Drink Champs - Episode 411 "1st Round 2024 w/ DC Family"

Episode Date: May 24, 2024

N.O.R.E. & DJ EFN are the Drink Champs. This episode is all about the Drink Champs Family! Some of the guys catch up on past times. Celebrate their accomplishments while looking forward to the future.  Lots of great stories that you don’t want to miss!! Make some noise for the Drink Champs Family!!! 💐💐💐🏆🏆🏆 Sign up for Underdog Fantasy HERE with promo code DRINKCHAMPS and get a $100 first deposit match: https://play.underdogfantasy.com/p-drink-champs *Subscribe to Patreon NOW for exclusive content, discount codes, M&G’s + more:  🏆* https://www.patreon.com/drinkchamps *Listen and subscribe at https://www.drinkchamps.com Follow Drink Champs: https://www.instagram.com/drinkchamps https://www.twitter.com/drinkchamps https://www.facebook.com/drinkchamps https://www.youtube.com/drinkchamps DJ EFN https://www.crazyhood.com https://www.instagram.com/whoscrazy https://www.twitter.com/djefn https://www.facebook.com/crazyhoodproductions N.O.R.E. https://www.instagram.com/therealnoreaga https://www.twitter.com/noreagaSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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It's time for Drink Champs. Drink up, motherfucker. What it good be? Hopefully, this is where it should be. This is your boy, N-O-R-E. What up? It's DJ E-F-N. And it's Drink Champs' motherfucker, Yappy Hour.

Make some noise! He's trying to light us up. What's your problem? He's trying to light us up. He's saying whatever. What the fuck is mac and cheese? Yeah, I eat that. Come on, bro. What do you mean?

What do you mean? So say a pescatarian breakfast. What is that like? Because it's got a name. It's not vegan. It's pescatarian. I don't eat breakfast. How about that one?

You don't even eat breakfast? Yeah! I wake up later, so I don't eat breakfast. All right. So let's go do a... Let's go do a.... All right. So, let's go to a restaurant. Hold on. Let's go to a restaurant.

Let's go straight to lunch. What is going on? I'm Peruvian, brother. I used to be three days. I used to be three days. Yeah, I'm making my sauce. You said, I used to be three days. That's right.

Every three days. And then you got me chicken with all that shit. Yeah, I'm making my sauce. You said, I eat ceviche. That's a can of beans. This is cool. And you got to eat chicken with all that shit. Peruvians, first of all. So a pescatarian lunch is like what? The Peruvians said we educated the people. And french fries. You see, you talk about rice and a salbe.

And rice and a salbe. And a salad on the side. That's it. And hot dogs and french fries. What the fuck on the side. That's it. That's it. That's it. What do you want to eat? What the fuck are you expecting me to eat, bro? Y'all got to be in some border there. Yeah, right. There goes no way.

Yeah, cheese. There ain't no way. Cheese. No way. Listen, what they call the hot dog and french fries. Hot dog with french fries. No, the Peruvian. What the fuck y'all got in the kale, man?

Oh, my god. Talk to the people, bro. Check this guy for prime rib. Eat his shit. What, JP? What y'all like? I need y'all to pat this motherfucker. I need y'all to pat him down right now.

Let's do it. Let's do it. Let's do it. And he's going to say, you need to pat him down. He's like, come on. Come on, brother. I don't need it. That's crazy.

That's crazy. That sucks you all along. Anyway. Come on, let me get up. Hey, listen. I love Boris. Boris, you got to have James. I'm just saying you're an original drinker. Before, this is a fact. Yo, why before all that? Boris is an original drinker. Why Boris is not giving us no blunts behind your back, bro.

If you want, that's cool. How many clubs when he was 16 or 14? 15. 15. Some real Miami shit. Strip clubs, too.

Not regular shit. 15, he was in the oxygen lounge. And as long as I knew, he was in the oxygen lounge. I'm good. I'm good. Just give me one. And as long as I knew, he'd be walking me to the bathroom. Walking me to the bathroom. Is that child abuse, Dave? It's child abuse for sure.

For sure. It's child abuse for sure. If you want to say that, let me just get one. Let me get one. Yo, I gave you one. You broke it in half. You're not even smoking it. I did, because he was talking about glizzy.

I got it. You never going to look like a G-Gamer and smoke with me. Holy shit. Let me tell you, you got glizzy breath. He got glizzy breath and shit on him. Yo. He's like, I don't want to smoke. I don't want to share the fucking smoke ever today in Jamaica, Washington.

He's like, I don't want to share the blow with this nigga right here. This nigga is glizzy now. No, he just got the glitzy jacket on. What did Jamaica call you about Trick Daddy? Oh, my God. Jamaica called me. Yeah, yeah. They called me.

They said, yo, vision, what you up on TV? What you up on your show? What you talking about? What's wrong with Trick? When Trick Daddy talked about raising the bridge. Raising the bridge. It's not even five yards. This guy sure was crazy. What the hell was he talking about? What bridge. Raising the bridge? Raising the bridge. This guy's crazy.

What the hell was he talking about? What is this? Let me tell you. Do you want it back? No, no, no. I was like, stop seeing it. I know he gives us these, but once you put put your lips on that boy? You can have that. Break half again.

First of all, these guys. Did you say break it in half? Give me my joint back. And we can slow down on the Ace of Spades, too. You know, that's about it. Anybody here ain't approved, man. There's about one nigga here approved. And you know, I'm Soraka approved. We ready. I'm Soraka proof. And look, and you know, I'm Soraka proof.

Jamie, let's go. We ready. I'm Soraka proof. I'm Soraka proof too. I am Soraka proof too. Let's take a shot. Uh huh. I'll take a shot.

Jamie, can we take a shot for a minute? Yo, can we do? Yo, can we do that? Look at that. This is a time of slide? I told you I got a good time of slide for you. Look at what she gave me. This is a time of slide.

She didn't give you that. Quick, quick, quick time of slide. She gave him a shot. She gave him a shot. She gave him a shot. She I'm talking about. She didn't give you that. Quick time. She gave him a shot. You can't knock. First of all, you got to play back.

No, I get the gist of it. First of all, I don't want to fire her. Because when she missed the lead, I just want to justify this. She's fired. No, no, she's fired.

