don't drop it.

Yeah, yeah, I don't want to drop it. I'm going to pour me some. And you got your cup full? No, I need to get it. And Daz, you going to get a little Ciroc? Yeah, I'm going to get a little Ciroc. What you doing? Get a little Ciroc.

I'm going to Ciroc, baby. You and your crib. Yeah, nobody drink Bacardi with me. Die. When there's blue collar. It's a Cuban thing. I can get some of that. A nip or a ip.

Because I want to dive in after this. A nip or a ip. Yeah, I need some ice. Oh, oh, oh. See, you don't usually drink the nasty. Pre-Rituali. You would know not to do that. I bust Pre-Rituali just now.

It's going down. All right, hold on. Let me get my drink because I got to go straight into it. Put it on up there. Success. Yes, yes, yes. Success. Oh, did you see that?

Now we got the mic. Oh, professional. And I can get us some ice, E? You pass me some ice. Is that an empty cup? Can you pass an extra little cup? And this is the limon right here, right? Yeah, yeah, yeah.

All right, yeah. Look, the listeners is with us. What's that? Pineapple bar. Give me some of that pineapple. The listeners is with us. Let me go. Because they know the first question I'm about to ask. Let's go pineapple bar? Give me some of that pineapple. The listeners is what us. Let me go. Because they know the first question I'm about to ask.

Let's go. Oh, yeah. David Banner, my man. Where'd you get all these questions from, man? Oh, I don't know. I've just watched it in the news. Paul writes his teacher. That's Walter Cronkite from the hood.

Recently, I've never thought that I would see a headline that read, David Banner gets arrested. Yeah. What happened? Well, first of all, this is what I want to clear up. First of all, I'd like to thank you for wanting to clear this up with us. That's very appreciated. And you came out of your way and we appreciate it.

Yes, you came out of your way. It's all good. Because, you know, this is a rapper's format. Rappers should feel like they got a chance to come up here and express. So I really appreciate you coming up here. But let's get to that. So this is what I want to say, first of all. I did not get arrested over trying to get in no fucking club.

First of all, I could buy a club. Let's make some noise for David Benavidez. David, don't mind. Hey, David. Let's make some noise for David Benavidez and David O'Reilly. Did they ask for your autograph? I swear every time we go to jail. So this is what's crazy. First of all, I have to say that what I try not to do anymore, I try not to talk to white media

at all too much. Let's make some noise for us not being white. You gotta have some fun with us, man. Come on. Black Cuban media. And what happened was this. I gotta give TMZ a shout out, though, because they did try to call me

and get my side of the story. But what I will say is that what happened was, so we, first of all, I'm out with one of my best friends.

He's a doctor. So it wasn't even like I was out with my hood homeboy in the D.C. I was out with some doctors. And so,

you know, I'm trying to get, we all in the club. It's about six or seven of us. What kind of club was this? It was a club like Ozio. Strip club? We all in the club. It's about six or seven of us. What kind of club was this? It was a club like Ozio.

Strip club? No, just regular club. So I walk up. Security guard do their thing. Hold up, hold up. I fall all the way back into the street. Like, no, I'm good, dog. I'm not going to do that.

I'm not going to beg no motherfuckers to get in no club. That ain't what I do. So I fall back and start signing. If you go back and and look at instagram you see all the pictures i was out there signing autographs taking pictures right so then i noticed there was one white person at the door and all these big black like big black bodyguards so i walked up to one of the bodyguards and i ordered bouncers and i was like yo dog whispered in his ear, like, look, homeboy, it's a real bad look that you have all these black folks out here spending all this money

and y'all got this white person at the door barking on them like an overseer. Dude turns around and looks at me and basically like, it's my job. Like, Benny, you right. The white person came and barked on me, nigga.

Like, what are you talking about, nigga? Wow. He didn't say nigga, did he? No. I said enough niggas. I think it would have been a different charge at that point. Right, right, right. And the thing was, I can't really go as much into what happened after that point.

Right. But the thing was, it was never about no club. It was about how people were treating my people. And I'm like, man, I've never been that kind of dude to just sit back and watch fuck shit go on. You from Mississippi. Right, damn straight. So the thing was, this is what I will say. Once the show is on, it's on.

I hadn't even felt that way in literally six years. I hadn't been that angry. And I wasn't angry even about what the white person said. The same guy that I was talking to turned around after they disrespected me and then I said what I had to say to them. I was done. Then he turns around and boils up at me no sir one thing I want to tell people regardless of what I am

whether I'm an activist whether we back on the street everything may end up being I'm a man before anything right and if kids don't know nothing else but this I tell them all the time before I'm a rapper before I'm a whatever the fuck it is I have to be a man first and I have to defend what I believe is my honor. And that was it. The only thing that pissed me off that I really wanted to talk about was black media. It's like we cut and paste what these conglomerates give us and we don't even take up for our folks.

I remember going to Ebony and Jet, and they said back in the day, it used to be this just unknown rule that we look out for our own folk first. And they didn't do that. Like, all the work that we do. But when you say black media, like, you remember anybody? No, I don't go into specifics, because when you go into specifics, you make it petty. Right, right. If they did it, they did it.

They know who they are. We petty as hell. It's okay. you make it petty. Right, right. If they did it, they did it, they know who they are. We petty as hell. It's okay. You can be petty. That's the more you're petty. One thing I say, though, is that they said on the Ricky Smiley show,

I really respected him. They said something that was really dope. It's like, we know Bama. Right. This dude ain't wait all this time

to go to jail now without something having gone. Like, they had to do something to do. Like, as much shit as he do, gone, like, they had to do something to do. Like, as much shit as he do, like, we got too much to lose

on that bullshit. So, like, for our folks and for so-called hip-hop blogs and places that say they for hip-hop,

when all they really do is take away. They sit back and wait for some petty shit to happen. It's clickbait. They just want, yeah.

And that shit was some fuck shit. Let me ask you something When people do report Irresponsible journalism Like um Why do you care though You know what I'm saying

Because you know this game is fucked up from the beginning This is not a new thing Let me tell you the only reason why I care One of my homegirls teaches Male magnet school In Harlem And she called me and she said One of my homegirls teaches male magnet school in Harlem. And she called me and she said, the boys are really confused. Wow.

It's about the children. Yeah, the children. It was like, you know, they see you and they watch all of your interviews. And then they only hear what TMZ says. And they real confused. And then I thought about it. I was like, I only care because I am one of the few people man that these kids at least consider

they may not even listen but they be like damn we know where Banner come from so if Banner talking that shit uh maybe I can fuck with it for a second and it's not enough of us yet to lose them so like with me

not responding back, they only had what white media and the clickbaiters told them, so I had to go somewhere and say something and let them know it was about honor, not getting in no fucking club. Because, honestly, I could give a shit less what anybody think. But what I always tell black folks is if I had you or people of culture, if I had you, I wouldn't need them.

If our folks put me in movies, I wouldn't have to go fucking audition. If our folks bought records, we wouldn't have to go beg and hope that them motherfuckers could give us some kind of light. I don't fucking need them. I only care what them kids think.

And when she called me and said, like, the kids are confused, I was like, I gotta say something. Fuck all the rest of them. I'm grown. I can get really good at shit less. Right. You know.

And you made a great career. What did they book you on exactly? What was the charges? No, you was out there already, right? Oh, you talking about all sorts of charges. What was it? Oh, you can't really speak on that. Play the fifth.

Play the fifth. No, no, no. Drink the fifth. Yes. Now, we got to describe This shirt you have on Right now my brother What is that? Something expensive

That looks like It's from Zimbabwe Zimbabwe He's right He's actually right Zimbabwe He got the right country And all Zimbabwe

I wish I did I know he helping me out. Let's make some noise. Can I be in the God Bud? Yeah! I will tell y'all, so I want to tell y'all a story real quick. This is some real shit.

A lot of people don't know. I've been knowing Noir for over 15 years. I've been knowing you right around 10 years. Back when I was in the group Crooked Letters, they really had shelved us, because they didn't know what the fuck to do with a group from Mississippi. Especially no motherfuckers that could rap at penalty.

So Norrie, that's when he had the big million dollar video. Talk about it, David Bannon. He had the big million dollar video. And let me tell you what this man said. This man went to Neil Levine and told him, because they didn't have no budget for us to shoot no video.

Really what I found out is I had moved to New York homeless. No one knows. I was homeless in New York. They shelved us, and I told Neil Levine, I'm going to be at Penalty every fucking day. And I was there every morning before anybody got there, sitting there waiting for the label to open up. And it was this big black motherfucker waiting for this little short white guy every day.

So they put my album. They actually put it out. They only shipped, like, I think it was 20,000 copies. We sold 17,000. And Nori loved our music so much. He saw the South, like, before it had literally got hot. Please, please, please. And he went up and jumping on the motherfucking seats and shit.

And he was like, y'all, get them boys $20,000 out of my million dollar budget and let them shoot a movie. God damn it, make some noise for me. Let me tell y'all what else he said. I know that story. He said, Dave Bowden, you got to go in there and throw some shit. Don't hit the white dude, but go in there and throw some shit. Don't touch him, though, because if you touch him. And I really appreciate him because he didn't have to do that shit, bro.

He actually jumped on the record for free. I appreciate you remembering that. Not only that, but you was producing. Yeah, this motherfucker gave me my first check! Hold on! Fuck this! Wait, wait, wait! Wait, wait, wait! Fuck this! Hold on!

He said I wasn't going to say it, but I was going to hint on this motherfucker. Listen, this is real tough. I was homeless. Literally, like, I was sleeping. At the time, I was sleeping on Wendy Day's floor. I was literally homeless. Shout out to Wendy Day.

And the first music, like, he gave me enough money off the first beat that I ever sold to somebody cash so I could live the rest of my time in New York. And so, like, I really, really appreciate him. You knew how expensive it was. A bunch of beats with J.R. too, yo. Listen, I like to be the guy to always discover a producer first.

I don't know why. Don't say the death tune. Listen, man. Go ahead, man. You broke him up. You broke him up. But you know what I'm saying? I always like to be the guy.

And I knew you was going to be the guy. Now, it brings me to ask you, Daz. It says, you did and i knew i knew you was going to be the guy now now it brings me to ask you that it says you did i ain't mad at you yeah how many times did that sell i forgot now when you made that joint was it for park or you just i was just you know vibing in the room you know what I'm saying it's like whoever I make beats in the morning

so whoever get you know that's who we go to you know what I'm saying it's like serving you know what I'm saying so you know Suge had called me

said what's up man you know Tupac is flying in and I meet us at the restaurant so you know me and Superfly we go to the restaurant

he like man you ready? I'm like, yeah, I got some beats for you. So we drop him off. I go get a sack. I come back. He done laid the ambitions of a rider and I ain't mad at you. Man.

The same day? Yeah, same night. God damn it. You know what I'm saying? Like 1.30 in the morning, you know what I'm saying? And I drop the other two the next morning. That's when Snoop walk in the door. We do, you know, gangster party. That's just flossed on all of us.

Let's just... Real quick. I ain't never had a night. I ain't never had a night in my life. Good. You know, when you do songs, it's 50-50.

Right. You know what I mean? Right, right, yeah. So, you know, the publishing is good. Wow. Especially when that movie come out, you know? Wow. Now, the movie you talk mean? Right, right, yeah. So, you know, the publishing is good. Wow. Especially when that movie come out. Wow. Now, the movie you talking about is the Tupac movie.

Yeah, the Tupac volume. Are you scoring that? All my music, I just talked to LT today, he's like, man, all your music is in there. I know. Who LT? Who LT? LT Hutton. Oh, okay, okay. So, you know, my son is playing me in the movie. Oh, sure. Yeah, yeah, that's right, that's right. So, you know, this is a good thing. And then the Dog Pound movie after that. Oh, yeah, you know, my son is playing me in the movie. Oh, sure. Yeah, yeah, that's right, that's right. So, you know, this is a good thing.

And then the Dog Pound movie after that. Oh, yeah, you know, DPG for life. Now, you worked with Pimp C. You knew Pimp C. Let's describe for our listeners, you know, he's a legend on our podcast. He's a legend in life. You know me, too. You did.

Pimp C. When was the first time you met Pimp C? Well, this is what happened. I sampled his voice while he was at La Capel. Oh,

I thought y'all knew each other at that time. No, no, no, no, no. I just sampled.

I'm learning something. It was crazy about that. I didn't even like the beat. The only reason why I used the beat because I was bartering with Flip at the time. Flip was from Houston.

