Drink Champs - Episode 368 w/ Davido

Episode Date: June 16, 2023

N.O.R.E. & DJ EFN are the Drink Champs. In this episode the Champs chop it up with the one and only, Davido!American-born Nigerian singer, songwriter and record producer, Davido, shares his journey. Davido shares stories of leaving America to Nigeria, his rise in the music industry and much more.Davido talks about dealing with fame, wealth, relationships and much much more! Lots of great stories that you don’t want to miss!!Make some noise!! 💐💐💐🏆🏆🏆 *Subscribe to Patreon NOW for exclusive content, discount codes, M&G’s + more:  🏆* https://www.patreon.com/drinkchamps *Listen and subscribe at https://www.drinkchamps.com  Follow Drink Champs: https://www.instagram.com/drinkchamps https://www.twitter.com/drinkchamps https://www.facebook.com/drinkchamps https://www.youtube.com/drinkchamps  DJ EFN https://www.crazyhood.com https://www.instagram.com/whoscrazy https://www.twitter.com/djefn https://www.facebook.com/crazyhoodproductions  N.O.R.E. https://www.instagram.com/therealnoreaga https://www.twitter.com/noreagaSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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It's time for Drink Champs. Drink up, motherfucker What it good be, hope it is what it should be This your boy N.O.R.E What up, it's DJ E.F.N And this is Drink Champs Happy Hour Make some noise! And right now, when we talking about legend Talking about international legend

Talking about, you know the boy got his own money. The real life coming to America. I mean, the man, you know, is born into wealth, but came back and went and grinded. Went and got his own money. Said, I'm going to do it on my own. What I didn't know, he was born in Atlanta. Holy shit.

Then he went back and then came back and went to Alabama. Holy moly. The man is a legend. First time I heard the name Afrobeats, his name was attached to it. And now, this has become one of the biggest genres of music

there ever is. So in case you don't know what the fuck we talking about, I'm going to say his name three different times. Davido, Davido, and Davido! You did it! Now, let's talk about you selling weed in Atlanta. Go right to it. I love that.

I love the fact that because there was other Afrobeat artists that was coming to Atlanta. You lived in Atlanta at the time and you was picking up... No, so I was like, I was basically the go-to guy. I was young.

I was really young. I was like 15, 16. But obviously, at that time, I had a close cousin of mine that used to work for the biggest artist at that time. His name was DeBanche. So he used to be like his hype man. So anytime they

fly in for international shows, I'd pull up, pick them up, get them to weed, take them out at 16. You know what I'm saying? Take them out, put them to weed, take them out at 16. Right. You know what I'm saying? Take them out, put them in hotels. What club was popping in Atlanta at that time? That time was this club called Club Miami. Club Miami in Atlanta.

Go figure, go figure. Make some noise for Miami. Hey, come on. Apart from that, I also would take them to the strip club. And this was one of the defining moments that really made me like, damn, I think I want to do this, music. So I took them to the strip club. And I've never seen that much money being changed. Like thrown around.

Yeah. So I took them to the strip club. We sat down. And then he told his, at the time, his manager. And the manager told me like, yo, you're trying to change $20,000. I'm like, is the music money in Nigeria crazy? You know, because I'd left for like two years. You know what I mean?

Alabama and Atlanta back and forth, so I don't know what's going on back home until I visited Nigeria for Christmas and then I saw that. So these were Nigerian artists that were throwing this money around? Yes. They had a show.

So you were surprised about them throwing this money around? Yes. You know what I'm saying? So that were surprised about them throwing this money around. Yes. You know what I'm saying? So that was one of the things I was like, yo, I think I want to do this. You know what I'm saying? I want to get back to that. But what I find very interesting is you was in like the blackest state in the world and

then the whitest state in the world. Funny enough, the first place, because my dad's like a big Christian, like heavy on religion. Right. So that's the Bible Belt he's in that area. Oh, yeah. So we're seven day in Venice. because my dad my dad's like a big heavy on religion right so that's the Bible belt he's in that area we're seven day in Venice so we go to church

Saturdays and they have like inter-schools universities right so every time we like you go to school

anytime I go to university it must be a Christian university so the first place he sent me to was Chattanooga, Tennessee wow so I'm going straight from Lagos, Nigeria

wow straight to Chattanooga that'sessee wow so i'm going straight from lagos nigeria wow straight to chattanooga that's a culture shock yeah and then it was like a predominantly like white school right right you know i'm saying i don't think they were up to 20 black people in the whole community wow so i couldn't really you know i wasn't really comfortable there because i'm coming straight from africa do you understand right so he's like, okay, your sister, because my sister went to the same school. Your sister went to a school in Alabama. I'm going to call Uncle.

Oakwood, was it? Oakwood. Okay. I'm going to call your uncle to drive you there and see if you like it. So I'm like, alright, cool. We drive into Oakwood as soon as I get down the car. So we walk him into like the registration where you registered for school. Two dreadheads just passed me,

smelling like weed. I'm like... Okay. It's not this bad. It's not that bad. I said, okay. It's like, this is where I want to go. So I registered for the school,

and then it was like, it's the HBCU. Right next door was Alabama A&M. Wow. So from there, I met these Jamaicans, and it was a wrap. You know what's crazy? Us, we wouldn't even know that there's black people in Alabama. I mean, of course we know there's black people in Alabama,

but you wouldn't understand it's the HBCU. Even when I landed, I think of it, I'm coming straight from Lagos. So even getting to school, I remember being asked questions like, how did you get here? Like, you know what I'm saying? Because people are not educated. Especially then. Now there's social media.

People are not blind, so they know that, okay, it's lit out there. But like then, there was no social media to show anything. So it was like confusing to them. So there was like how you got out here. They thought like you took a camel or something? He thought he was like a Cuban that came in the boat.

Only they knew. He's like, first class, motherfucker. So that is interesting to see the difference in that time, this period of time, when you tell any person, oh, I'm Nigerian. Oh, I love Nigerian. So that was lovely to see. But that experience helped me a lot, especially in my career, when it comes to, like, exposure. You know, I've lived in Lagos.

I've lived in America. So I knew, you know what I'm saying? It was dope, though. You know why I love that experience is because a lot of times I'm in the airport, right? And a person will come to me and say, I've been to the States. And I'll be like, first of all, if we don't call it the States, that's one, right? Cool. And then they'll be like, yeah, I've been to like, you know, Seattle.

And you're like, okay, that's cool. But you can't base the whole States on one place. It's such a big country. So I love the fact that you've got two different coaching shots. You've got the Alabama experience. Alabama. Yeah. Alabama, Atlanta, Lagos.

Those three places. Right. Like, I used to take the Greyhound to Atlanta every weekend. Right. You know what I'm saying? It was crazy. Because, like, you can't go to one place in Africa and say. No, definitely not.

Like, when people go to. Way different. When people go, like, oh, I've been to Africa place in Africa and say... No, definitely not. When people go to... Way different. When people go, oh, I've been to Africa, and they're like, oh, I'm like, where? Oh, South Africa. You're like him.

Yeah, I went to South Africa, but I know the rest of the country. Tell him he ain't really been to Africa. South Africa, Lusaka. Don't diss my homies in South Africa. He was in South Beach, Africa. Tell him. I was hanging with real Toulouse in South Africa.

I mean, South Africa, I love South Africa. I was hanging with real Zulus in South Africa. I love South Africa. One of my favorite cities to be in. But it's different. It's like America. Right, right. You know what I'm saying? And partially for the unfortunate fact of apartheid.

Yeah. Part of the reason. Because they stayed longer there. Right, right. Rather than in Nigeria where we go to our independence since like 1960s. But if you come to Nigeria like I took one of my best friends to Africa for the first time you know we went to Ghana went to Lagos if you can survive in Lagos. Lagos is New York let me just say. Is that the capital? No the capital the capital is Abuja that's what the president said but Lagos is really like like New York or Nigeria you know

how if you can't survive in New York you can survive anywhere right right I'm from New York that's right that's right so like Lagos is like from like that's how like New York is so if you go to Africa and maybe your first trip you go to like Ghana right Ghana is a little bit more calm Ghana is like probably like Miami okay and then somebody that goes to Lagos will be like, yo, we're so hectic. We party till 12 p.m. I heard in Lagos, it's only up to classes. Super, super rich. There's middle class,

but it's not a lot. Is that how you act? Very, very rich. The gap is really... Rich is rich. I've seen some documentaries about it. It's crazy. Yeah, really? Yeah.

You ain't put me on there. You know I love documentaries. They got a lot of oil money, right? A lot of oil money? They have a lot of oil money. They have a lot of... There's a tech boomer in Nigeria too? Yes.

Recently, there's been a lot of apps and techs. This guy just sold his app for $300 million. Somebody from Nigeria. Nigeria and stuff. So that's dope too. Holy shit. So the whole culture is moving. Not only music-wise.

Even with the food. Right now, in New York, one of the biggest restaurants in Times Square is Lagos Lounge. Really? I always jump. I know she about to pop in, and I still jump. I'm just, okay.

Yeah, and my boy owns it. It's right by Quad Studios. Okay, yeah. It's called Lagos Lounge. You know, they serve Nigerian food. And it's exciting to see, you know, the culture as a whole growing, not only music, you know, fashion. You go to Prada.

You go to Louis. You see African prints now on like shirts and stuff even when I was in in uh in South Africa they were they were saying that Nigeria leads in terms of the music and a lot of stuff they were saying that even out there and they're scamming too at one point are you calling him a Nigerian you didn't get those emails is that how he got here? I felt the homie at one point. The homie was like, yo, I got you, man.

Just send me $1,500, and I'm going to get right back to you. So then, when I first got to America, that was the narrative. That's why I'm saying it's different now. So then it's like, where you from, Nigeria? Oh, man, y'all be on that car and shit. Y'all be on that shit. Like all of that. But obviously, like, the narrative is changing.

And, you know, I mean, it's just like in America. You know what I'm saying? How you had your, you know, you had all the people that were selling. Yeah. Yeah. That's how. It's like a bootleg ecstasy yeah we know them dudes what is that i don't know he's gone

what that mean it's like it's out of here. We out of here. Okay, okay, goddamn, listen, I'm going to Nigeria, man. I might not come back. Let's do it. Coming up to Nigeria. Y'all definitely got to visit. A lot of artists have come to Nigeria to visit me. Lil Baby. Lil Baby stayed in your house? Yeah, Lil Baby came.

The Migos came. Who else came? Casanova. Casanova, That's my brother. I see him in the video. Casanova was- What hyenas? I was so tired. Imagine me being tired of going out in my own country. Cas, he's like, yo, what we doing today?

I'm like, yeah, I'm tired. But he enjoyed it. I'm waking up, they telling me- He look like he from Nigeria though. You know what I mean? He blended right in. I'm waking up, they telling me, yo, Cas in the hood. I'm like, nigga, what you doing in the hood?

You know what I'm saying? So that was it. That was it. That was it. That was it. That was it. That was it. That was it. That was telling me, yo, Cass in the hood. I'm like, nigga, what you doing in the hood?

You know what I'm saying? So that was amazing to see. And I feel like anytime they come to Nigeria and when they leave, you know what I'm saying, especially for Lil Baby and the Migos. That's not where Meek Mill lost his phone, right? No, that was in Ghana. That was in Ghana, okay.

Yeah, that was in Ghana. Okay. Um. Huh? Meek lost his phone because he went through the main entrance of the show. Oh yeah. That was in Ghana. That was in Ghana, okay. Yeah, that was in Ghana. Okay. Michael Blacksman got it back. Meek lost his phone because he went through the main entrance of the show. Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah.

Oh, shit. Anybody who loses their phone. Yeah. The main entrance. Yeah. But, yeah. Let me ask you. Now, this is going to, I am paraphrasing.

I am not, what is this shit called? I'm just, this is how I feel like music happened, right? I feel like music originated in Africa. I feel like as it was going across, it got dropped off in Jamaica. Right, when it got dropped off in Jamaica. And in Cuba. Shout out to Haiti. Yes, it was just little sprinkles.

But when it went to, like I said, I'm paraphrasing. I'm like, some of this shit, I'm just. Who are you paraphrasing, though? I'm just. You're a freestyler. Let's say you're a freestyler. That's what I was going to say. I'm a freestyler.

Because I'm like, who are you trying to quote? But this is what I'm trying to say. We all know music and the original man, comes from Africa, right? So music, everything has to come from Africa. At some point, it hit the Caribbean. Let me not say just Jamaica. It hit the Caribbean. Cool.

Then at some point, it hit America. And that's when hip-hop is discovered, right? Thank you. Hip-hop kind of took over, did whatever, and then it's like, through hip-hop, you got reggaeton, right? That came from, not come from, yeah, I would say that. I mean, dancehall, hip-hop, I think is the name of that. Dancehall, dancehall. It goes hip-hop, then dancehall, right?

And then dancehall. Well, no, dancehall was before hip-hop, then dancehall, right? And then... Well, no, dancehall was before hip-hop, but... That's why I said it got dropped off in Jamaica. You wanted to correct me. And then you got... That's why I was trying to make it make sense. And you got to start submitting. Yeah, yeah.

Look at all the percussion. That's why I said Caribbean, motherfucker. Percussion. Uh-huh, yeah. That's where it all ties in, is percussion. Right. So what I'm trying to make is a correlation from hip-hop became became the biggest genre in the world then through hip-hop reggaeton and then from reggaeton it's like I felt like I got a friend named Etienne

okay right he's actually from Senegal but he but that's my man in France and after I had I did reggaeton and you know reggaeton blew up and did all that he kept saying this African reggaeton blew up and did all that. He kept saying, this African reggaeton. He didn't know how to call it Afrobeat. Okay, go, go, go. He knew I wouldn't understand it, so he would call it to me. He would say to me, this African reggaeton. And he would play me the music,

and I would be like, this shit is ill. But I was like, I don't know how. I don't know how. And 10 years later, so right now, he hit me just out of the blue. I told you. I told him I was going to Paris. I said, yo, I'm going to Paris. And then he goes, yeah, man.

I said, I got with DeVito. He's like, I told you 10 years ago, motherfucker. You see how he flipped just now? Did you feel like when you guys were starting that, were they fronting on y'all because it was a new genre of music or because you think it was coming from Africa? And especially for me, because I was like one of the first to get like a major deal. Right.

You know what I'm saying? And I'm coming from just recording in the studio, telling my engineer, send me that. I'm calling my boy, like, yo, make a flyer. I'm posting it on Twitter, on Instagram. It's blowing up the next day. Because one of your homies had a studio in the college, right? Yeah. So that's how I'm used to doing music.

It was a Christian school. Christian school. Yeah. And the homie had a... The dude that stayed... Every time I used to hear music, I'd be hearing like... You understand?

And I was like, who is that hostess? Right. So one day I'm like, fuck that, I'm about to go check. So I knocked the door and I opened. His name is Jamo. You know, he wrote me the other day.

He's like, yo, you said my name in the interview. Yo, that's dope. So his name is Jamo. So he opens the door and I see like a little studio you said my name in the interview. Yo, that's dope. So his name is J-Mo. So he opens the door, and I see, like, a little studio set up. And then, then in school, like, I'm getting, like, pocket money and stuff like this. I ain't got nothing to do with it.

How much you got for the studio? I said, this whole set up, how much is it? Teach me how to record. So he actually taught me how to use Pro Tools, Logic. I was learning from YouTube as well. So I went to Guitar Center. I'll never forget. In Huntsville.

You had 2,000 and they told you just, you only need 500. And I had 10 racks. You had 10 racks? God damn it. I apologize. No, I'm joking.

I had 1,500. I had 1,500 for a studio and there was like a package deal. So the 1,500 came with like interface, laptop, everything. So that's when I really started recording. So, you know, over time, we've always been used to just recording, mixing and mastering the same day.

