Drink Champs - Episode 309 w/ MC Shan

Episode Date: April 8, 2022

N.O.R.E. & DJ EFN are the Drink Champs. In this episode we chop it up with the legendary, MC Shan!Shan shares stories of his legendary career, which opened the doors for other legendary artists!MC Shan shares Juice Crew stories and is blessed with love from some of hip-hop’s most iconic artists.Snow, also joins the conversation and shares how collectively with MC Shan, created the song “Informer” which would go on to be a Number 1 international single! Lots of great stories that you don’t want to miss!!Make some noise for MC Shan & Snow!!! 💐💐💐🏆🏆🏆Listen and subscribe at http://www.drinkchamps.com Follow Drink Champs:http://www.instagram.com/drinkchampshttp://www.twitter.com/drinkchampshttp://www.facebook.com/drinkchamps DJ EFNhttp://www.crazyhood.comhttp://www.instagram.com/whoscrazyhttp://www.twitter.com/djefnhttp://www.facebook.com/crazyhoodproductions N.O.R.E.http://www.instagram.com/therealnoreagahttp://www.twitter.com/noreaga Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Welcome to Drink Champs, a production of the Black Effect and iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Welcome to Drink Champs, a production of the Black Effect and iHeartRadio. And it's Drink Champs' motherfucking podcast, Make Some Noise! He's a legendary Queens rapper. Hey, hey, Segre, this is your boy N.O. Make some noise. He's a legendary Queens rapper. Hey, hey, Segreta, it's your boy N.O.R.E. He's a Miami hip-hop pioneer. One of his DJ EFN. Together, they drink it up with some of the biggest players. You know what I mean?

In the most professional, unprofessional podcast. And your number one source for drunk facts. It's Drink Champs motherfucking podcast. Where every day is New Year's Eve. It's time for Drink Champs. Drink up motherfuckers. What it could be, hopefully it's what it should be. This is your boy N.O.R.E.

What up, it's DJ EFN. And this is military motherfucking Drink Champs crazy hood motherfucking happy hour. Make some noise and when we started this show EFN we said we wanted to give people their flowers people who is

tycoons and monumental figures who have moved the culture in many ways this man if it wasn't for this man there wouldn't be

a lot of MC's out here including Nas Escobar including Mobb, including Capone and Noriega, including Corb Mega, including Nature, including Tragedy Gaddafi, including so on and so on and so on and so forth. When you say the godfather of Queensbridge, you don't mention him because when you say the father of Queensbridge, you mention him. The man that's monumental We've been trying to get him for six years We've been doing crossing paths But guess what

Today we went all out We giving this man his flowers And guess what We not only giving him his flowers by ourselves We got some people That has come to give Their flowers as well Because this is long overdue

to the one the only One top of your mind, two top of your soul. If y'all haven't heard it, here's how it go. If you're mad, sit with the woods on one top of your mind, two top of your soul. Ain't nothing standing between you and success in a Nori show, motherfucker. All right, but one thing I got to say, Nori, you gave me too many flowers, brother. No, no, no, no, no. Guess what? Guess what? It's going to be more flowers. Let me just ask.

Last night, I seen you walking down South Beach. Right. When's the last time you walked down South Beach? Because you haven't been out here since the pandemic, correct? No, I haven't been nowhere since the pandemic. Matter of fact, I've been, but it was easier for me because, you know, I'm king of the broke niggas. I ain't, I got a little RV that I bought used, right? So during the pandemic, I was always out.

I took my kids to the mountains and all kinds of things where we can stay six feet from the people next to us. Like really outside. Yeah, the pandemic really didn't hit me and my family like that. So we were just out doing things. And you live in Atlanta, right? I live in Atlanta. We was outside. Atlanta did not close.

Oh my God. I didn't do that. I'm not here. Y'all lucky I didn't bring my mask in here. I got my QB legacy. You know what I'm saying? But, you know, it was all right, you know? It wasn't bad for me.

I'm glad that I'm still here. And each and every day that I wake up, I'm just happy my eyes open. You never catch me in a bad mood. Although it may come across on my Instagram that he's a grouchy, you know what I'm saying? But that's not the case. So let me ask you, because when we first announced that we finally locked you in,

I believe it was Master Ace or Master Ace Peoples who reached out. And Master Ace said, Axe Jam, what is his problem with the Juice Crew? I was not aware. I don't have a problem with the Juice Crew. He wasn't sure. He just thought that... Okay, but I'm going to answer your question, Ace. It's just that the underlings are trying to take over and don't have a problem with the juice. He wasn't sure. He just wanted, he thought that maybe it was. Okay, but I'm going to answer your question, Ace.

It's just that the underlings are trying to take over and don't ask me permission. Just in case you want some, some, some, Ace of Spades, we got that for you. I'm a wizard. You can take your wizard with you. No, he's not setting me up now. No, he's setting me up now. He like, yo, you know we get ready. We get ready to do some big boy drinks.

Yeah, yeah. We get ready to do some big boy drinks. I'm going to have you a drink of champagne on the side. No, no, no, no. Just in case. No, no, no. I'm going to mess with you. That's what I'm talking about.

That's what I'm talking about. When you're in Rome, you've got to do what the Romans do. That's right. God damn it. When you're in Rome, eat pizza, motherfucker. Salud. Salud. So go ahead. No, he's setting me up. So go ahead.

The juice crew. The juice crew is like this. Ace has a problem. You've got to sip it off. It don't count. Yeah, yeah. Sorry. Sorry. me up. So, go ahead. The Juice Crew. Juice Crew is like this. Ace has a problem. You got to sip it off. It don't count. Yeah. I'm sorry. Sorry.

It's the rules of the game. So, Master Ace, go ahead. The only way Master Ace really got a spot in the way he called Juice... There was a lot of artists that came through Coach Hillen that weren't actually Juice Crew, right? And when you say Coach Hillen, you're talking about Fly Ty, Martin Long. Fly Ty, Coach Hillen that weren't actually Juice Crew, right? And when you say Coach Hillen, you're talking about Fly Tide, Mar-a-Mar. Fly Tide, Coach Hillen,

there was YZ, there was a whole bunch. Okay. And if Magic, my man, Mr. Magic. Mr. Magic. Happy birthday to you, Magic. Rest in peace. If Magic didn't say you was in the Juice Crew,

you wasn't in the Juice Crew. And now, remember, Ace had, see, why Ace got in my mouth is because he put my name in his mouth. Don't tell people about how Sham was getting stifled from cold chilling. Don't talk about my pocket, my man. I don't talk about yours.

And so, if you want to really, it's not my business to tell how he got down, but the way that he got able to do that when Molly was going to do the symphony, we was at the in control. We was at the, what's the, in control. We was at the airport with, you know, all of us. And Molly already did this.

Molly made Molly scratch. I didn't get paid. And so I knew the game already. Oh, we going to make a mixtape. And I knew that it was going to be a record. Right. And so they went. Y'all was calling it mixtape back then.

No, it was just, it then No It was just It was That was No I had to give it In terms that these You new motherfuckers On the scene You know what I'm saying So

Molly made that And I'm like I'm not getting paid I went home And got some pussy Fuck all that Y'all niggas go rhyme for Hold up

Now how you gonna Fucking split down All those writers on there How much you really getting? All you getting is to say I was on the symphony. You want to know what? I get asked more why you wasn't on the symphony as if I was on it. But that's what gave Ace his spot because I didn't go.

Versus Kane went against Chris. Right. It made all the sense. No, no, no, no, no, no. You're talking about Cyrano de Bergerac. I'm not ready. Cyrano de Bergerac, okay? That's who we're talking about.

I got two of these. Look, check this out. Use the hip-hop Cyrano de Bergerac. Not only are y'all your flows, but your words are whack, right? Get to stepping, Chris, because ain't no cap

because it ain't that much robust in your vocab, nigga. Okay, all right. All right, we'll get to stepping Chris cuz ain't no cab cuz it ain't that much robust in your vocab nigga let me ask you the cane cuz it would. Did Kane, because it would have made sense, like, for the rebuttal record, as soon as KRS does the South Bronx, or he did, the bridge is over, for you to come out right there and do the Brick-A-Bridge, did Kane not give you that call, or? Well, Kane and them was boys. I never looked at the juice crew to have my back.

You dig what I'm saying? When you say Kane and them was boys? You talking about Kane and KRS? Kane and KRS. Remember, they got the story, Kane helped KRS carry his front, and KRS helped Kane. But it was never a thing that I looked at the juice crew to have my back.

I was always a solo go-get-whatever. You know what I'm saying? So asking them, that's their man. Right. I don't get down like that. But this is a battle. Why do you think he didn't like utilize you?

Did you, how about this? Let me ask an even better question. Did you reach out to Kane once you knew that they was battling? No. Oh, no. I mean, I would have been on Kane

to reach out to him. See, now this goes back to I know where you're getting at. Right, I'm asking. Where Kane said that Ty came to Kane to tell Kane, oh, can you calm that down like I was some punk ass? No, that didn't ever happen. What?

That never happened, okay? So, and now when people would say that I was hating on Cain, right, because I called him the new nigga. What people don't understand, everybody in the juice crew was a new nigga. Oh, the new nigga. The new nigga shit, right? Now, the new nigga shit. But now people say I was hating on Kane for that, right? But I'm giving my brother big props.

I got a case to do, Seth. Go ahead. Now, what happened is if people say I'm hating on Kane, Kane's first record came out because of me. All right? When the Warner Brothers deal came down, it was because Sham was doing so good independently with Down By Law. We had the first independent major distribution. Why did it happen? Because that nigga Sham was doing that Down By Law shit.

That two-pooling nigga that motherfucker. You know what I'm saying? Down By Law. And so Ty came to me and said, yo, Sham, since you ain't got an album ready, can we put Kane out? So I said, go ahead. That's my brother. Now, the payback was how we used to carry each other. Like, you on tour, you doing nice, you bring your man.

So they'd stay up. Now, when he got a sting, he was supposed to take me on tour with him. I'm not drunk yet. I'm getting there. All right, cool. All right? I'm not drunk yet. I'm getting there. But he was'm not drunk yet I'm getting there

But he was supposed to Take me on tour with him But he went on a Def Jam tour But that's no animosity Against him Kane is one of the Greatest entertainers

And I'ma say this On your show Chris is one of the Greatest entertainers That nigga will tear me up On a fucking stage Any fucking day Cause I'm not that nigga

That's crazy for you too But when it comes to lyrics You can't fuck with me, son. All right, all right. Straight up. Where's the first drop? Who got the, um... Hold up, when you keep saying Ty

for people who don't know, what does that mean to Coachillian? What's that? Who's Ty to Coachillian? Fly Ty, he's the maker, owner, the creamer of the planet Coachillian. You know what I'm saying?

To Fly Ty, he talked to you nice. Fly Ty talked to you nice. And when he say to you, I talked to you nice, that mean, you better watch the next issue. Say, I assume, well, you might not get a deal. You know, but Fly Ty was the instrumental thing that put all the cold chilling together. Magic was instrumental.

See, the Juice Crew, people think that the juice crew that you see is the first juice crew. It's not. It's not. Sal Abatello and the Fever and Curtis blowing all those Bronx cats, they had a juice crew already. It's a juice crew, but not related to it.

Not related, right? Grandmaster Cash said that on here. Right. Now, Magic had a juice crew but not related to Not related right I think Grandmaster Cash said that on here Right now Magic had a Juice ring He's the radio dude so Magic decided He going I'm going to make my own Juice crew which was me Shantae and everything

That came after that Now anything Biz Was the last one that came in Like normal you know? Biz bringing Swan, Biz, anything after Biz that you see on Cold Chillin', that Canes and Biz bring them in. But Biz was bringing in fire, folks. Biz, I love you, my nigga.

I'm trying not to. Rest in peace, Biz. Hey, we want to show you. We want to show you. We got doubts all day for you. Y'all can call me a kind of sissy Or whatever, but this is how I love my brother Yo, I love you, bitch

Structure Without foundation Is instability Shan is a structural Foundational piece of Queen Bridge With one record He turned the New York City housing projects into the most popular housing projects in rap history. His influence inspired a plethora of artists,

including myself. He used the big word, plethora. That's my man, Cole Mayer. I used to see Shan sitting on 12th Street with Infinite and Harkin. And I seen Shan eating a fish sandwich. And I started eating fish sandwiches after that because I wanted to be like him. He said he started eating fish sandwiches after that Cause I wanted to be like He said he started eating fish sandwiches cause of you My style Comes from Shannon So when they speak of the greatness of Queensbridge

To not mention Shannon's blasphemy. And there's not really much that I could say right now that I haven't said to him. Shannon, I love him. Shannon, I look up to him and he knows like i respect his legacy so all i can say now and then this is um enjoy yourself out there man don't let nori get you too drunk look i'll tell you what right i'm already gettin' it, I'm talkin' to Cole Mega, the nigga trying to get me, the nigga can't even hear me. Right, it's more to come, it's more to come. But look, you know what happened?

That, um, what you want me to say? But like, Cole Mega, it's like, I feel I should've sent Cole Mega to fuckin' talk about me to me. Right, right, right, right. Cole, my man, and like I say, right now, you have inspired me to do something else. So right now, I'm filming a show called No Room Service. I seen that. And my cousin's sitting in the tree. She had no room service.

She was scarred. No, she fucked up. She ordered New York niggas. She called some nigga. Yeah, I saw. She fucking cheated. She fucking cheated. Okay, okay.

Okay? Now I'm going to tell the niggas downstairs in the hotel. You can't let no motherfucker up. They ain't got a key third floor shut off Hold on hold on we just keep it just Queensbury. All right MC share Oh my God, Uncle Al, get the fuck out of here. What up, baby? You know me, my man and all that. You know what I'm saying? That man right there, I got a story about him too. You know, a lot of turmoil back in the days, but all good energy.

You know what I'm saying? All for the love of the culture, all for the love of hip-hop. You know what I'm saying? Congratulations on the fact that you're continuing to walk your walk, man. You know what I'm saying? And standing your truth. Love you, boy. Stay strong. You know what I'm saying? And stand in your truth. Love you, boy. Stay strong.

You know it. That's my motherfucker, Uncle Al, yo. I'm older than him, and I call him Uncle Al. Ain't that a bitch? Well, I heard one night you and Al was beefing. In the Red Parrot. And Al met your mom. Yeah.

And he treated your mother so good That you couldn't make a diss record I know I was after Beat Biter Yeah yeah Yo even after Beat Biter We went somewhere Okay before you get there Hold on hold on

I'm sorry to cut you off But I'm listening to your shit today And I forget what record it was But it was And it I Need Love What was the record that he bid over you Was it

I Need Love That was for What was the record that he bid over you was it? That was for me lonely I Know let me rock the bells. He stole my beat It's not him because now now we get to how he asked me how I didn't come with another record after Chris Back in the days now y' a little young motherfuckers could go No, you just asked me some who you just said someone asked why you didn't come you. That's my question. We're later. But you really think they stole the beat? They really did. Yo, I'm going to tell you how.

I'm going to show you. We was up in Syracuse. Me and L had battles going, right? And I got on stage and I had Molly cut the records back to... You know beats. Where the DJs at in here? Y'all know Rock the Bells and Molly's Stress. Mix that shit in your head.

Mix that shit in your head, Mr. DJ, and tell me I'm alive. Motherfuckers. All right, and so, and know it's funny how that shit came about. Me and Elle, we was on this tour. Chris was on this tour, too, the Jerry Friesen tour. Kane and them niggas used to roast him, call him Sir Nose. You could fuck around on the bus. We was on the bus and we used to do the rhyme game.

Nobody could fuck with the juice crew. Y'all already knew that shit and I ain't telling nothing. You know what I'm saying? And so at the end of the day, L came and he said, yo, I got a record I want you to hear. So me and him, I'm fucking geeseed up, nigga. My Kanga was swole like a motherfucker

But I never you know, I never peaced together at the time that he was playing me rock the bells You did what I'm saying? So after he played if I'm like, fuck that my hat too big And every guy look at Norris trying to set me up he's trying to get me he played me that and it was like I was so, like I said, I had a big Kangol, yo, with a small head. But it turned out to be Rock the Bells. And back then, we didn't steal anybody's rhymes. We didn't say anything. You know how it was.

You don't say nothing close. But it wasn't him. Yeah, he didn't know that. Right, he didn't know it. He just knew that, yo, it was hot and blah, blah, blah. But Rick Rubin did it But my fucking MC mind nigga You rocked the bells But you stole my beat

But so That was what it was And now I'm gonna say this LL never responded He never responded Alright But now this should equate To the shit that this

Cyrano nigga This Cyrano nigga, this Cyrano nigga, been pumping for 30 years, telling y'all he beat me, he whooped my ass. You ain't never did nothing. No, no, listen. Any great battle that you ever had, there's a cassette of it. There's a tape of it or something. Right now, I'm going to put your money on the line. Y'all niggas show a tape that motherfucking got Chris fucking me up and know he gonna give you a hundred thousand.

Woo! You want some coffee, man? Shit better not exist, man. I got it! Shit better not exist, no kidding. It don't exist, man. I'm putting my money in his mouth, man. I'm putting my money, let's go. Let's go. Let's go. I'm telling you. So for 30 years he been talking that, you know what I'm saying, but I'm just

here to say, yo, homie, stop saying that, yo. You know what I'm saying? I'm telling you, man. I'm telling you, man. I'm telling you, man. I'm telling you, man. I'm telling you, man. I'm telling you, man. I'm telling you, man.

I'm telling you, man. I'm telling you, man. I'm telling you, man. I'm telling you you go. I'm telling you. So for 30 years, he's been talking that. You know what I'm saying? But I'm just here to say, yo, homie, stop saying that, yo. Right. And every time, like in 2017, I won against him. Like, you know? Yeah, we're going to get to that later. Okay.

Okay, Chris. We're going slowly. You say I'm on some sub shit. I'm going to fuck you and them fans that you fuck with. Nigga, I'm a nigga. I'll diss your fans. Nigga, get the fuck out of here. You ready for another one?

Let's go for another one. Let's go for another one. Okay. I got more. Don't worry about it. Oh, for him, I can go all day. Y'all said no cigarettes here, right? Yeah, yeah.

No cigarettes. We smoking ass motherfuckers and i can't get my Your boy Nature Queen Salute I love Nature But Nature I fuck with Nature Godfather right here MC Shin Understand You will always be The motherfucking man A legend in my eyes

You know what I'm saying A true rapper We can cut Nature right now Fuck that We can cut Hey, shut that shit off Shut that shit off Cause I'm gonna tell y'all why

Straight up You're gonna say that shit right now Nigga I hear you I love you Nation You know how good we are But let me tell you back in the days You might remember Antonio Ansaldi There was a clothing line Called Antonio Ansaldi Antonio said yeah O'Shan

I want you to be in the picture with Nation Nation looked at me and he said Yo O'Shan I don't want to be in the picture with you I Nation looked at me and he said, yo, Shan, I don't want to be in the picture with you. I need this right now. I couldn't understand what the fuck he was saying. What the fuck do you mean you need this right now? I'm like, if you get in the picture with me, I'm going to fucking bring you to bone status. Okay.

