Drink Champs - Episode 371 w/ Tony Yayo

Episode Date: July 7, 2023

N.O.R.E. & DJ EFN are the Drink Champs. In this episode the Champs chop it up with the one and only, Tony Yayo! Yayo shares stories of working w/ 50 Cent, Eminem, Dr. Dre, Beyoncé and more! The Talk Of New York, shares stories of his career, the mighty mighty G-Unit and much much more. Lots of great stories that you don’t want to miss!!Make some noise for Tony Yayo!! 💐💐💐🏆🏆🏆 *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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This your boy N-O-R-E. What up? It's DJ E-F-N. And it's Drink Champs. Yappy hour. Make some noise. And when we say we got legends, man, we want to continue to have legends, man. You know what I mean? This guy right here, he is one of the most loyalist people I've ever seen.

Appreciate it, man. Appreciate it. I like that. I like that. I like the fact that, you know, teams stick with the team. That's right. I love how people come in this game together. They leave out together.

Right. They stick together, and they motherfucking Do good bad This man has been there Right This man Has And he got his own hits He got his own catalog

Yep I know he made Passport Game By going out On his own Right right right Appreciate it man He ain't let me

Give him his intro I'm trying to give you Your intro Hold on hold on I got you my brother I got you You deserve this You know what I'm saying Came home your answer. Hold on, hold on, hold on. I got you, my brother. I got you. You deserve this. You know what I'm saying?

Came home, and he got everybody from John Cena to the NBA or the college going like this, and I heard he made it because he was on the run.

He's a legend. We want to give him his flowers. We want to tell him how important he is to hip-hop, to We want to tell him how important he is to hip hop, to loyalty, to family structure. If you ain't got a Tony Yeo in your crew, your crew is fucked up.

So in case you don't know who the fuck we talking about, we talking about the one, only motherfucking Tony Yeo! Yay! Finally, the loyal nigga wins one time. Thank you, man. Feels good, man. Now, I want to ask you off the top. Because this is a great debate,

a great debate, by the way, in hip-hop culture. Did you invent artists on mixtapes on their own mixtapes first? I feel like there was always mixtapes, but we took songs and we flipped them and we bounced them.

And at the time when G-Unit dropped, it was so funny because a lot of artists wanted to beat up the bootlegger, but 50 looked at the bootlegger as his friend. So one of our homies be like, yo, our mixtape is over there. We go to Jamaica Avenue. We go to Jamaica Avenue. We go to these spots.

You know, we came out of Shaw Money basement. We was recording there. And basically we'll make the mixtapes, but it was all 50s idea. 50s be like, yo, we just going to keep flooding them, flooding them and flooding them. So nobody was consistent with the mixtapes as

we was. We was everywhere. Is the mixtapes as we was. We was everywhere. Is that the reason why y'all was rhyming on other people's music? I mean we was just having fun. Like when we did LL shit over, we did fucking Snoop shit over, we just was having fun. You know what I mean? 50 was just, he was an animal from the Columbia days anyway. You know what I'm saying?

So I've been around him since Columbia days anyway. You know what I'm saying? So I've been around him since, you know, Columbia days and shit, and you know, then from there, fast forward, seeing you and Chris Lighty's office and Violator, all that shit, it was all an experience for me. Like, for instance, I've been in Miami for three days now. I was in a party, Lorenz Tate is in there. Well, I'm thinking, you know, I'm a nigga from the hood.

That's O-Dog, my nigga. That's O-Dog. You know what I'm saying? I'm in a party with O-Dog now, you there Well I'm thinking You know I'm a nigga From the hood That's O-Dog That's O-Dog You know what I'm saying I'm in a party With O-Dog now You know what I'm saying Did you call him O-Dog Yeah Murder called him O-Dog

I called him Senator Tate You know what I mean Cause I'm loving power Yeah I called him Senator Tate But I'm in a room With O-Dog You got Meech in there

You got Tommy from Power So to be in the rooms with these people, sometimes people think it's all about the money and the bitches and the cars, but it's all about the experience and the rooms you could be in. So if I'm with a nigga like you or 50 or anybody, a P, Diddy, a J, whoever it is,

you in the room, you getting the opportunity to, you know, I done been in rooms with Chris Tucker, Wesley Snipes, I'm thinking about New Jack City and shit. You know what I done been in rooms with Chris Tucker, Wesley Snipes. I'm thinking about New Jack City and shit. You know what I'm saying? Fucking Jim Carrey. I done met everybody. Or Jim Carrey. I've seen that.

That was like crazy. Imagine you being in a party, Jim Carrey, the Kardashians in there, Mike Tyson. Right. Just to meet these people. You know what I mean? But to forward back a little bit, tell Jimmy to pop one of these for me. Okay. But do you think,

if you had to bet and say that the artist who made the first artist mixtape, friendly mixtape, would you bet on D-Unit? Yeah, I would say it was G-Unit. Okay, that's next to you. Just definitely.

Because you got a member. You guys flipped them to D-Unit. Because you got a member for New York artists. You know, after a time, the down south... That's why we fired you. No, no, no,, you know, after a time, the down south... I don't want this. That's why we fired you. No, no, no, no, no, no.

This is... With your booby-drapped shirt on. We don't want a bottom boy. We don't want a bottom boy. I want a booby-drapped baby to wear that shirt. You can't be shy. Yo, he's not taking a shot at a bottom boy. We fired him a long time ago.

We don't want a bottom boy. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. No, no, no. It's still good. Nah, but you got to understand when we dropped the mixtapes it was going to other markets

like we was playing in North Carolina, South Carolina. We was playing in a lot of New York. Like you said, at one point people were running away

from the mixtapes but you guys, it felt like you guys was using this as marketing tools towards the album and towards that. Was that like strategic?

And Radio started playing these records like they were straight up singles. I mean, after 50 got shot, he was hungry, bro. Right. He's riding around in a minivan with the Mac on him, bulletproof vest. And I think that any other nigga would have gave up. Right. You know what I'm saying? That's why I always give him his props.

I'm like, yo, nah, the nigga really came back. You know, he's running around with crazy niggas like E-Money. Yeah, that's right. That's why I always give him his props I'm like yo Nah the nigga Really came back You know he's running around With crazy niggas like E-Money Yeah that's right That's my man You know what I mean Rest in peace to E-Money bags

Like you know At the time of me coming up Seeing niggas like I would be in the studio Going to Sony with Fifth And I'll run into You know You'll see fucking Tut

Right wow Fucking Scooter And these niggas So Haitian Jack Niggas like that Was running around And niggas like Had a headlock on the game Right So niggas. So Haitian Jack, niggas like that was running around and niggas like had a headlock on the game.

Right. So niggas don't know about the Columbia days. Yeah. I was one of the first people to do a record with 50. I did not one record. I did two records.

He said that. You know what I'm saying? I did two records. He was the first nigga to fuck with 50. Yeah, yeah. You know what I'm saying? For real.

But hold on. Let's get back to that. So I want to say, in my opinion, I think y'all was the first guys touring off of actual mixtapes. Yeah, we had the mixtape tour. Why? Because I remember Chris telling me, like, y'all going on tour. I'm like, how the fuck they going on tour?

They got an album. And they're like, so was that actual? We had the mixtapes was buzzing on radio. They was buzzing everywhere. And we started getting booked. And the mixtape tour, We had the mixtapes was buzzing on radio. They was buzzing everywhere. And we started getting booked. And the mixtape tour, we had the buses. And now we had Chris Lighty, rest in peace to Chris Lighty, the legend. That legend, hell yeah.

He was down with Chris Lighty. That's why I always like that now song, Blue Bands, when he say, Chris Lighty, let him in with the, you know what? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. You know, I love that song. But we was on the road. Right. You know, we had Chris Lighty at that point,

so things started, you know, he was kind of like the glue with 50 Cent, like started teaching 50 the business side, you know? And you know who was in there? James Cruz. I was just about to ask, because it's, okay, let me let you finish.

No, no, no, go ahead. I don't want the fans to go crazy. Go ahead, go ahead. Okay, but, this always seems funny when James Cruz, when it comes to James Cruz and 50. Yeah. I don't know.

What did you see? I mean, I just feel like James Cruz, he always was a cool guy, was always there. But 50, I felt like 50 had a little more respect for Chris. But James Cruz put in the work, too. Right. But when Chris sent James Cruz out, you know him and 50 always get into it. Right. 50 always say some crazy shit. Get the fuck out of here.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. You know what I'm saying? James would say some nice shit. I remember 50 said something crazy to James Cruz one day and we at Interscope and he lit a cigarette in the Interscope building.

Like, yo, he, I don't want to say what he called him, but it's like, motherfucker screamed at me in the mean. I'm crazy, yo, yo. He lit a cigarette in Interscope building. So that shit was crazy.

Like right in the middle of the building. Like yo. After argument 50 kicked him out the room. It's crazy. Wasn't ready. But with Chris like. Yeah. I just felt like Fifth had like a little more respect for Chris.

I felt like. What Chris. What Chris Lighty and Violet did. As far as management goes right big huge impact big up to cause you gotta

first you gotta remember Violator was before 300 they was before Roc Nation they was before Violator was before and who did Chris have

Chris had you he had Foxy he had Mobb Deep everybody he had Busta he had K Slay he had he had Diddy at a point you know what's the craziest shit about that I always used to say He had Mobb Deep Everybody He had Busta He had K. Slade LL He had Diddy at a point

You know what's the craziest shit about that I always used to say this Fat Joe too No actually Fat Joe was never signed to him Fat Joe was signed to him as an artist Not as management I didn't know that Yeah not as management

He was signed to Relativity To the label? No I believe Chris had something to do Violated Relativity? I don't know if it was Violator Relativity, but I believe Chris had points on the album or something through Relativity.

I think Joe was the only one that wasn't signed. To management. Yeah, but you know what was crazy? And I'm sure you can relate to this. I remember going to Violator at one point and I could roll dice there, get my hair cut, and buy weed. That shit was better than the hood.

It was safe. Yeah, hood. It was safe. Yeah, yeah, definitely. It was safe. You remember? It was all good until henchmen moved down the block. Oh, yeah, that's right. 25th Street. And that's what I always tell people.

I be like, a lot of beefs that you see, it was me being loyal. It was inherited. You understand what I'm saying? Because to this day, I always say that, you know, the henchman thing was inherited from Chris. Chris had the management on 25th Street. Henchman moved on the same block. Chris had everybody.

Everybody wanted to be Chris. Like we said, Chris was the first 300. He was the first rock nation. The nigga was 18 working the tunnel, the most dangerous club in fucking New York. Niggas had to take These shoes off

No chains And use the bathroom With the girls in there Right Mr. Arrow You know This is what I'm trying to say So look

To me the poison Was always It's always going to be Some kind of poison When you get Some kind of money When you get somebody Some kind of money

It's always going to be... For me, it was one day, Henchman said, he was like, yo, G-Unit's here and Game is here. But Game had Dr. Dre and 50 Cent on his album. And like I say in every interview, if we New York niggas

blowing up with Cali niggas, what you think Cali niggas saying in the studio? We got to blow a West Coast nigga up, cuz. The West Coast the best, cuz. Because that's how they play out there. Right. Right. And now LA's on a whole different time. You can't even enjoy yourself as much out there. At all. No, you can enjoy yourself let me stop but um it's gotta be super nah it's dangerous and cali being um a rapper is a danger is one of the most dangerous jobs we don't know our enemies let me tell you let me tell you the one of the most

funniest stories yeah this is when when when p diddy could have signed 50 wow we in the office it's me and 50 But 50 I don't think he going in there With the intentions to sign with Diddy Right He just went in there Just seeing whatever deals

He can get Right You know some deals Seeing his power Yeah we in a minivan No AC hammers He turning out millions of dollars I'm like why

Why Why I'm like nigga take the money So he seen Diddy I know he wasn't going to sign with Diddy, but he took the meeting. And I never forgot Pete Diddy said, yo, rappers got the three Bs. Bank accounts, Bentleys, and bitches. You a target.

So I took that. So I'm in the meeting. Oh, he's in the 50s. He's telling 50, like, yo, I can't sign you. You know, you got B for premium and all that. A lot of n i'm in the meeting oh he's 50 he's telling 50 like yo i can't sign you you know you got beef for premium and all that a lot of niggas in the street you know a lot of niggas in the industry don't want to deal with the preem beef it's understandable if you don't want to do it eminem took the step shout to him you know what i mean but a lot of niggas like yo we we don't want to deal with the preem shit all right you know what i'm saying and that's basically what diddy

was saying like yo I lost big And I don't want to deal With the premium shit It was understandable You were a liability You just got shot The fuck up And you know

And all this shit Is like Everybody know everything Cause it's all like You can go google All this shit You know what I'm saying Like niggas know

What it is You know what I'm saying But um I mean I'm saying? But, I mean, I'm guessing, like, we, like, okay, we all kind of like into the game with like street, local problems. I think the thing that makes rappers being one of the most dangerous targets

is us when we travel. Right. And when we travel, like, I remember, like, back then, first one come up to you, say, yo, I run a town. You got to really size him up to see, do this motherfucker run a town? You don't know if you don't want to piss him off and go to Walmart, and this nigga really does run a town.

I don't think it's about checking in. I think it's about knowing the geographics. When you look at the rascals, rest in peace Peace PNB Rock was at Ain't that shit like In South Century Yes I ain't never been to that one And what I learned from 50 Is like when you a celebrity

Like how you big And niggas you big now You know Pause But it's like You could send somebody To go in the store For you to get the Roscoe's

Right So if I go to Roscoe's It's not like going to Tao or some shit Or something You know what I mean You just send somebody in there To go get the food And you chill in the car and you lay back because you know you a target. Especially with the jury shit.

You know what I used to say? Robbers know shit now. You got a Richard Milley on. Yeah, exactly. I could say, yo, that shit cost a nigga in the streets like doing the math. That shit, 300,000. Niggas imagination might think it's 500,000 Uh

Niggas Niggas know And then you got to And what's crazy about it They can't even sell it Look You can't even sell it But the gift and the curse

Is Instagram Cause niggas wanna see shit They wanna see Yeah yeah with a chain And they wanna see us With Richard Millies And you an artist Or niggas ain't gonna

Fuck with you The young boys They wanna see it Everybody wanna see it Yep You know what I'm saying Cause if you ask A young artist now Yo what to see it. Everybody want to see it. You know what I'm saying? Because if you ask a young artist now,

yo, what's the first thing you're going to do with your money? Nigga going to be like, I'm going to buy a Richard. Very true. Ask any young artist, I'm going to buy that Richard.

And they're going to fuck that money up. That's a quarter mil. Yeah, they're going to fuck that money up. So I say, I always thank God we had a nigga like Fifth

because Fifth ain't going to buy a Richard now. Right. I heard him say that he don't even buy designer clothes. Nah. Word. Fifth and M are two of the richest niggas I've seen that never spent no money. Who you said, who?

Fifth and Eminem. Wow. I see Eminem probably with one watch. It's probably gifted to him. Wow. Fifth buy jewelry and cars and all that, but he never really go. He's like the richest shit. He might not.

I don't think he's going to go that crazy. Like, he's going to look at it like a half a mil. Hold on. Wow. You can do something else with that. Or a quarter mil, you know.

Right. But to each his own. Right, yeah. You only got one life to live. I love the Richard on you. You look good, man. Yeah, man, you hate it. This guy, he's too hungry out here.

Everywhere you go, everybody's hungry. All right, hell yeah. And the young boys, it's crazy. Yeah, man, you know, this guy, he's too hungry out here. Everywhere you go, everybody's hungry. All right, hell yeah. And the young boys, it's crazy. Yeah, nah, you crazy. It's crazy. Like, back in the days,

you know, a nigga look for a nigga he got beef with, he trying to hit the target. Now these little niggas got switches and all kind of crazy shit. They don't care. Back in the days,

they protected the rapper. Yeah. Like, if you was a rapper or you was a ball player, like, the local neighborhood drug dealers would protect you and say, yo, it's cool. Now, it's none of that. Yeah. Like, if you was a rapper or you was a ball player, like, the local neighborhood drug dealers would protect you and say, yo, it's cool. Now, it's none of that.

I always say, look, if Pop Smoke stayed in the... Rest in peace, Pop Smoke. New York, it's like we almost cursed because we always had bad luck with our rappers. They either get recalled

or get killed. Bad luck with what? Our rappers. Our rappers, okay. They either get recalled or killed. Right, wow. Recode, recode, recode. Wow. Shout out to Chef G. So, wow. Rico, Rico, Rico.

Wow. Shout out to Chef G. So what you about to say? You want to say about Pop Smoke? Pop Smoke. Like, I wish he would have stayed in a hotel over at Airbnb. Mm. Yeah. Because Airbnbs are getting.

Yeah. Rest in peace. You know what's crazy? But that kind of fucked New York up. New York was coming back, bro. We had Pop Smoke. You got Fabio. You got all these drill niggas starting.

A Boogie. Like, but Pop was, you Smoke. You got Fabio. You got all these drill niggas starting the A-Boogie. But Pop was, you know. You know what's crazy about those hills? Those mansions been there for years. Everybody know you can't trust that Beverly Hills shit. Those same mansions

been there for years. So when you post a picture, there's somebody that be like, oh, okay, it's right there. There's rappers out here, I promise you, that they stay at certain hotels and I always be like,

oh, that's 808. Because you got to think. You got to think. Niggas from New York, we used to have Geographics. Brooklyn niggas, Bronx niggas, they used to mad projects. We know that. We've been, you know what I'm saying, Queens, we got more houses, but we got projects, too.

Right, right. So you take a Brooklyn nigga, and you put him in Beverly Hills, and we chilling. Oh, we good, yo. We chilling. I was in the Airbnb chilling with some niggas and they was like, yo, Pop Smoke got killed

down the block. Yo, our time to go, bro. The shit a $4 million house, but Compton could be 10 minutes away. That's how dangerous it is because no one in Geographics. So it's not checking in,

just Canada. You think Canada's sweet? I thought Canada was sweet. Niggas got blicks out there, bro. They got it. You know how much they pay for a blick? Six grand. $6,000.

So you got to be a special nigga to have one to be getting a lot of money. But they got it. Right. Wow. It was just a situation with DJ Drama. Oh, yeah. Oh, he came to buy Canada.

Yeah, I hope him, you know, that's my guy. So I, you know, some dudes called me about it and you know, I helped him figure that out. Because Canada ain't sweet like Toronto and all that shit. I'm chilling in a hotel, I'm watching the news, nigga drove a car through the mall. Go through the electronics store, yo what the fuck?

This shit ain't sweet out here. So it's like knowing the geographics. Because you might go somewhere to eat. You got your jewelry on. But that shit is the hood. In Canada. Or Africa. Or Paris.

Or I went to Naples. That shit was worse than any hood in America. Oh, you see it in Naples? Yeah, of course. I landed. Of course. I was like, wait a minute. The mob shit is real there.

Y'all playing tricks on me, right? I'm not really in here. Like, this shit was hard. Nah, minute. The mob shit is real there. Y'all playing tricks on me, right? I'm not really in here. Like, this shit was hard. Nah, they got some crazy shit. They even say Dior getting dangerous now. I've seen some shit. Well, yeah. Certain parts.

Yeah, I'll skirt. Well, it's always been dangerous in Dior. Yeah, nah, Dior. It's always been dangerous. You got to know where to go. Like, yeah, certain places you got to know where to go. And then you also have local people around you. Like, you know, I'm hearing like.

It's anywhere. Anywhere and everywhere hearing like it's anywhere anywhere and everywhere man Yeah, anywhere everywhere could be dangerous, bro. Right? Yeah, you know, but let's get on some fly shit though I always say my three on the list. I'll say my bucket list was always Dubai Paris and Amsterdam Okay, you did all three? Dubai, of course. Okay. Dubai. Passport boys, baby. Come on.

Come on, we travel with 50, man. You know everything is first class. So, I mean, Dubai, I would say, you know, the man-made beaches. I mean, we stayed in, one time we stayed in a hotel with 50. It was the Burj. That's like an eight-star hotel, fire, all that shit. That's the shit McEnroe played tennis on and all that shit. That's the shit McEnroe played tennis on

and all that shit. Oh, shit. So I like Dubai. Paris, I would say, is good. You take wifey there for the shopping. Yeah, yeah.

The bags are tax-free. So if you want to, you know, you pay five grand for a bag for your girl or something, you can go out there. It's tax-free.

They got shit that may not even come out in the U.S. And then what's the last one you said? And I like Paris for the Mona Lisa. You've seen that?

Paris and then Amsterdam, right? Amsterdam, Red Light District. Well, let me tell you about Paris. That's dangerous, too. They got the waiters. They got the pickpockets. They got the waiters that call the people on the motorcycles. Yeah, that tip them off, yeah.

But in Paris, they would know you. Like, the security guards, there was some African dudes, they knew me. Skip the line and see the Mona Lisa. They know you out there, bro. I was good, I was good, but... They know you, bro. It there was some african dudes they knew me you skipped the line to see the mona lisa they know you out there i was good i was good but they know you bro we gonna it's dangerous everywhere man but to be a from the hood and just say yo i skipped the line and go see the mona lisa just now it's the experience i done been in nelson mandela cell right robin's island i done been in dubai with cheetahs and all kind of so it's a bucket list everything was on a bucket list. Everything was on my bucket list.

But you said you've been to Nelson Mandela's cell? Yeah, Robins Island. We flew there. 50 went to go meet with Nelson Mandela. Up across the Cape Town. Wow. Was Chris Lighty alive at that time? He might have been alive.

I think Chris might have been there. It might have been Chris or Barry somewhere. They went to go see Nelson Mandela. Somebody from Violator was like, you can't bring 30 niggas to Nelson Mandela crib. Y'all niggas bugger. We got to Robbins Island and we got to go in a cell that Nelson Mandela actually was in. It was tiny, man, small.

So experiences like that is like, come on. You go see the Mona Lisa. I'm from the hood. I never thought I'd see shit like that. But now let me ask that. How do you go, how do you balance that after experiencing all that? I mean, because our heart is still in the hood.

It's just our mentality has seen something different. I just, I mean, listen, my first lesson was Freaky Todd. Oh. Because I was from 134 and Guy Brewer. So when we were selling drugs, me, 50, everybody on the block, rest in peace Freaky Todd. It was Lost Boys. Yes, Lost Boys. And they had a day's success.

Right. And we were sitting there selling drugs. Mm-hmm. I seen Freaky Todd do everything for the hood. Rest in peace, Freaky Ty. It was Lost Boys. Yes, Lost Boys. And they had a day success. Right. And we were sitting there selling drugs. I seen Freaky Ty do everything for the hood. Right. Buy a nigga sneakers, get on a dollar van.

Right. Come back to the Ave, chill on the block all day, play the music. His brother J-Ball, shout out to them. Right.

You know, and he still got killed in the hood. Nipsey Hussle did everything for the hood. Was Freaky Ty the first one? Freaky Ty was the first one that I experienced me selling drugs in the hood. Nipsey Hussle did everything for his hood. Was Freaky Tide the first one? Freaky Tide was the first one that I experienced me selling drugs in the hood. Okay.

We still was getting money. And you were doing good. Yeah, because Freaky Tide was from my block, 134 and Guy Brewer. Wow. Wow. So my block was historic. I don't know if you remember. I used to be on 107.

I don't know if you remember Fifth Man. I think it was Lefty or Left or from Left Rack. He was like, I remember a nigga from Left Rack used to come through. And he was the first nigga I seen with the three and a quarter. So I used to be on the block and just idolize Black Just. I remember Black Just. I remember he brung Rest in Peace Black Just. I remember he brung Niles to the block.

Right. Wow. So I used to, our block was like a historic give money block where niggas come through, eat money, come through. You know come through Eat money come through You know Homo, Troy You know Prane Like it was just

Money bags for my building In the left rack Yeah Money bags was Come on Crazy nigga man Yo I'm sorry y'all

We got some queen shit We got some queen shit right here Yeah we got some queen shit Fuck yeah Yo I mean back in the days It was like more respect It was like yo That's so and so family So Yeah Yo that's You shit. I mean, back in the days, it was like more respect. It was like, yo, that's so-and-so family.

So, yo, that's, you know what I mean? That's Black Just Fit. That's this family. How do you feel about trail music? Because we were making gangster music. That's the drill. The drill. The drill?

Yeah, my bad. I think the drill music is dangerous. Yeah. Because what happens is, because what happens is, I think we took a style that came from Chicago and now New York is worse than Chicago, California with the drill because niggas is throwing niggas dead friends in there. When we had battle raps against Ja Rule and niggas and shit like that, niggas was still

alive. You know what I'm saying? But niggas would die in the hood and niggas be like, yo, I'm smoking your brother, your uncle. And then with the internet. Talk about past murders as well. Yeah.

Like, I'm smoking, like, that's like a nigga saying, yo, I'm smoking on your dead brother, bro. Or niggas, you done seen it all on the internet. Niggas pissing on graves. Like, it's no remorse. Niggas shooing Little kids is around Like back in the days A nigga had beef

You with your kid You might get a pass Alright Nigga might not hit you right there You with your girl You might get a pass Now there's no passes bro Yup

Like there's no remorse So like with the drill music It brings fuel to the fire It's cool But it's like for New York Can you blow Before you catch the Rico Alright

With social media Cause Right, with social media because they adding the social media. Social media, the cameras are everywhere. Wow. Cameras are everywhere. This is the thing. In the 90s, in the 80s, there was no cameras like that.

We used to run away from the cameras. Listen, I talked to Lisa Everidge. Shout out to Lisa Everidge. She tells me she goes in the precinct. She says, yeah, yo, you don't know how many cameras they got in that motherfucker. They got cameras on the ATM.

They got the red light cameras. And the cameras to the hood. So if you catch a body, the camera's just going to catch up with you. Yeah, they don't even got to investigate like that. You got ring cameras now. Or you post yourself. You snitch on yourself. And then what do they let them do?

They let these kids body each other, and then they just come with the Rico. Yeah, we get them mad shootings happening. We get the Rico's. We know what's going on. We're going to watch them tap their phones. Instagram, group chat. You know, and everybody's on the gram now. You can catch a body. I did that. It's different.

It's wild different. It's the wild, wild west out there. You know like how terrorists used to bomb shit and then the United States would go and look and they would like to see who a terrorist claims it yeah who claims that's what they that's exactly that's exactly what they're doing like there's something that happened when the united states goes they look and then there's someone that can't stand it maybe they say i ain't do it or something but they'll hold a chain or they'll all right listen listen i'm talking i'm talking you know terrence terrence jay okay yeah yeah i'm talking Listen, listen. I'm talking, I'm talking, you know Terrence, Terrence J. Okay, yeah, yeah, yeah.

I'm talking to him. Yo, yeah. I'm talking about what happened in L.A.? Yeah, I'm talking to him. He's like, yo, yeah, I had to move out of L.A. Yeah.

I'm like, yo, what the fuck happened? Like, he's a pretty dude. Look, I'm like, when I go to L.A., I stay, you know, like Woodland Hills, you know, Sherman Oaks, niggas stay in the cut.

He's like, yo, man, seven niggas from Crenshaw follow me to the crib. From town. Follow them from town to the crib. He's like, yo, man, seven niggas from Crenshaw follow me to the crib. From town. Follow them from town to the crib. From town. Look, they follow him to the crib. He says he peep everything going so he don't want to go in the crib like a wifey in the crib or whatever.

He take off. He said these niggas is chasing him for 10 minutes, licking out the window. Pop, pop, pop, pop, pop. Nigga said I had to move out of L.A. Shit, I would've moved too. So that's why I say if you got the fandom or the culling in you a rapper, pop, pop, pop. Nigga said I had to move out of L.A. Shit, I would've moved too. So that's why I say if you got the fandom or the culling in you a rapper, get the hoopty too. Get the hoopty too.

Because that's what puts you on the radar. The call. Your son in the culling in. Because you could be a doctor jumping out that culling in, you good. Niggas ain't going, jump out that culling in, oh shit. That's just how life is You a target

Real talk Whatever you do Internet Whatever Know what I'm saying You a target bro Real talk I just don't understand why

They're going to go after Wilder's You know why Cause niggas Cause niggas are hungry brother That's why Real shit If I can get a Richard Millian I ain't got it I ain't got a pot to piss in You know why? Because niggas are hungry, brother. That's why. Real sure. If I can get a Richard Millie and I ain't got it,

I ain't got a pot to piss in, I'm going to risk my life for that watch. The niggas that killed Pop Smoke, what they sold his watch for, four grand? What, he had an AP? That probably was worth like 50 grand. You say they sold it for four grand? They sold it for like four bands.

And one of them little niggas only got like four years. Five years, yeah, four years. Come on, bro. It's crazy out here, bro. We already know what it is, man. It's no respect, bro. Back in the days, your neighbor could slap you in the head, bro. My neighbor, Miss Peoples, could slap me right in my fuck's head, bro. This shit ain't, we had respect back then.

Drug dealers had bus trips. Right. To great, to great adventures. Niggas violate the block, girls are fighting. Yo, you're violating the block, get the fuck off the block.

Ugh. Two girls fighting, now two girls, niggas pulling out the cameras and shit. You know what I mean? Cameras is out forever. Nigga dead,

niggas pulling out the cameras. Yeah. This shit fucked up out here, man. Yeah. I come from the good times. Nigga, New Year's, drug dealers, niggas buying champagne on the block. Because Queens always got the money. There was money everywhere.

Rockaway, something, Linden Square, Guy Brewer, 40, Baisley, niggas throwing barbecues. Trip to Dorney Park. What's the other park, niggas used to go to? Great Adventures, Hershey Park. Great Adventure Park, Great Adventures. Come on, bro. Buses pulling Park. Hershey Park, Great Adventures. Yeah, yeah. Come on, bro. Buses pulling out.

Those were the good old days. You know what I mean? We on the block hustling, just having fun. That was some of my greatest times. On the block, having fun, bro. All right. Good time. Fourth of July, niggas buying mad fireworks.

All right. I remember one time, funny story. Nigga threw an M80 in the street on 134. Jamaican nigga had to pathfinder. Nigga come through, blew off tire. Nigga was laughing. I'll be back. Nigga came back. So it's just like, it be mad stories like that in the hood.

If you disrespect a nigga, do something to you. You know what I'm saying? Like E-Money and them niggas, them niggas used to come to the block, 50 to tell you, come to the block, looking for a nigga, do something to you. Right, right. You know what I'm saying? Like, E-Money and them niggas, them niggas used to come to the block. Fifth will tell you. Come to the block looking for a nigga we know. Niggas had that party flyer. Right.

Wasn't no Instagram. Niggas had a party flyer. Shit, there you go right there. Right. You know, when niggas like E-Money and them niggas look for you, it's like the boogeyman's coming. Yes, yes, yes. It was different.

Like, niggas had a name, but now everybody got a name. And there's more gangs now. Because you got to think, it went from. Like, niggas had a name, but now everybody got a name. And there's more gangs now. Because you got to think, it went from us. Well, everyone is fighting for a name. No, everybody's in a gang. Oh, I was going to say gang. I thought you said everybody has a name.

Everybody's blood, fruit, food, world. Okay, oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. You got the Dominican gangs. Yeah. Trinitarios. Yeah, Trinitarios, big machetes on them. Spanish wild niggas in the Bronx. Everybody's in a gang.

So now New York is like L.A. now. It's no different. Word, damn. You come to New York and you think it's sweet now. Nah. It's like L.A. now. Because you got gangs everywhere.

Everybody's indicted. Every rapper's indicted. We can name a list. I don't want to name that list K-Flop Casanova Oh Rapper's indicted Rapper's

Rapper's indicted from New York Okay, okay K-Flop Casanova So many Chef G now Shout out to Chef G There's like a list of

Fucking Brooklyn niggas Bronx niggas indicted. There's a whole bunch of niggas on the island. And the island don't even have control. The inmates control that shit. You seen the video where the niggas on like it? Yeah. Niggas had the weed store. Oh, no.

I didn't see that one. Niggas had the weed store. Niggas had knobs, all that shit. It was a video, music video. Tell one of your people To look that shit up bro You gotta see this shit Niggas had the weed store Niggas had shanks out

Niggas stole gang signs This shit was a live video Shot on Rikers Island The inmates A video shoot Bro a video shoot On an island Niggas was selling weed

Can you please Somebody look it up Come on What are you doing Alright well hold up It was a Come on, what are you doing? All right, well, look. It's a video on Rikers Island. Niggas had shanks.

The inmates control the island. You don't want to go there. Well, you never want to go there. But after COVID, it felt like it's worse after COVID. Because, bro, let me tell you, my first experience on the island, bro, a nigga can't tell you

he wasn't a little shit. You go over that bridge, that shit say home to bolus. You on a bus with niggas that do three, four bids already. You on that shit, the bus is, yo, my nigga. And it's still queasy. I'm hurt. Mad ruckus on the bus, nigga. The shit is bouncing, nigga.

You wondering what house. Yo, he going to the beacon. House of pain. Like, niggas know you go to the beacon. C-74, C-76. A nigga cheek a battery not to go in the beacon. I was in C-73. It's a low-key building.

Cool. Know what I mean? You could get cut, stabbed, you know, anything. But the beacon was like, that's where, like, all the killers went. Like, yo, send them to the beacon. But then, you know, and then you had the fucking adolescents in there on the island. Oh, look, this one? Yeah.

Hmm. This the video? Yeah. Oh, you got to show to know me. You got to check it out. Drill video on Rikers Allen. Niggas got a weed shop. Shanks dispensary. That's wild. They mosh

spitting dope? Niggas got shanks. Niggas got fights going on, all kind of shit. Yo, this is a live video. That's why they want to shut down the island, man. That shit crazy, man. I ain't gonna lie, the video ain't that bad. The video is good. I can't hear the volume. Who directed it?

I don't know. Sean Shaq Redemption. What the hell? Holy shit. Yo, but look, it's edited and everything. It's not like it's a straight shot. Yeah, and he changing outfits. Three dollars. Yo, he got three different outfit changes.

They showing niggas cut. Oh, my God. Holy shit. And Nora, you know nobody's exempt when it comes to the feds. All right. Nobody's exempt, bro. Look at Tory Lanez, bro. That nigga went from Filet Mignon to the county, nigga. I don't want to make fun of that.

But did you see him in the court? I'm not making fun of it, but I'm just telling you that shit could be real. To a certain amount of money, bro, you a target for everybody. All right. Stick up kids. All right. IRS. Yes.

Fucking people trying to get over on your money. And you know the feds. You're on the scope, bro. Mm-hmm. That's how I was. Nigga, I went home. I got home. I had a fraudulent passport.

I had a passport with my brother's name on it. Because you know we got over. It wasn't fraudulent, but it was fraudulent. But it wasn't. But it wasn't. In my mind, it wasn't fraudulent. Somebody wasn't supposed to put the paperwork, the passport, in there. Because it had my brother's name.

It didn't have my name. I was on the run that whole time. That's when the Yale shit came and all that. I was on the run from a gun charge previously uh no I'm saying so I had this judge called judge Wong and Queens everybody was scared of him his door they said his daughter died over old arm ODN on dope or whatever right what's that you smoking let me get one oh yeah so yeah no you be having that good shit so judge wong everybody was scared of him big asian dude you know he'll tell you you got shorts on go home like he was one of them niggas you got shorts on you gotta go all the way home

so fifth goes yo you know he's gonna lock you up this next go around do you want to go on the mixtape tour or do you want to turn yourself in me i don't like jill nobody does time to go you're out of here so i went i went i had the balls to go in the passport i could talk about it because i got convicted for it right i had the balls to go on the um passport place and i used my brother's name, and they gave me the passport. So I was in Barcelona with Eminem, all of them on the run, I'm chillin'. I'm livin' life.

I heard niggas bein' on the run, but not on the run in Barcelona. I'm on the run in Barcelona. I ain't hearin' nothin' but that. I ain't hearin' nothin' but that. I ain't hearin' nothin' but that. Niggas on the run. I ain't hearin' nothin' but that.

I ain't hearin' nothin' but that. I heard niggas goin' on the run in Virginia. Paul Rosenberg. Not in Virginia, not Barcelona, nigga, that's a lie. I'm with Paul Rosenberg Eminem I'm in Barcelona On the run bro

Right I thought it was Never gonna end Right I remember one time I went to 50 house His grandfather That's cause

50 get his side His grandmother Was always quiet You never know What she was thinking She was a church lady God bless her And his grandfather

Was the one that got Like the crazy Talked crazy That's the one who said You know who your friends are by whole, you know who you are by keeping your friends around. Okay, continue. So I'm on the couch,

and his grandfather just came in and said, you got to face that. I ain't heard one day. And I just thought about that shit. I was tired. I was like, damn. Oh, because he knew you was on the run? Yeah, he knew I was on the run.