So when I got my deal, and crazy story, I got my deal. And then the money came in. I'm like, yo, we lit. This was Sony or this was? This was Sony. Sony, okay. I got my deal and then the money came in. I'm like, oh we lit. Right. I'm taking a- This is with Sony or this is what? This is with Sony. Sony, okay. Same day I take all my boys to, um, where we go, what's it, what's it, um, Neiman Marcus.

That's right, god damn it. What you call it? First day, first, 100,000. Let's make some noise for that 100,000. So listen, all you know about, first day 100,000, we take trips, blah, blah, blah. So I call my people. I'm like, yo, when we going to start recording the album? They're like, we got to book this. I said, what you mean?

They said the money they give you. You spent your budget. You spent your budget. They said the money they give you, like, the furniture was, you know, part of what you're meant to use for the album. So that was, like, my first, oh, wow. Reality check. Yeah, like now it's business.

You know what I'm saying? So from there, recording the first project, they put me in the studio, put me with different producers. I worked with like everybody. But I wasn't feeling it. You know what I'm saying? I'm used to just being in nigeria right in a room hot sweating no ac little laptop i got the mic there's no stand i got the mic in my hand you know i'm

saying everybody around me we're thinking of ideas that's when the fire come out all right you know i'm saying so that wasn't working out and then i remember telling um you telling my management team like, bro, y'all didn't tell me this was... Because I'm comfortable. I'm in Nigeria. I'm what? I'm 24, 23. I'm making... I'm already making like 200,000 a show. You know what I'm saying?

In Nigeria, I'm comfortable. I'm flying to every African country. You know what I'm saying? 200,000 in Nigeria is the same thing as $200,000. Oh, dollars? Yeah. And you left that to go to school? Is this after you left that?

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You know what I'm saying? So that was like the change for me. So I remember telling them like, look, the producers you guys put me in with, they cool, but I need to go home. Go home. Because I was in America for like almost seven months. You got with the original producers.

Yeah. So I was like, to be honest, like I actually woke up one day and I just got mad. I'm like, look, I, I actually woke up one day and I just got mad. I was like, look, I need to go home. So I just actually got on a plane, went back home,

my brother. In two weeks from when I got back home, if I tell you, say I love you. Two weeks. Keep going, guys. Keep going.

Keep going. Thank you. Two weeks So like By just getting home And getting back in that vibe Right You know with my main producers And also telling them like You know I'm giving them Inspiration like

Yo We got a major deal now Like it's about to be different Right So we're working And then we shot the video for that particular record. And at this point in my career, imagine being like, every artist goes through it. You know, that point when you're like, you know when you're so hot, you're untouchable.

Yep. And then down the line, you start looking like, yo, it's kind of getting quiet. It's fading. You know, like every artist goes kind of getting quiet. It's fading. You know, like every artist goes through that. Yeah, yeah. That's the worst thing ever. You know what I'm saying? Being, and then it looks kind of, you know, shaky.

So I was at that period in my life where it's like, you know what I'm saying? Like, nah, nah, nah, I need to go back. You know what I'm saying? So immediately I go back home, go back to my mojo. You know, I remember going to the label after I recorded back home, go back to my mojo. I remember going to the label after I recorded at home, playing them the music and they're like, yeah, this is nice. But they're not thinking, they're thinking is how's this going to get on the radio? Right.

You know what I'm saying? Your people's in Nigeria saying this? No, like the label. The label here. I've gone to Nigeria, I recorded, you know what I'm saying, some music. They're not sure how to translate that here. Yes. So I'm like, it's going to work. I'm telling them, I'm like, it's going to Nigeria. I recorded, you know what I'm saying, some music. They're not sure how to translate that here. Yes. So I'm like, it's going to work.

I'm telling them. I'm like, it's going to work. So at that point, they're looking at me like, you know what? Let's just let him do what he wants to. What year is this? This is 2017. So I signed my deal in 2015. And 2016 was like a dead year for me.

Wow. That was like the year of figuring it out. Wow. So 2017, got that record, shot the video. We dropped it. Two days later, I called him and said, I told you. Right. So then, from then, they started allowing me to have my creative space.

And then, everything just went crazy. Holy moly. Cock-a-moly. And did they know, was it already being called Afrobeats? No. So, you know, Afrobeats originally is fell out of the genre. Because you didn't like that word, Afrobeats, right? At first.

Because now it's too late. Not to cut you off, but I wanted to ask you, like, do you like the division in calling something? No, because if you go and listen to my album now like there are songs there that are dancehall right dancehall yes like the song with me and dexter dapps the song there's another song on the album called for the road that's that's basically a dancehall template but because an african musician is singing it we call it afro beats but afro beats originally is fella is a certain kind of right music wasn't it just beats literally wasn't it

yes no beats and vocals as well okay right so one of the first places that acknowledged african music was london uk you know the uk that's like They're ahead of a lot They're always ahead I must have been late When you blow up back home When you blow up back home Just like drum and bass over there They're always ahead

When you blow up back home To solidify Your success Is You gotta go to Do a show in London That's like I'm on

You know what I'm saying That's where all the Africans go When they leave the country And they on It's London London first. You know what I'm saying? Out of proximity.

Right. So London has always been, you know, the place. Like almost New York. In America, New York always gets it first. Okay. It's always New York first. But in Europe. In Europe, London was the main place.

So it was London that I think there was one public I'm not I don't I'm not 100% sure but I think like a big newspaper did like a article and it was like Afrobeats a phase

or here to stay something funny like that so it was a big conversation and then we just ended up being called Afrobeats and I mean sounds like almost a reggaeton story in a sense.

And hip-hop in general. Okay, just like, you can't tell me, like even reggaeton artists, you can't tell me there's some that do R&B. Yeah. But they will still put this under reggaeton. Right, reggaeton doesn't sound like reggaeton anymore. Nah, yeah.

And they call it reggaeton. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. I used to call it Spanish reggae. Right. To me, that was more of an appropriate name, to, yeah, yeah. I used to call it, they used to call it Spanish reggae. Right. To me, that was more of an appropriate name, to be honest with you. Because it's still... It was Murder, She Wrote, Jacked Up, the beginnings of reggae. It's very true.

It's very true. I don't think no one would argue that. Okay, but all right. Let's talk about your cousin, Mpeasy. Nero. So, I'm the last of five kids. Okay. The last born, I've always been the youngest in the household.

Everyone else work for your pops? Yeah. Okay, you're the only renegade. Let's make some noise. I'm still going to go back and work for him. He said he's still going back and work for him. Oh, I'm going back for sure. I'm about to work for your pops.

It's not real. So, you know, I was the youngest. Mpeezy. Yeah, Mpeezy. So I was the youngest, you know what I'm saying, around. So my house always had all my cousins there, you know what I'm saying. So one of my cousins, Mpeezy, he's the one that actually, the first person that took me to a studio.

Wow. You know what I'm saying. He was my best cousin. You know when you have that older cousin that you're always excited? Like, yo, he's coming today, blah, blah. So he's the one that first took me to the studio. And he was the prospect artist.

Wow. So it was four of us. Wow. My cousin, B-Red, B-Red's brother, Sheno, then M-Peasy, then me. So I wanted to be like the producer. I wanted to stay. You could use right music at first, right?

Yes. So I was writing music, producing for those three artists. Oh, wow. Yes, because, you know, my boy has taught me how to engineer and stuff like that. So I was already doping that.

And then I already knew my dad wasn't going to fuck with me. He wanted to be a full-out musician so I was like you know what I'd rather just be in the background and then I was like I just meant I'd like this mentor I used to look up to Don Jazzy he was like the biggest producer in Nigeria at the time so he'd like sign artists write for them get a percentage of this shit you know I go um so yeah he was the one

that like we all looked up to like yo MPs is gonna blow I wanted to be in the background so you know over time

like I was hiding from my dad that I do music cause my dad was just all about school you know what I'm saying and it's not in line

with religion either like the religion side of it he was religious too yeah very religious I'm saying the music wasn't in line with that he probably wasn't feeling in line with religion either, like the religion side of it. He was religious too, right? Yeah, very religious. I'm saying the music wasn't in line with that. He probably wasn't feeling it because of that. The normal thing in my family, you go to school.

Get your education. Graduate. Go work for Pops. You go and work for Pops. Your office is there waiting for you. Right. Me and all my siblings were all directors on the company. You know how it is.

Just make some noise for Pops, man. Goddamn. That's real generational wealth. Yeah. Hold on. He said, You know how it is. Make some noise for Pops, man. That's real generational wealth. Hold on, he said, you know how it is. No, a lot of us do not know how it is. We don't. But that's tough. That's fire. That's fire.

I'm saying like, you know how it is. That's a great example for other black people to follow. I'm saying like, you know how it is with wealthy people. They always want their son to take over. Yeah, of course. Stuff like that. Of course. So, and mind you, out of all my siblings, I'm the only one that grew up in Nigeria.

Where did they grow up at? London, Switzerland. Oh, shit. My sisters went to London, Switzerland, and America. My brother graduated from Warhouse in Atlanta. I wasn't playing. So, I was the only one, because I was the last born. So they wanted a child with them.

So like, no, David stays. So I did elementary school, high school in Nigeria. So all those times, like, I wanted to do music, but I always just had in my head, like, bro, my dad not going to let me. You know what I'm saying? So that's why I wanted to be in the background. You know what I'm saying? So that's why I wanted to be in the background. You know what I'm saying? So remember when I told you about the strip club situation?

Yeah. That was the day I said, I'm not going back to school. What? Oh, you didn't go back after that? Because I was really like. Are we supposed to make some noise for strippers? Yeah. I feel like strippers.

Maybe not going back to school. Hey, listen. That's a positive shit right there. Eventually, I did finish school, though. Yeah. I feel like strippers maybe not going back to school. Hey, listen, that's a positive shit right there. But eventually I did finish school. You know what I'm saying? From that moment,

I actually wanted to move to Nigeria because I saw the industry growing. You know what I'm saying? Crazy story. So I go to Nigeria for Christmas.

Every Christmas, my dad flies us back home. They tell me in Nigeria that's the best time to go is December. I'm ill. My information is good.

I'm telling you, like, we do 48-hour parties. Like, people party till 10 a.m. They go take a shower, come right back. I'm in. You know what I'm saying? I'm already feeling like I'm there. I'm on my way. I got my Nigeria shirt on right now. This is exactly what I'm going to look like. Go ahead. So, I remember, like like I'm there. I'm on my way. I got my Nigerian shirt on right now.

This is exactly what I'm going to look like. Go ahead. So I remember like this exact story. Like, so I'm in Nigeria for Christmas. You know what I'm saying? So we go to the club and we go to the club. Mind you, I was just with these artists in America, went to the strip club. And then another set of artists walking, I think P-Square, this club called Club Rehab, P-Square, Whiskit was there. Whiskit was just like coming up. And then like Juan Deco, another artist was there. Boy, they walked in.

All the girls were crazy, boy. You know what I said? I want that. I want that. Yeah. Yeah. I know that feeling. I know that feeling. I said, I said, I I want that. Yeah. Yeah. I know that feeling. I know that feeling.

I said, I said, I look myself now. I said, what's up? I'm fresh now. What's up? Yeah. So I was like, and I knew like how to drive. Like, that's what I wanted to do. So I said, I'm going to talk to my dad.

And I tell my dad that I want to transfer my credits from my college in Alabama. To Nigeria. To Nigeria. Wow. Because there was like same Christian school. I could do that. So I remember going to him, and I went to him, and I told him. He's like, what?

No, no, no, no, no, no. Go back to school. But let me ask you, why not? That's a great story, and I won't get straight to it. But why not try to start your music career from Alabama or Atlanta? What made you say, let me go back home? What was it? I know you said that moment.

Well, he said the artist that came. T.G. Something over there. What's popping? Yo, one of the biggest video directors in Nigeria. All right, nigga. You look like it. You got to be one of the biggest directors.

That's a fact. That's a fact. That's a fact. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. What was I talking about? You said, because... You're stupid. You know, you could have lost your career from Alabama or Atlanta.

But what was the moment that made you say, let me go back home? I know you said earlier, seeing those artists. But you went back to Nigeria. So what made you go back to Nigeria in the first place? I mean, first of all, I think the fact, just naturally wanting to be home. Right. You know what I'm saying? The money they changed in the strip club.

Right. You know what I'm saying? Right. And just seeing that I knew that I was going to become something. Right. And I didn't want to be left out. Yeah, that's what I'm talking about. You felt left out. That's them back home. Yeah, yeah, Right. And I didn't want to be left out. Yeah, that's what I'm talking about. You felt left out. Because, you know, that's them back home.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. And I'm like, I'm an American artist. You know why I say that? Because most artists, like, from New York, they... No, no. Let me not... No, that's what I'm saying. We...

Remember, I learned how to record. So the whole time, I'm not really wanting to be an artist like that. Because my dad... He's wanting to produce. He wants to be in the background. You know what I'm saying? So that made me fall in love so that that that made me fall in love what i saw made me fall in love so that's what i wanted to do african music right like i

say this i cannot do r&b better than chris brown chris brown cannot do afro beats better no no so it's something i always say i i want to do what i know how to do what i was gifted to do right you know i'm saying So it's just crazy. Even when I used to play African music in the dorm, and my friends would walk by like, yo, what's that? I said, it's African music. They're like, yo, that's dope. So I always knew that if we had the opportunity to be heard,

people would flunk to us. And that's one of the biggest fucking musics in the fucking world, goddammit. Come on, goddammit. And it was a smart move, because you probably realize there's a window here that you got to be in that window before it goes away. And then with me, you know how you said,

you said, oh, why didn't I start music in America? It's amazing, because I called it like, it was like a 360. I left America. You was in a group in America, too, right? Yeah. With my cousins, I just told you. Okay, cool, cool, cool, yeah.

So I left America,, right? Yeah, with my cousins I just told you Okay, cool, cool, cool, yeah So I left America And then I remember even We used to send our CDs to Akon In Atlanta all the time Akon Akon frontin' on you? Yeah, that's what he said

Akon frontin' on you? Come on, Akon Come on, Akon But, you know He wanted to be the only African at that time. He said, there's enough room for all of us. Akon didn't see the window at that point. I mean, eventually, he came to Nigeria.

Then he collaborated with a couple of us. I still want to give a shout out to him. A lot of people that are African didn't pull up. So I think Akon did his fair share of work. You know what I'm saying? And he always advocates for Africa yeah his own you know so me leaving Atlanta going to Nigeria I remember I was leaving school I remember my friend said man you dumb I said I'm done I'll be alright watch watch what happened he said you dumb for leaving school yeah cuz I was packing my stuff

I'm like I'm going back to my country oh yeah I was on but I was packing my stuff. I'm like, I'm going back to my country. Oh, yeah. But he didn't know who you were in your country. No, we had a group, like a crew in school. And they was trying to get online to join this fraternity, Kappa. It was online for Kappa. So they were trying to get me to do it. I said, Baba, Kappa, don't go help me for what I'm trying to do. I'm going to Nigeria. So I was packing my stuff. I'm like, yo, I'm going to Nigeria. So I was packing my stuff.

I'm like, yo, I'm out. They're like, man, you dumb. Leave school. I said, what? Man, two years later, you hear me. You're like, yo! You said that. You know what I'm saying?

So just even leaving school until today, like when I see messages from like my classmates, and they're writing me like, yo, boy, you did that. You know what I'm saying? But let me ask you, like, all right, I know this they write to me like, yo boy you did that, you know what I'm saying? But let me ask you like, I know this is going to be funny, but like coming to America, when Eddie Murphy came to America,

he was acting poor. Like were you acting? A lot of people didn't know per se. The only time people knew that my dad had money was when I did this record called Damiduro. That was one of- Not to mind in school. Oh in school, nah nah.. Not to mind in school. Oh, in school.