So just like Hot Day. Hot Day, you see me, right? I'm giving Nori your package. Hot Day sent me a package with a Nation shirt in it. No disrespect, Nation. I love you. But he sent me a shirt with Nation on it, right? And he gave iti your package. Hot Day sent me a package with a Nation shirt. And no disrespect, Nation, I love you. But he sent me a shirt with Nation on it, right? And you gave it to your daughter. I gave it to my daughter.

Nigga, ain't nobody ever going to see that shit. Who the motherfucking matter? So remember, I need this right now, nigga. I need this right now, motherfucker. So shit going to come back to haunt you 50 years later, but I still fucking love you. Hold up, let me get another shot. Nori, I'm drinking with Nori.

Where the fuck are you? Let's get it. Nori, I'm not driving. That nigga driving. Whatever the fuck he at. I drove my bus down here, I rode up on the block, booming, wanted a security out frame, I'm like, where the fuck, where I park at?

He's like, over there somewhere. I'm supposed to get motherfucking VIPs, what the fuck you talking about? But I ain't mad at you. We ain't never had a bus come, we ain't never had a bus. My brother came with a bus, but then he had 18 cars behind him. He was like, what the fuck can we do? Like, we can get him to parade.

Get him to parade. I don't got no money to buy a bus, nigga. What's up? I don't get no Nori status, nigga. All right, come on. Let's get one more. Let's get one more. But, Nate, I love you, but fuck that, nigga. Ain't nobody going to ever see that fucking shirt.

They just great people. He good people. Nigga, if y'all understand me, these are my folks. I love me to fuck with them. If I ain't know you, I talk to you just the same way. If you don't like it, what the fuck? This is just shizzle. You know what I'm saying?

There's no harm in what I say. I'm doing what I do. And I'm not going to come to Nori and act like some new nigga because all y'all niggas be like, look at that nigga's shit. And I don't know a fake yo peace nori oh no that's my last pro on the checking last about some words about mc shan definitely no shan was always like the prophet of queensbridge to me you know it was back in like the mid 80s to the late 80s when he was talking about living in the world of hip hop. And that's what we're doing now, man.

It's like one of the most influential cultures around the world. Word. Then you even take it to the first words of Queensbridge where he say they love to hear the story again and again. And it's like, that's the thing in hip hop now. It's like everyone telling their story again and again. Word, man. So Sham was always like the prophet. Always said Shan was the prophet of Queensbridge and Traz was the heart, you know. It was a funny story, like back when they had the big, big phone books, you know, you would look at the records and, you know, it normally had dudes'

government names on it and so like we saw shan's name on there like looked in the phone if his number was published and sure enough it was so we used to call like yo can we listen can we talk to mc shan you know and shan used to pick up the phone like yo what's up man what, man? What's up? What we talking about? Like, yo, fuck that shit. Keep repping Queens. Like, yo, fuck that shit. Fuck them niggas. Like, all that wild shit.

And Shan was right there with us, man. It's the same now. I'm a fucking nigga like that. Profit. Peace. Peace. Now, look. I had the privilege to have a record produced by a large professor, and it was

a shizzle symphony. It's called Penile Reunion, where it had me, G-Rap, Diesel, it had Nick. You know Nick. You know what I'm saying? I got family to live where you come from. You know what I'm saying? My Rashe and Tonya. I don't know.

But see, Tonya, if you was getting money back there, she'd... I know Rashe. I know Rashe. I know Rashe. I know Rashe. Shay and Tonya, I don't know, but see, Tonya, if you was getting money back there, shit. I don't want to see it on my phone. Give me another one. I told y'all to split the poll, guys. That's who it's him. That's my color. Yeah, come on. We're putting you back on.

Yeah, that's one of the dead niggas that's not here. Yeah, no, we don't steal. Nah, fuck that. That's called a waste of motherfucking alcohol. That's called alcohol abuse. That's alcohol abuse right there. You wasting that shit. Salud. Salud.

As we get to it. Nari get me drunk on purpose. You realize how much love you got? You realize that yet? Alright, but look, look Nari. My whole thing is I'm so down to earth that I don't give a fuck about that hip-hop shit. No, but you do give a fuck about love.

I love, I love the fact that I'm good, man. You gotta love, love, man. See, that's what I love about it. Love, love. Right, that's what I love about it. It's the hip-hop that brought me this love. But it's just the way the hip-hop treat old-school motherfuckers right now.

I heard you say you don't like legend, the word legend. I don't like that. I don't like the word OG. Legend I'm cool with. OG, sometimes they call you OG, but they don't really mean it. They just call you old. They try to read in between it.

Bless that, Nori. But legend is not a bad word. No, but Nori, when they call you OG... It's a bad word. No, it's not a bad word, motherfucker. You tell them, niggas, I hope you live to get here, it's a bad word. No, it's not a bad word motherfucker. You tell them niggas I hope you live to get here son of a bitch Call me a old head right I call that a term of endearment

Are you calling me a old head nigga? You might be dead next week. I hope you get where the fuck I'm at Shit hope somebody call you, old head. Set that drop. We got a surprise for you. There you go. Let's go. The main purpose of the story I told was to inspire you to reach your goal. Stop walking through life as if

you were blind. You should reach for your goal. Go reach for your goal. That's my motherfucking partner. Yeah, man. Major, major salute and boomerang to MC Shane for making that national anthem. That's Queensbridge's national anthem. That gave a young fella like me coming up a lot of hope,

a lot of sparks and a lot of motivation, man. Made me feel proud to be from Queensbridge and I still am and I love it, man. Thanks Shane, love you big bro. Trav, I love you, man. Duff, talking to the motherfucking, talking to the iPad again nigga. I'ma stop drinking.

Not yet though. I didn't say now. I said, but look now see. Yeah, yeah, yeah. For the Sparrow! Yeah! Noreen! Noreen! Hold on, hold on, hold on. Oh Give me your flowers Listen listen listen

No no no no let me tell you something Why I love these flowers that y'all giving me Because they gonna last forever. Yeah, they do. They do last forever. These are gonna last for fucking ever. If a motherfucker give you a rose, that shit gonna die. But when a motherfucker give you some drink champ MC Shan shit like this, this gonna last forever.

And trash. Trash. I was getting ready to motherfuckin' talk about this nigga. What y'all gotta understand is Traj is one of the original, original Juice Crew. I never believed it when he told me that. Yeah. No, no, my daddy was part of the law, but he was original Juice Crew.

Now, here's what happened to Traj. Traj was so young, and his life was going through Jew school. Now, here's what happened to Traj. Traj was so young, and his life was going through certain changes and things that he had to do college time at 14. At 14. Now, remember his voice was, Traji! Oh, man.

Traji! There we go. It's about you, man. No, it's about you, man. It's about you. Yeah! I got glasses too you don't put your shit on the chain I said we'd sit in silence while we drank some tea. By the end of the day, Shradd is one of them Juice Crew members and he had to go do some college time. Now this nigga sitting in college talking about, oh shit, I'm a girl with that. Because when he was in jail, that's when y'all blew up.

I think you were the one selling me that stuff. But Shradd, now you believe him, right? No, no, I believe that part. You just said that part. Oh, that part. Telling me that's right now you believe I'm good, look, make some champagne. You're not gonna blow me up. You're not drinking a choc-tah. I'm making a choc-tah. I'm making a choc-tah. I'm making a choc-tah. Yo, I'm making a choc-tah. Yo, I'm making a choc-tah.

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And I know the timing And then COVID hit And so it was almost like the right time Because you know I wasn't allowed to get these drops I wasn't allowed to call these people That is busy And you know

Saying yo listen man I need you to take five minutes To give MC Sharon His motherfucking flowers Not only me Not only me EFM But I wanted it come for from other Legends or other pioneers and tycoons and staples in this game I was in the middle of that and I was saying, what's wrong with motherfucking song stuff? Shout out to Snow who put this together.

Shout out to Snow. We've been in Snow all the second. We've been in Snow all the second. Hold on. I'm the one who fucking fucked up that Madeline shit. Yeah. Yeah. Y'all see I keep sticking those shit in?

Hey, yo, check this out. You already know what it is, man. This is your boy, Ivy, representing the infamous Mall Deep. And right now, I'm dropping in to give a special man of my heart a super shout out. You told me about my boy, MC Shan. Made me proud to be where I was from, QB, man.

I don't really get the opportunity a lot of the time to let this man know. MC Shan, yo, like, man, you made me proud to be where i was from qb you gave me the heart to become you know i'm saying the artist that i am today you know i'm saying and um you know we all we all looked up to you you know i'm saying we still do you know the og i remember you coming through the projects with the different color pumumbas and, you know what I'm saying, the energy that we would feel when you would come back through the hood, you know what I'm saying, on some like, you know what I mean, you Mr. QB, Mr. Queensridge, man, and, you know, like I said, I can't thank you enough, you know, the inspiration that, you know what I'm saying, you gave so many of us in the hood, you know, looking at you doing your thing, you know, inspired us, you know what I'm saying, as young boys. And I want to give you your roses, man.

You know what I'm saying? Forever going to have a profound love for the things that you did for us, man. And, yo, one love, baby. MC Shane, you know what I'm saying? You already know what it is, man. All right. Y'all know what I'm talking about. I'm so close to the tablet because I can't see shit.

I love my glasses on. I took the string off. I took the string off. Let me see. Hold on. What's your shit? What, $2.79? We never used to do that. No, no, I'm serious. Let me see. Hold on. What's your shit? What, $2.79? You're not supposed to do that.

No, I'm not. I'm all right, man. I didn't kill someone. I got to borrow your shit to look at this shit. I got a story about Havoc. Havoc, he forgot the part where Havoc was at the top and the height of his game. And you know that motherfucking drink E&J and all that shit, them Easy Jesus motherfucking shit, right?

He forgot to say the time that Shan came to my house like 8 o'clock in the morning, banging on my door like, yo, Havoc, yo, I need you to do this hook, my nigga. So he came downstairs, opened his door, took me in the basement, and I said, yo, all I need you to do is say this. He did it. No fucking problem. Eight o'clock in the morning.

Not to cut you. That's one of the things I always say about that dude. When we was doing L.A. L.A., remember, he was knocked out drunk. We woke up, he did his first perfect and fell back down. All the other persons seen through that bitch. Bro, so you just confirmed that you were listening to E&J the last night, 8 o'clock in the morning. I come to this and the song is on my album called Balls Over Bullshit that I put out 2017. See, all y'all motherfuckers that out here be talking about,

oh, we support hip-hop, motherfucker. I put out a free album in 2017. I still ain't got 26 hits fuck y'all niggas That's the same way my part Oh my that's the black and white cover right? It's a black and white cover. It's got just a microphone. I want to show my face. That's that old school nigga. That's that old school nigga. If you didn't recognize that Superman lettering, you see what I'm saying? If you didn't recognize that Superman lettering over that microphone that said motherfucking balls over bullshit.

Now, let me tell you about balls over bullshit, right? Since motherfuckers keep talking about, oh, Chris did this, Chris did that. I challenge that nigga. I say, yo, fuck you, nigga. Your last digital album against my last digital album. You got 24 album is quantity quality over quantity All I'm saying is like I say yo here this was one when when niggas was doing verses from home But all right, they were doing verses from home. I said, yo, let's go.

You can do all the hits later, but let me show you how much of a lyrical beast that I am. During the pandemic? During the pandemic. I was calling Chris out for six months. He hit for me. I don't care where the fuck anybody who's on this Instagram will see. I was calling Chris out every other week. Like, nigga, let's do this.

They got that verses shit on Instagram. Nigga, you can be home. I can be home. I'm on week. My nigga. Let's do this. They got that versus shit on Instagram Nigga, you could be home. I could be home. I'm on that corona shit, too And what I did was I broke it down Yeah, we could do those hits afterwards But I said let me do my last digital album against yours when I wasn't thinking about you You wasn't thinking about me. Let's see who that lyrical nigga is. Okay, hold on. We're going to get into that deep. I'm sorry.

Keep going there. We got to relax. No. I want you to know that. It's been a long day. We want to say. Come on. We're going to tell them.

They're freaking locked. Leave the sword there. Leave the sword there. It's sharpening. It's sharpening. No, that's the moment you can chop off and bring it out. Speaking of mob deep, right? Right.

Prodigy Pass. We all know that. And it was a very famous incident that happened in Queensbridge Speaking of Mobb Deep, right? Prodigy passed. We all know that. And it was a very famous incident that happened in Queensbridge where people painted his memorial and then someone painted over his memorial. Then someone came back and fixed the memorial. That nigga Trump, you heard him say memorial. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

This next one. He said memorial mural. Memorial mural. And then someone came back and disrespected the memorial again. And what was your thoughts when you heard that? What was my thoughts when I heard that? See, sometimes you talk about motherfuckers,

you need to keep your mouth shut. I give them props, I give them all, you know what I'm saying? But sometimes, nigga, you can't be talking about motherfuckers and then still be trying to Now they're gonna put your mural up in them and in the hood right where you don't did dirt to niggas You ain't even really from here. And this is what I always tell them

Yeah, prodigy hung out in Queens, but but he's not from Queensbridge Love him for representing all that shit. But in the end of the day, it's like He was having man only reason why he was able to come to Queensbridge because he was having man love him for representing and all that shit, but in the end of the day, it's like, he was Havoc Man. Only reason why he was able to come to Queensbridge is because he was Havoc Man. You know what I'm saying? You be talking about niggas.

I'll see a nigga and say, yo, if you want to do some dirt, you go to Queensbridge. That was a bad impersonation. I don't think so. I'm around it. I'm around it. I think it was right on point.

It was interesting to me because, and I'll say it, I don't know if it was. Let me get to the story of where I fucking. See, this is like the second time. No, I love this man. Why no? You can't keep changing subjects. I'm not changing subjects man. Why not? You can't keep changing subjects. I'm not changing subjects. You're drinking.

You can't keep getting what I'm saying. No, no, because here's what I want to say. Here's what I want to say. It was shocking to me because the thing is, most people, if there was a discrepancy with Pete, prior to this book coming out, it should have been handled. Do you keep charming on that? A lot of things could have been handled. Do you keep your charm in on that?

A lot of things could have been handled. A lot of things shouldn't have been written about. Yes, that's true. Let's just fucking put it that way. I love when real niggas is in the room. Right. I love when real niggas is in the room. Because I don't get that.

It's not my time. Like I say, a lot of shit shouldn't have been written about. Right. It is what it is. It's not how we always want to say real nigga, real real nigga don't keep the real nigga don't fucking snitch That's trice snitching to me and so in the end of the day that don't represent the place that I come from I love you pee and all that shit, but nigga you done did a lot of dirt and now I'm gonna tell you about this motherfucker motherfucker right Filming some shit by the pub right some movie

But now no read like yo, what I'm saying, you know, it was giving me love as young men doing what they do She go in the pub, she go in the pub. We're definitely there! Come on Travis, you got us! I remember a time when we were messing up people's names we were on the bus, right? My uncle said, so, so, so I love for that right there all right I see you. I can watch your live. That nigga didn't even know how close he came. I know, he came. I'm serious. Look, I know how close he came. I appreciate you for that too. You look, that nigga drunk too. He said I appreciate you.

I always talk like that. I always talk like that. Yo, what up, what up, what up? It's your boy Pony, you know what I'm saying? 40, 47, 12. Get the fuck out of here. I ain't even know what I'm thinking. I knew everyone was thinking what's that was in it. I knew it was the one thing that was in it.

I'm just going to let you know that I love you. I'm going to wait for you to come back. Nah, I small deep all of us that came from behind you, man. I remember the blue Audi with the Gucci rag on it, man. He pulling up on the hill, man. I was a little kid, park jam, and I spied. You know, it was deep mean and it do mean. You know what I'm saying?

So I just want to say Shad I'm gonna get your flowers right now bro you inspired a whole generation of QB artists man we thank you we love you we appreciate you you will always be the representative of the bridge you made us Salute Let me tell you something about the bridge. It's my bridge. I own it. It's my backstreet. It's my bridge.

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Fuck hip-hop. You know what? Fuck hip-hop. Did you ever think to create Queensbridge? After the legacy that you let down, you ever thought, like this is one of the most famous, like I go to London,

I go to Germany, and people be like, I want to go to Queensbridge. I be like, I'm from Left Rock. They be like, yeah, yeah, but I want to go to Queensbridge. I be like, I'm from LeftRap. They be like, yeah, yeah, but I want to go to Queensbridge. I be like, all right, cool. You know what I'm saying? So this is one of the most famous projects in the world,

and it's because of you. Did you ever thought, like? It is what it is. I ain't, look, it is what it is. I don't know what that means. No, let the fuck, man. Check it out. Check it out.

Check it out. Check it out. Check it nigga? Check it out. Check it out. Check it out. Check it out. Check it out. Check it out. Check it out. Check it out. Check it out.

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Check it out. Check it out. Check it out. Check it out. Check it out. Check it out. Check it out. Check it out. Check it out. We didn't look at, we was having fun. And you know what? When they said, oh, you can have fun and get a check at this shit, oh, we was definitely with it. But then these new niggas start getting $300,000 for fucking just saying, oh, oh, yeah, Nori, let me tell you something.

I got to give you motherfucking props, my man. I'm in. This nigga right here, individually, by his motherfucking self, changed the game. But they didn't understand the greatness that you had. I don't think they did. No, they didn't. I don't think they did.

Now, let me tell you how. No, no, no, no. Remember Nori's song? What, what, what, what, what? And the way you did that song, Nori, the way I heard the story of how that shit was the way you counted your balls, that was fucking genius.

Because that nigga was a cheap nigga. He used to make sure... All right. This is what I say. Respect. That was fucking genius He's made sure that we never went to the studio less our rhymes will roll or we didn't we didn't waste no fucking studio time I'm saying it. I'm saying it. I'm saying it. I'm saying it. I'm saying it. I'm saying it. I'm saying it. I'm saying it. I'm saying it. I'm saying it. I'm saying it.

I'm saying it. I'm saying it. I'm saying it. That's what I'm saying. That's what I'm saying. What? Carry on, dog. Carry on, dog.

Carry on, dog. Carry on, dog. Let me change this up a little bit. Let me change this up a little bit. Okay, yeah, yeah, yeah. So did you ever record at PowerPlay Studios? Nah, I'm trying to get off of your motherfucking niggas. No, no, nigga, I'm still on your story.