And I was like, let me put him on this beat and then I'll go back Flip at the time. Flip was from Houston. And I was like, let me put him on this beat and then I'll go back and change the beat. DJ Will from New Orleans heard it and said, dog, if you put this out, your life will change in two months. And literally, I flipped it over and used that song. My life literally changed in two months. So what happened was, bro, is I started writing Pimp C because I was like, man, this dude has changed my life without even trying. His voice changed my whole entire life. So instead of sending him, like, naked pictures of broads and all that kind of shit,

I was like, yo, Pimp don't know how to use a drum machine. So I took pictures of the drum machine. So, like, he could put the Polaroids together. And I taught him how to use a drum machine while he was in jail. Because he's locked up. In case anybody was in jail. Because he's locked up. In case anybody doesn't know this, he's locked up at the time. He was locked up. This just sounds like the smartest shit I've ever heard in my life.

This sounds mad complicated. This is how you break out of jail. And then the other shit I did was I was traveling all around the world. I was like, I want to show him shit that maybe he hadn't even seen. I'm touring. I've been to every continent. And you hadn't met. But we hadn't met.

Okay. So when he got out of jail, if you remember when he got out of jail, he named eight people names. And I was one of the dudes. We were right back and forth. And he was like, Banner, you wanted a few people that took out their time to really talk to me. Because you remember, I had done the record with him on Penalty before.

But you remember we did Get Crunk. That was on Penalty, but that was just business. Like, I didn't really get to know him, know him. Then we became friends. Like, literally, like, this is one of the craziest things in my life. When Pimp came to L.A. the weekend before he died, I was in the studio working because I was living in L.A. at the time.

And Pimp was moving out there to stay in the same... He was over there doing songs with Snoop. Right. It was supposed to be me, Snoop, Juicy J was going to work on his album. So he was going to move in the same building as the cut.

You know what I'm talking about. It's a family. Everybody else is a family. You know. That's all right. Sorry, man. That's all right. This is all right.

Continue. So, Pimp had called me. You know, when that's your homie and you in the studio, you know, I'm going to call him back. And, you know, I kept working. So, I called him like six times. He never picked up the phone. Then I heard at the end of the weekend that he had died. So then I called and listened to the message, and the message was like,

Ben, I'm at LAX. Wait, so you never met him? No, no, no, no, no. This was after we was friends. Oh, I'm bugging, I'm bugging. Yeah, this was after we was friends. Homeboys, like, meeting each other, like, everything. By this time, this was the weekend before he died.

Oh, okay. After we really became friends. Okay. He called and I went and listened to my voicemail after he had died. And it literally said, bro, come pick me up from LAX. I'm here. And the craziest thing about me and Pimp is when we were together, we were both focused. It's like sharpening each other.

So I always feel like, you know, maybe, you know, everybody would always think maybe if I would have picked up that phone call, maybe it would have been something different. Who knows? And let's just, let me, let's just ask, this is probably the most serious question I ever asked on the Drinks Chance podcast. Do you think

that his death was attributed to lean? You know what I'm saying? I don't want to know because my friend did. Either way, it don't matter. People get into, you know, if this, I don't really want to know. Like, he dead. How he died don't really matter to me.

Irrelevant now. It don't really matter. I said that, too. But, like, you know know What's my man Sean Price And I be I be feeling like And today's the 20th Of his first album

God bless Sean Price You know what I mean But I be wanting to know Because just in case We can help some other people Avoid it You know what I mean Yeah

It's lifestyle sometimes Yeah but But the thing about it is Is that People We got mad serious I'm straight Yeah

No no it's cool the reason why people need to know that because the folks that's out here doing what we're doing cause ASAP Yams and everybody

is saying the same thing when they come to ASAP Yams they saying it's the Cody what's my man Michael

from out in Houston and they saying screw DJ screw well screw I don't think he died off for that.

You know, because I think, like, you as an activist, a rap-tivist, I would like to call you, you know, if you allow me to call you that. Like, you speak up for us. Like, when something happens in the community, whether it's rap, hip-hop, or just being black, or just being poor, we expect people like you to speak up.

So, when we think about it... But we need to make sure when we get in fucking trouble that folks turn around and speak for us. Shit. Like, literally. Let's make some noise. Yeah. Yeah.

Yeah. Yeah. When that shit happened, I thought motherfuckers going to go shut the motherfucker down. It's just like, what the fuck? You thought the black man was coming out. It's not happening. Anybody.

Shit. Right now, they all march on Twitter. They don't march in real life. But this is what I say though. His Instagram likes. I ain't gonna lie, I be marching on Twitter too. And I'm being honest, bro.

Like, at the end of the day, like, bro, we don't really know what happened. I done heard several stories about what could've happened. You know, and just like they say,

you know, shit, what Mike died for, what Prince died for, and both of they say, you know, shit, what Mike died for, what Prince died for him. Both of those people had two of the most amazing record deals ever. Fucking Mike owned over 50% of Sony. And recently he got made. Prince owned all his shit. And Pimp C was one of the most outspoken motherfuckers I ever seen.

Well, bring me to the point. You remember what he said? He said, he said, Atlanta ain't even the South um you know such as such as the South you remember that conversation you made at the radios yeah I remember the conversation was that not the craziest well I think that whole conversation not even about that aspect of it but a lot of the things that he was bringing up about rap that people don't talk about and that's what I'm saying like we want to focus on like like, the media.

The same thing that happened to me. The media throw whatever the fuck they want to out about people of culture. And because they don't think we nothing but drug addicts and gangbangs and dope dealers any fucking way. So people just take that shit. When that don't be the case, shit, fucking, we don't know why Prince died. The motherfucker was a vegan and looked better at fucking 58 or higher than he did at 28 and now all of a sudden this motherfucker died and

and motherfucking eric clapper can snort half of peru You heroin and he's lifting a baby. They banging everything. Literally, I'm finger-chipping. You know what I'm talking about? Never catch a baby. What the heck? Am I telling the truth? Don't stop hitting me on my back. What the fuck was that? I don't know.

It's hard for me to believe that, you know, as much as we do. It's not a conspiracy theory if you can prove it. Like, they call it conspiracy theory. That's the way to disregard it. Yeah, dismiss it. But, like, I don't believe that shit. But I tell a motherfucker this. If something ever happened to me, I want a motherfucker to do something.

I don't want nobody talking shit. I don't like the way they change. Like, even with Ali. They fucking change his whole. even with Ali, they fucking change his whole, they say Ali was colorless. The fuck, his motherfucking

last name is Muhammad. How you gonna say he colorless? Like, at the end of his life and all he ever fought for was the right of indigenous people.

You know what I'm saying? That shit don't make no sense. I just looked at the OJ thing, right? Yeah, yeah. Come on, let's get to the OJ. This is hot.

That is what they categorize him as, the same thing you just said. He's colorful. Right. That means, you know, da-da-da-da-da. Colorless, yeah. Like, yeah, yeah, yeah. You know what I'm saying? So I'm like, that's how they do it.

You ever met OJ? Yeah, I kicked it with him after. I think you know what he's talking about. That's what Snoop was talking about the other day. You know, he was kicking it. I was talking about the other day. You know, he was kicking out, was at his house

and everything. You know what I mean? Listen, you know what I mean, OJ? Nah, ain't nothing, man.

Listen, hold on, this is when we gotta big up the Drink Champs army. Nah, you got me out

on that picture, first of all. You've gotta stop blaming me for this. Yeah, man, I was in that picture. People blanked you

out on that picture. This is what we doing. Right now, we gotta thank our Drink Champ listeners because I couldn't find my picture with OJ, correct? No, that's correct. We told the Drink Champs to go find the picture. They found the picture.

And that same week, we also hit one million viewers. One million. I thought you were about to say OJ hits you up. OJ my nigga. He come on the show. He's walking. We did hang out and take a picture and then they cropped me the fuck out that picture. Listen, he is so

hurt. Look at him. Do you hear him? That's a legendary picture. I've been trying to find that picture since I took it. He knows it's not me who cropped him out. We took him in a polo ride back then, you know what I'm saying? Yeah, it was back in the days. Hey, Daz, what was the song I did on y'all album?

The Girlfriend? Yeah. The motherfucker. Because the reason why I asked you about that fucking battle, Cat came and played the cymbals on that motherfucker. Oh, shit. Man, we had fun over there. Man, we had so much motherfucking fun.

Bruh, Snoop. We've been knowing each other for years. Yeah, I'm about to change minds, man. So this is just like a family with you? It is, yeah.

You pop that bottle? Come on, man. You gotta pour up. Listen, man. I'll tell you something Snoop did that was cool as fuck. All right, cool.

And y'all gonna laugh at me, so... All right. Hey, you need a new cup? Nah, I'm good. Just for champagne. Give is a new cup. Nah, I'm good. Just for champagne. Nah, I think I'm good. Give me a new cup.

Yeah, just for champagne. This is just for champagne. I thought this was my bottle. Yeah, no, no, this is our bottle, baby. This is our bottle, baby. I felt that, you know. This is our bottle, baby. We are celebrating together.

I felt a little bit too at home right there. Yeah, no, no, no, no. You at home. This is your home. You at home. You at home, but we celebrating together. So, Peep Game, I had a Bentley, and I was out in LA. Hold on.

It's okay. Make some noise for him having a Bentley. God damn, that makes me laugh. So, Snoop used to say, hey, nephew, that's a pretty car. So, my motherfucking Bentley broke down. And Snoop, they all were about to go on tour. So, Snoop said, what happened to that pretty car? And I was like, you know, shit broke down.

Yeah, yeah. So I was like, it broke down. He threw me his keys. Said, nephew, we're going to be gone for two months. Just take my car. So Snoop gave me his car. So I was like, at the time I had stopped smoking weed. And I was like, fuck this.

Ain't no way I'm going to be. So you smoke weed? No, no. Not right now. Not right right now You remember Activist? Oh yeah that's right So Snoop So Snoop was like here take your car So I was like there's no fucking way

That I'm gonna be in LA In some car and not smoke no weed Alright but I had to smoke no weed And out there Kelly it's a different It's a different strand of shit they smoking out there. Just in case. Just in case. Just in case you want to reminisce. So I'm out in LA high as fuck in a Snoop car, paranoid as a bitch, pulled over on the side

of the road and started tweaking out like the LAPD is going to fucking kill me. And I'm sitting on the side of the road in a fucking Snoop car, tweaking the fuck out, man. Drove all the way home, 15 miles an hour. High as fuck. That's a lot of doing to you. Listen, man. Listen, I am so proud to announce, man, I want to big up everybody

who participated in this show because, you understand, this has been our goal is to just, you know, have our own people control our people. And we ain't even talking race when we're saying that. Rap, hip-hop should control hip-hop. And this is a good step in that direction.

You know, we don't play music on here. We don't do none of that. But you know what? It's us controlling us. It's fair. You know what I'm saying? It happened organically. Organically.

And these numbers is crazy. So I want to make noise for everybody. We're in podcast platinum. Yeah, we're in podcast platinum. I want to shout out our homie, Godfrey from Gamertag. Oh, Godfrey from Gamertag. He took us over to CBS as my homie. He took us over to CBS. Thank you, bro.

Yeah, man. And also Best Buy. Gamertag Radio. He said Gamertag? Yeah, yeah. Gamertag Radio. He does a podcast about all the gaming stuff. That's right, Garfrey.

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I defeated. Huh? I will. Wait, wait. Where you at? Best Buy Lakers? Come over here. Come over here.

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. That's my man, Popo, with the car service when you come out. To Cali. Yeah, tell him. Tell him. Tell him. Yeah, yeah. To Cali. Thank you, Popo. Tell him the name of it, because I can't boo y'all. Yeah, I boo yeah. That's my man, Popo, with the car service when you come out. Yeah, tell him, tell him, tell him. Yeah, yeah. Thank you, Popo. Tell him the name of it because I can't.

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It has the sounds on the boards and rich on this fucking thing. So let me take a serious note. Daz, how long? How long? You still living, Cali? I live everywhere, man. You live everywhere. I ain't going to lie. What, you the first nigga in Atlanta?

Because both of y'all live in Atlanta. You live in Atlanta, too, though. You got houses everywhere. I was the second west coaster in Atlanta. Too short. Too short. Yeah, too short, they say. I was down there fucking with Too Short, so I was looking at the big house.

I'm like, how much is it for 100 fucking money? What? What? It's 2 a.m. We going to the club. Oh, yeah. You know what I mean? Hey, and I just bought me a house down there.