She's good. She's good, but I'm going to stick my finger in that. The reason why I'm going to justify this is because when Rob tapped me when Ho Ho was there, shaking in his... You back home and signed the check? I'm a big Ho-G. Release the funds. Release the funds.

This is why the young niggas don't fuck with the Ho-G. Yeah. Yeah, you do it. Yo, listen. I deserve this right here. I'm going white nasty. There you go, white devil. Alright, so

you guys know we have a segment on Drink Champs that is called Created by Nori. Quick time. No, it's not. It's you two fucking guys. I created it. I created it.

It's the two guys and the guy. That's how you say it. fucking guys created it I'm drinking that Kansas sitting down, Mr. Lee sitting down, Diego sitting down, Boris sitting down. What's up for y'all, bro? What's up for y'all niggas behind the scenes? That man has, has, he's got weed. And you took my blood? Can I get my blood back? No, no, no. Oh, okay, all right.

This is weed. Yo, listen, I got one quick topic. I was talking about this, but now it's later. No, listen, I got one quick topic. Let me finish. I'm going to give you the rules. I was like, what's wrong with you? Banana for later. I got one quick topic. Let me finish. I'm going to give you the rules. I know you guys know it already. Yep.

So. Yo, Ross out here. We're giving you egg guys. Egg, egg, egg. Egg, egg, egg. That ain't even Reggie Miller right there. Kids, kids, kids. Smoke shimps.

We ready. Capone or EFN? Oh. You know what to do. That was tight. EFN. Yeah, I love that. It's that.

It's that. It's that. Yeah. I'll tell you what it's a good question is there a difference? yes big difference thanks Mr. Lee Capone obviously is a person that's my family

that's really really my family. And we grew a barn through a place that no one grows barns through. We met each other in jail. Later on now, my family is Capone's family. That's one million percent. But if I didn't have Capone's relationship And me go through the things That I did with Capone Cause I wanted Capone

To be like me Like what I mean by that is I wanted him to show up One time I wanted him to not Be the jump off Sorry Capone I'm saying

You wanted to edit it out You can't edit my truth This is something that But I I didn't want him to be that. I wanted him to I wanted him to be professional. I wanted him to like, you know, there was times that we went on the road and I would I would I would help Capone pack his bags because I knew that he was always late. So the more that I try to make a poem like me, the more that me and Capone despise each other. So if me and Capone's relationship

didn't go through that, me and EFN's wouldn't. You know what I'm saying? Because me and EFN are total opposite. We're the total opposite. We battle on who's going to be on time. And he always thinks he's going to win because I'm the rapper.

And I always win. I always win because it's in the back of my mind. For real, you're like one of the rappers that always... So I say that to say you know, one I took a shot because I really can't pick. I really do love them both.

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Like, I tried to buy him a chain, and he literally took it. I put it on him, because I knew he was good for it. So I put a chain on him, and he took it off, and he put it back. And then he said

that a certain thing happened, he'll smoke, and a certain thing happened, he'll buy a watch. And I could have pursued that. I could have kept, you know, doing that, or make him, or not make him, or ask him to work on days that he doesn't work.

But his integrity for his family, and being a new-time father, you know, like, you know, sometimes when he says, you know, I got kids, I'm like, nigga, you late. Like, we been had kids. Like, we been, and I've been able to do everything and still have kids. I'm like, nigga, you late. We've been had kids. And I've been able to do everything and still have kids. But his integrity of

him wanting to lock down, it makes me not want to ever push that. It makes me never want to say, yo, you know what we doing? You know how much we got? Because I made that mistake with Capone. You understand what I'm saying? So one relationship wouldn't have been blessed without the other.

So I appreciate both. I got to- That's hard. Thank you, there you go. Thank you. I got to- And I know certain people- Can you give me a scratch on?

Hold on, hold on. And I know certain people will think I answered that politically correct, but I answered it exactly how I feel. Yeah, we know. Yeah. We know. But go ahead, continue. I'm ready for something else.

It's really, it's really. I want to ask. Go on, then you go. Do you remember a moment, right? Because I'm asking this as like a family member. Yeah. Yep, you good?

I'm asking this as like a family member and a fan because it's like I remember the moment where I realized this but I want to know was there a moment where you were's like, I remember the moment where I realized this, but I want to know, was there a moment

where you were just like, damn, I'm a star. Like, I'm really a star. Like, I'm a rock star. You know?

Like, damn, this is crazy. Like, I'm really, I'm a rapper. I'm a celebrity. Great one.

Every time he looks at his nephew. Is this just a question? This is not a question. Yeah, I mean, I know. Every time he looks

I remember the moment when I was like, damn. He was looking at me. That y'all was like, it's lit. How are we really going to have a holiday? This is 98. I'm going to tell you the story, too, after. Okay. Well, I'll tell you at first.

I remember my moment, right? I'm asleep. This is how legendary it is. I'm asleep. Yeah. I'm in my room on a bunk bed. And 5E, left right. Shit. And Nori Reckitt come on the radio. Super thug. legendary I'm sleeping I'm in my room on a bunk bed and five each left French and nor me wrecking come on the radio super thug I wake up out my sleep bro like my

mom is in the living room like her friends they're hanging out and going ahead so in the radio that shit waking me up out my sleep I woke up out of my sleep and just ran a little like oh everybody all oh, what, what, what, what? I'm singing this song to everybody all the time. I remember this shit like yesterday, and I just realized I was like, oh, shit, like. He made it. My uncle, like, I was still young, so I didn't really know what that meant and what came with it, but I was just like, yo, like, damn, that's really my uncle on the radio. Like, you know, like, that's my uncle on the radio.

I feel a big deal. But. So what's the question? The question is Like a moment When you really realize Like damn I'm somebody

Like I'm a You know as a rapper As a celebrity Not as a person You know What Pharrell said I got it I know it's going to sound like

the right thing to say but I never cared about being a star. Never really cared about being famous. I cared about winning. Now what comes along with winning is just something that I just endured. But I never cared. I remember making the whole war, making the whole War Report album on the train.