I'm talking about you. That, what, what, what? See, these new niggas, they didn't understand that motherfucking, that one word hook that was so ill. This nigga made it so ill, these niggas start going, ugh, yeah. Y'all niggas ain't as nice as this nigga. I ain't even talking to you. Y'all niggas ain't as nice as this motherfucking dude. Y'all ain't as nice as this nigga right here. That nigga's super thug. Y'all ever heard of a fuckin' super thug?

That's the only nigga I heard of super thug. What the fuck? That nigga's a thug. That nigga's a thug. And this nigga's a! I'll be trying to! I'll be doing it bro! I'll be doing it bro! This is how you do it! Get that! That's me!

You! Not like this! That's how you do it! Y'all don't notice that shit? This is how you know a natural performer. A natural performer just caters to the room. You see how he's doing? He's working! He's working!

He's in! He's in! He's in! Stop peeing! Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. It's all on the record. Some people really don't know that one of the first, and this came my way of Joe Fado, I wasn't there.

He told me this and I said, oh shit, listen. Fat figure. Did you not mix the first ever be a Rakim record? Yeah, I recorded Rakim. Can we hear that story? And that's a funny one. See? Because look.

I bring jewelry. I bring jewelry. I'm a record maker, right? It's both of you. Yeah, but Molly, Rakim had a strange style that we were laughing at. Every time he would do a verse, I'd go to the room. That's right. You do a style that confuses you a lot. Right. Look, look, look. I record the verse and I go in the room.

That shit. Me and Molly laugh. He said, come on. I said, yo, tell Rakim to do this. Now, imagine Rakim's voice. Yo, Gaw, anybody tell you how to do your shit, right? He said that to you. He said that to me. I said, I looked at him. I said, you know what? You right, Gaw. At least it's into you he's led to me i said i looked at him i said you know what you right gawd and this is in greece and this is before he's big too so he's all right this is the first joint i played the keyboards on the what a tissue at man Yo, we got Jay in the here. Yo! Where the fuck you find that song? That's his shit! So you recorded him and he says ain't nobody tell you.

He was like, yo, go. Yeah, just imagine. You're recording him though. You're on the boards. Whyier You're recording him though Right You're on the boards Right Why Molly didn't record him though? Because Molly and we thought That he came with Eric B Molly didn't think of him

I didn't think that Rock himself But I gotta look at it like Yo, I'm a fan I'm one of those that came in with that All of his beats And anything before me Niggas was yelling Rock, rock, rock

You know what I'm saying? And I left Rock the band You know what I mean? Anything before me niggas was yelling So anything before me now come with the smooth ass all of his beats I opened the doors for rock cams and canes and the smooth niggas to come through and beat I'm so smooth. You know I'm saying and so but I didn't recognize Rock him she is at that point and it wasn't my place even fucking think about it Just press the button. It ain't your motherfuckers way above your pay scale Would like people don't know real quick is that it was supposed to be a session for Freddie Fox and he didn't show up. I didn't know that part. I didn't even know that part. But you was the first rockin' Eric D. President. Yes, and look, and you want to know how I fixed my mix because if you hear the echoes all fucked up

Oh shit. You get hit by an accident. And that's what I'm saying, And that's what we get back to that Nigga, we don't know what's gonna become a hit because what you fucking said you said nigga That's the way I counted my balls So something that you use just to count your balls to come a fucking great hit like you made my mother We never know what the fuck a hit record is gonna be, so just go with your heart. It's Drew Roswell and it's Drew. That's right, that's right. And then get the chair, get the chair.

And that wasn't a disrespect for me saying, no, he changed the game. He changed the game. These stupid motherfuckers ain't know what fucking genius he was on, that's all. That's a fact. Everybody try to be quiet. Yo, Shan, what's up? This is Oscar Nelly, Mr. Put It In Your Mouth. You are now the world-famous King of Diamonds.

I'm all the way in that house. I'm Shan, what's up? This is Akineli. Mr. Put it in your mouth. You are now the world-famous King of Diamonds. I'm all the way in Atlanta from Queens. You made it feel proud to be from Queens. You're a Queens representative. You made the song called The Bridge, which had everybody from Queens feeling like, yes, we was here. We love you.

We respect you for that. I watched what you did with Snow from that artist from the beginning. I loved that work there. It inspired us to go take chances. Kings from Queens. From Queens comes Kings. Yes. MC Sham, we love you. Worth a mother. I got King of Diamonds. FKRS1 coming here.

I still might just check him twice. I'd worth a mother. Check Chris Spock twice. Make sure he ain't got nothing on him. Just because I'm on it. I love you, Chris. Noriega Drink Champs. Yes, we here. Remember, you could have been anywhere in the world, but you're here with us tonight. Fellas, don't get too close to the ladies or you will pay child support. MC Shan, The Bridge, Queens, we here. Yes. Otnell, Mr. Put It In Your Mouth, and we out.

Listen, Mr. Otnell, you can put it in everybody else's mouth. But I love you. Yo, let's make some noise for Snoke! Snoke, how the hell did you link up with this crazy motherfucker? How did that happen? I can tell you that. How did I link up with him? Move the whistles. Move the whistles. Don't give him a dribble.

No, no, no. I link up with him? Move the whistles. Move the whistles. Hey, shit, don't give him a drink. No, no, no. No, no, no. You got the hell money? No, no, no. Shit, yeah. This is the only motherfucker. Yo, Nori, let me tell you something.

It's your ring of the bridge? Yeah. That's all. That's a show. That's a show. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Come on, no, it's okay. MC Sherry, it's okay.

Let me tell you something about this man. You know niggas from the projects, right? Uh-huh. How many motherfuckers you know gotiggas from the projects, right? How many motherfuckers you know got banned from countries? See, you have to think. This motherfucker been banned from several countries. Countries?

Countries. Oh, really? Like some taking shit? No. Like some... Those niggas will say, he go do a fucking informal show, right? And them motherfuckers be like,

yo, you can't come in the country. And now, want to know how I met him? It was like around the time. Now, remember, I was supposed to be Will Smith. We're going to get to this shit right now. Yeah, I was supposed to be with Steve Martin. Right, I was in the movie. That motherfucker's motherfucking.

They, they, they, they, they, god damn, leave me alone. You put out silent, though. Hey, somebody cut this off. Wait, wait, I just, put it on silent though. Yeah, man. Somebody cut this off, say, wait, wait, I just did that. Power off, bye. I gotta do my code so I can get you to shut the fuck up. Right? But them motherfuckers say, uh,

they put me in a Steve Martin movie. That was the way I say, nigga, you see what we can do for you, right? Right. Now, Benny Medina all of a sudden came along and was like, They put me in a Steve Martin movie. That was the way I say, nigga, you see what we can do for you, right? Right? Now, Benny Medina all of a sudden came along and was like, I mean, he was all of a sudden my producers, my executive producers, and they talk about, we want to make you Will Smith and da-da-da-da-da. I'm like, okay. They put me in the fucking Steve Martin movie, and then they wanted to talk to me, and they pulled out the can of grease. I said, fuck you niggas. I don't go that way. That's why my career

motherfucking went where it was. But you was the waiter in the Steve Martin movie. You was having niggas, you was breaking down the menu. Right. But see, that was the way and I'm saying, oh, you're on Warner Brothers. This is what we can do for you. You know what I'm saying? Andny wanted me to be the fresh prince of bel-air people say i'm fucking lying when i say i don't gotta put fucking oh will smith in my story niggas no it's not my problem that you part of my story but i love will smith because he's got his three with me too you and y'all call him first out the limo call that nigga you and all you talk to shang that's my motherfucking partner

you know will smith will smith is my and you know charlie mack okay yeah yeah yeah charlie mack first out the limo i'll call him first that's you okay you know what i'm saying okay so how did y'all hold on let's listen let's get to the flowers. Yeah, we're going to get to the fucking flowers. Oh, shit. We're going to get to the flowers. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh.

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Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh spilled some fucking liquor. I wasted it. So you know it's alcohol. How did you guys meet? Alright, this is what happened. This is like a half an hour question. I'm in jail. I get charged with two attempt murders. This is here or in Canada? In Canadatrona.

So I'm in jail two attempt murders. I'm doing my street thing. I'm not even thinking about music. So I'm doing the two attempt murders. His whole family is a crime family for real. I'm not even thinking about music. So I'm doing the two-tier murders. His whole family is a crime family, for real. Yeah, I was dreaming. It's real. Right? So I'm in jail for two-tier murders. I write this song because I get charged for stabbing these two guys. So I wrote the song

Infirm. I stabbed somebody. So I'm not even thinking about music. I just come up with that little piece. I beat the charge with the jury. So I get out. I'm out for about a week. I get charged for assault causing bodily harm with that little piece. I beat the charge with the jury. So I get out. I'm out for about a week. I get charged for assault causing bodily harm with a crowbar.

So I'm like, whatever. You wasn't stopping. I wasn't stopping. I was going drinking, drinking, fighting, just Irish. Just, you know, you open the projects with all Irish and Jamaicans and just fighting. So I said, okay, let me just DNI. Let's get down to America somehow. You know what I mean?

So I go to America and I'm hanging on Jamaica Avenue, right? Drinking with all the dreds and drinking and, you know. You had a beat paddy, I assume. One Irish guy said to another Irish guy, meet Paddy. Meet Paddy. Right? So we're there. And he comes to go buy some weed down on the block.

You guys didn't know each other before? No, I knew Shan. You knew each other, right? I never knew about Shan. So he comes down to buy, and all the Jamaicans are like, yo, Shan, you got to hear this white kid sing. Shan's like, what? Shan's like, all right, let me hear this white kid.

Let me hear him. I come with the round glasses on looking like a nerd, too. I come walking in. He's like, oh, shit. He goes, and he's sitting on the scoop. And he's like, all right, let me hear you. And I start, he's like, yo, come to my house. And I'm like, all right, Shan, I got nothing else to do.

I'm on bail for, you know, I got to go home in about six months and, you know, take care of that. Shan's like, come to my house. So I went to Shan's house. He had the studio set up in the basement, and then we just started, boom. I'd never been in a studio, I never recorded. He was like, do harmonies. I was like, what the fuck is a harmony?

He was like, do a harmony. And I was like, I didn't know nothing about music. I just knew music, but I didn't want to be a singer. I didn't want to be into the music business. I wanted to be a criminal. I wanted to be a fucking crime motherfucker. And Color Me Bad was already out at the time, right? Just then, yeah. Color Me Bad was just going like that. But you wanted to be a fucking crime motherfucker. And Color Me Bad was already out at this time, right? Just then, yeah.

Yeah, Color Me Bad was just going like that. But no reggae. There's like no reggae people, no white reggae person out there that I could say, oh, mom, this is who I want to be like. But see, a lot of people, because of Jumericans. Remember Jumericans? Yeah, I'm for them. Board Jumericans.

Trump. Yeah. It's snow time now. Oh, my God. Jesus Christ. Hold on, stop. I'm ready to go. Here you go. More Americans drop yeah Americans yeah, more America once Americans.? I thought they dropped it as just Americans. No, I don't think so. Orange Americans. Orange Americans. Orange Americans.

Yeah, I think it's just Americans. All right, go back. We'll see about that. Yeah, we'll see about that. So, did you ever receive a clout, flack because of that? Because of who? Orange Americans? Yeah, because of, yeah, because when people found out that, that, um.

Nobody could give me slack. I would slap anybody in the mouth back then. Yeah, but I'm saying the culture. Nobody was saying nothing. Nobody was saying nothing. I ain't saying that. Plus I was. Plus I was.

The culture has to say something, sir. Who? The culture has to say something. I'm saying the culture in general. No, no, no. Once, once Jamaica, once I went to Jamaica and I was with Cocotine Ninja and all the people that I loved. Right.

And they co-signed you. They co-signed. Right. That was after, like when I did Anything for You. And that was just crazy. That was because of a bottle of whiskey. That was because of a bottle of whiskey I wrote that song. I got whiskey right here, sir.

I'm not drinking right here. I got bell money. You asked him earlier. I got you. I know you got bell money. So, yeah, but I didn't care about who's saying this and who's saying that. I'm sorry. Yeah, quit it, smoke, finish that. Get him some water. I'm sorry.

Who needs water? He can't give me no alcohol. Drink Champs, my motherfucker, we get it when we fit it. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Okay, cool. Cool, got it. Smoke Champs, I don't want to fuck with that either. So, yeah, the informer came out, and I had some-

So, wait, you recorded it in that session in the basement? Yeah, Shan's house. In my basement. Yeah, yeah On a four track Sure, he produced it, but the rumor was always that you wrote that no he wrote that Okay, yeah, see the rest of the album we split writers and we wrote the whole album and it was like I didn't want to keep him And we wrote the whole album, and I was like I didn't want to keep him all Should make it so yeah girl. I've been hurt. Yeah, I was singing rapping doing beatbox on the And then so we did the video in former video

Yeah, right just before I did Silver Cups and then I, boom, went back to Toronto. Silver Cups. No, no, no, no, no. Let's see this. Here's how it went. Let's say it's tonight,

right? We're doing the Nori show. He got to get on the plane in the morning. Once he get off the plane, he getting ready to go get clinked up. When we finished

recording the Informer album, it was up to the last minute the last second before he had to go home and go fucking serve that time so I didn't hear the album mix I didn't see the album I'm at the video I didn't see that deal just got the deal I signed I said but I gotta go home That's the first East West. East West? Steve Selm. You remember Steve Selm? I do remember that. Steve Selm is responsible for Lisa, Full Force, and everything else. But he's also, you know. But it was a scheme how I got him in the studio. Because Coach Hill wanted to sign him.

But I know if Coach Hill wanted to sign him. I'm going to fly to Tide. Fly to Tide is the reason why I get money right now. All right? Because fly to Tide, he couldn't. you know, when you deal with the record company, they tell us Fly Ty is new to the business. And so they tell him, this is the way it got to go. This is the way it got to go.

But when it came to his album and me dealing with Steve Salem, it was like, hey, I know how the business is going. I'm going to make sure you get whatever. You're not going to get paid from Steve Salem You're gonna get paid from East West because he knows how to game them. Yeah, but Steve Salem took care of him But falls I was About me don't get anything the producers where they try and get all their stuff He was safe what time to hook me up. That's why I got buses and all that.

You know what? Nori, I'm glad you brought me down here. Why? Because I'm always on some business stuff. I seen a box truck. I'm going to pay for 10 stacks for that as soon as I get out of here. Trey, look. You're going to drive the box truck and I'm going to drive the bus back home.

I'm always on some business, yo. Tell me. I'm going to get a box truck. What's a box truck? A box truck is... I didn't know. I knew it. I'm telling you, I'm gonna get a box truck. What's a box truck? A box truck is... I didn't know you were asking that. Chad, Chad, you know the box truck's got the little cab on the front, and you can put all...

It got a lift gate on it, nigga. You can move niggas and so on. See, like I said, I'm getting away from rap business. I'm building businesses so my friends can make money. No doubt. My royalties, nigga. I can sit back and go on my RV all week But that ain't what I'm about. I'm about saying my friends that are not doing as good as me

They don't rap they don't do none of that, but we can make a business and everybody can get paid You know what I'm saying? Like when I came down here could've drove my own bus But I like to see my friends get money. I didn't feel like dropping. Fuck that, Trey Love. You're going to drop, man. I'm going to give you this motherfucking sack or two. You know what I'm saying? Well, you're going to drop out of this motherfucker. I ain't doing no more. I ain't taking a fucking no.

You're trying to fill my shit. Let's drop. Me and Jay Supreme was talking about you, man. Jay Supreme crazy. We didn't talk about that. Y'all got a new joint. Y'all got an EP. Oh, you think I ain't know?

Shut the fuck up. Yo, but he said, yo your shit always give money, man. That's what's up. Hey, yo, what up? Yo, this is Craig G. Just saying what up to MC Chance. That's what Magic call him. You know, please bridge love.

You know how we do. You know, I just want to say thank you for including me in the bridge record. He is the man who is known as Craig that put me on the map Other than that, I don't really have much to say Shane. You know, I am maybe when I do drink chance I'll open up and talk a lot more. One love, alright? Peace Yo, it's the Louisville Craig G Yo, it's the Louisville Craig G And you know what?

I ain't mad for keeping it short and brief because Craig G don't talk to no video. I love Craig G. Want to know why? Because you know you'll get people that get interviews and they'll drop shit. I'm telling true shit. But niggas be telling little. Craig G don't say nothing.

Can't ask Craig G about Shan. Craig G will say, yo, go talk to Shan about that. He won't do that. It's a fact, though. Hell, hell, if not, I love Craig Sheen. Right. But I appreciate those flowers.

And now, you want to know what? Why I say, if you look at my career, let me go, look, can I just talk about what I want to talk about? I got you. I'm going to let you talk. We got two more drops, and then it's really your time. Okay. But you want to go to this two drops, and then we're going to let you go.

Okay, let's go to this two more drops. That was quick. That was quick. Yeah, yeah, because I want to talk. But look, go to this two drop and then we gonna let you go. Yeah, that's cool. Okay, let's go to this two more drop. That was quick. That was quick. Yeah, yeah. Cause I wanted your time. But look, I'm drinking your champagne and I ain't on my whiskey. Cheers, cheers, cheers. Look, but I ain't even paid for this shit, right? Last night I didn't get too drunk cause I knew this nigga was gonna have me drinking some shit that I don't fucking drink.

Alright, come on, let's go. He said, too drunk, though. He got a little drunk. Please, everybody, please. Please, everybody. I want the people to hear it. Hear it. Thank you all.

Peace, King. Thank you on behalf of all the kids from Queens, besides myself, dropping all the jewels on us from Shorty. One love, man. I'm glad my man gave me his flowers. Well deserved and long overdue my man j-rock make some way for j-rock

okay you got something to say i got one last drop you are the hardest nigga to get in touch with all the niggas i know in this business i think they might have been hating on me because i'm like yo get me in touch with Nori. I want to know We gotta believe in God God works in mysterious ways, right? No disrespect to anybody's culture, but if you live a righteous life, it's going to come to you. Thank you It's gonna be put out. That's what you're gonna get you give fucked up shit your life nigga right now That's cuz you put out fuck them shit up Please everybody in this room please be quiet

this is from a preacher okay I'm a preacher oh my god if he don't curse I don't trust him shan the man the american inspiration before the album down by lord jane stopped this crazy thing and all this stuff you helped pioneer this bro you made the bridge you made Marley scratch and the bridge is a anthem that spawned many careers definitely mine yo just want to send

love to you bro you know I mean keep doing what you do your biggest The bridge About now, so do we want to let you go? Realize I don't Okay, right but now police house might have been amongst those kids that when I come home from to our take them to candy store Get what you want? Mama talk about you. I need a can of milk. I give you shit tour, I take them to candy store. Get what you want. Mama talk about, yo, I need a can of milk. I ain't giving you shit. Let me take the kid. You know, we know what they were going to do with that. But Nas might have been amongst that group of young children, not young, you know, that watched me.