Nah, nah. In school. Nah, just one time the dude asked him, yo, why don't you ever go to financial aid? Yeah, he was like, I just noticed something. You never go to financial aid.

So, what I didn't know. That's crazy. I'm serious. That's crazy. I'm serious. That's hilarious. That's funny. So one day he's like, so I didn't know, like, because my dad would just be sending money to the school account. He's like, have you ever checked your school account thing?

I said, no, I don't even know. I'm behind my school. I don't know how they do it. He's like, come, let's go to accounting. So we go to accounting, accounting bro So the lady's like What's your school like? Her eyes lit up I said what?

She said She gave me the slip I took that shit 64,000 Like balance That's My boy was like you know you can take it out right this guy this guy has to hate you because no he's from New York from Brooklyn my guy from Brooklyn so he's like you know you can take it out So I'm like So I'm like okay Because you know

In Africa You are not Until you marry You are under your parents Yeah So you know It's when I came to America That I knew that

Oh there's Like Oh I'm American I'm 18 You can't tell me what to do Blah blah blah I don't know I don't know

I didn't know In Nigeria You can be 30 and still be answering to your parents. So when I got to America, I said, I have my blue passport. I'm over 18. I'm 10 years old. I'm mad.

So I went to the accounting guy. I was like, yo, I'm trying to take the job. But they wrote me that check so quick. And then I went and cashed it. Every Friday, me and the boys, New Jordans. Huh? Yeah, I'm signed with Puma now. So yeah, that was then. Thank you. Yeah, yes. Hold on. I want to just picture him in there. So, all right. So now the brothers, are the brothers-

And they're all from New York. They smelled the shark. This is a shark right here. Okay, okay, wow. It was crazy. He was a good friend. So from like then, and then that was even when like it got even deeper with the music. Right.

Because like, and then I moved out the dorm. I got a house with my Jamaican friend. He's from New York. We started doing. Damn. We started doing. Like we started playing dominoes. Like, we got a crib. You know, they're playing dominoes outside. They got the, you know, drink.

And we started smoking. And then this one, like, the lifestyle aspects that they come in. I got my first tattoo. Then it started... That's when I was like, yeah, I'm going to do this music. What's your first tattoo? Not a hyena. This one.

All right. My mother's there. Oh, okay. Except not a hyena. You know. No, this little tattoo. And I got most of my tattoos way young. Okay, so listen.

We know everybody's from Africa, right? Mm-hmm. Everybody. Everybody's from Africa, right? So I want you to look around the room and tell people where you think, what part of Africa they from. You can start with me. No, no, no. Liberia.

He's from Liberia. Southern African vibes. southern African vibes. Southern African? Southern African vibes. You, you're a Lebanese. You're a Lebanese man that lives in Nigeria. Give me Morocco at least. Tunisia.

I'll take it. Ghana. Ghana. South Africa. South Africa. Morocco. Morocco. Nigeria.

Nigeria. Nigeria. Nigeria. Nigeria. Congo. Congo. Angola for you. Nigeria. Egypt. Northern Africa.

That's a great game right there. Oh, shit. Hey, you look just like my uncle. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Okay, all right, so listen. Did you just tell me the Scorpio like you? You going to light it? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Light it up.

Cool. So look, so look. All right, you want to explain the rules? We got quick time? Yes, quick time. What's up? All right, we're going to give you. What happened? Okay, yeah, yeah, yeah.

Yeah, give him, give him. Before we, you know, we want you to know our show is about giving people flowers. So we want to give you your flowers to your face. You know what I'm saying? Yo, you put a whole country, you put a whole everything on your back. A whole continent, a whole continent. you put a whole everything on your back. A whole continent, a whole continent. You put a whole continent on your back. That's right, that's right, that's right, brother, that's right, brother.

You put a whole continent on your back, you put music on your back. Like, literally, when we Googled or we researched you, literally, it came up the king of Afrobeats. Thank you. It literally did, It literally did. I promise you. I'm not even playing around. But we want to tell you that to your face because you ain't got to read that.

We can say that face-to-face, man-to-man and continue to do what you do. You are a pure legend, man. You ain't have to be a legend. You could have cosmicated this shit. And you know what I mean? And you went somewhere else, but you motherfucking went

and you like the Robin Hood in reverse. You know what I mean? And you went somewhere else but you motherfucking went and you went, you're like the Robin Hood in reverse. You know what I'm saying? Like you went, you went, you know what I mean? You're confusing me now. You know what I mean?

You know how Robin Hood was born and rich? He was rich. He giving to the poor. Like that's fire. That's what Robin Hood did. No, but Robin Hood was not rich.

Robin Hood was fucked up in this game. Robin Hood ain't had none of that 10 racks to go to sleep. He was a hood. Yeah, he was a rich. Robin Hood was fucked up in this game. Robin Hood ain't had that 10 racks. He was a hood. He was a hood. He was a hood. But yo, so we wanted to give you a flowers face-to-face, man. Let's give it up.

And by the way, because we heard that you just bought a Richard Millie and a Maybach just because it was your birthday. Can I ask you something? No, no, I got this one. I don't got this one. I see you. No, I ain't got that one. It's the only watch I don't got is the paddock you know I got a richie for my wife oh for your wife this is my main watch

he just got it for his lady holy shit but so that's what your birthday you got there no not my it was my wife's birthday oh Oh, it was your wife's? Yeah. But she got... So you got... No, I just bought myself. For the album, my album came out, it was like a month. So I just got like a Maybach. The new Virgil Maybach. Yeah.

And then I got this. Just make some noise, man. I think you got to give him a fair warning. Yes. If you start getting emails from Sonny, beware of those American scammers. Yeah, yeah. The American scammers. Yes.

Justin, you can go on game with that. He is going to be in your DMs and your emails. My brother. My brother. My brother. We are from Nigeria. Let me get a light. I told you.

I'm Haitian Nigerian. Yeah. Yeah. All right, so this is Quick Time with Slime. Do you want me to explain them again? No, no, you're going to get two choices. Okay. You pick one. All good.

If you say both or neither, we drinking. Okay. Easy. Yeah, we drinking a shot. Where's your shot? Jamie, you got a shot? No, she's going to get your shot right now. Okay. Okay, yeah. All right. Where's your Jamie you got a shot No she gonna get your shot right now Okay yeah

Alright You gonna pour it for him You said No No but Habiki though Get your shots ready Yep Alright ready

Yeah Tupac or DMX Tupac Tupac Okay For me Yeah Wizkid or Burner Boy?

Shot. Hibiki. Martel. Okay, yes. Martel. You can say mine's Martel too. I mean, you just said it on the microphone. Oh, damn.

Angel, where's Hibiki? Oh, he got the key. Oh, he got the key. All right, Angel. All right, my bad. So, yeah, I'll take the shot. Yeah, yeah, you got the key. All right, I'm up there. So yeah, I'll take the show Yeah, yeah, yeah, you hope you holding up the shot. No because I mean, I mean Jamie you holding up the shot There's enough and no we need to stop Yeah, yeah

Yeah Take a shot of Champagne. Put it in your shotgun. I'll wait. I'll wait. I'll take a real shot. You got to take a Martel with me. Yeah, I'll take a Martel with you.

I'll take a Martel. Blue Swift. And then you got to take a Mamahuana shot with me. What's that? Dominican Mamahuana. Thank you. Come on. Yo, to you, brother. Cheers, cheers, cheers.

Hold on. That was to Wizkid or Burner Boy, right? Yeah, he said both. I said shot. Yes, yes. That's both. So what did y'all do versus? I'm ready.

Hey, anybody. I'm putting it on the table right now. Anybody. Let's go. So Wizkid or Burner Boy? Let's go. He said anybody. Okay, I just wanted to be clear.

That's all. You know what I'm saying? My bad. But I feel like it'll be nice for like, not only just even about competing, but just for the culture. No, absolutely, yeah. You know what I'm saying?

That'll be dope. I'm open to it. Open to it. And then after that, would y'all do three on three? Afro beats against reggaeton? Y'all not ready for that. I don't know.

That could be crazy. I don't know. I don't know. That would be great for the culture, too. Okay. That'll be dope. That'll be dope. Dance off.

What three dance off artists there would be? Beanie. No, no, no, no, no, no. So if we're- Who's you? No. If it was going to be the three of us. You, Burner Boy, Wizkid against?

Against Popcorn. Popcorn. Ooh. No, because of my own like. You're going to bail him out of jail? Because ain't he a. No, no. I want to put vibes.

I want to put vibes. He going to get the verses though. I'm just saying. I say Popcorn. Yes. want to put vibes. He going to get the verses, though. I say popcorn. Yes. Dex to daps. Popcorn, dex to daps, and alkaline. Alkaline.

Let's go. That would be crazy. But y'all don't want it with Daddy Yankee and Well and Nicky Jam. I think that would be ill, though. That would be ill. That would be like hemispheres against each other. Bad Bunny.

Bad Bunny. You know Bad Bunny? No, nobody knows Bad Bunny. Borough knows Bad Bunny. He knows him as Cuerno. You and Bad Bunny on the record together? No, I'm going to give you something.

Whenever you see him, just play it for him. Okay. Nah, nah. Y'all got to do something. Yeah, yeah, yeah. You did. Rob too.

Bad Bunny. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Oh, man. We just made some shit up. Why's this shit come to fruition? It should.

It's all positive. Let's get that humbuggy going. All right. Akon or T-Pain? Ooh. Shot. Shot. Shot. Okay.

Please no outside influences. Yeah, you ready for me? Hold on, let me get that. That's that Japanese. That Martel, Martel. Salud. Salud, salud. Mike Boone, what it about?

Mm. Mm. Mm-mm. Mm. Mm. Mm. Mm. Salud, salud. Mike Boone, what's it about? Dale, que tu puedes. Quiero reggaeton. They got me. Go ahead, go to the next one. Lil Baby or DaBaby? Boo. Nah, they to the next one. Lil Baby or DaBaby? Boo. Nah, they're both my friends.

You got to take a shot. All right, cool. Let me get my real Martel. You want that Martel Williams? Let me get that real Martel Williams this time. Yo, that Martel warmed me up. I ain't going to lie to you. You about to do Applebee's right now.

Yeah, I'm about to do Applebee's. I got a record ready and all that. Salo. Salo. Otilo. Otilo? Otilo. Oh, shit, I'm taking that.

Wait, say it again. Otilo. Otilo. Otilo. Otilo. Otilo. Otilo. Otilo.

We got to learn. What does that mean? It's gone. It's gone. It's gone. Otilo. Otilo. Otilo.

We sound probably like assholes, right? Hey, man, we're going to learn. We sounded like assholes when we first started this shit, and we learned. That's true. That's true. We still sound like assholes. Otilo. Because, boy, that shit is hitting me right now.

Otilo. Otilo. Otilo. Otilo. No, si or ti. Otilo. Otilo. Otilo, okay.

I'm going to watch this episode. I'm going to get it. You're going to watch this episode to learn the word. Go back, go back. I'm going to keep watching. We're going to put subtitles for you. All right, Migos or Outkast? Migos.

Okay. Castro or Peace Square? Casper. Castro. Did you just mean Casper? Castro. Castro. Castro from Ghana.

Okay. Peace Square. But there's Casper also. Peace Square. Castro. From Ghana. Okay. But there's Casper also. Peace Square. Okay. Buju or Bounty? Buju. This is interesting.

TV series or movies? TV series. You got a documentary coming out, right? Yeah. In December too? I'm not sure when. I kind of spoke too quick. Okay. I saw it too. Yeah. You know, it was one of the

things I was not meant to say. Okay. Alright, moving on. What do we got here? Spin-off or Black Coffee? Shot? Spin-All. Oh. Oh, come on, man.

ATL or Miami? ATL, baby. Okay. Don't like your answer. We knew you would. Shout out to ATL. Young Thug or Future? Come on.

Young Thug. Y'all did a record together, right? Yeah, we got three records. Yep. Jadakiss or Nas? Nas. NWA or Wu-Tang Clan? NWA.

Top Boy or Snowfall? Snowfall. Magic City or Onyx? Magic. Radio or podcast? Podcast. Podcast. I was waiting for him to think about it.

Fab or pusher? Fab. Popcan or Vibes Cartel? Popcon. Popcon, sorry. Popcon. Wait, what did he say? Pop con. Pop con, sorry. Pop con. What did he say, pop can? That's a pop can.

Poppy pop. Woo hoo hoo! As you see, I'm 90s dancehall. Poppy for sure, man. You good. Even Dre make a point. That's how you know. You know, crazy, but he never laugh.

That's because he's Jamaican. He's Jamaican. My homie going clown. He's Jamaican. He's Jamaican. He's Jamaican. He's Jamaican. He's Jamaican.

He's Jamaican. He's Jamaican. He's Jamaican. He's Jamaican. He's Jamaican. That's how you know. You know crazy hood never laugh. That's because he's Jamaican. He's Jamaican. My homie going clown. He had to. He had to. All right, Pop Can.

Pop Con. I'm in. I'm going to check it out now. Well, this is a good one. Gigs or Skepta? Skepta. Snoop or Jay-Z? Shot.

Take a shot. Solo. It took 3,000 of these questions. It took 3,000 of these questions. It took 3,000 of these questions. It took 3,000 of these questions. It took 3,000 of these questions. It took 3,000 of these questions. It took 3,000 of these questions. Snoop or Jay-Z? Shot. Take a shot. Silo. It took 3,000 of these questions for you to get a shot. Now you got... Woo!

Woo! I ain't going to lie, you're supposed to drink that when it's cold out. Shit warm your whole shit up. Facts. Go ahead. Dre or Puff? Puff. Ye or Pharrell? Kai.

Shot. Shot. You didn't hit the oil guy, Sonny? That's a- Who, Winnie? Shout out Eclipse Oils, man. Let me get the gumbo. One of the gumbo roll up. I want my gumbo.

And then with the tabla? All right. Dale, Gabriel. Winnie O'Day. Woo! This is the last question. It's yours. Oh, yeah?

Loyalty or respect? Loyalty. You want to explain why? I mean, like, you can fall out with anyone. Like, you can have misunderstandings sometimes, and you might feel disrespected. But, like, loyalty, like, you know what I'm saying? If I'm with you, like, I'm basically putting my life in your hands.

Right. So I'd rather you be loyal. I'd rather I was fall out about maybe you doing something crazy than you stabbing me in the back. That could hurt me. Right. You know what I'm saying? Real shit.

I think I'll say loyalty. Now, again, loyalty. I'm taking a shot for that. You don't have to. And again, like with me, you give what you want. I respect it. Whether you're older, whether you're younger, whether you're rich, you're poor, I respect you.

So I want to receive that back. Right, right. You know what I'm saying? That should go without saying. To me, loyalty. Right. Loyalty. You understand? So to me, loyalty. Salud. Salud. Salud.

Hold on, hold on, hold on. Yeah. Thank you. Did you just try to put on a Jamaican accent? Hold on. Hold on, hold on, hold on. I heard you. Hold on.

Salud. Salud. Beef patty and cocoa bread. Yo, there was a restaurant I used to go to in Alabama Called the Island Jerk Island Jerk That was the name So they still have the beef patty

You know, you put it in the cocoa bread Yep But you know, they have like It's like they put like I don't know if it's milk or something In the cocoa bread or in the sandwich? In the cocoa bread Yeah, it has to

The way it's like You know, press it Cocoa bread is so good. Otilo. Otilo. Now, you snuffed the immigration agent? I thought you said

he sniffed him. Sniffing like that back there. He said... Otilo. Otilo. Otilo. Yeah. We got Nigerian censors. Nigerian censors here, bro.