Like, I don't I think I called on the car service. It was a car service called XYZ at the end of the album. But I did that whole album riding the train. And if I didn't have the rhymes, I would write the rhymes on the train. I would have a Walkman on. They didn't even have CDs at the time.

They had tapes. And my tape would fuck up. Yeah, my tape would fuck up. So I would have to go and unwind and shit and put it in there. And, you know, I always looked up to, like,

you know, I look at Nas like he's a star, right? Yeah. And, you know, I always looked up to, like, you know, I look at Nas like he's a star, right? Yeah. And, you know, certain people put me on Nas' level. They're wrong. But certain people will, right? And I look at him like he's a star. He's been famous. He hasn't been to jail.

Like, you know what I mean? Like, he has no, like, real jail record. Like, to me, that's a star. You know what he hasn't been to jail. Like, you know what I mean? Like, he has no, like, real jail record. Like, to me, that's a star. You know what I'm saying? Like, that's, to me, a star. To me, what I am is a person that every hood nigga could kind of look at and be like, yo, I could do it, too. You know, I have no real education. I went to educate.

I have education in Desert Community College, which is Harlem Valley. I'm the guy that dropped out of school. I'm the guy that not only dropped out of school, I'm the guy that threw the hooky party for you to drop out of school too. You know what I'm saying? I'm the guy that played Skelly.

I'm the guy that played Skelly and pissed in the corner. If I caught you cheating, I would throw your top away But I'd never let you Catch me cheating You know what I'm saying Like I was just I was the

Sometimes I used to Cheat a little bit Just to win in my games Yeah Like so that's That's really what I am To me a star Is what Patti LaBelle is.

Is what... And you are one. You are famous. I'm a fake famous. No, no, no. Chill, chill. This is my question. You can't answer my question for me.

Right. To me, that's what a star is. To me, what I am is I'm motivation. You know what I'm saying? I'm motivation because, you know, I gained it all in your face. I lost it all in your face. I gained it back in your face. I maintained it in your face.

Talk as shit. I, you know, that's why, you know, I was a little mad when I threw the throne off when I did the Joe Button podcast. And people were saying, you know, y'all was used to me being humble. Y'all was used to me just chilling. But my numbers backed me up on everything. So what it is is

I did it the first time as a star. That's when I believe I was a star at N.O.R.E. Not was. No, no, no, because a star is the person when I believe I was a star at N.O.R.E. Not was. No, let me, let me, let me, let me. No, no, no. Because a star is the person that has to be at every Grammy show. They have to be at every award show.

Not necessarily. Come on, man. Yes. You don't have to be. But that's what you tell me. But that's, that's the person. That's the person. No, no, no.

That's the person who become. You know, to me, Busta Rhymes is a star. When I look at Busta Rhymes, he's everywhere. He's in Carnegie Hall. He's selling shit out. You know what I mean? To me, Fat Joe is a star. You know the reason why?

It's because a star has to come out every night. Every night and shine. There's certain nights I don't want to come out. And there's certain nights I don't give a fuck about coming out. You know, I used to hate That they didn't invite me To like the award show And things like that

And then when I got invited To the award show I reflected on it And I was like Fuck y'all I don't want to do it So to me A person who goes

To all the award shows Who sits there Who drinks Their D'Ussé Or their Ciroc And they sit there And they accept All their accolades.

Like my first award, I said I never got an award, but that was a lie because I didn't remember this. I got something called a mobile award. A mobile, that's the international. It's like the British. It's fucking like the British Grammys.

But I turned it down. And I had an award in my West Orange crib on top of my big TV mobile MOBO. And then the next year, I see Jay. Everyone out there did the same award show. And I'm sitting there like, that's the story of my life. When I wanted to be invited I wasn't invited And then when I was invited I didn't want to go

So So So Yes The first Drink Champs Award We also won the award And I didn't want to go Because we was against

Ellen DeGeneres And we didn't go And then we And we won And we won that shit So So to say that Now the first time

I felt like I made it. That's a different question. That's what I kind of mean. You said star. Star is a very... Well, that's what I meant. Yeah, made it.

He was like, damn, I made it. It's lit. I'm out the town. All right. How was that feeling for you knowing that's your uncle

and he's fucking Noriega? Diego How was that feeling for you Knowing that's your uncle And He's fucking Noriega Like How You know What type of Status you had You know

Growing up You know It's the best worst combo In the world That's right Because everybody That want to get to him Come through me

And but that's why I love him though Because Like I've been around him For so many years And Like He know He know I'm sharp Like you feel me He know That's why I love him though Because Like I've been around him For so many years And Like He know

He know I'm sharp Like you feel me He know He trust my judgment And that means More to me than Anything he's ever done

To me Like anything he's ever done To me I swear to God That means the most to me That he trust is my judgment You feel me I may make mistakes

In my own life I may But in his He own life. I may, but in his, he know. He know I'm checking twice. I'm crushing my teeth, dying my eyes. You feel me? So, like, that's the illest thing that, like,

you know, that I really, I feel from him, coming from him being the star, but like, that shit is rough, too. Like, everybody in the hood, they want to hit you. They want being the star, but like, that shit is rough too, like, everybody in the hood, they want to hit you, they want to, like, you know, but he know I know how to deal with it, like, you feel me? Like, other niggas are giving the number. They know

I got his number. And everybody's not really built for that. Niggas don't understand, just I'm his nephew, but I'm close to him, but niggas don't know how it is for people in his entourage too.

Other people that's like, you know, have relations with celebrities, close friends, whatever. That shit is tough. Like, people be on you like, they don't deal with him. A lot of people deal with me.

Like, you know, he got different people for different things, so that shit is stressful going on. Everybody feel like, yo, why you don't got this? Why you don't got that? You nori nephew. You this, he got different people for different things. So that should have stressful going on. Everybody felt like, yo, why you don't got this? Why you don't got that? You nori nephew.

You this, you that. Then when you get it, they like, oh, he's supposed to have that. He's nori nephew. Like that, that. Nobody knows the pain of that. It's like, damn, you told me this whole time I'm supposed to have this. I'm thinking I'm supposed to have this. I accomplished that

on some things I've gained for myself, some things he helped me gain. Now I get it and it's like, who cares? You're supposed to have that. You feel me? So it's rough. It's not just glitz and glamour.