Been down there. I live out here in Miami. Oh, yeah. You know what I mean? Hey, and I just bought me a house down there, been down there. I live out here in Miami. Oh, you live out here? Got a house in Mississippi. Fuck out of here. I'm off the lakes. This is a serious question I want to ask. Oh, shit. And then, now, you don't live in Mississippi, do you? Yeah. You still do?

Let me tell you, anywhere that we have an opportunity to do business, I have houses in Mississippi. I run my business out of Atlanta. Right. You know, I'm buying wherever the check is, homie. Right. Because we've been receiving a lot of, like, stories that are saying that,

like, most hip-hop artists, they die or they mess up when they're in their own city. Mm-hmm. Do you feel like that? Boosie was saying that, right? Yeah, Boosie broke it down so great. Yeah, he did. That shit was crazy. He was like hypnotized with hater.

What did he say? He said some shit. I was like, damn, this nigga smart. And what he's trying to say is, people in your city might hate you more than just people right down the block. Do you think that's a true theory? Like, down in the next city,

like, you know what I mean? Yeah. If there was anywhere that... You think that's... If there was anywhere that down in the next city, like, you know what I mean? Yeah. If there was anywhere that... You think that's... If there was anywhere that... That's where I went, look. No, you go ahead. Oh, shit, you know, I stand ahead of 21st and Locust, Long Beach, Eastside,

you know what I'm saying? All right. Right there on the block. Everybody that see me there, they know where I'm at, you know what I'm saying? But it's all love where I'm at, you know what I'm saying? Because we all, you know, we're city quips, you know what I'm saying? Ain't no other gang and all the other things, you know what I'm saying? Right. I'm everywhere, you know what I'm saying? Because we're city quips, you know what I'm saying? Ain't no other gang and all the other things, you know what I'm saying?

Right. I'm everywhere, you know what I'm saying? I'm out here over town, you know what I'm saying? My brother still across the bridge, and we over here, you know what I'm saying? We everywhere. I got 20 acres in Mississippi. My mama live there.

Right, right. And my daddy from New Orleans, but he live out here. Wow. You know what I'm saying? We been out here for 20-something years. Wow. Miami?

Yeah. Get the folks out of here. Let's make some we've been out here for 20-something years Wow Miami I've been here since pack jam Disco Rick No sense of hip hop is, you know, right there. But you don't feel like sometimes there's more hate in your city than there is?

There's more hate if you make it like that. That's deep. You know what I'm saying? That's deep. If you make it like that. This is what I tell people is like...

But how do you feel about that though, man? I tell you, I... Do you feel like there's more hate in your city?

I study, I study the plight of black people. All right your city. I study I studied applied a black roller And what people don't understand is a lot of a lot of our problems stem from slavery Do you know that when one slave would escape the plantation? They would be every slave on a plantation nearly to death puts a fear in right? So that's what a hate comes from. When somebody see you getting off the plantation, like, that nigga ain't no better than me. How dare he

fucking dream when my fucking dreams are being crushed. You feel me? So it's like, what we don't understand, we've been programmed to be the way that we are and we malfunctioning and don't even know the fucking reason why. So, like for me, I know the reason why people feel the way that they feel.

But the thing that I do is I constantly, I literally, and Pimp C helped me do this. I wrote down everything people said that I wouldn't do. And I went back and did it. So if a motherfucker hate me, it's because they hate themselves. And if they hate themselves, I can't help you. You know what I'm saying? You got to. Motherfucker came up to me one time at home and was like,

Dave Banner, I really don't like you. And I hugged him. Wait, wait, who? He said, I really don't like you. And I hugged him. Because this is after I became a better meditative Banner. Right. Not the Banner that you know.

Right, right, right. And I told him, brother, you got to stand in the long line. Right. Not the banner that you made. Right, right, right. And I told him, brother, you got to stand in a long line. Right. Because at the end of the day, man, people just don't,

a lot of times, too, when you come from smaller places, people don't know how to say, I need help. Right. So instead of saying,

hey, y'all. They act the fool. Yeah. Hey, y'all, can I get a beat? It's just like one of the homies like a bitch,

you know what I'm saying? Right. But he's just dissing the bitch. Yeah, bitch, bitch, you know you want to fuck beat? They just like one of the homies like a bitch. You know what I'm saying? Yeah. Right. But he's just dissing the bitch. Yeah, bitch, bitch. You know you want to fuck. Yeah. She said.

Right. That's a gang member. That's a crazy analogy. That nigga's a gang member. You want to fuck the bitch, man? No, he was like everything to a gang. You got to respect that. And everything was a gang sign.

You're talking it up for the rest of us. So, like, for me, bro, you have to know why people are hurting. And that's one of the things I've been doing. I've been doing these lecture series. And, like, honestly, this is the crowning. I've done, bro, I've got awards from all over the world. This has been my crowning moment, bro. Like, I do lectures and, like, hoods all over the world.

I went to, me and Dr. Umar did Brooklyn, 1,000 people. Did Shreveport, Louisiana, 1,200 people. Birmingham. So what do you think? Because like one day I called you. You remember this? I called you and I said,

yo, we really need a hip hop union. Yeah, I remember that. We stayed on the phone for an hour and 45 minutes. Yo, and do you think, like, our heart was in the right place at that time? I believe it was. Let me tell you what you mean. And I believe I wasn't wrong.

No, you were right. But the thing that we have to do is we have to become successful. Because the thing about these kids, I tell people this all the time, like, kids don't necessarily want to sell drugs. But what they do is they see the success out of selling drugs. I see the bitches. I what they do is they see the success out of selling drugs. I see

the bitches. I see the women. I see the success. I see what you can get out of it. You telling me to go to college. Ah! My uncle went to college. He right back on the block. So kids want to see some success. So if you want a union, if I want kids to do better, I gotta

show them some fly shit. They don't want to hear fucking theory. These kids are sick of motherfuckers lying to them. Right. Like, man, that shit is dead, all of this wishing and hoping. Right. And people get mad at me. All of this wishing and hoping and praying.

Right. Like, we got to get up off our knees and do some shit. Right. And if you be successful and kids see you looking good and face looking fresh and shit, car, like, kids just want success.

And I tell people that if they see success then they'll want to be like you. I don't give a fuck. If, let me tell you something. If women said I ain't giving

no more pussy to nobody but doctors, nobody but doctors is getting pussy. It wouldn't be no sickness in this motherfucker. Am I right?

She makes the motherfucking dogs. You like pussies? You like pussies? You like pussies. You like pussies. You like pussies. We got to do the gassy thing. We killing the doctors now.

You don't give us no pussies. So let me ask y'all this question. You don't give a fuck. So let me ask y'all this question. Now, with that being said, Spike Lee did a movie. You're doing a fucking excellent job. Oh, man, I'm on point. I'm sorry. So listen, Spike Lee, he just tried to do that point. The point that you said was Spike Lee tried to actually make a play, but he used real culture in Chirac, right?

But I actually see the good in what he was trying to do, even though it might have made a mockery, but you understand what you just said. It corresponds with what you just said It It It It It corresponds with What you just said So much Because you said

If women But hold on Let me finish You said if women Was to say Nah We ain't fucking Unless you a doctor

Right That's what Spike Tried to do That's what they did in the film Spike tried to say They ain't fucking Until you put your guns down But the city of Chicago

Definitely Yeah It's It's Yeah Go ahead bro Go ahead I like that ain't fucking until you put your guns down. But the city of Chicago definitely... Yeah. Go ahead, bro. I like how you're speaking. It's like, you got to do that in your city. Like, Scarface told me that, man.

But Chicago is the worst city right now. But like, when you... Killing everywhere. But no, when you come Killing everywhere. But no, when you come into people's cities, bro, and you don't connect, like Chicago taught me that. I went to Chicago,

I was going to do like some amazing shit, and I sat down and talked to the real people that run the streets. Those are my niggas. And like, you got to come in, bro, and you got to do it right. If you really want to help the community, you got to connect with the people in the community.

Like, bro, that's like me going to L.A. and trying to tell people what to do. Like, bro, no, you got to connect with the folks and let them do what they want to do and you be a part of it. Because if you don't, you saw what happened. So, like, you don't want to take something that you believe is positive and look what it ended up turning into like you gotta connect nobody supported it I didn't watch it because people in Chicago told me not to watch it and I said I got family out there

I got you know like I got real real family in Chicago so when they told me they was offended I just didn't participate but you can't take somebody's pain but I kind of thought what Spike was trying to do like he was trying to do. Like, he was trying to send a message. The same shit that you just said.

Like, I think the message was good. I think the way he pulled it off. Take the message and make the message dope and poppin' just like I told you. But don't put it under the guise of somebody else's pain. Right, yeah. Use your pain. His pain was do the right thing. Yeah, that was all. Which was a general statement. That was pain. You're right. His pain was do the right thing. Yeah, that was all. Which was a general statement.

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Obviously, we know we've been having problems with guns forever, but obviously when the shit like in Orlando happens, now it's front and center. But what do y'all think about that? What comprehensive gun laws do you think should go? Rob Markman, Tell them, Daz. They be killing niggas in Long Beach all day. That's a sick thing, man. Rob Markman, I mean, what do you really think they should be trying to do?

Pass, not having rifles with certain amount of rounds. What do you think? That's real. Man, a kid can get a gun, man. I got little homies around, you know what I'm saying? That's real. Man, man, a kid can get a gun, man. I got little homies around, you know what I'm saying? But it's just about us. Right.

That's the OGs and all that, you know, getting it into them, you know what I'm saying? And just getting into them, you know what I'm saying? Right. Yeah, because that shit is kind of crazy, like us still going through the same cycle of trying to be the bigger man and, you know, like. Some motherfuckers like that get killed, though, too, at the same time of trying to be the bigger man. Motherfuckers like that get killed at the same time. It's vice versa, so you always got to know how to play everything. I foresee it all.

Guns don't kill people. Guns don't kill people. Stupid motherfuckers kill people. I'm going to tell you all something. Put the camera straight on me. If you want to put David Banner in jail, make some gun laws and come to my house. I got

two AR-15s. Because what I believe is that there's just as many there's just as many bad cops as there are bad people. All day. Bad cops are killing black folks with guns.

Every people of culture, period. Every fucking day. All around the world, but they're not taking their guns away. These motherfuckers go overseas, and we are the most technologically advanced country in the fucking world, or one of them, and we can't find 30 fucking people, but we bomb fucking nations you know what i'm saying it's like yeah we gangbang on an international level the problem that i'm trying to get people to see and and and this just made me is because of our phones we got

a chip on us all fucking day right right right because of our credit cards they're putting a chip on all your credit cards the The mark of the beast happens. All right, all right. Yeah, the mark of the beast is your fault. You ever watch that movie? Yeah. Which one? Mark of the beast.

My mother used to make it, you know, used to go to church. And they made us watch this movie called Mark of the Beast. There's a movie called Mark of the Beast? I've never seen it. Mark of the Beast is like when everybody go to heaven, then there's soldiers and people telling them what to do and they market them and they putting it in their forehead and they put me in that shit scared the shit out and this is my theory all right scary on the four horsemen

so all of our quintessential rights are now being taken away and people are not even noticing so what they did was killing black people don't shock america so that's cool so they kill some you know they kill some teenagers some white teenagers that didn't take away your gun laws so it's like every time america wants to pay somebody always told this, if you want to find the arsonist, never look at the fire. It's always something else that's going on in America. Like, they've been trying to pass gun laws because the thing that I learned and one of my mentors

said, there's no difference between the police and our gangs. The only difference between our gangs and the policemen is that when they call for backup, them motherfuckers coming. Yeah, that's just like when I told the homie, I say, everybody in here,

when that second car pull up, what happens? All right. When that second police car pull up, what happens? All right. You poop. Yeah. Yeah. Shit.

Yeah, nah. And that's what they're afraid of. To be honest with you, bro, they'll take one thing out of a thousand things and make it a big deal because we try to find a leader whenever there's anarchy. We need somebody to lead us when there's a big... I don't shop and just live against it. And no way am I saying that that what happened was it wasn't a tragedy but that was one person so why take away the rights that we have because I want you always remember something just think about this police

and criminals don't give a fuck about laws if a criminal want a good dad's just said it you know't find a fucking good literally he bucked his homie he bucked his homie the literal term did we come here and make Drake Chaps a political show yeah listen we got the dumbest fans in the universe let's make some noise for them

they going back to school right now listen we gotta get school we gotta get school David Banner is schooling us. Daz. And he's filming you now. Daz. Yes. Is in the motherfucking building. No.