Why you think I was on the couch? 50, that's why I always show love to 50. 50 always took care of me. If a nigga, like you catch a body, God forbid, or something or anything, or catch a case, yo, come over here, man. You good, come on.

You come over here with me, bro. He's a nigga that takes care of his people. He the type of nigga that'll hire a nigga that got a felony that can't get a job. Let's make some noise for 50. Go, nigga. For real. Hold on, before I lose track,

before I lose track, I want to know, name the countries that you went to while you was on the real. Hold on. Before I lose track, before I lose track, I want to know, name the countries that you went to while you was on the ride. This tour. So many. Barcelona.

Because I want to, we create this tour. We're going to call it I Want to Run Tour. We could do all the states. Me and you. We could do all the states like Chicago, St. Louis.

I want to do Europe. That's when I started. Name the countries though. In Europe? Yeah, Europe. I'd probably say Barcelona. Barcelona. Brazil. Louis. I want to do Europe. Name the countries though. In Europe? Yeah, Europe. I'd probably say Barcelona. Barcelona. Brazil.

Brazil. Maybe Paris or somewhere else. It was a couple places. These are nice places so far. Yeah, nice places on the run. My brother's passport. Yeah, yeah. We're going to do this talk.

I don't remember the rest, but I definitely remember Barcelona was big because I remember I think that was like some kind of awards. Okay. Yo, we need to recreate this.

Add an awards ceremony. We need to recreate this. Add an awards ceremony. We need to recreate this, dude. Yo, but listen. It's like, look, I have a run. Your group is, we taking off. Mixtapes is taking off. Everybody's fucking with G-Unit. Everybody's loving us.

We killing shows. Finally get to where we want to be. Thank God, right? We thank God. Blessed. Oh, shit. And it's like, time to go to jail? That's why when I see niggas go to jail and some niggas be

happy or having a good time i don't really believe it i believe that you stress because niggas in jail don't even want to be in jail my nigga especially when you got the chance to make millions of dollars right that's the thing with the game but it's like when niggas blow up especially for the young drill niggas like how you said I feel about the drill music. Chef G is innocent to proving guilty. Right. But the feds can make up anything they want to say.

Right. And this is the feds coming to get Rico. Yeah. Yeah, Rico. Because Rico's not a state thing. Rico's a federal. Yeah, you can't trust.

You heard Gunna new shit? You heard Gunna new shit? I actually did. Or you couldn't listen to it? No, I just... No, I'm just being honest. What do you want? I'm a real nigga

Did you The album The album is cool But I feel like The album is hot Cause he went through something But when he's saying the song He's like yo

My lawyers In the DA tricked me You can't trust them niggas So if I spend A million dollars On lawyers I said this before too With Tory Lanez

You spend a Quarter million dollars Like if I hire Scott Lehman Yeah Scott Lehman Bart Macedonia Rich Murray Dawn Florio

Rich Murray Any one of these Top notch lawyers And you spending A million dollars Half a million dollars Like even you look At the Tory case

My lawyer's gonna say Yo just cop out Cause we got a live witness Saying that you shot her Alright so let's cop out man Give me got a live witness saying that you shot her. All right, so let's cop out, man. Give me what? Maybe I can get a quick five out there. I'm not taking it to trial.

I'm the cop out master, nigga. Let me cop out to that. I got a live witness, which is a homegirl saying I shot you. My lawyer's gonna tell me to cop out, but if you got a lawyer and he's telling you, you spending a half a million

million dollars and you still lose, man. Man, bro. That's going to make you want to choke that lawyer out right there, bro. You done spent a quarter. You done spent over a quarter. Again, I'm sorry. How much you think these lawyers cost? I know what they cost. I don't know

what a case like that costs. But again, you think these lawyers cost? I know what they cost. I don't know what a case like that costs. But again, you know what I think? I promise you, I didn't think he took this case serious. I thought how he was dressing. He was going to play his ball. Listen, if I give my lawyer a million dollars, you better tell me the right decision to do, bro. Right.

If we can't beat this, we're going to cop out. That's why you got different lawyers from different things. I learned that from 50. You got homicide lawyers, you got federal lawyers, and you got state lawyers. You got a homicide, you're going to get That was a state case, right? Tories is a state case. California is tough

on laws. I think that was a state. But like, homicide or Steve Murphy. Federal, you're going to do a Scott Lehman or like a Don Florio. State, I'm going to do a Bob Macedonian. There's different lawyers for different things. You can't get a state lawyer or a federal lawyer that don't know nothing about bodies. You got to go to Steve Murphy.

It's different. And lawyers cost money because that's the one thing I learned. When you a rapper, them lawsuits, you got money now. You got a Richard on. No, he hit me. Nigga, to the ground.

Nigga, you can bump a nigga there for it. No, he hit me. Listen, I had a guy. You know what I'm saying? I had a case for, I wasn't even there. This is what I'm trying to tell you. I wasn't physically there

and they said that I did it I thought physically was not there and it's just so crazy my lawyer called the police it was it was wasn't a federal obviously my lawyer called the police officer said my client wasn't there I can prove it I can show you where he was at and this is you know the police said I still gotta arrest him for him for my clout. I need faith. Now, look, look. I'm going to give you the- He knows I'm innocent.

He still wanted to arrest me just to have me in his book. I'm going to give you the perfect example. And this is why I always shout out 50, because he always had a lawyer on deck for any nigga that caught a case. But it started getting ridiculous. All right. We'll be on the video. Nigga don't want to move. Nigga punched a nigga in the face.

Broke his jaw. Oh, shit. Lawsuit now. You know what? I'm going to sue 50 and Yale. Let's sue 50 first. They're going to sue 50 first. This is why, nigga, we was playing low-key because we started learning about the lawsuits. Break a nigga jaw.

Oh, shit. You know what? Yo, get that nigga 80,000, man. Give him 80,000, man. Because I'm going to spend all this money with the lawyers. I'm going to spend more money with the lawyers fighting it. Lawyer charging you $10,000

and now what? Give him $80,000, man. So now you're paying $80,000 for a broken jaw. Because your man wanted to break this nigga jaw. Because a nigga with a regular job, that's a, come on, I'm getting 80. Yep. Nigga, let Lior Cohen, let Lior Cohen and one of them niggas,

let Lior Cohen and one of them niggas snuff you. Nigga, you falling the right way. Come on, nigga. Need 200. What you think a hood nigga going to do? Shit, back in the days, a car hit me, nigga, I lay on the ground. That's what a nigga Going to do Shit back in the days When Carl hit me Nigga I lay on the ground

That's what a nigga Going to do It depend on the nigga He ain't no rapper Nothing He a regular nigga With a job You get a half a million

Out of nigga I'm suing that nigga Leon Cohen Any one of them niggas Jay Z Any of them niggas Snuff you Nigga falling to the ground bro

I done seen it Niggas did it to 50 plenty of times. So you get the lawsuit now. That's when shit get tricky. Niggas just don't understand. It's a different kind of game. So I just always,

you know, I don't mean to toot a nigga horn all the time or, you know, it's just, that's the homie and he always taught me. When I got my first Jacob,

he told me, yo, niggas will blow your head off for that. Oh, word? Oh, shit. Let me head off for that. Right. Oh, word? Oh, shit. Let me be careful with this. Yeah. I don't got to wear

the jewelry everywhere. Real talk. Know what I mean? I'm not going to be in the middle of Brownsville or in the middle of Soundview. Right. Merry Christmas.

Merry Christmas. So when niggas be like, yo, why I keep going on? Because niggas are hungry out there. Right. LA, Miami, Little Haiti, Merry Christmas.

Anywhere you go. And I had a good time in Miami. I love Miami. Love it out here, man. Well, yeah, yeah. We're going to change it up because we're going to get happy. Yeah. We've been talking about it.

I'm happy, bro. Also, our show is about giving people their flowers, why they're here. We want to tell you face-to-face, man to man, you're appreciated in this world. Snoop Dogg told us that that.

And you're Drink Champs alumni. Oh shit. Yay! Thank you, man. Snoop Dogg said that's like better than the Grammy because it comes from his people. So let's make some noise for you. Yay!

I just want to tell you. Hanging this up in the crib, for real. Before I get to my next question, I just want to tell you before I get to my next question I just want to tell you man being a loyal person doesn't go unrecognized. You know what I mean? It was crazy because me and Kiss

were speaking about you off the record and that's the reason why if you've seen the footage as soon as I said Tony Yeh he said super loyal. It's because people like we recognize that shit. You know what I'm saying? Because I know how hard it is to be the famous

guy friend. You know what I mean? I know how it is. I know what a couple of my homies go through. Nigga push you out the way. 50-50. It's cool. I'm just happy to be in Italy. That's the type of nigga I am.

Nigga push you out the Italy. That's the type of nigga I am. You know what I'm saying? Nigga push you out the way. It's all good. I'm just happy to be in motherfucking Italy or Milan. I'm the humble nigga. Just stay humble. Because shit is real. God planned it like that.

I would love to have 50 Jay-Z Diddy status, but it don't work like that for everybody. Everybody can't be that. You know, when I first met Shaka Zulu, and he always told me this. I remember when Ludacris was born. Which Shaka Zulu? That fuck was Shaka? Ludac everybody. Everybody can't be that. Yeah. You know, when I first met Shaka Zulu and he always told me this. I remember when Ludacris was born. Which Shaka Zulu? That fucking Shaka. Ludacris.

Yeah, Ludacris. And he always said, success doesn't come into masses. And that's just something that I always quote. Like, everybody's not, you know what I'm saying? Right.

Like, just because Beyonce's Beyonce don't mean Destiny Child ain't still cool with her. Right. But I can be successful enough that I can help my friends. Yeah, that's it.

And that's why I love that. I love, I love, I love, you know what I mean? Obviously, I follow you on the gram. I follow 50 on the gram. And I just love seeing y'all.

Like, I just love it. Like, it's because... You know why I always talk about all the dumb shit that's going on? Because I'm from the old school. Like, if I go to your crib, I'm going to ask you

if I can open your refrigerator. Right. That's my man, Sonny D, right there. That's my man Sonny D right there. That's my Haitian friend. That's the way he do it. We Haitian. We can't go to somebody's crib and just open your refrigerator. Yeah.

I never liked it. So I grew up from that era. Like I said, if my man locked up, locked up Yo I gotta give wifey some money Yo I just sent an envelope From the door I'm not allowed to go In your crib You ain't there

Wifey there I'm not allowed to even go in there I don't even go there Till you pull up I come from a different cloth My parents were Asian Niggas taking their shoes off In the crib and all that

Like I had stern parents But that was just How we came up So loyalty is everything A nigga If a nigga's your man You should be able to have money or have your jewelry or whatever you want cuz I don't worry about what my nigga got my nigga got way more than me as long as I'm good I'm good alright let's make some noise for that

everything you just said he always say that to me I'm quite sure you see The success y'all have Right Yes Everybody that's around Is happy to be around You know what I'm saying They building Y'all building some big shit

Right Empires We built an empire Through mixtapes We lived a dream We got to fly the world Right You know those experiences

You can't never take back In life bro Hell no You only got one life to live Hell no We come from neighborhoods Where we never thought We could leave the block I don't know I just see you in italy on the side chilling that's right that's

right god damn you from that yeah yeah that's right that's right come on you know what i mean it's my first time in europe not working i went there vacation that's why us as artists what we got to do is like going on this big tour we got going, after that's done, we got to give back to the community. We got to teach niggas, like, there's other ways to get money.

You know what I'm saying? Look what y'all are doing. Y'all doing something positive, bro. Y'all got artists on here. Y'all had some of the biggest artists on the world on y'all platform.

You are a legend in music. You started off. Thank you. So you're showing us you could do other things. Thank you. Thank you. I'm learning from you, man.

Appreciate that. appreciate that. Hold on. I don't know if you remember, it was the beginning of Drink Champs, right? Right. We fly to Vegas. Right, like three months into Drink Champs, early Drink Champs.

And by the way, Daz, Kurupt, I love y'all, please don't take this the wrong way. And Drew Hill was there, Drew Hill. I love Drew Hill was there Drew Hill was there Jack Thriller Jack Thriller But at one point We started talking about

This West Coast East Coast shit East Coast West Coast East Coast shit And that's what I ain't gonna lie I always knew he was

A real nigga But at that very moment Cause it was like Yo what What Everybody was like What And I was like

We about to have The East Coast West Coast Right here He was trying to say East Coast rat beef ain't real. And I'm like, nigga, my mom's crib just got shot up 22 times. Right. What are you talking about?

And niggas are like, oh, shit. He's right. It's real everywhere. Yeah. Oh, because you know what I thought he was trying to say? Was like, our shit is more battle as opposed to their shit is more like gang related Bro, New York has the grimey niggas of all time there. Yeah Back in your days. It's even more work. Yeah. You had the extortion Kings running around. Yes

No, I'm saying it's crazy bro. So it's like I looked at it like what East Coast beef is different in the West Coast beef It's real everywhere. Right. To me, it's even worse. And I don't want to glorify it. How can we make it better? Right. That's all I'm saying.

How can we make it better when we have conversations like this? Right. An artist work for that watch. You want that Richard Millie? Right. Work for it. A lot of these niggas, you know, they get their check, they're going to get the Richard Millie. Where my little man at?

He said he getting the Richard Millie. Where Am man at? He said he getting the Richard Milley. Where Amari at? He said he getting the Richard Milley first. They're going to bust a check. But if you want some real estate, just look at the PPP shit, for instance. Niggas got mad money. What they went and did? Buy Lambos.

And got roped for it. Yo, what? Yo, we want all that shit back, bro. Yo, what? Was that under Trump? Yeah, but they got roped for it, that's all I'm saying. Wait, they got, they getting people for it? Yeah, that's what you mean.

Because the PPP loans going crazy. That's what I told you. Look, I'm going to tell you what's going on in the streets. How we missing the Deleon over here? We got the Deleon. OK, OK, OK, OK. We got the brand song. OK, no, no, no, I just want us to know.

Yo, listen, niggas was getting the PPP loans in the street. They was buying Lamborghinis, all that shit. Oh, yeah, 40 Projects was the L. Pitches from the hood was flying to Italy and all that shit. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. It was different. Queens Bridge looked crazy. Yeah, everything was looking crazy.

Taking a bitch to the police was like taking her to Wendy's. It was nothing like that. Niggas getting the PPP money. Oh, the feds say, oh, shit, he bought a Lamborghini. Let's go get him. They start getting niggas and shit. Now niggas in the street is hungry because they ain't no money. Oh, the feds say, oh, shit, he bought a Lamborghini. Let's go get him. They start getting niggas and shit. Now niggas in the street is hungry because they ain't no money. That's what's

going on, bro. That's why I love going to these places and being in Dubai. You know, you go to Paris. I think we were somewhere like, was it Switzerland or Denmark? The police have to actually leave their guns in the precinct.

People are riding bikes and shit. You be in Amsterdam smoking a blunt, niggas are riding bikes. You're like, what the fuck? Don't be in the bike lane, though. In America to overseas, there's really less guns. Yeah. Like when you go to Paris and places like that, London, don't really have Kind of like You can't just go to like Walmart and buy the shot

Nah we're the only place It's not like that America got more guns So when you go over there It's just like a whole Different vibe Right Switzerland

Italy You was just on the water On the shit Nah I like Switzerland You can walk around Switzerland is crazy Yeah you can walk around Nobody gives a fuck

Dubai is very nice Yeah I love it I've been to Canary Islands They got black sand Morocco Yeah I been all parts of Africa We been everywhere

Like with G-Unit And thanks to the Eminem was like World He did 16 million So he had us With the cosign from him Why

He was everywhere And then we had Interscope Jimmy Iovine We had that machine You know it was crazy Being around Jimmy Iovine I remember first going to his house It was Bananas Did he have on shoes Jimmy Iovine. We had that machine. You know, it was crazy being around Jimmy Iovine. I remember first going to his house.

It was bananas. Did he have on shoes? Did he? No. You thinking of him? No, you thinking of him? Jimmy Iovine? I'm thinking of Jimmy Iovine.

No, the homie from TVT. He's the... No, no, no, no, no, no. No, we're talking about Jimmy Iovine. Jimmy Iovine, yes, yes. The Beatles and shit. We're talking about that.

To me, he don't wear shoes. He might not have shoes on. I don't know. We came to the house. To me, he don't wear shoes. He might not have shoes on. I don't know. We came to the house. We had the fucking guys in suits with the dogs. Oh, the security. Mind you, who having this crib was like right across the street. Okay.

Fucking movie theater, candy shop. Fucking the fucking tables were spinning and shit. Waiters are coming. It was just some crazy shit in Hollywood. I was like, damn, we made it. This shit crazy. Damn, make some noise for that Hollywood. I was like, damn, we made it, this shit crazy. Goddamn, make some noise for that. Yeah.

All right, yeah, yo, we're going to get into our game show, our game part of our show. Okay. You want to explain it to them, BFN? We're going to give you two choices. You pick one, nobody's drinking, but if you say both or neither, we drinking, taking a shot. Both or neither, we drinking. Yeah, but we drink with you, we don't leave you out here. or neither, we drinking. Taking a shot. Both or neither. Right.

We drinking. Yeah, but we drink with you. We don't leave you out here. Yeah, we all drinking. We all drinking. So if you say the politically correct answer, like you say both or neither of them, then we going to drink.

All right, I'm drunk already, so go ahead. I don't know what's going on. You want to take shots of that? Yeah, I'll take shots of the Branson. And what's the name of that? Shout the 50. Branson Coney. Branson Coney!

Yeah! Hey! I know you got Diddy shit here. Yeah, yeah, yeah. We got your 50-something. We going to hit 50 up. We got all the legends shit here, man. We're going to get everybody shit. We want all our culture over here.

That's what it's about, man. I remember you coming up watching everybody. So I remember, because remember, we came after a lot of people. We came after the locks. We came after you guys. So, y'all are the legends I looked up to. Like, man, y'all are the, you know. Remember being in the basement, 160, listening to the mixtapes and going to Jamaica Avenue and buying Dogtime, Grandmaster Vic.

Hold on. Chit, chit, chit. You going to? I got all that in my notes. Please, please. Wrong G? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Hold on. Okay. Ready? Yeah. Wrong G? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Hold on.

Okay. Ready? Yeah. You want to go to the first one? Eminem at 50. Oh, shit. I got to go 50 on that one. Okay.

Okay. Okay. Niles or Jay-Z? You can say both if you want to be political. You just drink more. Niles or Jay-Z? Mm. From Queens.

Got to go Niles on that. Okay, okay. He picking. Okay. Pac or DMX? I got to go with Pac on that one. Biggie or Big L?

Fuck. I got to go with Biggie on that one. Damn, y'all fucking me up with that. Okay. Dre or Puff? I got to go with Dr. Dre on that one.

I've been in the studio with Dre. Never been in the studio with Puff. I know it's fun. Bad Boy House, I've never been in. Daddy's house. Daddy's house, yeah. So I'm trying to tell you, them niggas had a lot of fun.

I wouldn't say, I know it's cool to be down with Diddy and Jay-Z, but when we was down with 50, you had beef with everybody. You know, sometimes that's just life, man. You know what I mean? I love it. I love it.

You know what I mean? This is a good one. You just did Hot Box. Is it Tyson or Ali? Damn. I got to go with Tyson on that one. Sorry. You know you can take a shot

if you want to be politically correct. I'll take a shot. Okay, all right. I'll take a shot. No, no, this one. This a shot. This one, this one. Yeah, yeah, yeah. But he ain't say both yet. But you ain't say both. You don't have to. You don't have to.

Okay. You got the next one? Old Dog or Nino Brown? Politically correct on that. LL or Big Daddy K? Politically correct. Okay. That's a hard one, bro.

Okay, well, this is a good one. I got to answer this because this is my queens in me. Go ahead. By the way, I'm being politically correct on this one anyway. Get rich or die Trying or Illmatic? Get Rich or Die Trying. Okay. I have to.

You know why? Because when 50 came, he sold out 11 million. Like, I never thought, you know, like, to sell 11 million records, man. We never sold it. I sold that first million,

a nigga from New York, to sell that first million that week. And I always loved New York because New York supported us. It spreaded from New York. The bootleggers from New York, it started from the streets. All the boroughs, the barbershops, the beauty salons. New York supported us. It's all about New York.

I love New York artists, too. I go hard. I love Rest in Peace, Pop Smoke. I love, you know, A Boogie's, the Don Q's, the Fabio's. I love all these, the drill rappers. I love New York. Right. You know what I'm saying?

It's where it started from. You know what I'm saying? So I love to see New York win because I feel like New York, we had to run for a long time. And Atlanta has its run. Right. Texas will have its run. And then it'll go back to New York, we had to rent for a long time, and Atlanta has its run, and Texas will have its run, and then it'll go back to New York. So, you know, New York, you know, bought us cribs, cars, took care of us, like the streets changed our lives. We hear that the check riders are still in New York.

We ain't going nowhere. That's right. Raising Canaan or BMF? Politically correct. Yeah. No, the other shot glass. I just was. Okay.

He ain't got the other shot one? Yeah, you might as well just leave a couple over. Yeah, okay cool. You're gonna get big. Cool. It could be whatever at this point. Let's go. Thank you.

Who's partying with me? Should I have a night too? Yo, that's what I'm telling you. Parties in Miami? Yeah. This is the shit out there. I was seeing y'all through Lala's Instagram. I mean, yeah, I'm in other night to eat yo that's what I tell you parties in Miami yeah this is the shit I was seeing y'all through our Lala's Instagram I mean yeah I'm gonna party Lala's there fucking Amari was Amari Cooper Amari Cooper

party we went to um fucking uh my man came are you think actors hate when you call them by like this I do it they're part name like I think they do like I don't call Joseph I call him Tommy Everybody does it Yeah I do it We call him Tommy the whole time He did the show I call him Lawrence Tate Senator Tate

His brother was there I call him old dog Old dog Yeah Murder call him old dog I'm sure they do it Okay how about this Well let's go

Lost Boys or Onyx I gotta go Lost Boys Okay And if you got a story to go with this. Yeah, rest in peace. Yeah, rest in peace. Oh, I got plenty of Lost Boys stories. Give us some.

Okay, you want to go right now? Let's go. Lost Boys was like, people don't understand. It was kind of like a separation. Cheeks was from Rockaway Boulevard. You know what I'm saying? That area, 135.

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And Freaky Ty. To me, that's been your ad-lib style. Always been them two together. Because you got to understand, that's what I say. Back in the days, my man DJ Rough Hands was a DJ. So we used to go to all the parties. That's when there wasn't no gangs. Everybody was just a drug dealer.

You know, niggas was cutting up main source. It was safer. When everybody was selling drugs, it was safer. Yeah, everybody was selling drugs, bus trips. The golden era. We get money. As long as you don't try to rob nobody, good. Don't come to niggas block, try to rob they block.

That's when it's a problem. Everybody's getting money, bus trips, Donnie Park. I come from that era. Niggas barbecue. Oh, shit, we getting money. We getting money for that barbecue. Niggas barbecue. Oh, should we get money for that barbecue? Niggas got the cars out, the new GSs and all that, Pathfinders.

I come from that era. It was a golden era. It was good times. As long as you didn't violate, niggas ain't going to violate you. So with the Lewis boys, they did music. So they the first niggas

that we actually seen while we were selling drugs. Because 50, the reason why 50 was advanced, let me tell you things. This is why I like 50. And this guy don't understand. When 50 was 12, right? 12.

When he was 12 years old, he's two years older than me. I was 10. I'm playing with Bruce Lee and shit like that and toys. He was on the block at 12. So that made him more advanced than other niggas. So by the time we was taking work on the block, Fifth had his own work. But he was in the block at 12 so that made him more advanced than other niggas so by the time we was taking work on a block fifth had his own work but he was in the same age bracket right you know what i'm saying and i always say he was a marketing genius i'm gonna tell you why this one story i'm gonna tell you we had 31 bunnies back then right 31 bunnies the capsules was about like that big

you know i'm saying we had 31 bunnies Everybody's getting money Everybody's eating Here you go 50 You gotta fuck up The economics and shit You know like Him starting trouble In the rap game

That's nothing to me Cause he did that on the block He gotta start Fucking shit up Here comes with 50 37 illusions His capsules was like that Gold tops

Gold tops Now What he did was he cornered the market because he's just putting a little bit more work in the capsule. Same charge. But the capsule was a 37 illusion. So while everybody's pieces was like that, his shit, he was more about the flip.

Right. He didn't care. He just cared about how fast the flip came. He didn't care about the work. Right. He cornered the market. Wow. Then he called some Brooklyn niggas,

and they robbed the whole block So then he forced everybody Who didn't have his work To be outside with their gun Now you're outside with your gun Now you're losing money Yo let me get work from him He called Brooklyn niggas

They robbed everybody He cornered the market He was smart Let's make some noise back And what he's like a teenager at that time No I'm just telling you This is how I used to be on the block. That's why they say Queens get the money. It was like, in our neighborhoods, it was always, always money.

There's parts in Brooklyn and Queens, there's money, but Queens was always known, Left Rack, Ravenswood, Queens Bridge, you know. And it's still crazy over there, though, Queens Bridge and Ravenswood. Havoc or alchemist? You know, and it's still crazy over there in Queensbridge and Ravenswood. Havoc or Alchemist? No, nothing. Oh, yeah. Okay, all right. How can we do that?

Because Alchemist made... Shook Ones. Keep It Thorough. No, you can't do that. Alchemist didn't do Shook Ones. No, Alchemist did Keep It Thorough, I think. No, but you said Shook Ones. No, you said Shook Ones.

You said Havoc. No, Havoc did Shook Ones. Oh, you're talking about Alchemist, youwins. No, Alchemist did keep it there. No, but you said Shookwins. No, you said Shookwins. No, you said Alchemist. No, having this Shookwins. Oh, you're talking about Alchemist, you're saying. Yeah, Alchemist did keep it there. Rest in peace, Prodigy. And that's like, those are some like hardest beats ever in the world. Don't worry, I got you in my classes. No, no, it's all love.

It's all love. T-R-Y, I like when you call yourself T-R-Y. You the first nigga to really fuck with Pharrell. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Nah, a lot of people, for the young niggas that don't know that, niggas really didn't really know Pharrell like that. And on her low, Swiss Beats, too. On her low, on her low, on her low, on her low.

Band from TV, no one knew that was Swiss Beats. Now Pharrell doing the Louis Vuitton shit. Yeah, he better start calling me back. Yeah, he got to call me back. You put a lot of niggas on. Fink D, Pharrell. Thank you, North Phanom. Hey, hey, hey. You put a lot of niggas on.

Nipsey Hussle or Eazy-E? Nah, I need another shot. Where my girl at? Where she at? Oh, I'll take a shot. Where's Jamie at? Jamie? Need another shot.

No, he need another. Those are done. I'm saying. Oh, yeah. Oh, right there, right there. No, right there, right there. Oh, okay. My bad, Jamie. Okay, yeah, yeah. She got you. She got you. Just take one. Yeah, yeah needs another. Those are done, I'm saying. Oh, yeah. Oh, right there, right there. No, right there, right there. Oh, okay. My bad, Jimmy.

Okay, yeah, yeah. She got you. She got you. Just take one. Yeah, yeah, one. Because you said Nipsey or who? Easy. Oh, man.

Yeah. Okay. Biz Markie or ODB? Cheers. Recipe to both. They both had their own style. Cheers. Recipe to both. They both had their own style. Yep. My shit was on the vapors.

You met Ambiz and ODB? No, I didn't meet ODB. But you know what's the crazy story? The story is Freaky Todd died in ODB arms. Yeah. He got killed right on the van. His son. Yeah, Freaky Todd's son came on here ODB arms. Yeah. He got killed right on the bandwagon.

His son, yeah. Freaky Todd's son came on here and said that. Yeah. Yeah. He said that didn't happen. Not that ODB. It was another dude named ODB he said. It wasn't Old Dirty Bastard.

Yeah. Niggas kept saying it was ODB. Yeah. That's from my knowledge. Yeah. It was Old Dirty Bastard. I thought you saw that. That episode was out, right?

Yeah, yeah, yeah. It came out. I didn't know he said that, but that was the room I always heard. I didn't know it was no ODB. Maybe I got to ask J-Ball or one of his older brothers. Yeah, that's what he said.

Okay, Paris or Amsterdam? I'm going to drink on that. Okay. Okay, Salud. Damn. Salud. Got a flight to catch, man. Mm-hmm.

It's that Branson we drinking, goddamn. Got a flight to catch, man. Mm-hmm. What's that Branson we drinking, goddamn? Oh, shit. Ugh, man. Kiss or Fav? I'll go Kiss on that one. Okay. The Lox or Dipset? I'll go The Lox on that one.

Okay. Rockefeller or Rough Riders? I got to go Rockefeller on them. Okay. N.W.A. or Wu-Tang Clan? I'll drink on that. Okay. That's a good one.

I respect that. Good one to drink to. Shit. This is a new one added to our collection. Finally, you guys. You want to go with that one? What are we drinking? What?

What kind of shit here? Yeah, you want to go to the next one? Light the weed. I need some more weed, bro. Oh, light the weed. We got more. Shout out to the Smoke Chants. I heard they smoke more.

They smoke more on the show. Boozy or T.I.? Little Uzi or T.I.? No, Boozy. Boozy or ti little oozier to y'all boozy boozy or ti i'm gonna go boozy okay dance yeah i'm playing with this one there you go sean money or q-tip who shot money or q-tip shop money Excel or q-tip shop money shop money yeah producer against q-tip that means motherfucker I'm going I'm going with QT okay let me tell you something can I I be honest? Yeah, please. Shaw Money's the first nigga I seen rob a nigga. I definitely wasn't ready for that.

I wasn't ready for that either, yo. I thought you were telling me, producing something? Word, word. I'm going to tell you a story. I like to be honest. I don't like to be with this fake industry shit. I wasn't ready. Look, and Shaw Money could be mad.

I still love him. He made plenty of other beats that was hot. But Sean Money didn't make Wankster. Another producer made Wankster. Oh, he can't rob a nigga for a beat. Yeah. Oh. I'm not ready for that either.

So you got to understand, me being under 50, I just sat there and soaked up the game. So like, I never was a grimy nigga. Like, if you do something, I'm going to give you a credit. You know what I mean? So, the nigga, look, the nigga that made Wangsta was a nigga from, I don't even remember him.

That's how bad he got jerked. You know what I mean? But he was like a nigga from, like, North Carolina. Know what I'm saying? And I remember being in the car with 50 and Shaw Money was there. And not to talk bad about him,

I just like to be truthful. Because for all you artists or niggas in the game, how niggas is fucked up in the car with 50 and Shawn Money was there and not to talk bad about him I just like to be truthful because for all you artists or niggas in the game how niggas is fucked up in the game Like right, you know, you're a good guy. You get a black eye in this shit so Shawn Money 50s in a car and the producers calling like yo Shawn Money saying this is beat 50 turn around any like yo yo you ain't even clear the shit yet nigga nigga saying this is fucking beat nigga so 50 looking at him like he didn't even sign the contract or whatever okay 50 might have had a little piano yo produced by shaw money uh i'm like damn that's fucked up bro it's just being truthful the game is fucked up you know

that shit but but on the actual protection credit does it say shot money i don't even remember the producer that made it it was another bro that wasn't so i just seen you you know jerked your first i'm like learning in the game i'm not trying to diss him or not he made down the line he's like you know that's my brother but i just yo, this is how business go. You can produce some shit. I add a little string. I made it.

Right. Or words. Add a little string. I made that. But essentially. It's supposed to be coped like shit. But hold on. Ain't that what Dr. Dre kind of does?

A lot of niggas do it. Let's be serious, nigga. Now, if you put people together and purposely you orchestrate it, you could say you produced it. But he's saying they didn't agree on that problem. There's a lot of ghost producers that niggas don't know about. Yeah.

Absolutely. Let's keep it real. That's what Mailman was in the grace camp. I think it was Mailman. But that shit, that's how the game go. Right.

Okay. Now niggas kind of know they shit a little better. They're like, what, I want to, my name on that shit. They put their tag on that shit. Oh, that's why the tags.

The tag, yeah. A little clear cup. One is credit. On the beginning of the shit. Yeah. Okay, Lloyd Banks or Styles P? I got to go with Lloyd Banks on that one. Okay.

Shout out to Styles, but Banks don't get enough credit. He do got a lot of punchlines, man. Yeah, super, super. We was the bad guys of the game. Everybody hated us, so it was kind of like different. And then niggas started to pop, and it was different, you know? Your man Khaled, DJ Khaled. You want to know where we at?

It was just over like shit. In the club. I got set up. Look, look, look. That wasn't right. No, no, no, because look, I had, yo, look, G-Unit was the bad guys of the game because of 50, so it was like, damn. There was situations where I'm like, damn, man.

This is my guy, and I... Hold on, hold on, because I want to ask that question. Please can you hold that? Let's just finish quick. All right, all right, go ahead, go ahead. I promise you, I have that question. All right, go ahead, we got that question. You got to be getting right over here, let's go.

All right, all right, cool, yeah, now we're slowing it that question. We go back to that. You got to be getting right over here. Let's go. All right. All right, cool. Now we're slowing it down. All right. Okay, okay. Okay, I'll ask this one. Uncle Murder or Casanova? I got to go with Uncle Murder.

Free Casanova. Free Casanova. Free Casanova, though. New Jack City or Juice? I got to drink to that. Okay. I respect that. Those are classics. a drink to that. Okay. I respect that. It's a classic. Come on, brother.

Tommy or Ghost? I need another shot. Where's my girl at? Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. I need another shot. I need more shots because Tommy and Ghost are two ill characters.

Yes. And Tommy's still alive, so his shit, they about to come back. For some reason, I'm thinking probably they're going to bring Ghost back. I don't know that shit.

Ghost or Ghost. You never know what 50 got up his sleeve, man. Exactly, Salud. Okay. Woo, shit. Paid in full or criminal minded?

I got to go with paid in full, bro. Better be in Rock M? Yeah. No, you know I'm not talking about the movies, I'm talking about the albums. Or criminal minded? I got to go with paid in full, bro. Bear B. and Rakim? Yeah. No, you know I'm not talking about the movies. I'm talking about the albums. Oh, yeah. Those are kind of fucked up. I did think you was talking about the movies.

I was thinking about you. Yo, yo. You got the nigga. Boya Loco. You know, every time I was thinking about you. Who are you in that movie? Not Boya Loco. I didn't have a name.

No, he was in Paid in Full. I know, I know. But you didn't have a name? No, I was drug dealer number two. Yeah. That was my name. I ain't have a name. No, he was in Paid in Food. I know, I know, but you didn't have a name? No, I was drug dealer number two. Yeah. That was my name. I ain't have a name.

He's like, yo, man, we got cutting shit on the dance floor, man, yo. You know where I got that from? And you freestyled and made the movie, too. You're a good actor. I don't know why

you stopped, bro. You know where I got that from? What? I was in 40 Projects, because I told you, I got my family in 40 Projects. Nigga, you was everywhere. I know about you, bro.

And when I was seven, I got a bro. I used to be there. You was everywhere. I did everything. Well, one day, I I told you, I got my family in 40 projects. Nigga, you was everywhere. I know about you, bro. And World 7, I got. I used to be there. You was everywhere. I could hit-cuss everything. Well, one day, I was a kid, and I was chilling in 40, and I seen fucking Alpo come through 40 projects on a motherfucking moped. And I forget which drug that it was.

Was it Papio, one of them, and Alpo, and they was just going up and down, and they didn't like that at all. That's why I said, the Puerto Rican nigga, Papa Willie's. They didn't like it at all. Because at one point, when Griselda, later on, and I know this sounds like out of this world,

but I later on found out that when Griselda of this world but I was later on found out that when gazelle the mood of Queens all Queens became uptown like how we had to go uptown to Rhea Queens that became uptown and there's all the boys how dudes had to come to come to us so you know that was so crazy but I left for a payment paid paid in full or criminal-minded paid it for Airbnb I came out there, and criminal minded. Criminal minded. You've been blinded.

Paid in full. I gotta go paid in full on that. You gotta go, because criminal minded had the bridges over on there. Yeah, yeah, yeah. South Bronx. Good fucking choice.