People don't really know it's hard work. Just like you, Sonny, Mr. V. Let me answer the question. Let me answer the question. It's all gone. But I guess not to... Sonny, Mr. V, I am a boozer. Let me answer the question. Is it all going? Uh-oh. But I guess not the... Ah, damn, bro.

You spilling the shots. All right, I won't drink it then. Okay. But I guess one of the first moments... You guys got to realize... Probably signed one of the worst deals that was ever invented, but it was a very standard deal. It was a deal that everyone else had.

So it was a kind of easy deal to get out of. But when I got out of that deal, like I heard the rumors, I don't know if Trad said this, probably he probably didn't say it, but most people were saying, watch him fail on his own Shampoo wake up

That's it You're on that piece I told you He took two pieces He took two pieces I haven't won Hold on, hold on, hold on Let me

Hold on, hold on Let me throw some stars So Yo, she gave us hold on. Hold on, hold on. So. Yo, she gave us five shots in a row, bro. So what? Look, this is my sixth. This is my seventh. So hold on, let me finish this.

I don't think I should be drinking like this. Let me finish this. We do this every episode, bro. Yo, bro, this is abuse. This is abuse. So hold on, let me finish. Hold on, hold on, please. Yeah, I know. This is great. So, you know, there was rumors that, you know,

because I really did it on my own, that N.R.E. album. I really got invited to the Firm album. You said there was rumors that what? There was rumors that I watched him flop on his own. Yeah. You know what I mean? Oh, when you went solo. Yeah, because you got to realize a lot of people are liars.

And when I say liars, the war report was considered a flop at first. Yeah. Like, it didn't do good. It's out, yeah. The first week. I think it did like 45,000. Like, people laughed at us. Like, 45,000 for being independent was, like, remarkable.

Yeah. But back then, everyone else was doing 80s and 90s. So they looked at us and our label was popping bottles. Penalty was popping bottles. They wanted to do 12. We did 45. But Sauce gave you out four mics, right? Yeah. Yep.

But it had nothing to do with the sales. Some people might credit it for the sales yeah too and also hype uh and also yeah but unsigned hype is in the beginning okay this is the actual album unsigned hype is to get us the hype yeah yeah so that's what i'm saying a lot of people are liars because people say oh man that was a classic like you ain't buy that that first week like yeah i don't i didn't feel it yeah i ain't buy that shit that first week motherfucker like I ain't feel it I ain't feel I was still on left rack

selling crack literally I was still on 5-7.5 selling crack and and my deal what penalty was

yo you know what I'll I'll sign with y'all but you gotta show me my original contract so when I see my original contract I shared it with with Jungle actually, but you got to show me my original contract. So when I see my original contract, I shared it with Jungle, actually.

Jungle read this shit. He sent it to his people. Jungle knew immediately. He's like, you get out of this contract. This is nothing. Yeah. You know what I mean? And you can buy back your publishing, because that's really what's fucked up,

is my publishing. Yeah. I didn't know I signed my publishing. Sign the penalty, get everything. Penalties are small labels. Penalties are 12 workers. They have no outside people. So everyone is like, why would you sign to this little boutique label?

Leo Combs came to see me. He was like, I want to get you. Yeah, I want you to be on Def Jam. And I was just like, you know what? You know what? All the rumors that was being said, I was like, you know what? N-O-R-E, I wanted to do independent. I wanted to do it on my own. So I went to Miami, which is crazy. Came to Miami, Criteria, rented out all this shit, got all the features I wanted, came home, and had an album release party now my album release party the american west with dan flores is the latest show from the

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Because you know I got a belly after that. And y'all niggas ain't deserve to see my belly. So I didn't have hair yet. It was coming, I guess. I don't know. I don't even remember to tell you the truth. And I remember me having my arm around him. Or him having my arm around me.

And him saying, You brung the whole Look there, there has those facts And he said Yeah so his arm around me I thought it was my arm around him And E-Money bags looked And he said look over You look like you just sold a bag

Maybe, nah Definitely not But he looked over to me You look like you just sold a bag. Maybe. Nah. Definitely not. Definitely not. But he looked over to me and he said, look at this. And I looked over and he said, if you somebody in the city, in the city tonight, you had to be here. And that was the moment where I was like, all right, cool. I might be different. Not the moment I said I made it all.

I think I'm winning. You're like, I'm a little different now. Like, all right, cool. Shit, a little different. I'm lit. Like, cool. And might be different. Not the moment I said I made it all. I think I'm winning. You're like, I'm a little different now. Like, all right, cool. Shit, a little different. I'm lit. Like, cool. And that was it. You knew you was lit.

Yeah, that was it. Let's take a shot to that, y'all. I'm in. I'll take a shot. I'll do that. Oh, I took mine already. Damn, that's why. I'll take a moment.

I think I'm reaching the point. Huh? I'm big meets the limit. Look, you ever see me take one, two, three, four, five, six But I tell you I tell you this I tell you this I tell you this I tell you this

This is the time when I Hold it down Hold on, hold on Hold on, look Look, look, look Really when I Really knew that I could Change people's lives

Was when my whole hood got raided. I kid you not, everyone got raided. Even Mussolini. Mussolini's my rap partner. He got, they took him. And then I brung,

there was no one left. I brung whatever QB dudes I had. There was no left rack dudes. Then I run into the To the Bronx And You know I got with

With a couple of the homies And I brung them with me And then I brung There was one other person There was a A dude named Baby D And I remember taking him To North Carolina one time

And I remember them Cause it wasn't me Like I felt like I never won. So I had to keep playing the game. If you don't feel like you winning, then you're not going to stop playing. So I was platinum. I couldn't reap the benefits

of being platinum because I wanted to keep working. And I remember one time the whole murder unit damn near climbed on a mountaintop and they just like took off their shoes and then Baby D was there

and Shan Duna was there and all these people was there and I realized I said damn that was hard to me that was hard because here I am

I'm going out of town I'm experiencing this but for some reason I was used to it already My first time Going out of town I was already used to talk Cause you're born to be that

That's right So it made me impressed That You impressed yourself I brought these Hardcore motherfuckers with me and they sat down

and looked over a mountaintop and was watching the sunrise. I was like, I wish Instagram was back then. I'd be like,

look at these hard niggas. It was North Carolina. It was like, it wasn't even an exotic place. The Blue Mountains. That was outside. It wasn't,

that's what I'm saying. Whatever it was, it wasn't even exotic. It wasn't even, it was I'm saying. Whatever it was, it wasn't even exotic. It wasn't even, it was just like, they looked at, they were just looking down and saying, look at the cows. Look at the cows. And like, we don't see cows in New York. It was just, it wasn't nothing exotic

at all. We was probably staying at an embassy suite or a motherfucking a Motel 6 or something. It wasn't even ill. But the fact that they was out of New York. It was out of New York. It was out of New York. And they was just like, because the thing is, what we fight for in New York is to get out of New York. Because anywhere other than New York seems successful.