Yeah, y'all got so many hits, man. Daz is sex-tripping right now in Miami. You got so many hits. What other crazy shit you produce, my nigga? Let's just hit us with it. Man, you know, me and Sean Price did a song when he was with Helter Skelter. Oh, that's a good one. Yeah.

That's a good one. Yeah. That's a good one. Yeah. That's a good one. Yeah. That's a good one. Yeah. That's a good one. Yeah? Let's just hit us with it.

Man, you know, me and Sean Price did a song when he was with Helter Skelter. Oh, shit. You know what I'm saying? On that first album, it was me and Kuro. You know what I'm saying? So that's a... And you said you produce for dads. Yeah. On which album?

My cousin right here. Yeah. Like, we're family family They took care of me We tear it up for days We do You know what I'm saying The thing is Real friends

We ain't gotta talk about that shit Like they took care of me When I needed it Like seriously Yeah Faking ass hoes How did you get into the movie Faking ass hoes

Yeah That was the name of it That was the name of it Yeah Now how did you get into The movie thing That's where the money at Alright so That was the name of it? That was the name of it? Yeah Now how did you get into the movie thing? That's where the money at Alright so

One of the things I want to tell the kids Is like People look up at the screen Like they'll see Pac And be like Pac just went from rap Like Pac was an actor first You know what I'm saying?

I've been in acting school for 10 years I study I train at everything I do. Whether it's fighting, whether it's whatever the fuck. Like, kids have this misconception that you just fall out the motherfucking bed. If you're talented, that's only a head start.

Most of the time, motherfuckers, just Steph Curry is a perfect example of that. That's a motherfucker that busts his fucking ass. You know what I'm saying? To become great. The thing that I realize is like, and I think about the West Coast more than anything. Like the thing I think, and my personal assumption that really took the West Coast to the next level, is like during the time that Dre and them was making their move, they had colors.

They had boys in the hood. Because a lot of times you can hear a record, but if you don't know what that shit look like, motherfuckers can't be going through that shit that they say they, oh, shit, they are. Oh, that's a six-fold. Oh, that's what that shit is. That's what the switch is. Right. That's what that shit do.

Oh, that's what that shit is. Is that what happened with Master P? Master P, when he did the movie, that kind of helped his movement. What I say is, like, I still don't think the South has had just that proper movement, because, like, we need people

who are actually producers and directors that come from where we come from instead of people from other places coming and giving what they think is from the South. Because a lot of times when I see motherfuckers do shit about the South, I be mad about that shit. I be like, dog, that's what you think it is.

So you gonna do a Mississippi movie? I'm gonna do it, yeah. I'm gonna do some Mississippi movies. I'm gonna do some a lot of fucking movies. I'm gonna tell y'all something. Hey, think about this shit. This is the reason why I started doing movies. Let me be the New York nigga that just come in and shoot somebody. That's all I want to be in a Mississippi movie. Come on.

Make some noise for me. Can I take my thing off? Yeah, what happened? You never said this on camera. I never said this on camera, bro. I don't shoot nobody no more. But this is some shit I want to address. Address it, God damn it.

And Belly, when they had the do eating a banana from the south, I had a problem. Nah, he wasn't from the south. He was from Ohio. He was from the Carolinas. He was from the Carolinas. Wasn't he? Yeah. No, no. Google it ass. Google it ass. That's what's with the Carolinas.

Listen, we're going to get into some coastal shit. Either way, the small town eating the banana shit on the corner. It was, it was, it was. What are you saying? What are you saying? We would have had a problem if you had said it. It was in Carolina.

Listen to this, y'all. Check this. This is the reason why I started doing, one of the reasons why I started doing movies. There's this little black girl. Hold on a second. I like the fact that he's the only guest we ever had that looked towards the crowd. Addresses everybody.

Oh no, I'm looking at they faces. This nigga think he doing his show. No, motherfucker. Make some noise with that. You better watch that crowd. And then you got that dance started doing it too. Dance time. This the hoodlum that got him.

No, them motherfuckers. Who trying to play the hoodlum? Them motherfuckers I live for. Them motherfuckers looking at me like, what are you going to say? You know why? This is when you know a real MC. Dad seen you, he said, what, nigga, I can do that too.

He turn and look. This is niggas who know how to control the crowd. This is the difference between talking and being a microphone controller. Right now, this is real legendary shit happening. I'm sorry if the listener didn't know what's going on. Continue, my brother. Okay, so this is what happened.

It was a little black girl. She came in crying uncontrollably. She asked her father. She asked her father. She said, Father. She said, Dad, Dad, Dad. Are there going to be any black folks in the future? And he looked down and said, baby, why you ask that?

She said, because I was watching the Jetsons and I didn't see none. Like, literally, think about this. As it pertains to black people. I think her name was Leroy Jetson and then he wasn't black. Fuck the Jetsons. Watch this. I just remembered that. I know he just got one.

That's how you know L-Roy. Fuck the Jetson. Watch this. I just remembered that. His name was Lee Troy. Why don't we just go? What am I right? What am I right? You know Elroy. It's close enough. Yeah, it's close enough. Elroy. Elroy. Elroy.

Elroy. Elroy. My bad. My bad. Elroy is close enough. Am I right, though? Don't forget the dog. The dog?

What about the nigga? Who was it? The dog was a nigga? I have a conclusion. So watch this. For black people, most black people, because of conventional religion,

think Jesus is white. So think about all the God complexes in the world. Jesus is white. Superman is white. Flash is white. Wonder Woman is white. Tarzan. Tarzan is white. All the black

folks in the fucking jungle. So think about it. Listen. I'm a stepchild. And the fact that I don't look like my dad, that fucks with me. My stepdad changed my whole entire fucking life. He been with me since I was three.

So when I always tell people, if you told your kids that they was gods maybe they would act like gods and maybe if they act like god somebody would treat them like gods it's easy to kill a nigga and i always tell people i if i see a god in you I might beat the devil out of your motherfucking ass, but I won't kill you. So when most black people see white people, in the back of their subconscious, they see Jesus. I don't even know. I don't know whether to make that a lie.

I'm a funnel, I'm a funnel. I'm a funnel, I'm a funnel. The data is dropping, Jewel. I'm serious. Nah. Think about how quick a motherfucker kill another black person. When you see some white folks, they be like, damn, that's 50 years. That's Jesus.

That's very deep. Drink chance in this motherfucker! Yeah! Shout out to Banner Noy. When to break the ice again. Ain't that real deep in this? Noy, when to break the ice again. Ain't that real deep in this? Noy has L2, I'm a father to that guy.

I was like, no, because you know I'm conscious, so I know exactly what you mean. He's alive. No, he's alive right now. No, I'm conscious. I'm conscious, though. You know what I mean? Like, that's some real shit, man.

That's some real shit. So Daz, man. I don't even have to. Get away from David Bell. I'm trying to keep it together. Get the fuck away from David Bell. There you go. real shit man that's some real shit so Daz man so um Daz what do you see hip-hop going now from here from here hip-hop is is on a good path right now going to the top man you know it's all like commercials you know old people rapping and shit and everything so you know hey it's all like commercials, you know, old people rapping and shit and everything. So, you know, it's going there. The money is there.

And Snoop out there killing them still. All the time. Like in the night. Like Snoop don't age. All the time. And that's your real cousin, correct? That's the hip-hop prince. Shout out to Superfly, man.

Superfly. Superfly was the one that hooked me up with Snoop. He heard my beats before anybody else. He did the most admirable shit ever. He said, at the end of the day, Snoop make the money. We got to take the beats to him.

Like, he heard my beats and was like, yo shit jamming. He was like, man, fuck me personally. Like, it's cool. You can have some beats on my shit that's coming out.

You need to go see Un. And Snoop did the craziest shit, y'all. That's when we had the ASR and the diss used to get corrupted. Was you there that day? Yeah. Y'all, Snoop stood up in front of me. My disc was corrupt.

So the beat he wanted wouldn't pull up. He said, you got 10 minutes. Pull that motherfucker up. And y'all, I was homeless, sleeping in my van. And I literally saw my career passing across. He said, 10. Nah, shit. 8.

Dog, I was about to piss on myself, dog. I was like, what the 8. I was about to piss on myself, dog. I was like, what the fuck? I'm broke as fuck, and this motherfucker won't load? He, 3, 2, 1, get the fuck out of here. I was like, shit. He was like, I'm just joking, dog. He was like, go home and get that shit to carry and come back. All of us been cool ever since then.

I snuck this steak on to you, man, to play them beats for y'all. Their whole family took me in. Like, when I was in L.A., I didn't know nobody, bro. Like, they really appreciate y'all. Now, what made you, well, you lived in Atlanta first and then lived in L.A.? No, what happened was, man, I've been there. Mississippi, right by Atlanta. I went from Mississippi to Louisiana to Atlanta to New York.

I was homeless sleeping next to dogs and shit. Piss on the floor and shit. I was dating at the time. I was dating a girl in Trenton, New Jersey. And I thought I could ride that. That already sounds bad. Hold on. Trenton, I love...

Goldfingers, what's up? Januna out there, what's up? Trent is very wild. It's serious. We fun. It's serious. Very wild. Yeah, Trent is my...

So you was going to pick her up in Trent? No, I was... Nobody picks up nobody in Trent. No, I actually moved in with her and her mama. Even Trent niggas say... He can't have a baby wife in Trenton, New Jersey right now I actually moved in with Huntin' the Mama. Even Trenton niggas say... He can't wait for Trenton to dress it right now. I moved in with Huntin' the Mama so I could go out to New York and get this deal. The deal was good.

But now, inside the label, wasn't you down with Loud SRC? Yeah, you got one of the biggest deals at that time. Yeah, that was afterwards. Yeah, but inside the label, was you not included in that i wasn't in loud we we was src src so that was a whole different because that was after steve had threw the chair out the window but he invested in you to restart the whole joint yeah like like like we we did that like to be honest with you it was it was reciprocal and i'll say this like that's what i'm at banner at that time i'll say this i'll say I told you, our fans are the dumbest

in the world. What does reciprocal mean? It's going both ways. I'll say this about Steve. I think Steve, because I was running in LA and I saw Steve and I think Steve don't think I like him. We cool. I don't have no problem

with dudes. He don't think Dead President is like him neither. Like, I'm cool. That's according to the inside the label. Like, bro, I think he changed my life and I changed his life because I believe I'm the reason why he was able to really stand up in the universal building. And like a pimp record. But why is that like an issue? Like, you and Dead President both said the same thing about him. Let me tell you, people think because you pro-black that you hate white folks.

Break it down. And dudes, you can be Celtic and you can be from any fucking place and be proud of your country. Black folks are the only groups of people that if we stand up for our people, they think we hate somebody else. That's some bullshit. That's an insecurity. Definitely. Because motherfuckers know what they've done wrong. Like, dude, I'm going to be honest with you. I don't know any other label

that would have took a rapper like Pun, motherfucking 3SixMafia, let me say that again, 3SixMafia, Wu-Tang, a whole bunch of crazy motherfuckers. Group of my...

Like, I tell... I don't think I could have went anywhere else and been as... Exactly. Mahdi. Yeah. I don't... Exhibit. Yeah.

Ray Kwan. We can go on and on. Yeah. But, like, the thing is, bro, is, like, Steve, I was one of the few people... I it's like Steve, I was one of the few people, I noticed this bro, I was one of the few people, them folks were scared of me. Like people see this shit right here bro, but there's a

whole nother, I started to change my name away from David Banner because I saw so many similarities in me and the Incredible Hulk. Because like I got a clinical anger problem dog. Like I go to therapy, I sit a clinical anger problem, dog. Like, I go to therapy. I sit down on the couch with an old white lady and talk

about how fucking angry I am. Just so you know, this is my therapy. I do chaps every week. I need the number of the white lady. Make some noise for me being my therapy while he's talking about therapy. And that's why the shit happened, like in Washington do like out at the

end of the day we still our default is what the fuck we from if a motherfucker if a motherfucker get wrong with you left right mm-hmm you feel right back to the hood section 163 since I think that's a miss you Same thing. Fuck him up. For me, it's Cuba. There you go. So for me, the thing is, man, is that I think I did as much for Steve as Steve did for me. But I couldn't have been the man that I am today because I'm doing some amazing shit. What people don't know, bro, I own a multimedia company. I score all the music for Gatorade for the World Cup. Mercedes-Benz, Marvel vs. Capcom.

I did that commercial. Shit, you name it. Three years ago, all the music for Pepsi during the NFL season. This the nigga from Coming to America. Let's make some noise. And what you need to know, Nori, is I am the guy that says the real penis is clean. Yeah, yeah. Tell them. Tell them, God damn it.