We ain't making that shit. Oh no, I love that album. Love KRS, we love you, but when you said Queens was faking it, damn. Yeah,

we ain't forgive you. Dang. He went in, he went in. That's what hip hop was, hip hop Yeah, we didn't forgive you. Dang. He went in. He went in. That's what hip hop was. Hip hop. That's why I always say I love Ralph McDaniels. Video Music Box, Nintendo, good times, man.

Yes. You know what I'm saying? Legend of Zelda. Yeah, and we need Ralph McDaniels. Double Dribble. Yeah, Double Dribble and all that. Mobb Deep or M.O.P.? I got to go with Mobb Deep, rest in peace.

OK. You know what I mean? I got to rest in peace, probably. I got to go with Mobb Deep. I like M. Okay. You know what I mean? I got a rest in peace positive. I gotta go with Mobb D. I like M.O.P. I love him, but... Tribe Called Quest or Brand Newbie? Tribe Called Quest. Queen's all day over here.

Yeah, I love his... It's Queen's answers. And I like Brand Newbie, but what's my man? Lord Jamal be dissing Eminem all the time for no reason. Eminem's my guy. Yeah. Free Ayo. When I was in jail on the island, Free Ayo. And I was just listening to a record you... Eminem all the time For no reason Eminem's my guy Yeah Free A.O. When I was in jail

On the island Free A.O. And I was just listening To a record you And I love Brand Newbie And I love Brand Newbie Obie Trice Yeah

And I love Brand One for all Brand Newbie I used to They was one of my Favorite groups I can't lie Yeah

Right Okay It's the last one On Quick Time with Slime The last one For the interview Quick Time I like this game

Loyalty or respect? Loyalty It's the last one on Quick Time or Slime. The last one for the interview. I like this game. Loyalty or respect? Loyalty. We will ask you to explain. Well, I think from being loyal, you get respect. Continue. So, like, shout out to all the dudes. Like, it's not about who got the most money or the most cars.

It's about just, you know, going to check a nigga in jail, you know, making sure his family good. Just the little shit. That's what make you

a superhero. Shit got, niggas got everything the wrong way. Niggas respect. Niggas on Instagram, I'm lit, lit, lit. What about the niggas

that came home, we know, that did bids 10 years, 20 years, changed their life around trying to do good shit for the community. I know niggas like that home, we know, that did bids 10 years, 20 years, changed their life around, trying to do good shit for the community? I know niggas like that. My man Boopie like that. He did time.

He work in group homes with kids and shit like that. You know what I'm saying? Get them in shape. He boxed, you know, changed their life around. Those are the niggas that matter, too, not just because a nigga lit on Instagram or a nigga got this or got that. You know, loyalty to me is more. It's like, yo, you should be able to be around somebody's wife

or kids or money and be trusted. Goddamn, I'm taking a shot for that even though you don't have to. No, I got it. I'm taking a shot for that. Yeah, man, it's true. Now you... You got to remember,

I live with 50 on his couch with his baby mother with his first son Marquis I was on the couch and I always tell people I know the difference if I'm at your house your crib I can't be on your couch on the run on no boxes I'm gonna have some sweatpants on fully dressed y'all might be out your way even if you and your lady have an argument you know it's time for me to leave the crib All right, let me step outside and throw out the garbage or something Let me just try to walk off or something cuz I'm on the run. I'm on your couch

I gotta be respectful. Why I want to look at your lady for when there's a million ladies in the world, right? Let's make some time Sometimes a nigga wanna fuck with your lady because it's you. Yeah. Not her, yeah. Yeah. Exactly. So it's like for me, like when I was in 50 crib on the run, I just appreciated being allowed to be on the couch.

I'm on the run. You trust me. You're my brother. You know, you done did a lot for me, You know, and my mom's even loved 50. 50 was, you know, he was a street nigga, but he always was witty. So my mom's be like, 50, take him with you. He's going to get in trouble out here. She always knew.

Is that a Haitian accent? Yeah, yo, 50, Haitian accent. Take him with you, please. Because 50 always was smart. He always had the plan together. Yo, listen. Yo, anybody sell drugs, get away from me. You want to kill niggas and call me?

Get away from me. Feds are watching. So, what you're saying is once he got legit. Yeah, once he got legit, you know, we around people like Chris Lighty and other people, Jimmy Iovine. Yo, if you sell drugs, get away from me. All right. You want to do that? Get away from me. All right. You want to do that? Get away from me.

All right. He got 50 million legitly now. What the fuck you want all this shit around you for? All right, real. You know them people is watching. Real. I'm taking another shot for that. Yeah.

So this is the 50. I don't know. Where's your other shot? You got another shot somewhere. I know Jamie. Jamie, where's the other one? Jamie. Jamie.

All right, cool. Got Jamie working. My bad. Give him an extra shot. Just to have him around. I'll take that. Yeah, Salo. So this is to 50 Cent, man, for being a real dude from the beginning.

Y'all keep going. We love you. Continue to do it, man. Salo. One of our favorite Drink Champs episodes. One of our favorite drink champs episodes. One of our favorite drink champs episodes. Oh, shit.

I was like... Let's give that... Yeah! Need that for the crib, man. Yeah. Don't drop it again. He got the new and improved one.

Yeah, but don't drop that one. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Bring it, bring it drop it again. He got the new and improved one. Yeah, but don't don't drop that one Yeah, yeah. Shit is real over here, bro. Shit is real over this show. Yes, yes. Man, come on, man. And salute to you, man, because he's one of my idols, man. You know what I mean? But yeah, yo, let me just tell you. I want to make it about you.

No, but you got to understand, for me to be in these rooms, look, I'm just a dirty nigga from 134. Right? I don't say that. So look, yo, listen. I'm a dirty nigga From 134 Right I don't say that So look yo listen I'm a dirty nigga From 134

And got Brewer For me to be in a room Right Nori War Reporter Yes Nigga My man used to Pharrell

First nigga with Pharrell My man used to be In the basement Cutting that shit up Wu-Tang Even though them niggas Don't like me I love Wu-Tang Oh Why We never niggas don't like me, I love Wu-Tang.

Oh, we never heard of this. Tell us what happened. Because you know, 50 Star on the beef and everybody still hate me, but they always love 50. But I didn't know.

But I would love to hang with these guys. You have fun with these guys. You can go on yachts with these guys. I would love to hang with these guys. You know what's crazy fun with these guys. You know, I yacht with these guys. I love to hang with these guys. You know what's crazy?

You alluded to it earlier, right? And one thing I noticed about 50 was, I love 50. I appreciate 50 because one thing for sure, two things for certain.

What I had heard was, he was like, yo, if I do a record with Nori, I got the hood, right? Of course. And I was just like, at the time, I was like, I loved it. I love, he was like, yo, if I do a record with Nori, I got the hood, right? Of course. And I was just like, at the time, I was like,

I loved it, I loved, that was his, that's how I got approached to do a record with 50. They said, his exact words was, if he do a record with me, he'll have the hood. So I did it, boom, immediately, it was Trackmasters. I think it was Cory Rooney and Trackmasters. Shout out to Corey Rooney Corey Rooney

Bob Shotton I did I did I did one record I believe It was in Bearsville I don't know Oh yeah Bearsville

I'm familiar with that You used to go Yeah You used to go up there We used to go up there In Bearsville Now Casey I don't know This is some of the

Dopest shit I've ever been I'm not saying flyer shit I'm saying dopest shit Like they would go up there, they would have me, Nature, Nas, 50 Cent, and just have us in each different rooms in creating. So I would go in 50's room, he'll come in my room, we'll go in Nature's room, we'll go in Trackmaster's room,

and similar to what J.J. Wilde was describing, staying in a writer's room. Like a writer's boot camp type thing. But this was something totally different. And at the time, like again, like how he was saying,

I don't want to say it was, but it was like a lot of people didn't want to mess with 50, right? But when they approached me, I was just like, because of what? Because how to rob.

Had how to rob come out yet? Because how to rob. Had how to rob come out yet? Because how to rob. Yeah. Yeah, I believe so. But when you look at how to rob, it was, listen, if you a nigga that don't got nothing, right? No, no, no. Think about it, Noreen. Think about it.

You a nigga that don't got nothing. You trying to get on. It was the best marketing plan. Right. So when I looked at it, when Pun dissed him, blow your head off 50 cents. He was in the crib. Woo!

When Jay-Z dissed him, I'm about a dollar. What the fuck? Woo! Yeah! So I'm like, why is he happy? You got the best niggas dissing you. But then I'm like, damn, that shit was kind of ill marketing.

It elevates you to the best. Because how to rob? What did he have to lose? And this is before he got shot. Right. This is power with a dollar. Right. But when a nigga ain't got nothing to lose.

Right. You know what's crazy? And that's the reason why I had to see- And Pun was your guy. Yeah. Pun kidnapped- Let me just say something. That nigga kidnapped who kid back in the day?

Hold on, hold on. That's a famous story. Fat Joe and them niggas are real, bro. your God. Yeah. Kidnap, that nigga kidnapped who kid back in the day? That's a famous story. Joe and them niggas are real, bro. Spanish niggas are the boss, man. Them niggas are problems, man. I give it up to them niggas, man. What was I saying before that?

About the writers boot camp. Okay, yeah. The Benzville. So what I'm saying is after, I kind of know right now like for me to say like I was the first nigga

To fuck with 50 It sounds like so cliche No it's true You the first nigga But the shit is a fact And it's two records I'm trying to remember the song Cause I know it

There's money I have the record By any means And it's another one One before How to Rob And then one after How to Rob That's how he let you know I stood

That's why Like I feel like 50 always fucks with me. And I always fuck with him. You know what I'm saying? But, what I'm saying is like,

right now to say that I fucked with him early, it sounds like, it's like, oh, okay, of course, you're supposed to say that. You're supposed to say that.

He's over here. But it's actual facts. No, you know what it is with you? You don't give yourself preps. No, no, no, no. No, no, no, not enough. Not enough. Not enough.

Because you was the first nigga fucking with Pharrell, no, no. No, no, no, not enough. Not enough. Not enough. Because you was the first nigga fucking with Pharrell, 50, Nelly, the list goes on. You know him, bro. Lil Wayne. Lil Wayne. Cash Money.

You was the first nigga fucking with a lot of niggas and you got to understand, niggas sold drugs and cold weather to your albums. God damn it. Make some noise for that.

Yeah. Take a shot to that. You got a shot somewhere. No, no, you got to. I know Jamie's. You got a shot somewhere. Because look, look, when you came, look, when you came with, what, what, what? You, come on, you went from like CNN, niggas on the run eating. Right.

You know what I'm saying? What was the one with Nas? Body in the trunk. Body in the trunk, yep. Body in the trunk. You came with the solo album. You came, the streets, nigga, was you. Yeah. Niggas end up selling drugs. the streets, nigga, was you.

Niggas end up selling drugs, oh shit, that nigga Nori. But then when you came with the Pharrell joint, you first nigga to put on Pharrell too. God damn it. And Pharrell's a icon out this motherfucker. Louis Vuitton, you got the hat on right now. Louis Vuitton, Pharrell, shout that. That brings up a time.

Look. What, what, what? I know he's wearing my man, Recipe's Fat Shot, cutting that shit up in the basement. You had the clubs, you took it to a whole Another like You kind of took it like It was like a Radio record

Right But it was still What What What And you Y'all niggas had Your own slogan

Yes we did Wasn't y'all Slime first Yeah yeah yeah Slime Yeah but hold on We're going to Slime first

We're going to flip it on you Because Slime Because Now let me just tell you Something which is And I love y'all skits Because because y'all skits used to be. Y'all skits, y'all skits today.

But hold on. Let me flip it on you. And you guys, right? Because at the time, we had Nas. Nas, of course. We had Jay. We had Mobb D. We had M.O.P.

We had Capone and Noriega. Then we had the Nori run. We had Mobb D We had M.O.P We had Capone and Noriega Then we had the Norie run We had that But That get rich or die try and run It's unprecedented Crazy Like to this day

Not only Of course I'm going to say I've never seen it in New York Because I'm from New York In New York at the time We ran the world If it ran in New York It ran all over

But that run has never been duplicated. But you know what I realized? That's when I realized it was business with Chris Lighty and these niggas and recipes of Chris Lighty because I learned a lot. I learned that the business game is chess, not checkers. Just like Irv Gotti was like,

yeah, we would have blocked him if he would have signed with these niggas on Universal. So I'm looking at 50. I'm seeing I'm in meetings and niggas are like, 1.7 million. I'm like, take the money. Take the money. Take the money. I'm like, we in a fucking minivan with no AC.

We got bulletproof vans. We got this. Shit is real. We beefing with cream in these niggas. Shit is real. Kill anybody. He's crazy. He's just 50.

He's crazy. He got shy. He's crazy now. So now we running around. I'm like, take the money. He's crazy He's crazy He's crazy now So now we running around I'm like take the money He's not taking the money He's not taking the money Cause he's not taking the money

Because he feels like Cause Irv would've blocked him Like I tell you DJ Khaled Right I had seductive dropping Right So seductive

I didn't know Yeah I didn't know nothing About the music business I just know They was like And we beefing with Joe Joe had powers. Like, damn.

You fuck with Fat, you know you fuck with Fat Joe. Khaled ain't fucking with you. I guess he was Terror Squad. So we're trying to say that you gave DJ Khaled the record to play. No, I'm going to tell you the story.

Let me tell you the story. So in my mind, we had beef with Fat Joe. I'm like, damn, we got beef with Fat Joe now? Because sometimes you be like, damn, man. You want to enjoy your rap? You got tired of the beef? Who did you have got beef with Fat Joe now Cause sometimes You be like damn man You wanna enjoy your rap

You got tired of the beef Who did you have Beef with before 50 didn't give a fuck Cause he's crazy You know what I mean But you like damn 50 with Fat Joe

Now damn man I can just look at his face So we got beef with Fat Joe Now damn So now I got my record I'm trying to promote So they like yo You gotta go to Miami

So I'm like Oh shit Miami man Oh I gotta come out here bro They, you got to go to Miami. So I'm like, oh, shit, Miami, man. Oh, I got to come out here, bro. They're like, yo, you got to go to DJ Khaled. I said, yo, you know Nelson? Nelson, Gabby, all of them? So Nelson's like, yo, man, DJ Khaled is cool, man. He's going to play the record. Yo, bro. I said, yo, bro, I don't think this is a good idea man Why would they tell you that It's the industry bro They wild to tell you that They'll set you up They'll set you I'm going to give you stories bro

They'll set you up bro Don't believe this industry shit So I'm like yo bro This is not a good idea DJ Khaled We beefing with Fat Joe Mind you Shot 9-7 just happened

Shot 9-7 The game Henchmen all that shit we all okay shot nine seven got banned from hot nine seven hot nine seven just so y'all know I know y'all was the first so shot nine seven that just happened uh-huh so I yo, bro. I'm telling you this is not a god. I could I did man I'm telling you bro. I'm like yo, it's not a good idea man. I'm telling those things like yo, man I'm telling you fucking you gonna play the record So we go up to DJ Khaled go up there, you know, he's marketing genius Kelly. He's getting bigger at this point

I told these niggas yo, don't take me to DJ Khaled Fat Joe, that's his man. Right. He damn near turret squad. Right. Going there, I'm not going to say who was there. Uh-huh. Nigga was there, had the big hammer on him.

Let's see. Going there, you see the weights bulging. Oh, boy, here we go. We wasn't traveling light. I'm not going to say much, but we wasn't traveling light. So, you know, go to Khaled to shake his hand. DJ Khaled, get the fuck out of

here. Worded him up. My hand's like this. I'm like, told you, Nelson. It was on Nelson. Wait, wait, wait. Tell me about tomorrow. You're going too fast. Hold on. Tell me about tomorrow. When you reached your hand towards DJ Khaled. I told Nelson, don't bring me to DJ Khaled. They said, yo, he going to play the record. He's cool.

He's playing 50 shit. DJ Khaled, this is the beef with Fat Joe. So I say, Fat Joe, whole way, shout out to Fat Joe. He ain't got crazy Spanish niggas. Knives jumping out. Do all kinds of shit. You know what I'm saying? Pistol Pete, all these crazy niggas.

So that's his man. And I respect Khaled for that because that was his man. I'm trying to establish what happened. So I told Nelson, I don't want to go to DJ Khaled. But you did go. But I did go because this is radio. I don't understand this shit.

I'm getting out of jail. But you're giving DJ Khaled a five and then what does he do? DJ Khaled. Look at my hand. DJ Khaled, get the fuck out of here. Nah, I can't believe it. So I'm like, yo, fuck you, Khaled. I swear to God. That sounds here. I can't believe it. He said that too, nigga.

And he went like this. That's kind of epic. Now I'm looking at Nelson, I'm like, then he got his man, the big shit on him. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. That's how I eat, nigga. How we eat. He's screaming.

Nigga, that's what me is like. Shells are flying here. K-Fox, you remember K-Fox? Yes, of shells are flying here K-Fox You remember K-Fox Yes of course Yeah K-Fox was like Tupac died this day I'm like oh shit Oh yeah niggas

Beating on Tupac death Yeah niggas out of line And look And shot not Which is the other day The anniversary Is the other day But you know

Once the industry hates you It's like you're against everybody That's how G-Unit felt Alright Tupac died this day I hate G-Unit! Why'd you bring Yeo here? TJ Khaled get the fuck out of here! He was blowing up.

Your ad libs are wild. He was blowing up. Khaled blew up. Khaled came a long way. Yeah he sure did. So they brought me you know his man had the big hammer. Big hammer. Shit bulging. All you know, his man had the big hammer. Big hammer. Shit bulging.

All you see is waist bulging. Damn. Lucky we had, you know. DJ Khaled, get the fuck out of here. I'm looking at

the radio, nigga, like I told you this nigga don't fuck with niggas. That's why I shout to Fat Joe. I'm glad the beef with Fat Joe is over, man.

Right. It wasn't ever a time, and we'll get back to Fat Joe, but was it ever a time you was beefing with somebody like, damn, man. Right. It wasn't ever a time, and we'll get back to Fat Joe, but was it ever a time you was beefing with somebody like, damn, we got to beef with him? I think Fat Joe, man.

Yeah? Yeah, he just said that. Yeah, because them Spanish niggas from the Bronx, them niggas, man, are just crazy. The Dominican, Puerto Rican niggas, like, them niggas, when it come to certain niggas they love,

they going to go all the way. Like, a nigga to certain niggas They love They gonna go all the way Like a nigga like Pistol Pete He was gonna go all the way Like Pete my man One time I ran into him In the Diamond District He said I ran But I put it on my father

I didn't run But look I had two of my mans with me He had two little Spanish niggas That look like they You know Dance with the knobs You know them niggas in the Bronx?

Them niggas start dancing with them machetes and all that. He had two little grimy niggas with him. So, like, Joe got niggas. His brother was somebody, right, in the Bronx, right? I believe his brother was somebody. Joe had niggas that was ready to die. You know them niggas in the Bronx? Niggas will pull a machete out on you,

start dancing. Right. Start dancing. That's when I realized, you know, them Bronx niggas was crazy. Right. I seen the E-Moneys, the Troys, the Homos, Mm-hmm.

Black Jus. Like I used to be in the hood. When Nas brought, when they did Hate Me Now on Farmers, I was there. Yeah. On top of the store, we go to the blunt. Yo, Nas and them down there. Yeah.

That's how it used to be. Mm-hmm. Oh, shit, they shooting over there where L.L. used to live at. The Rock. Bimmy and them. The Rock. Me and them, you know. The Black Rock.

Black, yeah. Because L.L. was like one of my favorite rappers. I always debate with people. You think about it. He had three different eras. The 80s, the 90s, and the 2000s. And he's still out here. Right now. about it. He had three different errors the 80s the 90s and 2000s And he's still right now right now. He's still out here And then he went to the movies. Yeah, yeah TV. They still out here So I was like one of my favorite rappers, you know, I'm Queens all day man

That's why he doing the rock the barrel shit even been me like a nigga like been me like We was in on Brooklyn chop and going up shut Banks, and Bimmy bring Bobby Brown downstairs. God damn it. You know what I'm saying? I'm like, shit, I ain't never, my, my, my, my. I start thinking about prerogatives. It's my prerogative. You know what I'm saying?

Bobby's like the fucking man. New edition. Like, damn, we in Brooklyn Chop. This nigga Bimmy be with everybody. Tracy Morgan. Right. But I always knew Bimmy Be with everybody Tracy Morgan Right But I always knew Bimmy You know having cars

And you know that's what Queens You know how Queens is But let me ask you Has that like You know because At one point you know Everyone is all down With the same crew right

Right But it's like It's great to You know go off And venture off And do your own thing Right And then come back to the crew And make sure everything is cool, right?

You know what I mean? So you're not getting everything from the crew. Was that something that damaged you? I feel like when you look at the success of G-Unit, right? When a nigga that got more money than everybody is working harder than everybody, then something's wrong. Say that one more time. When a nigga that got the most money out of everybody is working harder than everybody, then something might be

a little bit wrong. Not taking nothing away from Banks, Game, or Buck, but 50's the type of nigga, if we on the road, he gonna go to the gym twice, we gonna stop in Bahrain, he gonna shoot the extendables with Stallone

and them that's coming out. So I'm looking at his work ethic like, damn, I got to make sure I'm early for drink champs because this nigga's out working me and got way more money than me.

As well as a Diddy or Jay. These niggas are out working niggas, bro. So niggas are complaining like, yo, I ain't getting no money. You not working. Nigga like 50 ain't sleeping, bro. We on a plane

He reading a script We laying here in the gym twice Yo we here Yo Where he at Yo he gotta go shoot Like So when you around a nigga like that

And he be like Yo you lazy You kinda don't take it personal Wow It's just A nigga's just out working you Wow And it's all good

Yeah You know Cause me and Murder We in the Armani hotel We like no You chill You relax You cook I'm not And it's all good. You know, because me and Murder, we in the Armani hotel, we like, no. You're like, you're good, son. I'm not, look, no, no, listen.

Me and Murder, we in the hotel, I'm all up, but we like, yo, damn, 50 went to the gym twice, and he reading the movie script. Damn. We not working, but it's all good.

You know what I'm saying? You got to work hard. Take this shot, sir. Oh, yeah, take all good. You know what I'm saying? You got to work hard. Take this shot, sir. Oh yeah, take the shot. Yeah, we watching you. So it's the work ethic, man. You know?

And then I'm seeing all these guys turning into stars. You see, like Meech. I remember Meech was rapping, and now you see him, big jewelry on. You know, he's looking good. My little Meech? Yeah, little Meech. He's looking good out here.

Yeah. He's out here. You know, I'm with good. For Lil' Meech? Yeah, Lil' Meech. He's looking good out here. Yeah. He's out here, you know, I'm with Woody, Kane, Tommy. These guys are stars, though, for Power and all these good shows that's coming on. And I'm like, yo, now niggas in the hood, did I know, they want to be actors. Niggas like, man, fuck a rapper. I want to be an actor. Get whatever, everything that a rapper get, jewelry, chicks, whatever.

You know what I mean? Because that run that 50s having right now with the what do we call them? Sitcoms? What do we call them? Not sitcoms. Not sitcoms. Series. Series. Series? They're dramatic series.

That's not comedy. You say comedy? Dramatic series. Dramatic series. That running he's having It's an empire I think I think when you When you look at this right

And And to be honest I feel like Like even back in the days I was watching like I think it was something On CNN I was in a hotel watching it

And it was talking about How like A lot of black television Built a lot of stations Like Martin Or Queen Latifah Had a show A lot of them shows Blew up a lot of them, like Martin, Queen Latifah had a show. A lot of them shows

blew up a lot of them stations back in the day. You understand what I'm saying? So our culture will always be loved. Like I said, Paid in Full, that's a classic, bro. All right.

So if I'm watching Heat with De Niro and all that, Paid in Full is like, you know what I mean? You in there like, these are classic movies. I think people just want good content and now you got so much You in there, like, these are classic movies. I think people just want good content. And now you got so much content out there.

Like, you got Instagram now. You got Twitch. You got Hulu. You got YouTube. So, like, when you keep doing these interviews, just don't stop. Because niggas just want, we just want the content. Because I'm on my phone all day. I'm not going to say I'm not addicted.

I'm addicted to the internet, too. You drop an interview, I'm going to watch it. You know me as well as the other guys that's out there that's good. You and Joe Buttons be talking a lot of shit too. Shout out to y'all. But y'all did it. Y'all shit is, y'all popping, man.

Y'all pop a lot of shit. Y'all can do it. No, no, no. It was only when we were together. It was only one episode. One episode, but I love it. I meanall can do it. No, no, no. It was only when we were together. It was only one episode. One episode, but I love it. You know, I mean, you had some of the... I love it, you know, but you deserve it. You know, y'all had some of the biggest stars ever on the show.

But people want content. Yeah. I want content every day. Right. What's going on? What's the new news? Right. Yeah?

We want it. Because, you know, it's all about the content. And that's what I realized. 50 Like Working... And catalog. Look, you think about it. He want it. Because, you know, it's all about the content. And that's what I realized. 50 Like working. And catalog. Look, you think about it. He did Power. Like, when we think about classic series, The Wire.

Yep. Right. Sopranos. Yep. What else we going to think? What is that? Oz. Oz.

None of them had spinoffs. Who? Out of BC? Yeah. None of them had spinoffs. All of them were classics. What's the one with my man that was sellings. Who? Out of BC? Yeah. None of them had spinoffs. All of them were classics. What's the one with my man that was selling drugs?

Which one? No, not Snowfall's in there, but before that, but the white guy. Breaking Bad. Breaking Bad. None of them had spinoffs. Yeah, Breaking Bad does.

It has the lawyer. What? The lawyer. Yeah, that's huge. Really? Yeah, it's big. Huge. Oh, that went. Huge. Yeah, that's huge. Really? Yeah, it's big. Huge. Oh, that went huge.

Oh, the leader of the Shire. The Shire is up there. Yep. We're going to say Godfather Harlem. Okay, yeah. Because what's my man that's in there? My man. Forrest Whitaker.

Yeah, Forrest Whitaker. Godfather Harlem's good. Wow. And we definitely got to put Snowfall in there. Yeah, Snowfall. Snowfall is in there Absolutely I don't know how them overseas niggas Throw their voice like that though

Because my man's like straight from London Yeah They do it We never do it Then you got to put You got to put Power But look think about it Power had an eight year run

Damn soon That nigga Michael Rainey was like A baby when he first started in that shit Wow That shit kept going. Wow. So like, I'm going to keep it real.

I didn't know what a stars was until 50 started fucking with it. Wow. I'm going to keep it real. Wow. Niggas wasn't really checking for stars like that. But niggas want content.

Right. Niggas want content. World, this shit, yo, what's... Because when you think about it, the only thing that was on TV was Godfather Harlem, Snowfall, that was on TV was Godfather Harlem, Snowfall, and Power.

Wait, Godfather Harlem wasn't on TV. I thought it was just on Hulu. It was on Hulu, but that's the only three shows niggas was really jacking during this little time period. Okay. It was Godfather Harlem, Snowfall, and Power. Uh-huh. Cause it went from BMF to Power.

Yeah. Snowfall ended. Godfather Harlem, remember, they was coming out with episodesF to Power. Yeah. Snowfall ended. Godfather to Harlem, remember, they was coming out with episodes here and there. They was like, yeah,

but that shit was ill as far as really, because I ain't going front. But those were the three shits niggas was checking on TV. Uh-huh. Snowfall, Power,

and Godfather to Harlem, that shit was, those were the super ill shows. For me. For me. Nah, that's real talk. I think we should make some noise for that. I want to go back to something.

You was talking a little bit about Em. You guys were shopping the deals and stuff. And he was the only one that stepped up. Yeah, because 50 knew that Irv was going to block him. Because Irv was big in that universal system. Let's not forget who Irv Gotti was, though. Right. Ja Rule had hit records.

What would I be without you? He was J-Bo. But wasn't M... Niggas was dancing in water and all that. Isn't essentially Interscope in that Universal System?

Interscope is in that Universal System. It is, but... But it's the more powerful version. But it's more different. But how much leverage they had, Eminem, Dre. But 50 always said

if he would have signed to the Universal System over there on the East Coast. Right. Oh, I'll give you a credit. That's why we was New York niggas playing for the Lakers. Oh, so it's like really you signed on the West Side. Yeah, he always say we was New York niggas playing for the Lakers because he wasn't going to. Irv had power at the time.

Damn. You got to think. Ja Rule had number one hits and all that. Right. And was there any convos with Em going into the situation? 50 was just, he was hot at the time and he was just shopping deals. and was there any convos with M going into the situation no 50 was just he was hot at the time

and he was just shopping deals like I told you we sat down with Diddy we sat down with but he knew he wasn't going to sign with Diddy he knew Diddy

wasn't going to sign him because Diddy he knew in his mind that Diddy wouldn't want to take on problems right now he just went through biggie shit

and all this crazy shit right so why would he want to take on the problem did 50 ever meet with Jay hmm did 50 ever meet with Jay? Hmm? Did 50 ever meet with Jay? No, never, never Jay.

No, never Jay. Never Jay. Right. Shout out to Jay, though. Right. Because 50 was happy when he said, I'm going to buy a dollar.

What the fuck is 50 cents? From the hood, it's jails. Jail! Jail! Because you got to think, niggas are trying to get on. Niggas are hungry. Right.

Just like mentality now, no, niggas are trying to get on, broiggas are hungry. Right. Just like mentality now? No. Niggas are trying to get on, bro. Right. Because I did hear something that the deal that ultimately was gotten was less than was offered in other places. Bro, we was kicked out of studios with Beyonce.

Was he going to blow? This is the funny thing. Was he going to blow on Columbia? Because let's not act. It's Trackmaster. Trackmaster got him a record with Beyonce. He's in the studio with Beyonce, man. Brooklyn niggas, Queens niggas.

Yo, niggas got to get out. This is Beyonce. This is Destiny Chow. Thug Love. Remember, he was supposed to shoot a video with Beyonce before he got shot. And didn't he have a record with J-Lo as well? Yeah. Jeez Louise, probably.

Crazy. Like, 15 didn't even like many men. Many men? That's where it was. My talent.. Crazy. Like, 50 didn't even like Mini Men. Mini Men? What? That's what was my talent. My talent is- He didn't like it? Look, my talent is sometimes I be in the studio and I could just pick the record for you.

I'm like, 50, you bugging Mini Men's the shit. He didn't like the complete version? Because you got to remember, that nigga got shot the fuck up. He shot up. He's laid up. He don't even want me to see me. He's in Jamaica Hospital. Yo, 50's fucked up.

I pull up to his grandmother block Shells everywhere Yellow tape Oh man that nigga's dead man Yo niggas in the hood Everybody scared of Keep it real Preem

Nigga's gonna kill Yo niggas killed the man He dead man He 50 don't want nobody see him Know what I mean Moved out of town He banged up He running around

If he see Preem He gonna let it go I know because he has the Mac on him driving from PA to New York So he like yo, I'll call him your fifth. Will you have big home? Yo? No, I'm right here by Baisley if I see preem. I'm gonna let it go. I Don't go fuck what I got to lose niggas and shot me in my face better Better if I see anybody let it go That's what's mentality niggas done shot me in my face, da-da-da-da, da-da-da-da, if I see anybody, let it go.

That's his mentality. But at the same time, he's doing the music. So he's doing the music, but he's running around with the hammers. You know what I'm saying? He know the caliber of niggas he beefing with. You know? Meanwhile, he fucking with E-Money and these niggas. E-Money and them got beef with Pring too. E-Money and them niggas, money in these niggas the money in them got beef or cream to

Be money in the mix again. We catch them niggas So he in the studio with niggas like that you see money brown skin short nigga in the studio, yo Ligas in the studio, you know, I'm ever one time in the studio. He was like yo who that nigga man here in all that Like yo be easy. That's E-Money bags, bro. Nigga shoot you for saying that you don't like his shit, bro. Because you remember when E-Money flipped on

Jay? Remember Jay had the honest H-Money bags. H-Money bags, yes. Yo, E-Money called up, yo, Jay, I don't know what's going on, bro. But these was real niggas, yes. Yo, E-Money called up, yo, Jay, I don't know what's going on, bro. Yeah, yeah. But these was real niggas, bro. Yeah. You hear the stories about,

yo, E-Money shot out a limo, man. Right. With an Uzi, man. Rest in peace. These niggas are gone, so you can tell the stories, but I done heard shit like, niggas in left rack with the Uzi, man,

of the limo. Yeah. You hear shit about E-Money, Troy, Hamo, these niggas like that. As well as Black Just and Preem and Cat and, you know, everybody. So, just crazy times, man. So, I come from that era, like, being in the studio with them. Like, after Sony, after the stabbing.

Like, after the stabbing, I got cut right here. And I got, like, poked right there. 50 had, like, a scratch on his back and all that. But we was in Columbia, them niggas. But what happened was

we had Clark Kent DJ. Clark Kent. You know Clark Kent, the legend. Shout to him. Super legend. Fifth was fucking with Clark Kent back then.

So we had his, um, his nephew was a DJ. But Gibbs was, like, a good kid. He wasn't, like, a street guy. And that's cool. He was a cool guy but Giz was like a good kid. He wasn't like a street guy. And that's cool. He was a cool guy.

So we was in the studio. We in Sony. You know, I'm new to all this industry shit. I'm just, you know what I mean? I don't know what's going on. I'm just like, yo, fifth day we go to the studio, you know, tone and poker, like, see where the bars at? Tone and poker them is like in a room where the bars at.

And we in the room, right? So it's me, Giz, 50. I don't know what song he's doing. So we good, Fifth got a 45 on him. I shouldn't be saying all this shit, but fuck, I'm drunk by this time. Fifth got a 45 on him, Tony Polk in the next room, you know they legends, I'm looking at Tony Polk, like in the next room. You know they legends. I'm looking at Tone and Poke like, at the time they had records with R. Kelly and all

types of niggas. I'm like, you know, R. Kelly in jail now. Yeah, R. Kelly was the man back then. Let's keep it real. They had some hits. I'm looking like, yo, this is Track Masters. Track Masters, you, you. Oh shit, this is-

They were on top of the world. Fuck with Destiny Child. Everybody went to Trackmasters. Tone and Poke, shout to them. So I'm like, damn, 50 on. He got Trackmasters. So we in the studio. Was it Sony?

You remember how there was two studios? Yeah, it was Sony up the block to the left, and then Sony down the block. And then there was another one across the street. On 54th Street. I remember one of them, Beyonce, shut down one block. And then it was another one across the street. On 54th Street. I remember one of them, Beyonce, shut down one day. Okay, that might have been

the newer one. Because remember, Michael Jackson used to go to the one where his car used to go. He used to bring, like how the Porsche building is, where you can bring your car in.

Michael Jackson used to do that shit back in the days. He wouldn't walk in the studio. His car would go in the studio. Yeah, because there was two major studio buildings. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I think they turned into condos now.

They're in condos now. They're in condos. Shout to them studios. It hurt. Shout to them studios. It hurt. It hurt too much. I was like, what?

I want my wife in the car. I'm driving by and I'm like, yo. And she's looking at me like, what's wrong with you? Now, let me tell you, these two studios Everybody performed Beyonce

Jay Z Wyclef These studios Was the studios Like everybody knew Mariah Carey It was How about Right Track

You ever use Right Track Of course Right Track Right Track Unique Unique D&D D&D of course There was so many

Legendary studios But I remember that Sony building, because I used to see Clef with all the crazy Haitian niggas. I used to be... I'm back earlier. I see Scooter Tut.

Niggas look like the niggas from... What's the shit? City Soleil? They look like the niggas from... City Soleil? No, what's the movie with Steven Seagal with the dread niggas? Mark for Death. Mark for Death. Niggas look dread niggas? Uh, uh, Mark for Death.

Mark for Death. Niggas looking like niggas from Mark. Screw face. Screw face. Screw face. I've seen white, clever niggas like that. I'm like, yo, I'm like, what the fuck is going on? Let's take a shot for screw face.

Let's take a shot for screw face. Screw face. So I'm seeing what clever niggas look like. Screw face and shit. You got to take a shot. So I'm like, yo, Fifth, who are these niggas? Like, nah, that's Tutt, Scooter, and them niggas, Haitian Jack. Because I met Haitian Jack before.