What's fucked up about reality is everyone else fights to get in New York. But they fight to get in Manhattan. They don't fight to get in the Bronx. They don't fight to get in Brooklyn. They don't fight to get in Queens. success story of the move in New York is Manhattan Up the east side That's not the right Besides Holland

I'm just being honest So that's really what's it That was the first time That was the first time where I said I got the power To change other people's lives And I would like to do And I would like to do that I would like to do that And there's a lot of people that know

To this day, that know They'd never been to Miami if it wasn't for me There's a lot of people that know they'd never been to Los Angeles If it wasn't for me My first time was to Miami on a tour bus With no reagent With paid for tour buses And we went down Had had a ball, bought a gun.

You had a ball? You had a bunk. We had a bunk. I had a bus. Oh, wow. You don't get bunks on the tour? You sound like you don't get bunks. You sound like you hate it.

You sound like you hate it, boo. Let me tell you a story when I moved to Miami with Sonny. Look, let me tell you. Wait, Kenzler. Kenzler. Let me tell you. So I moved with Sonny, right? I mean, I moved.

Are you walking down the street? High school? Oh, not that. I wasn't even thinking about that. Yo, go, go. What? I ain't that big. No, no.

You can tell that first. You can tell that first. Yo, yo, yo. No, that's for sure. Yo, yo, yo. I don't want to let up the singer. Yeah, don't like that tell that first. Yo, yo, yo. I'm going to light up the cigarette. Yeah, don't light that for me. Yeah, Sonny.

I'm going to tell that for you. Sonny, light up that cigarette. I'm in OG. I'll fuck you up. Yo, light it up. Light it up. Don't fuck with me. But you in the Icy, brother. Listen.

Listen, I don't know. You know, I know the whole story now. It's my blood. This is my blood. That's my dog. You don't know. I was getting in trouble in New York. This kid is a fire rat.

Don't be like that. I was just saying, like, you come to my head. You be like, nah. I was like 17, 16. I don't know how old a lot of people in this building was. That's a long time. It's 06. This was 06, 07.

Y'all listen to that, 06. So we're going to knock off 17 years off your lives. I got two Mercedes at the time. Damn, okay. Damn, okay. You had that 500 with them 20s on it? Yo, what you doing? Yo, I'm playing a program!

Yo, I'm playing a program! I'm playing a program! I'm fighting. See, Jamie gasped you by giving you eight of spades. You got to move. You can't give him eight of spades, Jamie. I ain't no bogey, my nigga. No, I got excited.

I got excited. I got excited. Hey, turn this corner. Take a puff. What's going on? I'm the king. That's a great story. These are some of the great stories. This is how I do it. You can open another bottle for me.

Yeah, let's go, mommy. Sonya goes, it's Mike Booth. All of y'all, Mike Booth. He really is a young teenager. Now, I got you. Man, look, look. I ain't gonna lie, look. This how you know your barber's good.

You look like you Beijinged out. You look like you DJ Khaled in French Montana together. You look like, look. You're too young to have Beijinged out. You look like Bill. He's too young. You're too young to have big jeans. He don't got big. You don't got big. You got to tip your bark with him on. He did a great job.

He did a great job. Hey, you coming out? Get your best shit down, man. Get your best shit down. It's sleep. It's sleep. So you finished that shit? I'm just saying.

I'm telling you, I'm going to pull up on slime. Yeah. I think that day I was in the 500. I'm 100%. He was. He was in the 500. It was the 500. And I was really walking regular.

Where was that? Kendall, Miami, right? Kendall. And really got on all the slime jewels. Big jewels like this. Oh, yeah. Everything. He said, I was going to yeah. I was going to say.

And he's walking. And that's how much slime he can. All right. I had on everything, nigga. Hold on. Bogey chain. All that bogey chain. Good for him.

I mean, you can change. I ain't cheating. You can't. See, this is how we mess up. What is going on? It's Jamie. Jamie, you got to get a point. You got to get a point.

I'm trying to get abusive. Hold on. Ron Isley said he's seen Stevie Wonder walk on the street. That was legendary. Stevie can see, man. Stevie can see. He said he was walking across the street. Oh, he's going home?

Oh, that's legend. I got to tell you a story. I think Lordy know this one. Yo, me, I went with Sonny, right? I just moved. We moved out here. Yep. Sonny had bought a truck.

Sonny got a big ass Tahoe. Yeah, so do I. He still got it. He still got it. He got roaches in it. He got spider webs in his shit. He downgraded it to 500. It got bad. He got the big jeep.

Shit got real. Between the S5 and the new Benz jeep, shit was real. He got the Vince G now. Shit got real. Between the S-500 and the new Vince G, shit was real. He got the Tahoe. Hold on, though. This is my side of the story. Relax, man. You're saying roaches. I'm going to keep it high.

Oh, boy, y'all. Yo. What's up, y'all? Yo, shit is a root. Yo, listen. Yo, the Tahoe. Yo, yo. Listen. Yo, yo. We go up, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, I'm going somewhere else But it's like You know niggas is deep It's a 50% car

So Sonny don't got nobody I'm like I usually ride with nobody Nobody's with Sonny So I'm like The whole Goodbell gang Jump into my shit I'm riding with Sonny

Me and City Boy D Shout out to my niggas And Coca I think he was I'm not sure But rest in peace to Coca Right right So

Goodbell gang jumped in So I'm like Yo we gonna Ride with Sonny Nobody in there with him We'm like, yo, we going to ride with Sonny. Nobody in there with him. We ain't going to be in my cell. And we late. And we late. We late, so we got a video.