What's going on? Otilo. Yeah, yeah. Yeah, I got to go to Australia in a couple months. Yeah, they're already here. Yeah. One of those days. No, it wasn't me, though.

Okay, okay. It wasn't me, though. It was my little brother. Why? But it's all sorted out. It was nothing. It was nothing, though. Okay.

It's cool. So, but now, like you just said, you're going to Australia. I remember at one time, like, Africa was looked at as, like, a bad place. Like, people didn't want to go. And now, not only people want to go, African Brothers is traveling the world. How does that feel? You know what I mean?

I mean, like I said, because of social media and stuff, now you see the good parts. But sometimes if there's only one avenue to see something, whatever they show you, that's the only thing you see right

you know what I'm saying not to knock off any new channel but I don't even want to mention any new channel but you can mention them nah I'm just saying

just in general when you go in a new channel and they show Africa Fox 5 they ain't right you know what I'm saying CNN CNN you're not right

and they can show one part one country and it's a whole continent. There are places in Miami that you will not believe this is America. Oh, absolutely.

So every place, I can show you somewhere right now, that if I show you that this is Lagos, you'll be like, it's a lie. You know what I'm saying?

So I'm happy that we have other avenues to showcase the country. I'm happy that, you know, we can shoot a music video in Nigeria. And they'll ask, oh, you shot that video in LA? I'm like, nah, that's Lagos.

I'm happy to be able to showcase that. And the videos come out, they get 200, 300 million views. That's at least 50 million people that the narrative has already changed. Like, oh, that's Nigeria? Well, I'm going. You know what I'm saying? So entertainment has been some kind of savior to, you know, show that, you know, every place has its bad parts.

Every place. Absolutely. You know what I'm saying? It's just like, even in America, they'll be like, oh, I don't think you should go to this area at this time. Right. That's everywhere. Yeah.

You know what I'm saying? So, like I said, when I first got to America for school, there were no educated. People were asking me, how did I get here? You know what I'm saying? So, you know what I'm saying? But guess what? But guess what?

Guess what? You can't blame them. One day- It's ignorance, right. One day we went for a show in, was it San Francisco, remember? Yeah. Went to a show. I had a show in San Francisco, bro, like sold out.

It's like crazy, 12,000 people. So we're in the hotel, and this hotel is like very expensive. So me and my brother, we go outside to smoke. So we go outside to smoke. And I didn't get offended by what this lady said because she was really just didn't understand. She was not educated. I actually took my time and told her,

explained our culture and everything is how, you know, they only show the bad parts and stuff like that. So she came to us, oh, what are you guys doing here? Just randomly. Like doing at the hotel? Yeah. Okay.

She was like, um... what are you guys doing here? Just randomly. Like doing at the hotel? Yeah. Okay. She was like, um. Karen. I know her. It was cool. I know her. But no, but she wasn't. I can't lie. It wasn't Karen.

It wasn't like a Karen. Okay. She just really wanted to be. She really didn't know. Right. Okay. So she was like, so you have. Rich Karen.

Yeah. Oh, come on. She was dripped out. Okay. Okay. All right. So she, you know, she first saw me. She's like, oh, wow. Nice watch. So what are you guys doing here? Oh, hey man, very nice lady, polite,

you know what I'm saying? Oh, we're here for a show. Oh wow, where? And I told her, because it was like a university show, so I was like, Howard or Harvard, I'm not sure. She's like, oh wow, so like, how Like, how did you? What are you guys? Yeah, so I explained to her. I was like, OK, I do African music. I used to live. So after me talking to her for 15 minutes, we became best friends. All right, all right.

Like, I took her phone. I was like, yo, this is my music. She's like, oh, she's going to listen. You know, follow me on the gram. All right. You know what I'm saying? She follows you on the gram? She hits you on the DM? No, yo, this is my music. She's like, oh, she's going to listen. Follow me on the gram. You know what I'm saying? She follows you on the gram? She hits you on the DM? She'd be putting fire emojis on everything? Yeah, but that's just made me sure that if a lot of people are educated about the thing.

Sometimes it takes a conversation. Yes. So like I could have gotten offended from the first thing she came to see which was how are you guys here right I could be like which is offensive because of I want to really educate and that's one of the reasons why I do this because I really want to educate people about the culture like I've said it I've lived in both places I understand do you understand so for me to take my time and explain to her, I changed her mind in 15 minutes.

So imagine what the music is doing now. I was in Ben Dome last night, and I'm looking like, yo, my album just came out a month ago. I have every type of people singing, everything word to word. That's crazy. That's beautiful. That's beautiful. They say that That's crazy. That's beautiful. That's beautiful.

They say that it's three things that's universal. It's music, food, and I forget the third one. Fashion? Is it fashion? Or maybe sex. Sex is universal. Yeah, sex is universal.

Everybody's fun. I remember being at an airport and just, I'm upstairs and a band just came through. Okay. A band? Yeah, like a mariachi band, but it wasn't mariachi. Oh, I love mariachi.

And I just remember them just playing it. And I remember all different colors, queers, the people who just stopped as we were eating and just stopped and watched this band. And I was like, you know what's crazy about this? This man could be Ku Klux Klan right here I could be whatever this person could be whatever this person but we all stopped for this very moment to watch this band just come and walk over and just play this music and we and I was like music is the most universal you know because like we go to countries like I go to countries where

like like I'm trying to order food it over know what I'm saying I go to countries, like, I go to countries where, like, I'm trying to order food. They don't even know what I'm saying. Right. You go to the show, they think every word. They know your words. Yes, yes. That's wild. You know what I'm saying?

So it's like. Yes. Like, I remember I was in a country the other day. I called him. I'm like, yo, I need my stuff ironed. Right. So I give him my clothes. I just, my stylist just brought this.

Mm-hmm. Give him my clothes. He goes downstairs. So after, like, 20 minutes, I'm like, ah, where are my clothes. I just, my stylist just brought this. Gave him my clothes. He goes downstairs. So after like 20 minutes, I'm like, ah, where are my clothes? I call him,

he said, I wash, I wash. I'm like, no. Oh shit. Iron. Yeah.

Like he washed my clothes. So that night I was even getting worried. I was like, these people, even to order food is so hard. Boy, we went to the show. I'm talking about,

cause you know, I sing in in two I sing in also so we have broken English in Nigeria right we have my where I'm from or sure we have our local dialect Yoruba is there more than one yes no there's like how many in South Africa it was like thirty something languages in Nigeria and what what's crazy... 200-something languages in Nigeria. Now, listen to this. This is what's crazy. I didn't know that. No, but hold up. But this is what's wild.

This is what's wild. What I learned when I went to South Africa, that not only is there all these different dialects, different tribes, they know English, and they know like three other languages. Here we are, Americans, and we can't learn but two languages.

You know what I'm saying? No, I'm saying one is we good. Two, man you got two right we bilingual they try quad keep going how many languages you speak um just yoruba and english but then we speak broken english okay so broken english you don't speak Atlanta? I do. You do? I do. You do? Shawty?

What's happening? What's happening? That's Atlanta, baby. Yeah, yeah. That's funny as fuck. Who you think going to win, Puff or Jermaine Dupri? Oh, they got in person? Yeah.

I didn't know that. Yeah, they ain't. We're just taking a shot for no reason. I'm going to take a shot. Take a pee-pee. He picked Puff. Let me see. I don't know that thing. Yeah, thank We just taking a shot for no reason. I'm gonna take a shot and take a pee pee. He picked he picked puff Let me see. Oh, no, we got it on the quick time. It's like, you know, we gotta watch Yeah, you gotta watch it. So we're gonna take a shot for that cuz you ain't back Cheers Yes, I'm good So the if record, right? Yeah. Do you consider that your breakout record?

International, yo, I had, like... Records before that. Yeah. So I work, and especially, like, how if, how fall blew up for me. By the time if and fall blew up in America, and the label is calling, like, yo, you got to come out here, the record is blowing up, and Fall blew up for me. By the time If and Fall blew up in America, and the label is calling like,

yo, you got to come out here. The record is blowing up. You got to do promo. By the time I've done that, I'm like back home. I'm like seven records in. Right. You don't want to go to America now at this point.

You're like, fuck America. Yeah. It's like seven records in. Stay in Lagos, nigga. Shit is lit right here. See, let me tell, it's like several records. Stay in the Lagos, nigga, shit is lit, right here. See, let me tell you, and in Lagos,

they call us entertainers for anything. Baby, they can call you for a baby shower, 200k, wedding, you do one wedding here.

Before you finish the wedding, your guy, my guy come and meet me. You offer, there's one guy that just wants you to come and just chill with him. He'll give you 100,000.

Go there, 300,000. Do you know what and just chill with him he'll give you 100 000. do you have something so what what was sports in nigeria what sports what they call it like i'm in whatever's going on i mean good so like like like i already told you like coming off that to even my deal you know what i'm saying it was like but if you really want to you know the the main thing is changing the narrative right so that's why we like yo we gotta you know we gotta switch it up now you know that's right we can't do what we used to do a couple years ago right you know what i'm saying you're calling me throwing all kinds of money at me my manager telling me that we can't do it. I'm like, fuck.

You feel me? But it's for a greater cause. You know what I'm saying? They say it's not what you accept. It's about what you don't accept. It makes you a legend. It's crazy. Holy moly guacamole.

Hold up. You want to bring the DMX? Yo, the DMX story? Tell me. Oh, no, no, no, no, no. That's not in Nigeria, right? What? Angola.

Angola, yeah. That's where DMX almost got kidnapped. Yeah, yeah. It's not the same. For sure? Yeah, yeah, yeah. You been to Angola? Of course.

OK. Yeah. What? OK. He was like, you're wrong. I'm trying to leave. Yeah. Okay. He was like... I'm trying to leave. Yeah, because niggas out there run the government. Niggas out there run the government. Like, your pops run the government.

He tried to get you arrested the first show, right? Yeah. What? Your pops tried to get you arrested? Yeah. My pops don't run the government, though. Right, right. Damn.

You know what I'm saying? He's very influential. So what it was, was obviously, you know, when I actually left, like, decided that, you know, I want to face this music, like, I was... I hated so much for my family that I don't know why I was just so reluctant to just tell them, like, this is what I want to do.

But I was just so... I don't know, because I'm just used to just tell them, like, this is what I want to do. But also, I don't know, because I'm just used to, I didn't want to disappoint them because I'm just used to how the family has always, this is generations of generations of going to school, doing the right thing. Even your godfather. My godfather, he drove me from the hospital. That's my godfather. He's the richest

black man in the world oh what yeah all right let's rewind y'all hold on bear with me but see but let me tell you something as much money that i've been seeing all this rich this rich that's my dad is very disciplined wow it's a very very difference for you guys you can't tell like he's a very very disciplined man i said i didn't, very disciplined. Makes a difference for you guys. You can tell. Right. Like, he's a very, very disciplined man. I said, I didn't know we had money until I was 13. That means a lot.

Word. Well, my dad was a billionaire driving a Honda Accord. I'm telling you. He's a much better nigga than me. I'm telling you. That's how people stay rich. Let me tell you how I knew he was lit.

So, um... I love this shit, right? I love this shit. So, I mean, something happened in Nigeria where, like, the area that we were living in, there was, like, a mistake, like, a bomb blast happened, and then, like, lots of houses got destroyed. You say a bomb blast?

Yeah, like a... Shit like that just happens sometimes? I mean, just, you know, it happens in America. Damn, you right. You say a bomb blast? Yeah, like a... Shit like that just happen sometimes? I mean, just, you know, it happens in America. Damn, you right. You see? You right, you right. I'm judging.

I'm judging. But I don't think you got white people out there. Because of, like, you know what I'm saying? I'm just saying, when I think about bomb blasts, I'm sorry,

I think of white people. I don't think of no niggas. I'm sorry. I'm sorry, I'm sorry. Okay, something... Something blew up. Explosion. Something blew sorry. I'm sorry. Okay, something. Something blew up. Explosion.

Something blew up. Something happened. A lot of houses got destroyed. And our first house growing up as a kid, so this is like from when I was born to when I was like 11. Right. So we had like a, it was a big compound. We had like a bungalow. But nothing crazy.

Right. You know what I'm saying? When you call it a compound. I mean, compound, but it wasn't. It wasn't like.ow but nothing crazy you know what I'm saying when you call it a compound I mean compound but it wasn't it wasn't like it's nothing crazy it wasn't crazy so when that happened

we had to leave that day because the house got so fucked up so we leave so my mom's like oh David I leave you I'm going to the new house

I'm like new house you're going to your other house he said he's been building the house since like it's on the new part of town like new house you're going to your other house he said he's been building the house since like it's on the new part of town like he's been building this well i didn't i was a kid like right he wasn't i didn't even know it wasn't on your radar just enter the car started driving for that hey i said okay I said, okay.

Boy, it was, and he still stays there now. Big, huge crib. So I'm like, what's going on? Like, then that's when I started realizing like, something's going on with this guy.

Right. Do you understand? Something's going on with this guy dad i'm on to you then over time i just like grew to new but like a lot of people like he's a very silent like my dad i doesn't show doesn't does he my even my concerts he picks the ones he comes comes to like my dad would rather just have a one-on-one with me. Right. And close doors. Right.

Very, very disciplined man. Do you understand? Even with Uncle Aliko. The guy I'm talking about is the richest black man. It's not like. Your godfather. Yeah. The richest black man in the world?

Yes. In Africa. Is he one of the richest people in the world? No. The richest black man. Yes. Every time I see. Every time he sees me. You know what he tells me?

You have to go and buy another car in the blog. You got one? I saw you bought another car. Save your money. Fuck. Yeah. I thought you were going to say buy another car. No.

No, so I'm just telling you, apart from even with success with my dad, he's a very, very disciplined man. Right. And very, very disciplined man. And very, very God-fearing. He's given us so much opportunities, me and my family. Even with the music, he's been very, very supportive. You know what I'm saying? At first, he really just wanted me to finish school.

Because at first, he got his girlfriend arrested. He's wild. I said, listen, let me tell you. If you book me for a show, the promoter, the crew, the people backstage, you would have paid to come and watch me. You are going inside.

You are a fan. So, like, because he wanted me to go back to school. Do you understand? He was upset with you when you left? Definitely. You know what I'm saying? You know what I'm saying? Like, you send your kid overseas.

Like, it's just shocking. Because you've already done that with your siblings. Even when they told him, even when they told him, like, yo, David has not been in school. He was like, no, that's not my David. David can never. Do you understand that feeling? So I'm like, ah! You hurt your dad.

Yeah, so when everything casted, I said to myself, I said, I cannot, I said, how do they say it in America? The cat is out of the bag. Cat is out of the bag. Yeah. I can never go home a disappointment. Wow. Since everything is out, I must go home a champion. Like the next time I want my daddy to see me, he must be proud of me.

So that was really one of my reasons. That's dope, man. Just the disappointment, I would have been so hurt. Right. You know what I'm saying? Because imagine this shit wouldn't have worked. You would have been the only one. Wait, I said no.

I said, I'm not going back home. So I was in London for a bit and London is where I recorded the first couple of songs that I eventually dropped. You know, that, you know, set me up.

So I was in London for like four months. Brixton? No, no. I was in, yeah, I was like, I was in South. Why is it Brixton?

No, I'm a worldwide. I got a name to I can name different places. Do the Lord in Germany. It's right there. What is that? What is that? Go ahead. Go ahead.

What is that? What is that? What's up, Poland? I can keep going. I can keep going. I can keep going. I can keep going. Bye.

So, you know, after I've been in London for a while, so imagine I ran away. He don't call to school. They're like, yo, your son ain't been in school for a year. I was with the Jamaicans. You know what I'm saying? Jamaicans. So for a year, you're keeping it from your pops? Yeah, no.