That nigga was crazy. Because I'm like, because you know what? Did you say something about him? Yeah, of course. You know what fucked me up about my first time meeting Jack? Was that Tupac shit him on the record. And I seen that nigga in LA, Dolo. He was in Dolo like,

I'm Hitchin' Jack, I don't give a fuck, man. And he hit. And I was like, So I was like, yo, this nigga is crazy. My arm's out of top, man. He had big arms. Out of top, man. So I knew him from fucking with Fiffy, and I was like,

Yo, your ass is a game of fly. This nigga crazy, bro. Your ass is a game of fly. Yo, your ass is a game of fly. Get ass became crazy. Your ass became crazy. Your ass became crazy. Yo, look. So one day we in the studio, and this is a true story. I don't care.

So look. Nigga called Wyclef, right? Nigga like, yo, Clef, man. Yo, Jack got two sweet three watches from me, man. Nigga Clef was like, I don't know what you're talking about, man. So he had two watches from Jacob. I don't know what you're talking about, man. So he had two watches from Jacob.

I don't know if they got back or didn't, but that's when I started learning, like, yo, this shit different. Let me borrow two watches. Because niggas can say what they want to say

about Jack. I seen that nigga in L.A., Dolo. Patient Jack, man. Don't care about nobody, man. So niggas was crazy like the niggas Clef was around. Them niggas was crazy. Scooter, Tut.

You know the tunnel days with y'all niggas, man. MU. We don't want to talk about that. Hold on. But let's talk about the So Seductive video, right? Yeah. Is that the first time you inducted? Nah, if you look in the club,

to know your face was in there. In the club. In the club. Yeah. Because I was on the run for In the Club video. From In the Club? Wait, hold on. And that was crazy because Suge pulled up,

so it was kind of like a crazy. I heard it. With the Mexicans? With the Mexicans. But Suge is a. So it was kind of like a crazy. I heard it. With the Mexicans? With the Mexicans. But Suge is a good, yo, he's a good guy. Like he's a good bluffer. Like he knows what to do. So what happened was I think the Mexican niggas were just shooting a video

and Suge was probably just like, yo, come with me over here. Oh, they were shooting a video around the corner? They were shooting a video already and I think Suge just, I don't know. This is in L.A. or? This is in L.A. Okay, got it and I think Suge just, I don't know. This is in LA or? This is in LA. Okay, good. So, describe what's going on. Listen, man.

Yeah, in the club. Is the record out yet or? Listen, in the club video shoot. But is the record out? No. Listen, the record is out. Okay, the record is out. So, in the club video shoot.

And man, I just couldn't believe it. I didn't understand. Like, so we in the video all you heard was sugar's coming yo I swear to God cameras are falling dances are running lights, lights, niggas, niggas. Everybody's running, Suga's coming. So we couldn't believe it. Like, I'm from New York.

I've never seen no shit like that. Yo, bro, dances, the backup dancers are running. Everybody's running this shit. They running, yo, cameras was falling and shit. Nigga the cameraman, Suga's coming. Yo, bro. So, you know, we like, damn. You know, coming. Yo, bro. So, you know, we like them.

You know, this is Suge Knight. Mind you, we had an old, already had, was the Vibe Awards after? No, no, no. The Vibe Awards.

This is definitely before the Vibe Awards. The Vibe Awards might have been after. Yeah, Vibe Awards. So, look, Suge came, but this is why

I always respected Eminem, 50, and niggas that was with us. So, Suge came. He had some Mexican niggas. Now, we from New York. You ain't never seen a nigga with a tattoo on his forehead. 118th Street crew. I'm like, what the fuck?

Nigga had a tattoo on his face, homie. That's the first time, like, before Lil Wayne and all that, that's the first time I seen a nigga with a tattoo on his eyes. Mexican niggas, 18. Mexican niggas. 18th Street niggas. So niggas just shook,

just got the cigar. He just liked that bitch. He just... He's like a pressure guy. That's why he got into the shit he got into lately because he's like a pull-up, light a cigar,

and you seeing niggas with tattoos on their face but we like damn what we got to lose we if we don't pop now we going back to the hood it's back to the hood all right so it's like fight these mexican niggas mexican blood niggas killer niggas things got the shit on their forehead eyes 118th Or go back home to the crib. Might as well go all out, fight right here. We're around Dr. Dre, so it's like, yo, we got to do what we got to do.

So what happened? He laced the cigar and then... He just laced the cigar and it's the shit about shit. He laced the cigar and he's trying to see what you're going to do. So Eminem, 50, everybody outside, nigga, laced the cigar. I was bugging because I seen... This is when I knew Eminem was real outside nigga like this ago I was bugging cuz I seen this one I know Eminem was real he's like give a fuck man this is what I know I'm like damn Eminem is a real nigga 50 niggas outside and then the nigga should

just walked away the Mexican niggas looked kind of confused, like they didn't know what was going on. But niggas came outside. Eminem came outside, 100%. Oh, what did I miss? Okay. And Eminem was like, yo, I don't give a fuck, man. Give a fuck, man. Because you remember, it's documented.

Proof told Suge, yo, you killed Tupac in the middle of a party. Remember, them Detroit niggas are kind of crazy, bro. Them seven, eight mile niggas, them niggas always been crazy. Rest in peace to proof. Yeah, rest in peace. Proof told that nigga Suge. In a party. Proof told Suge in a party.

Nigga, you killed Tupac, nigga. You could ask anybody, nigga. Proof was a wild boy. Rest in peace to Proof. Wow. You heard that before? Nigga,

ask around. I don't think I heard. Proof was legit. There's a boomer going around that I heard in D12 history. Proof told that nigga, I'm Shug, yo, nigga,

you killed Pac, nigga. Like he just came out of nowhere. You know, he's a wild nigga. I seen him wild out.ge Yo nigga You killed Pac nigga Like he just came out of nowhere You know he's a wild nigga I seen him wild out Get drunk You killed Pac nigga Wow

That's crazy We had a couple of run-ins With Suge Cause Suge you know You wanna name another run-in? On Vibe Awards Okay let's talk about Yeah

Vibe Awards was crazy Who got stabbed That day I was joining? I'm gonna tell you Vibe Awards was So Vibe got stabbed that day? I'm going to tell you, Vibe Awards. So Vibe Awards, James Cruz was there. Shout out to Chris Lighty. James Cruz. Violated.

Number violated. That's right. Shout out to James Cruz. Violated. Chris Lighty. Shout out to James Cruz. Even though 50 go in on him sometimes. Shout out to James Cruz.

Yeah, yeah. So James Cruz is there. Because James Cruz went through mad shit. You know what I mean? You got to think. Chris Lighty. It's mad shit being in the industry. So many stories, man.

I could tell you a whole bunch. Right. So, I believe it's the Vibe Awards. Ugh. And it's like trailers. You know them trailers where rap artists can be like jail?

They just got their crews back there. Yeah. Should get crazy, right? So, we back. We chilling outside the trailer. Who you think we see walk by? Shug?

Earth Guardian. Murder. I wasn't ready. Death Row. He's with Shug. They were together. They with Shug. They feeling good.

They walking by. Shig, that's Earth Guardian. were together. They were sure they feeling good. They walking by she us earth guarding and should Shit who said that you know in my mind. Okay? I was like yo, you know niggas a toy I was just earth guardian should well What are we gonna do? That's the only thing I'm thinking in my mind So this is why I like 50. 50's like old school. Yo man, yo crew, go to the hardware store, buy 14 knobs.

In my mind I'm like, you know you watch movies like American Me and all that shit. Nigga, 14 niggas with knobs is dangerous, bro. I'm a, yo, listen, I'm Jay. You got 14 niggas with knobs? Bro, ain't no me winning. So he tell James Cruz, you know, he's executive. You know, these niggas.

So James Cruz, you know, he's a look. And it's kind of racist, too. Send a Latino to get the knobs. Send a Spanish nigga to get the knobs. So, you know, James Cruz, one thing I give him, he going to do whatever for the artists, whatever. James Cruz One thing I give him He gonna do whatever For the artists Whatever That's one thing I give

A lot of these managers So you telling me James Cruz left the awards James Cruz left He went He left the vibe awards Phipps said Yo go get them

Fucking nimes nigga He go to the Hardware store Go get the black nimes He get the comeback James Cruz come with the bag This is wild I'm like

Yo this shit crazy. And mind you, Fat Joe in there. Oh! Suge in there. Irv in there. This shit is nothing but ops in there. James Cruise. But y'all wasn't even with Fat Joe at that time.

I don't think at that time. Yes, yes, we was. Yeah, y'all were too. Oh, shit. Okay, go ahead. Fat Joe a real nigga, bro. Let me tell you. So, hold on.

Y'all in the awards is, who's earth God II uh-huh Suge Knight, huh sad Joe Suge Knight alone you like Yeah, you got earth God II with him Earth God II walk by with him the niggas ice grilling they looking down earth feeling good at that point earth like yeah Nigga, I'm gonna show him. Them niggas ice grilling. They looking down. Irv feeling good at that point. Irv like, yeah, nigga, I'm with S.H.I.E.L.D. Y'all niggas is fucked. So Fifth like, what I like Fifth is because it took him like 30 seconds. James Cruise, go buy the knives. Go buy the knives. James Cruise come back with the knives. Niggas distribute the knives. Distribute the knives.

This does sound like some American me. Yeah, it's American me. You watch the movies, it's American me. Distribute the knives. Now we in the Vibes Award, you got 14 to 12 niggas with knives. So when Buck stabbed a nigga with a fork, that was nothing. That nigga that should sit, he got stabbed in the chest so but I'm gonna tell you about that so look I'm gonna tell you what happened so back in the days there was no Instagram or no yo take a picture of self there wasn't no selfies come with the paper like yo yo let me get an autograph, cuz. Know what I'm saying? Nigga got the paper and the pen.

He come up to, look, Nori, nigga come up to Dre, right? Dre with his wife and all that. We had the Vibe Awards, Quincy Jones, all these good people in here. This is why I say,

G-Unit, we always got a bad rep. Know what I mean? We got Quincy Jones, all these niggas there, Vibe Awards. So, the nigga come up to Dre,

but Suge had some niggas with him. He Wands. So, the nigga come up to Dre, but Suge had some niggas with him. He had some nigga named Ice Pick, some other nigga. He had some grimy, torn niggas with him, bro. That's why I thank God 50 said get the knives. Look, so boom. The nigga come up to Dre, yo, let me get an autograph, cuz.

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game niggas ain't really in there. It's just game. Game had a whole bunch of niggas outside. You said game or gang? The game. Game. His niggas was outside. All our Queens niggas outside. You said game or gang? The game. Game. His niggas was outside. All our Queens niggas were inside.

Mind you, 50 already sick. Get the knives already. Okay. So now we feeling good. We got 12, 13 niggas with the knives, twin. We like, yeah, yeah. We feeling good. Fat Joe in there, shook.

Boom. Nigga snuffed Dre. Dre fall over a little bit. I ain't gonna front. Dre got up. He was with the shit. Nigga snuffed Dre. Dre fall over a little bit. I ain't gonna front, Dre got up, he was with the shit. Nigga snuffed Dre. So you know this nigga eating with 50 now. 50, he making all the beats and all that, get rich or die trying. Nigga snuffed Dre, that's all you kept hearing.

The nigga's on the nigga now. Boop, boop, boop, boop, Dre wailing on him. You know Dre a big nigga. Dre a big nigga, that nigga ain't no... Yeah, he like the Hulk. He's a big nigga, boop, boop, boop. So you know Queens niggas on you know Dre a big nigga. Yeah, try a big nigga. I think I know he like the hawk So, you know Queens niggas, you know one impressed Please want to press cuz you Do touch like you touch

You touch nori touch you bro yo that's the show yo niggas that's royalty right there so niggas just boom and there's only one person who actually walked over here one nigga just snuffed right gray wilding on them now niggas like throwing chairs niggas getting ridiculous now. Everybody want to, that's how it is. This is what you got to understand with these niggas. I don't never, like I told niggas, on Mad Fafa shit,

I never worry about the rap, I worry about the entourage. Right, right. You know that. Yeah, yeah, yeah. You might have a crazy nigga, yo, nigga, snuff Nori. What?

This is the only time, this is what I'm saying, with Fifth. I'm eating, I'm flying the world. You never know What another nigga do Cause he's appreciative

So nigga snuffed Drake Cheers is going on This nigga Boom boom boom Now here come the knives Niggas are stabbing this nigga Oh I don't want to say who

They stabbing him Here come Young Buck He want to come with a fork That man got stabbed In the chest bro Young Buck You know he was riding the wave Like yo I stabbed him man

Young Buck hit him with a fork Oh I'm here So the camera caught that Back in the chest, bro. Young Buck, you know, he was riding the wave. Like, yo, I stabbed him, man. Young Buck hit him with a fork. Oh, man. So the camera caught that back in the days. I don't know what to do on this. Yo, man. They said the niggas

stumbled or whatever. Police, Mason niggas at this time. It was crazy. Suge niggas rolled up, but luckily we had, Suge had some crazy niggas with him.

What? Big niggas. I think the nigga named Ice Pick. I don't know if Tupac shot him out. Some big nigga. So we pull out the knobs. Like, back the fuck up, my nigga. Because these niggas was like

some security size looking niggas. But when a nigga see that steel, he going to kind of back up a little bit. That's why I think Fifth, that he had the knobs. Because these niggas, he sure had other niggas coming. We back out the knobs.

Yo, back the fuck up, my nigga. On some queen shit. You know what I mean? because these niggas, Shug had other niggas coming. We back out the knobs. Yo, back the fuck up, my nigga. All right. On some queen shit. All right. You know what I mean? Now it's like, you know, y'all Spanish niggas, y'all be dancing. Never get in a hot fight with a nigga from the Bronx. You understand me?

Them niggas will dance with a machete on your ass. So Shug niggas kind of backed up. Dre wilding on a nigga. We wilding. Buck stabbed him with the fork and all that. I on a nigga, we riling, Buck stabbed him with the fork and all that. I don't know why Buck did that. Buck hit him with the fork off stage.

I guess he was fiending for the action. Buck hit him with the... Not Buck my nigga, but he was fiending for the action, because him and Banks was backstage when it's pop. So Buck just came running, ah! Nigga done got hit with 12 chairs, stabbed in his chest, slapped up Drayden, punched him like 20 times. It bolded.

Here come Buck with the fork. Why you even do that? Ah, boom. So we go back to the mansion. All you see on the news, young Buck attempted murder. Buck said, I ain't do that shit, man. See how quick niggas are changed? But Buck, you stabbed him with a fork. He got stabbed in the chest and all that, but it was a wild night, man. Y'all was like, see how quick niggas have changed? But Buck, you stabbed him with a fork.

He got stabbed in the chest and all that, but it was a wild night, bro. But 50 was on point. He was like, yo, go get the knives, bro. From the hardware store? From the hardware,

James Cruz. That's why, yeah, yeah, James, that's what. Dino to the rescue. Yo, you got to understand, for me,

like, when I used to go to Violator, right? Now, nigga, James Cruz, Chris Lighty. Mona Scott. Mona Scott. Yandy. Lori. Cordean. Lori Gibbons.

Lori Gibbons. Cordean Joseph. Cordean. That's my love. Love all these people. So, Violator, to me, like I said, that was the first. What's the, from Love & Hip Hop? Yandy. Yandy. Yandy Smith. Shout to Yandy. Yandy Smith. I said, that was the first. What's the, from Love & Hip Hop? Yandy.

Yandy, Yandy Smith. Shout to Yandy. Yandy was born, you know, Mona. Yes. Like, so, when I used to come there, that's when I realized that this shit is a business. Yeah, it's a business. And it's a fraternity. Because I can't lie to you, all those names we just named Yandy Smith, Lori Gibson, Claudine Joseph, Mona Sky, James Cruz,

Eric Nicks. Eric Nicks. Eric Nicks. Eric Nicks. Eric Nicks. Eric Nicks. Eric Nicks. All of these people, they groomed us.

Right. You know what I mean? And I appreciate them. I want them to know wherever they're I mean? And I appreciate them. I want them to know wherever they're at in life that I appreciate them. No, for real. And that's why I always say Chris Lighty,

I started to learn the business. I remember it was Fifth Drop something and we in the office. It's Theo Scottamire. Chris is there. Your lawyer, Theo Scottamire. Yeah, Theo Scottamire. Chris Lighty's there. Rest Dio Scottamaya. Yeah, Dio Scottamaya.

Chris Lighty's there. Rest in peace to the legend. I always shout out Chris Lighty. I wish he was still here. He's a big reason for a lot of success as well as violence. See Mike Lighty in Lovers and Friends? He's on the show? Mike Lighty was there at Lovers and Friends.

Oh, I didn't even know. I didn't even know. Shout out to Mike Lighty. That's my guy, too. Made me a lot of money, man. I love them guys, man. Yes. You know?

But you know what it is? I was a troublemaker, so I always, like, I knew it was, like, a lot of shit. People, like, I was wilding at a point. Like, sometimes when you, and I tell these young niggas, sometimes, like, when you get money and you feel unstoppable sometimes. Like, when you get money, you got unstoppable sometimes Like when you get money You got cars You got bitches Like Cause like when

Henchman's son got slapped I left the block As soon as I left the block Mike Lighty got cut In the back of the head Oh A lot of people don't know that Ah

So I look at shit like Yo damn that was my fault Cause Niggas was wildin' But yo Niggas just shot my Bentley up uptown though. So niggas will see like one side, but won't see the other side of it. You know what I'm saying?

And like even with the henchman shit, I look at it like, yo, if a nigga slap your son, hell yeah, I'm going to shoot shit up too. So I understand. But at the end of the day, bro, it's like niggas will sue you. Nigga want to sue you. So I learned a lot about the game. Like a nigga henchman will sue me, but my crib will get shot up too. And this shit all documented, bro.

This shit all documented, bro. I tell you there's the ups and downs in the game because when you a rapper or you got some kind of money, you always going to be a target. There might be a nigga that don't like you, bro. Or it might be something. But a lot of beef for me, like Fat Joe, Henchman,

Wu-Tang, or whatever it was with G-Unit. You know what I'm saying? It was kind of more inherited. Like I was just there and it was like, alright, well this nigga turn the lights on. I got to ride with him. You know? I'm quite sure Jay-Z brunch is cool or being on the boat with Did know, I'm quite sure Jay-Z brunch is cool,

or being on the boat with Diddy. I'm quite sure that was cool, but, you know, we was beefing with, like, niggas like World, and I came home to that World. Oh, fuck it. Henchmen and... Royal Street. Freezing.

Yeah, yeah. The Primes, we was dealing with kind of, more of them kind of issues. Did you ever feel like you didn't like reap the benefits of the industry because of that you know what i mean i mean i feel like it was like after a while like when g unit popped it was an industry shutdown after a while like you couldn't really do too much because like you know all i want to do is win win win no matter what your man's popping now your man transition so 50 like I if the industry and fuck with me fuck it I'm gonna find something else to do and that's why I wish I just why he

stood like me and banks and all of us we trying to think about the music but a lot of doors are shut fuck with 50 50, man. We ain't. Fuck 50, man. 50 like, fuck these industry niggas. Nigga, do movies now. I don't know what you put on the accent. I don't know what accent

that was. He put the Memphis accent. Because 50 will always think of the next gimmick because after a while, you know, niggas like, I was trying to get

records played, arguments, DJ Khaled, they blew up. All I do is win, win. I'm in a club. Yeah. You got a podcast for future. I said I almost had a shootout with Khaled.

I know he ain't never playing my shit. But I like the nigga, though. I like his sneakers. I like niggas. I came up. I listen to Jealous One's Envy. I never thought we had beef with them niggas or D-Block. We came up.

We listen to niggas. But it's like you come in the game with a nigga like Fifth. He was a little crazy, bro. Some niggas look. Nah, some niggas come up different. Look, I had my moms and pops. Fifth ain't had no father. Moms got killed.

He was on the block at 12 selling drugs, moving around. We looked up to the fat cats and and the black justin pappy mason type of in the tony montanas yeah keep going keep going that's the that's got to take a piss yeah yeah keep going y'all probably went through the m m thing that i wanted to talk about like yeah i don't know if you covered this just tell me but m didn't feel like he was going to inherit any of those beats When those deals were made I think M didn't care He didn't care

I just think he didn't care Was there a relationship between G-Unit and D12 No there was no relationship I'm saying after the fact I know before Oh yeah yeah How was that coming together What I'm saying is what 50 is 50 could have signed any deal

But he was smart enough to learn the business side of it. Irv and these guys got records with J-Lo and shit. Right? Universal's going to block us if we sign here. So I'm in a meeting that 50, you just turned out 1.7 million. What are you doing? We're broke. We have no money.

We're in a minivan, AC. We have no AC. We got bulletproof vests and we got guns. You're running around looking for the guys that shot you. That's cool, but you turned down 1.7 million, bro. Nah, nah, I know what I'm doing. Nah, I know what I'm doing. Chill.

But then the deal comes and it's... Danny, wait. It's Interscope, it's Dre, it's Em. All three of them together. Interscope, Dre, and M all three of them together Interscope Dre and M but like I said before I heard that that deal was still less money than some of these other deals yeah there was there was deals giving um 1.5 maybe 1.7 million M&M gave him a million but you got M&M and Dr. Dre at their peak too then understood. M's peak for sure.

Of course. Eminem sold 16 million records. Diamond. 16 million. Niggas would be like, Lord Jamal on Eminem's whack. He sold 16 million records. He's still doing billions on Spotify.

Right. So he got us the overseas market. So you got New York niggas performing in Germany and Dubai earlier. Oh, shit, Eminem. They fuck with Eminem. It's all a cosign. Right, yeah, yeah.

You got to think. That makes a difference. Think about it. Niggas be like, yo, why you always big up Eminem? I was on Rikers Island, C73. A motherfucker never did

nothing for me in the hood besides 50. And my dad and my parents. Eminem said free age. Right, 50 dad and my parents. Every other person probably putem said, free Yeo. 50 dad and my parents. Every other, probably put drugs or gun in my hand. They told me the wrong way.

I tell you, Nori, well we appreciate these niggas. Don't do the drugs, learn from Nori. Do this shit, get some money. Know what I mean? Don't put the drugs and the guns in your hand. Niggas will put drugs and guns in my hand. 50 gave me a chance. My parents still care me, right?

Eminem, when I was on Rikers Island. Grammys. Free, yo, yo. That's why I like no disrespect when you see games say, yo, Dre never did nothing for me. I remember Dre being in the studio and giving you them hits, bro. You know what I'm saying? I remember you was in the little studio or the big studio. I remember being in the studio and giving you them hits, bro. You know what I'm saying? I remember you was in the little studio or the big studio.

I remember being in the studio with Em. He didn't have to do. 50 had a whole bunch of beef. It took a Detroit nigga and a West Coast nigga to do it. It's crazy. And then they like, yo, we blew up an East Coast nigga. Game is right there in the studio. Yo, cuz, blood.

Cuz, blood. We got to blow up a West East Coast, nigga. Game is right there in the studio. Yo, cuz, blood. Cuz, blood. We gotta blow up the West Coast, nigga, cuz. We blowing up these New York niggas, man. We for West Side of the Best, I got you! You know niggas in the studio saying that to Dre. Cuz Dre got a whole bunch of crip niggas around and all that. Game right there.

So, game, you blessed too. See, all that bullshit fuck up there. So game, you blessed too. See, all that bullshit fuck up a lot of money, man. Because you got to think, we can get money overseas, me, game, buck. Thanks.

I always tell niggas, I said to all niggas on Mad Papa Show, we get money, it's all about getting money. It's not about who got the bigger chain or who got the best watch

or we all getting money. Let's get this money. Let's take a shot. Let's take a shot. Let's take a shot. No, over there. Oh, Dan, you got another one? Yeah, he got another one. Oh, that one. That one get this money. Let's take a shot. Let's take a shot. Let's take a shot. No, over there. Oh, Dan, you got another one? Yeah, I got another one.

Oh, that one. That one. All right, cool, cool, cool. Because it's like 20 shots in. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Cheers, cheers, cheers. Yo, look. Yo, look.

A nigga from my hood was like, yo, man, why you shouting out Eminem, man? You ain't shout me out on my birthday, nigga. I'm like out Eminem man you ain't shot me out on my birthday nigga I'm like yo bro the nigga I'm on the island I'm sick to my stomach G units blowing 50 just sold a million records I see the free a or they like your watch shout to Tracy being new. Paul Rosenberg. Everybody over there. Mark.

Everybody. Big up Paul Rosenberg. Yeah. Everybody over there. Riggs, Morales. Riggs, Morales. My brother. Yeah, everybody was at Shady.

Washington Heights. They're like, yo, I'm on Rikers Island. They're like, yo, you know, I'm not asking for the TV on Rikers. You can get killed for that. You know, I'm like, yo, Joe, I just want to watch the Grammys tonight. Let me rock, whatever. You know what I'm saying? I'm not going to just want to watch the Grammys tonight. Let me rock, whatever. You know what I'm saying? I'm not going to say,

y'all rent a house, money got on everybody. I'm not going to lie to you. But I was in population. I wasn't in PC. Being Tony Ayo on Rikers, yo, nigga's like,

nah, yeah, you can rock. Grammys, boom. Free Ayo. Oh, shit.

Wow. Niggas, come on, bro. You must have got all the high drops. Now, this is a nigga

that sold 16 million records, bro. Eminem sold 16 million records. Hard copy. Because you got to think, when these motherfuckers was going platinum back in the days, that was a nigga going in the store, bro. In the store. Go ahead. Talk that story. We don't know.

Go ahead. Talk that story. No disrespect to streams, but. Nope. You don't know what a stream. Talk that. I'm talking about niggas that's going in. What? FYE's back in this. Norris. Sam Goody. Norris. Disrespect the streams, but no you don't know what it is What f-y ease back in this North Sam goody nori

So where's that's a nigga going in this going to buy a shit is physically all the music I cheers shit like that. That's what I'm saying. So I got old school Yeah, I'm like not enough. We've got old schools to shoot, yes. Because a fan going in to buy the hard copy, bro, that means a nigga we used to go to the store. No, CNN, Wall Report. Going to get that. Go to Jamaica Avenue. Yeah, my shit is official gold. Not Yacht Gold.

On and running. There's a body in the trunk, him and Nas. Nigga's going to get that. Like, what you sell, two, three million? Well, I'm one million in R.E. and I'm I think it's going to get that well like what you show to three minutes I'm one million or in re and I'm far out for gold albums. Yes Sing a couple of rattles English. Yes. Yes. Yes, but that's the niggas going to physically go body go by my shit Yes, it's a fact. That's the nigga physically going in the store saying, I'm going to buy this album. Different time.

Because I don't kind of like believe these guys. These guys will have 100 million followers and then sell 1100. That's what I'm trying to tell you. That don't make sense.

Yeah. So for a nigga to say, for a nigga to go, you know back in the days like get a deal. A nigga go platinum is like, what?

I heard Fat Joe saying, Atlantic had a 60-size poster of me when I came on the wall. And you know what's crazy? And Fat Joe will tell you this. I don't even think Fat Joe ever was going gold back then. Because gold was actually gold for most.

So you're saying Jealous won Envy, never won gold? No, I think eventually it did But I'm saying at first I sold way more records Than Fat Joe And he'll tell you that He always says that

He says yo Nori Sold more records than me And but When the pun came That was a different Pun That's when he got the I told you when he dissed 50

Nigga was like Yeah man Remember what That was that's capital punishment Pun just Pun came on some Other shit bro That's when he got there. I told you, when he dissed 50, nigga was like, yeah, man. Remember what happened? That was capital punishment. Because Pun just, Pun came on some other shit, bro. He just was like a beast. I remember I did a video with 50.

Well, I'm filming 50 and Trackmaster Tone. And it's because I was the first person in the industry with the two-way pager. I don't know if y'all know that. Oh, shit. First person? Make some noise for him. It's a fact. Yeah, leader. It's a fact.

So where'd you get it from, though? What made you get it? Motorola. No, motherfucker. You went to Motorola and they said, this is a new thing? Yes, that's exactly how it happened. I just went into Motorola. I was like, I want a phone.

I think I wanted the StarTek. It was the StarTek. And like, yeah, you remember StarTek? I don't know if y'all remember the StarTek. Yeah, yeah, yeah, StarTech. That shit was like $900 at that time. To have a StarTech, you was like bigger than a drug dealer.

I did that and then I got the fucking... They said, yo, by the way, take this. It was called the two-way. They said you could get email on it. I was like, what? So I went back to the studios, Hit Factory Studios,

same studio we talk about. He talking with Tone and Poke in the Vegas, man. He know where the two-way page is. Tone and Poke damn near produced my whole NRE album. And by the way, if you look at that freestyle, me and 50 has a freestyle. It's me, 50, and Con's TV. If you look at it, it's pretty much that same day.

And I go in the studio and I go, yo, I got the new shit. It's called a two-way. And they laughed at me. No, no, two-way Facebook. No, I believe you. Not 50. So Tony Polk laughed at me. They said, what? I said, listen, I could

get email on this shit. So what the fuck is you going to do with email? And I knew what email was. I was advanced. I was from the streets, but I was advanced. And then... But you didn't take it

to later email. No, I hate email now. Now I hate email. You're right. You're correct. I got 2,000 underrated emails. Some people be advanced.

There was a nigga on the road, Spider Loke. That nigga used to have a computer. And I used to be like, what are you doing? Ooh, let me finish my story and go right back to you. Go ahead. Back to the two-way. It's on the road, Spider Loke. That nigga used to have a computer. And I used to be like, what are you doing? Oh, let me finish my story. Go ahead. Back to the two-way.

It's on the post. So I'm filming 50. And then I said to him, now two-ways, everyone has it. Yeah, the two-way. Two-way page. Yeah. So now I'm filming 50. I think you said something in the rhyme about that.

No, no. So now I'm filming 50 and trackmaster tone. And then trackmaster tone says, yo, 50. He looks to 50. And this is early 50. This is early 50. And he goes to 50. He goes, I can't lie.

Norby was the first person with a two-way pager. I go, yeah, 50, all of them copied me. And then 50 looks at the camera and go, yeah, all of them niggas is on this dick. See, look. And look, footage like that was classic back then. Yes, yes. You know what I mean? I always tell them even records, when records dropped on radio, like if it was a Flex or Clue or whoever it was.

I just want to take another shot with you. I'm sorry. There's no reason. No, no, not that one. Right there. Right there. I'm super drunk right now. Come on, come on, come on.

I forgot her name. Amy. Jamie. Jamie, I'm sorry drunk right now Come on I forgot her name Amy Jamie I'm sorry Jamie I'm sorry Jamie You remember your thought Because I just wanted to I just want to say something

To you again brother I just want to Reiterate What y'all did G-Unit Not only coming from Queens Because y'all not a Queens group Y'all international group Right That came from Queens, because y'all not a Queens group, y'all an international group.

Right, right. That came from Queens. Right. That comes from Queens. Right. Thank you, Jim. But, but,

I just really want to thank you, man. Like, you know, face to face. Your day, your flowers. Look, look what the flowers say. Look what the flowers say. It's your day, my brother. I want to really thank you because people like you are hard to find. And people like you have to be cherished. Right. You have to be put on the same pedestal that all of us is put on. Because, you know, Jay is not great without a Tata.

Right. Or Emery. Right, right. Or Lenny S. Right. You know what Jay is not great without a Tata. Right. Or Emery. Right, right. Or Lenny S. Right. You know what I mean? Like, you know, 50 with you makes him greater. He's greater all along. Of course.

But with you makes it great. And I can see your vision. Like, I can see that you're the behind the scenes. And you know what it is. But you got to think. And you have no ego. No, no, no. All right, I'm going to split you up.

Go ahead, go ahead. I can tell you don't want to be big. I got you. Go ahead, go ahead. Listen, that type of shit is warranted. That type of shit has to be saluted because a lot of times as the alpha male, we're so much thinking about whatever and it's a

part of the it's a part of the journey that we're not seeing that I see right as you could be like you ain't been there that long right you ain't ready to go but you gotta understand right there's like well I told you always and shout the shocker shocker Zulu. Okay. Because that was, I remember I met him years ago when Ludacris was doing radio. Right.

Classic shit. Like going to Columbia with 50. Those times are a lot to me. Tommy Mottola in the building. Oh, you was in Columbia? Yeah, I used to go up to Columbia with 5th. Oh, I thought you meant

Columbia to Columbia. No, no, no. Columbia to regular. Oh, my bad. He took my Columbia regular. He tried to take it somewhere else. To regular.

I was going somewhere else. No, no, no. Are you with Oh, my bad. You're trying to take it somewhere else. I was going somewhere else. No, no, no. Are you with my friend Diego over there? He go to Columbia every other weekend. I know, yeah. So, look.

So, Columbia Records, like, I remember Fifth being, you know, being in the studio with Tony Pope and, you know, legends like you and I'm like, oh, shit.

Shit is happening. Right. You know, like I said, 50 was Destiny's Child. Right. He's got to keep that out of the studio with Tony Pope. Like, yo, you got too many hood niggas, 50 was Destiny's Child. Niggas got kicked out of the studio, tone and poke, like, yo, you got

too many hood niggas in here. It's Beyonce. I didn't know who Beyonce was at the time. Destiny's Child, I'm like, damn, you hood niggas, this shit crazy. We made it. So for me, I'm just appreciative to be in any room. Look, because it's not about who the biggest.

Like I said, niggas push me out the way. 50, 50. Push me out the way. It's cool. Correct. Push me out the way. It's cool. I'm good. When we go overseas, we in the Armani Hotel. We chilling. I never stayed at the Armani Hotel. The Armani Hotel is real nice.

We in the Four Seasons. I stayed at the Bulgari. 50, he take care of niggas. You know, you get in any trouble, plenty of bail. Niggas get in trouble. Oh, bail money. I want bail money. Yeah, yo, come on.

Bail money, too. I stayed at the Bulgari Hotel. You know what I'm saying? My man, you know, some bitch niggas here. trouble. Oh, bail money. This side. No more bail money. Yeah, yo, come on. Bail money, too. I'll stay at the Bulgari Hotel. You know what I'm saying? My man, you know, some bitch niggas here. I ain't gonna lie. Yeah, yeah. Come on. I'll see you over there.

Queens niggas got style. That's what I'm trying to tell you. Queens niggas got style. I'm appreciative of being in the room. Like, I never thought I'd be in the room, like I said, with O-Dog. Right. Menace to society. With O-Dog.

Wesley Snipes. Jim Carrey. Right. So I'd be in rooms. I'd just be thinking about movies. That's so beautiful. Nori, I think I paid in full. Come on. Yo, my nigga. Wesley Snipes, Jim Carrey. Right. So I be in rooms, I just be thinking about movies. That's so beautiful. Nori, I think I paid him full. Yo, my nigga niggas.

That's right. Like, those are classics to me. So, Cam'ron, all these niggas, it was, we came up, mixtapes, watching niggas.

Bing. Tupac. I remember when Big came up, who shot you? I tell niggas all the time, they be like, that's not a diss record. Because I was kicking it

while I was thinking with the nigga producer, I forgot his name, but he was like, it's not a diss record. I'm like, well, I'm like, well, to me,

that's a diss record. Who Shot Ya? Because that was a classic for me. And that's one of the hardest beats. Because they say he recorded before. Because some beats

are just special when you really think about it. So let me ask you. Mm-hmm. G-Unit versus who on Versus? I mean, you've seen

us on Versus. I think everybody will probably try to match Dipset or D-Block, right? What you want about that? But D-Block beat Dipset, so I think it would just be hard because we got so many mixtape records. I mean, you know, shout to Jada and shout to Cam'ron, all them niggas. But I think it would be hard.

But I don't think 50 would ever do it. But if 50 would do it, let's just say 50. Hypothetically. Let's say we slipped 50 would ever do it. But if 50 would do it, let's just say 50. Hypothetically. Let's say we slipped 50 some ecstasy yesterday. And he's feeling it. What do you, who,

I see 50 saying, yeah, I sold 11 million records. That's what I see him saying. Right. You know what I'm saying? If he was to agree to it, who do you think,

what crew, G-Unit could go against? And does it have to be New York? Does it have to be- I think it's different, because when you look at G-Unit, right, when you look at Dipset and D-Block, what's your legendary groups from New York City? But when you look at G-Unit, even when we came with the mixtapes, we had shit that was playing in the clubs.

Baby smell at me, cause I'm on the down here, girl. Think about the mixtapes. I'm after your cheddar. We on the avenue, Jamaica Avenue, Bronx. We, ho, we doing shit over. We doing, um, we doing, um, fucking, um, Raphael Sadiq shit over. We doing the hooks.