But Nas wasn't amongst my peer group. That hot day was my peer group. You know what I'm saying? Rodney Walk and all day was my peer group you know what i'm saying rodney walk and all you know who you know what i'm saying but you wasn't even amongst my peers so i just remember he might have been it was never anything he was closer with shantae than it was to me you know what i'm saying but i love the fact that I did something that made trash fucking look at me to make fucking call Mega and whoever else fucking looked at

what the fuck this motherfucker from Catwoman. You know what I'm saying? I'm glad that I made a mark in this world and right now it's like, eh. And look, I'm going to say this. Let me say this. Nuri, this is the greatest way to end a career without spilling liquor.

Okay, don't spill the liquor. I'm not gonna spill the liquor. We got faith in you. We got faith in you. We got faith in you. We got faith in you. We got faith in you. We got faith in you.

We got faith in you. We got faith in you. We got faith in you. We got faith in you. We got faith in you. We got faith in you. We got faith in you. We got faith in you.

We got faith in you. We got faith in you. We got faith in you. We got faith in you. We got faith in you. We got faith in you. We got faith, yeah. We got shots coming down. She gonna get real. You can take shots. You can take shots. What I'm gonna tell you, check this out. I don't bow down to peer pressure.

I ain't that type of nigga. Y'all niggas drink what y'all drink. I don't want you to drink champagne. I don't want you to drink champagne, my nigga. That's why I don't make me drink champagne. Bro, that's a different bro. Dude, you a different bro, man. I'm getting where the fuck I'm fitting for a minute.

All that shit is gonna do y'all. Y'all ain't gonna motherfucking make me change shit. I'm a badass motherfucker, man. Talk about a real good fucking shit, man. Come on, man. By the end of the day, I'm glad that I finally got a chance to come to Norway and I say I quit hip-hop. Because old school cats like me, and I love love you nori because I know where you came from You could be doing a hundred years right now

Stretch could be doing a hunt look point fingers You found your niche you found, and we all out here. You dig what I'm saying? And so for me to end my career on the Nori show is the greatest thing. Y'all keep saying, no chance to rebirth. No, fuck you, nigga. I'm going to buy a box truck. You know what I'm saying?

But do you feel the love, though? I feel the love, but it ain't about the love. And now here goes how I show you what the love is. It ain't about the love. It ain't about the love. Take you down. Wait. No, no, no.

If you fill the stadium with people that you just open the fucking door for and let them all come in because they love me, I'll do that show for free. But let a nigga motherfucking come say, yo, Shan, here go $2,000. Do all your fucking catalog. You can kiss my fucking ass, man. Y'all been treating me like that for years. Fuck you, nigga. I don't need your shit.

I got a box truck, motherfucker. I got a fucking king. Come on, figure out what a box truck is, man. Fuck it, let's get up. Fucking is a box truck, shit. What people don't understand is like, everybody's not made to have millions and fucking Rod and Bentleys and big old shit.

You gotta get the fuck in where you fit in. And if you're comfortable in a life which I am, I don't wanna be the star no more. I'd rather you leave me the fuck alone. There once was a time where I'd go to a restaurant... I think you're gonna be a star no matter what the fuck you're doing Cut the bullshit You're gonna be in a boxcar

Check this out I got a motherfucking proposition for you See I might have quit hip hop But I got on the shows right I got this shit where I'm rebuilding my RV I'm shizzled though Not no service Not no service

No it's a no motherfucker And I also got motherfucking so you think you know hip hop I'm shizzled up the mouth service Also got motherfucking so you think you know hip-hop where I kick niggas off the motherfucking book I'm gonna sit here and I'm gonna tell you this Nori you got motherfucking connects. I'm willing to motherfucking make you executive producer and you don't gotta do shit. You just hooked me in with Puff. Sorry to get in with Puff. You're the shark tank, man.

You want it right here? You want it right here? That's so proud. You got the camera. Puff is right proud! Puffy's right there! Puffy's right there! I got a Puff! Tell me my Puff! Yo, yo, for real

and I'm not dissing. Yo, Puffy got more money than motherfucking all us niggas. I was getting meals when Puffy was a dancer. Alright? But now I'm gonna tell you this. Puff, one day I had an accident in Manhattan and Puff was in a cab. I don't know if he remembers this shit, but like every time you get to some shit, it might make something, mean something to you, but not the next nigga.

But Puff, he might not remember I had an accident in Manhattan. That nigga was in a cab. He seen Shan on the side with an accident. He pulls his fucking cab over. If that nigga had to pay $15 more Some motherfucking fucking see if Shan is alright Yo puff I fuck with you my nigga But now check this out in the same token, you know, I'm not fucking nigga like that No, we gonna come bring you this motherfucker

What you call it? We gonna figure it out. Nori is executive producer of motherfucking Shizzle with a Whistle of Bob Z or Hip Hop. My man Sonny's a mechanic too. He's a mechanic too. We gonna get that shit. You know I do that shit right? No, we ain't got a fifth of it.

That shit fucking running. I'm gonna pay that nigga ten sacks cash tomorrow morning. Okay, so check it. I'm gonna pay that nigga ten sacks cash tomorrow morning. I'm gonna pay that nigga ten sacks cash tomorrow morning. Okay, so check it. I'm gonna pay that nigga ten sacks cash tomorrow morning. I'm gonna pay that nigga ten sacks cash tomorrow morning.

I'm gonna pay that nigga ten sacks cash tomorrow morning. I'm gonna pay that nigga ten sacks cash tomorrow morning. I'm gonna pay that nigga ten sacks cash tomorrow morning. I'm gonna pay that nigga ten sacks cash tomorrow morning. I'm gonna pay that nigga ten sacks cash tomorrow. I'm going to pay that nigga 10 sacks cash tomorrow morning. Okay, so check it. Now we're going to get to the part you wanted to get to. Oh, no, no, no, no. We're going to play Quick Time with Slop. Then we're going to get to the part you wanted to get to. What the fuck did you just say?

Did that nigga say something? Yeah, it's a game that we play. It's called Quick Time with Slop. Wait, wait, before you get into Quick Time, real quick. Okay. Because we were talking about Informer. Talk about the Daddy Yankee remake of it No, he's on the Daddy Yankee remake

No, but he wrote it! No, I didn't write it, I produced it So that's a writer too, that's a writer We produced it. It's not an I. We don't fuck with that. Do we fuck with that I? Motherfucker, there ain't no I in cheese So Daddy Yankee called us in I don't know what the fuck All I know is Ain't no I and T Call me and say daddy get us some money. I said bet fuck that He's looking at you. He's looking at you. You know what I'm saying? I trust in him.

I trust in him. OK, so how it happened? Daddy Yankee calls you. He wants to ask you. He wants to get to you at a show. What happened? Tell him how Daddy Yankee used to listen to you. Because, Frank, no, fuck that.

Frank Foss, come here. No, no, no, no. Because this is, we ain't got a. No, no, no, no. No, no, no, no, that's what it is. What was that? He's like, no. What am I gonna talk? I don't want it to sound like he's on his own. Cause if you don't tell a story, tell a story.

No, no, no, you gotta leave room for people who've got you in a big story. You just play the skills. Play the skills. Play the skills, yeah. Let's hear from that, play the skills. They live no land, man. Take the floor, take the floor. Take the floor, take the floor.

So let me back up a bit. Okay. We signed a contract with Shan. I said, Shan, I gotta go back to Toronto in time. Right. So now I'm in jail, I go get another year in jail. They give me a year. So now I'm sitting in jail. The record, another year in jail. They give me a year. So now I'm sitting in jail.

The record, they release Informer. So I get a call. I said, Snow, your video's on. I said, what video? He said, it's out, Performer. I said, are you sure? Friday and Saturday night in jail, we get to stay up late and watch movies. And then after, we go watch my shit. Late night.

Late night. I said, you sure? He said, it's you. It's coming back on, repeats at nighttime. So I said, all right. So said, it's you. It's coming back on. It repeats at nighttime. So I said, all right. So boom. I tell a couple people in jail. So I'm in jail with my father, my brother, my Uncle Patty, my Uncle Terry.

So we're all in the same cell, right? All in the same cell? Yeah. Two of us in the same cell. Me and my father and my brother in the same cell. My Uncle Patty, my Uncle Terry, and who everybody else. Five of y'all in the same cell? Three in the same cell.

Five on one same range Yeah, I'm Irish for my stepfather's Italian from Buffalo big thing Do crime So now I'm in jail I said you sure it's me so I go to, when we go to lunch, we'll go to everybody. Yo, stop, hurry, a video on tonight. I said, holy fuck, I hope it's not Marky Mark of Vanilla Ice, I'm dead. You know what I mean? It's not what? Marky Mark of Vanilla Ice.

Yeah, because I don't know who, I don't know, you know what I mean? So I'm like, oh shit, here we go. Nighttime comes now, everybody's upstaying. All the bikers, you know, usually they go to sleep. Right. But they're all up. Right. A lot of Hells Angels out there, huh?

He was going to be one of them. He hangs with all the Hells Angels. Because my family is Hells Angels. I didn't know that, but he'll tell you. So I'm in jail. Everybody's out there. I come running. Now, the video, I'm in jail in the video. Now I'm in jail watching the video.

I've never seen myself on TV, nothing. Wow. That's crazy. So now the TV's up there and I'm standing there. So you're watching yourself acting as if I'm in jail watching the video. I've never seen myself on TV, nothing. Wow. That's crazy. So now the TV's up there and I'm standing there and everybody... So you're watching yourself acting as if you're in jail, but now you're watching yourself in jail. I'm in jail watching myself in jail. I want to ask you this, because

I've been in jail. I've been in jail. I was in college. With my team in college. No, this is some serious shit. With my team blue. And the tape came down the fucking tear. I was in Elmira, Cell 33, 4 gallery, I'm blocked. The cell came down the tear, they call it kite boom, throw it down. Yo, Shorty, you ain't in the juice crew.

You ain't in the juice crew. I want you to be on this. I don't see your face. Don't throw me that tape. I slid that shit down. I said, oh shit, damn, niggas did it. The reason why I say that is because I felt that. But the difference is, you saw yourself up here.

He seen himself. Like from that, I would have been like. Because I was in snow. That shit was trash. Yeah. So, so, now when you say you was about crime, at that point, you had to be like, yo, I got it. Come on.

At that point, still, because I did acid in jail. Then I started getting all the shit, the vanilla rates and all the haters coming in before I got paranoid. And like you said, you wasn't snowing in jail. Was you scared of success? But I knew all. Was you scared of success? No. See, I'm snowing jail

because I know everybody in there. All the streets, all Regent, Jane and Finch, they all know me from in jail. Not because I'm a bad, you know what I mean? I'm just saying, right, yeah, yeah. Right. Everybody's mad, mad. So, now all the bikers are up, right?

And he taught me how to write a signature, stay sweet. You know, that's what he, signature, right? Stay sweet. So I'm there and all the bikers are there and we're watching the video and after the video all the bikers come up

and the bikers just go, Darren, sign an autograph. I'm like, stay sweet, brother. There you go. Stay sweet.

That's different. Does that work? That's different. Stay sweet works. That was different. So then I got out. I got out two months later. Limousine picked me up, and then I was number one in the world.

Then America threw me out in 1994 for life. They just let me back in two months. No, two years. Because you had to get a visa? No, because he was banned. He couldn't come here. Japan threw me out for life. Japan threw me out for life.

America threw me out for life. What the fuck was you doing out there, man? No, you remember the rock and roll. I'm a here Japan threw me off for life America threw me out for life the fuck was you doing out there? No, you remember the rock and roll because I'm not to see I'm crying family. The police broke my mother's legs They beat my brother like it was just they were fine That's a whole lot of fucker. I got the record deal. I had to ask my parents I said yo, they want me to do the record deal is that because I grew up if you got a job you're a bum That's how I grew up. A square.

Call it a square. They'd be like, what? He's gotta get the fuck out of here. That shit. So I had to ask, I said, yo, they want me to do a record deal. Do you think that's, is that street? Right? They're like, yeah, bro, don't worry about it.

Yeah, yeah, it's okay. I was like, all right, buddy. And then I got out and then that was it. And then they kicked me out of the country, so my career started. But I didn't want to be a singer anyway, so I was like, I don't give a fuck. I went to Jamaica and did, I will do anything just for you. Right? But how I did that was because of a bottle of whiskey.

Right? Because Herbie Lovebug, Herbie Lovebug. You know Herbie Lovebug? Salt-N-Pepa. From Queens, yeah. Want to make another record? That and Pepper. From Queens, yeah. We're making another record? That's your man, man!

He's the only guy in the history. He's the only guy in the history. That's the reason. So he's kid doing it. So, I mean, he comes to Toronto, Herbie, you know, comes to Toronto, but I'm hanging at the clubhouse, the Hells Angels clubhouse, and I'm bringing back the Miami Nine. What a class of cultures, though. Yeah, yeah.

Hells Angels, Jamaican. Yeah, like I'm the one who mic and then I... What a class of cultures though. Yeah, yeah. The Hells Angels, Jamaicans. I'm the one who brought the brothers, the black guys, to the Hells Angels clubhouse. It's not allowed black people in there. He brought me to the fucking Micah Club. And they was only mad because I ate all the popcorn. They were like, yo, your boy ate all the fucking popcorn, man.

I'm like, he's already... But they love me. Yeah. Popcorn Herbie says you're fucking amazing. Herbie says you're nuts. Let him smoke a bogey, man. I'll take care of you. Smoke smoke smoke. Cheers. I'm not sure that.

So Herbie says I gotta take you away. Hold on, brother. I'm smoking one Norris. Brother! Alright, alright. So Herbie says we gotta take you away from here I'm smoking more Norris. Brother! All right. So, Herbie says, we got to take you away from here because you're getting in too much trouble. He says, let's go to Bermuda.

So I said, I don't know nobody in Bermuda. So I bought my Jameson's Irish Whiskey. Yeah. At the airport. What size? No free? A nice size. Okay. No free.

No, a nice size. All right. You know, usually I have two Mickeys in the back pocket. Okay. No freaking. No, a nice size. All right. You know, usually I have two Mickeys in the back pocket. Okay. And a nice one here. So I get there and he hides my bottle. I ain't gonna steal it. So I'm like, yo, where's my bottle?

Yeah. He's like, yo, you gotta do music first. I'm like, yo, and I'm following him. I'm like, where's my bottle? I said, I will do anything just for you. Give me back my bottle. Don't make me feel blue. He's like, yo, that's it. I will do anything just for you. Well, you back my bottle.? He's like, yo, that's it. We ran, he had the drum machine.

Nadine Sullen and Boosie and all them and Tony Kelly. I ain't gonna front. Any joints you came out with. Any joints you came out with. I ain't gonna front, son. I had the, like the melody of it always had me. Any joint. You always had me. And you enjoy it. If I remember it worse, you always had a melody that, before dudes was doing melodies.

Yeah, I was, yeah, I was singing and rapping and doing beatbox. Let me ask you, let me ask you. This is me when I'm 14. I had to wear the shirt. This is me breakdancing in my neighborhood. But let me ask you, because when you say you went back to Jamaica, was it important for you to get that cosign from Jamaica? I knew all the Jamaicans in Toronto.

There's more Jamaicans in Toronto than there is in Jamaica. I grew up and my housing projects was all Jamaicans. So all my projects was all Jamaicans. When I grew up, it was all Irish. 13, 14, all Jamaican. So I just fell in love with this culture. It's not like I did it for the money or I did it for anything because we wouldn't have done hip-hop reggae reggae wasn't like I would have done country or something I was doing anything but the reggae just captured me

you can feel you close to it though I was bored you wouldn't be that nice with it nah the guy who come in the show was Jamaican you wouldn't be that nice nice when the interview was fake. And said, y'all don't know how much the Jamaicans embraced him. It was like... If they didn't, then I would have pulled back. If I wasn't in Jamaica... They wouldn't have done that.

They came to us. They came to us in the studio. We used to go to Ninja Man's house. He fought me every day from jail. I'm not ready to do this today. All of them. They all just... Loved him.

Because... What way was that you make that? I didn't try to act it. I didn't try to talk it. I don't do that. I just love the music and it's because of you guys that I love your culture and I love the music and... Especially.

You know what I mean? And I'm sorry, but especially. That's what's up. Yeah, that's what it was. So that's... He's a great guy. He's a great guy. Thank you. Thank you. You have awarded Jamaican belt. Oh, of course. especially that's what's up here that's what it was have you ever worn a jamaican belt oh of course

he did i had the jamaica i had my little mountain bike my mountain bike with the jamaica stickers listen jamaica see you rocking the jamaica vote that's like asking your mathematics with your mathematics You're a macho man, Scott. No, no. Let's just make it very serious. No. You know how to rock. I'm serious. Yeah, yeah, yeah. That's what I'm saying. I got a rock shit.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. I got a rock shit, too. Look, look, look. Look at my shoes. Look at my shoes. Oh! Look at the shoes. You look more like a travel fox than I do.

That was my jail room. That ain't your shoes in jail. Check this out. 89. The way I'm turning on that. than I'm women. That was my jail, really. Now you got shoes in jail. Check this out, 89. The way I'm talking, all right. Travel Fox, that was, yeah. So, my dad used to call me at the airport, Pretty Face Rude Boy. I used to come to the airport,

you can't wait to watch it. Pretty Face Rude Boy. No, no, no. What you talking about? I ain't around again. That's a no. No, the name ability. The chain is on.

No, but that's, ability. I love it. But look, that's respect in Jamaica. Like, yo, yo, put your face through boy, nigga. I'm drunk. I used to go to the fucking airport with all my jewelry, everything. You know why they don't fuck me? I snow with Purdue tonight. Stop, nigga.

You know, you know the fucking car. You the first nigga I seen with a fucking car, nigga. Irish. Nigga, you had the outie, didn't you have a burqa outie? I've got it, I've got it. Jamaican pot wall comes from the Irish. It's the Irish language. The third biggest, the second biggest culture in Jamaica is the Irish.

Marcus Garvey is Irish. The Irish, they have the Irish. The country version, I mean, in the Is the is a country version of English which I'm English brought the Irish slaves to Jamaica I'm gonna kill your Norris shell and change the whole fucking world Then you keep leaving, Sam! You can't just keep leaving! Leave all that Norris shit! Holy D's, I ain't working on me drinking this shit! He don't give a fuck that I put the weed in our world! Smoke the weed! Smoke the weed!

Give us a weed! Give us a weed! I'm just smoking it! I'm just smoking it! I don't smoke weed, dude! Get back to snow! Leave me alone! Oh, oh yeah, you know Daddy Yankee. Daddy Yankee. Daddy Yankee. Okay. Bless Daddy Yankee, bless him.

Bless him, bless him. So, playing spirit was, they just said, yo, we wanna do, we wanna do the Informer remix. Oh, no. So I said, all right, let me hear how it sounds. I don't, you know, when they send it back, I was like, yo, and Daddy Yankee's like, will you get on it?