So I did two years. Right. I did my freshman year. I did my sophomore year. Freshman year, I got all A's. I'm good in school, though school anything I want to focus on in this life like I'm good you're good right I really sit down on one to focus your focus shifted because I just loved I just loved the music so much so like

during like the ending of my sophomore year I started like flunking out in classes and stuff like that so I just didn't go. So, you know, you remember I told you that, I told him that I want to transfer the credits to Nigeria. To Nigeria. And then he told me go back. Then when I went back, I was in Atlanta for like three days because I wanted to record music.

So my phone went off. You know, normally you call me and I don't miss my dad's call because I don't call him the school or somebody else. So my phone went off and he called the school like, normally, he'll call me. And I don't miss my dad's call because I don't want to call him the school or somebody else. So my phone went off and he called the school. Like, oh, I want to talk to my son. He said, ah, your son has not been here for one year. I'll never forget that. And that time was like a Facebook era.

I'll never forget. My big brother just wrote to me. Daddy knows you. No, no, no. Facebook. Facebook. Just stop. You're MySpace.

You're MySpace. Calm down. Calm down, Haitian Nigeria. Calm down, Haitian Nigeria. He's about to hit you on MySpace, though. Look at that. So it's like Facebook area. My brother hit me.

He's like, yo, dad knows you don't be in school I'm like as soon as I saw that message I said did your brother know you wasn't in school though of course oh he knew

okay my siblings knew so they're like yep so whatever you want to do blah blah so I dip to London and this whole time

in London I'm trying to just figure it out like I told you I was like ah can I go back with me disappointments I can't I can't, I can't.

Then, yeah, time to go back home. I got that some money. I recorded some songs. Like I said, I knew the biggest artist at that time, DaVance. I already knew him from him coming to Atlanta. So I was like, you know what?

I'm about to just go back home, thug it out, just be around, And just figure it out Bro, as soon as I get off the plane, the army grabbed me, bro Oh, shit That's when he did get you arrested No, he didn't arrest me At the show, you didn't get arrested He didn't arrest me, he escorted me to his house

They didn't, like, cuff me up Yeah, this is some gangster shit I ain't gonna lie He put that yeah this is this is some gangster shit I ain't gonna lie he put you on time out this is some gangster shit and it was so crazy so I had this friend I don't wanna say his name

I know you wanna say his name I ain't gonna lie I need another shot I'm sorry y'all ain't gotta join me if y'all don't want to I got my shot ready I need another shot

so I had this friend which was like you know and that's us talking about loyalty I've known this guy for like a good

eight years so he's the only guy in Nigeria that I'm telling my movements he definitely ratted you out he told you I said he collected

money from my daddy so I'll never forget so I'm calling I'm like yo um I land tomorrow so um you know I got some bread with me so hook up the hotel like I'm I'm lit you know what I'm calling, I'm like, yo, I land tomorrow. So, you know, I got some bread with me.

So hook up the hotel. Like, I'm lit. You know what I'm saying? I'm 16. I got like 70,000 on me. You know what I'm saying? Because that's just normal. Yeah, you're 16.

Don't call your dad. No, no, no. He needs to get the army to grab you. This 70,000 is my, I hustled my own. Why? Like my own, like your shit. Jesus, take a shot for that. I ain't going to lie to you. 16, 70,000 is my I also do my own work. Why like my own like yours. Let's take a shot for that. I ain't gonna lie 16 70,000

Salah Salah shit So I'm late like I'm calling him like your book the hotels. We go now tonight. We are blah blah blah So as soon as I get off the plane The song like army looking guy just came and he grabbed me by the pants he's like pull your pants up so me I'm thinking like he just did that cause I was like sagging my pants but he was telling me like

ooh you gonna get your you gonna get your ass as soon as I pass him with Grish on I just see that my friend he just does this. Bro, I'm looking at you. Why do you keep thinking of Sidney O'Hara and America?

Coming to America. Listen, I'm looking at him, I said, you snitch. Bro, the next thing I just see, I just see my dad.

He just runs and hugs me. Oh, one, two, three. One more time, one more time. One, two, three. Aww. One more time, one more time. One, two, three.

Aww. Look at that. So he just sits and hugs me like, oh, just like, I'm his baby. Yeah, that's right, that's right. You know, my mom passed on, I was like, Oh, damn.

Yes, God bless. So, you know, he feels like, you know, she left the baby with him. Right. Like, what do you want bro so that was when I remember

when I and guess what when I went away he said he cut everybody off said nobody's getting no money until David comes back

so my whole family is writing me on come on bro please hungry hungry want to kill us

he cut he said nothing for anybody he said nothing for any he said nothing for anybody till my baby boy comes back

because they said you went missing they didn't know you was in London he was here and here because I was only talking to like

one of my siblings because we were really close so he was hearing like I was here and there because in a fake documentary they got about you this is a fake documentary they got about you,

this is a fake documentary they got about you. They said, yeah, yeah, yeah, I had to watch that too. I don't want to do my shit. They said that you disappeared for a year. Was that the time period you were talking about? It was a year? I was uploading on Facebook. I was in like seven months.

I won't say a year, but like seven months. Seven months, okay. And then you returned? So I got home, he hugs me Okay. Like seven months. Seven months. Okay, wow. Seven months on the road. And then you would turn. So I got home. He hugs me. We get in the car.

Blah, blah, blah. There's no rose petals? I'm just feeling like there's roses. I'm like, I'm just sorry. I remember I get home, right? And then I remember I get home. He's looking for the royal bath. You know what I mean?

Nah, none of that. You ain't even aware of that. Don't blow that shit on me. Make sure those are the words that

I'm gonna say. Fuck your hands, I'm sorry. Yeah, so, so, you know,

when you're like, you know, you got, I'm 16, I'm about to get to Lagos, I done called

all my, you know, baby, yo, we going out tonight. Man. So we get in the car. We get home.

My whole family, ah, David, he's back. Right. Ah. We got eats now. Right. You know what I'm saying? Everything's back lit. Right.

So my dad, he told me, he was just happy for me to be home. But I was still being hardheaded. I was like, man, no, man, what the fuck? I was young. My brother was looking at me like, like man you don't shut the fuck up I was like man I have my own money man I went to my back I brought like 10 racks I have my own money I want to leave

like that's young me but you were 16? so hold up I'm lost now because you said I went to college at 15 my dad in Nigeria I went to college at 15. Oh, okay. Then you're making sense of it. My dad in Nigeria. I went to college at 15.

Because in Nigeria, you go to college early. You graduate early. So you must have been the youngest person in your college. My whole school. So even when I was going to school, my sister, you know, I told you my sister went to Oakwood.

My sister took... I feel like you wanted another shot. It's okay. Let's give him another shot. No, no, no. I'm just being honest. For every year. I'm being honest, man.

So when I was in college, my sister was just like, oh, when you get there, don't really tell people your age because you wouldn't have fun. Like, nobody going to want to hang out with a 16-year-old. Well, you got there at 15, you saying, right? Yeah, but nobody really asked me in school, like, oh, how old are you? Think about how wild that is.

In America, regularly, you go to school like 18, 19. They should be mad smarter than us. And at the time, like my brother's ID, like we kind of looked like... Yeah, you used his passport. To get in the clubs? No, no, I used his ID to get in. Okay, that was in the documentary. The bootleg, he got the bootleg.

They put the passport. He got it from Sonny. Sonny got it from my face. Yeah, yeah, cheers. So my dad's like, okay, we're going to do the meeting tomorrow. So the next day, he calls me up to his room. And he basically asked me, like, oh, why did I run away? Like, why didn't I just tell him?

You know what I'm saying? And I'm like, dad, I told you. You remember I told him I want to transfer my credits? Right. So he's like, you know what? He wants me to go back to school. He really wants me to go back to school. Right. I was like, man, so what. So he's like, you know what? He wants me to go back to school. He really wants me to go back to school.

Right. I was like, man, so what's in it for me, man? Didn't y'all make a compromise? Like five days a week you go to school? No, no. I go to school for 13 days. Then I get two days off. Every 13 days. And you get two days off to make music?

To just make music. 13 days straight, including weekends? 13 days straight. And I'm like six hours away from the city. So, I'm like, what's the name? He said, okay, he'll bid me a world-class studio.

He'll financially support me. And then he went to a classroom where it was just you? No, no. This guy's about to say you got your own zoo right now. I've been studying you a lot. Thank God, dude.

He already knew what I was saying. I'm going to get there. I'm going to get there. He already knew what I was saying. So yeah, so he was like, OK, now you boot me in studio. I need you to pay for my music career. All I got to do is go to school. I knew I had the records.

I knew I had. That's better than a record deal. I knew I had the records. I knew I had. That's better than a record deal. I knew I had the swag. I knew I had everything. Yeah. So I was like, but in my head, I'm like, shit, I'm about to go to school. Three months, blow up and dip. That was your plan?

That was my plan. I'm not going to lie. That was my plan. Because I was also invested in the music. So what happened? So how did this? So he built the studio. He was like, he has land down the road. He's going to give it to me. He built me the best studio at the studio. He was like, he has land down the road. He's going to give it to me.

He built me the best studio at the time. The best studio in Nigeria. So how that helped me was that. So I started going to school. So I called my cousins in the school. So I called my cousins. I'm like, yo, I'm coming to, I'm enrolling in Babcock. That's the one school.

So he's like, yeah, don't worry. I got you. Don't worry. We're going to be going to the city every weekend. Your dad don't got to know. So I'm like, yes. Blah, blah, blah. Guess where my dad put me?

The owner of the school. This is his house. Like the dean? Not the dean. The number one. Oh, the the dean The number one Oh the owner The number one Of the host

I'm thinking I'm about to be in the dorm You know what I'm saying Pay off the The deans and shit Because people do it They go to Lagos Every weekend

Yeah not this Not him I said this is my room This is the Owner of the school Every morning When he's going to work The first person

He's checking Is in my room I said room I said yeah I said what so he put me in the main thing of the room I'm like

you know what I'm just about to thug it out so like I started going home every like 13 days you know what I'm saying but

luckily for me I had the best studio so all the artists would come to my studio every artist was coming and then I had the chance to like be recording.

So it's time for this. So he told me after three months, if I behave myself after three months, then he going to shoot the video. So I'm like, shit, I got to stay there. Fuck it. So I was actually, even after the three months, I even forgot, like, I even got tired. I was like, you know what?

I'm just about to just finish school and just go work. So we shot the video. He paid for the video for me. God bless him, you know what? I'm just about to finish school and just go to work. So we shot the video. He paid for the video for me. God bless him. You know what I'm saying? That was the start of everything. Shout out to Pops. Yeah.

So at that time, that was like the most expensive video at that time. Paid for the video. We dropped it. So when we dropped it, he's like okay you have you have one day to do your interview and your promo and then you have to go back to school okay so i did i remember it was like a sunday i did a promo on monday after like doing radio dropping the song i gotta go back to school four hours away so i'm like damn So I go back to school Not really After like eight days My phone just rang

My one of my brethren Just called Cause it's just popping He say Yo I was in the club last night When they played your song All the girls were going

I said Eh I said I said Are you sure He said Bro I'm telling you He said

The club He said The club was shaking I said What I said Are you you sure? He said, bro, I'm telling you. He said, the club was shaking. I said, what? I said, are you sure? So the next day was classes, right? So we get to class. I walk into class. Everybody's like, oh, boom, boom, boom.

I'm like, shit, I don't know. So I'm looking. I'm like, ah, boy, I'm like. Leave another shot. I'm sorry. Leave another shot. Leave another shot, Jamie, when you get a chance. I'm sorry.

So I'm looking. I'm like,'m sorry I'm just gonna do this shot do another shot Jamie when you get a chance I'm sorry so I'm looking I'm like should I should I should I dick now or should I like wait to shoot a second video

of what I'm saying wait wait wait wait wait from Pops from Pops of course cause you okay

bruh so I stayed another 13 days I'm so excited I'm like whoo we about to go to the city like this is my first time going back

since we've dropped the video. Records popping. Everything. My dad is like, so I can go out. I've been doing good. I've been to school. Go out to the club? When I walked in. Okay, hold on. This is your first time going to the club?

This is my first time experiencing fame. This is my first time seeing to the club? This is my first time experiencing fame. Fame, right. This is my first time seeing somebody do like, is that David O? Like, this is my first time. Let's get to it. You just intact.

Ah! Ah! I said, help! That was a drug. I said, bro, like, that feeling, it comes only once in your life. Yes, I know that feeling. I said, bro, they play men.

You know when you're in the club? So I'm like, so they're shouting. So I'm in the club. I'm like, I'm just waiting for the DJ to play the record. And I'll never forget, the DJ was like acting hard-headed because he just wanted me to recognize him. That was my first time even knowing that. Boy, you better go to the DJ booth.

Those politics, yeah. You better go to the DJ booth and introduce yourself. That's him, that's him. Hey, relax, bro. So I went to the DJ booth. I was like That's him, that's him. Hey, relax. So I went to the DJ booth. I was like, I'm David O. He ain't no DJ.

They were like, oh, your record's cool. Hey, I don't like this DJ talk right now. No, you know what I mean now. I didn't mean me. So he played the record, Dory, when he played the record.

Crazy. I ran away again. The next day, I changed my phone. What is it called when it's gone Otilo Otilo

Otilo Otilo he said what's it called when it's gone yeah Otilo so like

from there I'm like no but listen it happened so quick boom boom boom

boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom

boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom

boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom

boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom

boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom

boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom, boom, put it, goes going up, going up, going up, going up. That's when I started getting shows.

That's when the arresting started going. I started getting booking. I remember the first booking I got, it was like $1,500. I was like, shit. And $1,500, then back home, shit. It was lit. We get a hotel.

We be chilling for like a month. Where? So from then to... 1,500 chilling for a month. I'm not saying that. No, I'm saying like, you can't pay like then. You can't pay, from then... 1,500 children for a month. I respect that. No, I'm saying like, you can't pay like then. You can't pay... Let's take a shot for that.

1,500 for a month. Let's go respect that. I sneak that in your old trip. So, from then, like... So, I look. Like, shit started getting lit. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm.

And my dad find out that I've left school again. Yes. So, we started getting bookings. You know what I'm saying? I was on the road.. Yes. So we started getting bookings. You know what I'm saying? I was on the road. On the run again, started getting bookings. I had like a couple of label offers, like Nigerian independent. Nigerian label.

Nigerian independent labels like offering me, because I had a hot record. Right, of course. You know what I'm saying? We're getting club gigs for $700 here. That shit was adding up back then. So one time I got one of my main bookings. It had like a big, or what's it called? A big billboard.

Stage? Banner. So my dad going to work. He just see my son and like, what? Big, new superstar with the hottest record. Oh, yeah. So I'm late. I'm like, I'm backstage.

You know what I'm saying? Swagged out. You know what I'm saying? The boys with me now. You know what I'm saying? Everybody late. Brother, I just here. I said, what's going on?

Where is you? And we're looking for somebody that has been kidnapped. I said, what's going on? Where is you? We're looking for somebody that has been kidnapped. I said, who is kidnapped? I said, in Nigeria. You marry. You're under your parents' care. That's right. He just came.

Yeah. Oh, you know what I did? I dipped. You dipped. Run away. Your manager? Your manager? Yeah, I arrested my then-girlfriend at the time.

Oh, so it's legal that that's the legal thing? I don't know. I don't know. Are you under your parents' care? I don't know. Well, it seems like it. Listen, his pops is that negative. He made that.

I'm not mad at your pops. Yeah, I ain't mad at your pops. I'm not mad at your pops. We had a deal. Yes, yes, yes. So, you know what I'm saying? After that, like, they arrested the promoter, you know what I'm saying? After that, they arrested the promoter.