We doing every, babies, they fat, fat. Them twinkies got your ass getting fat fat. Think about 50 was the kind of first nigga kind of, we had songs for the bitches. Niggas ain't really have that. Like Jada and them niggas, let's keep it real, Dipset, they not. We was in Dubai in like 05, like this. What is a Dubai? Like no disrespect to them niggas.

You could say they got better balls. Niggas are nice. Cam'ron, but we was in Dubai. Like, what this Dubai? A lot of artists really, because you got to think about it. What markets do a New York artist really have right now? Once we get to the South,

we go to Atlanta. I done been to shows. Mobb Deep had they single. Niggas go to Atlanta. Yo, Mobb they single. Niggas go to Atlanta. Yo, Mobb Deep performing. Niggas is turning their back, bro. There's a point where we got shut down. I done dropped the mic.

No problem. We got the point. But there's a point. There's a point. You got to remember, G-Unit, I remember me and Banks, we went to a market in North Carolina. So Nelson and them got us there again.

Shout out to Nelson, had me with him. DJ Khaled, fuck you. Shout out to Nelson. Shout out to Nelson and them, man. So we went Nelson and them, because usually when radio tell you to do something, the artist got to do it, because the PD had control. You miss one show, never playing shit on radio again. So it was like, yo, we go to some shit.

I think it was in North Carolina, and we was at the shit, and the DJs was like, yo, we go to some shit. I think we was in North Carolina. And we was at the shit and the DJs was like, we got to stop playing these out-of-towners. We got to start playing our people. Me and Banks were like, whoa. I mean, the South did feel that. So we like this. Look at this.

I don't know if we was in North Carolina, but we was at a conference and they was like, fuck these out of town rappers. And we like, we got to start playing our people. So when you think about it, when you go to Atlanta and you go to North Carolina

and Louisiana and all that, New York nigga ain't getting no burn out there, bro. That shit stopped towards D.C. and all that. D.C. they playing the go-go and all that. But once you go to Atlanta and all that, niggas don't want to hear no New York. I've been to Atlanta close. You're skipping Virginia. After Virginia, it's over.

So for a New York artist, you don't really have no markets. What you got? You got Buffalo. You got Connecticut. You got what? Maybe Jersey, maybe Philly, but it's going to stop once you get to Delaware a little bit. Maybe because, you know, D.C. with the go-go shit. I went to some shit. They had to go. It starts stopping down there. We're going to take it to the south now. The only thing they listen to is the- No, no, no.

We ain't doing it in the- He took it way back. Way back. All that shit that way. Go-go shit. I done finished it. You went way through. You went way back.

The go-go, because I did parties and they got the go-go. So go-go's big out there. We just start going to D.C. Nigga. Niggas is playing the south shit. Texas, they not playing New York Rhymers. Atlanta, they not playing New York Rhymes Atlanta. They not playing New York Savannah, Georgia You're not playing New York because it came to a point with our lit duck down self-honest have more markets than the New York thing Cuz niggas like Boosie's

They got Tennessee they got Florida and all that. A New York nigga got, like, when you look at, like, an ASAP and them niggas, them niggas would perform overseas. Joey Badass. Yeah. So,

the overseas was, like, big for us. Like, damn, but for a New York nigga, once we get past Buffalo, maybe shit like that,

we got overseas and all that. Fuck. Because I'm quite sure you could, come on. I seen Havoc. Havoc was just in Italy or something. Small league. Yeah, you got, and all that. Fuck. Because I'm quite sure you could... Come on. I seen Havoc. Havoc was just in Italy or something. Small league.

Yeah, you got to go. You got to go. I seen J. Rude the Damager on the road. He lives out there in Germany, I think. I seen fucking... I've been saying this story. A lot of people just move out there because that's how lucrative it is.

To me, this is what hip-hop is. When you listen to a lot of hip-hop, I seen KRS-One, Switzerland. I've seen J. Roo, The Damager. I ran into Boyz II Men. Like, niggas are making music. You wouldn't even know they getting bags. Yep.

Rest in peace, Prodigy. He not around, but mob. Yo, I'm going to Italy. Small Deep. I used to go with them. Shook ones. So when you listen to the music y'all made, like War Report, Niggas on the Run

Prodigy's last show Was with us In Vegas And we just had Ice-T here And it was Ice-T's show As Prodigy got off stage

I gave him A five That's legendary shit bro And You know This is what I usually do I say Yeah man

I'm gonna get y'all niggas drunk And Pete said I'm not feeling good But people been telling me that for years. And Havoc came and hung with me. And we was doing On the Run Eat and a food show. I was doing a food show. So I went and performed.

And yeah, that was the last time I seen Prodigy. Yeah, rest in peace, Prodigy. You know, man, legend. I mean, what I knew about Prodigy is I knew the sickle cell was kind of something hard to deal with. Yeah. You know, and shout to everybody that has to deal with that, because it'd be like, yo, we'll be on the road, and they'd be like, Prodigy just went blind. He always played it off, though.

Yeah. He always played it off like it was nothing. Yeah, so it was something hard. It was sickle cell was something that I realized from Prodigy was hard to deal with. Right. You know, Prodigy went blind in one eye. Oh, I didn't know that. Prodigy was hard to deal with. Right. You know, Prodigy went blind in one eye. Oh, I didn't know that. Prodigy, yeah.

When he used to be on tour, you know, Prodigy, yo, his hip ran out. So I was just like, yo, sickle cell is something. Oh, I didn't know that. So when you hear his records and you feel his pain and shit, it was like, yo, we wake up every day and we take advantage of our health.

We good, we good every day. Imagine having sickle cell. Yeah. For him, that was hard From what I seen You know what I'm saying Like And rest in peace to P But it was just like

Yo Yo Prodigy went blind In the eye on the road Cause you guys toured with him Right Yeah of course They were on G So you know

But when he went to jail And he came out of jail He was healthy That's what Ice-T said That's exactly what Ice-T said That was the funny shit It's like You know sometimes

Niggas go to jail They say you know They're up north here Niggas go to jail. They say, you know, that up north air. Niggas go to up north air. Niggas come back glowing. Yep. Nigga come back still looking young. What the fuck?

Nigga come back glowing. Niggas be like, up north air. I done heard that from mad niggas. That up north air, that shit keep you alive. You know what I'm saying? You can do that at home. Yeah, you can do that at home. You can get that same air at home.

You know what I mean? We want the regular air. Yeah, yeah, yeah. But when he came home. Yeah, he was looking good at home. You could get that same ear at home. We went the regular here. But when he came home, I guess him not eating the bullshit from in the town and wasn't smoking, when Prodigy came home, remember when he came home, he was,

that nigga was cut up. Right, that's what I see, sir. Yeah, man. You know how old the shit y'all niggas had to deal with. Yeah. That's crazy. So, how was it when, you know, because at one point it was like, all right, one of the biggest laughs I ever got here was Remy Marr was sitting right here. And I said, I still miss the days of the original Terror Squad.

Definitely. And she just laughed at me. Why? Because what she was trying to say is. It'll never happen. It will never Squad. Definitely. And she just laughed at me. Why? Because what she was trying to say is... It'll never happen. It will never happen. Yeah. So I'm going to ask you the same thing.

What? Do you think the original G-Unit that we know, and I'm not saying the original G-Unit in Queens or in New York, but the G-Unit that we originally saw. Right, which was... Who would y'all say?

Buck. Yeah. Banks. Game. Lloyd. Okay. Yeah. Okay. No, I'm listening to all y'all. So, you know, I don't even know what to say.

You think that would ever happen? No, no, no. Would that ever happen? Would that ever happen? Yeah. No. And I'm going to explain. Go ahead. You think that would ever happen? I'm being naive. No, no, no. Would that ever happen? Would that ever happen? Yeah. No. And I'm going to explain to you why. Okay, cool.

Because when you look at 50, right, when you sell 11 million records your first album, right? Yes. And your second

album comes and Jimmy Iovine and everybody's saying drop the second album. And you're saying nah, I want to put my niggas on. I want to put Yeo on the album.

He in jail. I want to put my niggas on. The label's just saying, you sold 11 million records. Drop the next album by yourself, man. Nah. I want to put Buck on. I want to put Yeo on. I want to put Banks on. I want to put buck on. I want to put yayo on. I want to put banks on.

I want to put game on. Drop back for mercy. He didn't have to do that. Let's make some noise for 50 Cent. Make some noise for 50 Cent. That's hard. See, that's hard. 50 Cent, that's hard.

Because you got to understand, when shit go wrong, what do artists always do? Who do we always blame? The label or a decision that we made. You understand? But what I'm saying is me learning the game when we's on the road, some niggas want to fuck bitches and drink all night, and some niggas want to get the information.

You can't be mad at a nigga that help you get on. Fifth helped game. Fifth helped buck. fifth helped me, he helped Banks. But think about it, that second album after Get Rich or Die Tryin' was what? No, it was Beg for Mercy. Wow. It was the G-Unit group album. Wow.

You really didn't have to throw that assist or throw that alley-oop to make us in the stars. And why he's the hottest in the game as well. The hottest in the game, album. Wow. Yeah, yeah. You really didn't have to throw that assist or throw that alley-oop to make us in the stars. And while he's the hottest in the game as well. The hottest in the game, nigga. You in the hottest in the game and your second album is the group album. I was on that album in jail. I got to make some noise for that.

Take a shot. Yeah. You got to really think about that. I knew that. I was in jail. You got a shot there somewhere. So you got to think, like, the label's telling you, Interscope's like, nah, drop the massacre. Nah, yeah. I was in jail. You got a shot there somewhere. So you got to think, like, the label's telling you,

Interscope's like, nah, drop the massacre. Nah, do beg for mercy. Oh, shit, yeah. Yeah, come on. Let me shot you. Salud. Salud. We got to take that.

So many, we got like 30 shots of him drunk. Yeah, I like how you, you the only nigga that spreaded it out. I like that. Everybody double up. We going after Tony Ayo now. Whenever a nigga motherfucking get drinking

and leave this no no spread the drinks out like that this is what people usually do. I called her Jamie

Amy and Stacey. I'm sorry. I know it's and I'm like she's like what the fuck man? Who the fuck is that guy?

Fuck that guy man. I called her Jamie Amy and Stacey. But let's get back to that because he went with the group album. He went with the group album. He just sold 11 million.

Wow. Now you sold 11 million records, you could be like, man, fuck that, man. Fuck these niggas, man. I'm going to do whatever I want. I just sold 11 million. Eminem sold 16, nigga. Sold 11 million. Thank you, Jamie.

I sold 11 million, nigga. Fuck these niggas, nigga. Now, yeah, you're in jail. You've been with me from day one. Banks, that's my young boy. I got him off the porch. Made him a millionaire. Banks came to see me, rings on.

Buckles was juvenile. Really didn't go the way he wanted to. Fifth put him on. You know what I'm saying? First nigga. Helped him really take off in the South. Game.

Game had Dr. Dre in 50. Helped everybody. So if niggas shit on you after that, you like... Now think about it. You 50, right? Now think about this.

You 50. You put all these niggas on. You know how shit go. Niggas start spending money. Hood niggas. Niggas don't know what taxes is and all that. Like, $200,000. They're fucking themselves.

Now, you know, you flying bitches here. Hotels. Take the card, baby. Because you know Buck Buck's been lying. Buck Buck, he spent a lot of money. Buy a new car, bitch. He hanging with Meech and them. BMF, nigga.

Them niggas, you know, them niggas buying out the club. You know, you hanging Atlanta, man, back in them days, man. You go broke, man. Buck spent a quarter million. Even when shit happened like that, Fiff will help him out with the taxes. Because when you make money, you're not re about about taxes he held them with attacks you were hood nigga you ain't think about taxes make two hundred thousand nigga you made two hundred thousand a week they ain't thinking about the tax money you know

spent that money the block might get slow no more shows for like a year, nigga. You could have went on this anger management tour. You could have made, you know, five, six hundred thousand in maybe two, three months, which is exceptional money for any nigga from the hood. You make five hundred, six hundred thousand in two, three months. Start spending money. You got the bitches now.

Bitches, nigga. You start buying cars, nigga. You start buying your mom's back bags, nigga. Then you, look, you don't spend, like, a nigga spend 200. Then here come the tax man. Well, you owe us another 200. You're like, oh, how does this work? Because when niggas

run into this money, we don't know nothing about taxes. They don't teach us that in school. Nori, they don't teach us that in school.

They don't teach us about... They don't teach us that here. Yeah. There's not a lot of successful people that want to turn around and say...

And the industry don't teach you that. Go get an account. They should, right off... Go learn how to put your shit in, you know, go get an account and go learn how to put your shit in, you know, in a certain account

and, you know, to pay them off. Or take down 30% to pay them off. Niggas don't be knowing about all that shit, bro. And niggas will fuck up the money,

and you know, when niggas will go, yo, fifth man, I need, man. That's wild. Let me borrow $175,000. Then you be looking at it like Yo that's a hell of a loan

Just cause you got it Cause I be like Nori let me borrow 300 man Nori gonna be like Oh well hold on bro Like niggas think This is the reality of life

I used to think like that too Just cause your man Made 50 million Yo man let me borrow Half a million, man. Nigga, I don't care if you got a lottery, drugs, legal wage. Yo, we talking about a quarter million. So niggas will look at loans and I'm going to keep it real buck.

Like, this time it's 50. Like, man, that's why I fit for shit on niggas. Like, yo, nigga, never satisfied, man. Nigga fucked up. I done lent that nigga a buck 75, man. Know what why I fit for shit on niggas like, yo, nigga never satisfied, man. Nigga fucked up. I done lent that nigga a buck seventy-five, man. Know what I'm saying? Man, nigga's fucked up, man. Cause he's a grimy

nineties nigga, man. Niggas from the hood, you can't just go to a nigga, let me borrow a buck fifty, man. Fifty thousand. You think you could really ask a hood nigga For 50,000 And he don't want it back Yes

Don't give a fuck what you do Rap Trap Scam Rob Nigga want that bread back So I learned from 5th Like he was just like

Come on bro Niggas He did a lot for everybody man I seen shot money 10, 20 cars Banks Lamborghinis. I'm over banks had a Lamborghini that should

be in the snow, man. They can't even put it in the garage. It's in the snow, man. But, you know, when Door Explorer came out, Buck had a whole fucking room for his daughter. Door Explorer! I'm like, I couldn't believe this shit. Door Explorer's sick.

TV's coming out the bed. I didn't have a TV come out the bed. Buck had the TV come out the bed. Tennessee Titan, old schools. Jacob the jeweler, man. Because you got to think about it. Jacob was selling them watches for $75,000 back then. But when you fast forward, That shit ain't worth that

Them new shits he's doing Is worth that Yeah they 500 Cause he got like Cause he got Scarface watches And shout out to Jacob And Godfather

Yeah But he's now Accepted in the Geneva Convention Prior to that He wasn't accepted Yeah But now he's like

Making the watches Where he got the Scarface The Godfather Cause Jacob's the first nigga to do it. Yeah, Bugatti, he got all that. You try to trade in that Jacob watch with that 75K. So what exactly happened?

Because right now we're seeing Lloyd prior to the homie passing away, Hovane Hilton. Rest in peace, Hovane. Yeah, rest in peace, Hovane. We were seeing Lloyd with Hovane Hilton. We were seeing... Rest in peace, Hovane. Yeah, rest in peace, Hovane. We were seeing Lloyd with Hovane, and we quite didn't understand. Is he still with G-Unit? Is he doing his own independent thing? I think Banks was just like, that's always my guy, and 50's always my guy. So I try to stay out between them because they both my brothers.

We grew up a block separate a part of it From each other, but I always say in my mind your boss is never gonna call you right you gotta call your boss No matter what you go to like the nigga with the money ain't gonna call you but you gotta call him All right, and that's just what it is You know I'm saying. Oh he put niggas in in in position and I just what it is You know what I'm saying He put niggas in position And I just appreciate it You know what I mean I come from cold blocks

Late night Skin shaped by police Like every other nigga I never thought I was special I just feel like I'm blessed And that's why I think like When I do these interviews And go on these shows

Real niggas relate to me Because I just feel blessed More than anything. And I thank God that I'm in these rooms where, you know, I'm watching movies.

Wesley Snipes, nigga from New Jack City. I'm like, damn. Did he have Asian bitches with him? He had all kinds of people. He had all kinds of shit. It was a film festival. Okay.

So, like, I'm going to see the Mona Lisa. Like, I'm a hood nigga that never thought that I'd go see the Mona Lisa or some shit like that It's fire Fucking all kinds of art

Fucking You know Cause when I go to these places I don't just like Stay in the hotel Right I go outside And enjoy life

Like how you was in Italy On the boat and shit Oh yeah I go outside Yeah you was on the water And shit Yeah yeah yeah I go outside I do shit like that

Yeah god damn it So I'm kinda appreciative Cause I never thought I'd be in these rooms Or these places like Nelson Mandela cell. Come on. Yeah, come on. That's fire. Come on. Which is humbling. Robbins Island. That's fire. Nelson Mandela

cell. The way where they was working and doing all this fucking work in the limestone, we went there. We was in the yard they was in where they had them doing labor for kind of like no reason. So we was there. Nelson Mandela, the guy that flew us in, did like 19 years in jail.

He was a political prisoner for blowing something up. You know, like I said, 30 niggas couldn't come to Nelson Mandela house. I think Chris Lighty was around at that time. 30 niggas ain't coming to Nelson Mandela house. So I didn't get a chance to go and it was cool. I went to the jail that he was actually incarcerated in. So for stuff like that, our parents, you know, get a chance to go and it was cool i went to the jail that he was actually incarcerated and so for

stuff like that our parents you know our moms and dad never got to even fucking do something even the places you've been yeah you know have your parents or like that's what you gotta think family members ever got a chance to be to these places so you know that's big for me you know yeah man let's talk about getting daddy hotline getting daddy Getting Dicted Hotline. Yep. Yeah. That's a skit. That's a song. That's a skit. I mean,

I feel like it's a skit in that song. When I feel about Getting Dicted Hotline, I feel like the internet is a gift and a curse. Why the internet is a nice place

where, you know, you can, there's guys that have all kinds of opinions on the internet from YouTube that make money. And it's cool.

You got a lot of niggas. He's a rat. Put out the paperwork. You got all kinds of shit on the internet. You know niggas. You got all kinds of niggas on YouTube and on the internet. And if you get your money, that's your way. It's better than you being on the block doing them sim shit.

But it's like, we on the internet. It's like for artists, people want to see me with shit. Like for me, like, I always say, yo, if I buy a shirt for like $1,000, I'm going to wear it again.

Like this shirt right here, Casablanca, silk shirt. Oh yeah, I wear my shit twice. Yeah. I'm going to wear my shit again. Two or three times.

I don't give a fuck. Or if you buy like a Louis hat. I take my shit to the cleaners too. Because now everything is expensive. If you buy shades now, $1,000 now, ain't hunting. So you can say a thousand you buy a mary jeans a thousand hours you buy a shirt a mary t-shirt 500 to a thousand casablanca 800 everything is like a thousand dollars mary fit me too so listen i don't like it i wear i'm mary jeans are good though

but they're tight yeah but you got to get the right size. I didn't get the right size. You know what I'm saying? Kind of conversation. I struck out. No, go to the right place. Now AmeriJeans fit good. That's why a lot of people like them.

But AmeriJeans can cost $15 to $1,000. So you got to understand, the pressures that we had as kids, the young generation have it way times's more because their genes are $1,500 yeah cuz they showing out yeah but everything's expensive now that's right because you realize what milk and bread course right now you know the price of milk went up like people because we get money we don't pay attention that's expensive so when prices go up on all this stuff. Inflation is wild right now. Like milk and bread. At one point,

they were selling eggs on the block. Food is expensive. You're going to go to the supermarket and bread is going to be like $20. And you ain't, because y'all get money. You know, y'all got Richard Millie's and all kind of nice shit.

A nigga with the Richard Millie ain't going to be paying attention if the bread is $20. You know what I'm saying? I'm still kind of hood. I'm like, damn bread $20 now? Milk like? I pay attention to every single grocery. So it's a lot of pressure because niggas on the internet,

they want to see shit. They want to see the success. They want to see Nori on the boat, Italy. They want to see me in Dubai. But at the same time, a nigga that want to take shit from us or got bad intentions is watching too right so you see a lot of artists they'll go on trips nigga try to run in a crib yeah that's crazy you gotta have security you gotta have all kinds of

security so yeah where you at and the security I say the Internet is a gift and a curse because like look at this platform, how big Drink Champs is. From when I seen you, from one of the... Seven plus years. That was seven years ago. Yeah, it's crazy. To where y'all, I done seen y'all around. Dave Chappelle. Yeah.

Kanye. Everybody. One of the biggest names in the game. You can name it. And look what y'all had, you know. And, you know, it's crazy. And we appreciate every moment of it. And you're teaching other people the way, like,

before you get on the corner, learn how to just YouTube game and learn how to master this game. He's getting a lot of checks. I see, you know, Ace over here. You're getting Diddy, Jay-Z, everybody. That's right. Shout out to Monster. Shout out to that Deleon.

You know that Deleon is out there. I don't make a penny out of a mama one of a shot. We want the Branson bottle. I don't know where the Mamawanda. You drink it all. You drink it all. I don't know where the Branson went. You drink it all. You drink it all. The Branson is around. We got the Branson right here.

No, no, no. We got something up. Come on. See? Goddamn it. We got that Branson out here. Now you're going to get the check for 50. Come on.

Come on. You know what I mean? We drinking that Branson, too. Yeah. You know what I mean? I like the champagne, too. No, the champagne. I don't know how to pronounce it.

Because it's like,. It's like,. Yo, look. What was the first? Who was the first one doing? Remember, what was the like Look What was the first Who was the first one doing Remember What was the camera What was the scissor Did you have a liquor deal

Liquor It's like You had one Was it Dane Armadale Armadale Yeah It was Dane

Armadale Biggs Jay Z had Armadale In my opinion It was really big. Big's really, like, that was his thing. But I'm going to be honest with you. I think that that was the first.

But I also want to be honest with you. It was horrible. Well, Armadale, I'm trying to remember it. I still got a bottle. I still got a bottle. No one says, I remember Armadale. That shit was great. It was a vodka.

No, I remember the name. I remember when they had it. It was a vodka. Did Jay say some lines about Armadale. That shit was great. It was a vodka. No, I remember the name. I remember when they had it. It was a vodka. Did Jay say some lines about Armadale? Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. He definitely did. Yep. And then Jay went from Armadale.

And then Cam, I think. Cam had Siserb. Siserb after that, yes. Because liquor deals was early in the game. I'm sure we're missing somebody, but to me, Sirocco was the first one To really go as big as it went No there was

There was When you think about it There was a lot of like I always say Fubu should come back Yeah Cause like There was a lot of

Fubu owns Kooji That's crazy Damon Yeah he got a lot of Cause when you see our culture Like we always set trends Like when you really think about it Like

Motherfucker ain't gonna wear wear a Coogee, Louis, Hermes. You hear artists talk about that shit, and it makes you want to go get it. So when you think about the culture, when you think about rap from back in the days, a nigga wanted a Dookie Link chain because he seen Eric B. Or fucking Big Daddy Kane on video music. That's why I always give Ralph McDaniels video music bots because that was the beginning for me.

Video music bots, you're seeing niggas. That was hip hop. See, that was the thing about G-Unit. We was in niggas' basements. It was always hip hop. I was a nigga

walking to Jamaica Avenue. I go to Hot Wax. I go see the white man with the beard. I forgot his name. We'll go by Grandmaster Vic, Dog Tom, Dirty Harry.

Dirty Harry Whoever Ron G I always say Ron G Number 10 Mixtape Legends Was a classic Cause Tim Dogg Was the first Tim Dogg was the first

Nigga to get at Cali Niggas remember He had Fuck Compton Remember back in the days Ron G number 10 Was like a classic Record

So we was niggas That used to go to Jamaica Avenue Queen shit And buy mixtapes All the bootleggers was there. You had Hot Wax. Like, it was a high for us. It was hip-hop. So when I see, yo, I met

Kane and Coogee Rap, nigga. Niggas was groupies, nigga. Together? Yeah, nigga. As you should have been. Kane and some shit was 50 nigga to 50. Call them out. Those are icons. I was a groupie, nigga. Big Daddy Kane. It's fire. And you know, I always tell a story. NLE

Chopper was there. And I was like, yo, you know what's going on? Nigga was like, I don't know what's going on, man. You know, it's South America. Everybody has a Memphis accent. So I'm like, yo. Yo, Yeo's podcast would be amazing. It'd be just accents.

I'm trying to invest in Yeo's podcast. I'm like, yo, that's Big Daddy Kane. Yeo cast. I'm like, yo, that's the first nigga that fucked with Madonna. He like, for real, man. Who'd you say? Big Daddy Kane. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.

First movie for Big Daddy. Remember he was in Modeling Magazine? Except Eric B. Black Fingers. First Black Fingers Benitez I'm sorry DJ

I went too far No the nigga was like Jelly Bean Benitez Look the nigga was like Yo Tupac Gotta give it to Jelly Bean Benitez The nigga was NLE Chapa Like yo I thought

Tupac messed with Madonna I'm like nah That's the first nigga Big change You know what I'm saying He fucked with Madonna first He just had no speed But we got over that part

No no but he He alluded to something On Drink Champs Yeah he said He finger bopped I don't know about all that But he said something Cool just had on speedo but we got over that part no no but he alluded to something on drink champs yeah he said he finger bops he said i don't know about all that but he said something cool he never said yeah and i went to dinner with him i tried to get it yeah we talked to him about that yeah i tried to get his girlfriend for a while no yeah it's who came went against again um caris won now it was classy but let me classy But let me ask you We would love to see Eric B. Rock

So we know that G-Unit might not Never do Yeah Fifth's not gonna do it But what happens If Memphis Bleak Call you out

Right now I still wouldn't do it I'm going overseas We got the tour coming I'm gonna make Millions of dollars I have this Juul Santana

Call you out Right I wouldn't even do it I'm gonna make more money Than these guys I'm going to make millions of dollars. What happens is you or Santana call you out, right? I wouldn't even do it. I'm going to make more money than these guys. I'm going on a tour with 50. Why would I want to... Chic Lutz call you out.

I wouldn't do it. I'm going to be in Dubai. We got... Dubai. He loves himself in Dubai. The bus is going to be on the tour, everybody. Oh, that's dope.

Yeah, that's right. The bus is on the tour. 50 pay good, man. Is it really his last tour? Yeah, it's... We good. He's going to go back to his movies and stuff. Really? Yeah, that's fire. That's right, the bus is on tour. 50 pay good, man. Is it really his last tour? Yeah, this is, we good. He going to go back to his movies and stuff. Yeah, that's fire. That's crazy.

So it's like, why would I want to do a versus? I'm like, we past that. They might say, yo, we going to give you a quarter mil. Make that in a couple of days. I'm just saying. Because that's what I'm saying about Fifth. He makes sure everybody's good. Now, if I make the money and I blow it, that's on me.

You make a quarter mil, you know, some people, if they get this type of money, this is why people look at rappers stupid. They be like, this guy was making a quarter mil in a couple of days. You know, Jamie would be like, I'm investing that in the business. But they look at us as stupid, because they like, yo, he bought a car, he bought a chain, you look dumb, bro. So, Fifth is the type, he'd be like,

Fifth will buy AP, he'll buy Cullinan or whatever, but he'd be like, if the money get too high, like two million, like Mayweather, I've been around Mayweather, he might buy a chain or a watch for a million dollars. Fifth ain't really going to do that. Fifth's going to be like, man, let me invest that into the company or real estate. You know what I mean?

So they look at rappers like. Can we take a shot for your accent? Thank you. Let's go for the accent. Whatever accent you be switching up on us. I ran out of shots. No, no. It's fucking amazing.

No, because when they look at these artists, right? You look at these artists, right? I'm going to give you the prime example. Take a shot, though. Look, I'm going to do the shot. He got to do a Miami accent. He only got one southern accent. No, no, no.

Let's keep it real. Man, man. Y'all, think about this, right? Tory Lanez. And I like the guy. No disrespect. I love the guy. I'm mad he's locked this, right? Tory Lanez. And I like the guy, no disrespect. I love the guy. I'm mad he's locked up, right?

You know what I'm saying? Shout out to Jamie. You went from... Yo, look. You went from being at college in the house. Oh, I did that with Sean. Right? With Megan Thee Stallion in a pool party. To a shootout.

You are blessed, bro. You got to always remember your blessing. You went from Kylie Jenner and them crib, chilling in Hollywood. You with Megan Thee Stallion. You living the life. You got change, jewelry, money, and everything is gone right now.

Nobody's exempt. And that's for every artist. Everybody can fuck up though. You know what I'm saying? God gave you a chance to make all this money, put you in these rooms. You went from Kylie Jenner crib, Megan Thee Stallion chilling in the pool party,

right? To a shootout. How did that happen? I wish I was with Kylie and Megan and chillin' and just to be in these rooms. Dory bring me somewhere.

Oh, I'm chillin'. We in Hollywood. 50 bring me to a party. This guy was a billionaire. I'm like, I don't want no smoke. So it's like, we be blessed as artists.

People look at us as stupid They like yo You got the chance to make all this money Yeah you networking like a motherfucker Listen A quarter million dollars A hundred thousand Fifty thousand dollars

Is a lot of money Hell yeah It's a lot of money Any money that you make Ten thousand All of it You got people that say Come to my restaurant

I'll give you $3,000. I'm from the hood. That's it. What? Hold on. $3,000 just to come eat at your restaurant? You hungry anyways. Let me come check you.

I'm hungry anyway. Like, it's just different. And then we got the internet. That's why I say it's a gift and a curse. Because the internet can make you so much money. When the COVID came, internet made me a lot of money. And I realized, when 50 used to say, yo, you lazy. You know what I said? I got to work.

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is so important. Because so many people, when you're a quote-unquote man, we need that. Yeah, yo. We need that person to say, yo, let me throw this on him for a second. For him, for all the defense to go follow him. Right.

And I love your loyalty, man. I love how you hold 50 down. Oh, definitely. I love how 50 hold you down. For sure. I love how 50, and I also love his military. I don't know if that's a word.

Shut the fuck up. What did he even say? I'm so drunk, I don't know what I heard. I just was like, I was drunk. I was talking about it. But no, I love it. I love it because

I'm an outsider looking in, and by the way, I was a guy that, you know, I seen 50s beginning. And like, you know, like I said, it sounds so cliche for me to say it now. I'm like, yo, I saw it and I did it for that. Like, I never got paid for those records. I never wanted to get paid.

No, that's why we appreciate you, bro. You know what I'm saying? I never wanted to get paid. But the thing is, for me to see from where it started from then and to now, and for me to see your loyalty from then to now, and that it should be so much saluted. Like, there's so many people, when you look at Nas' camp, you look at Jay's camp, so many people that don't have their day ones. Right.

And when you see you as his day one. Do you know how it felt for me to be on the tour bus with Nas for the Nostradamus album? No, let's talk. You know, I'm on the bus, and you know, we sold drugs. Time to add it to sneakers. This one, he's a Buddha and bitches with beepers. I'm on the bus,

and Nas is reading books and shit. There's no weed flowing or nothing. You know what I mean? But this is Nas. That shit, I'm going to remember for the rest of my fucking life. Yes. Being in the studio with you.

Nori, because it's Tim. Salute, goddamn it. Salute. I got a shot. I got a shot. Jamie got a shot for me. Yes, man. I remember being in the studio with you.

So, yo, it's like, for me as an artist, right? I reach my bucket list. Like, going to these places or even like being on a clue tape or going to do a flex freestyle the real how important like a be on the clue tape to being on a clue tape to being on a hip hop you know what I'm saying or remember how it felt to be on a clue tape yeah or your first time going to flex or your first time going to first time going to flex. The first time going to flex. I was going to make some noise. I mean, it was like, you know what I'm saying?

In hip hop, I did everything I always wanted to do. I always looked at Nori like, these niggas are playing Monopoly with Angie Martinez. Right. Motherfuckers was like, radio was like, even radio was fun back then. You know what I'm saying? Like, motherfuckers was like, radio was like, even radio was fun back then.

Right. You know what I'm saying? Hot 97, 105. It was just, even though there was like the Bloods and Crips sometimes. Yo, it was. You know what I'm saying? Like, yeah. Yo, who radio station you going to first?

105, Hot 97, 105. You don't want beef. You don't want beef. If you gave your radio a clue, and clue was in 105, flex would be. And it felt special about Hip Hop, because like, yo, when you have a PD, the program director, yo, he missed breakfast with us. Don't play his record. All right.

Yo, so it was like, yo, you had to be at radio at this time. DJ Crews. You had to go up to meet DJs. Yo, DJ, yo, man, please, man. He's making me reminisce so bad. I got goosebumps. Yeah, you didn't do Drop for the DJ. It meet DJs. Yo, DJ. Yo, man, please, man. He's making me reminisce so bad. I got goosebumps. You didn't just drop for this DJ crew. You did it before this DJ.

Street team getting shot at. Street team, shoot out of here. Street team, it was like hip hop was like, at that time to me, was legendary. Because you had so much niggas putting work. A street team nigga, you know what they used to go through? Niggas used to get locked up. Yeah, I was doing that. Police.

Oh, that's the team. Bad boys, they team. Niggas have a street team? Niggas used to get locked up Yeah, I was doing that Police All that street team Bad boys, street team That is Niggas have a street team Niggas was getting locked up Beat up All kinds of shit, bro Yup

So hip-hop was just so I don't know, man It was just like nostalgic at that time Around that time And New York had You know, you Pun Mobb Deep

This nigga DMX This nigga Jake So it was like New York ran everything at the time. DMX, you know what I'm saying? But let me reiterate what I was trying to say earlier. Because yes, we had all that.

I can't lie to you. DMX was the first. Your head was gas when you had all that shit. Hold on, hold on. She was coming around a while. Don't let him fool you. He was an eternal. Your head was gas when you had all that shit. Hold on, hold on. Check me, check me, check me. He was coming around a while. No, no, chill, chill. Don't let him fool you.

He was an eternal man bro. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Hold on, hold on. Let me just say something. I want to big y'all up. And I know I said it earlier, but I'm going to admit it. All right. So really what it was was this. Mm-hmm.

I think Punn was the first one. He did 147,000. Who, Punn? I believe. His first week. His first week. That was phenomenal. At this time, you know what was expectancy?

40. 40 or 30. So Punn was the first one. But didn't it go by what you shipped too, right? So, what's the label of ship? Ship, yeah, yeah, yeah. Ships and scans. But at this time, this is when they're learning what to ship.

So, Plum might have shipped out 100 and maybe she shipped out 200. Right. But 150, 147 of them. The scan was crazy. Boom. So that was the crazy. Then I came out, I did 163 or 167,000. On the first solo album?

My first solo album, NRE. NRE, that was a classic. And War Report did like 13,000 the first week. Super independent. NRE did what? like 13,000 the first week. Super independent. NRE did what? What did it do the first week? 167,000.

That's great. But that went platinum or gold? It went platinum. It went platinum? Yes. I mean, NRE. No, but he said War Report. No, no, no, no.

War Report's 13,000. You said NRE? NRE. Oh, NRE went platinum. Well, what fucked up everybody? Was the DMX two hundred and forty thousand All right, this guy said to the to the 011 no no

Once he said was my number to fly. Keep it ready. I no, no. 1-6-7 is my number. 2-4. I remember the DMX number. Let's keep it real. Yeah, man, Ja Rule rode that wave. Wait, wait, hold on, hold on. Because he had a...

No, let's keep it real. Ja Rule rode that wave because he was on Web Magazine. It was Ja, Jay-Z, and DMX, nigga. No, no, no. That was way later.

Hold on, hold on. Ja Rule rode that wave, bro. Yeah, yeah. That was way later. But hold on, hold on. Let me just tell you. Let me just tell you. But didn't Ja come out before DMX? No. Like, this nigga. John, we wrote that way, bro. Yeah, that was way later. But hold on, hold on. Let me just tell you. Let me just tell you. But didn't John come out before DMS?

No. Like, this nigga trying to copy my style. Yeah, yeah. Wait, DMS came out before John? That was later. That was later. Yeah, no. DMS came out first.

DMS came out. DMS came out before I guess I'm thinking of the crew. Hold on, hold on. That's way later. Hold on. That's two different subjects. But hold on. Okay.