So, we driving, boo. So, I'm like, yo, we drive past this McDonald's sign on the highway. It's bad times. I'm like, yo, Sonny, we drive past this sign like two, three times. You know where you're going? Sonny's like, don't worry about it. We're going to get that youngster. Yeah, youngster, that's the problem.

You want to tell grown folks what to do. So I'm like, yo, Sonny, man, like, I ain't trying to tell you what to do. I'm telling you, we late, and you keep passing this exit, bro. Like, where are we going? He's like, I'm going to find it. I'm going to find it. So we come back around to the side. On everything I love.

It's a cop driving by. Sonny's twerking. True. I'm like, now I say something. I'm like, yo, Sonny. Yo, come on. You wilding? Yo, do it.

I'm like, yo, do it. I'm like, yo, we got a big video. You keep driving back. Like, yo, what are you doing? Do it. So, I'm getting mad. So, now Sonny starts twerking. He wild swerving, he about to hit another car. I'm like, yo, Sonny.

Sonny's wild. You're going to kill us, Sonny. Like, I'm like, yo, he's swerving, he's bent, he's swerving. And what did I tell you? Well, listen, I'm keeping an eye on it. He's never hit a car, never hit a crash. I'm moving. Like, he's just losing everything.

I've been drinking the whole day. All day. Sonny go to me, he go, what's wrong with you, mother fucker? I'm like, what's wrong with you, mother fucker? I'm like, what's wrong with you, mother fucker? I'm like, what's wrong with you, mother fucker? I'm like, what's wrong with you, mother fucker? I'm like, what's wrong with you, mother fucker? I'm like, what's wrong with you, mother fucker? I'm like, what's wrong with you, mother fucker? Sonny's like, what's wrong with you, mother fucker? He just loses everything He go What's wrong with you

All that shit you rap about All that rap Are you scared to die We might die tonight in this car It's gonna be I'm like I'm like I never Rolled in the car It's gonna be a bad day. I'm like, fuck it. Yo, listen to me.

Listen to me. I've never rode in the car with Sonny again. Out of my life. Out of my life. That means shit. Who made that thing? It's gonna be a riot. All that shit I'm talking about in the ref,

you scared? You scared to die? Yo, that shit worth money. 100%. I want to ask you this, but you have to pick one. You have to pick one. I already know. That's my question. This is a tough question. You have to pick one. Ain't no both. One. Yeah, I'll make it easy.

Whatever. Don't do it. War Report or N.O.R.E.? N.O.R.E.? That's 100%. My other question. Nah, it's a J.C. But it wouldn't be no... Make a shot. He used to answer that question easy now.

That's the question. You're getting a lot of H's. I'm sorry. Bring him out. Nah, it's a J.C. Hold on, hold on, hold on. You know what that guy said. But it wouldn't be no War Report without NORE.

The War Report, sacrifices, and everything that we did. And, you know, I never really big Traz up for this, or maybe I did and I don't remember. But Traz never let me go to the studio unless I recorded three records. And that's the reason why Haz, who's my engineer for well over 10 years, I don't think we've ever went to the studio.

Oh, 15, okay. I don't think we've ever went to the studio and ever recorded under three records. Maybe two is the bare minimum. You know, stop. You always had that one. Yeah, but let me big Traz up. Let me big Traz up for that

because Traz will actually ask me, say, yo, what you going to do? I'll be like, yo, I want to go to the studio. But let me big Traz up Let me big Traz up for that Cause Traz Traz will actually ask me Say yo What you gonna do I'll be like Yo I wanna go to the studio And he'll be like Yo what you gonna do And I'll be like Yo I will actually

Kick him in the raps Like yo broom I'ma do this And he'll be like Alright cool And he'll book the lab And him and Capone Wouldn't come

I know they try to deny it now But You know what I mean But So It was so easier For me to go And do an R.E. album because when I came to Criteria, because I'm old school. Come on, Shampoo, don't fuck it up.

You got to be the chemistry. Don't fuck up the chemistry. And you too, nigga. So the number one studio out here is called Hip Factory. Back then it was called Criteria. Yeah. And Criteria, I used to have two rooms. So I used to have

one room where I'm mixing and the other room where I'm going ham. And I really, really, really did everything I had to do. So I say that to say that. To say that.

These niggas fighting for his bike on drinks here. Yeah, they bring me cigarettes and shit. Yeah, what are you doing Sonny you're fired I mean Sonny's fired

Sonny No I'm not smoking Hello I asked Jay Z or Nas Nas It's both I love them both You know Jay Z

As a businessman And Nas as just an artist And what Nas just did And it's like Yo listen It's how powerful You know Nas is, right? 50 years.

You know, not 50 years. 50 year anniversary. Goddamn. But, uh, uh, hip hop, hip hop,

hip hop. He stole the garden out. Yeah, let me tell you how powerful Nas is. I met Nas' moms three times, I believe. Yeah, like,

three times. And when he said That speech about His mom's on stage I literally cried Like Like this is what I'm trying to say Like I only met her

A couple of times But I literally know her Through his music Yeah And I literally know her Through his pain Yeah So me

I told him He was like You not coming And I was like Damn Cause I had to text him And let him know I was like Yo bro Have a great told him, he was like, you not coming? And I was like, damn, because I had to text him and let him know. I was like, yo, bro, have a great show tonight. And he was like,

why it sound like you not coming? And I was like, you know, whatever, whatever. And, but literally when he made that speech about his moms, I cried. A tear came to my eyes. And like, you know, I really, you know, you know, and that lets you know how powerful that shit is.

And the thing about it is. That's why. The thing about it is, that's why, like. I feel that feeling every day. Just feeling. Nah, you don't know what I'm saying. You should pay attention. I don't do it.

Because, yeah. I just told you something. You feel like crying every day? And my mom is alive. You feel like crying every day, though? No is alive You feel like crying every day though? No Alright then you gotta You're not paying attention to the question

You gotta relax You gotta calmate Calm My Dad You wanna ask questions Carl We're wrapping it up

I created that You're saying it I created that I mean like Like by the way By the way let's just be clear. Like, I hate the fact, like, I hate that question, right? I hate that question of Nas or Jay-Z, right?