You know what I'm saying? Oh, they arrested the promoter too? Oh, shit. If you book him. Listen, pop. If you book him. Everybody get it. Yeah, book him.

If you book him. If you book him, you get arrested. If you book him, you get him booked. Was that hard for you? Because that had to be the rumor. Yeah, I had to give you a bad name.

No, no. It stopped the bad. It stopped. Immediately. It stopped the bad. Any household that I Yeah, I had to give you a bad name. No, no, stop the bag. Stop, oh, stop. Immediately. Immediately. Stop the bag. Any household that I go into, they will send you a letter

from the IG of police. We heard that you have been... And you say your dad is not in the government. I don't know. He's a good guy to know. You know what I'm saying? He's a good guy to know. I'm not going to Nigeria

without speaking to you and your father. No, no. Speak to his father. So from there, everybody was like, you know when people didn't want to be around? Not that they didn't want to be around me.

They were just like, I don't want no problems with you. So now I got to start being like, I went to the studio. I recorded this song. This song that set me free so the song called Damiduro this is my breakout

Damiduro means I'm the son of a rich man no no Omo Babalo is son of a rich man Ema Damiduro means you can't stop me so in the song

it's like Ema Damiduro Emi Omo Babalo means you can't stop me I'm the son of rich man. The song was so powerful.

It was like, the presidents of the country at that time were singing that song. That's when pop said. So when that record came out, so when they would send the police to arrest me, there was one time I went to a show

they took me they put me in the office obviously he doesn't tell them like lock me up just like hold me the police phone

starts ringing it's my song it's your ringtone I said it's me it's me are you David I said it's me

yeah so at that moment I said oh David I say it's me so like everybody was calling my dad like just leave it let's see because now they start enjoying the music the president was like a big thing president of Nigeria at the time call your pops and say, relax. Yes. Like, let him. That is hard, sir.

My dad followed me. So just like everybody calling him and honestly, my dad, it's not that he didn't like entertainment. He was just really wanting me to like

have something to fall back on. Right. Because this is not forever. And under the radar. I feel like he wants to fall back on right because this is not forever and under the radar i feel like he wants to be under the radar no definitely so that song is how he got people knew that oh because you big time oh yeah this guy you kind of outed him yeah i did oh definitely i casted him so from that you know from that time we got back together. Funny enough, I signed a record deal. And I got like...

30? No. 30-something? I got like... I'm all in your business, my bad. Yeah. I got like 20-something thousand dollars in that record deal. I remember, I'll never forget.

So, because I'm like, my song's gone. You know what I'm saying? I need to move forward. All right. Boy, oh boy he called him like yeah the contract is over I'm going to handle my son

called me this is what we're doing you're going to go to school part time you know what I'm saying I'm going to support you you know he saw the passion

and you know as a father no matter if that's not what he wanted for me it became successful right so automatically

you'll be happy he might not want to show it but he's friends of telling me ah your daddy is happy right

yes now like even like not to like brag like my dad has done so much like without him I wouldn't be here talking to you

absolutely but like even with me and my music has opened so much doors for my family right you know what I'm saying just even being like connected with me right you know what I'm saying? Just even being connected with me.

Right. You know what I'm saying? Because you've become like a de facto ambassador. Yes, now. To even the whole country. Yes. That's beautiful, man. That's some fucking love.

Because that's what I read somewhere, that afterwards your father was very involved with your contracts. Eh? Yeah. It's kind of like major, like right now it's like, you know, I'm older. Right. You know what I'm saying? You know what I'm saying?

He let me do my thing. But in the beginning of everything, all my endorsements, he would just call them. He would say, I can give my son this money. Double it. He tell me, don't sign. I'll give you the money. I say, shit, all right, man. Damn, we need a father like that. double it he told me don't sign. We don't care. But, Danny, we love you. But when we go to Nigeria, we can do whatever we want.

Whatever we want. Look at my shirt. I'm already signed. Holy shit. No, that's a beautiful thing. Hold on, hold on, because I got mad notes. Hold on, hold on. Your first got mad notes. Hold on, hold on. Hold on.

Your first car was an Audi or was your first car supposed to be an Audi and you was going to sell it? Damn. You know, I know my shit. I know my shit. So, every third year,

when you become a junior in school, like my dad always buys all the kids' cars. So, he bought me an Audi. Wait, every 30 days? Every, when you become a junior in college. 30 year.

Fuck it. Fuck. Third year, not 30 days, bro. My family. Every 30 days. So he bought me like an Audi Q7.

But like I told you, I was so in love with it. I was so focused on the plan. So I was going to sell it and then take the bread and... You were going to flip the car. Yes. That sounds Nigerian to me.

You know what I'm saying? Yeah. I mean, but... It never came. The car never came. It came. So let me tell you what happened. Okay.

So I called the guy. So I'm going to go back to pick the car up, right? So I go. So I walk into Audi. So he's about to give me the keys like oh hold on but at this time my dad already knows I'm out of school so he's like oh hold on your dad is calling I'm like so the guy does like this oh hello hello Dr. Adeleke oh really oh as soon as he started saying that, I started venting out like that. Down in the car. Down in the car.

You knew what time it was. Yeah, I did. Yo, I ain't going to lie. I never got the car though. No, but eventually, like, he shifted. Your father is the Tony. But eventually, I got my degree though. Yeah.

I graduated in 2015. I ain't going to lie. I was about to say, when they going to make the movie about you? But now I keep thinking about it. It's really about you and your father. The whole family. He's the Tony Sopranos of Nigerians. Yo, that motherfucker's ill.

Holy shit. Holy shit. Let me ask you, though, because your story is unique in your story, and I'm sure there's similar stories. What is the average young Nigerian that doesn't come from the wealthy family? How many artists have broken out like you from that point of view? I mean, should we say the truth? Yeah.

Yeah, absolutely. I mean, I think, honestly, you know, it's crazy to see because when I first came out It was years of years of Yeah he's just It's just because of his dad's money When you talk I'm doing 80 songs Back to back All hits

You talking about my dad money And then eventually Like You know A lot of people have money in Nigeria There are people in Nigeria That reach out to my dad Do you understand

That have children That entertain us Right But they are not Undead by God Like me People that are in Nigeria that reach out to my dad. They have children that entertain us. Right. Wow. But they are not undead by God like me. You know what I'm saying? Money has nothing to do with my success.

You know what I'm saying? You know how, like in America, if you're from somewhere, you're appreciated there. Right. Right? But I'm telling you, every corner ofigeria rich or poor i'm appreciated you know i'm saying just because of the way i live my life you know a lot of people that are from the hood in nigeria can't go to the places that i can go right right do you understand what i'm saying people you know come from the hood and want to escape and never want

to go back you know i'm saying it's not like american hoodoo if you come from the hood and want to escape and never want to go back. You know what I'm saying? It's not like American hoodoo. If you go to the hood, they'll come and start hating on you. Yes. Like Nigeria, you know what I'm saying? It's not like that. Like love. Like even with charity.

Like, you know, on my birthday, like one of the things that, you know, showed me like, damn, like people really appreciate me. On my birthday, on my 29th birthday, we was in Dubai and I wanted this watch. So I told my boys, everybody do need some money for the watch that I wanted. I like this idea. So we ended up making a group chat and people were sending money. So we went to the club that night. I got drunk as hell. I went to the balcony. I said, fuck that.

I'm about to tweet my account. Tweet your account? I tweeted my account number. In 48 hours, I got sent $650,000. What? Cash. Can I tweet my number? I need to understand how this works.

Can you say that again? Because I'm sorry. I just need to be clear. I woke up. He's saying how much love he got. I tweeted my account number. To your fans? Yes, on Twitter.

Damn, I'm not sure my fans are fucking with me like that. I definitely get a Casio. What did you buy? 600,000? Yeah. So, in 48 hours, I got about $650,000. No, no, no. No, no, no, no.

My bad. I'm sorry. I got... What was $15 million? You know, I added my own $15 million. Huh? No, no, no, no. How?

Damn, no. Not this How? There, no. Not this new exchange rate, too. Not the new exchange rate. That exchange rate that time was like 480, so I'm 15. Call the mill. My fans better step up. So I got like... So I got like,

I think I'll say 400 and something thousand cash in the account. Funds. People were sending $1. So I got like, I think I'll say 400 and something thousand, right? Cash in the account. Funds. People were sending $1. Everything was, even the ones that were sending $5. People were sending $10,000. People were sending $70,000.

It was adding up. Right. Boy, oh boy. And then my dad called me. You know you can't keep that money, right? Yeah. What you say? So, you know what can't keep their money, right? What you say? So, you know what I'm saying?

It's like, no, I don't need it. Why you don't need it? Why you keeping the money? I think you should donate to all the motherless babies' homes in Nigeria. So what happened was that... Yeah. What problem is that? So what we did was

I got 400,000 Then I added another 150,000 of my money To make it 600 That's why it was 650 And we donated to all the motherless Babies homes in Nigeria So it's something I plan to Continue to do

Every year But let me ask you Did your father ever explain why it was inappropriate for you to keep that money? He was just basically saying that this is already showing you how much people love you.

You know what I'm saying? You, you, you know what I'm saying? You buy, you buy the watch, you buy the car. The watch that's, after six months, you get tired of wearing it. You know what I'm saying? You buy the watch, you buy the car. The watch that after six months, you get tired of wearing it. You know what I'm saying? You don't need the money. You get that money if you do a show and an appearance.

Fuck. Do the right thing. I was like, okay, let's do it. So you're going to have to, your dream is doing that as well? So we made a committee, like a committee. My auntie, my dad was involved. Some people from the church as well

so we made a committee to go around to all the because it's 36 states in Nigeria so to go around to all the motherless babies homes

in Nigeria and you know make sure that it's real because anybody can just send an account and be like you know what I'm saying so that took like

two months then we finally you know donated all 650,000 to the last dollar to them. That's it. So let me ask you,

because during this whole interview, I've been seeing you be switching accents, right? I don't know if you do it on purpose or if it's just going around. When you order room service, three o'clock in the morning. Hello, can you When you order room service, 3 o'clock in the morning. Hello, can you connect me to room service, please?

Can I get a burger? Buffalo wings? Some truffle fries? And then when I'm in Atlanta, hey, hey, hey, let me get that lemon pepper. You don't like Atlanta. And then when I'm in Atlanta, hey, hey, hey, let me get that lemon pepper. Charlie. You don't like Atlanta. Every time you move up in Atlanta, you go up there.

Holy shit, old man. I love Atlanta. Nah. Huh? Yeah. Yeah, definitely. Like, I mean, apart from us trying to do this darker series. And you know I wasn't coming to America 2.

I'm in the movie. What? Yeah. What part? The part of the wedding. I'm the one performing on the stage. Not She's Your Queen. Not that part.

Yeah. No, no, no. I don't know, but I'm in the movie. I remember it was dope to shoot. What? It was in Rick Ross' crib. No, no, no, no. We shot it at Tyler Perry's studio.

Oh, not Zamunda. Not at all. Yeah, I remember being on set. So, you know, Eddie Murphy, he'd be acting different characters. Oh, yeah, he's a method actor. You know that I was shooting with Eddie Murphy for two days? I didn't know that that was him. He was behind me.

I don't know. I forget. So, like, when it was, like, my last shot, he said, yo, D. I look back. He's like this. I said, ah! Eddie Murphy! Yo, so it was just amazing to see.

For two days, what character was he? He was acting. Is it the guy that sings the old school? Yeah, the Jerry Curbs. Sex with Chocolate. Yeah, Sex with Chocolate. But he was like, you know what I'm saying? You know how when you're shooting, you know, you don't even, you know. But you ain't seen Coming to America 1?

But I didn't, it didn't hit me. You was too rich. No, no. No, I watched the one, but like, I'm just excited to be there. I'm shooting, I'm doing my job, doing what I got to do. I ain't really trying to do no extra shit. You know why I would've knew? Because the Sex with Chocolate is from Jackson Heights, Queens. I ain't really trying to do no extra shit. You know why I would've knew? Because the sexual chocolate

is from Jackson Heights, Queens. I'm from Left Rock City, Queens. And I would've remembered them motherfuckers. I hear the sexual chocolate from Jackson Heights. That was dope. Ain't no black people

in Jackson Heights. They been lying to us this whole time. Yeah. Oh, God damn. Oh, God damn. Let me not say that. There's some black people

in Jackson Heights. There's very few. There's a lot of Colombians. A lot of Colombians. A lot of Mexicans. I love New York, though. Yes. I like, after the A, I love being in New York.

I love the city life. Right. You know what I'm saying? Where do you stay in New York? What was it? Like a hotel? I know. What's your favorite hotel?

My best hotel? I don't know if I should say that. No. Yeah. No, I'm just going to say the Plaza Hotel. That's where Eddie Mercury and them stayed at. Okay, yeah. I was fucking with you.

Oh, Good Morning. That was in the hood. No, no. Good Morning, my neighbors. He was in the hood. No, no, no. That was in Queens. No, I'm talking about where they stayed at. No, it was the Waldorf. I said the hood. No, no. Good morning, my neighbors. He was in the hood. No, no, no. That was in Queens. No, I'm talking about where they stayed at.

No, it was the Waldorf. I said the plaza. Yeah, it was the Waldorf, which is closed, by the way. Yeah, they renovated it. Yeah, they renovated it for 10 years. They've been renovating it. Waldorf Astoria, right? Waldorf Astoria.

Do they have a Waldorf Astoria? Nah, but we got like a Hilton. We got like a Marriott. Our hair, we got Intercont Marriott, a hair, we got an Intercontinental. And how do we pronounce it? It's Legos? Legos. Legos.

Legos. Le. Le. Le. And it's like you say lay over it? Le. Le.

Legos. Legos. Legos. Legos. Okay, I got it. And what's my other shit when it's over? Otilo.

Otilo. I'm becoming Nigerian, nigga. Give me your credit card number. I got this, my dude. I got this. Holy moly guacamole. You got a shot there? I'm sorry.

Missing me and you. Take a shot, man. I'm sorry, man. But for real, man. Hold on a second. What you doing, man? What you accomplished is so beautiful, man. Like I said, you didn't have to do this lifestyle.

You could have been. And the fact that you came, and I can tell this is your passion, the fact that you're living out your passion, that's, like, such a beautiful fucking thing, man. Like, you know what I mean mean I want to salute that man we should all salute that because because that's just beautiful man

and the fact that like you had great parents you know what I'm saying you had great recipes to your mother as well you had a great father and you still pursued it like he tried to stop so um what was the point where you felt like you made it i think i think in in in everybody's story i think there are different

points yeah where you felt like you made it right but like i'm telling you that my the first feeling i told you guys about when my friend called me and told me that he was in the club oh yeah right and girls were going that first feeling came only once. And it doesn't come again because. Yeah, but that was him hearing it. No. You heard it. I told you I went in the club.

Yeah. Oh, you were in that club. No, I went. Well, him hearing it and then going to the club. All of that was that feeling. My bad. That moment. And I've had different moments in my career.

Recently, this is my latest album that just came out, that has been another defining moment. The first time I sold out an international arena, that's been a defining moment. You know what I'm saying? It's just beautiful. Like every country I go to, like one of my first dope moments, I remember I was like wow

like um I got booked up for a show in Rwanda Rwanda Rwanda oh wow and the president came to pick me up from there wow like those are like I'm just trying to give you like moments so I'm like I'm like damn my music got to be here. Those are one of the first dope moments. When I first bought my first Rolls Royce, that was a dope moment. With your own money. With my own money. Which needs to be said, right.