So when DMS came, like how Jay say, when Illmatic dropped, I thought we was all done. Whatever. We didn't understand what the fuck DMX was at that time. I know what DMX, when he had Stand Up By Viper, Stand Back, when he came with that. No, no, no, this is Get At Me, Dog. Get At Me, Dog. Get At Me, Dog.

Get At Me, Dog. That was the first one. And he dropped. He dropped. No, listen. Listen. Get At Me, Dog was Hype. Hype Williams from Queens, by the way.

Let's just be clear. Of course. Hype Williams was charging everybody millions of dollars. This is probably the only person he charged 40 grand to. We were all mad. Hype Williams was, Hype Williams was the shit, like,

$2 million budget. Yeah, it was $2 million. Like, budgets was crazy for videos. Like, this is the only guy. We was the Busta and Janet shit,

walking into the movie budget. So, when X dropped, we didn't really understand. X was different though. X didn't even have a chain. He had the fucking chain. He dropped $440 grand and he, he. X was different, though. X didn't even have a chain. He dropped $440,000, and it was over.

Okay, now moving on. Let me move on. Now, the X drop, that was after Belly? That was after Belly, right? No. No, no, no. Belly was before his album? I believe so. I think they filmed before the album came out.

It might be during. It might be during. It was filmed. I built Hal Williams' belly, right? It was filmed, but I think his music came out right before. Belly is a classic. So now we're moving. There's a guy named Juvenile. You haven't met Park? Never. Biggie? Biggie, yes. But look, so moving on. So there's a guy named Juvenile that drops

after us. Juvenile. And and I had been touring in New Orleans because there's a big

Puerto Rican fucking it's a big Latino section in New Orleans because there's a big Puerto Rican fucking, there's a big Latino section in New Orleans that knew it. I didn't even know that. So I would be going out there and I would be hearing it. So anyway, moving on. New York, we had it. But then it was this cash money. Yeah.

New Orleans, excuse me, before cash money, let me not take away from Master P. No limit. It was no limit money. Yeah. New Orleans. Excuse me. Before cash money, let me not take it away from Master P. No limit. It was no limit. No limit. Yeah. No limit. And then it started going. Cash money.

Then it started going. And then. We was on Cash Money Rough Riders Tour. We was opening that. Me and 50. Yeah, I know. I'm picking you up. Let me get to that.

Yeah. Is that how Buck got introduced to us? To you? No, Buck got introduced. To Juvenile. No, it was UTP. Was that how Buck got introduced to that? Nah, Buck got introduced to Juvenile. It was UTP. Was that the name of the... I think I was there the night I met Buck. One day Juvenile...

Juvenile had the tour bus with the studio. So we heard niggas. This is a true story. So Fifth was like, yo, we're going to move up with Juvenile. I think he had the... He was lit. So Fifth's like, yo, we're going to move up with Juvenile. I think he had the uh-huh. He was lit. So Young Buck,

all his DTP niggas, all them niggas was on the bus and shit. So 50 was like UTP. Because remember, we had a UTP. We had a song. A little bit of dust, a little bit of cocaine, a little bit of heroin, a little bit of ecstasy. We recorded that on Juvenile Bus.

It was G-Unit, UTP. So we on the bus. That's when we first met Buck. You know what I mean? So we on that shit. We chilling. So we still hood, nigga. We still in the hood.

You know what I mean? I forgot some of they man's names, though, but the whole UTP was there. We look up they names. I'm just high right now, drunk. I had like 20 shots from jamie i mean amy no james oh my bad i mean my bad james you want some ace of spades yeah we can do some ace too don't worry 50 we had enough shots you know what i mean but um we was on a tour bus, and I never forgot. I was still hustling.

Yes. So at that time, we used to have the cracks in the zipper stash. So them niggas was like, yo, we hustle on blocks. I was like, yo, we New York niggas, nigga. Got the zipper stash. I pulled out like a 200-pack on them niggas. Yo, the nigga pulled out the crack on us. On Juvenile now.

Yeah, on Juvenile and them, on the tour bus. I pulled out the crack out the zipper stack. Niggas were strapped and all that. Right. 50 just got popped. We moving around. Niggas got guns on them. You know.

Right. Niggas still hustling. Right. But you know, once we signed that deal, 50 was like, no more drugs. Yes. And niggas was like. That's respect for 50 for that. Respect for 50 for that.

No more drugs. Right. You know what I mean? If he was on it like that. Because you know when Prodigy got locked up, you know, they was like, set up 50.

Throw the gun in his car. Police, some police be like that. Not all police, but some police be like that. When Prodigy got locked up. And was he already signed to G-Unit when Prodigy got locked up?

Yeah. Because remember, Prodigy had the BP truck. I don't know why he had the bulletproof in the handmower. You had the bulletproof truck. You didn't even need the handmower. He was just wilding, oh, mad money, oh, 50 gave me all the things. Prodigy, they got to check the Porsches.

They had the BP trucks. He went up a one-way with the handmower on him. I think going to Alchemist Condo. Alchemist Condo, yeah. The condo right there in the city. Police fucked with him Tweaked him Gave him the gun charge But he had the nice

And they took the bulletproof That shit was brand new Prodigy had the gold Like to now DBP Wow So they really wanted the truck bro They took that shit That shit was nice

Brand new I think he spent like Maybe a buck fifty two hundred on it. He bought a bulletproof. Bulletproof. Yeah, because when I was in my shit, I didn't really need it. I didn't really had a gun all the time. I didn't have no gun on me like that because I'm in a bulletproof. I'm like, yo, as long as I make it to the car, I'm good. So if I go to a venue or something like that, I park the shit, you know, right in the front or whatever, because he gave me a BP.

A what? A Prodigy. A bulletproof. Bulletproof truck. God damn it. Yeah. Champagne now. We switching it up.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Shelter Jamie. Oh, I got it right, Jamie, right? Please roll as much as you can. Yeah. Come on. We got a lot of money, man. Because I got a... Fucking P. Diddy, JG, M50, Please roll as much as you can. Come on, we're getting a lot of money, man. Because I got a fucking P Diddy, Jay-Z, and 50, right?

Yeah, that's and 50. Come on, goddammit. That's why I salute these guys. What is that? What is that? What is that? What is that? Remix that guy?

I'll get money. Yeah. Yeah, of course. He's talking about language now, baby. Yo, look, when you look at guys like 50 jay-z and diddy i always look at them like on like the kings of marketing from new york yeah no matter what it is you know that's what i'm saying they got they licker you got jay-z you got diddy you got 50 right here that's right know what i'm saying that's right right so when you look at them three guys i look at them as

like marketing geniuses, bro. Motherfuckers having 20, 30-year runs. They do movies. They do all kinds of shit. They got fucking sports agencies. 50 got power. These niggas got liquor. These niggas, they just know how to market shit.

I think New York niggas just know how to get the money, bro. Right. Even Norrie, man. Look at him. Richard Millie. Hey! I got to get me one, bro.ey i gotta get me one bro i gotta get me you got to you you got it you got it you got it but you know what it never lose value so i don't i don't i don't it's an investment i'm gonna be honest um i switched accountants and uh i've been you know buying all this all this watches and shit.

And then he went from, are you sure? To, can you plug me in? My accountant is because the value in watches is going up. Because gold, it's not watches, excuse me. It's actually gold. Precious metals. Yeah, gold is going up. So that fucking $20,000 chain that you bought watches, excuse me. It's actually gold. Precious metals. Yeah, gold is going up. So like,

that fucking $20,000 chain that you bought is now worth $46,000. Right. But see, guys like you, you start getting in the right circles and you start realizing,

yo, you might want to go to Richard Mille to go buy that watch because, you know what I'm saying, get the paperwork because that shit keep value.

Yes. But don't forget one vital thing. Because you got to think. You got to insure it. When you hang up, look, when you,

it's not, and this is one thing that I got from, it's not who you, it's who you hang around with that makes you who you are, bro. So when you are rooms,

like, y'all was in rooms with niggas like Steve Stout. That's right. Lior. That's right. Russell. Still in there.

You know what I mean? Niggas are getting sponged from niggas that, these are the niggas that, his watch is 50,000 Right. Lior. That's right. Russell. Still in there. You know what I mean? Niggas are getting sponge from niggas that... These are the niggas that his watch is 50,000 with no diamonds. Paul Rosenberg like... Let me spray some Bougard.

You're making me feel good. Yeah, a bit of some more Bougard. You're making me feel good. Keep going. Keep going. Yeah, yeah. Keep going. Look, look.

These are the first niggas... These are the first dudes that... Norrie, keep it real. The first dudes I seen with watches that cost like maybe 50 000 when no diamonds was like industry niggas paul rosenberg what is that nah this course 50 000. niggas don't even want to rob you because it don't got no diamonds yeah he's like what the is that it's called a boxer wrong it's called a boxer wrong but that don't lose value jay all these niggas buying all these watches. Yo, what kind of watch

is that? Paul Rosenberg? I hate that guy that used a bathroom during the watch segment. It's cool. And I definitely got nothing to say

about watches. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yo, no problem. Listen. So I'm going to ask Tony Ayo, what are you investing in that's not watches?

Yo, I'm happy. Listen, I'm happy with a couple of houses, flying the world, and just living life. Because 50 don't really invest in none of this stuff. No jewelry like that crazy. No, 50 don't. Listen, a lot of shit, when you get rich, you get for free. Yeah. Wow.

People don't look at that aspect. So we might think all these niggas are paying for shit. But you was like, shut me out. Yeah. Take this watch. Mayweather, all these niggas are paying for shit. Judah's like, shout me out. Yeah. Take this watch. Mayweather, all these niggas, come on, bro. But I've seen 50 talk about wearing, like being more plain in a sense. Like the richer you get.

I don't think he used the word. I'm going to tell you a story. And I talked about this on a sneaker show, right? This is when I started learning business. I came home out of jail. We was getting checks for maybe a hundred and fifty thousand I got a check for 150,000 from rebound right yeah I just got out of jail fifth gave me a hundred I think it might have been two hundred thousand two hundred thousand maybe a hundred and fifty thousand I got and I just got home I'm like fuck it I'll

take this check. I mean, that's a good check. So 50 has a meeting one day. So he calls Prodigy, Banks, Buck, everybody up there and shit. Nobody got to hear this. This is a crazy one. And what happened was nobody had on a sneaker. So 50 was wearing the G-Unit shirt.

Nobody had what sneaker on? The G-Unit sneaker. The G-Unit Reebok. Nobody had it on. Nobody had it on. We had Gucci. With Nori. Nori, you got to hear this one, Nori.

Nori takes the quickest. Nori, you got to hear this one. So this is when you... Yeah, Nori. Look. Nori. Nori, no. No, Nori, I'm trying to tell him this is when I started to hear this one. So this is when you... Yeah, Nori... Look. Nori. Nori, no. No, Nori, I'm trying to tell him

this is when I started to learn the business. So I just came home out of jail. So now I'm looking at it like, look, I... Look, look. I came out of jail. 50 goes,

yo, we got a deal with Reebok. You know I'm hype. I'm seeing him and Jay-Z rhyming. Sean Carter's. Jay-Z got to Sean Carter's, he's making money. Gee, you in the sneakers. Oh, shit. I can get some money out of this?

Yeah, 50, yo, I got you. I think the check was my, the check might have been 180,000. Goddamn it, for you. For me. I'm coming home on, that's a good check. Yeah, nigga, what you mean? I'm a hood nigga, what do you mean? I'm coming home, I'm seeing Jay-Z and 50 rhyming Sean Carter's. good check. Yeah, nigga, what you mean? I'm a hood nigga. What do you mean? Good check. I'm coming home.

I'm seeing Jay-Z and 50 Rahm and Shawn Carter's Reebok. I'm like, this Reebok shit is crazy. Yeah, yeah, yeah, we got 180,000 for you. Crazy. Damn. Fuck, man. Thank you. You know what I mean?

This is why I say thank you to 50. 180,000. Off the rip. So Fifth had a meeting like a couple of weeks later. You know what I mean? He called Prodigy. He called Banks. He called Buck.

Everybody's in town. I don't know what's going on. Just call everybody. You know? 5th went and G-Win it faithfully. He got the wife beaters he made with the markers and shit. He made that with a marker

in the hood. Marker. It's on stage. Then he sold it. That shit sold. Video game, everything sold. Let's take a shot for that. Yeah, let's take a shot. Let's take a shot. It's an empty shot. That's an empty shot. he sold it. That's your soul. Video game. Everything sold. Let's take a shot for that. Yeah, let's take a shot.

Let's take a shot. It's an empty shot. That's empty. So you're going to give me like that. I'm going to have to use the bathroom after this. I ain't going to lie. But I'm going to tell a story. You got a shot?

Jamie, I need one more. I'm changing shots. I got about 20 shots. Let's see. Maybe 30 over here. OK. I'm ripped. That's why I get all the information.

Let's go. Thank you, Jamie. Yeah. Hey. Come on. Come on.. Thank you, Jamie. Yeah. Hey. Come on, come on, come on. Shot 30. Hey. Oh, so what I was saying, I was talking.

You already got home, huh? Oh, I just got home. I got a check for about $180,000. $180,000. So, fifth call of me. Call of me. So, the nigga's just looking. He coming to me.

We all chilling. Mobb Deep. Banks. Lloyd Banks. M. We all chilling. Mobb Deep. Banks. Lloyd Bunk. Lloyd Banks. M.O.P. there? Was M.O.P. there? Was there a park?

They might have been there. They at that point? They might have been there. Okay. They might have been there. So 50 just start. He come around the room. He start looking at everybody's shoes.

Mind you, we got the shit on Reebok, G-Unit. He got it all on. He got it all on. He like- Fuck Gucci, fuck Louis. We in my own shit, nigga. We in his own shit. We your own brand. Absolutely.

Know what I mean? Look, I'm supposed to have my own. I'm on drink shit. I'm supposed to have my own. I'm wearing crazy hood right now. I'm stupid. I got the next nigga shit on. But look, yo, you know what I mean?

I got on Pharrell shit. Yo, now we good. Something like my own brand. But look, yo, you know what I mean? I got on Pharrell shit. Yo, now, you good. Something like my own brand. Yeah, that's, you know, you look. So Fifth look at everybody's shoes, and he's like, niggas got on Louis? Niggas got on Gucci?

He don't talk like that. No, I'm just saying. No, I'm just saying. No, I'm just saying. Your accent's for everybody's mouth right now. You going accent crazy. We got many shots out right now. You going accent crazy. We coming in shot-chatting. You going accent crazy.

We got champagne. We got ages. Yo, you giving everybody. Tell them we got free. You giving everybody. So the nigga like, yo. So Buck Bangsta, he like, niggas got a lawyer? Niggas got a.

Where the fuck is the Reebok shit? I could have paid the football, niggas, man. So I started learning business. So that $180 was for you to endorse the sneakers. It's just, $180, just have it on, my nigga. Wait, wait, wait. Did everybody else in that room get a check like you did? Of course, my nigga.

Okay, that's wild. Banks bucked everybody. And you wasn't wearing it either. Hell no. He's a foul. I was fucked up that day. Nigga's got no bullshit. Because you got to look at brand.

Yo, look. Look, back then, it was brands. You had FUBU. You had ESCO. What? The list goes on. go Paco damage damage Rest in peace the version but before version wasn't he's Pyrex vision before It was Pyrex vision before I think off-white

Don't mean so it's like, we fucking control the culture. So what I'm saying is I understood it was business. It was like, yo, you just got to check for $180,000. You ain't even got the shit on. So I'm like,

oh shit. This is the shit he learned being in a room with Steve Stout, Tony Polk, Nori, Chris Lighty, all the information.

You try to be a sponge and learn the information. Right. Like, have your own brand on. Like, the G-Unit brand did good. The video game did good. Yep. You know what I'm saying? But it was all about having your shit on.

Wow. Niggas was buying our shit. G-Unit merch. Shit was crazy. And you even look. When you look at Tyler, the creator, and all them, my son now, yo, I want to buy a golf shirt. That's Tyler, the creator's shit.

Them motherfuckers got stores all over and around the world. We might not hear Tyler on the radio, but shit. Nah, they killed it on the merch. My kids love some of these artists. Like, Tyler got the golf wear shit. He got the stores.

Yeah. Niggas will buy the merch. So let's take a shot to y'all creating the hilliest tank top in the world. Oh yeah, Philly. Not wearing it. And he did it with a marker.

And not wearing it. And Philly did it with a marker. Oh man. That's another thing. Let me ask you, what's on your rider? What do you mean?

On my rider? On your rider. I'm not Hollywood. You're not Hollywood at all? Yeah, just maybe some purple M&Ms no not purple color M&Ms I wasn't so what's on your right just just some some bud of course but is on the list okay but what else um some

drinks okay what kind of drinks you order anything the Branson in the salmon you know might have some ace you might have your man shit Deleon Deleon it might be anything got champagne we just definitely as her mama Juana and in Le Chien, you know, might have some Ace, you know what I mean? You might have your man shit, Deleon. It might be anything. Got champagne in, we just... He's definitely asking for my Mahuana. Well, then food-wise,

where do you go with it? Food-wise, you know, I don't know. Lately, I've been eating a lot of chicken, bro. Like, I'm like damn near pescatarian. Like, I'm not eating

too much beef and all that shit. Chicken is not pescatarian. It's pescatarian. Pescatarian's your fish. I'm a pescetarian. Oh, all right. I'm a chicken. So what's this?

You're a chicken. You're a chicken-tarian. Oh, I'm a chicken-tarian then. My bad. I'm a chicken-tarian. I thought, oh, pescetarian is fish. No, pescetarian is fish.

Yeah, my man got the restaurant. We had fish all day. We had salmon. Yeah, pescetarian is fish. I don't think there's a chicken-tarian. Yo, because let me tell you. Let's make that up. Chicken terrier.

Chicken terrier. Look, I'm going to tell you the difference. Look, look. This is what I'm going to tell you. Like, it's a catch-22 to everything in life. Absolutely. I moved out the hood, right? Moved to the suburbs.

Fire. Gayo's my neighbor. Nice place, right? Right? Changed my life. She sounds just like that. I'm not worried. Like, see, when you move out the the hood it go from roaches to spiders

yeah roaches now you got spiders and shit we got I have a deer in your backyard or some shit you know what I mean but it's a catch-22 to everything in life so when I leave the hood there's really not a lot of food options for me so like where I live at the best thing is like bagel shops and pizza. Like where I live at, I'm in Long Island. Long Island got good pizza like Queens pizza,

margaritas, fucking all of this shit. Believe it or not, you got like a 50 cent pizzeria and you got a Ja Rule pizzeria in fucking Long Island. Get the fuck out of here. You didn't even know that.

That's amazing. I swear to God. Do they hate each other? Margaritas. What's the one Ja Rule and them is in? You know what I'm talking about. Twin, where you at?

It's Margaritas. And you eat at both of them, be honest. No, both of them are good. Both of them are good. So, like, we had the Margaritas is like on God Brewer.

That's like where Southside niggas go. Margaritas been open since 40 years. margaritas. It's like on Guy Brewer. That's like where Southside niggas go. Margaritas been open since 40 years. Margaritas. And then Jaru one in them is, I forgot the name of it. What's the Jaru pizzeria? You got Margaritas Twin, and what's the other one everybody go to? I would have to ask Light.

But then you got the Jaru one. They got pictures of Jaru and shit in there. But you still like the pizza yeah that's amazing he's just good that's amazing you it's politics in queens right like for me like but outside like for me how like i know jaaru and them like they didn't like us so i went to they sandwich spot like and i said it when i did flex rhyme i was like you catch me and holl at the Eero shop. So what I did was I went to the Eero shop,

I went and spent mad money, and I gave the guy a promo picture in Hollis Eero spot. They put the picture in there. Yeah, yo, we put your picture in there. They want to kill us, man. You know what I'm saying? It's the Art of War. I learned that from 50.

It's chestnut checkers. You ever read the Art of War? Mm-hmm. You read the art of war? I read it. What are the five laws? It's discipline. What else? Hold on.

It's heaven, earth. It's been a while since I read it, but. I think it's heaven, earth. I forgot. It's discipline. Well, it just depends on which art of war you read. But you know what I always realized? Know who the commander is. That's one of the laws. discipline. Well, it depends on which art of war you read. But you know what I always realize?

Know who the commander is. That's one of the laws. So when I look at 50, you always know who the commander is. That is chapter one. You know who the commander is. I know it's discipline, method. I'm drunk right now, but I know one of them is know who the commander is.

So even when you eat the moral law, it tells you know who the commander is, bro. 50's the commander. He's the nigga that made everything happen. None of these other niggas.

Take a shot to that? Shot to that. Take a shot to that. What time is it? I'm going to get on my plane or what? I don't know. It's not looking good for you. It's not looking good for you, man.

It's not looking good for you, man. Yo, drink chips is for real. I see why niggas be spazzing on this shit, man. No, but I... This is crazy. Now, let me ask you like in all seriousness because you know what? We got it.

Big up to 50. Big up to 50. Definitely. I'm so proud of the journey that not only 50 take, you know, you guys have took and took it together. But as a fan, this is not me asking as Nori or me asking, this is me as a fan. Sometimes I listen you know my playlist, it's a G-Unit playlist

and I listen to all of y'all, right? And I get it. You said me earlier it would never happen. But what was essentially the problem because from outside of looking in that's the inside of looking out right um yeah I had the top of the world it was my top of the world like right right I mean water deal the Reebok deal y'all everyone is platinum right right right right

whatever how the fuck can this happen? No, I'm going to explain to you so simple and so simple and easy, you know, and I'm going to keep it so real with you.

That's like we got the final lap tour coming, 50 so millions of tickets already. We'll bust the rhyme. Yeah, we'll bust the rhyme.

Shout out to Busta, legendary spliff, you know. Not the spliff, yeah. It's like, sometimes you get confused. Like, there's a difference between doing clubs on tour and there's a difference between doing arenas on tour.

Big difference. I do clubs on tour. I'm cool with the money. You know, that's what God blessed me with. And thank God he put me in position to get more money than I ever did on the block. Hey! Let's take a shot today. Let's take a shot.

You ain't got a shot. You got a shot somewhere. I'm telling you. I trust Jamie somewhere. Exactly. Exactly. I trust him. So for me,

it's a point in your career where I realize, like, you know, G-Unit's here, 50 Cent's here, G-Unit's here, Eminem's here, G-Unit's here, Dr. Dre's here. You know, there's a difference between getting a million dollars a show and then getting $10,000, $20,000 a show. You know, so when Fifth does these arenas, I realize that, you know, these people are not really coming to see me. They coming to see 50.

So like I said, nigga might push you out the way, 50, 50. You know, paparazzi push you out the way, 50. I don't get mad because I understand

that people are coming to see actual 50, you know, and I'm happy if I can do, go on a club run, shout to Canada and make some good money. You know, I'm good. But there's a difference between Jay-Z and Memphis Bleak. Right. There's a reality. There's a difference between Diddy.

I'm not going to say Biggie because Biggie was up there. Diddy and who are we saying? We wouldn't know because Biggie, you know, I'm forced to say. You're a funny nigga. Seeds. Shout out to Seeds, man. French Montana. Yeah, French.

You know what I mean? I'm just saying, like, it's a difference. As long as you eat. And look at French. I remember French doing cocaine DVDs. Now he's driving. He fucked with Diddy.

He's driving Bugattis. He's fucking bitches. You know, Max B. Shout out Free Max B. I remember being around niggas. So it's like, it's a difference. You know, Max B, shout free Max B. I remember being around niggas. So it's like, it's a difference. You know?

You might be, you might have an artist, he's doing arenas. I might be doing clubs. Just be happy with what you have. You know, and that's what kind of life is about.

And then you'll never... Take some of that ace of spades. And don't make anybody any less either. And you'll never be a hater. You'll never be a hater, yeah. I like, I see you say that. I believe it. There's a difference. You know,

some niggas do arenas, some niggas doing clubs. Whatever, you know what I'm saying? Is that a Haitian thing? It might be a Haitian thing, man. Stop making it racist. How is it a Haitian thing? What you trying to say, you're not haters? Yeah, go ahead, go ahead.

Go ahead, you can ask me. What? Where did these parents come from in the U.S.? My parents, my parents, look, look, my parents came to the U.S. a long time ago, and like, Queens is a melting pot of people.

New York is a melting pot of people. We grew up around Haitian, Guyanese, Trini, Italian, Russian, Queens. We grew up in a melting pot of

people. So the thing is with people that come from other islands, they came up rough. Like Haiti, it's still rough in Haiti. right have you been have you been back to haiti at any point i never got to go no never ever i tried to take him he didn't want to go we were supposed to go there he didn't go neither look we were supposed to go to haiti when when wyclef got shot like 50 had had a bug but why yeah remember he got shot in the hand

yeah oh yeah in haiti yeah when we was running for president now shot? Yeah, remember he got shot in the hand. Oh, yeah. In Haiti? Yeah. When he was running for president or not? Yeah. Was it for that time? Oh! Remember he got shot in the hand. Am I wrong or right? Did we go before or after that?

Clef. We went before that? Clef got shot in the hand. We were supposed to do a show in Haiti, 50, and Clef got shot in the hand. It was some crazy shit going on. I would love to go to Haiti. I would love to go to these places, but you got to understand

what my parents, when I grew up with my parents, you lazy! Go do work! He know how Haitian people are hardworking people. It's really like, you got to understand. For island people, look,

even with Dominicans, Trinities, New York, work, motherfucker. Like, our parents come from people, like, different countries. Immigrants in general, man. Exactly. Immigrants, they come to this country. Cuban, whatever it is.

You come to this country, they work. Because they happy to be here. They're like, yo, whatever little thing they get. Haitian, bro, let me tell you, my sister kissed a nigga I ain't seen her from 10 years later. She ain't get to come outside. Haitian parents different.

Wait, say that again? My sister kissed a nigga back in the days, like years ago. She never came outside again. Oh no, they old school. Haitian parents, you don't go outside.

They old school. Yo, I used to get big. Hey, being Haitian is different because your parents don't have... Good threads, motherfucker. Like, my pops used to chase me off the block. Island parents?

Trinidadian, Jamaican. You ever go to the Jamaican spot, get Jamaican's food? Food mad good. Hurry the fuck up, motherfucker. Like, the food good. But, like, island parents is just... It was a little different growing up so i know you've been a little haiti right of course my boy winning his grandfather is the one that

established little haiti his grandparents both of them this is what i'm trying to tell you they're the ones that established little haiti we the first independent country from what i believe absolutely yeah but like it's just growing up with Haitian parents is different than growing up with the average parent. It's different. Yeah. Take a chance. Moms curse me out.

Like, it was different. My pops used to chase me to the block. Me and him was arguing yesterday, and that's exactly what he told me. Everything he told me- Nah, Haitian parents is different. Right now, he's telling me right now. You fucking lazy. Because they coming from somewhere that's really, really, really rough.

You know what I mean? Nah, but they good people, man. No, they good people. Good people. They good people, man. But my parents was like, I had two, both my parents was from Haiti. So it was rough growing up. Port-au-Prince? Yeah.

Yeah. Yeah. We went to Port-au-Prince. I tried to take Sonny. He didn't want to go. Yeah. I tried take Sonny. He didn't want to go. Yeah. I tried to take him. He didn't want to go.

My father, before my father passed, he was a wishful master mason. That's like one of the- In Port-au-Prince? No, he was just in general. Oh, in general. My father was a wishful master mason. That shit was no joke. You heard Nori?

Wishful master mason. Did he have the ring? He had the ring and everything. My grandfather. My brother had it. I didn't even want to wear it cuz I know that when he died a wishful master Mason they changed the ring they gave it to me that's like that's like the entry lesson level my father was Mason my grandfather was a My father did all kinds of things. But I mean, how deep are you trying to get? But what did he do for work?

You know what's ill about my father? He knew different kinds of languages. So he could speak Spanish, Creole, and English. Yeah, I'm sorry. It's not you. It's not you. We need a rolling camera to do that. Yeah.

You know when the street light come on? Take another shot. In shot. Street light come on. You know inside. Shout light come on, you inside. In shot. Street light come on. You inside. Shout out to G-Unit and Haiti. Shout out to my Zos. Yo, we in Miami.

You got to shout out to Zos. Absolutely. Yo, I remember the year Shook got shot, and I met the Zopown niggas. Man, 300 Haitian flags at the hotel. I'm like, what the fuck is this?

Red eyes, all them crazy niggas. Shut up, red eyes, man. Big old red eyes. Yeah. Suga got popped that year was in Miami.

You keep going out there. The Zopal. I don't know about that part. Man, listen. I've never seen that many Haitian flags. 300 Haitian flags to the hotel

of mine. The first, the 50 Cent interview we did was in Little Haiti. This is what I got to tell you. Being an artist, listen, being a rapper is the hardest job in the world. And not only, listen, from

the 80s to the 90s to now, the hardest job in the world, bro the 90s to now. The hardest job in the world, bro. You got to go to other niggas' markets. They know you before. A kid in Miami. Zol Pound, Zol Pound. 300 Miami niggas. Haitian flags, man.

Little Haiti, man. 300. I never seen that much Haitian niggas in my life, bro. Shelter Red Eyes, all them niggas, man. Bro, I forgot what weekend it was. Shoot got shot that weekend. Fish Brown Party? No, Kanye West

Party. It was Kanye West Party, wasn't it? Shoot got shot that weekend. Kanye West Party? Nigga, I seen the Zopal coming. It was 300 of them niggas. Zopal ain't no joke. Ain't no joke. Yeah.

That shit was crazy. Right. That's what I'm saying. For artists, man, it's hard. And then it's the politics. Mm-hmm. Niggas take your chain. You got to politic for your chain bags.

Like, politics. You know what I mean? I remember when a G-Unit spinner with Buck was missing. Buck was in Chicago. Cabrini greens All these He could have got killed Trying to politic for that change Wait so what did you just say

I'm sorry Listen bro Back in the days Huh Buck went to Chicago He didn't get robbed His man took the G-U-N-A spinner You know that was like the mascot

Right G-U-N-A spinner G-U-N-A What It's a spinner It was the It was the It was the mascot His man took? G-U-N-A. G-U-N-A. What? It's a spinner. It was the mascot. His man took it out. Man, D-Tay,

he took it out. He go out to Chicago. Two minutes late. Two minutes late. Take the chain off. Nigga, take the chain. Yo, I know your pocket. Your pocket is yayo access.

Two minutes late. Give up the chain. Nigga, start having that nigga Yale accent. Look, two minutes later. Give up the chain. Nigga start having that nigga Michael Jackson. Pop, pop, pop. Shooting at his feet and shit for the junior spinner. The chain get tooken.

Buck running around. He trying to get the chain. Buck a real nigga. I ain't go front. Everywhere he go, he meet a real nigga. Detroit nigga, Chicago. I can't take nothing from him.

He a real nigga. I fuck with Buck. Know what I mean? I fuck with Game, all of them. Just saying, we fucked up their money. That's all I always tell me now He running around Chicago trying to get the same back. I'm like yo, but gonna get smoke here Cabrini greens He gonna get smoked out there 50 Yeah, he gonna get smoked man. They go running around the projects in Chicago. Think it's don't give a fuck. You got big-ass G on a spinner.

Dance, motherfucker. Give me the chain. Nigga took the chain. Two minutes later, give me the chain. Nigga took the chain. Bop, bop. Yo, you know who got the chain back? Them El Chapo twin niggas.

Oh, isn't 50 doing it on the kid? Them El Chapo twin niggas. Them Spanish niggas You know how that shit go Them niggas was like Yo we didn't know It was them at the time We just found out like Later on

And you know You know Gabby Yeah I know Gabby called Yo we need to chain back Call them Spanish niggas Nobody gets no work in Chicago Let me go use the bathroom

But is it kingdom Nigga yo let me use the bathroom I go use the bathroom. But is it kingdom? Nigga, yo, let me use the bathroom. I gotta use the bathroom. Look, I swear to God, this how real it get with this politics shit. That's real. Nigga said, yo, the G-Una spin at 50. I want the chain back.

Nigga's called Gabby. Yo, niggas want the chain back. Nobody's getting no work in Chicago, nigga, until the chain come back. It was the Chapo twins. Them niggas. What's the Flores twins nobody getting no work that Kato not Kato Kato was dead already that's DMX man right it was the Flores twins yeah Gabi made the call swear to God that's when I respected Gabi Nobody get no work till the chain come back.

That's when I realized. How did you make it? I mean, you know, Gabby's Spanish, but she. He's Spanish, but you know what I'm saying. Whatever the floor is. Yes, sir. He almost said, let her mercy. Yo, look. The chain, look.

The chain came back. Fuck's right. Gabby made that call. The Flores twins. Them niggas had, come on. Them niggas work with El Chapo, bro. El Chapo. El.

We know we in. Bro. The Flores. You ain't seen 50 shit on Apple? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Bro, the floor, you ain't seen 50 shit on Apple? Yeah. Yeah. Bro, them niggas work with El Chapo.

The only reason why they told, because they was going to get whacked. They was going to get whacked, bro. They fucking went Sinaloa, Quarantown, all them niggas, man. They was making money, bro. Them niggas had so much bread, it was ridiculous, like BMS. He's a baffled, though? He's a baffled. Go ahead. Let me know who he's baffled. making money bro they them had so much bread it was ridiculous like bms maybe y'all know drink chance wants to give flowers while people are here to receive them. Giving flowers and celebrating our legends while they can still smell them.

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Yeah! We got storms all the way. Yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. And we got a hurricane coming. No, but I like it out here, though. You get more for your money, man. You know how expensive New York is, bro. But let me ask you.

It's getting expensive. Do you ever miss those days of like the- Of course. Of course I miss them days. Being in the studio, Dr. Dre, Banks, game in there. Bam. You know what I mean? Like, being Detroit, Eminem.

Of course I miss them days. But I understand that about this game, it's a lot of egos. You know what I'm saying? So you got to understand, 50 had Chris Lighty, and game had Jimmy Henchman. So, you know, it's no disrespect to any of them guys, you know what I'm saying? But I just always looked at Chris was ahead of the game of what was going on. So if you look at Roc Nation, you look at 300, you look at all these management groups, who was the blueprint? Mm-hmm. Violator. I'm always to shout out Violator, bro. Because you got to think about it, besides the deal with Eminem, the Vitamin Water shit

and all that shit, Chris Lighty was there for all that shit. Yo, 50, do this, do that, do this, do this, do that, do that. So I'm always going to shout out Chris Lighty. You understand what I'm saying? Because that was the business part. 50 would be like, you know what? Real.

Chris Lighting's grinding me sometimes, but he knows what he's doing. No, we all grinding. Let's take a shot. Let's take a shot to Chris Lighting.

Rest in peace. I love that nigga, bro. For real, bro. He'd be like, yo, bro. Chris, know the business. I'm violated days for me seeing you come there freeway um LL shout the Claudine Mike lady

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Yeah. I can't live with that. Thank you, brother. I love this guy right here. Bote a day. That's my guy. What is it? Bote a day?

Bote. Bote. Bote. Bote. Bote. Bote. Bote. Bote. Bote. Bote. Bote. Bote. Bote. Bote. Bote. Bote. Nah, too much drinks. We had too much.

We were like 80 shots over. No, no, no. On a serious note. Serious. Hold on, hold on, guys. On a serious note. Serious note. This lady's death is ruled a suicide.

Right. I can't fathom that. No, I can't fathom that. No, I can't fathom that because this is the first nigga I seen with the G-Wagon. This is the first nigga I seen

get fly. You know what I'm saying? This is the first nigga where we used to come to Violator. That's when it was, you know, they had Busta. They had Diddy. They had Diddy.

They had Foxy. I'm coming there, you see Freeway. You see Nori. This is the first nigga that was somebody. So I could never, never, never, ever see Chris doing something to himself. And he's always going to get money because fucking he,

yo, when it comes to that G-Unit brand and that 50 brand, Chris Lighty and Violator play a major part in that and I think um I think 50 look I think look I think 50 um having Chris Lighty as management was one of the smartest moves in hip-hop yeah he knew I could never see Chris doing something how did they meet? That's a good question. I don't even fucking know.

I think, I think, no, no. I think what Chris is, is if you, you, you lit, he'll come find you. But my point is. Can I tell you about an ill meeting, though? Well, let me ask you one question and then you guys go back to the ill meeting. But, bottom line, do you think Chris Lighty killed himself? No.

Okay, thank you. Okay, that's good. I don't think Chris Lighty killed himself. I don't, I never thought, I know him as being a super cocky,

confident guy. Yes. And I know him being the guy, if he lost it, he'll make it right back. Yep. Yep. It's impossible.