I went to L.A. one time and I just sat in. I sat in on his session. It was crazy. He was doing mad deals. Remember when I went to L.A. and I just sat in? You were doing interviews. You were doing scoring shit. I was like, yo, Banner's doing crazy shit right now.

But that's where I keep telling people. Like, if you want to get these kids, you got to show them success. So the truth is people hear about the God Box, like which you can preorder right now. I was about to go on to this because you know, I follow you on social

media and I think your fans are a little pissed off at you. I'm going to just keep it real. Why? They've been waiting for you to drop this for quite some time. Like I be seeing them just go at you. Like I love when I follow a nigga on social media they like the pre-mix

tape. They like that. But this been so anticipated that I seen you on an interview where you said that the reason why you couldn't get it is because you needed people's signatures? Yeah, well difficult is it wasn't just that I'm gonna say this I was real disappointed because I really only did records with people and me you talked about this night After I had made the metamorphosis that I made. Yeah, yeah, definitely. Bro, you're really trying to ruin it. I'm sorry, I'm sorry.

You know what I'm trying to do, President? It's an order of five. They're trying to get the incredible over. Oh, listen, you gave me where I want to go. You gave me where I want to go.

You want to answer that? Because I got somewhere I want to go. Go, go where you want to go. Listen, we had Talib Kweli on this show, right? And he thought I was bullshit. But I really want Talib Kweli

to run for New York City mayor. Because I think at some point as us, hip-hop, and you know, somebody gets killed and we retweet that and we say something. Hold on, hold on, we say something. But

why we can't have Talib Kweli run for New York City mayor, right? Get David Bama to run for Mississippi mayor. Or, fuck it, you don't got to run for Mississippi mayor. Let's do some Arnold Schwarzenegger shit. Move to Hollywood. We about to do that shit. Don't say it out loud.

Let it out, man. Let it out, man. And you know what? It's already been dropped. And you know what? We got three million something right now. And you know what? Also, done dropped. And you know what? We got three million something right now. And you know what? Also, this is a thing, man.

No, let me say one thing. Let me stop you. Excuse me. Are you running for mayor? We need you to run for mayor. Let me tell you this. Because listen, listen. Let me say what I want to get off my chest.

Go ahead. Because I feel like there's whatever races there is, we should add another race. And that race should be hip-hop. And what I mean by that is. That's deep. What I mean by that is, why hip-hop society can't look out. This is one of the deepest conversations I ever had. I knew him for 15 years.

It's me hitting him and saying, yo, I just feel like hip-hop need a union. Like, I want people that. He brought have shit all the way down one hit they distributed and then they fucked up I want to like pay for something like if he he break his knee that cares one cares one he tried to do the issue yes I remember I told like that sure I had already spoke to the brother. He did. And this is real shit. It's like, I think we can control more because I told it to Russell. And I said this on a podcast.

I said this on another podcast. I don't remember. But I told Russell, I said, I need you to run for president. And Russell said, yo, I smoked dope. I was like, I said, everybody smoked. Me too. We, yo, I smoke dope. I was like, I said everybody smoke weed. No, he smoke dope. But he said dope heroin.

He said that. I'm thinking with Russell, he told, you know, he kicked the witch. He said, nah, you know, he don't smoke. But he said, man, in my younger day, you can look at it in the crush group. Oh, shit. So he told me he smoked heroin, right? In my younger day, I mean, you can look at it in the crush group. Oh, shit. No, he definitely didn't dope.

So he told me he smoked heroin, right? Angel does. Angel does. But I told him, fuck that, right? Now listen. Now listen. I'm going to try to break something down as smart as I can. Right now, whether you agree with Trump or you disagree with Trump, he is making politics

like a freestyle battle. Oh, it's a total freestyle battle. It's kind of like a freestyle. It's kind of like smack DVD. Yo, he took it all the way down there. It's like, yo, you can say something facts, and if I got the better rhyme,

and I'm more... The punchline. The punchline got a hit. Adding to the crowd with the punchline, the crowd fucks with me. So why we can't elect Kanye and Jay-Z whenever the presidential years is? And then to make sure we get them, we get the people running for mayors.

Bun B. Bun B, the president of. Bunby could definitely do some shit what is it what is it poor off day you know he running poor after you know Tyler quality running at least Brooklyn office if if you don't run for the actual mayor. You know what I'm saying? Like Snoop running for the motherfucking governor of Cala. Fuck that.

California. Like, we. Yo, yo, listen, because we all laughing, right? Because this is my dream, right? Listen, we all laughing. But the same way we get a nigga to go out and buy a Drake album for whatever, whatever. Listen, Drake, you running for Toronto mayor now. You know what I'm saying?

Like, hey, your dream ain't too far. We got Trump running for president. That's what I'm saying. That's what I'm saying. Am I bugging better? Or am I too smart and I'm drunk? That's something that's in the works. But the thing is that I personally feel like we got to stop saying it.

Because when a tea party... They're going to stop it. No, not that they're going to stop it. When a tea party do shit, you don't know what it's too late. See, I got to look at it like this, man. You know, paying taxes and all that other shit man this shit is gangster right you know it's gangster on the street them motherfuckers up there yes they are they kill it that's you know i mean dust you off in a minute while they're brushing their teeth and shit you know

but can we keep strong listen can we keep complaining about the laws that don't protect us if we actually have a chance to make the laws that protect us? Let me tell you the easy way to tell them. This is what I tell people. Power won't invest in poor people until poor people invest in power. We got to make power moves. But we got to do it quietly, though, bro. We got to talk to each other in rooms.

Hold on. We got to talk to each other in rooms. Hold on. We got to talk to each other in rooms, like how me and you talked. And then once we get our shit together, then we talk about it. Because if we talk about it before, then they figuring out ways to make sure that it don't happen. It's like this. Never say a name on the internet before you go get the domain name. There you go. That's what I'm talking about.

Because now this motherfucker going to try to get the name. Now There you go. That's what I'm talking about. Because now this motherfucker is going to try to get the name and now he want to sell it to you. And now he's going to pass laws to make sure that you pay. But you know something that I think we've been fucking up as a culture.

You know I do the documentary series where I go outside the country and I'm checking out these other countries. And as I've been going to these countries, they saying they don't really follow us no more. And I think us as a culture,

we're not paying attention to the influence that we've had internationally, which could have made even the culture more powerful here. And then we let it go. We let it go. Now, when I went to Vietnam, I just went to Vietnam, I'm like, who influences you? Korea, Japan, used to be U.S. Remember when we, you know, when we go down there, it's a motherfucking party.

You know what I'm saying? No, it's definitely a party. No doubt. I'm just saying, like, influential when we go down there, I could be walking down the street. But we're not investing in the culture. They know about the culture. But this is what I'm saying. I apologize for cutting you off, E. But this is

what I'm saying. Like the vote or die campaign. Everybody had a t-shirt. Everybody had a t-shirt. And we did the promo. Puff ran out. Whatever. But let's imagine if Puff was the actual running guy.

The guy to run. If we had an ending result that had to do with us. If we had it, exactly. Puffy stays sharp. He got the suit genetic. Why we can't force Puff, Hov, and Kanye to really... We shouldn't force people who don't want to do it. They'll do it.

They'll do it because this is hip-hop. Being the president, Donald Trump made being the president hip-hop because he went at it like a smack DVD. Let's make some noise for Donald Trump. I don't know if we should. I'm sorry. I'm not making noise for Donald Trump. That was his approach.

No, no, but watch this. His approach and how far he got Watch this though No no no no no no Watch this But the thing that I tell people Is because we don't pay attention I don't have a problem with Donald Trump

Donald Trump is a business man He showed motherfuckers what he was about He's about business He said it back in the day. He said, like, if I ever run for president, this one, he was a Democrat. He said, I would run

as a Republican. He's the, what do you call it? He's the reality, he's the reality TV show president. And that's what runs our country. But watch this. And Ronald Reagan was like the

first actor on TV. But watch this. But watch this. And Ronald Reagan was like the actor. He was the first actor. But watch this. But watch this. In that time, it was the same shit. Hillary Clinton sent over 600,000 black men to jail because of the law that her husband passed. Everybody's talking about the Clinton, Clinton, Clinton, Clinton, Clinton. But we forget about the law that her husband passed that made the non-violent

drug act what it was. The three strikes, all that kind of stuff, that was the Clinton family. So I have a point. Donald Trump is theory. He's theory. But the Clinton family is fucking real. We're stuck between a rock and a hard place.

And plus, the Clinton Foundation, what happened in Haiti? When I went to Haiti, ain't nothing. They was like, they ain't do shit over here. So what happened with all the millions or billions or whatever the fuck they did? So David Banner, the rap divas. Did you mind I call you the rap divas? That is hard, right?

Just don't call me bro. Yeah, yeah, listen. Don't call you bro? Yeah, don't call me bro. Bro. Bro. Yeah, don't call me bro. Bro's kind of a Miami thing sometimes. Who, don't call me bro. Bro. Bro. Yeah, don't call me bro. Bro's kind of a Miami thing sometimes.

Who are we voting for? Bro. Oh, bro. Yeah, like no money. That's what I don't want to be. Are we voting for Bernie Sanders? Bernie Sanders is out of it. Yeah, I don't know.

He's out. He's out? Yeah, he's done. Where the fuck I been at? Yeah, I don't know. You're in the last drink chance. Bernie adding up the money right now. That was fun.

Yo, Bernie Sanders not here? Yeah, Bernie adding up the money right now. Hey, y'all, let's give a shout out to Bernie Sanders real quick. He tried. So Hillary, she ain't legalizing weed or none of that. Nah, she might. We fucked up. They gonna have to eventually.

Am I supposed to make people vote? Like I said before, Obama another beautiful finna skate out of office you know I'm saying legalize we even watched in DC hope Reagan push dope Clinton push something down a young gas since we're talking about throats, white folks, what you know about ropes? White folks, what you know about trees and men swinging from them that look like me? How you say that don't affect us? Tuskegee, how you let them infect us?

It's fear of the black semen putting sage on a page to eradicate these demons. This for Tulsa, Oklahoma. This for Rosewood. You know what I'm saying? Woo! And I want to ask you this last question because we kept hearing you saying

you was homeless and you could have gave up. Let's reflect on the moments when you thought have gave up. Let's reflect on the moments when you thought about giving up and what made you not give up. Let me tell you something. I'm from the poorest state in the union. Mississippi?

Mississippi. Y'all look rich for me from the outside. Giving up? Let me tell you something, bro. Let me tell you this to everybody who think about giving up. If you give up, you go back to where the fuck you from. Giving up is not what you something, bro. Let me tell you this to everybody who thinks about giving up. If you give up, you go back to what the fuck you from.

Giving up is not what you should worry about. It's being successful. When you're successful, that's when shit change. You used to being broken, fucked up. That ain't what you worry about is being fucked up. It's being successful. Then you got to do something new. Then you got to worry about having to keep it calm and can't cuss out them white folks like you used to.

David Bowman. That's when you got to learn a new skill. That's when you got to learn accounting. That's when you got to learn a business. That's when you got to learn how to be diplomatic. And we ain't diplomatic motherfuckers. We emotional motherfuckers. And we drunk.

For me, it ain't... Bro, I ain't going back. To Mississippi? No, I mean going back to being broke. A state of mind. Mississippi is... Let me tell you something. Let me tell you. I'm going to clear all this shit up. It's about my people. If all the black

people and people of culture moved out of Mississippi... Hey, because ain't none of us from this bitch anyway. Anywhere we claim. You know what I'm saying? Like, dog, we don't own this shit. Right. Like, we people of culture.

Like, man, it's a global thing for all of us. Like, I rep Mississippi because, I rep Mississippi as hard as I do. I tattooed it on my back because motherfuckers act like their parents ain't from Mississippi. How you doing? You want to see it on my back because motherfuckers act like their parents came from Mississippi. How you doing? You want to see it?

I like the way you be like. It's back there. Nah, I like the way you break it down. I don't rap like that no more. Come on. Dad! You thought he was going to get me, Dad! Come on.

Let me just say this. Let me finish this stuff. I ain't going to front. You really put Mississippi on the map. Like, you know, I was from Left Frack, right? So that's why you keep saying Left Frack. That's my hood. I love it.

But that's just a small, that's just a part of New York City. Nobody had never heard a rapper rap in Mississippi. But let me tell you, I'm a humble dude. Let me read this to you. Go ahead. Let me read this to you right quick. It's funny. I was reading Psalms this morning.