Why? And I hate the question of, you know, Puff or Dr. Dre. I'll let y'all guys ride with it because in reality, that's not a true question. We're supposed to, I hate the question too. You get the backlash. Yeah, I get the backlash But it's not You can say that

Then there can be no No I hold it I hold it down I got thick skin But the thing about it The thing about it is The thing about it is Listen man

No one never No one never says Walt Disney or ESPN Yup No one never says that You understand what I'm saying Shut the fuck up I'm agreeing with you.

No, I don't need it. I don't need it. I don't need it. I don't need it. Just let me finish. I want that. I'm going to see you tomorrow. Call me.

I'm going to see you tomorrow. But here's the deal. Here's the deal. Here's the deal. We're us and our people. We always put people against each other. Walt Disney, ESPN is the same goddamn company. Discovery and fucking whatever.

Showtime and CBS is the same company. Toyota and Lexus is the same fucking company. And we praise these people. We praise Walt Disney. We praise all these people. But then our people that's living in our time, that's living in our face, we don't even show them love.

There's people that will walk in this room right now, and if Jay-Z walk in this room right now, and there's one of us that will be like, I ain't walking over there. I ain't going to be on this dick. It's one person here that would do that. There's one person here, if do that There's one person here If Nas would walk in the room

And be like I ain't on his dick But If Walt Disney Walked in his room As dead as he is He'd be like Oh that's Snow White

As dead as he is They'd be like Nigga I love Mickey Mouse Nigga I love Snow White But we won't praise our own Like you know I love love, listen to me. What 50 Cent just did with that European tour,

and he brung Tony Ayo and Uncle Murder. The BT. If that's not keeping it real, if that's not feeding your team, that's what I aspire to be. that's what I aspire to be. That's what I want to be. I want to be everywhere where I bring in my team and my

team getting paid. Let's not underrate that shit. Let's not sit around and be like, what 50 doing? It shouldn't be noticed. That shit is dope. These are underground rappers that are the man's Uncle Murder

and Tony Yeo but in the underground. They're not known like that in Europe but he got them on stage with them rocking out, opening up, and performing with them. Why would we downplay that, man?

Like that's real shit. That's a mogul. Doing mogul shit and having his team with him because it's lonely at the top. Yep. I'll do one more. I'll do one more. I'll do one more. And we'll go chat. And take a shot. Yeah. We got to do one more.

Yeah, give us a shot. We got a booby trap tomorrow. Hold on, what's the answer for that? Yeah, we've been at booby traps. I love it. We don't need the answer for that. We don't have any shots. Exactly. We've been at booby traps And another thing Let me tell you something Let me tell you one more thing

One more thing One more thing Because I want to pick this up And I ain't even speak This is my brother I haven't even speak to him In six months And I already spoke to Busta too.

But do you see how relevant Busta rhymes and Fat Joe is right now? They out every single night and I'm watching them to see if they wear the same thing.

Because that's what y'all niggas be paying attention to. Did he wear this on Thursday? I go to the cleaners. Fuck y'all. I go to the cleaners. I wear my shit more than once. I have to.

You have to. Me too. Jim Jones too. Salute him. I'm watching. You know how hard it is to be Jim Jones. Fabulous, Fat Joe,

Busta Rhymes, Jadakiss. These dudes are out here every night changing their outfits. I don't even want to change no more. That's why I don't go out. Fuck it. I'm done.

Is somebody going to say, you wore that shirt in the Ching Bing episode? Jesus. I got two shirts of 89s. It Bing episode. Jesus. I got two shirts that ain't nice. It's an 89 shirt. I got two shirts. We know Ching Bing

going solo. But let me know, Fat Joe, wherever you at in this world, I know it's like, you know, you're my brother.

We don't have to speak all the time, but I watch you. I watch you go from the Grammys. I watch you go from the show with Ja Rule

to Copping on a plane to make sure a college performance is okay. That shit is not easy. That shit is not easy. Wherever you at, Fat Joe, I salute you. I commend you. I commend your loyalty.

I commend, you know, your consistency because at this point, I don't got it. I'm calling out I'm staying home Me Busta Rhymes Another one bro Legendary

I see you Every night And Busta go to the club Every single night You know I call Busta At 4.30 5 o'clock in the morning Every night

When I wake up He's coming in Pause if that was a pause. And I'm sitting and I call him for practice. It's for practice because I know he's going to pick up because he's eating

eggs somewhere at a diner just left one oak. And he got on a different outfit. Yep, that's crazy. New diamonds. Crazy new Richard Milley. That shit is not easy. Because he's out there showing good, looking good for a bunch of people who really don't give a fuck about us.

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you know that that's the right thing to do. And it is. I'm just saying as a person who is living like I'm 45 now, because I ain't never lived like I'm that age. Now I live like a 45-year-old. I'm thinking about dinner at 6.30, nigga. Like I'm ready to wrap it up.

Wrap it up. But to these heroes that's out there, I want y'all to always know that I'm never going to not be a Nas fan because I have Nas' phone number. I'm never not to not be a Nas fan because I have Nas' phone number. I'm never not going to go cop all three King seasons because Nas can call me and FaceTime me when he's drinking Caymus. I'm never going to not be that.

I'm never going to not be a fan of Busta Rhymes and so on and so forth. I believe that these guys are heroes and I'm going to continue to salute their hero heroism. I'm like Mr. Lee right now. But hey man, that's what it is man. We're going to wrap this up. Hold on. I think we got to wait for the two mascoteers to come back.

Shampoo and Sonny. Let them sign off and then we'll take it from there. Yeah. Yes. I got to finish this. I got to finish this. Good try, Lee. If I got to pay the $2,500, I'll pay.

But let me tell you something about your uncle. And our Nori, our guy, we love this guy. This guy, I tell people all the time. Which guy? There's people in this room. I've told this before. Listen to where I'm going.