He knew too many niggas that was clubbed. But hey, you want to talk about that meeting? There was a meeting one day. It was at Theo Scott and my office. The lawyer. It was Chris Lighty there. And what's the guy named? Todd Moskowitz?

Todd Moskowitz, my man. That's the guy who fucked with Rick Ross, right? Yeah. Right? Yeah. And I remember some shit went wrong, bro. most of guy named Todd my squids that's right yeah yeah and I'm number some shit went wrong bro some shit went left bro you know some shit went left and this is when Smurf was there it was me it was Smurf couple of niggas and I don't know maybe time I scream fuck with Rick Ross and all them niggas. And I don't know. Maybe Tom Oscar, he fuck with Rick Ross and all them niggas, right? That's the nigga.

I don't be knowing these industry niggas. I'm like, he fuck with Ross, too. He fuck with Rich Ross, too. Tom Oscar is, I don't know what happened. Chris Light is dead. And all I heard was, get him! You know what I'm saying? And Tom Oscar is just running down steps.

Niggas was chasing that nigga. She was crazy. Fifth was like, get the guy. And like smurfed everybody. Allegedly. Allegedly. Yes. Was running down.

This shit, come on, man. Everybody know. I don't be knowing these industry niggas. I just be knowing that's the nigga. You know what I mean? Because even when you look. Look, this is what I'm saying I know how the game go

But for me It's not all about money It's about who the real is It ain't never about money for me And this rap shit bro Cause we don't never get trophies G-U and they're never gonna get trophies Where you gonna shoot me today?

Yeah I got This is what count This is what count This is what count. This is what count right here. This is the number one show to be on, bro. But moving forward, I'm going to just be honest with you. Because I feel like 50 had to be defensive because he had to be defensive because he had to be like, you know.

I mean, I just feel like New York has always been an aggressive place man do you know what i'm saying aggressive like krs1 yeah man keep over queens keep on faking it we came up he went too far yeah he went too far but we came up on battles we came up on um fucking nash jay-z we came up on battles. We came up on fucking Nas, Jay-Z. We came up on Biggie and Tupac. We came up on KRS vs. MC Shan. The list goes on and on, bro. You know, back days we had

little positive records like Self Destruction. We'll never have another one again. Shout to Queen Latifah, KRS. Will, you think we could ever do that again? No, no. It should be done again. It should another one again. Shout out to Queen Latifah, Kira S. Will. You think we could ever do that again? No, no. It should be done again. It should be done again.

Who I said it to? We talked about it with Ice-T. It should be done again. Impossible. I said future shit should be done again. It was done again, but it never had the same impact. What? No, there was no self-destruction number two.

No, there was. Like three and four, five and six. Yeah, there was. I'm wrong. No. Yeah, I just remember that. All in the same game. No, I'm telling you.

I'm just remembering one. All in the same game No, I'm telling you All in the same gang I didn't think so either And I googled it And there was like 10 more after that All in the same gang The West Coast version is number two No, no, no I'm talking about literally self-destruction

All in the same gang is its own thing All in the same gang But isn't that like It is, it is in that sense But I'm saying literally self-destruction There was other versions of it But effing, do we like beef? Do we like beef and rap?

You know you love it. Nah, I don't. You love it. No, no, listen to me. Listen to me. I like it as skill. So you don't like the Biggie Tupac beef? No.

Like when niggas try to tell me who shot you, it wasn't a beef. When that shit came on, bing, bing. Nah, when they end up dying, I don't like none of that shit. Bim, bim, bing. Who shot you? Yeah. It was dope until they died. Nigga, when that came on. It was dope until they died nigga when that came it was dope until

they died i don't give a fuck with anybody when that came on the radio who produced that of course this is what i'm trying guys we liked it till they died. That's what I'm saying. We like it till they died. We understand they died, but it's classic hip-hop. Nigga, when that shit came out. But I'll trade the classic back for their life. Nigga, I could tell you where I was at when that came on the radio. That's a great story, but I'll trade it back for their life. Boom, boom, boom, boom.

I gives a fuck about the music being classic. No, you got to give it up. That's one of the most classic beats in hip-hop. It is, it is. Hit Em Up is one of the best diss records ever. Yeah, but when Biggie came with it, who shot you? Nigga, you crazy, nigga.

Hit Em Up was out. Who shot you came after? After. Nigga tried to say that was in their diss record. Because they said that he recorded it before that. Come on, take the shot. Patswap, sweet. Nigga, when he...

Take the shot. Nigga, when that Nigga, when he... Take the shot. Take the shot. Nigga, when that came on, and that's when records was exclusives, nigga. Yep. That beat was the hardest beat in the world. Yeah, it was.

It was. Park had hit him up in the online, but when that, who shot you? We loved it. Not till they... When they die,

we don't love it no more. And look, but y'all still trying to say that wasn't a diss record. When it was, nigga. I think when he put it out, it was a diss record, but I think he trying to say that wasn't a diss record. When it was, nigga. I think when he put it out, it was a diss record. But I think he recorded it. It wasn't a diss record when he recorded it.

Nigga, what the fuck are niggas saying, bro? So you're saying that wasn't a diss record? It was a diss record, but it wasn't the diss that we thought it was because it was recorded before. Let's keep it real. We love beef and hip hop. We love it until they die. Cut the slack it real. We love beef and hip-hop. We love it until they die. Let's stop cutting the slack, bro. We love beef and hip-hop.

Niggas love that Dirk and NBA Youngboy shit. Fuck everything that loves it. I don't love it. Niggas love Nas and Eater, nigga. We love that. They didn't die. Niggas love when Jay-Z shit it on P, nigga. We love it until they die. We don't like it

when they die, do we? Brother, niggas love hip-hop beef. It's embellished from the top of the top. We like skills in hip-hop. We like battles in hip-hop. We don't like motherfuckers. It was loving the lock shit. The what? The locks versus dipshit. Yeah. When Jada said, well, I'm Razor,

I'm Razor, I don't play. Oh, no! Because it was never about jury and all. It was about just coming there with the bars. Exactly. They put a chain on Jim Neck. Put the chain on Jim Neck. You're making my point.

Right? Jada came out. Well, I'm racist. Bad baby. Bad baby. Like, let's keep it real. The thing about shit is everybody want to be politically correct. No, we're not being politically correct.

Let's just keep it real We not be politically correct Me I'm the wrong guy I don't care about Niggas was never my friends Cause I got verses From Boosie and Waka And Yo Gotti Quicker than I ever got

From a New York nigga Boosie You wreck it done Yo Gotti Wreck it done We kinda shitted on A lot of niggas in the South. And them niggas, when they got on, fuck niggas, man. I tell them that all the time.

We got this shit on lock, man. I was in that era. I tell them that all the time. Don't play that New York shit, man. DJs. Go to Atlanta. No more. Everybody's from Memphis.

Play Thugger, man. Play God, play Future. You ain't hearing nobody. I've been to Atlanta clubs. You ain't hearing nothing. But I'm going to give you an example of something.

Why you talking about this era? Let me just tell you something. And look, this is the shit. Niggas, Future, they come to New York. Niggas, we bopping today, shit. You go out there,

fuck the New York niggas. It's just the truth. I'm not with the politics. Hold on, let me tell you something. It wasn't always like that, though, Joseph Y. Hold on, let me just tell you something. I was there for the change. 99, 90,

98, 99, 2000, I used to come to Miami. Yeah, I remember. It's Brooklyn in the house, and the house will go. That's why I told you that was a problem. That, I remember. It's Brooklyn in the house and the house will go. That's why I told you that was a problem. That was a problem.

And none of these motherfuckers was from Brooklyn. That was the problem. That was the problem. We had, New York had it so locked. You got to remember, New York had a golden era.

Remember when Diddy had, I wish I never met her. When all that R&B shit was going on and all that. That was the golden era. Remember when Diddy had I wish I'd never met her. When all that R&B shit was going on and all that. That was the golden era. Bitches like, are we coming to New York? Yo, the golden era,

he bring it up as wild. Yo, the golden. All that shit, P. Diddy, Big E, New York had a golden era. This is where it starts. My golden era was a little different than New York.

No, but you know, I'm just saying, even in the 90s with Bad Boy. No, absolutely. No, Bad Boy definitely had its era. Yeah, yeah, yeah. You got to shout out Bad Boy. For sure.

Craig Mack in him. A hundred percent. Yeah. Well, that's a part of the golden era. Why do you drink more shots than me? Look, I don't like you. I've drunk way more shots than you, bro. Look at this camera.

I ain't going to lie. I ain't going to lie. Niggas ain't even tell me My flight got delayed You know, rainstorm You don't even know Your flight got delayed I ain't even know my flight You get that last shot

Here, here You done had Branson Look, we had Branson Look at that last shot That way, that way You got Ace That way, over there Right there, the last shot

Right there, boom Come on, let's get that Alright, what we talking about now? What we talking about now? What are we talking about now? We talking about Tony fucking Yeo. Yeah. Fucking Yeo. You got to take it, though.

You got to take it, though. So what you want? Shit night. Shit night. Dre, Eminem, what stories you in here? Eminem. Eminem. We talked about...

Oh, God. You got another one. Eminem, the wildest shit I heard from Eminem is the many men, he knew the footsteps and many men came from Poltergeist. Eminem's the type of nigga like...

Excuse me. He'll stay in the studio. All right. Eminem's the type of nigga have a diss record against you, you won't even know it. Like, he's got shit. Well, he's a battle rapper.

He's a real battle rapper. And he's a humble guy. Like I said, he's just one of them niggas that really care about the music and the crap like a swiss or pharrell you know one thing that's admirable right is that if anybody says anything wrong about him 50 always steps up of course that's a a lot of people credit that to it being like a black and white thing as opposed to

a person that Two men that work together. Yeah, just two men that work together. I mean, that all came from like, you remember, we came in the game

with beef. We came in beefing with the Source magazine. Woo! Benzino. Yeah. Oh, shit. Fuck Eminem!

We came in with mad beef. was always drama and look no shelter Benzino and Dave Mays the source magazine is a legendary this there was a hip-hop Bible but we came into the beat in the game with beef with that so niggas will say yo this about Emin about Eminem, that about Eminem, this motherfucker, white boy, culture vulture, this, that. But he's the niggas that put niggas on. You never forget the nigga that turn the lights on, bro. That's fire. At the end of the day.

No, I'm just keeping it real. No matter what color, what race he is. Right. So people will be like, yo. We love Eminem over here. Yeah, yo, I love Eminem too. We love Eminem. Niggas will be like, yo, but we don't listen to Eminem in the strip club. Yo, we don't listen to Eminem in the car.

But you go to Spotify, he'll still be the number one nigga 20 years later. Yeah, whatever. Great story. He's still doing Diamond. Or like a buster. Yo, we don't listen to this nigga. Yo, he's still one of the best performers ever. Ever in time, him and Swiftstar.

Music, period. You're going on tour with them. Yo, I'm ready to kill Swiftstar. I'm ready to go. Nigga, we going to go at it. Damn. I'm ready. Damn.

Hey, look, Swiftstar is one of the hype men that I look up to. Yeah, he's one of the best to do it. Yo, you a hype man. Nigga, I'm making $100 million, bro. Why do I care what you say? Right. I will hype my million. But Swiftstar is one of the number one hype mans that I look up to.

He's more than an artist. He's more than a flame. Come on. He's a super flame. I look at this shit different, bro. This is like we started off with hip hop, bro. We used to sell drugs on crates and dumb shit, bro. We used to be on the block, bro.

Hip hop. I'm up in niggas hustling and now seeing in war report. We on the block, bro. Hip-hop. I remember niggas hustling in our CNN War Report. We on the block listening to Nori shit. Somebody in the trunk, dog. What's it going to be? Nigga was the first nigga to come to think about it

with the ad-libs. What, what, what, what, what? Slime. Yeah. Don't get them niggas saying slime 20 years later. Them niggas ain't give me no respect yet. Slime. Them niggas Saying slime 20 years later Them niggas ain't Giving me no respect yet

But it's okay Them niggas had Their own language It's okay Niggas in the bodega Skits Remember when skits Was the shit

Oh shit Animal dog Animal dog Yeah Somebody in the trunk Nigga It's a real person He don't pluck you

Right This is what I'm saying bro It's a real person Damn Slime Nigga was saying slime What shit What year was that I don't block you. Right. This is what I'm saying, bro. It's a real problem. Slime. Nigga was saying slime. What? Shit.

What year was that? I don't even know. 97, 96. 99. No, 97? Don't worry about it. Free thugger. Yeah.

Free thugger. But slime was... It's so crazy. Whatever it should be, it should be in the... So for me to even be in the rooms, like I told you, my most exciting tour, my best tour ever, was I would say anger management and being on the Nostradamus tour with Nas.

Because Nas was a different nigga. After he was wearing the jumps. I'm thinking like an addict for sneakers, 20s, a Buddha, ambitious with beepers. Man like the cheetah with thoughts of an assassin. Pick the cracks up, little nigga back up, match me. You know what I mean? We going off that. You know what I mean?

Did not go on the bus and Nas was reading books and all that. Jungle on a nigga's horse and- That's why Nas is where he's at right now. Yeah, he was reading books and all that. I was like, damn, this nigga reading books and shit? Jungle was not reading books. Nah, Jungle was not reading books. Yeah, he was smoking. Jungle horse and stuff. Jungle smoking reading books. Nah, Jungle was not reading books. Yeah, he was smoking.

Jungle was smoking, man. Jungle was smoking, bud. Nah, nah. Yeah. And them niggas was probably like, who the fuck is 50 Man? I was a nobody. I was a nobody.

They didn't know who I was. But I'm like, damn, this is nice, bro. Nigga reading books and all that. Jungle was smoking weed and rolling dice. Yeah, Jungle was

smoking weed and all that. But I thought Niles would be, you know. He was going through a phase at that time. Yeah, Jungle was smoking weed and all that, but I thought Niles would be, you know. He was going through a phase at that time. Yeah, Niles was on some, he was like,

did he get a phase? Yeah, out the belly. I mean, I feel like he still reads books. He almost became the character. No, but his balls was ill. You think about reading books probably though.

Yeah, that's how you get those bars. You got to get them words, the vocabulary. No, you had, y'all, what your issue was, you had bars and you had your own ad-libs. That's right. And you had your own language.

And he flipped to Spanish, too. I was 5%. 5% Spanish? No. I was 5%. I'm kidding. What Spanish? No, but you got to understand,

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was my biggest record. That was Homeboy? And then, then Reggaeton, but then Homeboy. Which is the biggest? I think Homeboy is the biggest. So what, what, what did?

Nah, all you're becoming a superstar. I think what, what? No, alright, but see, all you're becoming, you're correct, but what you're saying is market rise.

Sale-wise, no? I don't think sale-wise. Sale-wise, no? No, no, no. I can't tell sale-wise now. You can't gauge it. They don't want to cut me the fucking big check. But you know why I'm always going to look at you as what, what, what in the Hall of Fame?

Yeah. Because you introduced Pharrell. Yeah, because niggas ain't fronting on it. Pharrell is like, come on, bro. That nigga's outside. I didn't know who. Pharrell. Yeah, because niggas ain't fronting on it. Pharrell is like, come on, bro. You was the first. That nigga's outside. I didn't know. Nah, you know what I think?

I think what people underestimate about that record is it brought New York artists to a different cadence as well. I told you, my man. My man, that was the number one record in the club. That cadence? The tempo was fast. The way that record was structured, it resonated down south. I'm a DJ down south. It was a worldwide record. That's why I asked you what you sold way that record was structured, it resonated down south. Yeah, but you're right.

I'm a DJ down south. It was a worldwide record. That's why I asked you what you sold on that record. So this is the reason why. To me, that was your biggest, one of your biggest sold off.

No, that's my biggest breakout record. Did you have a helicopter in the video? Yeah, like maybe cadence is not the right word for it. You had a budget

and all that. It wasn't a helicopter in the video, but I had a good budget for that. But what you said, you know, cadence might not be,

but just the bounce. Nigga came out of the helicopter. No, no, no, no. This is what happened. Nigga Pharrell's was, I remember when that came. He had Body in the Trunk and all that, but this was a whole different stuff. No, Body in the Trunk didn't come out yet. No. But it's on that same album.

And it's Neptune's. We can't forget Chad. We can't forget Chad, a part of it. No, no. Neptune's. Neptune's is this. Definitely. It's before Pharrell went. But by the way a part of it. No, no. Neptune's. Neptune's is this. Definitely. Before Pharrell went.

By the way, they worked with. Wait, never on his own. They worked with like Total. Teddy Riley, obviously. Teddy Riley, obviously. But they worked with Mase before. No, no. This is their first big record.

But I remember when. Hands down. I met them. It was Chad and Pharrell. Right. And Pharrell said to me. Is it Chaz or Chad? Chad.

Chad. Chad. Chad Hugo. Chad Hugo. But Pharrell looked at me and said, nobody listens to me. The first person that listens to me is going to go number one. He's telling you to do your face? Yeah.

And by the way, he has on an extra small shirt. With a choker. This is the time where... He said he had a choker on. I'm wearing a 5X. Yeah, you left rack. No, no, no. That's hip hop at the time. Yeah, yeah, 5X. We're wearing a 5X.

He wearing a minus 1X. Lars, you're wearing a 5X. That shit crazy. So I'm here with my Timberlands. He's minus X. My Timberlands is not even in the room. That's how big my Timberlands are. Over here. I'm wearing them, but it's like my shirt is like this,

and he's so tight. He's like this. I can't breathe. No, I know he couldn't breathe. The tits that he had on. But for some reason, I believed him. That shit was crazy because we would go to Europe and niggas was doing that shit.

So we had the baggy shit on in Europe. They're all tight. The world's nigga shit's so tight. They've been doing that shit. So Europe was kind of like ahead of the game. We taking Europe fast. Pharrell and all them niggas now. Virgil and all them niggas.

I don't think we should like that. Pharrell deserves to be the fucking director, designer, head of Louis fucking Vuitton. He just fucking deserves it. All right, bring back the baggy shit. Let me tell you, the first nigga I seen with the man purse shit was A$AP Rocky. And I swear to God, that nigga, me, it's me, 50, the first nigga I seen with the man purse shit was A$AP Rocky. Oh, yeah.

And I swear to God, that nigga, it's me, 50, Snoop, we at a vent. A$AP Rocky there, he got the man purse, and he like, yo, yo, yo, niggas don't know, I'm telling you, I'm ahead of my time. And I'm like, damn, what you mean? I ain't never seen that shit. Nah, he had the shit. Was it the strap? It was the strap. It was the man purse.

And he confident with that. Trust me, I know. And I'm like, damn, this nigga A$AP Rocky ill like. Nah, he ill like that. Niggas wearing the Louis Vuitton satchels,

all that shit. All that shit kind of really came from Europe because Europe. Yeah, yeah. We go to Europe, we still had the baggy 5X, 3X, 2X.

We were out of line. And we like, yo, it's G's type. But the man, we didn't have To go extra small though Keep going Keep going Keep telling your story

Keep going Y'all don't take it too far Nah but when they Go to Europe The clothes was a little slimmer Look at my shot I don't even I'm gonna start

I'm sure you guys Don't use the same cup My flight is delayed You don't even know If your flight is delayed They just told me. Flight delayed. Guess what?

No, we came here. Your love in drink champs is not delayed. Hey! We've been wanting to have you back on. Well, not back on. Well, yeah. Yo, listen. We wanted to have you on.

This is the official first time that you're really on by yourself. Last time I came here, me and Daz, we had a little shot with Daz. Y'all didn't have none, man. No, he said New York beef wasn't real. No, you said corrupt last time.

No, it was corrupt. It was corrupt. It was in Daz. It was corrupt. He said New York beef wasn't real. New York beef is always real.

And they got realer. Always. They got realer. From the beginning of the time. Beef is real wherever it's at. Exactly. We love Daz.

We love Daz. Nah, they legends, man. Super legends. Yeah. and we had drew Hill Cisco was there to him. How crazy is that? That was a weird-ass episode Think about think about think about it think about it Tony. Yeah, yo Dog pound drew drew Hill Capone And Jack Thriller But what Drew Hill Sold back in the days With the

They went crazy With the bands I'm up in the band But do you know what Drew That's his best one Diamond man Hold on Have you ever been

To Drew Hill Park In Baltimore And then Cisco With the thong song No no no Have you ever been To Drew Hill Park In Baltimore

No What they have A Drew Hill Park That Drew Hill That's where they from Baltimore That's where they from Oh that's where they got the name from?

Oh. I didn't know this. That's the wire. A word? That's the wire. That's the wire. Drew Hill Park is the wire. They've been telling us that he wasn't just about a thong for a long time.

Because you got to think. Think about back then. Back in the day, his videos was exclusive. Records was exclusive. Yeah. Head on the beat, dialogue, was exclusive. Records was exclusive. Yeah. Head of the beat, Da Loca. He had the bitches on the beat. Remember?

You had Melissa Ford. Who else? Let's name some of the legendary models. Head of the beat, Da Loca. What's it, Gloria Valdez? Valdez. Valdez. Gloria Valdez.

Look, Buffy the Body, Seductive. That was the first fatty in history. Who? Buffy the Body. Seductive, that was the first fatty in history. Who? Buffy the Body. Seductive. That's the greatest. Look, look up. Surgery.

Remember Al- What are we clapping for? Katoi. So this is what I liked about hip hop. Back then, before the internet. Let's go before the internet. It was exclusive. Rest in peace, K Slay.

I always give it. Rest in peace to K Slay, man. Legend. K Slay was one of the niggas that, niggas on pop smoke first niggas if you look at pop smoke pop smoke and no jury on case legislation 50 first niggas on 50 first lot of nigga to break a lot of niggas okay take a shower he's such an OG Wild style and everything. Wild style and everything. Let's not forget. K Slay, rest in peace, man. K Slay, OG. Real pioneer. Where's Amy?

Jamie. Oh, sorry, sorry. Jamie, I'm sorry, too. I got one more shot left. It's already poured. It's right there. It's poured in here. It's right there.

Oh, that's what he's saying. He said I need more. I'm going to stack up my shot. What size is that one? Me and Nuri doing it. I think Yeyo are going Yeyo. I think this is it, man. I might go to the hospital after this, bro.

This is crazy. Look at this. Hold on. I'm gonna stack up the shots. He's going to the Hip Hop Hall of Fame. It's hip hop. Would you like a Monster Rehab in case you need it? Oh, my God.

What the? Monster Rehab. I'm gonna need that. This is crazy. I ain't gonna lie. Look, and I don't want a dead. That's the key to your show. You get everybody fucked up on your show. That's not the key, man. No. The key is crazy. I ain't going to lie. Look, and I don't want a dead. That's the key to your show. You get everybody fucked up on your show.

That's not the key, man. No, the key is love. What is it? Look how many shots I've seen. The key is that you having fun. That's the key. Are you having fun? No one got me fucked up, man.

Love. If you leave and say, yo, I'm not happy, guys. You see your shots? Yeah, yeah. I'm here. Oh my God, bro. I got a couple more over here, too. And I know Stacey is like...

Stacey? I keep saying, Stacey, Jamie, Amy. Stacey, Jamie, Amy. I don't even know what's going on, man. Just thinking of going to the show. Yeah, yeah, look, look, look. Oh my god, I still ain't there, bro. You still ain't there, so...

Nori, you ain't... And I still got more. You just came back from Italy. You good, still got more. You just came back from Italy. You good. I just came back from Italy. How was that? How was the waters in the... Nah, but you know what?

You know, let me tell you something. I'm being honest with you. Promise you I'm not lying. I woke up this morning at 4.41. Jeez, you be working. You be jogging and all that other shit. You changed, bro. No, no, no, but hold on.

Let me just say... Maybe you a nigga on Let me say I woke up at 4.41 And you know what I said I watched every Tony Ayo interview I listened to every fucking Tony Ayo song It's because I really truly Wanted to give you your flowers No I appreciate it As a real man

No and I Because you deserve this shit No and I appreciate it Hold on let me Because you deserve this shit. No, I appreciate it. No, no, no. Let me, let me, let me. Because you deserve it. Because I don't want anybody to ever think that loyalty is overlooked. No, definitely.

And a lot of people do overlook loyalty. They say, well, you know what? You're supposed to be here because you're supposed to be here. That's not the truth. When you're here, earn your right. Fight for your right. Make sure that you're there. Make sure that this is happening.

And this is something that I wanted to do for you and to your face. Because I say it about you when you're not here. But it's nothing better for me to say it to your face. No, and you know what it is? Face to, oh, take your flowers, oh. No, go ahead, no, go ahead. Let me get you your flowers, bro.

Right. Face to face, man to man, I know how hard it is to be a famous person's friend. Right. Sometimes I hang out with my people. Right. And they phone just ring ring and they phone ring about me definitely and i look at them and i'm like that's kind of like crazy a little bit but you know how you know how hard it is for you? I know your phone ring.

Everybody's like, do you get 50 to come to my baby's Christian Inn? Nigga, I have a show. Niggas won't come out to my shit. Yo, 50 show. Niggas will call my phone. Yo, 50 show. And look, it's all good because you realize it's just a part of the game. Everybody want to have fun.

Everybody want to be lit. 50 shit going to be lit. You know, 50 shit going to be a little litter than my shit. I might have you in, you know, the Ramada or something. 50 might have you in

the Four Seasons on money. It's cool. It's all a vibe. So I just learned to be humble and look, life is short, bro. Just live life. We got a lot of niggas you've seen going on some street shit, some hood shit.

Even the opportunity for young niggas to be here with you, bro. You know, this is like better than anything, bro. You got all kind of artists. I see you with Dave Chappelle, man. Yeah, we got him. You know what I'm saying? Yeah. Like, that's big.

Kevin Hart. Like, some of the biggest interviews. I'm like, oh, shit, man. You know what I'm saying? Yeah. Kevin Hart. That's big. Kevin Hart. Some of the biggest interviews. I'm like, oh, shit, man. This is big, bro. When you see guys like you, Joe Buttons, Gilly, Wildo, you're like, damn, these niggas control the fucking game. Big up Joe Buttons, Gilly, Wildo. Yeah.

Guess what? And I fuck with Vlad, too. Vlad, too. I learned a lot of genes from Vlad, too. Let's do it, girl. Yeah, he pay good You know But my whole thing is

I learned the game And no I look up to All you guys That's my man though No but that's my man But I look up to all you guys Cause I'm like yo bro Instead of a nigga

Being on the block Doing some negative shit You can learn to get money On YouTube Twitch Even academics When you look at these guys Niggas on Twitch

talking shit. Niggas on Twitch, YouTube. You got all these ways to get money. Y'all got sponsors. We got Monster. We got fucking Branson. We got Deleon. We got Serac. It's like y'all teaching these people

the ways to get money and do the right thing. And drink champs. And be yourself. And be yourself. Of course. That's the most important part. I can't.

You've always been real. I just got to be who I am. Yeah. I just got to be who I am. Then when I see you in Italy and shit like that. Yeah, I keep going. I keep going. Like, that's motivation.

Because a lot of niggas be like, you know, these young boys be like, y'all want to go to the trenches? My man, his son, he got a condo out here. I'm like, you know, these young boys be like, y'all want to go to the trenches? My man, his son, he got a condo out here. I'm like, your wife, his sons, want to go to the hood.

Why you want to go back to the hood? Your dad got a condo. We in the water and shit like that. We chilling. Fuck, this nigga was just in Italy on a yacht. Ah! So when I went to these different places,

I realized that's what life was about. Fuck money. Fuck bitches. Fuck cars. That shit. Come and go. Fuck fake friends.

You in Dubai. You in Paris. You in Italy. Niggas in Italy. Yacht. Water. Shit. You like,

damn, I never thought I'd be here. Canary Islands. Black sand. That's right. You ever seen black sand? Nelson Mandela sale. Dubai fucking with cheetahs that niggas got lions in they backyard Morocco Angola

You know, I'm in Morocco. I'm like everybody look like French Montana, man I'm like this is different, you know, I mean So I'm going to all these places I done been everywhere in the world you name it in the world that's dope man to me those opportunities

our parents people in our hood they never got a chance to see this stuff we the blessed ones thank God we the blessed ones get to see this

spend money you know and you gotta think with every artist or niggas like Nori or 50 or Jay-Z or Diddy or who it may be. Just keep talking. Yeah.

Who it may be. Think about how many families we feed. Think about how many families getting fed from the security to production to assistance to the niggas that's just around, drivers. Think about how many families getting fed. I'm going to shout to to the niggas that's just around, drivers. Think about how many families get fed. I remember shouting to Bruce to drive, but that nigga went from 50 Cent to driving Mayweather.

Other niggas, my man Free, niggas drive Madonna, all kinds of people. So niggas move on and they do other things too, but you never forget who turned on the lights

because it's just the experience. If you should be going tomorrow, I could say, yo, bro, I'm at Jim Carrey. I'm at Madonna. I'm at... And you got to take that shot. Yeah. Look how much shots I took.

I'm with you, though. You got to walk up there. Because you got to understand, a wise man once told told me any day above ground is a good day brother that's real song so let's talk about this song toy soldier mm-hmm One of my favorite songs. Right. How did this song, where did y'all record it at? How did this been put together? That might have happened in Battery Park, because I had like, when I first came home out of jail,

instead of like... Battery Park, 25th Street? Yeah, you know Battery Park by Statue of Liberty. Okay, okay, yeah. See, this is what I always tell you. When you look at niggas like Stack Bundles, right? Mm, all that. Stack Bundles had a porch But he still died in the projects

When I came out of jail, I was in Battery Park Cuz I was fucking with a nigga that could afford to spend that kind of money to have a nigga I ain't even drop no album. I didn't prove nothing to you like rest in peace Yeah, like rest in peace my nigga her vein.ne. I remember being at, what was that MTV? What they had? TRL? Yeah, TRL. Some shit in the city.

Yeah, TRL. MTV. We there. And I remember Young Guns was there. And Hervéne was like, you have 50. These guys got Jay-Z. Jay-Z's not going to do nothing for these guys. He was like, 50's going to at least come to your video set.

He's going to help you with this. He's going to do that. And it was like, yo, we had to help them. It was just shit that I seen. And it was the young guns. Jay-Z ain't going to come. Give him the cosign. 50 going to come, give you the cosign.

Do all this and do that. Look, even Murda. You see Murda. Murda been everywhere in the world fucking with 50. Murda been signed to Jay. in the world fucking with 50. Yo. Murda been signed to J. He been signed to this nigga, but he ain't never been to Italy, Rome, Dubai

until he started fucking with 50. Hey, kid. It's a number of artists. It's a number of artists. And I don't mean to toot a nigga horn, but I'm just saying it's like

lawyer money. Niggas, if you ain't gonna big up DJ Who Kid, even when you see Who Kid, his success. Who Kid is worldwide. But he had, let's be honest, he had Shape 45. He had Eminem. So he's going, he's getting

Martha Stewart interviews. He's getting Donald Trump. When I came out of jail, we had Donald Trump was the interview. One of my first interviews. You know what I jail We had Donald Trump was the interview Right One of my first interviews You know what I'm saying Donald Trump

I'm chilling with Who kid he had Donald Trump come in How big was the Who kid We had LeBron James On mixtapes When I came home

I'm saying but how big Was those mixtapes Or who kid Them tapes was Them tapes was the biggest Because like I said He had Shade 4-5 So yeah But even before that He was doing the mixtapes said, he had Shade 4-5.

But even before that, he was doing the mixtapes. Before that, but when Shade 4-5 came, like one of my first mixtapes home was Mike Epps. Hosting it? Yeah. Oh. G-Unit mixtape, we had LeBron James, like when he was early. Martha Stewart, we have Jim Carrey on the tape. Martha Stewart hosted a mixtape?

Yeah, Martha Stewart. You have all kinds of drops from everybody. It's Eminem. It's Shape 45. That's true. Guys like Paul Rosenberg and guys like that are very smart, bro. It's a lot of people. So they were very hands-on. Paul was very hands-on.

Of course. They wasn't scared about being involved and maybe because of all the controversy with J.J. Thank you, man. You the man, bro.

It's a roll-up king over there. That's Boris. Beats in the hood. Snoop Dogg is going to hire this guy. He's a producer too, by the way. This guy is the man, right? Eminem didn't care, bro. No, not him.

Paul. Paul Rosenberg? Was Paul ever scared about the controversy with G? When you look at Eminem and you look at Paul Rosenberg, it's the same person. It's the same thing.

They didn't care. I told you when Suge pulled up, Eminem came outside The white boy scared man I looked at him Nah that nigga ain't scared bro Eminem was not scared Of Suge Knight

I told you these guys was You gotta think Detroit is the hood Nah Detroit is different That shit get hoody Nah Detroit is different You go white Go to them places

Them white boys be hoody Over there bro 7 mile 8 mile Them niggas going through The same shit we going through The struggle Detroit's different. You go white, we'll go to them places, them white boys be hoodie over there, bro. Seven mile, eight mile. Them niggas going through the same shit we going through. The struggle. Detroit different. Facts.

So, think about it. If Eminem was really scared, why would he take the risk? Well, no, I'm thinking Paul Rosenberg because he's a lawyer. Paul Rosenberg, too. Remember, he was going through his shit with Benzino and the Sauce.

Yep, he was. Him, too. Remember, he was going through his shit with Benzino and the Sauce. Yep, he was. Him, too. That guy right there? Yeah. He was going through, too. That's it. Drink, champ. With the Sauce.

I'm trying to tell you. With the Sauce. Because you got to remember, we had beef with Sauce Magazine, all kinds of rappers. And what's crazy, it seems like everybody that's involved in all these- Just remember, XXL came. Listen, listen. Yeah, yo. Everybody that's involved in all these beef Just remember, XXL came... Listen, listen, yeah, yo. Everybody that's involved in all these beefs,

at some level, they all real beef. When you think about G-Unit, it's just always beef. Why? I was the one... Because when you're on top, you got beef, bro. That's true. But you didn't... He wasn't on top with beef.

He was coming up with beef as well. But you know how the game was. Niggas want to extort you. Niggas want to rob you. You got 50. He's like, fuck it. He had beef with Ja Rule already. Know what I'm saying?

It was a lot to deal with. It was beef all over. Got the OG niggas. Give me money. I don't know that accent right now. Give me the money. Every accent. Tony Yeo's accent. He's like now give me the money every accident Tony he's like give me the money the party about milk look before I'm gonna keep it

I'm gonna keep it real niggas were getting ex-starring 150 hey he was again ex-starring that's what the game in Norrie time. Norrie never got extorted. But at that time, niggas was getting extorted. I told you, Haitian Jack. Yo, White Clef. Two watches. Haitian Jack.

I don't know nothing about that, but I... That's Clef, like... Haitian Jack and these niggas Come through boy Shit was different Nori not gonna tell you You're cool with niggas I understand I'm not cool with nobody

So yeah don't care I don't care man No I'm media You don't care about Zach since he's I don't care man I don't care man I don't care I man. I don't care, man.

I don't care. I'm going to tell you the truth. Let's get another shot. Another shot. Shots. No, no, no. That's an empty shot. Let him take an empty shot for once in his life. No, no, no.

I'd take a shot of champagne. Take a shot of champagne. I'd have a shot lingering around somewhere. If he puts all these little shots together, it's a shot. I trust you. My flight is delayed. All right, fuck it.

Let's go. This flight's delayed. Let's go. Salo. Cheers, yeah. I'll just tell you the truth. I'll just tell you guys the truth of what I've seen and what I experienced.

You know, it's love. It's love. This show is about love, and we know? It's love. It's love. This show is about, this show is about love and we want to show you love. We want to show you love, respect, and loyalty

for you being a love and respect. But we, I love the culture like you though. Yeah. What are you doing for? You don't do it for money.

You don't do it for Richie Millies. A little bit. Nah, but you, no, man but you know mouth for a little bit but you love the culture yes you don't love the culture yes we love the culture we addicted to this shit man here we are I came up I'm addicted to this shit bro hip-hop music yeah niggas got beef like I said niggas always say who shot you wasn't a beef record I always feel like it was a beef record it wasn't originally a beef record but one beat one biggie came with that you know what fuck that you kill pop you know we gotta do something about that record yo we had this we said produce that Nassim Nassim I should ask him we should ask

him when they got recorded. Niggas are scared to keep it real. I just keep it real. I don't care. Call Nassim. No, call him. That would be amazing. That is the best beat ever created to me.