With my own money. Just everything. Just being able to just, even though my family is well off, being able to just provide for my friends, being able to provide for my wife, provide for my kids. It's just provide for my wife right provide for my kids it's just dope and you know i'm saying especially when it's like i always just believed like call me crazy but like i always just knew it's like right i just knew that i knew like i'm going to be great i'm going to be great i don't know when it's

going to happen but like thank god it happened be great. I don't know when it's going to happen, but, like, it didn't go to happen quick for me. You know what I'm saying? We need to ask because, like, in Africa, we always know that they got multiple wives. Now, is that Muslim thing? Yeah, no, that's like a Muslim. No, actually, some Christians do it, too. Christians do it, too?

Yeah, do it, too, but. You, one man. Please. One, one, yes. Oh, I got. He's already a man. Yeah, he born in Atlanta. No, one, yes. Oh, I got... Yeah, he born in Atlanta. How about his dad, son?

No, his dad is about that life. Huh? His dad is about that life. Actually, funny enough, my dad is a one-woman person. Yes. Holy shit. How did you get... How did you be...

Were you born in Atlanta? Like, how did that happen? So, my grandfather was a senator. My grandfather. So most of the kids, you always send them to America. My dad went to university in Kentucky. Bowling green, yeah. So this has been going on for generations.

I'm going to keep it 100. This is the one thing that we know. Rich Africans send their kids to white schools Let's just be clear Let's just be clear So you're not doing the whole cup? Oh yeah we'll give you a whole other drink Right there

Oh shit thank you So yeah So my dad went to school in Kentucky My dad and my mom actually first met in London Oh yeah Yeah so my mom is from The like south south part, yeah. Yeah, so then my mom is from the like south, south part of Nigeria.

Right. A place called Edo States. My dad is Yoruba, so I'm from two different tribes. Oh. Actually like three. Wow. So I'm Igbo,

my grandma is Igbo, my dad is... Ain't 21 Savage Igbo? I think, I think, I think he's Nigerian too. That's what I think. Yeah, 21, I think, I think, let me know,

you know, I don't want to get shit wrong. So my dad and my mom met in London and then they got together, and then they, you know, Atlanta had always been in base. Okay. They love Nigerian people. I don't know why. Right.

So my mom actually did her master's in Clarks. Clark. Yeah. Yeah. Wow. So, you know, America has always been a thing for my family. Right. You know, we've always been coming out here.

Right. Shit. It's crazy. If I was y'all, I would stay out there. Fuck America. Nah, learn what you got and then go back. Take it back. He took another shot.

I want another shot, then. He took another shot. He took a cheese shot. I love, I just love the way that I just grew up in both places. Like, trust me, the exposure has helped a lot. Right. The exposure is dope. But if you have a choice,

America or Nigeria, take a shot? I'll take a shot. Take a shot. You shouldn't have influenced. I thought he was going to say Nigeria, right? I'm going to take a shot

for Nigeria, man. People like, when I'm in my creative space, especially when I'm recording, I feel like I record the best music when I'm back home. Right. Especially like when I'm recording, I feel like I record the best music when I'm back home. Right. You live in Nigeria now?

I live in Nigeria. I live in Atlanta. Okay. I basically live in three places. London, Nigeria, and Atlanta.

I have houses everywhere. God damn it. We don't. We don't. Yeah. We don't. We don't. I live in one place.

But like, mainly, mainly, mainly Nigeria. Mainly Nigeria. Mainly Nigeria. Akon be trying to get me to get an apartment. I thought you told me you were buying land. Yeah, I think I'm buying.

I was going, I'm making apartments. No, no, no, no. Where he's at? He's from Senegal. No, no, no. Senegal. He ain't getting me to buy land in Senegal. He trying to get me to get a condo. Where he's at? He's from Senegal. No, no, no. Senegal. He ain't get me to buy land in Senegal. He trying to get me to buy or get a condo.

Where? That's what I'm saying. I forget where it is. But where would you recommend? If I was to say it. I mean, right now, like real estate right now, I would say Lagos. Okay. People are really building some new dope.

For investments? Yeah, very good investments. Yeah? I'm telling you. You can get a place for like, but right now, like my building, like if you can buy a place for like 1.5. Jesus.

That's not an investment. I need 1.5 thousand. No, I'm telling you, but you can flip it. You can get, you sell it for like 4 million. Wow. Okay, well.

I'm telling you, very good investments. Like my new house that I'm building now, you know, for me and my wife. Right. It's by the beach.

It's by this place called Echo Atlantic. Okay. It's going to be like Cabo, Mexican themed. I'm in. Mexican themed? I'm in. Yeah. And it's on the beach?

Yeah, it's in like, it's like on water. It's quite dope. Good. A lot of good buildings and crazy. Amazing. Right. Crazy. So we good buildings. And crazy. Amazing. Right. Crazy. So we invest.

I'm sold. I'm sold. You're sold? What are you buying? David A. Conn. That's fine. You've been champion A. Conn's investment. And now you're going cold.

Nah, I'm fucking with you. I might do both. I might do both, man. But I ain't going to buy. I ain't, man. But I ain't going to buy. I ain't going to buy. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I'm in. I'm with my African brothers, man.

First, let's do the first, the Drink Champs deal with his dad. And then we can... Drink Champs is going to buy us out and then A-Com. Yeah. Nah, I'm just playing. It's all good, man. So, okay. Obviously, we say Nigeria, Lagos, right?

Lagos. What's another place that if a person never been to Africa, you recommend that they visit? Definitely Ghana. Ghana. I feel, like I told you, Lagos is like New York. So, it's just like if you're telling somebody, oh Oh you're going to America For the first time Like you can go to New York But that's not the only place

You want to go Right Because you know New York is fast Lagos is a little bit fast Right But Ghana is like I'll say like More like LA

Calm And this is all central Africa Right No west Africa West West central No No west

Just west Yes By the coast Okay So Ghana Really really dope. I recommend. Senegal, where Akon is from. Where?

I recommend. Not the Congo. I've seen documentaries. The Congo? I wanted to go for coming home to the Congo. Like I said, you've seen documentaries, but I've been to the Congo where there are good parts, too. Really? Yeah.

That's why. Bro, remember, there's a- I had a DJ from Congo. He didn't even want to talk about it. I was like, yo, how's Congo? I had a DJ from Congo. He didn't even want to talk about it. I was like, yeah, how's Congo? He was like... They had a lot of civil war in Congo. A lot of...

That's in the 80s. In the 80s and like... Let me tell you, what has been happening recently in Africa, like the people, they waking up, boy. Nah. They're not even playing. They're like protesting. Right.

You know, so like the narrative is changing. Right. God damn it, man. Where's the most beautiful girl? Hey, man. Right. God damn it, man. Where is the most beautiful girl? Hey, man. I'm a married man. Nigeria. Nigeria.

Not on Lola? No, they're from Igbo states. Where my wife is from. Because the Cubans were there? Wherever my wife from, that's where the most beautiful girls are from. That's right. That man. That's right, God damn it.

Holy moly guacamole. You said nori guacamole? That's right. Mr. Lee. I want to go to Liberia. Have you been to Liberia? I've been to Liberia. Amazing place.

They love me. Even though they had a crazy civil war there too, but it's stable now, right? Yes. I know the president too. Yeah. Gee, he was a soccer player. That's the president now.

George, by the way, yeah. He was a soccer player, now he's president. Yeah. Type of life is there. Yo, Liberia, it was wild back in the day. Man, damn, Sonny's not here? He's Liberian? No, no, no.

No, he's Haitian. He's Haitian. I've been to Haiti. Yeah, no, no. No, he's Haitian. He's Haitian. I've been to Haiti. Yeah, no, no. What part of Haiti? Yeah, I went to Haiti on 20... Look, look, look. You performed in Haiti.

That's my next question. Look, look, look. That's how you know you're on point. Go ahead, boy. Go ahead. You performed in Haiti. Haiti's dope. Yeah, Haiti was...

I went to Haiti too. Yeah, the experience, the love was so much... I just remember driving up the hills to the hotel. Well, when you go up, the further you go up, the richer it gets. That's what's crazy about Haiti. All the way up, like Fajo? All the rich people in Haiti live up in the mountains. It was cool.

It's just sad to see what's been happening with them. Reset. No, it's tragic. Yeah, very tragic. I was even meant to actually go back for another gig, but then they had to cancel it because it was just, you know, craziness happened. Jesus, man. We got to go to Haiti, man.

Dream Champs got to go to Haiti. I'm going to Haiti. I'm going to Haiti, Nigeria. Nigeria, Zimbabwe. Definitely Nigeria. Like, every year, I do a festival. For your birthday? No, no, no.

I'm doing a festival in Atlanta this year. Okay. So I want to talk about that, no, no. I'm doing a festival in Atlanta this year. Okay. So I want to talk about that too. Okay. So, you know, just the synergy with Atlanta and Lagos, you know, those are like the two cities that, you know, kind of like molded me to who I am. Right.

So I was like, you know, I want to do a festival that, you know, I can bring Nigerian artists, African artists that don't have the opportunity to come to America, you You know to perform every year So we're going to be doing that Every year Dope In November So this year it's going to be

At the State Farm Arena State Farm Arena Wow In Atlanta on November 18th And who you got so far locked in? I mean Me and then We got like

We got Kiss Daniel But now I'm about to like Switch it up Okay Because you know So it's going to be like African artists With crunk artists And Atlanta Okay. So it's going to be like African artists with crunk artists and Atlanta artists? No, I think that's going to be like a surprise guest.

Okay, okay. Probably going to have like my brothers come out. All African. All African for now. But like I have dreams of like in the future collaborating, doing like a weight fest maybe with like a Latina artist. You know, surprise guest or like a hip-hop artist one year to culture clashing. Right.

That'd be dope. Okay, so let me ask you, because Michael Blacksman, he always eat fufu. Yeah. I don't like the way he eats fufu. How does he eat it? Is fufu like mofongo?

How does he eat it? With his hand? Is it the same thing? It's not even that he eats it with his hand. It's just... Similar, right? It's soup? Yeah.

Okay, so explain to people what fufu is. I mean, there's, you know, in Nigeria, there are different types of delicacies. Don't we have Cuban fufu? But it's a plantain soup. A plantain soup, okay. Yeah, but some fufu, they make it from plantain. We have a Cuban soup like that, Cuban fufu. It's crazy.

So, yeah, it's really um there's two type of delicacies in nigeria there's like normal like rice dishes plantain and there's what we call swallow don't put it to them he's saying pause yeah okay i wasn't ready yeah i caught on like so they make like there's like fufu there's pounded yam there's eba. Like my favorite is eba. I don't know what they call gari here. What is it? Gari is like cassava.

Oh, which is yuca, right? Yuca. Isn't that yuca? Cassava is yuca. They do that with like the okra. Like okra. So they have like the okra soup. It's nice.

Right. Spicy, put some crabs in there bitch Right So So is that your favorite That's my favorite Put some crab Put some

African jit Your favorite African jit is fufu No no I like eba Eba Eba's the okra one Eba Eba and okra With the crab

With the crab I like your enthusiasm Chicken I'm thinking about it now Right Yes It's not because I'm thinking about this now. I'm not going to lie.

My friend Hollywood Hino, Michael Blackson. I know Hollywood Hino. You know Hollywood Hino? Let me drink. Yeah, the boxer, yeah. I'm not going to lie to you. That's my brother. I grew up with him. He's from the same building as, same section as me, from the same block, section two.

He's Nigerian. He's Nigerian. He's section two. He's Nigerian. I forget what part of Africa. He's Nigerian. He's Igbo. He's Igbo. Text him because we don't want to be telling him there's no fake shit. He knows Igbo. But the way him and Michael Blacksmith eat fufu, I don't want to try because they be ugly.

First of all, before I eat my head off know I'm taking on my jury off before you know Yeah, that's right top or they be still they be still trying be cool. Yeah. Yeah Yeah, like how you eat crabs you put the give it to be born no no people no bib no Okay, so it's sweating. Okay. I'm practicing a practice. Oh water. Okay on the side. All right Sir, that's my favorite dish apart from that I like plantain too

but if I eat fufu my first experience where should I eat it at at at home close to the bathroom but you definitely

don't want to eat fufu and like go to the club that's not the way this works cause you gonna go to the club people at's not the way this works. Because you're going to go to the club. I'll creep up at 2.30 a.m. Right, right.

When the speaker's not... I'm glad I didn't listen to the motherfucker. They got to lock me up here. Trust me. It's the best food to eat after a good... Like you want to go to bed. Right. After the club is a good food.

Yeah. It absorbs the liquor. And it's again, because you know there's pepper needs to go with liquor and stuff. There's another thing we have called suya too. It's one of our most famous dishes. It's like cut up steak, but it's like roasted and there's like this special pepper. Suya too. It's called suya.

Suya. I said suya too. Like also. Like suya also. I don't know. We made a mistake It's called suya. Suya. I said suya too. Like also. Like suya also. I don't know. We made up some shit. I don't know. I don't know.

We made up some shit. Suya too. Nah, you made up some shit. That's why I wouldn't. That's why I wouldn't. Suya too. That's a new shit. That's a makahaya bing bong.

That's a makahaya bing bong. Yo. Do they have vegan? Do they got vegan? Actually, yeah. Definitely. Yeah. They got,

you vegan or something? Yeah. So they have like vegan? Do they got vegan in Nigeria? Actually, yeah, definitely. Yeah? They got, you vegan or something? Yeah. So they have like vegan spots that they be, you know. Why you look to me like that way? He don't know nothing about it. No, I know about, you know why? Because the church I go to, Seventh Day Adventists, they eat a lot of, you know, tofu? Tofu, yeah.

The tofu, they be making like, make it look like burgers and meat. Yeah, like. Yeah, I grew up, my dad up. My dad don't eat meat. He don't eat meat? Yeah. Just only fish. He's pescatarian. Only fish, yeah.

Him too. Me too. You don't eat meat? Nah. Boris, Boris. For no meat at all? Nah, nah. Yeah, no meat.

Bruh, I need me a burger. I need me a burger. Don't tell me you eat pork. Yeah, he do. Don't tell me. Okay, okay. You don't eat the meat. Listen. Eat pork. I need me a... Don't tell me you eat pork. Yeah, he do. Don't tell me. Don't eat the meat. Eat pork. I wouldn't eat...

I wouldn't eat... No, no. I wouldn't eat like a pork... Ass? I wouldn't eat like a pork meal, but I'll have a pepperoni pizza. I had a couple of Muslim brothers tell me that same thing.

No, you didn't. But I wouldn't eat it like... No, not me. I ate red meat in 20 years. I'm having a pepperoni pizza. You're having a pepperoni pizza. That's the one thing I miss as a pescetarian. Anywhere in the world or just in New York?

In New York, it's acceptable. Pepperonis is shit. Everywhere. Italy. Italy. Balad. You know what I'm saying? Yeah.

Fuck. You ate pepperoni, bro. I ain't eat pepperoni in 21 years, bro. Italy Italy Balad You know what I'm saying Yeah Fuck You ain't pepperoni bro Nah I ain't eat pepperoni In 21 years bro Yesterday what was that Nah Nah

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No none of that. All right, so you close to me with the pescatarian shit. No, I eat chicken, y'all. I don't eat chicken. I don't eat chicken or red meat. Yeah, I eat chicken. You had a burger like that? I ate turkey burgers from Cheeseburger Baby.

I'm just slamming. What's that? From turkey burger. Is it? Yeah. He about to take you. Can you get me some on the truck? Yeah, yeah, because, you know, 2 Chainz, it was funny because 2 Chainz, we was trying to get him on the show so much.

And then 2 Chainz finally came here, and I had time that day. And he was like, yo, let's go to Carbone. And you know Carbone. You know what Carbone is, right? Yeah. It's like a fancy restaurant. All right, cool. I was like, ah, it's great.