That's crazy. I was like yeah, I'm on for sure yeah, yeah Yeah, so then I got on it jumped down a little Pete down long You know and then it came out and it just started blowing up So I was like yo bless you know so then I got it millions of views to be Two beers in a day. Two beers. What's up? What's up? What's up? What's up? What's up? What's up?

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What's up? What's up? What's up? What's up? What's up? So beautiful business deal basically perfect perfect and I met him on stage in Montreal Did a nice little piece came out one child and sang it so it Except Katy Perry? Yeah, she's on a version of that ring. But you gotta clear it though, right? I had to clear it, yeah, but I didn't want it. But my wife, she likes her, so I was like, I like Katy Perry. Let's cut it back though. What's wrong with Katy Perry, man? I like Katy Perry, man.

Yeah, you know, I don't like her. I like Justin Bieber. He wanted to be on it. He wanted to be on it. I'd rather have him. That's what Pharrell wants. I'd rather him on it. But Katy Perry, I don't know what Ianha wants. I'd rather hear him on it.

But Carrie Piranha, you're not going to buy that number. I don't like her too tough. But she alright, she alright. You know what I mean? Big O's house. It's different, it's different. Can I tell them the story about the week, you didn't even hand them the two-in-one. Tell them, tell them.

I go back to Shane's house. I go back to Shannon's house you know hip-hop wasn't doing you know all the big numbers the money you know so Shannon you know blessed he's always blessed love but you know we didn't have that all the money in the world you know I don't fucked up you know messed up you know he was stealing steaks to feed my family. So I see his family they're kind of hungry. So I'm on bail for the... So I go to the AP&P and I steal the roast and steaks

and everything. Feeding the dog burritos. I'm finally feeding the whole family. He's like, holy shit. You had the bread. You had the bread. I'm on bail. We used to go to 7-Eleven. When you guys come to have any chicken sandwich, you go in there. I would go in there.

I would steal. I would steal. You'd go to the 7-Eleven? Yeah. The 7-Eleven. You'd go to the 7-Eleven. Yeah. Oh my God.

Oh my God. Oh my God. Oh my God. Oh my God. Oh my God. Oh my God. Oh my God. Oh my God. Oh my God. Oh my God. Oh my God. In front of the whole world right now, in front of everybody,

this man fed my family. This is my brother for life. His mother is my mother. His mother loves me. My mother's gangster. Real gangster. She loves me. His sister's my sister

and we'll always be connected. Yeah, they love him more than anything. Yeah, the chicken sandwich, I go in, I peel the whole thing up. Hold up! This man fed my family, y'all. Y'all don't understand. Y'all don't understand. This man, he was on charges in Canada, but he came down to New York and said,

yo, Shane, you trying to do something for me? Fuck that. That's how it should work. That's how it should work. A big garbage can of some shit. What did you do? You say, ah. This is your package.

This is your package. This is your package. This is your package. This is your package. This is your package. This is your package. This is your package. This is your package.

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This is your package. This is your package. This is your package. This is your package. This is your package. This is your package. I hope the snow on you know you This nigga gave me Macbook magazine when he gave me Macbook That's a fact That's a fact bro

That's a damn story Yo this man fed me and my family yo I respect that snow That's my blood And I didn't even know where we were going with the music I was just like yo Let's just have fun It comes full circle cause he reached out then said I'm coming with shit like

I can go on the bridge by his goddamn self. On the hill. You know why. He be on the hill going, but if you move, it's funny. Yo, I'm telling you. This guy right here. Now, Nori, let me tell you something. We have had shows places, right, where the whole crowd. Do you know how we used to do? Sound man, you fucked up.

Kill the sound man. Sound man, yeah. Watch out. That's what I was doing. Look, look, look. We did that shit, right? And one day, we went for the sound man. We just took the fucking show.

We was on a college campus. We took the show to a fucking two benches. He's standing on one bench. I'm standing on one bench. The whole crowd, they done paid their money over there. We over here. And father, you know, said, I'm the son of a young play.

And next thing you know, I feel like Scott knows it better. Remember the guy like this? Yeah, yeah, yeah, look. I'm playing, I'm... Next thing you know... I feel like Snow knows it better. Next thing you know, remember the guy like this? Yeah, yeah, yeah, look. The guy has the bottle like this. He's so good that we got celebrity. We see a guy like,

with a bottle like this. Twisted. You're probably gonna hit somebody with a twisted. I know Snow. Awesome. Snow looks at me, the first time I ever seen this shit,

I'm from the hood, and I see Nick Duff, and Nick is out, and Nick is saying, BAM at me the first time I ever seen this Shannon. I was like, what the hell is up with you? You're in the scripted show, man. The whole show started chasing me. I'm over here. We were running like a motherfucker. I look at him. I say, yo, you see that? I got you. Whoa!

He ran to the back. Holy fuck, it's Shannon. I think he smashed me on my head. No, he hit her. No, he hit her. Well, we got to make him a story, because they're going to try and sue us. Oh, no. Statue of limitations is over.

They're at the gate bleeding. They're at the gate bleeding. Kill them all. Kill the one that killed me and Shad. Where the hell he pop? What are you doing? We went to the Palladium. We went to the Palladium.

He's from the Palladium? Oh, listen. The Palladium. Before we left to go to the Palladium, Steve said, Steve said sign up see sale he said he's west yeah huh he said he said I'm getting no trouble okay we won't get no trouble we go to fucking play and we have a fucking brawl fucking diesel remember these dudes say yo if demo fucking walk in front of me one more time That song came on. He said, oh shit! We got a big fight! We got a big fight!

I can just hear it. She didn't know it was this big. She didn't know it was this big. Now it's this big guy that he said, he said no. He's got a nose on him like this. We weren't fighting. And then he said, you know what, fuck you.

Monica called us and showed us the video. Yeah, the video, we saw the video. We've been through a lot. We got kicked out of the Palladium. We couldn't go to the Palladium. Just like he got kicked out of countries, he got kicked out of the Palladium too. Yeah, so, yeah. Fuck it. We ain't give a fuck. We gonna go to the motherfucking Winston-Lincoln Club. We ain't give a fuck. club you know I was getting a lot of fights a lot of you know but then 97 alcohol 97 that's why we actually did he was like that right now I'm drinking and staying. I didn't smoke weed. I lived in Jamaica. I didn't smoke weed. I grew up didn't smoke weed.

I just drank, drank, drank. Right. So you don't smoke weed no more? I said, dad, I said, dad, I said, dad. You don't smoke weed no more? I smoke weed, yeah. I said, so my last charge, I said, dad. Oh, I remember seeing you.

Hold on a minute. Hold on. I said, what do you want to do? I said, you want to smoke weed, dad? He says, I says, you quit alcohol? I said, I'll quit. You quit. He said, I'll quit.

You quit. Because he runs Booze Cans downtown Toronto. Okay, yeah. He says, I'll quit. He says, let's smoke weed. I said, all right., you quit. He said, I'll quit, you quit. Because he runs Bruce Cairns, downtown Toronto. Okay, yeah. He says, I'll quit. He says, let's smoke weed. I said, all right. So we just started smoking weed.

And then I, I'm in the charge and all that kind of stuff. All right, well, let me tell you about the fuck. Take this one, Tim. This is for you. Got it. For you.

Take this out. Let me tell you what he said. I'll shut the fuck up back there. Right? Look. When he decided to not smoke weed, and, you know, he said, I'm not gonna drink anymore.

I'm gonna smoke, right? We in the studio at his house, right? I'm living in the garage because Donna gave me the garage upstairs all laced out the studio downstairs. Right? My mother loves him. Look, I fucking smoke weed, right? He smoked weed with me

that night he was drinking my phone I'm gonna try weed tonight I went to the bathroom I come out look for this motherfucker this the motherfucker was That's when I started smoking weed. That's when I started smoking weed. I'm like 30 years old and I'm fucking like giggling like a little kid. I'm like, holy shit, I gotta go home, man. I'm home. Wait, wait, wait, I gotta leave. You never wrote some of your best lyrics on weed, though? No. I did. No. My first album, second album, and third album all alcohol. And then, anything for you is alcohol.

Alright. And then I just quit the alcoholism. But the day he smoked weed, that was some funny shit. I went up to the bathroom, I'm like, come on, motherfucker. We get ready to record a verse, you know. He's banging on the door, he's throwing pounds down the fucking toilet. My mother's in the alley, shit, what's going on? This one here, I'm telling you, he could have been an angel. A hell of an angel.

And he would hang, not even with me, he'd be like, okay, I'm going, boom. And he'd be off with the bikers and the real mobsters and the real Jamaican posses, like some real, you know, real bad boys, you know what I mean? And they're sharing, he's like a chameleon, you know what I mean? He can be involved with bikers, this, that. No, but he's like a chameleon, you know, maybe involved with bikers My mother they all

Respect my mom. That's how they all respect me. They're my mother, you know, they're all Donna Donna Donna There's books written about my mom my family.'s Donna Donna Donna Donna Donna Donna oh Brian oh she's twisted there's books written about yeah mafia assassin his books there's wasted times they talked about my uncle's my father's my you know like real like not know like like I want I can I was born police breaking in my house and you know guns when I'm a little kid and, you know, I'm like, ah. But I was raised boosting.

I was a booster. You know what I mean? My stepfather would say, don't sell drugs. Don't go out there. He says, all you got is the bad guys after you and the fucking coppers are always after you. He says, there's no money in it. He said, try to boost and you make a thousand a day

keeping under a thousand and you don't go to jail too much. So that's how it was kind of like ah well yeah if it wasn't for him i would be in jail wow look at that and then and then and then we started running out of money, because Informer started giving. And then Daddy Yankee came and blessed us again. And me and Sharon were like, alright brother, here we go.

Yeah, more bristles for Sharon. Alright, alright. Wait, wait. How you think I'm going to buy a fucking box truck for 10 stacks Take a ticket to go get us mommy No reason motherfucking what I think getting his shit rolled on the side. He give us these big motherfucka- Hey, that's my friends man. Alright, good.

How you gon' compliment Lisa Keys? No, I'm just saying motherfucka, your shit get rolled on the side. Why you motherfucka smoke that shit? Look, I smoke yours. That's mine. I smoke yours. Look, take a side. I got my own personal bunk row here too. Nah, nigga. No, he still be in your motherfucking life.

Because I'm trying to take a make sure. That's all I'm trying to do. That's all I'm trying to do. I don't understand. I don't understand. Nothing is going on. Can you make it to the right here? Can you make it into right here? Can you make it into right here? Please, please, please. Alright, Snow and Shan, please give it into right here. Everyone play this game. We call it Quick Time.

Okay, come on. What game are we playing? Just call it Quick Time or Sly. I feel like this game is going to be a mess. I'm going to give you two choices. It's one or the other. If you answer politically correct and you say both, you got to take a shot. If you say neither, it's a shot. But I feel like you're not gonna be straight forward. I feel like shit can answer everyone straight forward.

Look, y'all motherfuckers don't understand. If you get good, you gotta take a shot. If you fuck up, you take a shot. Nobody trying to fuck with my brain right now. Nigga, did you just say that? We play this with every guest, man. You can't be the only one. I know! No I'm not drinking. You drink for me. We're gonna drink for you. We're all drinking. And it's trash too. It's not trash. I got the pen!

I got the pen! I got the pen! Look at everybody leaving. Fuck that. Check this out. I'm in control. I'm smoking Nori's bun and everything. That nigga's got himself fucked up nigga shit. Matter of fact, no, I'm gonna leave your motherfucking bun. It's your man Sizzle. One time for your mind, two time for your soul.

I done took over Drink Champ. Fuck that. He didn't laugh. It's me. It's the soul. What the fuck you wanna talk about? It's the Sizzle on the wizard motherfucking Nori shit right now. I'm in control.

I'm smoking Nori's bun and everything. That nigga's got himself fucked up nigga shit. Matter of fact, no, I'm gonna leave your motherfucking bun. It's your man Sizzle. One time for your mind, two time for your soul. I done took over Drink Champ. Fuck that nigga's got himself fucked up nigga shit. I'm in control.

I'm in control. I'm smoking Nori's bun and everything. That nigga's got himself fucked up nigga shit. Matter of fact, no, I'm gonna leave your motherfucking bun. It's your man it's the soul. What the fuck you wanna talk about? It's the sizzle on the whistle motherfucking Norrie shit right now. Let's go. What you wanna talk? Now, who do New York? Remember that scene? Right? Y'all don't understand, before me and him became,

well, I was already doing it, but before he became famous, right? He was, Norrie coming back looking like, oh this nigga didn't take my seat. What the fuck I did? Well I'ma give it back to you cause I shit. Woo! Nori, are you mad at me? No, I'm mad at the situation.

Because we here giving you the money. Oh, but I created this situation with $6,000. Nori. Woo. We good. We good, come on. Look, I'm smoking my own blunt. Well get weed and smoke whatever the hell you want. That's your shit back there, people. Situation was sent out Lurie this is mother but no ring listen to me brother Goddamn game Alright, Norris, shut up. Check this out. Alright, come on, let's go. We back. Let's do this. Look, I know.

You know what's fucked up? I came to the Norris show. I had them drink their whole table. It's cool to drink, to be drinking. Alright, come on. We gonna do it? Please, quick challenge. Fuck up.

No, you pour me a drink. No, I ain't telling you to pour me a drink. I'm gonna pour it all over you. I just want you to know I'm willing to play the motherfucking game, and I'm gonna shut up. Cool, cool. There you go. See, I'm wanting pour it out. I just want you to know I'm willing to play the mother fucker game and I'm gonna shut up. There you go. I'm on a shot now. I need the Japanese whiskey so I'm gonna take the Japanese whiskey.

You forced me to whiskey. Drink it. It ain't much. It ain't much. They ain't warn you. Nah, everybody fully warned me. Alright, cool. Somebody said say good luck.

Come on, let's do it. This is called Quick Time with Slam. If you answer, we just go quick. Rock him or king? Both of them. You want to know why? Because you can't, you can't.

They all have their own lane Black him, fucked up How you not ready? We went to the bathroom I was frustrated, I was like why is no one listening? Let's just have fun We're following Shazly I was having fun the whole fucking time

I don't know what the fuck you can't have fun Shazly had to stress and get in his class You are having something different to call fun I don't know what that word is to call? We're going to make it up. We're going to figure it out. We're going to do a shot. We're going to do a shot. We're going to do a shot. Because he said, folks, we got to do a shot. All right, so look.

Where's my cup? Okay, you want to do a shot? It's not the reason why you're banging it, too. Everybody's like, whoop, whoop. I ain't going to fart like this. No, no. You want whiskey? I don't, nigga.

I don't do what you do. All right, so I'm talking about. I know you have a nigga on the phone. I know you have a nigga on the phone. I know you have a nigga on the phone. I know you have a nigga on the phone. I know you have a nigga on the phone. I know you have a nigga on the phone. I know you have a nigga on the phone. I know you have what I'm talking about. I know you haven't even called me. We gonna do a little shit. No, man.

No, man. I don't know. We love you. Trust me. Trust me. It's a long game. It's a long game. Hey, hey.

Shazam. Shazam. Not for him. Shazam, not for him. This is for Snow. I'm taking it for Snow. There you go. Thank you.

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I thought you was gonna take a shot. I bet you'll put one on the back, right? He said both of them. As long as you didn't take shots, then come on. I didn't hear a thing. I didn't hear a thing. Cream Hulk or Pete Rock? Both of them.

Come on, man. You can't beat both of them. I know. No, on, man. You know everybody. No. No, no, no. Look, look. What you've got to understand in my head is that they put too much differences between us.

You're absolutely correct. We have to fucking pick between this motherfucker and that motherfucker. No, we all great. We have our own lane. And see, if we keep on fucking

delving into that motherfucking mental psychology, we own lane. We keep on fucking delving into that motherfucking mental psychology. We're just going to keep on tearing each other down. Why can't Nori and Trash be great? Why can't Shan and Chris be great? Although I talk shit about him, that's that MC

motherfucker in me. But the motherfucking real man in me said that's my brother. That's what's up. So we drinking every one of you. Yeah. Fucking the real man in me saying up my brother Done okay I'm good, I'm good. I'm good. I'm done. I gotta ask no one of you. I gotta drive him, motherfucker. Biggie or Big Al?

Both of them. Biggie. Biggie? They cancel each other out. They cancel each other out, okay. So that means I ain't gotta take a shot. What the fuck? Tragedy, Gaddafi, or Kormega? Okay What you just motherfucking said was a motherfucking real' real man answer. Of course. You know what I'm sayin'? Well, we love to spread love to our fuckin' black people that all...

Let's not devalue the bread. No, no, no, let's not even say black people underprivileged. Irish motherfuckers too, cause you know them motherfuckers is a black Irish, you know? They say Irish is black, right? But, as long as we look a stigma no Norris the Norris just tell me Shot a ball you up Oh, God. Give me that shot! Drink! Give me that shot! I got my shit right here. No, no, no, no, no. I'm a skinny nigga. I'm drinking this shit.

So, yeah. I'ma take it easy now, fellas. Oh, man. I'ma keep it free, bro. I'll remember that shit. No, I tried. Thank you. Capone or Nature?

Capone. Wow, man. That's gotta foul you. Vote for everybody. Come on, man. Nature, you wanna take that picture? I need this right now, nigga. How you thinking of taking this up?

By the end of the day, we still mention his name, we giving him props. You know what I'm saying? Motherfuckers might not even mention Nature today, but nigga, I did. Shut the fuck up. I mentioned Nature, I just had her in the studio the other day. We love Nature, man. Nature's dope. Like I said, I love him too, but nigga, I need this right now! Can we get that light and shit? Oh, I'm sorry. You got to be the bigger man, like how you just told me. I am the bigger man, I need this right now.

Okay, this is for you. This is for you, Cyan, and them going to Snow. Prodigy or Google? Google. Oh my God! I'm sorry, I said Google. Google again. Google? Alright, let's take that whiskey shot. Google again! Rest in peace Google Empire.

Rest in peace Google Empire. Yo, yo, take that motherfucking shot. I'm taking my shot! Let's try to live, man. A little bit, right? We got our team folks. We got our team folks. We got our little bit right? We got a little bit right? We got a little bit right? We got a little bit right? We got a little bit right? We got a little bit right?

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We got a little bit right? We got a little bit right? We got a little bit right? We got a little bit right? We got a little bit right? We got a little bit right? We got a little bit right? Street across each to be street I can see that's you. That's me. Shit, you have a- Cause I broke dance a little. I was nice. I was nice. Who did it? No, everybody did a break dance. I broke dance on the cardboard. I broke dance- On the cardboard. Link, you broke dance-

I broke dance on the cardboard. Shit, did you ever break dance? I only do it on the cardboard. You can tell niggas that ain't break dance. I knew shit ain't break dance. I can't rap with a dance, nigga. Who knew that? Yo, wait, wait, wait.