Right. He's not even materialistic. This is a guy with a black sock, a white sock. This is a guy that always underdressed. Way underdressed. This guy doesn't give a... I see him sucking his tuxedo and his sock. Listen, I'm going to talk.

Keep it real. I'm going to talk. He's sucking his tuxedo and his sock. Chris Lighty had to take that shit out. I know you know me. I know you know me. I'm going to keep it real. I don't say this stuff. I say all this stuff in private, but I'm going to just say it.

He's not even, he don't give a fuck. So his story that he said on one of you guys' questions, slime is not even materialistic. When slime got to get fucked, oh, believe me, he come in queens from everything he knows. He ain't going to do that. But everyday life, he don't give a fuck. He don't want to match. He'll wear a pair of purple shorts.

I'll tell you in a second. I'll tell you in a second. I'll tell you in a second. I can be confident. I can be confident. I can be confident. And I'm going to tell y'all one last thing. Confidence.

I got one thing to say. You're going to finish it with that. You finish it. That's the way you finish. You got that right. Get to it, though. Get to it. Come on.

I'm not being long winded or none of that. You got to finish up strong. No, man. Come on, Harry. Come on. You got me a little bit. You got to pay that. You are. No, man. I'm sorry. I am. Come on. He got me a little bit. You know what? You got to pay that $2,500. Never heard of it.

There's nobody in the history of America that's got more hand-me-down shit. Oh, boy. Did you? You just said it. That's when you fucked up, see? No, I didn't fuck up. You was doing good at first. No, I was.

Let me tell you this. Gucci, Dolce. Yo, the y'all don't care so much. Listen, I'm on the other side of winning. You were eating it good. Now, let me tell you something. Go ahead. He was going through shit.

It was a rough time. He called me one day, and they got the illest crib ever. Crazy man. Illest crib. One of his biggest cribs in Jersey. Let me tell you. Before I even tell you this, one time, right,

this nigga Crib, they live in the woods. It's true, we were supposed to go somewhere. I forgot, the studio, the hood lab or something. He's trying to leave the Crib.

It's mad dance in front of the Crib. Niggas can't leave. Oh, I don't deal with that. These niggas just laying six of them. They on the lawn. These niggas got to be somewhere.

He's like, yo, I can't leave Yo it's this Yo what He said this shit is crazy But He's scared of this What the fuck was I saying

Dance No before that Let me talk about the crib All I was saying was You said he fucked up With the Oh yeah Hold on

So the crib He was moving out of there He was moving out of there You feel me Boom He was moving out of there. You feel me? Boom, he was moving to Miami. This was right before he moved to Miami. You feel me? He's like, yo, I'm out.

He's like, yo, I'm going to some of these. I'm out. He's like, yo, go to my crib. I'm in Jersey. He's like, yo, you can have everything. I was like, what? He's like, yo, I don't want none of that shit. I wish he would have said some shit like that.

I had to pull up with a U-Haul. I was like, what? He's like, yo, I wish he would have said some shit like that. The rest of the night he was going through shit. I would have pulled up with a U-Haul. He was like, yo, go to my crib, go to Jersey, the mansion. He's like, yo, you got everything, my nigga. Nigga gave me everything. Mix, Gucci boots, 10 months, remember back then in 10 months with the Gucci's in them?

I was that nigga. Rockaway. I used to get free Rockaway, too. Like, you feel me? It was lit. Rockaway, Dave Zell. I've been on that the last 20. All that, but he just told me, he's like, yo, you can have it, nigga.

So you lost all for that alone? That's forever. A nigga never told you to go to his house. You can have everything. You don't care about that shit. I was 20, I was my nigga for years. Listen, the whole left-right city wants some bullshit. I was passing out. I told you, Maui is one of my favorite places on earth.

I got that for Dan. Oprah just purchased 870 acres of Maui land, Oprah. Oprah? Guess for how much? No way. $100,000. $500,000. $500,000. $100,000.

Hold on, hold on. How many acres? Spirit goes there. $100,000. It's probably like $2 million. $8 million. $100,000. $10 million. $5 million. $ 100,000. It's probably like $2 million. $8 million. 100,000. 10 million.

I say 100,000. I say from one to five. I say five. 870 acres. 870. It's just a mountain. It's 100,000 acres. I say 100,000.

I would have said 100 million too. I said eight. It's 6.6. No, you didn't. I said one to five. We could chip. I said eight. It's 6.6. A million? That's that one and a half. We could chip in and got that. That's crazy. Word.

We could. We could have bought that. That's the fact. That's almost a thousand acres. That means she could build. Almost a thousand acres. Almost a thousand acres. That means that she could build her own hotel.

Everything. And make that back in that one year. Word. 6. Word. If Oprah opened a hotel that's on 10 acres, not even 870. If Oprah opened a hotel on 10 acres, I'm booking out.

I want to go there for three days. I don't care. That's one thing. Let me say this too. Let me say this about N.O., right? It's ill.O. Like this is This is

Oxy Moron Like he's a living Oxy Moron You know he's special That's how you know He's really special though My nigga He's one of the most

Ghettoist niggas You ever meet Dressing Whatever He's one of the most Ghettoist niggas But When it comes to

Living Oh he fly To fly Like this my He's one of the most ghetto niggas. But when it comes to living... Oh, he fly. This is my family. I want to go to lunch with this motherfucker. He stayed... He stayed... He stayed... At the flying shit.

He was in the flying shit. His restaurants, his hotels, wherever he lives, when he driving, like always. But he's done. He coming out. He'll have the long socks on in the summer, all the way up the floor, sit, sit, sit, sit, sit, sit, sit,

down, thugging. But he in the main back. That's how he is. The Sunday. The Sunday. The Sunday. The Sunday. The Sunday. The Sunday. The Sunday. The Sunday. The Sunday. The Sunday. The is. The Sonny? The Sonny D. That's true.

Come on. Give me a shout. I'll take one more shout. I got one more shout. Last shout. Let's do a cheer shot. And we gotta take a picture. Y'all gotta do drops.

I'm done with the drop. I mean, I don't got to do drops. No, you part of the family. Let them shine. Yo, Mos. I'm crying by you. All right. No, we going to. Drink Champs is a Drink Champs LLC production, hosts, and executive producers, NORE and DJEFN.

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