I wake up every morning and I study something from it. Give us the Reverend Warren prayer. No, no, no, no, no, no, no. Every religion. Every religion. I study Buddhism. I study. Are you every religion?

No, I'm not every religion, but I study every religion. So listen, it said, be not wise in thine own eyes. Fear the Lord and depart from evil proverbs 3 7 like i don't take credit for shit i'm supposed to do you're supposed to stand up for your people you're supposed to do for your community i don't take when people pat me on my back for the shit that i do for my community it's the fuck you're supposed to do as a man don't fucking my dad told me that my dad said you don't you don't stand up for the shit you're supposed to do as a man Don't fucking My dad told me that My dad said You don't stand up for the shit you're supposed to do You're a fucking man

It's that it ain't a lot of men in hip hop no fucking more Your heart tell you what to do Right So it's like Motherfuckers try to play like I'm a Malcolm or something No I ain't nowhere close to our fathers We ain't That's like

I'm gonna say this That's just like basketball players Who win one fucking championship And they start comparing them to greats. Right. Like, motherfucker, that's degrading the culture. I ain't, like, the shit I'm doing ain't special. I'm doing what the fuck I'm supposed to do.

But because most motherfuckers don't do shit at all, it make me look like a kid. Bro, I ain't doing nothing, bro. I got more work to do. But, man, I love my people. You got more work to do, but we're very proud of you. Oh, man, thank you. We're very proud of you oh man thank you we're very proud of you listen there's a father's day just passed so we gotta ask like we asked every other

guest you ready no where was your first album what year was your first album first 92 92 what year was your first album 98 98. 98. How many abortions did y'all pay for? Let's keep it real now. Let's just keep it real. How many abortions? Let's keep it real. None.

None? How many kids you got, did they ask? Me? Yeah. Four? Is that two or four? Oh, no.

That's peace. You didn't even say, I'll convince you. Come on, man. How many abortions you pay? Just let me tell you this, bro. Don't get too little. Don't answer this smart.

You got to be in the drink chat. We've been in David Banner's world all the time. Just listen to me. One time. Listen, listen, listen. This is a really sad story. This is really sad.

And I don't want to bring down the vibe. No, no. But y'all never heard what happened to my kids? This is going to be a joke don't want to bring down the vibe. No, no. But y'all never heard what happened to my kids? This is going to be a joke. Stop fucking around. No, it's not. No, I'm serious.

No. You didn't? Damn. They got swallowed. They got swallowed. Yo, because... It got to be hard being a conscious nigga Around a whole lot of ass

It's balance, man When we started, we didn't love them hoes So we was I was found Leave them bitches alone Bitch, you got some money What can you do for me? All these niggas

Somebody here gonna fuck It was crazy We was in Vegas We was in Vegas These niggas are, no, look at that. And then somebody here going, fuck. Like, it was crazy. Like, when we was in Vegas. Oh, yeah. Like, when we was in Vegas. Come on. All right, let me get that bottle that's open.

Because you got to have a balance, David Banner. It's not hard. Level spelled backwards is level, because you got to balance it. Let me tell you why it's not hard for me. You also made strip club music, too. Let's make some noise for you. I made the dirtiest song ever. Talk about it. I made play. I tell

people this all the time, bro. Just because I'm conscious don't mean I don't want to fuck. I tell people that all the time. Like, damn, just because I read a fucking book don't mean my dick don't get hard. But! But it doesn't,

but it doesn't control me like it used to. Like the thing is, I watch, man, I even watch the shit that happened to Pop. They admit it. When that rape shit

happened with Pop, he wasn't even in the fucking room. So it's like, when are we gonna get fucking smart and realize like, dude,

rap is my fucking business at this point and i feed literally though i feed a whole tribe of people of all colors because i'm david banner so i have to watch the shit i do not just for me because the old david banner creeps up a lot but i think about the children like the people that i fuck with like the Hulk yeah yeah so so like for me bro like let me tell y'all anybody that's a rapper let me tell you what you do you fuck everybody want to fuck a lot of rat or no lawyers want to fuck congressmen Congress women want to fuck you find a brawl that has as much to lose as you have to lose right hey you

cool you fuck with a bra that's a mayor shit go tell it cuz what happens if David Banner get fucked up one day he before, a nigga that ain't got no money, ain't got no time. Right. And I'm going home. It is. So how do you handle your group, David Banner? I don't do group. You're very hard.

It's false. Come on, David Banner. You had a one-night stand before. Go ahead. Let's break it down. I did. But what I did, let me tell you what I did. Back in the day, I had a tribe. Let's break it down. I did, but what I did, let me tell you what I did. Back in the day,

I had a tribe all over the United States. Tribe of hoes is what you're saying, right? I just had a tribe. You call them what you want to call them,

but I had a tribe and they all knew what it was. So, like, I had a tribe from, it was all six hours from any place

in the United States. Canada or the United States A stable See you pimpin' I call you a tribe Of course he would call it a tribe But did you have Afrocentric bitches? No I had

Like the bitches that Don't wear deodorant He said he had Eskimos All the way down to North America Did you have Those bitches I had women All over the world It's not about that Like the bitches that don't wear deodorant. He said he had Eskimos all the way down to Latin America. Did you have those bitches? I had women all over the world. It's not about that.

It's just about people who understand what you're about. Motherfuckers respect. That's part of the problem. Most motherfuckers don't have respect. Is there pimp culture in Mississippi? Oh, shit, yeah. That's where the shit comes from. Of course, of course.

That's where it comes from. Let me tell you. That's one of the reasons why I fuck with Harlem like I fuck with Harlem. Because the reason why they had zoot suits and shit was from the fucking South. Like, that's where the South went to. That's why I lived in Harlem for six years. Like, the pimp culture comes, a lot of people don't know this, the pimp culture comes from slavery. People don't fucking read. Like, read all the pimp culture comes from slavery. People don't fucking read.

Like, like, like, like, like, like, like, read all the pimp books. This shit, what they did was they treated the woman like the slave master treated black people. That's all pimping is. You know what I'm saying? Like, like, like, read, read any fucking pimp book. Anybody that's a real pimp, they'll tell you that shit. That's where it fucking comes from.

This shit ain't hard, and that's why it's easy for me to transition into what I am. We ain't never learned this much in one episode. It's not everybody just sitting around. I know. Like, listen.

We went from pimpin' is good to pimpin' is bad. The book pimp. They be better than such a nigga's heart No I know The Pimpin' Niggas ready to call

They He said that shit That's what it comes from Niggas ready to call They strippers right now Like look bitch I let you go I let you go

I ain't really mean to That's not what I meant David Banner like Yeah did you hear us You know Charlie Qualley came on here And he said that He's seen Prince

Invent Reverse Reverse pim Prince invent reverse pimping. Reverse pimping. Did you ever see that type of thing? Reverse pimping. You know what that is? He see a bitch pimping, and he say, I'm going to pay you to leave. That's what type of nigga Prince is.

Let's make some noise for that nigga. He dead. Prince. Who's laughing? What a two horn Motherfucker Wow You ever had That went a little bit too

Daz that shit went fast For me right there bro You didn't hear about that You didn't hear about that No I didn't He was on TMZ and all that He said he told the stripper I'll pay you to get off the stage

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Yo, Daz, I got to ask you, Daz, because all your songs say, y'all don't give a fuck about me. True. Have you ever been pussy whipped? Be honest Be honest Maybe you ain't Paid for the pussy But you paid for her

To get some Converse You paid for her To go to Slauson I ain't did that You ain't never tricked You know this is my motto What can you do for me That I can't do for myself

No but listen Dad You never tricked one You ain't never Give a bitch I never did that Not one time for me that I can't do for myself. No, but listen, dad, you never tricked one. You ain't never give a bitch. I never did that. Not one time? I've always been a hustler, so I always have my own shit,

you know what I'm saying? And if I've been kicked out, Exactly, so the bitch, man, that ain't her own shit. You know all that shit, so, you know, I'm looking for somebody who can do something for me. I know what I can do for you, and fuck you. Is this Pimp Lakers you're talking about? Yeah, all that shit, you know what I'm saying? But as a kid, I know what I could do for you and fuck you. Is this Pimp Lakers you're talking about?

Yeah, all that shit. You know what I'm saying? But as a kid, you know what I'm saying? We always took that in because that's all we knew. Listen, all right,

but you ain't never been pussy whipped. I mean, you know, I like the bitch. That's as much as you're going to get out. I don't fuck with this, you know what I'm saying?

If she keep fucking me back, you know what I'm saying? We fucking, we fucking, we fucking, but it's like, you know, we in this entertainment we move you know saying In our experience in New York in the East Coast, you know, I forget about you we have respect

We have respect for our woman when it gets to the south And the West Coast like we don't call our women bitches Say what y'all want, but in New York we don't call our women bitches. Now y'all can say what y'all want, but in New York, we don't call our women bitches. When you get to the South, they be like, bitch, bitch. Oh, then the further west you get. Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. Did you see the nigga beat Cat Stacks?

Oh yeah, I see him spitting in her face. But listen, the further west you get, they even put a emphasis on the bitch. They be like, bitch! But like, if you get, they even put a emphasis on the bitch. They be like, bitch! But like, if you think about it, the disrespect towards all women don't start till the south. And then, look at David Benatar. It's different bitches and women, two different things. No, but it's a lot of bitches.

But you understand what I'm saying? Like, this is the deal with realistic shit. Y'all actually call y'all homegirls bitch. We don't call our homegirls bitch. I mean, they call themselves bitch. You don't listen to them. They like bitch. I don't give a fuck.

But in the South, in the West Coast. Let me tell you what I believe about that. I believe that music in general just is. Because if you notice, as soon as whatever whoever was controlling music at the time yeah everybody adjusted so we can't necessarily say that anymore because what you have to understand during the time that you came out and I tell people this all the time even Even in New York, you had a community that was conducive because you had the

Israelites, you had the nation of gods and earths, you had everybody out on the block. Who took all the people out of the street? Was it Plutaki? Who was it? The mayor. It could have been Plutaki.

No, no, it was... Wasn't David... Bloomberg? No, no, it wasn't Bloomberg. It was Bloomberg. He a rich nigga. Anyway, let me make the point. The point is this.

Is that if you look at New York now, the blocks are clean. It's not conducive to rappers. We come from a place that ain't conducive to Giuliani, by the way. Yes, that's who it was. It was Giuliani. What Giuliani did was he made

stop and frisk law the law. I can just look at you if I'm a police officer and I can just frisk you. But he froze everything in the hood. Yeah, well can just look at you if I'm a police officer, and I can just rescue you. But he froze everything in the hood. Yeah, well, that's what Giuliani did. But my point is— Did New York got the three strikes law?

Oh, yeah. Miami got it, for sure. We don't even have a self-defense law in New York. You get caught with a hammer, you go to jail. That's it. It's not Florida. It's not Mississippi. It's not L.A.

Yeah, I'm going to New York. Yeah, New York. We got the foulest law so I know what you're trying to I gotta shout out to to to I had to park my bus and where's brand-new being from Brooklyn right no New Rochelle North Shore I had to park my bus in New Rochelle yeah because the buses are coming to the city. I had them things. I'm from Mississippi, so I had all them things on my bus. But the problem is this, is that we don't look at the history of the places that we're from. Like, what people don't understand is unless you're from the islands, if you're black, you're from the fucking south.

Right. No, that's a fact so it's saying that people came and people went to different parts of the country and got enlightened and forgot the reason why we are the way that we are do y'all know why we call crackers crackers do y'all know why we call hunkies hunkies we call hunkies hunkies because they used to pull up to the uh uh the uh the black whorehouses and they felt like they was too good to come into black whorehouses because they used to pull up to the black whorehouses and they felt like they was too good to come in the black whorehouses. So they used to hunk. Hunk, hunk.

Here come the hunkies. Here come the hunkies. And you know why they call them crackers? You know why they call them crackers? Because of the crack of the whip on their fucking back. Even the words that we call them that they say that's derogatory They're powerful and you cracking my ass on my fucking back That's a word of power that ain't like nigga So I'm just saying that when you look at the south and you look at the west coast

You gotta look at this shit. We went through do you know that I can't solo you mean George Jefferson ain't a very honky do you know about them I think I'm South Central I think it was South Central if I'm not correct excuse me West Coast but I think the South Central like what ain't pulled up the masturbation part no no they pulled up The train car With all them guns in it Yeah And all the homies When they got the guns out Like dog

Like Crack in America You gotta think about Ali North You gotta think about Reagan Yeah like All this shit

When you look at the reason Why the south And the west coast And the reason why we do The shit that we do We do it for A fucking reason And nobody ever talks About the fucking pain that we go through.