I can tell. You can tell, but I can tell. I can tell, but I can tell. I can tell, but I can tell, you can tell by the way I look at you. I can tell by the way I look at you. I can tell by the way I look at you. I can tell by the way I look at you. We probably be doing Heisman on Freaky. I was doing all that shit. And graffiti and doing graffiti.

I was doing graffiti before I left. My name was Rico. But listen, I got the dead ice. What's your name? My name is Rico, nigga. You bad nigger, I know some shit about you. I ain't doing nothing. I know shit.

Y'all crazy boys are crazy? No. You remember that, nigga. But I'm not even proud to be Ralph McDaniels. Ralph McDaniels is the one that did that Left Me No League video. You were right, I didn't think you were choking over there. You need to see what the ass of that nigga got you. We don't see no classes. Hold up, hold up. Hold up, let me say this shit. Oh, shit.

I never claim I want to be the smoke champ. I don't want to be the drink champ. Nigga, I get the fuck in where I fit in. And if I got a choke on your shit, so the fuck what? All right? Now, Ralph McDaniels was the one that did Left Me An Only video, right? That's right. And so, in the end of the day, Ralph McDaniels, when it was just classic concept.

The making of Starter videos. Him and Lionel was just classic constant and started videos heavy light of the kid Because Symphony I was locked up why you wasn't on the simple cause Molly Pay I don't know if I stumbled on that shit, but look But I don't know if I stumbled on that shit, but look But Look if it was motherfucking, let me see 1998 y'all niggas could think I was doing cocaine cuz of white but I know But it's motherfucking 2032. I'm cocaine more, motherfucker. It's just gonna be flawed. Don't do glasses with a string on it. I just gotta wear a glass with a string on it.

Don't do that. You don't know. You wear a glass with a string on it? You heard what he said? I'm 51. Don't do that. 51. Don't do that.

You didn't say that earlier. I'm shocked, man. I'm 57, and I ain't never, I would never tell y'all. 51. You're 57. I'm 57 in September. If you 57, and I ain't never, I would never take off. You're 51. You're 57. I'm 57. And if you put the string around your glasses, nigga, I'm gonna over-ass you. I'll actually fall behind that.

I don't like that. If I see you with strings on your glasses, respect me. I'm not gonna snatch you off your neck. I can't do that. All right. But I'm gonna come behind you, take the net out, and slip them off. That's all right. But nigga, you right there. And look, look, look.

Oh my god! And guess what? And guess what? One more time. That shit don't work. That shit goes straight to the back. And guess what? One more time. It don't work. It doesn't work. And guess what? If he's next, come on.

But listen, at the end of the day, I love you. I love you too. And I'm glad that motherfucking we're still here to talk about this shit Fucking friends that you motherfucking can't even look at Was down a left frack see left frack niggas thought there was motherfucking the high niggas cup It wasn't a project because they had Paris

and fucking France and whatever fucking... They had balconies! Let's just call it a day. We're getting money. Let's call it a day. We're getting money. They had two staircases. Right.

I was like, yo, and I said that when I first went out there. I was like, yo, these niggas... I love you 100 years in jail. Very true. You know what I'm saying? Like I said, when I was around Noe, I had to get away from him because the motherfucker might shoot that huge chub. And I'm not gonna say he would because I said I'm gonna stop pointing the finger, but he would do things I just wouldn't do. I didn't do anything. I didn't do anything. Look, look, look. Traz was done and this nigga was a super done.

Super done. Super done. See, y'all niggas trying to let that shit go by. Super done. Super done. Super done. Super done. Super done. Super done. Super done. Super done. Super done. And this nigga was a super dog. See, y'all niggas trying to let that shit go wild.

Super dog. Super dog. Super dog. Super dog. Super dog. Super dog. Super dog. Super dog.

Super dog. Super dog. Super dog. Super dog. Super dog. Super dog. Super dog. Super dog.

Super dog. Super dog. Super dog. Super dog. Super dog. Super dog. City I thought we asked the other things in cross group juice juice a new Jackson snow juice can see what written or really here just right now let me give James James Alright, Redman or Method Man? Both of them Shots? Method Shots or both? Have a shot, have a shot I'm taking a shot Why you couldn't say both?

I think I'm broke already What the fuck? What do you mean? That's a good shot That's a shot Look, look, look You my buddy, you little Yeah, yeah, yeah

Whenever you ask the next time I'm gonna say both Pour it in my head Pour it in my head Yeah, come on Buddy Fuck it. Yeah, post some shit. We can fuck it up. We can shoot some shit. We can do shit. That's my water. The money can see me. I don't know. I told you. I'm telling you. I just, I just, oh.

Damn! That's it. Quick time time. What? It's time time. This is the shit. Come here and talk. Come here and talk.

Come here and talk. We got to drop it in. Salute. That shit fit perfectly in the car. No, they can come in that. Don't let that nigga fall on y'all. No problem. You all ready? All right, cool. No. Like't let that nigga fuck y'all. No problem. You all ready? Alright, cool.

No. Like I said, motherfucker, I love you and I'm glad that I can end my career on your show. We doing a Glee song. Me, you, Nas. Right now, I'm on D.B. Russell. You know me. You guys doing something. Yeah, who you gonna take on the story? Alright, hold on. This is just... Try Biz mark all DB Drinking Let's go Miss all beautiful Cuban links

The infamous album or only bill for Cuban links Rayquan first out Yes He will pass out. You know how I want buggers to get on the show, right? You got somebody driving? Yes. Trade-off, what you got? Say, hey. Hey, go on. You got second. The bus driver? He drives the bus. He drives the bus. Oh, the bus.

Oh, the bus. The party bus. I didn't... Well, he drove the party bus. I just sat in the back. Ah, you good? You great. Keep going. Keep going. Yeah, you great. It's party time. He's bringing the party to you. Party time. So, you're waiting for the party time. We saw a brand new party to you. Party time.

So, you said both of them, right? Yeah. Okay, Scarface or Ice Cube? Both of them. I ain't mad at that. You're gonna have to ask something else. This trowel, this trowel. You're not gonna pressure me into this shit.

Nah, it's okay. This is what we drinkin' for you. Yeah, I- y'all drink for me. I'm already got hiccup. Alright. And all that shit, you see, I'm negative. Y'all ain't gonna pressure me. Illmatic or ready to die? We take our shots. We didn't take our shots. It's both of them. What?

Might as well take a shot, I guess. I'm taking a little sip, man, cause this is getting out of hand. You don't have to play the game no more. Nari, Nari, Nari. Hold on, hold on. We got three more questions. Can it be finished? I'm taking a little sip Snow nwa, but won't take clan Okay, I mean style like these okay, so so share nwa a whole tank So, Shan, NWA or we'll take class mode? Both of them. See, he's not even gonna say that. You can tell him anything, he's gonna say both, man. It's that nature. I'm with Shan. I'm with you.

I hate you right now. But you gotta understand where I'm coming from with this. I don't... Separate us. I'm with you, Nori. I'm with everybody. I'm with... You know what I'm saying?

We don't fuckin'... Well, I don't. Yeah, I'm all the fuckers can do that shit all you want to. But motherfucking every nigga that did shit. No, really. And every other motherfucker is great in his own lane. You can't keep all motherfucking. Look, let me tell you what. You motherfucking see Barbra Streisand and you see motherfucking Billy Joe and all these motherf Oh, that is a speed fucking horses. They give me horses. Hey, right?

Well, I'm great MCS and any hip-hop nigga. We came up there We still 60 and 70 fucking years old Shows just to pay our motherfucking way. All right, but now, let's not get it fucked up. If you didn't find your niche in the game, like Nori, he don't got to make another motherfucking record in his life. You understand? Because he found his niche. So find your motherfucking niche. But we don't have those.

Separate, yeah. Hold on, we can't put that. Oh, shit. And Barbra Streisand doing a concert tomorrow, and she say she broke. You know what's going to happen? These niggas are going to show up. Ain't no price on the motherfucking ticket.

They're going to come with their motherfucking empty checkbook and say $900,000, $800,000, and they're going to make sure Barbra Streisand got a motherfucking house that she can feed her horses and all that shit but if Nori was fucked up or I was fucked up or Trak was fucked up or he was fucked up you think they gonna motherfucking do that for us? No! So fuck you and I'm keeping you in one place We gotta do a point shoutout That's why we doing the point shoutout

We gotta do a point shoutout We gotta do a point shoutout We gotta do a point shoutout Alright gotta do a point shot. This is a vote for y'all. Alright, I'm gonna answer this one. I'm not chasing a motherfucking shot. I'm taking a point, nigga. Wake up on the ghost face. I'm taking my own shot.

Wake up on the ghost face. Of course! You should say, wake up on the ghost face and name two. That's both of you. You can't even getan goes to nature. You can't even get me on nature. I love nature. You know what I'm saying? That's right, but I got you back, nigga.

Make a t-shirt out of this. Salud. Salud. Salud. You got it bro. I ain't taking another shot because nigga I ain't letting nobody bust me into that motherfucker Okay, oh no, no that motherfucker shit. They both my name is I'm a drink now good for you cuz I ain't sure cuz she yeah, I'm gonna give me a lot of people Oh, she raps about rap city the both of them

Let's go back to that question your TV raps or rap city Don't give us nothing see back in the day see after you grab it so be T All right, because you gotta be up there. Look, look, look. Y'all see me? I'm listening. No, I'm not saying a lot. I'm listening. I'll wait. Because you have to be of a certain demographic and do certain things to get money with these people. Nobody ain't gonna give a... Look, these motherfuckers right here, I ain't gonna even show y'all a thing.

Right? Bye. No, they see it right there. I saw it all. What the fuck, you nigga? You nigga fucking blow that shit, right? These niggas won't even give me a fucking dime to drink y'all shit, but check it out.

I paid for that. So I'm gonna fuck. They won't do certain shit for certain motherfuckers. Because, what the fuck? And I'm thankful for you. Right. And how it, whatever the fuck. That's why I drink this,

because I paid for that, but I know the owner. He's my friend. Niggas, no, they introduced know the owner. He's my friend. Nigga, no. You introduced me to him. You don't know him. You don't know him. I don't know who the fuck made this. It's Jay-Z, man.

Let me give you some more Jay-Z alcohol. No. No. All right, but no. No, you're not drinking. Because, in the end of the day, I love Jay, right? Right. See, I'm sorry if y'all don't think I'm a fucked up nigga.

Do y'all know what I mean? I'm a fucked up nigga. I'm a fucked up nigga. I'm a fucked up nigga. I'm a fucked up nigga. I'm a fucked up nigga. I'm a fucked up nigga. I'm a fucked up nigga. I'm a, I'm sorry if y'all don't think I'm a fucked up nigga. Do y'all know what motherfucking, what's that word?

Gentrification means? Yes. You know what it means. I want to hear Norris tell me this. That's like how Long Island City is gentrified right now. Back then, Queensbridge was the only bad place. Everything around it. And Regal Park, too? And Regal Park. Where we're at right now is gentrified right now. Back then, Queensbridge was the only bad place. Everything around it was... And Regal Park, too?

And Regal Park has always been gentrified. Regal Park has always been gentrified. But let's break it down to the real. Just to get to the point. It says, make your motherfucking shit special for somebody else to blow it up. Right? Yes. And so I love Jay-Z.

And Jay-Z is a businessman, right? You can't get mad at a businessman because business is what it up. Right? And so I love Jay-Z and Jay-Z is a businessman, right? You can't get mad at a businessman because business is what it is. If you've got heart, you can't be in business. So when Jay-Z tell a lot of them, gentrify, right? Motherfuckers that don't know

what the fucking word gentrify means. Gentrify means take your shit and make it better so none of this can come in. Fucking take it off the rack. Jay-Z said that? Gentrify, motherfucker. Look at the word. But Jay-Z said that?

Yes, he did. Don't put me on, man. I ain't know. Nigga, you honestly gentrify? See this nigga right here fucking laughing at me too? No, no. Stop, stop. Stop, stop.

What? Gentrify. What is gentrify? Jay-Z did a song on gentrify? No, no. Stop. Stop. Okay, all right. Stop. Stop. What is gentrify? What is gentrify? Jay-Z did a song on gentrify? No, it ain't no song. It's not a thing of songs. Talk to me, brother. It's all bad.

The word. Look, the word gentrify. If you don't know what the word gentrify is, and you must not have been listening to your man, but now if you look at Brooklyn, you as a black man, as a motherfucker, you can't even afford to be there. Why? You can't go to Tonkin. You motherfuckers got white boys there. Sorry to say it like that, but gentrify is that with me.

All right, so now if you're fucking a lower class in Brooklyn and you gentrify, niggas can't live in Brooklyn no more. When you walk to Brooklyn Greensboro, but they used to be out Houston but so this dumb boat I'm not putting on all shit, but motherfuckers don't know what the fuck they saying if the motherfucker say something I'm not getting on J and the gentrify is a word that when you take your shit and give it to another nigga. All right, Brooklyn, we can't get downtown. But I don't think that's what he said,

I think he misunderstood him. Yeah, that's right. What he was trying to say is. And that's what I needed to hear. He was comparing the Jewish people or how they gentrified their section, saying, you know what, we should do that for our Coming in that way don't give me more like I was on here before but I said I said fuck She and, fuck me too. To make a certain point. So I'm not bailing out of nothing.

I'm not bashing my mama. But he is. I don't recall him. I don't think he's saying that he said that. He was in a vocation. Hold on, wait, wait, wait. I'm trying to let people understand what he's saying. I'm going somewhere.

He never said that outright. And he never implicated or perpetuated that outright. But did you hear him say it? Did you hear him say the word gentrified? that outright and he never implicated or perpetuated that outright. Right. But did you hear him say it? Did you hear him say the word gentrify? He could use the word. Use the word. But you know how they use us?

No, they use the motherfucking... See, you ain't used because fucking... Everything gets used. Everything gets used. No, no, no. We don't have to own another office. No, no. Whatever it is, black don't own it.

Black don't own it. Black don't own it. Black don't own it. Black don't own it. Black don't own it. Black don't own it. Black don't own it. Black don't own it. Black don't own it. Black don't own it. Everything gets you. Everything gets you. We own that shit. Nigga, no, no, no. Whatever it is, black don't own it. No, yeah, no, we black don't own it.

No, check it out. We own that shit. We own that whole shit. Wait a minute. Wait a minute. Well, see, that's what I'm talking about. As long as you own your own shit, you can do your own shit. But the motherfuckers keep building to the dream. Now look at what this nigga do here. What you doing? You own what? We own this. We own this together. Now take this as a message that I'm saying I'm

not putting nothing on JC, none of that shit. I want you to look at Nori. I want you to look at him. The EFN. I know his face. All right. Look at them. Let them be your model. Let them be your... You know what I'm saying? What I want to tell you, and maybe you don't know this, our model was Jay-Z. Our model was the people, because they own shit too as well.

I think Jay was advocating for some shit. I was trying to do it in a way. At the end of the day, the niggas They own shit too as well. I think jay advocating for sales advocate Niggas I was on that dumb shit when you need gentrified, but they didn't listen to the message Whatever shit on the motherfucker Chad, look at me Chad! Let me be quiet You think I got whatever shit on the motherfucker? All I'm saying is that you dumb motherfuckers that didn't know what to- Go look at what gentrified means Aw yeah, look, check this out, that's your shot right? Fuck the game, fuck the game, I'ma take it I'll take your shot, I'll take your shot

Wait for me, wait for me, I'll take your shot Right, now check this out. Trey, I got the hot shit. These motherfuckers is the hottest shit. I'm gonna take your shot. Respectfully disrespectful. Respectfully disrespectful. Y'all need some of that whiskey, man.

Respectfully disrespectful. And when it comes to hot fuck, cash and all that shit. Bell, Bell, Bell, Taylor Flattery, Bell. But we got the Sniggaz the LX, man. We got two more questions and that's it. We're still at it. I said no, no, no. We said MTV Raps and Rap City, right?

We did that. So what's on XSL? Fuck that, both of them. I'm not taking a shot for that. No, stop. I'm not taking a shot for that. No, no, no. Stop. This is your game. No, stop. I'm taking a shot.

Who the hell? You supposed to play the game. You're gonna get a whiskey. You have to get a whiskey. Toss. This is the last question. You gotta play the game. Toss.

No. I'm gonna do it. Don't impose a game on him if you don't play the game. Because you don't do whiskey. He's not playing the game. He's not. He's not. But that's on him.

Yo, but listen. This is the last question. He's our guest. He's our guest. He's not playing the game. He's not. He's not. But that's on him. Yo, but listen. This is the last question. He's not good. He's not good at playing the game. This is the last question. And I want to hear what I ain't playing. This is what we are. This is what we are.

We did it. Loyalty or respect? Both of y'all. Both of y'all. That's so good. Oh. Because loyalty and respect is a motherfucking thing that you cannot motherfucking live without. And the first one to say that was Ray Kwan, and I thought that was an impeccable answer. That is the best answer.

I believe. I believe. It is? Both is. Ray Kwan. No, no. Let's talk to him. Hold up.

Hold up. This motherfucker. Nah, Snow gotta give his perspective on that. Hold up. Let me tell you why we need his perspective. Because he's like John Gotti and motherf. Yeah, you know this motherfucker right here Yo And

And the whole what we said we know how we keeping it real let me tell you suck Just think of family live that shit that motherfuckers in the hood dream about like he says family crime connected I'm witness to this shit not trying to bring you don't want to be a witness to anything But check this out This mother fucker right here, let him answer the question. Trust me. I'm going to back him up. Trust me. I mean, bro, trust me. I'm going to do it this way. Let him answer the question.

Let's see. Let's see. Yo, yo, yo. We can do it in the back. We can do it in the back. We advocate for fashion. We advocate for fashion. Out there.

Out there. Out there. So, loyalty. Okay, okay. Give me a minute. So you pick it. Wait, so you pick loyalty? Mm-hmm. What's the reason? Give him that. Shh. So he, you pick him. Wait, so you pick, you pick loyalty?

Mm-hmm. What, what, and you, what's the reason? And respect, but loyalty, once you got loyalty, and you have, loyalty comes with respect, right? Ah. You're loyal, but, I don't know, respect. What is, someone could be loyal to you and not respect you though.

Yeah. And vice versa. Loyalty. So, somebody could be loyalty out of, loyalty, out of fear. Yeah. Someone can be loyal out of fear globe out of fear yeah someone can be Love is love. Love is love. You saying loyalty? I respect both. Both.