He's like, today at 2 Chainz, I just want to go have a turkey burger. I said, I'll hook you up with reservations with Carbone. And Two Chains was like, nah, let's go. And we went and had $12 burgers. And we sat down, and it was delicious. They let us smoke back there. It's fantastic. Cheeseburger Baby is one of my favorite meals on earth.

Not one of my favorite burgers on earth. Not one of my favorite burgers on earth. One of my favorite meals. It's just so dope. Like, you go there. It's fresh. They make it, whatever you do, like, they make it for you right then and there. And it's like, and it's just this little establishment. It's a little establishment.

And you don't own a piece of it, right? I don't own a piece of it. Where's the owner of it? Yeah, he just. Hey, Lord. Cheeseburger Baby. Staff. Staff, wherever you at. don't own a piece of it. Yeah, he just... Oh, Cheeseburger Baby. Steph. Steph, Steph, wherever you at.

You try to go there after here. Yeah, yeah. But listen, but listen. There's other restaurants. There's Finger Lickin'. Big up to my boy, E-Class. Finger Lickin'. There's Carbone.

Huh? House of Matt. There's House of Matt. I thought House of Matt closed. No, no, no. They just closed this location. Oh, they closed that location. Yeah, yeah, no. They just closed this location, but they still open. Oh, they closed that location? Okay.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. I think he's going to go in one gazillion percent Nigerian. Nigeria. Who? Who is? I wanted to make sure. No, no, no. He know.

He know. Because I didn't want to just say he's Nigerian. You know, it's like calling somebody from Brooklyn, from the Bronx. Like, yo, yo, yo. Yo, yo, yo. You from Brooklyn, nigga? No, nigga. I'm from the Bronx. So, you can yo, yo. Yo, yo, yo, yo. You from Brooklyn, nigga? No, nigga, I'm from the Bronx. So you can't do that. You can't do...

But like, all right. So let me... That's a great question. Because you said in Nigeria there's different states. It's not different boroughs. Yeah, just like here. They got states.

No, but I'm saying you would think... Just like here. Africa. But... No, no, they're a country. Nigeria is a whole country. They're a country with states.

36 states. 36 states. 36 like Miamis. 36. So much how big it is. Remember, Africa's a humongous continent with humongous countries in it. You haven't. Me being the David O, I haven't been to every state.

Wow, you haven't been to every state. You know, I realized that recently, I haven't been to every state. Wow, you haven't been to every state? You know, I realized that recently. I haven't been all over Queens. I've missed like seven spots. You got it. That should be a documentary by itself. That should be a documentary. But this is like, that's a country.

Yeah. You said you haven't been. No, I don't think I've been to every state. Probably about maybe 70%, 65%. But I don't think I've been to every state. Probably about maybe 70%, 65%. But I don't think I've been to every state. You got to roll you a bigger joint. You got Nigerian blunts? They don't want me to get too hot.

No, but guess what? Give him another shot. No, you know what? I actually like my blunts. I like it hot. Right. I like that hot tea. When they've been smoked already.

Yeah, so I like it like halfway. Right. So you don't smoke blunts? No, I used to. Used to? I used to actually... What was that green one? Grava?

No, not Grava. Backwards. Not backwards. Phill one? Grabber? No, not grabber. Backwards. Not backwards. Phillies? No. Dutchmaster? Dutchmaster. Dutchmaster.

Yeah, I used to give them Dutchmaster. Dutchmaster. I didn't know because I was trying to get it. Dutchmaster. Dutchmaster. Yo, that's what I do. Yo, for real though, that's what I do. Yo, for real though, regardless of what happens,

we need to do Dream Champs in Nigeria for sure. Yeah, definitely. 100%. So the next time we're going to do it, we're going to do it in my penthouse overlooking the city. Goddamn. We got to do it. And then we're going to have another conversation. Definitely.

I'd like to bring creatives. No, no. Bring all the artists yeah i really want you guys to come and experience my country yes nah definitely definitely like you know when i be dope free time i really want you guys to come yeah you know i'm gonna take you all to the best parts i'm gonna take you out to the worst let's do it let's do it i'm in let's take a shot because that means that means this is a deal of course we're locking in this deal with this yeah yeah yeah let's lock in this deal. We're just locking in.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. You know why? Because I also like taking them to the bad parts. So you really appreciate what you guys have here. Absolutely. And you understand that

the goal is to, you know, so many creatives, so many creatives back home that don't have the opportunity to showcase, you know, what they are doing. So apart from even just, you know, extending my legacy, I feel like I have an obligation to promote the culture.

I love that. I love that. I love that. I love that. Before we get up out of here, what are some of the heroes of Nigeria? Definitely Fela Kuti. Okay. Oh, yeah. The whole family. They got a whole family lineage. Definitely Fela Kuti.

To be honest, man, we haven't really had the best leaders, so I wouldn't want to mention anybody in politics. I feel like I'm a hero. Would you ever get into politics? I think so. Yeah? I think so. Yeah? I think so. Maybe like later on, you know what I'm saying? So if I moved to Nigeria, I could vote for you? You have to vote for me?

Yes, yes. But I got to move there, right? Hey, the way it works, you have to. I can't vote for you from America. Right? Right? I would have to move there, right? I can't vote for you from America. Right? Right? I would have to move there, right? I can't vote for you from America. Well, no, you have to be a citizen, guy.

You can't just vote for an American. I'm going to become a citizen before. Yeah, you're about to buy... You won't give me the hookup. You get the $1.5 million condo over there, bro. Yeah, I am. Get that. My credit good.

We'll talk about it. God damn it. Let's take one more shot. That's it. Hold on. You already got your shot. Come on, God damn it Let's take one more shot Hold on You already got your shot Come on god damn it Y'all gotta drink this You don't trust Jamie

With your marijuana That's the only reason Why you ain't got You about the only nigga In the world That don't trust nobody With that I trust Jamie

Yo Salou Salou look So do you like Sativa or what's that Indica. I don't smoke. Oh, I thought you were smoking. No, me.

It's me. Is it legal in Nigeria? No. No, I can't imagine. But I've seen a couple bills in the Senate trying to legalize it medically, but it's not legal. Yeah, because if I got my medical card I got my medical card here

it works in Madrid though really yeah get the fuck out of here yes Florida is the L state nah I don't believe it what are you talking about Florida is the L state

and here works in Madrid yes and other places in Europe yeah and Thailand yeah Florida is the L state we're from Thailand out of nowhere

listen listen listen I give you this this fucking little guy is fighting in Thailand you know I'm from New York Florida's an ill city. Who's from Thailand out of nowhere? Listen. Listen. Listen. I'll give you this. This fucking little guy is fighting in Thailand. You know I'm from New York. But my residence, I lived out here for the last 15 years. One thing about Florida is they foul.

When they get what they want, they... Listen. It's legal here, Bobby? Yeah. No, it's not legal. No, no. It's medical. It's medically legal.

It's medical. It's medical. But the way that Miami works is legal. But aye, aye. When you get a medical card, you can't go. No, no, it's medical. It's medically legal. It's medical. But the way that Miami works is legal. But, all right, all right. So when you get a medical card, you can't go to, like, all right, all right. So let's suppose you have a New York medical card. You can only go to, like, 14 different states. Like, Miami, whatever state it is, if it's legal, you can go if you have a medical card.

It's legal in New York, though. In New York? No, they don't even got, yeah. No, no, no. It's recreational. No, in New York, you don't get it. No, no, no. It's recreational. No, in New York, they don't care. No, no, no. In New York,

it's called recreational. That's different. Yo, so I went to, I went to Diamond District. Yeah. So I came out and I was smoking. I seen a cop.

I ran to the car. The cop was like, yo, calm down. Yeah, yeah, relax. Oh, you ran to the car like I'm my bad ass? I don't like, one thing I don't like,

I don't like police. I don't like trouble. I just want to enjoy my life. Right, right, right. But it can't be the same getting pulled over in Nigeria as the same getting pulled over. It's probably worse, to be honest. You can't get pulled over in Nigeria? I'm saying I was assuming.

I heard that. I heard that. You're going to take that one back. No, he said it. But let's be honest. Let's be honest. It's probably worse, maybe. Out here?

I mean, you know, we've had- No, for the average person, I'm saying. Yes, yes be honest. It's probably worse, maybe. Out here? I mean, you know, we've had- No, for the average person, I'm saying. Yes, yes, yes. It's probably worse. Yes, we've had previously, we've had, you know, protests. Previously, you know, police problems. But, you know, you can't, you know what I'm saying? Like, there's good cops, there's bad cops.

Right, yeah, yeah. Without saying. Personally, just because of my status, I haven't really experienced problems. But I think, yes, the average citizen does see lots of- status. I haven't really experienced problems, but I think, yes, the average citizen does see lots of stuff. But I'm not going out there without calling you. I'm checking fully in.

I'm picking you up. No, but you should step away for a second and just be the average citizen. No. They're grabbing you from the plane. Yes.

How do you have me grab you? He's going to grab you by the belt. Grab me by the plane. Bring me straight to the beach. I want to go to the Ritz Park. We have an amazing beach. I'm done.

Yo. So we already, we still have five. We're doing Drink Champs in Nigeria. Yo. We waiting on you to tell us when and let's go. No, it's whatever he wants to, whatever he wants. We have to, we have to definitely. His next video.

We doing it. I'm going to play with my team. Yes. No. No. They might going to play with my team. Yes. No. They might not let you go back home. Can I invite some of the South African artists I met? D. Koala. No, no.

Keep your people away from me. No, no, no. Listen, I met some amazing artists in South Africa. Yo, yo. Keep it in that South Africa episode. Relax, bro. Relax. South Africa is like.

South Africa. No, it's not mixing. It's all the same. I love South Africa, though. bro, bro. Relax, bro, relax. South Africa is like. No, no, no. South Africa. Stop mixing the two. No, stop mixing. It's all the same. I love South Africa, though. Yeah, bro. Even like with our musicians.

I've worked with a lot of South African musicians, even recently. I met some of the pioneers out there. There's young artists. Did you meet, I know you met Black Coffee? No, I did not, but I know. Did you meet, what's his name, Oskiido? No. Exactly, man.

That's the real that's the real Godfather of Osquito no Osquito no

but we was in Joe Bird we went to like the hood did you go to Cape Town yeah absolutely Cape Town looks like Miami

it looks better but you know no but what's crazy Town's look like Miami it looks better but you know no but what's crazy is it looks like Miami but it's more hood than J Joe Berg what I haven't been to like because when we went there the army was in the hood they was like having problems yeah yeah nah we we went out there shout out to D Koala's one of the artists out there met a bunch of artists much met the pioneers we was there for like a week okay yeah and it was dope it was dope you have a mistake Legos the word is I'm going to Legos no one how you say it let it go they go I'm definitely going to um there. Man, drink chants about giving people their flowers, man.

We really love, man. Thank you, man, for coming. Hip Hop is international. Whether it's Afro beats, whether it's reggaeton, whether it's dancehall, we all one community. Music. It's all music. We all one culture. Yeah, before that, can I get one more shot?

What do you like better? Writing the music or performing the music? You ran in to say that? I want another shot. Thank you. Really? To be honest, the reaction of people reacting to the music is a beautiful feeling. The process of making the music is cool but like it's stressful a little bit because you want it perfect but yeah so me it's so cool like how like how did the album just

came out but like the cool thing to me is like how my boys be around and they're like man we heard we heard this song for two years and it's out and you're seeing it's blow up like naturally like a product you know what i'm saying just like, naturally, like a product. You know what I'm saying? Just like you releasing a product. Right. And you see it blowing up like a baby. And then just even doing, like, even with the producers, like, the dude that co-produced, like,

one of the biggest records on the album, like, the beautiful feeling of when I was telling him, like, hey, man, you know you about to be late, right? Like, telling the producer. Yeah. Yeah. And, like, hey, man, you know you're about to be late, right? Right, telling the producer. Yeah. Yeah. And then me, I'm seeing him, he going crazy, he going out every night. Like, yo.

So just even, like, seeing somebody going from zero to 100. Mm. Like, it's like magic. You know what I'm saying? So it's beautiful to see. I feel like you said both. Let's go. It feels like you said both. Yeah, for sure. It feels like you said both. Let's go. It feels like you said both.

Yeah, for sure. It feels like you said both. So yeah, I think both. Yeah. I can't lie. I used to think it was making the music because I could sit there and perfect it, and I'm not a perfectionist. But then recently, I just did a show in Las Vegas. I don't even know why I took it.

But Usher, you know. You say you don't know why you took it? It was a great show. You know, I don't really like performing no more. I don't really like doing nothing no more. It looked amazing from my standpoint. That's what I'm saying. Let me finish my part.

But it was a good feeling, though. Nah, as soon as I got back on stage, I knew I was a liar. I was like, oh. I was like, oh. I was like, oh, I missed this shit. And the crowd going like this. I was like, oh. I've been frightened. I've been frightened.

And yeah, the crowd went crazy. And I loved it. But man, I can't thank you enough, man. Thank you, man. Yo, man, this has been a pleasure, man. Like, you guys, my boys, man. Thank you, man. Thank you for coming through. It's been a pleasure, man. You can ask my boys. I literally watch you guys. Every, I have one of my close friends.

His name is Fresh L, so he's very big on podcasts. So he's always sending me links. Look at these idiots. Well, you are first Afrobeat Cardist, man. Let's make some motherfucking noise. But before we get up out of here, because I heard you say that earlier. You said, because I said Afrobeats, and you said, what you consider, what was the name that you considered? No, I used to say just Afrofusion, just because definitely like just Afrobeat, African music.

But, you know what I'm saying? Like I told you, we already ran with it. But what was it? You called it before that? It was an African word. I was like, um... Fala Kuti? No. Y'all just making up words now? I said Fala Kuti. It was something. No, no, no.

It was something like, I said Afrobeats, and I said, you didn't like that. You was like, you called it such and such. But then he said, yeah, he was like, I gave up. Okay, cool. No problem. Before it was Afrobeats. Before it was Afrobeats. But man, we can't thank you enough, man. You want to do one more shot?

I feel like you will do. Let's do it. I feel like you do. Let's do it for the, I feel like you do the culture. Come on, James. God damn it. I thank you guys, though. Like, you know.

Nah. This is your home. Anytime you want to promote you, your artists, you know what I'm saying? Your new house. Your third house. Your third house. You just bought an alligator. Fuck it.

We don't give a fuck. Hey, we bought a helicopter. Yeah, we're going to come. We're going to hold you down. Yo, man, thank you for being our first motherfucking Afrobeat artist. And genuine story. And genuine. Fuck what we talking about the money and all that shit the story was genuine your heart is music, it's culture

and you went through the shit to get to where you are now and let me just tell you something too hold on hold on let me tell you something it's an experiment I did. I would go downstairs, and I would play salsa music,

and I would play reggae music for my neighbors. And I realized they would never say shit to me. I played salsa music, and I played reggae music. And I just realized that that was universal music. It's the percussion, bro. It's the drums. It's the drums. It's universal music. It's the percussion, bro. It's the drums. It's the drums. And you know with the new salsa and the new...

That's what we all have in common. Let's understand this. Understand this, bro. Okay, take over. No, I'm saying for me as a Cuban, the culture, the Caribbean, it's food and percussion. When it just starts, the feeling is different. Yes. The food and the percussion is all coming from Africa.

Crazy. Yes, and that's what I'm trying to say. Now we got Afro beats and reggaeton to take over. And we still got reggae music. Don't dance on it. And we still got reggae. And drink it all. And drink it all. Drink it all. Don't dance. We still got reggae. And drink it though. And drink it though.

Drink it though. Make some noise. Drink Champs is a Drink Champs LLC production in association with Interval Presents. Hosts and executive producers NORE and DJ EFN. From Interval Presents, executive producers Alan Coy and Jake Kleinberg.

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