No, that's a dope record. I don't think I got his number. It was a diss record. It is a diss record. You 100% right. I don't think it was a diss record to Pac, though. See me in the job. Three and a quarter. Slow it up. You 100% right. I don't think it was a diss record to Pac, though. See me in the job. Three and a quarter.

Slaughter. You sound like Shine right now. No, no, no. Because Biggie had the lyrics. Pac just had a little more records. If Biggie was alive longer, he would have, you know what I mean? He didn't have enough records. Just like with Pop Smoke.

They're like, Pop Smoke ran out of records. The label, you see. Yeah, but Pac recorded mad records before he died. Pop Smoke? No, Pac. The label, you see. Yeah, but Pac recorded mad records before he died. Pop Smoke? No, Pac. Yeah, but Biggie, you wouldn't wish Biggie had more records? I wish, yeah. Yeah, of course.

I wish he recorded like Pac is what I'm saying. So, Nassim made that record. Bam, bam. Nassim Irix. How come? Bam, bam. What? That has to be one of the best records from hip hop.

I'm trying to press face video. It says, what's up? What is it? Yeah, if you have what's up, then go what's up. What? That has to be one of the best records from hip hop. I'm trying to FaceTime him. I press Face Video. It says, what's up? What does it mean? Yeah, the fuck? If you have WhatsApp, then go WhatsApp. No, but he doesn't have WhatsApp. He doesn't have an iPhone.

No, he doesn't have an iPhone is what it is. Oh, he don't have an iPhone. Yeah, say yeah. So, all right. What's up? Let's see if he picks up on WhatsApp. He picks up on WhatsApp. But can we agree who shot you?

It's a diss record, but I don't think it's a diss record. You think it is. My name was Engage. We all... It's a Biggie Dixie. It's a Biggie Dixie. It's a Biggie Dixie. It's a Biggie Dixie. It's a Biggie Dixie. It's a diss record, but I don't think it's a diss record. You think it is. It came on the radio.

We all... It's a Biggie diss record. That's the way it got put out. Like it or fucking not. It is a diss record, but you think it's dissed to Pac. Yes, niggas. It was put out in that way, but it was not recorded in that way. Tupac was shot already.

What do you mean? No, because they put it out purposely at that time. No, it was Tupac shot already. Yes. Tupac was shot already. No, yes. Trust No, because they put it out purposely at that time. No, it was Tupac's shot already. Yes. No, yes. Trust me, I'm a mixtape DJ. I had the record. So you mean to tell me Biggie put that out as not as a diss record?

Yes. He did. No, you're right. Bro, you mean to tell me Biggie put that out as not as a diss record? Yes. He then got violated and all that on TV. No, you're right. But he didn't record it originally as a diss record. But everybody keeps saying it's not a you right But he didn't record Originally as a diss record

But everybody keeps saying It's not a diss record And it is It is a diss record I'm agreeing and disagreeing At the same time But how you disagreeing? Because I don't think

He recorded it originally Dissing Pac But Tupac was shot already No no I think he recorded Before that It doesn't matter It dropped after Tupac got shot

I was saying I don't think he recorded Thinking about Pac Is what I'm saying to you It doesn't after Tupac got shot. I was saying, I don't think he recorded thinking about Pac is what I'm saying to you. It doesn't matter. Tupac got shot and it came out. And then he put it out

right after Tupac. That's why I say I agree and disagree. Who's the research person here? Find out when Tupac got shot and find out whose shots it came out. Let's do the research.

It came out, you're right. It came out on point. Tupac got shot right after. It was at this record. They both got 95. It came out, you're right. It came out on point. Tupac got shot right after. It was a diss record. They both got it in 95. Yes.

Somebody, y'all got a lot of money here. I said I agree and disagree at the same time. Y'all got a lot of money. Listen. Tupac got shot. Tupac got shot. We got to speak to the people that were recording the record. Tupac got shot.

Listen. And when did Pac die? In 96. Or when did Pac do hit him up? In my studios when he first got shot. Then it was two shots and hit him on the bird. Right after? Yeah.

There you go. But he wasn't. Tell me the date. Can you tell me the date? But he wasn't beefing with Pac at that point. Yes, he. Bro, Pac was like, yo, New York nigga, set me up.

Nigga, Brooklyn niggas. What are you talking about? What I'm telling you is he recorded it. Brooklyn niggas been grinding their whole lives, nigga. But he recorded it before that. Nigga, bro,

he got hit up in the studio. Benchman, Biggie. I hear you. I hear you. C's from the back. Listen, I'm not telling you I know this for facts. I'm just telling you

from what I've heard. Now, look. Have you heard this? Who else was there? Nichols and them n, Bob? Listen, I'm not telling you I know this for facts. I'm just telling you from what I've heard. Now, look. Have you heard this? Who else was there? Nichols and the niggas? Who was there? But have you heard this? That Biggie recorded this before.

What are you? You're not going to tell us? Nigga, Pac got hit. Pac had. Hold on. Let's listen. No, what do you think? He got to be politically correct.

And what happened? Pac got shot in 94. He got to be politically correct. And what happened? Pac got shot in 94 in November. And the record came out in 95. And what month in 95? September. And what was the month? How many months is that brother? It was recorded in 94.

When was it recorded? Pac. So you're telling me who shot you Wasn't a diss record To Pac That's what these guys That's what I'm trying To tell you You're right

That's why I say I agree And disagree I think they released it As a diss record But it was never And they acting like Source magazine

Vibes magazine And all of them niggas Wasn't putting fuel to the fire. Of course they did. Of course. East Coast, West Coast beef made a lot of money back then. And they made that shit up.

They made a lot of money back then. While niggas trying to act. Know we got to be politically right and get in the big check. He's not being political. I don't care. Y'all niggas got the... We don't care.

We just... So y'all didn't enjoy Biggie and Tupac beat Hell yeah Of course Did you enjoy it Not when they died I didn't ask you that

I asked you Did you enjoy it Did you enjoy Did you enjoy The diss record I did I did As a DJ

As a mixtape DJ I love you Did you Did you enjoy K.A.R.S. events MC Shan Of course Cannabis and L? Of course.

Cannabis and LL? Of course. Cannabis and LL. You enjoyed it. Yes. But I'm going to tell you when it changed for me. Hip Hop came up with it. Wait, wait. For me, when Biggie and Pac died, I stopped enjoying those records.

Who know where you had beef with? They had no beef with you. No, leave me alone. Was it Snoop and them? No, no, no. Leave it alone. Yeah, they did L.A. L.A. We did L.A. L.A. We did L.A. L.A. No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, The thing that bugs me about Yeyo is that he's such a real hip hop guy and you love hip hop, but you still are trying to argue the fact that you know- I'm so hip hop I love Snoop, but did Snoop get shot at when he did LA LA?

Is it true? Yo, Yeyo. Snoop get shot at when he came to do LA LA. New York, New York. It's not LA LA. New York, New York. That was the name of the record. It was the name of the record. Yeah, and Red Hook.

And Red Hook. Yeah. He did. I'm so hip hop. Remember when they thought Special Ed's hand was cut off on the album? You mean? You don't remember that? Special Ed?

Remember when his first album came, they thought his hand was cut off because he had like a funny picture? And what happened? Niggas thought his hand was cut off. Okay, but what does that mean? He was in Juice. We like Tupac because why? Because Tupac was in Juice.

Tupac was in New York, nigga. You lost me. I'm hip hop. I'm hip hop. I'm hip hop. in Juice. We like Tupac because why? Because Tupac was in Juice. Tupac was in New York, nigga. You lost me. I'm hip-hop, man. I'm Video Music Box. I'm Video Music Box. I'm Ron G.

Number 10. I don't know if Nori know about that. Look how many shots I got. That's the mixtape you on? I got so many shots, I got to double up. I was never on how many shots I got. That's the mixtape you on? I got so many shots, I got to double up. I was never on that.

I just know. That's where you... Harlem niggas had Ron G. Ron G's in it. Queens niggas had Grandmaster Vic. Grandmaster Vic. Who Brooklyn niggas had? SNS, I think.

SNS? No, no. SNS from the Bronx. He's from Harlem. I mean, we don't know. We from Miami. So, Clue, SNS, Tony Touch. Y'all don't remember Ron G number 10?

Ron G. Dirty Harry. Doo-Wop. Doo-Wop? No, Doo don't know. We from Miami. So Clue, SNS, Tony Touch. Y'all don't remember Ron G number 10? Ron G. Dirty Harry. Doo-Wop. Doo-Wop? No, Doo-Wop. You can't say mix it without Doo-Wop. Mr. C. Yo, listen.

Mr. C. Let me tell you, I'm so hip hop, I put Mr. C on to the Queen's anthem. No. No. Don't know even if the world starts Yeah Listen I come from Grandmaster Pick. It's your turn. Oh, sorry. Because you got to remember, Clue was the first nigga to play exclusives. That's when Blend stopped. Yeah.

That's when you go to Jamaica Avenue, you buy your mixtape and all that. Take another shot and keep it going. Because you are killing this shit. Thank you, Jamie. You are killing this shit, my brother. I saw shots, but let's go. You are killing this shit. Because CDs, what was it? CDs, tapes, and the wax?

Or tapes? Van Wick? No, what do you think? CDs? Was it tapes? Then CDs? Tap it, CDs, tapes, and the wax, or tapes? Van Wick. No, what do you think? CDs, was it tapes, then CDs? Tapes, CDs. No, it was wax, tapes, CDs. Wax, tapes, CDs.

What, you calling me? What y'all want to talk about? Studio with Dr. Dre, Eminem? Yeah, yeah. I don't got no... Who else hanging out with Dr. Dre? How is that? Dr. Dre was crazy. I'm going to tell you why, Dr. Dre.

Look, Dr. Dre, it was crazy because Dr. Dre used to have Hennessy. He used to have closets of Hennessy and closets of weed. This is when I realized niggas got piano niggas and sound niggas, niggas playing guitar and shit. This is with Dre, right? Live instruments. You go to the studio in the hood, nigga ain't got shit. He got the beat done and shit in the basement chilling. You know what I mean? These niggas got niggas playing the guitar and niggas.

So he got the closet full of Hennessy, closet full of weed. We from L.A. And I'm going to tell you an ill story. My man Weezy was with me. Shout out to my man Weezy, right?

And you know, we hood niggas. So 50, we getting a deal and all that. But 50's still a hood nigga. You know how you go to the hotel?

Look, Nori We in the Beverly So you know like M&M's are like $20 You know when you go to the Mini bars Shit we like in the Beverly hotel

So the M&M's So the chocolates right Was $20 So 50's like Yo don't touch nothing in here man Y'all niggas tripping my nigga Y'all like 50 Cause look

No think about it When you go to the hotel. Nah, 50's a smart guy. It's a smart guy. We afraid from the hood. This is my first time in LA. 50's like, yo, man. Yo, the best advice,

don't touch nothing by the mini bar. We can go to the store. We can go get it. Absolutely. So I'm like. 50's the smartest guy ever. Yo, the M&M's was $15.

And you get them for $2. M-Tote, look. 50's totally a nigga. He's like smartest guy ever. Yo, the M&M's was $15. And you get them for $2. M told, look, fifth told a nigga, he's like, yo, we in the Beverly Hotel. Fifth's like, yo, don't touch the mini bar, man. Y'all niggas don't bug out.

That shit $15. We from the hood. In the hood, that shit about $2.50. Pack of M&M's, $1.50. Know what I mean? Yo, don't touch the M&M's in the Beverly.

My man Weezy touched the M&M's. Fifth started tri My man Weezy touched the M&M's for his dog tripping on that nigga, man. So I started realizing then this hotel shit is different. Because when we did,

look, when we did anger management, you got to understand, when a nigga's not paying for something, he has no respect. Some niggas are just like that. We grew up Haitian,

we have respect. So when we went on anger management, 50 be like, yeah, you see what I'm showing you? I'm gonna show you all the shit. He paid like a hundred and maybe 200,000 in damages on that tour, because a nigga go to the rich, smoke weed, put the weed out on the desk.

But we in the rich carton. So now you, you asking out on a desk but we in the rich Carlton so now you you ask your sure that I don't give a fuck I'm with 50 man I'm big you might take the pillows out the rich Carlton that shit all and that's when I started to learn the business cuz niggas are being the rich We're Nori drink champs, nigga Shut up, nigga Niggas taking pillows out the rich They ashing shit in the rich

Four seasons And then at the end of the tour 50 end up paying about maybe a quarter million in damages Man, hell wow A rich pillow might cost you... Took a pillow out the rich. You and the rich with Nori. I'm with you.

Took a pillow out the rich. That pillow might cost $400. It's a business. And then Fifth, you know, Fifth, even with Nas in the... Back in the days, you used to see Nas. Queens, Bridgewoods, Ravenswood.

It's still like that over there. Queens, Bridgewoods, Ravenswood. He'll see them niggas fight. So he used to be with Nas, man. He have the Queens, Bridgewoods, and the Ravenswoods. Them niggas fight each other. It's still like that to this day. Them niggas got war.

To this day, you go to Queens, Bridgewoods, Ravenswood,wood niggas still war that's in the hood but that's not real at all but fifth learned from Nas because he used to see so what he implemented was if you fight on the road say we in Beverly Hills we at the Rich Hotel I'm fight we're fighting we all Send him home. That was the smartest thing ever. So there was no fighting amongst the team. You don't want to be in a meeting with Jimmy Iovine upstairs and niggas are fighting in the parking lot. But he learned that from being around Nas and them

because he'd be around Nas. You know how it was back then, nigga. Ravenswood versus Queensbridge. Left rack versus this nigga. Know what I'm saying? Niggas are fighting. So Phif say, yo, if you fight, we in a rich hotel. We in a five-star hotel.

Y'all niggas are fighting in the lobby. My nigga, what's up? You got to think you're on a whole another level now. You got to switch that shit up, bro. So the whole rule was if you fight, go home the niggas fight cinema I'm in the rich Carlton man you know much money I'm gonna pay for that broken mirror niggas are fighting in the hotel niggas a while. We taking a shot for Ritz-Carlton Hotel. I got a shot.

I got a shot at me. Shoot, man. I got a shot at me. Take a pillow out the Ritz. How much you think you playing, man? Yo, yeah, yo. Hold on. John G.

Now, Nori, let me ask you a question. Yeah, you can ask me. I'm going to drink champ show. I'm with all the homies, right? Yep. I'm going to light up

in my room. Nori's card is down. Okay. Jamie, how much that's going to cost? 500 euros. You just, no, you got to think

about that, though. Very true. That's how the business go. If you, if we go somewhere and 50 card is down, right? Nori card is down. We shooting

drink champs? No, let's shoot drink champs in Italy. Let's shoot it in Italy. Your card is down. Let's do it. Yo, Nori that nigga. Look, if we go in Nori room. Yo, Nori that nigga, man. Light up in that nigga room. I'm definitely lighting up in your room. Definitely. As long as you light up in that nigga room I'm definitely lighting up in your

room as long as you light up 500 euro ooh fuck you got paid 500 euros when I light up Jesus that's all you see on the 500 euro it's business you know that North you've been around Nori. It's business, bro. You've been around the Steve Stouts, the Leo Coins. You know. You've been around all these guys, man. It's business. They been around me.

For sure. Say it again. Nori Brooks. Give it up for Nori. First Pharrell, first 50. I mean, they been around me. First Nelly. Yes, yes. And we got to take a've been around me first Nelly yes we gotta take the picture what was the Nelly record Nelly Nelly

Wayne you you you want me give you you know tell me the history fab listen fab scott stoich too listen fab that's my brother well DJ clue asked me yo can you come up and rhyme tonight? I said, of course. He said, is it cool that I have my boy Sport? That was Fab's name? His name was Sport. Damn, Fab's name was Sport?

His name was Sport. Damn. So I was like, Sport? He was like, all right, cool. Like sport, like basketball sport. How did you? Whatever sport you want to call it. Now, he put a lot of niggas on.

I want to hear these stories. I was so high. It's hip-hop, man. I got to hear these stories, man. I didn't care. So I was like, all right, cool. And I realized that when he came, pause, you know, when he came, Paul's, you know,

when he came up, he was trying to rap. I was platinum already. Or I was on the way to platinum. And I like that. But I always want my rematch. With Fab? Yeah.

On what record, though? I don't give a fuck. Oh, damn it. That's when we need Fab right now on Dream Chance. Just the freestyle. What freestyle was it, though? I don't give a fuck. Oh, then that's when we need Fab right now on Dream Chance. Just the freestyle. What freestyle was it though? On DJ Clue, Monday Night Mixtape.

It was fantastic. Brother, you had Body in the Trunk when that was. No, no, no, not yet, not yet. No, no, but by the way,

I want to respect Fab. No, respect Fab. Fab got balls. He took the opportunity. And he elevated himself. He elevated himself He became who he is I love that moment

I would actually That's dope Every time we see each other Like Recently I had a birthday party And Carbones

And he flew out Just Word Come fuck with me Yeah And I love that What's your favorite record though What's my favorite record That I made Yeah That I made Yeah And I love that What's your favorite record though? What's my favorite record

That I made? Yeah That I made? Yeah cause I mean You had a solo career And you had Capone and Noriega Seeing it And then I had a

Reggaeton career Yeah man I mean I'm not a Reggaeton guy So for me I identify with you But No listen

Can I keep it real? You can't even keep it real I'm not a reggaeton guy. So for me, like, War Report, CNN, War Report. Yo, you know BL put the reggaeton record now. I love your solo album

and On the Run again. So my favorite record in War Report... In its totality, my favorite record in its totality, all right, let me give you a story.

You gave me stories all night. Like, you had the Up North stories on, you know what I mean? CNN, Warport. You all get the dirty money. That's like in my... Bloody money. I'm drunk, man. But it was dirty.

The money was dirty. It was totally dirty. That was your question. I'm sorry. What's your favorite record? No, look. In skits. In skits back then, too. Nah, come on. The skit was then, too. Nah, come on. The skit was, like, very important. Like, what was the shit?

Yo, you changed that subject. What was the shit? Yo, you went from accents to subjects. You in the bodega with the guy. He's like, yo, man. I'm a thug. And I'm a thug, man. That was shit.

No, no. But see, that's what's crazy. That was really the bodega guy? That was never a visual. That was really the Bodega guy? That was never a visual. That was always audio. It was the best. But that was the Bodega guy for real?

Yeah. Animal cub, man. He owns the plug. What I'm saying to you is this. This is what I'm saying when you look at Norrie. Yeah, I'm listening. When you look at Young Thug, Free Young Thug. Yeah, yeah.

They had, it's like in Queens, they started their own language, like, Slime, Animal Club. Like, we was on the block looking up to Nori, Nas, Prodigy. We was on the block looking up to niggas, like, oh shit, bro. Because nigga had his own slang, Slime.

Yeah, was it- 25 years later, n his own slang, Slom. Yeah, was it? 25 years later, niggas are saying Slom. That shit really came from nowhere. What is it? We're the research person, it's 25 years later. Slom. I know it. Slom, Slom, the Slom.

Yeah. So like when you looked at Queensbridge and Queens and Left Frack, even Left Frack, you put Left Frack on the map. yeah numbs in so when you think about that you like oh shit hip-hop are we taking a shot we see the shot how many shots shots bro this is a class G unit take a shower G and it's the record is this but it's all about hip-hop. That's why when I see Ralph McDaniels, right? Think about it. When you was a kid,

Ralph McDaniels. Nah, nah, nah. We didn't have that in Miami. We had... Y'all didn't have that in Miami? Oh, y'all didn't know about hip-hop then? You crazy. Nah, bro.

You bugger right now. Nah, you ain't know about... Nigga, video music boxers, hip-hop. Ignore me like this.. Nah, you ain't know about it. Nigga, Video Music Box was hip hop. Nah, again. No way like this. You see, this is where you fucking up now. So you don't know about the. Yeah, we knew about all that.

We got it differently. There was even no channel for hip hop on Video Music Box. Nah, we had The Box down here. What was that? You had to pay for it. You remember you had to pay for this shit? $1.99. Your box. I know about Video Music Box. The Box. We had to pay for this shit? $199. Your box. I don't know about

Video Music Box. The box. We had the box. It was a box. It was an actual box where you had to pay for it. It was an actual box. Don't say it that way.

But that came later on. That wasn't video. So you didn't know who Ralph McDaniels was. No, no. We didn't know. You was from Florida. You from Florida?

No, we knew him later on through the source. But you didn't know about Video Music. You didn't get Video Music Box channel. Nope. Damn, that's fucked up. You got mixed tapes. So you don't really know video music? You didn't get video music by channel? Nope. Damn, that's fucked up.

You got mixed tapes? So you don't really know about hip-hop like that? You wild. Nah. You see, that is the New York problem. No disrespect. That is the New York problem. That is the New York problem. Don't disrespect, but if you don't know about video music by See, but that's the New York problem. You probably don't know about hip-hop. And you think that everybody else in the United States

doesn't know about hip-hop. No, we ain't gonna keep it real with you, bro. You don't really know. He's not gonna keep it real because he's New York, too. So States doesn't know about hip hop. No, we ain't going to keep it real with you, bro. You don't really know. He's not going to keep it real because he's New York too. So you don't know about the It sounds like a great story to me. That's fucked up. But you don't know about

Video Music Box. Look, Video Music Box was before We know about Video Music Box. BET, MTV, all that. We know that. But we didn't have that. That's when you see Rakim. Are you listening to me, Yale? We know about it, but box BET, MTV, all that We know that But we didn't have that That's when you see Rakim

Are you listening to me, Yale? We know about it But we don't have it This is analog times We don't have it yet Listen, this is what I gotta understand When you look at G-Unit When you look at 50, Yale

I'm house parties That got shot up back in the days Every house party that got shot up I was in that shit What is this? I'm telling you No, because people be like No, I'm I'm trying to tell you

My best friend was a DJ He was DJ Rough Hands I wanted to tell you That has to be the best DJ name ever DJ Rough Hands Yo, shut up DJ Rough Hands I don't know you I don't know you, Rough Hands Hold on, hold on, DJ Rough Hands. Just my name. Yo, shut up, DJ Rough Hands. I don't know you. I don't know you, Rough Hands.

Hold on, hold on, hold on. Let me get my drink. Yeah. I don't know Rough Hands, but Rough Hands. I imagine Rough Hands. That is amazing. I imagine Rough Hands feel like sandpaper. So look, that was the days when a party get shot up.

My man got 10 crates. We got to stay there and wait. You know what, yeah, you're the one. Ain't no computer There ain't no computer You think we had computers Down here Down south Niggas had crates

No I'm not saying that We had crates Of course This is the same argument We got last time in Where the hip hop start In New York Of course

Okay But you didn't even know Who Ralph McDaniels was I didn't say that You said video music No you said Bumba Cloud Rossa Cloud No no, no, no.

I said, of course I know who Ralph Madagascar is. I said, yo, do you have video music box? We didn't have it. And we had it. But it's not our fault. But video music box is the beginning of hip hop. You are tremendous as hell, bro. Listen.

Let me tell you. No, he got hit with the Haitian shit. Let me tell you. Look, look, look. No, he's not going to hit me with the Haitian shit. Nori, Nori. He's going to hit me with some. Let me tell you how this is real. This is what's hip hop for me. My parents was Haitian, right? Uh-huh.

My man Bobby. You sound like Sonny so much. My parents was Haitian. OK. Right? Sonny? Listen, my crew is Haitian. Go ahead, go ahead.

My parents was Haitian. My man Bobby across the street. Bobby Ward. His father was a doctor. They had the Cadillac. What year is this? 80s. Baby, right?

We all 80s right here. He had the boombox with the equalizer. We all had the boombox. Let's go. The equalizer. My brother was older than me. My parents got us the boombox with the double. What were you listening to in your boombox?

Dumbledick. Listen, let me finish going. No, no, I want to hear what you were listening to. Run DMC. Okay, here were listening to. Run DMC. Okay, here. Same here. Run DMC, best group. Same here.

Best group ever! Same here. Of all times, Run DMC. Same here. Because they went- Did you have Beastie Boys too, or are you going to say no? Jamie. They was the first-

Yeah, you have Beastie Boys or no? I fuck with Beastie Boys. Okay, we have Beastie Boys too. But you got to think, Run DMC- But you didn't have two live crews. What was that shit with Aerosmith? Bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang. Walk This Way, that's Run DMC.

That's the first song that ever played on MTV, am I correct? But where were you going with this? That's when hip-hop went commercial. All right, but that has nothing to do with us. Run DMC, and where them niggas from? Queens. Oh, I see what you're saying. It's Christmas time in Hollis, Queens.

I see what you're saying. Hold up. You know what? I have a saying for this. But what I'm saying to you, Ralph McDaniels. Look, look. Ralph McDaniels' video music box was the first time you got to see videos. Yes.

Absolutely. So was karate. It was karate back then. We had karate too, but it was Samurai Sunday. Yeah, Nintendo Super. Sam. Absolutely. So was karate. It was karate back then. We had karate too, but it was Samurai Sunday. Yeah, Nintendo, Super. Samurai Sunday. You remember Samurai Sunday? Karate.

What was that on Sundays? Video Music Box and your Nintendo. We didn't have that, unfortunately. You had a Nintendo, right? Absolutely. No, I had an Atari first. The wooden joint. Okay.

But you didn't have, y'all didn't get Video Music Box? Nah bro No wait can you tell About Video Music Box? We know about it man Yeah yeah Stop No that's what I said

That's what we have first Nori you don't agree? It's not about agreeing Or disagreeing We get it But the rest of the country Didn't have that But that was hip hop

Yes But you're saying That everybody else Is not hip-hop? No. New York started all this shit. Yes, started. Holy fucktards. I'm going to tell you why. I'm going to tell you why.

Back in the days... I take no shots with you guys right now. Yo, listen. I'm going to tell you why. I take no shots with you guys right now. Yo, listen, I'm going to tell you why. I take no shots with you guys right now. Back in the days, the New York... No shots. It's fact. No shots with you guys right now.

Back in the days, the New York niggas used to go what? They used to go out of town, get all the drug money, get all the bitches, get everything. And out of town, niggas wanted to be like us. Where'd you get it from? Miami? You got it from Miami? Then y'all started getting... Brazil that came from Miami, right?

Look, we're the best designers. Where'd you get it from? If you got... That's what I did! Back in the days! Hey, where'd you get it from? Miami? You got it from Miami? Then y'all started getting it. Brazil, that came from Miami, right? Look, we're the best designers. Where did you get it from? If you got it. Dapper Dan. Back in the day. Hey, where did you get the work from? Harlem. The Colombians and the Cubans.

You're right. But what I'm saying is, we're talking about the best designers. Dapper Dan. Harlem. Everybody wanted to be like New York back in the day. So it's not fun. And then y'all got your own swag You're not wrong You're not wrong about that part

Everybody And we had to find our own New York We love New York Everybody wanted to be New York You're right You're right We worked through that

We still got the endless niggas James E Teddy 50 Dapper Dan We're Virgil Virgil from New York Virgil from New York Vir Dan from New York I don't think we're here version you got the illest niggas because of the south winds not a service I got man all this South wins. I don't know. I'm talking shit. I'm talking shit. Y'all got mad artists and all that. You couldn't even beat Denver. It started from New York.

Wow, bro. Yo, remember where you live right now. No, I love the South, but it started in New York. You say y'all? Like you don't live here? Bro. I'm disappointed.

Listen, it started in New York. That's all I'm saying. Absolutely, yeah, yeah. I agree with you on that. What'd he say? Listen, if you love hip-hop, you know where it comes from. Yes. Hands down.

Who's your favorite rapper of all time? Nori ain't gonna answer this. Who's your favorite? Of all time. All time. It's gonna be Ice Cube. I'm gonna go with Biggie ice cube over big yeah I was born in LA not even I was born in LA what are you raised in Miami yeah

friends crazy you said I see you in my top five is Big L. So you would say Biggie got, Ice Cube got better verses than Biggie? Yeah. Woo! Yeah. Let's go. Today's agenda. Had the suitcase up in the center.

Biggie's in my top five. Biggie's in my top five. My man. You create the best stories, you know? Obliterate that. Obliterate that. So you saying Ice Cube. That's as significant as an album? Hold you saying That's as significant as an album?

Hold on That's as significant as an album? This is why I hate this industry Obliterates it Hold on So you saying You telling me Ice Cube is a better storyteller Storyteller

Biggie Lyricist You fucking bugging But Biggie's one of the best You lost your fucking mind But Biggie's one of the best Big Ice Cube is better than Biggie with storytelling? As a totality, yes.

You fucking fucking, nigga. You lost your fucking mind. I lost it. From what? Today's agenda to I got a story to tell? Nigga, when I took up those fucking bitches, and they made me pull up and all that. You saying, don't get me wrong, Ice Cube is fire.

Are you serious? Story telling? Are you serious story? Are you serious end up the way that's a significant America's most wanted your bugging to that? Well, are you serious the best story? Are you serious wrote about you sir? Yes. I am. No, you know the best story Tell us all biggie. No, you know slick Rick nigga the best storyteller biggie is slick Rick Slick Rick is one of the biggie is slick Rick Slick Rick are the best storytellers, nigga. Slick Rick, you got it. You lost your mind, nigga.

Ice Cube is better than Biggie? Is he crazy? Am I crazy? My niggas are bugging over there. Am I crazy? You're bugging. Today's agenda. I just say, got to tell the truth.

Case up in the central. Go to room 112. That's a jersey dude that's a jersey dude yo bro who else who else who else has balls

yo man what's my man so you saying today's agenda what agenda got the suitcase up in the central go to room

fill the frame list leave all of them in the stainless you saying Ice Cube got better balls than that Ice Cube got better balls you that? Ice Cube got better balls You lost your mind, bro

Biggie didn't have the time to expand You lost your mind, bro Biggie Q was just that Today's agenda Biggie would tell you Ice Cube was the better ball Nah, you're bugging Now you lost your mind Nah, nah

You're bugging You're bugging Anybody else? Anybody else? What you want to say? You're bugging You're Biggie's side If y'all by gang. Y'all by gang. Anybody else? Anybody else? What you about to say? Plug in. If y'all agree, y'all are crazy. Biggie is the best lyricist ever.

No, but Biggie. Today's agenda. Got the suitcase up in the central. Listen, Biggie's one of the best. I'm just personally, Ice is my favorite. All you Biggie's one of the best. I'm just personally Ice Cube my favorite. All you hear is... Come on, bro. You mean to tell me Ice Cube got Betty Balls and Biggie?

Yes. Nah, I love Ice Cube, but your buddy... In totality, yes. You don't know your hip-hop, bro. I don't care what Nori say. None of these niggas. You don't know your hip-hop. You don't know your hip-hop. You're wild. Who shot you? See me in the drop. Three and a quarter.

And you wildin'? Slaughter. Electrical cape around your daughter. Old school, new school. Nigga burn those. Nigga, you fuckin' buckin', nigga. And Biggie's one of my favorite, too. When you heard Biggie Boss, niggas was like, who is this guy?

You're right. That's the best thing. And I was one of those guys. Listen, that's the best everything that happened to your man, P.D.D., man. Biggie. You crazy. Biggie's one of my favorites. Biggie is the greatest lyricist in the world.

Tupac just had more material in him. And Biggie was better than Tupac. But you're saying Ice Cube bars are adding up to Biggie? No, you don't know your hip-hop, bro. And Nori, you can do whatever. I don't care. I don't know who this version of your voice is right now. So you're saying, what record is better than Biggie's record?

On Death Certificate? You got mad lyrics on there. Life After Death? What was Biggie's first album? I'm sorry. Ready to Die. Ready to Die? You're competing. By the way, after this point, I'm not told it. I'm sorry. Ready to Die. Ready to Die? You're comparing...

By the way, after this point, I'm not told it. I don't care. You don't have to. If you compare... I don't care. To Ready to Die. What? You out your fucking mind, bro.

America's Most Wanted. America's Most Wanted. Out of here. Give me that look. Give me that look. Out of here. The impact of NWA. Was Messing Man on that? Hey, hey. Hold up. Yeah, yo. Give me that look. Yeah, yo. Give me that loop Give me that loop Out of here The impact of NWA Was Method Man on that

Hey hey Hold up Yeah yo Give me that loop Yeah yo Give me that loop Over here Over here

Yeah yo Look over here So y'all telling me Biggie Ice Cube got better Balls than Biggie You and him Are out y'all

Fucking mind Can I say Can I say very clear You're out your mind And he's out your mind Can I say very clear Biggie is one of the best To do it

One of the best To do it Top five A hundred percent do it. Top five, 100%. 100% top five. Right? But- Ice Cube is saying, see me in the drop, three and a quarter. Electrical tape around your daughter. Old school, new school, need to burn though. See, you ain't going to let me tell you. Burn, baby, burn. Ice Cube ain't never came like that. You ain't going to let me tell you. You ain't going to let me tell you then. I talk I'm talking about. You ain't going to let me tell you then. I know hip hop.

That has nothing to do with knowing hip hop. It's what your preference is. No, it has to do with knowing hip hop. You can't say Ice Cube bars. I'm not saying Ice Cube ain't a legend, but you can't say Biggie bars was futuristic. Absolutely. He was the first fat nigga.

He didn't get to live. He didn't get to live. His legend. Who was the first fat nigga He didn't get to live He didn't get to live His legend Who was the first nigga To diss himself Ugly nigga Fat nigga Rings and Watts

Rings Versace I'm ugly Wait wait wait If you talking about impact You got Ice Cube NWA Ice Cube with Public Enemy Ice Cube

Just Ice Cube And then And then further on You can't compare Biggie Balls to Ice Cube Yeah Public Enemy, Ice Cube, just Ice Cube, and then further on. You can't compare Biggie Balls to Ice Cube. Yeah, well, then we can, because that's what hip-hop is, that we can do this comparison. No, no, no, no, no. And that is... No, no, no, no, no.

Uh-huh. Mira, no, no, no, no, no. What trends did Ice Cube start? Niggas wasn't wearing coochies. Are you serious, brother? Biggie had fat niggas wearing coochies. Are you serious about trends? He had fat niggas confident, nigga Are you serious about trend? Yes fat niggas confident nigga

NWA is the biggest trend ever You buggin bro I took him out later Ice Cube Nah you buggin man you buggin yeah yeah You buggin Nah you buggin Black hoodies that was cause of Eazy E nigga Biggie had Biggie's friend to top these koozies. What Ice Cube had niggas wearing? Black hoodies? That was because of Eazy-E, nigga.

You didn't know what a koozie was because it was because of Biggie, nigga. Absolutely right. I can't compare Ice Cube to Biggie Smoke. I definitely can't. I think Biggie would be honored to be compared to Ice Cube. Who had better balls than Biggie? Jay? Because y'all say Jay is number one now, right?

Y'all say Jay is number one now, right? He's number one on Billboard and all that on the list, right? So who's the best? But if Biggie was still alive, where would he be at? If Jay got... Biggie would be in the L.A. right now. He'd be in the L.A. for a minute. If Jay has billion dollar cribs with Beyonce the L.A. right now. It'd be endless. It'd be endless. If Jay has billion dollar cribs with Beyonce in L.A. and everybody's chilling and he's

the top of one rapper on Billboard, where would Biggie be at if he was still alive? He'd be the L.A. He'd be bigger than Ice Cube. Absolutely. So what the fuck are you talking about? My brother, we can't quantify that. He's not here. We cannot quantify that.

I can't quantify it. Legendary versus today's agenda. Nah, bro. You talking craziness, bro. You wild right now. You are wild, man. No Vaseline ain't fucking. No Vaseline ain't fucking with who shot you, nigga.

You fucking. You fucking up that one. Let's go. Going up to him. I don't like to break the bank. I like it that y'all cheers to that. Nah, bro. You know what?

I'm just saying that, yo. You got L-points. Who the fuck is this paging me at 5.46 in the morning? Now I'm yawning. What's going on? Ice Cube ain't never write no shit like, shut the fuck up! What you going on? Ice Cube ain't never write no shit like that. Shut the fuck up! What you talking about?

Get the fuck out of here. Shred it or calm down. That's it. That's all I got to say. That's all I got to say. Fuck the police. Coming straight out the underground. It's a whole other era. You It's a whole nother era.

You tripping. My flight delayed. We can do this all. I'm not. It's a whole nother era. Listen, Biggie had the best balls ever. Listen, I love Biggie. I don't want to understand how much I love Biggie. You fucking know how much I love Biggie. Drink Champs is a Drink Champs LLC production in association with Interval Presents.

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