You don't really know. He's loyal, but he's not loyal. He has respect for you. What if he just plays a part? He's playing a part. That's all I need you to do. Play your part, not play mine. That's all I need to do that's not play your part. I play my This this this was crazy today, I loved it

When you started doing the music How did your family think did they accept it automatically? Well my mother see my mother was brought up Rick James babysat me she used to be with my mother's friend Elaine so he's from Buffalo but he would come to Toronto and have all the girls same weather yeah come to Toronto and he had to go. My mother's street, so my mother knows all the din-na-na-na-na-na-na. So he came to my place with her. Rick James? Yeah.

So I said, no, he paid me to see you, but I didn't. I gotta ask you. Yeah. Rick James moved his house, bro. So I was doing our R&B and yeah, whatever. You never seen Rick? No. Dude, I seen him.

Did you see him sniff coke? No, I didn't even know who he was. And you was a kid. You was a kid. I'm little. Yeah. I'm little. Oh, no, did I see did you see him slip go? If I show you be late you'd be like, okay 70 but Your mother was like the matriarch of everybody So, where it came from last night. So my mother knew all that. My mother knew all the, you know, the gods. Your mother was like the matriarch of everybody.

She's the matriarch. So she would have everybody in the neighborhood gather around and say, Okay, you guys go there. You know? But I grew up with R&B through my mother. Bobby Womack, Etta James. Stop, stop, stop, stop, stop, stop. My mother has 24 crates of iron. No, no, no, no, no, no. Stop right there.

See, because this is my brother. He might know about it, James. Yeah. About a little man. Yeah. But I knew about it. You knew? You knew?

Yo, bro, listen, man. Listen, man. I said he would come to my house when I had 24 crates of iron. When it's cold outside. Come on, son. I was sitting there every time I got to a fight with my lady. When it's cold outside! Come on, sir! I've been sitting there every time I got to a fight with my lady! It's cold outside!

Who are you holding, man? Look, Jodeci, Jodeci. He did the ghost trap to Jodeci. Jodeci did it over. Bobby Womack did the ghost trap for Jodeci. Yeah, but they did it over. That's what I'm saying. He did the ghost trap.

He demoed it. One of the last times he performed was at Wine City in Manhattan. That's what I'm not gonna roll. I love you. Hey guys, guys, it's a side talk. What happened to the section right here? Hey, we want to talk to me now. We got microphones, motherfucker. We got microphones. Yo, yo, yo, energy. We got a microphone, man. Yo, this is interesting. Yo, this is interesting, man.

We was in competing green right there. I was at the great door. I was at the great door. I was at the great door. Hey, yo, but listen. Oh, yo. We was at T-Col. Hold up, Shay.

Hold up. Yo, you go all the way to tell a winner from a starting game. See? See how, like, you go out and sell a winner from a starting game. See how, like, you came out later, right? And I was like, yo, man, I didn't want to like you. I'm just keeping it green. I thought I wouldn't like you either. No, but you have to. Because you're here.

You're here. But look, look, look. But you're here. But listen, study me. So when I say that, it's like I was young, and and I was you know, I was naive and Stereotyping and I started to tell me get there with you man. Let me get there because I said I know you're authentic with it But I'm telling you And a lot of people felt like that they just won't say it but see my thing is I like a man who I don't gotta

Figure him out and tells me me where he's at. That nigga was on the handle on the test. Whatever, whatever. In front of caddies. But I can tell you it was authentic. And now I see where the authenticity derives from. That's what you gotta see. He's like, I didn't like you. See, look.

That's that defense. It's all right. I've been behind the wall, too. I get it. I know. But listen, I'm an alley-oopa. But listen, this is what I'm saying. I'll eat all that.

But listen. What I'm saying is not for real. This is not a good rate, period. No, I'm keeping it green, I'm an alley-oopa. But listen, this is what I'm saying. I'll eat all that, but listen. What I'm saying is not for real. This is not a puree. No, I'm keeping it green regardless of what. Because one day I got to lay down. So in between time and the meantime, we do what we do. Anyway, getting back to the table, now I see why. What?

Now I see where the authenticity. Let me give you your salute. Thank you, man. Now I see where the authenticity. Authenticity. Authenticity. Help me out. Tell us your whole thing. Come from. Yeah. It comes from the roots. It's not. Come from the roots. the authenticity authenticity authenticity help me out tell the whole

come from it comes from the roots now come from the roots when you talk about that story I'm like damn you was around these dudes

when you was younger like that's crazy imprinted on me yeah that's embedded that's like that's in your design like I

I envy you for that I didn't want to do this no but I had to do that. That's the heart of the car for me coming from you. Thank you, my friend. Thank you. Bless.

Bless. Bless up. I don't know. That's, like, he came to my house. He came, my brother had 24 crazy albums. Everything. Wow. He just be going through the...

Going in. So that's where I grew up. But grew up rock and roll, Kiss, Ozzy and all that with the long hair. I took a Jamaican family next door, cut my hair short, put it around glasses. They said, Sean! I said, hello, Clyde. I put on my Clarkson and everything.

I'm gonna come around, though, I wanna say this. I don't want you to take this. And you don't gotta be defensive. No, no. All I'm saying is now I understand why. As a man, now I get it. That's what I'm saying. No, I know a lot.

I understand that a lot of people couldn't get it. A lot of people's like, who's this white kid coming, especially from Canada. There's no Jamaicans. And we didn't have a baseball. I mean, we didn't have a basketball team. We didn't have nothing,

nothing to win. So nobody even knew Toronto. So they said, who's this white kid coming? There's no Jamaicans in Toronto. And you didn't know that. We didn't know that. We didn't know that.

We were 20 minutes away from New York. We didn't know that. Yeah, not a lot of people were trying. 20 minutes, and we didn't also know that all the Jamaicans were 20 minutes away from New York. We didn't know that. Yeah, not a lot of people were trying. 20 minutes. And we didn't also know that all the Jamaicans that got deported from New York, when they went back to Jamaica, they went to London.

And then they went to Canada. No, no. No, Toronto was the first. Yeah. Toronto before New York. Before New York. Before New York. Because New York is a queen.

Yeah, yeah. So Toronto, London is under the queen. Canada is under the queen. Jamaica is under the queen. So they can come to Canada. So they can come to Canada he knows that he knows him from my family They don't agree with it. Where you going? Where you going? Sit down, man. I didn't say that. Where you going, man? They graduated to Trump. And I'm going to tell you on a DJ standpoint, when Informer came out, Informer was a dope record, but it blew up so quick. You know how it is in hip hop and stuff.

When something goes mainstream, you just don't fuck with it anymore. But that wasn't my first single. That was your cut zone. No, I know, I know. But I'm just saying, I'm just talking to you as a DJ from Miami. Then when Anything For You came out, and then the remix, my homie Bruce from Strictly The Best Records out here in Miramar, Jamaican, he would supply me my 45s.

I was going to bring it today. I have the 45s. And that record is so insane. That's the biggest dancehall record of all time. So insane that you were able to assemble all those people at that time. There was no remixes like that in dance people at that time. Yeah. It was, there was no... That's what I, that's what I... There was no remixes like that in Dance All the Time.

Or hip hop. Or hip hop. Or hip hop. I had seven of the top artists. The record Anything For You, that he got Booz, he got Beanie, he got Terrific, I mean, there was a bunch of people on the record. I just call them up and say, yo, and they're like, sleep for y'all month. Yo, Malavon, what you doing, Malavon? He just got about the whole time. and they're like, Snoop, come on. Yo, beloved, what you doing, beloved? He just got about to hoist.

Call me, beloved, call me, beloved. What are you doing, beloved? Get the fuck over here, yo. I understand, man. I understand, man. I remember coming down to Florida. There was no Jamaicans in Florida. Where?

Not in Miami. No Jamaicans. No, no. What year is this? There was no I was playing Jamaican music and they said, what kind of African music are you playing? It was Bahamian. Bahamian? Yeah, right, right, right. But Jamaican folk, it was in there with me. And now, everything called that was happening. Now it's huge. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Now it's huge, but back then. As a hip hop DJ, we had to play dancehall.

That was a part of the DNA of being a hip hop DJ. Yeah. And that was part of it. This is a different kind of episode, just FYI. You're part of the remix episode that we've never had in our lives. Which is amazing and thank you for bringing Shannon, man. Thank you for having us. No, no, thank you, man.

We ain't done yet. I'm just saying thank you in this intermission that's very off right now. I've never had this. It was one of the interviews. Four times. So what is your relationship with Sham right now? Like how do y'all, like what do y'all do right now? That's my brother. Anything I, you know?

It's not like I can wait two years and call him and say hey, how, it's just always on, always. You know what I mean? He just, he blessed me, you know? He saved my life. So. That's crazy, I feel like y'all saved each other's lives. Yeah, he's not, he's not.

But you can identify with that. I love it, I love it, you know? But that's why I stopped drinking. Cause you wouldn't want both of us here drinking all day, fuck here drinking all day. Fuck that, holy fuck. Your chemistry is fucking phenomenal. They feel like brothers to me.

I see more like this one. If Shan would come to my house, phone my mother, it's not because, oh, Shan, here's my mom on the phone. He'll phone my mom like, hey, Donna, what are you doing? What up, Shane? You know, she'll be like, Fuck him, I love Nas. You know my mom loves Nas.

And then she's like, Huh? Shit is frail all throughout the world. Your mom needs to share for Nas? No, she loves Shane. But she loves Nas. She likes Nas. But, yeah, that was it. That's how we started.

And what's the future now? What's the music? Is there music in the future? Well, we got DKO music now. We got Trax and Balam, Expresso, a whole bunch of us. We just, you know, I'm doing a little music thing.

And I know it's going to be good because I know I'm fair. You know what I mean? So it's going to be a good thing. So we're just having fun. I don't really like, oh, I want to do this and I want fair. You know what I mean? So it's gonna be a good thing. So we're just having fun. I don't really like, oh, I wanna do this and I wanna be a star and I wanna this and I wanna... I don't give a fuck.

I don't really care about none of that stuff. I just say as long as I'm having fun, if it ain't fun, I'm not doing it. You know what I mean? So if it ain't fun, we're not doing it. Shh, there he is. So what's the last thing you wanna tell the people? Y'all motherfuckers looking at me like I need to get up and have some fun.

You understand? So y'all motherfuckers like, oh, Shan, disrespect your generation because you don't smoke a cigarette. Not you, but you know, we can't control what people outside of what we do. They know we having fun, Shan. Let's go to a drink, Shan. You a legend, and we wanted to give you a fly. And that's how I do, nigga. I go smoke a cigarette. Let y'all niggas talk to my nigga slow.

I ain't got to talk to him. Y'all doing one more for your hands, man. Fuck off. What is that? The last thing we need to talk about. Okay, time out. Time out. The last thing we... Hold on, hold on.

This is the last thing we can... You're not filming that camera? No, I'm not filming your shit because I know we've voted for the shit. Hold on, hold on. This is the last thing we talk about. Alright. This is the last thing, but...

Let's just be clear. I love you. Hold on, hold on. Chris... We're tragic. Tell him to throw his cigarette out. Trash is outside. Tell him you. I love Chris. We're tragic. Tell him to put his cigarette out. Trash is outside. Tell him to put his cigarette out. Trash!

What's up? Hey, see, that's the security who said I couldn't come on one bus. Hey, look, I'm fucking slurring the word out. Hey, security, tell the trash to come here. All right, all right. So this security, I'm trying to come here to fix that. Alright, alright. So this is a two-part question. Yes, sir.

Boom. You make this famous record to bridge, bridge, right? Right. It means nothing to me. No, but I need to understand, what do you think offended KRS, right?

Because that nigga was a fucking bum. All right. No, no, no, no. You know we got to be motherfuckers. You just bigged him up, though. Huh? You just bigged him up. I bigged him up because, motherfucking, I'm a real ass nigga.

You got to give props like props is due. Right. That nigga killed me on a real ass nigga. You gotta get props like props is do that middle kill me on stage my nigga But if you fucking listen to his records at my records in your headphones, huh? His records and my records on headphone you will see I'm Superior to that nigga. That nigga use cake for flakin', bake and bake and take and take it. Seven of the birds you're at.

Not only are your flows, but your words are wack. So let me ask you, all right. So, you obviously admit that hip-hop did invent in the Bronx, correct? It started in the Bronx. Why would I do that? See, I feel- see, if I did all real nigga shit from this- And I come to you and say, you know, hip-hop, that'd make me a fake nigga, right? See, Nori got me speakin' like-

Yo, why you gotta talk to me like that? Nori, fuck that shit. Nori ain't got you speakin' no way, man. You speakin' your way, King. Nah, man. You speaking your way, King. Speaking your way, King. No, I'm asking you because this is... What is the open, motherfucker? Get that ace made in you.

This is probably the most important question. You asking because of what started everything? Yes, because honestly, honestly, as a little kid growing up... Let me go back. Let me say something. Let me say it. Because because honestly honestly as a Started out Thought on the part in the park for us. Let me shut up Because There was nothing that I felt wrong in your statement.

Me. I never, you said hip-hop started out, we should do this back here in the park. To us. Can we hear the verse? To us. Box song? Box song. I can't hear it.

Hold on. Can I say it? Hold on. Let's hear it. Hold on. Let's hear it. Now, let me see you got these little young dudes in the industry right now I sound like a sound it's just a pride in me to sound make it you love to hear the story again and again of how it all got started way back when. The money you make is right in your face, sitting listening for a while to the name

of the place. The Book of Press, please read the Book of Press. No, no, no, no, no, no. So look, now if you listen to my cadence, it's the same. But let me ask you. But was the meaning to say when it started? Let me get to the point that you can't even reason. It took personal.

Fuck KRS. No, no, no, no, no, no. We don't get to the point. You can't arrest him. It's personal. Fuck KRF. No, no, no, no, no, no. We don't get to that. How long were you been dodging him this whole time? Say that. Say that. He hasn't been dodging him at all.

I've been dodging him. That's what I've been doing. Say that question. Uh-huh. But see, well, my thing is, if 30 years ago I made this record, right, like, and you still hear me sound, you'll love to hear the story again and again but it's kind of fucked up because nobody gave me that why the fuck i was drinking but in the end of the day you said can i say how it all got started way back when

peace see a lot of artists you make a record in the studio today with that Different sound different shit and then you'll do a live show but check this out. I was fucking with you when I heard your CD But when I saw you live, you know, I turn out to be your CD up through that shit on my window Yeah, I love a niggas right right down the highway you see all that glitter and shit sparking on you in your eye That's the CD that nigga said Hold up, track, let me tell you That's your CD, nigga That's your CD But I think We threw that shit out the window

But guess what, though What he's saying, though What he's saying, though Hear me out, bro Respectfully to you You made my anthem, bro I'm not cutting you off I need you to understand something, man

I didn't say you was cutting understand something I'm on your side because you know what listen man come on rock with me for real because people need to understand this I understand the validity of his question and the reason being is because his whole campaign was based on the fact that you wrongly placed the origin of hip-hop which wasn't the case and i wanted you to answer that because that's a part

of your glory and your justification and no matter how ill he may sound on that record records per Wait, hear me out, bro. Respect me. Hear me out. I love you. Listen. I love you. Listen. No, listen. This is real shit because you made my flag. So I can't stand with something that I don't believe in. I can't do it.

Just like I believe in that. Don't do it. I believe in something that is undeniable to me. And to you, prove it otherwise. The point being, and the validity to the question is, he

said and claims he went at you because you claimed that hip-hop started in the Brits. That is not what you said. That is not what you said. That is not what you ever said. But that's what he really...

What was said? Hip-hop. It was the way that... Hip-hop. Right. It started out in the park. No. Fuck that. Way, way ago.

Nah, but okay, don't do it. Don't do it. Then ask me later. Because you know what? Because you know what? Let's not get lost up in that awe of what he did or didn't do. No. Let's get to the finish.

Oh, wait. As far as what y'all see your man shizzle what a motherfucker No If you not understand Because if you're not understanding what I'm saying, we're all black men. That's right. I don't fucking get into what the fuck he's saying. Nigga, if the KRS-One tell you to drink the Kool-Aid, don't drink it. If that nigga tell you to drink the Kool-Aid, nigga, come on.

All right. If he tell you to drink this Kool-Aid, don't drink it. I think that the fucking KRS-One is one of the motherfuckers that got the power of Jim Jones, that nigga that fucking made everybody drink the Kool-Aid. But don't give him your power. No. All right. Follow me, beloved. He been saying for 30 years that he fucking whipped my ass anywhere, but he can't poo-poo from it.

All right. He got y'all motherfuckers singing that old hip-hop tempo, the motherf for me. All right, he got your motherfuckers thinking that you're the hip-hop temple the motherfucker All right, but if you motherfucking the god a motherfucking hip-hop temple You would know that you can't motherfucking take a nigga style You can't do this now before the bridges over South Bronx that nigga was in a group call 1241 that that was so whack Nobody knows that I don't listen to you. You push me in the face, nigga. I'm never pushing in the face. You never put my hands up to you. I would never put my hands up to you.

I need you to listen to what I'm saying. You can go around too. Nah, you that nigga. You that nigga. And I'm trying to tell you. You don't even understand. I'm trying to show you that you're that nigga. You don't even understand that.

I'm because I'm stupid. I'm just stupid. Nah, you're that nigga you don't even understand will. Fuck the fame. This is me. This is me. If you know me, where I come from, this is me. And I'm trying to. No, no, no. I'm not trying to do that. I will humble myself. I will humble myself. But I care.

I will humble myself. There's plenty of dudes I can shit up. No problem. It doesn't make me. Chad, you know me. Look at me. I guess you'll end up. Nah problem. It doesn't make me feel greater. You don't even look at me as your elder. Nah, not even just that. No, no, no.

I'm asking you a question. Fuck all that elder shit. You're the spark. You're the spark. Listen to me. You're asking me. I'm the spark, right? You're not the spark.

All I'm asking you is I know that what you're talking about. We don't have to even say that. All right. I don't want those accolades. But I'm going to give it to you anyway. I'm going to give it to you anyway. In my heart, I know you'll give it to me. I'm going to give it to you anyway, alright?

Alright. And they're giving it to you. Take it. Take it home. All of them. In all videos in Norway, I know you'll give it to me. Alright. I ain't going to fight with you over that. No, I don't give it to me. Alright, I ain't gonna fight you for that. No, I don't want it. All I want to do is see anybody that came behind me do better than I did. Your children come behind you.

Thank you. Your children come behind you. Anything that come behind me, I don't care. They either see the glory or they fall. And do better than I did. That's right, but guess what? They don't need to see the highest of what you did then. They fall and do better than I did that's right, but guess what? See now too many niggas could tell trash to fuck up

Okay, listen Nigga, I'll go to set up bro. And I'm glad you know, like I said, my father was For he know he knows now look to him as that nigga. That's right. That's right. That's right. That's right. That's right. That's right. That's right. That's right. That's right. That's right.

That's right. That's right. That's right. That's right. That's right. That's right. That's right. That's right.