And the thing that I hate, when people move to these different countries, they forget where the fuck their mama from. If you remember Mississippi, the album, my first album, when I started my album off, I said, where the fuck your mama from? Where the fuck your grandmama from? If you ain't from the islands, motherfucker, you from the south. Yeah, it's pretty true.

So when you look at the black exodus, black people were supposed to go and educate themselves and come back and either get us or educate us. But motherfuckers went and got government jobs and forgot a motherfucker. And that's where I come in. It's true. After slavery, we went straight to the South. But there's generations upon generations of people who, like I would say people in the West Coast are only a third or fourth, maybe fifth generation. Same thing with people in New York. But your ideology, everything, we all from the South.

We came from slave trade. All from the island. We came to the South. Or we went to Puerto Rico. You went to Dominican Republic. We went to Puerto Rico. We went to the Dominican Republic. We went to Colombia. The slave trade all came through the island. That's why I didn't want to do this.

There's people in Dominican Republic. You're the wrong one. There's people in Dominican Republic darker than people in Compton. There's people in... But they don't consider themselves black sometimes and that's the problem. Yeah, that's the problem.

Colonialism is still entrenched in their culture. I just left Africa and that's what I found out. Like, colonialism is a bitch, bro. Like, I always tell people... The lasting effects

is crazy. Where people of culture, anybody in this motherfucker, where can you go and really, really, really, really escape white supremacy? Haiti.

Haiti? Not even in Haiti, nigga. Not even in Haiti. Because when I went to Haiti, the lighter people lived all in the mountains and they were the richer people. I heard somewhere that Haitian people are David Banner's favorite. Listen, you might be right, but I ain't going to Haiti or Cuba until y'all build a W. Make some noise for that, David. I ain't making noise for that.

I ain't making for no reason. I'm sorry, man. You hoping? I'm not doing this to the soul. But places that defended themselves from white supremacy are always Haiti. Exactly. That's my point. Always the places that I treated. That's the place that Haiti's had. Exactly.

That I treated the worst. You going to Haiti for a vacation? Bro, look. Haiti's a beautiful place. Listen, man, listen. Don't play Haiti's a beautiful place. I seen you in Hollywood movies. You ain't going to Haiti for no fucking vacation, David.

Keep it real. It may not be for a vacation, but a learning process, bro. Like for us to learn So you came from Africa, let's take it there let's go he came from Africa he just said he just came from Africa Let me say what I learned about Africa. White supremacy and people in America make you afraid of Africa so you won't go and be a billionaire. If you want to be a fucking billionaire,

you need to take your ass to Africa. That's where they going. Everybody in the world is chopping up Africa. And getting these motherfucking resources is crazy. And the one thing that I learned, bro, this is some crazy shit. A lot of the people that they flash on the fucking camera that y'all think poor, them motherfuckers got 70 cows and fucking 400 acres of land. It's like they don't need your fucking health.

It's going to be worth a lot. That's one of the things I learned. A lot of people that they take pictures of, they make them motherfuckers. The motherfuckers ain't hurt. I went to a motherfucker and a girl tried to give, Terrence J. Girl at the time tried to give one of the dudes money. He slapped the money out of her fucking hand.

Motherfucker, I don't need your motherfucking money. I own all that shit you looking at. It's like, bro like they scare us away from my homeland so we won't go back and get money like i gotta be honest with y'all i didn't take the opportunity and maybe i should have but i had an opportunity to set up publishing situations in africa and i didn't do it because i didn't want to be the motherfucker that take an Americanized system and pimp people who don't understand. But it's like, bro, like the resources, the opportunities.

I want to tell everybody in this room, if you're in a city that got a whole bunch of buildings, you've written. But if you're in a place where there's only land. And you can build. You got an opportunity to fucking build yeah like my my best friend in the world right now she fucking told me something i never thought about she said you know what i'm into banner i said no she said i'm into putting my name on buildings and i never thought about that everybody who's listening to drink champs right now, when you in your city, look up, and look at all the motherfuckers who names on buildings. It ain't no people of culture.

Yeah, I've been to Africa. You been to Africa? What countries in Africa? Man, we've been all over with Snoop, you know. Sky's the limit. So here's the million dollar question, Banner. You got some pussy in Africa? You went to Liberia? Did you go to Liberia?

You can't even drink the water out there. You stay inside. Because Ali was offended that they flew in stakes on water. Not our homie Ali, but Muhammad Ali. No, no, Muhammad Ali. Did you tap in to the real resources? Oh, yeah, he's drinking at the bottom. He's drinking at the bottom. Pop another one. so this is to the real resources hey what would they say we don't know what they say no I know I plead the fifth. I plead the fifth. You didn't get no pussy in Africa? F-I-F. I'm never coming to go on to Africa.

The F. I never been to Africa. F-I-F. I plead the fifth. I'm good, bro. Yeah, I got you. I don't want to offend anybody. Banner, you got to loosen up.

No, bro. That ain't my job. That ain't what you need. Yo, you did a song for T.I. You did a song for T.I., nigga. Rubber bands? You did a song. How much pussy was coming to you in the strip club at that moment?

Rubber bands? In your life. In your life. Come on, David, man. Loosen up. Ever been? You did a song. How much pussy was coming to you in the strip club at that moment? Ever been? In your life. In your life. Come on, David. Loosen up. The people, listen. The best thing in life is that, you know, it's Tyler Lee Qualley. Like, again, I told you, he sat right in there.

And I know how cool you are. I know how cool Tyler Lee Qualley is. And that's the best thing a drink camp could do is just show how cool you motherfuckers are. Because sometimes, to certain hip, I don't know. We got to stop Talek Wiley from texting these fans on Twitter. He don't go to sleep, dawg. Yo, he bibles. I wake up at 4 o'clock in the morning, dawg.

We got to stop. I wake up at 4 o'clock in the morning and this motherfucker still asking questions. He bibles these motherfuckers, yo. But, man. But Ben, we gotta, even if we ain't talking about your life right now, we're talking about your past life. Got a lot of pussy in your life, right? Talk about it.

Let me tell you something, Nori. Back in the past life. And no homo at all. I need you to reset yourself and close your eyes. Close your eyes for a second. Oh, he's doing it. Turn around. Turn around towards me. No, you need to turn the bar away.

Stop. Stop. Now open your eyes. Are you dabbing? Are you dabbing? Are you dabbing? I need to be clean with you, dog. Even when I was broke, I ain't never had no problem with no pussy. Let's make some noise for him. That's real pimp shit. Ever.

When I was at my brokest, bro. But I'm just being honest with you, man. I had a great time in life. But I was super focused, bro. I got to be honest. You think about this. I was acting. I was rapping.

I was an activist. Like, dude, nobody thought about the 10 years of my career, bro. I went straight from like, think about it, when I wasn't rapping, I was producing T.I., Wayne, or what's the guy that produced Michael Jackson? Oh, Quincy Jones, yeah. People like him.

Let's remember Quincy Jones. Damn! Maroon 5. Justice. So like, bro, like, the thing is what people don't understand. A lot of these rappers get in the rap to get pussy because they never got pussy before. Pussy and drugs and shit. I'm going to open up.

I don't think I ever talked about this. I started fucking when I was six. I'm being honest with you. Start smoking weed. Who molested you? Start smoking. Nobody. I was very clear.

I started smoking weed when I was eight. So it's like by the time I got older, the shit didn't mean nothing to me. Like pussy don't move me. Like drugs don't move me. Like opportunity move me. Like, drugs don't move me. Like, opportunity moves me. And if you get the opportunity, the pussy and the drugs and whatever the fuck, it's going to come. And that ain't no pimp and shit. That's law.

That's universal law. God damn it. I just feel like I got to pop my collar. Pop the other one. Pop the other one. He go, Sonny, this is your job. Pop my collar. Pop my collar.

Hilarious. God damn it. I don't understand rappers getting in the game to get pussy. That's lame. If you got to find something else to get pussy, you are another kind of dude. When I was the brokest, I got pussy. Pussy ain't a problem to me. It ain't never been.

I've been an extra. Let me tell you, I'm a melanated fucking phenomenon let's be clear about that I look at me you just said until bra she dropping the panties right now if I'm around the panties already dropped don't worry about that that's good but the thing is that don't control. Like, that kind of shit don't matter to me. That ain't, that ain't, that's when I was in high school. All these motherfuckers missed the mark. Like, dude, I want to go down in history. A man told me it's not what people think of you now. It's what they think of you 800 years from now.

Like, 800. They going to say Biggie Smalls was a white boy. They might, but they going to say David Bounder. They going to say Biggie Smalls was a white boy. They might, but they're going to say David Banner was a rich motherfucker. Slip that in, Dad. You heard me. But now, let's just keep it real. I enjoy looking at you guys' beards. I had it first.

I had it first. What are y'all trying to represent? Wisdom? Nah dad Nah he's talking about our white beers I was talking about y'all too Oh good The white beer

Is this wisdom that we represent? I just I don't want to die my shit Cause I know you could die your shit I think I think I wanted to be the first black man that stood up until you know to show the youth that it's cool to be an elder like i earned mine and like i just

got tired i got tired of man stress or wisdom both both i just got tired of fucking cosmetic shit like well so you was dying at one point? Yeah, yeah, yeah. My shit been great. Let's be real. My shit been great since I was 27. Get the fuck out of here. Now I'm seeing your shit on the side

too, a little bit. A little bit. But I'm extravagant, though. I'm extravagant. But I want kids to know that it's okay to grow up because in African culture,

the fucking elders are the motherfuckers that's revered. I'm going to be real. And native culture as well. The elders are the motherfuckers that's revered. And I'm going to be real. And native culture as well. The youth are the movement. The youth are the feet. The youth are the feet.

The elders are the brain. In American culture, we don't even fucking respect the fucking elders. And I trip on young rappers. Because one thing you can't. And I'm saying this word Only because of the ignorance Nigga The one thing you can't stop

Or the two things you can't stop Is getting old and dying So why the fuck Are you going to stop getting old Like you need to be Prepared for that shit Because you keep saying young, young, young Bitch you got 10 years

And you a rapper My nigga here got an ARRP card Just in case you didn't know Show me your chest hair He dies, he dies Show me your chest hair Just show me your chest hair Look, look, look

Look, look, look My nigga 50 My nigga 54 Hey bro, this is awesome I don't need a check sheet. It's please, real quick. Look, look, look, look. Oh, shit. Look, look, look, look, look. Gray is okay. That nigga 50-40. Hey, bro, this is awful. Woo! Who would ever thought, right? Daz, man. Can I ask Daz a question?

Yes, please ask Daz. Let me ask you a question. Bro, like, if there was one thing, cuz I know what it would be if there's one thing you could tell a youth that's popping like right now he just got his fucking deal he poppin he happy there's one thing that you could tell him one mistake that you made what would it be observe don't talk just listen jodeci boom you know what i mean yeah but um yeah just observe man you know i'm saying i watch everybody else mistakes to know what i need to do or not to do that's why i'm still here you know what i'm saying and so i try to advise everybody the same thing you know

i'm saying count your money watch everything you, what are you gonna have in the end, you know what I'm saying? What are you doing with that rap money? As a producer though, like, I like the producer, producer talk, let's keep it going. What is that thing, like, that you think that separates Daz from everybody else?

I mean, you know, just being ambitious. You know, always wanting to go towards, This is the brother! Oh yeah, you know what I'm saying you know, just being ambitious. You know, always wanting to go towards... This is the part of... Oh, yeah, you know what I'm saying? Just, you know, just getting to the pointy thing. You know what I'm saying? You don't need a bush. You know what I'm saying?

Somebody going to get knocked out of this. Yeah. Right, right. So, hey, you know, it's always good vibe, and I always work with people. Like, when you come in the room, you already feel the vibe. Something different, you know what I'm saying? Your spirit will let you know what's going on. and always work with people like when you come in the room you already feel the vibe Something different you know I'm saying your spirit and let you know what's going on I tell people all the time people try to come in in the studio and see what I do

Always tell them it's soul music man. There is no algorithm for what I do. You know what the greatest shit for me about producers is Y'all always the smartest nigga in the room. I don't know if smart, but vibey? What I mean is, any person that produces, it's like seeing a canvas. And y'all can see the canvas

before the canvas is painted. An artist, we actually need to see the outline. You got to give us the outline, not color in between. I'm a kindergarten nigga. That's the way I think about it. You give me the outline, motherfucker. Make the beat. These dudes, they mathematicians, man.