That's right. That's right. That's right. That's right. That's right. That's right. That's right. That's right. That's and you just said that. But right now, it's about you right now. We're not doing that again. Oh yeah, you motherfucking gave me my roses.

You call me a bitch, you call me my face. I'm at commission. We love you, man. We love you, man. This is love. This is love. This is love. This is love. This is love. This is love. This is love. This is love.

This is love. This is love. This is love. This is love. All I gotta say, yo, this my motherfucking brother right here. I don't like that. I don't like that. That's my motherfucking brother.

That's my brother. Don't spill my liquor. You spill my liquor. I didn't spill it. That's wasting alcohol. Jesus. I'm an Irishman. I don't spill.

You know what I know. I ain't gonna say shit. But any of y'all niggas wanna call me fuck, I'm gonna call out. know what I know. I ain't gonna say shit. But then, if any of y'all niggas wanna call me fuck, I'm gonna kill them. I'm stealing my feelings because I'm seeing this man. I don't know this man, but I know this man. I live off of him.

I say, yo, you're fucked if you got real. You know what I'm saying? But that's not drunk shit. But, Shan, let me just tell you. But, Nori. Let me just say something real quick. It's your show. Let me just say something.

I love all y'all. You know, Snow, Shan, our show is about giving people their flowers, man, and letting you know. That's the reason why we went so hard, you know what I'm saying, to get these videos. We want you to know that you're very well respected, very well well appreciated very well connected to because in a lot of ways if it wasn't for you they wouldn't be a drink champs yeah the drink champs you gotta give it up let's say mr. magic if not for mr. magic there will be none of us absolutely you're right we start our lineages with you we started with you so we're saying

this is this is a problem I feel like you're defensive when it's come time to defend you and that's real and that's real hold on just hear me out whenever a person can say yo you know you helped this

this person and you sit there, you know, you helped this, this, this, this person, and you sit there and you give another person the roses, that's defense. And I just want to tell you, you don't have to be defensive anymore. Listen, when anybody goes and does a Queensbridge documentary or even a Queens documentary or even a hip-hop documentary, you have to be included. And you have to know that, you have to feel like that. And the thing is, we feel like that. That's right, because we earned it.

Listen, Nas is not taking out of his day to do a drop for fucking Quasimodo. Nas is not, and El Ocluje is. Yeah, why you didn't say Quasimodo? I don't know, I don't know what that means. I'm just kidding. Can we go down? Can we go down?

Nah, I'm not taking... LL Cool J is not taking out their day to do a drop for to blow the horn. I, you know, I don't want to say stalk these guys,

but I've stayed on these guys and every one of them agreed to say yes. We want to give them flowers. Why are you afraid of the hugs, man? It's not a fucking MC Shane.

Why are you afraid of the hugs, huh? So I just want you. Why are you afraid of the hugs, huh? So I just want you to know. Take the hug, baby. Bottom line, hands down, from everybody, not just Queens, not just Queens. Yo, Shan, MC Shan, chill, chill, chill. We love you, brother.

We love you, too. Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!

Yeah! We really want you to know. Give him some tissue, man. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Please, whatever. Give the guy some tissue. We really want you to know. Give him some tissue man. Yeah, yeah, yeah, please. Give the guy some tissue. Give him some tissue. Give that nigga some tissue.

Give that nigga some tissue. Give him some tissue. That's all. Look at that pussy shit. Look at that pussy shit. This is man shit. This is man shit. I'll tell you what.

I'll tell you what. Motherfucker, any young nigga who wants to see me outside, give him some tissue. I'll tell you what. I'll tell you what. I'll tell you what. Motherfucker, any young nigga who wants to see me outside, give him some tissue. I'll tell you what. I'll tell you what. I'll tell you what. I'll tell you what. I never want to see me outside Like myself we've been so used the first time I came here. I was on guard cuz I'm not new stocks

Listen, I'm a green dude No, we just and from the fuck is giving you love and you can't feel that shit to the heart to where you can Cheer up like I am Like this Dude! Let me finish it like this. Motherfucker, you gonna call me a pussy nigga? No, nobody's thinking that shit. Beat me in the parking lot, nigga. It's fucked up, it's fucked up. Stop it, man, we love you.

Nigga, blow the wall. Hold on, you know what's up? I don't know if Nori wants me to say this. Me and Nori talk sometimes right I love y'all I love y'all nobody taught us how to love my nigga love will love you

nigga this is love this is over dude why the fuck you think I'm motherfucking tearing I know bro I know man I love you bro you the fucking best doobie you the fucking best, Doobie! You the fucking best! You gave me my flag! This shit made me feel like this is the end of my career, right? I'm not saying the end of my career, but I mean, at the end of the day,

the way that this man right here, this motherfucking little nigga out there, I said, yo, I gotta get away from you. You said the same shit, man. I said that too. I gotta get away from you. Y'all said the same shit when I met him. Y'all know what I'm saying? I tried to talk to you the same way.

He made his niche. You did your niche. And whatever I did to inspire anything, it's like, that's why y'all see what the fuck I see. I love you. Can I stop you for one second? It's not whatever you did. It's what you did. It's everything.

Don't say whatever you did. Because you're making that cliche. Listen. Don't hurt me like that. Don't hurt me like that. Listen. You've got to let me finish this one. I'm going to let you do it.

Let me finish this. We love you, Sam. And, you know, we follow you on. I'm gonna let you do it. Let me finish. Listen. We love you, Sharon. And, you know, we follow you on the gram. We see you on the live. And we see sometimes you don't feel appreciated. And me and my partner, the person standing to the right of me, we could have did any type of show ever. But we wanted to say we want to say we want to with the real

icons the real tycoons the real people who changed our culture you understand what I'm saying so this is your home this is your home Snow and the thing about it is I could tell you a defensive guy he doesn't know how to receive your but I'm going to show you how to receive your flowers. Let me just tell you something. This is what this is today. That's why you kept getting up and running around. And you know what it is? It's a defense mechanism. You running from getting your flowers because you know what it is? You ain't used to getting them. But that's not what this is over here. This shit over here is about giving more fuckers. They fucking flow. You put your gloves down today, Doobie. That's right, dude.

And I know you don't like the word legends, but legends is a necessary thing because, just like you said about OG, you should wish to be a legend. And a lot of these dudes got one-hit wonders. A lot of these dudes got one-time... Oh, let me of you got one Check this out wonder how many times that one hit we did gonna hit, motherfucker. And we still getting money.

Can I say something real quick? Check this out, I'm saying I'm going to buy a box truck tomorrow. Listen, check this out, what I'm going to pay to fucking buy my box truck? Yo, bro. That nigga, his oil changed. Yo, bro, your shit.

Your shit. Your shit. Your shit. Your shit. Your shit. Let me say something to you, shit. Let me say something on drink shares right now. I ain't got your shit.

For Nori to call me and say, yo, do you have anything to stand by if you share one? I'm like, what? First of all, that's one of the, yo, now I start crying. You know why? I remember being fucked up, having nothing, and that song making me feel pride. I'm like, yo, you know how ill that is?

For me to get called to do that? You know how ill that is, bro? So you cry, I'll cry right now. I ain't no bitch, I'm super tough. Come here, man, you gotta take this shit, man. Don't be a pain in the butt. Yo, can you do a sentence? Look, look, can you do a sentence?

A word to shame? Nah, look, and I won't even wipe my shit. I'm tough. But tough is on the outside, strength is on my shit. I'm tough. I don't know. But tough is on the outside. Strength is on the interior. I'm strong. That's why I didn't cry.

Because when I heard the bridge, when I was about 14, 15, to the man I am at 50, at 50 years old, and when I spawned, listen, oh, and when I spawned in between him, sparked from an angel, because I had nothing to feel good about, you better take this shit.

I'm taking it, motherfucker. You better take it, because I'm gonna leave here choosing. So, show me your box, motherfucker. Because you're... Now look, that's your box, motherfucker. Because you're, you're, look, that's your box right there. Because... You see, I wouldn't be where I am right now if we saved each other's life. Snow, I love you.

Your motherfucking soul. your motherfuckers I Let me just tell you something, let me just tell you something. This is real shit, please. No one, please, everyone control the, I wanna go through it all. Speak on it. Fix your mic. I did my first video. My first video was called LA LA. Person who put me on, name was Trajni Gaddafi. Trajni Gaddafi felt and he knew that Queensbridge was the highlight of market at the time. He said we gotta shoot the video in Queensbridge. I hated the fact that he got it.

I could not stand it. I just shot a nigga by the way, I'm also scared the deafness to be clear. The niggas I shot is going to shoot back You know strapped up in my first vision. This is not the good experience of a first artist. Like, you're supposed to be cool. And my dumb ass said, yo, why do you look so uncomfortable? Remember? I was like, yo, we're just enough for them. I got the hammer. Our first article comes out. It's the unsigned hype.

And they say the Queensbridge duo. And at that time, I went back to my hood, and I would walk through my hood, and people would be like, Queensbridge! And I would be like, who the fuck is that? Because we got 18 floors, some motherfucker's throwing like baby pampers at me and shit. Fucking Queensbridge ass nigga! I had no idea where I started, I had no idea.

So from that moment on, I didn't despise Queensbridge, but despise anybody thinking I was from Queensbridge So that's where I go as well. That was I said Queens. I said left rack maybe 33 minutes so call I read I read because I wanted people to know that although I love Queen's Bridge But she wasn't trying to say I'm falling under the shadow. Because what happened was Prodigy claimed Queensbridge. Like how you just said earlier Prodigy wasn't from Queensbridge but Prodigy adapted that anarchy that I am

the Queensbridge dude. I wanted to be the exact opposite. That's a fact. So what happened was I wanted to claim my hood so much but this is what killed me the other day. When I called Havoc, and I called Havoc and I said,

Havoc, I want you to do a drop for MC Sham. And Havoc goes, man, you still rep our hood like that. You never really thought you repped our hood, but you really do rep our hood. You have our hood in the best interest. Didn't even, oh this is happening. This is not for you, but you would call him and say that.

And he said to me, this is real shit. This is real shit, I never even told you this. I was dead. I was dead. This was two days ago. I was with him when you called him. Okay listen, you know what he said to me? I was sitting right there waiting for him.

You know what he said to me? He said, cause I always look at you from the left rack. I'll always look at you as the left rack guy that hung out in 12th Street all day. From Paris

or fucking France. Okay, hold on. Listen, listen. He said, I always look at you as the left rack guy that hung out in 12th Street all day.

So in some of these guys' eyes, I was never a left rack nigga. I was the dude that hung out in 12th Street after dark. I was the dude that hung out in the hill Street after dark I was a dude that hung out at the hill after dark so I've never claimed Queez Bridge because it wasn't cause I didn't claim it because I didn't have the right to But it was what Prodigy had just did and it was with me being thrown a pamper

To get to you never actually looked at the paper. But it had to be. It was a light paper. I can't remember. Bridge, bridge. Oh, shit. So I say that to say, all these years of me running away from the bridge, but not because I didn't have my most fun in my life in the bridge. It was because I wanted my people to know that I'm not phony and I got my own identity and I'm not gonna go to another side and do this but when I spoke to Jay Rock today Jay

Rock and Jay Rock said you got drops from who and I said once get out and I want to get lost before I wonder that's a shame about a machine you know infinite sharing sharing son and it made me realize That my whole career something that I was running from was always pause already in me say By the way, you can look at every Drink Champs episode. Anytime a person even alludes to the bridge is over, we stop them. You cannot sing that here. You cannot sing that here.

You cannot. You cannot sing that here. No one on this show can sing the bridge is over. Yes, they can. And I actually have a show. Stop it, it Stop it Stop it Hold on let me say this

Chris Is one of the greatest Artists on the Fucking planet Earth I can't fuck With that nigga When they come

The motherfucking In front of a crowd Cause I'm not a Say who Yes yes y'all Nigga He's that Boo bat

Man Let's not take Man That motherfucker Is one of the greatest One of them Can't come to Lyrics y'all think he's that bull back man let's not take man that motherfuckers one of the greatest one of them kind of come to lyrics you can't fuck with me you're all great you know I'm saying all of us are great let's not just keep on fucking perpetuating this bullshit that we be that's right that's you waiting that oh we got look at you and my Am I better than you? No, motherfucker. People great.

I'm great. Yes. He great, he great, he great. Everybody fucking great. That's why we fall into the shit where we keep pointing. You don't see Bob. Bob is trying to feed horses. You got a ranch?

Yeah, we got it. Hold up! I ain't got a ranch. You got a ranch? I ain't got a ranch. You got a ranch? I ain't got a ranch. Fuck Barbra Streisand. What the fuck?

We got a house with Barbra Streisand. Where the fuck that bitch coming from? Trag. Barbra Streisand needs some motherfucking money and she'll do a concert and there'll be no price on the ticket. All these big bogles that come with their fucking checkbooks and motherfuckers, whatever they want to give her right established that earlier Y'all wanna hear what I'm...

Hold on, hold on, hold on! I'm gonna use the bathroom, then we're gonna wrap it up. Yeah, let me show you this, Nori. Yeah. Hold on, hold on. I'm gonna use the bathroom now. You know, tip cigarette breaks and shit like that? I know!

I know! One bathroom break. Alright. I'm glad you finished. You wanna... Alright, come on, man. You want a cigarette? Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Then we got one more question. No, check this out. Yeah, yeah. I tell Nori, come. Alright, come on. We got one more question. Check this out. Until Nori comes back and holds us down one time, I'm gonna knock your mind, two times, and you're sober. Do what you gotta do. One time, you're not, two times, you're sober, your man's sizzled.

I appreciate everybody that came by and checked us out. We right here, all motherfuckers, y'all already know what it is, it's the Drink Champs. And I think, y'all... Hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on. See, y'all niggas ain't really filming this shit, you wanna know why I know that? Because these motherfuckers talking shit all around my shit, but if I was nobody, them niggas would say a motherfucking word. Right?

Anybody's ready to shout? Hey! I'm working, man, I'm working. All right, I'm trying. Look at me. Here? Fuck you, man. Check this out.

Right now, it's motherfucking one of them in between time, in the meantime, and check this out. See, that's his show, because he can suck as that fucking shit. In the meantime, in between time, we appreciate y'all, because y'all could be fucking with somebody else right now, but y'all fucking with us, so we appreciate you.

We're Patreon-ing, alright? You know we have to go do what we gotta do, and hey, the shiz are holding down the motherfuckers at the table. Jam, I got a question for you. Let's talk about Jane. Jane. Was that the first record in hip-hop that's addressing the crack epidemic? Well I think it might be later, man. I've been to a lot of things. I don't say so much. It was just one of those things, you know what I'm saying? I can't be real. I got my friend to say it. I was smoking more coke.

At that time you were? Yes, I was still in more coke. You wasn't smoking it. I was smoking it. At that time? Yes, I was. And I'm willing to put that in my... So you had to get against people pick up on it. So you're advocating against it, but was doing it?

Thank you. But see, that's the whole point. You don't fucking want to be the happy next people. You knew what you didn't want people to do. I did. I said, don't do what I do. You're doing all this shit. You want more questions? Let's go, let's go.

Now we're talking about something serious. Come on, come on. What? What are we talking about? We're talking about the record game. No, but you know what we were talking about something serious now. What? What are we talking about? We're talking about the record James. Nuri, you know what we were talking about? No, no, no, let's wait till we live again. We live, we live, we live. We've been through it. Hey Nuri, you know what we were talking about?

The many, many motherfucking years of me smoking coke and motherfucking smoking crack. Look at his face. I was asking about the record James. Oh shit, I wasn't ready for that. Okay. Okay, she got rid of them. Cracking cocaine.

Holy shit, I wasn't ready. Bro, bro, Nori. If there's anything... This ended on a positive note, though. Promise me, on a positive note. No, we're gonna keep it on a positive note. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Cause he can't heal up that shit.

Nori. Yeah, I totally got it. Anything when I've done it, I've done and how it was. Cause you know, motherfuckers, I know mad motherfuckers. Nori, I could tell you stories about motherfuckers that you'd be like, what? But I'm not that motherfucker. That ain't my story to tell.

I'm too true of a nigga. I would never tell. Look, as far as y'all concerned, I'm the king of motherfuckers smoking crack in the cocaine business because of KRS-One and his bullshit. Oh, get your homeboys off the crack. He did say that. I forgot that part.

You know what I'm saying? Yeah. But, Nori, if people were on the sand back in the days, that's what it was. Right, yeah. See, we was from the hood, right? Now— Wooze, right? It was wooze?

Uh-huh. It was wooze? Wooze. Okay. Right. But if you could be in the game and you could afford to sniff cocaine, you was in the motherfucker's mouth. It wasn't up the hood until they put whatever it was in the hood. And when they put that shit in the hood, shit, I was on it.

Ain't no shame in my motherfucking game. You got a lot of motherfuckers out here who want to act like, oh, I never did this, I never did that. No, motherfucker, let me tell you. Where the camera at? What camera's pointing on me? Yes, sir. That one, zoom that shit in. I want you to look at this motherfucker's side of my nostril, all right?

I had motherfucking friends that had the fucking rawest cocaine. I would go in with a motherfucking hammer and a chisel. All right? And when this nostril gets stuffed up, up motherfucker I'll sniff out of this motherfucker You know we come from that day. That's not trying. I'm not putting it on you You know we come from this day You know what my story is You know what I'm saying and I don't want people to think that I'm ashamed of that

Because everything that you did is fucking a part of who you are. You know? I came through all this shit. Motherfuckers, I was sharing with some other... Nigga, I got buses. I'm getting ready to go buy a motherfucking... Box truck. A box truck tomorrow for 10 sec.

Some of you motherfuckers ain't got 10 sec. No, we got motherfuckers. No. Y'all niggas come up with that motherfucking video. No, we ain't gonna bring you a hundred thousand That's right, that's right So we were rapping Look, look, look

Nori looked at me in my face and he said You know what I'm saying? You know what I'm saying? You know what I'm saying? You know what I'm saying? He said, I'll take that You know what I'm saying? You know what I'm saying?

You know what I'm saying? You know what I'm saying? You know what I'm saying? You know what I'm saying? You know what I'm saying? You know what I'm saying? You know what I'm saying? You know what I'm saying? You know what I'm saying? You know what I'm saying? Thank you guys. You guys are legends. Pleasure to meet you. It was a little crazy at first because I didn't realize I had no control.

It's Big Chad, baby. It's Big Chad. But you know what? If I could lose control of any one thing in the world, it could be both of us. You got something. You got something. Let's go.

Let's go. Thanks for joining us for another episode of Drink Champs, hosted by yours truly, DJ EFN and NORE. Please make sure to follow us on all our socials. That's at Drink Champs across all platforms. At TheRealNoriega on IG. At Noriega on Twitter. Mine is at Who's Crazy on IG, at DJ EFN on Twitter. And most importantly, stay up to date with the latest releases,

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