So, like, you know, Hazardous is a producer. You know, all you brothers that's producers right here, it's like... Your verse on the firm was my favorite. All of our favorites. 100%. Thank you, my brother. Thank you, my brother. Listen, I'm going to make one last album, and that's I Really Need a Beat.

All right. Got that. Man, I Really Need a Beat. That's easy. I don't know how I'm going to do it, but I'm going to call it. I got one now. All right, well, I'm going to make sure I come correct

because I've been fucking up right now. I've been traveling, drinking champs. Drinking champs? Drinking champs. Drinking champs. Not even the drink champs. Cheers to drinking champs.

We are still drinking. Drinking champs. We done put an I-N-G on the end, motherfucker. But listen, man, listen. There's no way I can thank you guys so much because at the end of the day, you know, the numbers is one thing, but for our artists to trust us and us being people that's inside the game,

I always tell people we are like Kenny Smith, Charles Barkley, and motherfucking, what's the other nigga? Shaquille O'Neal Because we are inside the game We've been in the locker rooms We did everything that we had to do We played the game And we want people to come in and express Theyself

We just did an interview with him in Las Vegas And we had Drew Hill Tony Yeo And you know it was a whole bunch of And I said yo Daz man you in Miami come on here and then David Banner flew out here I want to thank you my brother that's something it's so beautiful it happened to me right if you want you for y'all or I wouldn't came today like no no right You have no idea what happened to me.

Is that like name dropping? It's funny, I spent all my years of being a rapper and I never got in trouble. And I didn't get in more trouble in the last month than I have in my whole fucking career. But I think what it's showing me is that

something is about to come. That's how most of y' I work with me. Yeah. And I was really proud of y'all, man. Like, good or bad, bro? Like, me and you have always talked. You don't mind if I get personal. No, no.

We always been trying to find out our way. Yeah. And because we love the culture so much. Right. And, like, y'all did some shit that, like, bro, I don't really drink in front of motherfuckers. Yeah, but you're drinking today yeah but I did I did it one because they got to see just cuz shit we read a fucking book don't mean that we don't get you fucking human Jesus made why I'm gonna shit like that didn't Jesus made wine and

bread let's make Jesus one his nigga the simplest turn I'm dyslexic so Jesus wanted his niggas to eat In simplest terms I'm dyslexic So Jesus wanted his niggas to eat I don't know if it was this Listen Nigga made water And said Jesus fed the whole village With one fish

Yo Jazz man You know what You're so historic You're so legendary You know David Banner man We really appreciate you guys For coming out Because at the end of the day If we don't support each other And all our shit is Just getting together Rick, you're so legendary. Yeah, you are. You know, David Banner, man, we really appreciate you guys for coming out.

Because at the end of the day, if we don't support each other, and all our shit is just getting together, having some talk, letting the fans feel like a fly on the wall. Like, at the end of the day, I know we celebrated about the one million, but I can't believe that it's one million people willing to come out in one week and support pure hip-hop. One million plus. This is nothing sanctuary.

What is that called? There's no adding. There's no adverbatives. There's no none of that. I don't even know what I'm about to say. None of that shit. This is just straight up. We're an accident. We're the abortion that didn't work.

Yeah, yeah. I mean listen man so when the whores crazy I just always thank them because you know what y'all could have been

anywhere in the world tonight but y'all spent the night with the drink champs let's make some noise we didn't technically

spend the night let's be clear about that yo yo smoke weed and listen Mr. Lee the night. Let's be clear about that. Yo, yo. Smoke and weed. And listen, Mr. Lee. The night ain't over. Because we're going to drop this one on Friday right now.

This Friday. Mr. Lee, where we at on Saturday? We got space on Saturday. We got space on Saturday. And then on Sunday, I'm at Sidebar. I thought you said you had two on Saturday. Yeah, Sidebar. Yeah, they deaded me.

They wouldn't let me have two. They said even Jay-Z don't do that. You can't do two parties in Miami on the same day. Nigga, I'm hot. Let me get away with it. Listen, we have space on Saturday, and then we have sidebar. You know what I mean? Simply Jess, what's going on?

Yo, David Banner. You know what I mean? Daz. DPG Yo David Banner You know what I mean Daz DPG DPG I can't thank y'all enough I'm only thing I'm gonna have to ask y'all To finish that one more bottle

We gonna have one more bottle We gonna drink It's the after party Oh no it's right here It's right here After party Yeah the after party Listen

To our viewers Our subscribers Listeners The people that made us Hit one million Dream champ soldiers And we know We don't got a motherfucking diploma

or none of this shit. I do have one diploma. Community college. What you was doing? I got two diplomas. What was you doing? I got a diploma. You got a diploma.

I got 22 credits. I need two more credits. I think they want you to write. No, you got something. I got 22 credits. I need two more credits. Listen, you've been hiding some shit. I think they want you to ride. I've been to college. He got a journalism degree. You got something. Yeah, he got it.

Let the people who don't know that. Gas don't make me, Celeste, get paid at all. Yeah, yeah. It's a million dollar motherfucker. Yo, this is monumental. We had every coast represented right now. Every coast. Every region.

We had New York in the, excuse me, we had East Coast in the building. Make some noise! We had the dirty, dirty, dirty South in the building. I think I'm clean in the motherfucker. The clean South. He's talking about me. I'm a clean motherfucker. He's talking about me. We also had the clean clean in the motherfucker. He's talking about me. He's talking about me. We also have the clean self in the building.

And we had the gang banging. Oh, shit. Oh, shit. Very intelligent businessman. Kill your niggas while they hang out. Hey, motherfuckers talk shit. This man make money. Yo.

I saw a video with you on the beach saying, like, look in my mailbox and look how much money I have. I was like, that's real, bro. Like, motherfuckers want to paint us. Like, whatever we are, we are. But, dog, you a fucking, you a business man, dog. Like I said before, man, it's got to do with, like, you know, publishing. Let me like that deal. And legends.

We got legends. Let's give it up for publishing. Let's give it up for publishing. Let's give it up for publishing, God damn it. Give it up for publishing. And for motherfuckers that know about publishing. Yeah. They're ad-man deals. That's about six or seven checks for one song.

There's one more thing I got to ask. So you did I Ain't Mad At You and Abyss Is A Rider. Rider. Two of America's Most Appointed. I got my mind made up with Method Man, Red Man. Inspector Deck. You know what I'm up with Method Man, Red Man. Inspector Dick. You know what I'm saying? Dad, you're my friend.

I don't know if we made that clear. Can I have one of those? Can I have one, please? I got plenty of them. You've been my friend for a long time. Do you remember when we was in the Sauce Awards? Oh, yeah, yeah. And we was all up together and Southa Chakar won?

It was heartbreaking. You remember that shit? That's my nigga, though. Southa Chak sell this That's my nigga though That's my nigga Let's make some noise For the child He just celebrated His 40th birthday

That's my nigga More than welcome To come on Drink Champs Soundtrack by David Banner Right now Soundtrack by David Banner David Banner

Thank you so much Matt for coming by Stopping by Yeah you can ask me Any question you want brother You can turn it on me At any point Half a meal

God bless God bless Yo bro I was thinking About that I saw I was going back Yeah, you can ask me any question you want, brother. You can turn it on me at any point. Half a mil. God bless. God bless. Yo, bro, I was thinking about that. I saw, I was going back through our old shit, bro, and I was thinking about half a mil. Your real New York City heads, underground hip hop is about to love you. How can you remember the half a mil? God damn it. God bless the dad.

I was fucking hungry as fuck. I remember all that shit bro That nigga That nigga So I'm gonna tell you how much I remember I remember Nelly coming out And hanging out with half a meal

Not half a meal Cardan Cardan Cardan Fucking Cardan Cardan Cardan Yeah listen

Listen Let me break it down Listen man Penalty we had some, man. Penalty, we had some shit going on. Penalty was supposed to sign Nelly at the same time. They were supposed to sign Cash Money at first, too. They were supposed to sign Cash Money. Because Cash Money came first. That's how I met Cash Money.

Damn, they were about to blow me up. I'm on my shit, girl. I'm on my shit. Listen, listen. Penalty had a little way. Man, Bill had his hands on Cash Money. No, no, no. Let me tell you. Skulld little way he had his hands on cash money let me tell you skullduggery he had skullduggery who was uh what was the what was the what was the name of the tommy boy they had like bro like like bro uh um little Jon brought bone crushing them over there. Like, bro, Tommy Boy had shit that they didn't know that they even had, bro.

And they just fucked it over, bro. But what it did, it made me a better businessman. Because let me tell y'all something before I go out. This is the last thing I'm going to say tonight. It's your fault even when it's not. How the fuck you going to expect God to allow you to be a visionary? Being a visionary means you see shit other people don't see, but you're cursed to sit in it alone.

So how you going to expect some other motherfuckers who ain't from where you from to see your vision? You be a fucking businessman. If fucking a Tommy boy would have popped, I wouldn't be who I am. I rent my own fucking buildings now. If a bitch don't want to see me and they see me, motherfuckers ain't doing me right, I rent a whole fucking building. Dude, literally, it's mathematics. Pull out your fucking phone. I do $20 to $25 a head, $500.

I mean, 500 people, 1,000 people 2,000 People you don't need all these Motherfuckers like they tell you you need a million people You don't need but 20,000 Motherfuckers that fuck with you And you super serve them It's easy dog It's numbers

My mentor said when you was out on the street hustling Did you let another motherfucker count your money? I said no sir. Why the fuck you doing it now? We We gonna still talk That's Dame Dash We represent for Dame Dash We try to represent for all rappers All rappers who got a liquor You're welcome to bring your bottles on here We won't charge you for like the first couple

You know But it doesn't matter We want to support rappers I'm a foul digger Why you didn't say that about me being on your album I think that was one of the dumbest verses I ever kicked in my whole entire life. And it was with him. He's on the record.

I thought he was going to go there, too. And he's on the record. I let you keep the interview on him. And let me tell you, bro. Why didn't you say that? I did that shit on Arsenio Hall as a point. And people didn't know. Like, that shit was a verse, bro.

Wait, before we did it for my part? No, after. Really? Yeah, I did this shit on him. You ain't on point, man. Yeah, he didn't even tell my part? No, after. Really? Yeah, I did this for you. You ain't no boy. Yeah, he didn't even tell me about that. That great big is fucking up. Y'all great bigs are supposed to text each other when that shit happens.

Yo, that record is crazy, by the way. And you know, Nori didn't want to do the record originally. Oh, shit! Did he? No, you did. No, no, no, fuck that. The beat. No, the beat.

I love it. I love it. I love it. I love it. I love it. I love it. It was the beat. It was the beat. You love the motherfucking beat. It was the beat. You was the first one on the record.

I was? Yeah, and then John Connor. Shout out to John Connor. I've been trying to retire from rap for a long time. People ain't letting me retire. And who Spraga Benz is on that record, too. Crazy. What was the guy that was on it originally?

Was it Spraga on that record? No, no, no. The very first guy that wrote the hook. Sizzla. Sizzla's on that record. No, no, no. The very first guy that wrote the hook. Sizzlers. Sizzlers on that record. No, no, no. The guy that wrote... I heard you.

The guy that sung on it first. That was the demo. I forget. That's the person I... I gave him the credit, though. I gave him the credit. He wrote that verse. Hurry up.

I got to piss. So listen. We all got to piss. You don't know how Dream Champs... Before we end it, we're dying. We're dying. I'm listening to you on So listen. We all got to piss. You don't know our drink chance. Before we end it, we all have to. We're dying.

We can't listen to what you want, Vegas. You just dip out of here. You just walk out. Before we get up out of here, is there anything you got to say, Dad? Don't leave us, man. I just want to say I had a great time. Always.

Love everybody. Thank you. Everybody in the room, you know what I'm saying? We all worked together, man, and that's how to get money and do what we're doing. Let's keep it going.

All coasts. It's not a west coast. And Dad's in to get money and do what we're doing. Let's keep it going. All coasts. It's not a west coast, it's a south coast. And that's his day county. He's day county. He's talking about the pandemic. Before you get up out of here, is there anything

you want to say? Pre-order the God Box. The God Box. Any way you get your fucking music. People say they want better music, but they don't pay for it.

So, you know, it's to the point now where our music is ran by people who don't look like us. And I'm sick of that shit. Like if you want better music, pay for that shit. Motherfuckers is streaming, but it's definitely killing our... like we getting paid less. It's killing. And I gotta piss.

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