Drink Champs - Episode 507 w/ Stevie J & Stevie “Franchise” Francis

Episode Date: July 10, 2026

N.O.R.E. & DJ EFN are the Drink Champs. In this episode we chop it up with the legendary, DJ Stevie J and Stevie “Franchise” Francis!Hip hop, basketball, and legendary stories collide as DJ Stevie J and Steve "Franchise" Francis pull up to Drink Champs for an unforgettable conversation. From chart-topping hits and iconic moments in music to NBA stardom and life beyond the spotlight, nothing is off limits.Stevie J reflects on his incredible journey from producing timeless records with Bad Boy Entertainment to working alongside some of the biggest names in music, sharing behind-the-scenes stories that helped shape an era. Steve Francis opens up about his rise from humble beginnings to becoming one of the NBA's most electrifying point guards, discussing the highs of his All-Star career, personal challenges, and the lessons he's learned along the way.Together, the two legends trade stories about fame, friendship, business, and the unique bond between hip hop culture and professional sports. As always, the drinks are flowing, the laughs are nonstop, and the conversation is as raw and unfiltered as fans have come to expect from Drink Champs.Whether you're a fan of classic hip hop, basketball history, or authentic storytelling, this episode delivers unforgettable moments, exclusive insights, and plenty of laughs you won't want to miss.Make some noise for DJ Stevie J and Stevie “Franchise” Francis!!! 💐💐💐🏆🏆🏆Listen and subscribe at https://www.drinkchamps.comFollow:Drink Champshttps://www.drinkchamps.comhttps://www.instagram.com/drinkchampshttps://www.twitter.com/drinkchampshttps://www.facebook.com/drinkchampsDJ EFNhttps://www.crazyhood.comhttps://www.instagram.com/whoscrazyhttps://www.twitter.com/djefnhttps://www.facebook.com/crazyhoodproductionsN.O.R.E.https://www.instagram.com/therealnoreagahttps://www.twitter.com/noreagaSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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we are having our family episode and this is the case of the two stevees right now what is the basketball player and the other had controlled Miami we just did we can't tell the people

what we just did because it's not secret. But let me ask you, let me ask you something. Let me start with you. Is Live the best nightclub that ever existed in the world? 1,000 percent.

1,000 percent. Shout out of the group, man. 1000. Okay. Live on Sunday. Live on Sunday. Live on Sunday. Live on Tuesday.

You got justified that. Live on Tuesday. This whiteboard. Not on Thursday. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Okay, so, okay. Spanish Night on Thursday. Spanish Night on Thursday.

Okay, you know, you know, you know, I know. Yeah, yeah. Okay. Now, let's, let's, let's, let's, because how the fuck did live become the biggest club on the planet? How did this happen? It all started with, first of all, when it started, Wayne used to perform every Sunday. Wayne. That was like, when you say Wayne, too, oh, little Wayne.

Yes, right, that's right. Ameli, Emily, uh-huh. He used to perform every son. Every Sunday I live just like it's regular. Right. And you was a DJ? And I was a DJ. Okay.

And that right there just captivated a lot of eyes. And that's how the world kept coming to live. So, Steve, have you parted in live? Man, I bet. Yeah. Don't be on. Yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

I've been there. I've been in. Because I know AI. You've parted with a long time here. I promise. Not to be confused with artificial intelligence. Yeah, that's all I took you talking about it first. I don't have to remember.

I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I just because of that. Like, because they can be AI. He keeps turning around. Like, you know what I?

But tell us the, the night you had at live. Man, I think it was one time, man. You know, all my boys from D.C., we used to hang out here all the time. And, you know, we had a... You said what? Yeah, man.

Just studied. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. So it was one of those nights. It was one of those nights, you know, we came with a lot of people, a lot of, you know, a lot of, a lot of, a lot of, a lot of, a lot of females and stuff like that, man. And I just put some water on my head. There was so many people in there.

And I was just hot as shit. But we had a great time, man. I put some water on my head. It was just out of shit. So how did you become the resident DJ? How did that happen? I was fucking with the main promoter Mike Garner. Mike Garno, let's make some noise for Mike Garland.

Can't forget Phil and Mayer as well. That's right. That's right. What you named after the name of the mayor at first? Yeah, headline. Who's the name of that company? Didn't they have a company? Headliner.

Oh, yeah, my bad. Okay. Holy moly, okay. So before, before live, we was at the forge. The forge? Yeah. Yeah. I see dinner at the forge.

I can't hear shit. Yeah, you can't hear you like that. You got to text the nigg next to you. You. Yeah, I can't. Okay. So when Mike went to live, I went with the naked. Okay.

All right. So now, traditionally, a club is not in a hotel. No. So when they approach you and they say, man, we got this club. But this ain't just any hotel, though. Yeah, but I'm just saying, like, you know, like, partying in a hotel feels like you party in in the hotel feels like you party in next to the principal office. You know what I'm saying?

It's like you, you know what I'm saying? Because it's like, you know, a hotel gas. You don't want to fit in that. So like, what made you say, you know what? This is going to be my home because really whatever Mike was going to do, I was going to be with it regardless. Yeah, they were visionaries what they were doing, man. It didn't matter. I even know what it was.

But if he was with it, I was, I was gang with it too. All right. All right. Holy shit. We ain't know what it was going to be what it is today. Now, Francis, did you do, what is the best club you ever been to? Love in D.C. Love.

Wait, wait. I've been to love? Come on. Was it hip-hop or go-go? What was it across the street? It was a bridge that you would go to of a platinum, Club Platinum? Club Platinum. Okay.

You know, when I was, you know, in the early 2000, you know, we used to have so many parties in D.C. A club love, that was one of the best one. And I was single. Yeah. You know. So, sunny, man. This ain't. This ain't the good for you.

You just. Oh, no, open up. You can't. Why? Why? Because you've been hitting, he would lie and shit down on something? Yeah, we don't know.

For you, because this is Stevie motherfucker French. That's right. And I'm trying to... And not like the NBA Quentin you're trying to say. You're not like that.

If he was a bad guy, I think this is a great rap, or he was a great guy. was don't know, he was outside. Sonny definitely had posters of you in his room, for sure. For sure. So what's your question? I don't even understand.

I was a question for your question. What's the best club? Okay. What I know why he was moving at the time because the matter of how he was moving is why says it's the best stuff. Absolutely. You write about that, yeah.

Especially being home, too, when I was going to D.C. With the go-go club, you know, you don't know what's going to happen. Did they be fishing? Uh, yeah. That's my shit. I like y'all's fish. I like the fish. I like the fish.

I fish with them. Bro. Bro. Yeah. Um, okay. But hold on. Before you got with Mike and them, what was your trajectory to get down with them? Like, where was you spinning at before?

What got you spinning? I was doing random shit. And I used to go out with DJ Ideal. Shout out to Ideal, yeah, yeah. Shout out of Ideal. And I wasn't. So you're done with teaching all them. I was just watching them DJ.

I wasn't into DJing yet. Okay. So, but when I was going to the clubs with him, I would see Mike gone every time, you know, screaming at him and whatever. That's just how Mike is. Yeah. So I kept seeing Mike in the streets, you know, putting fires in the car. And every time I see the thing, I'd be like, yo, put me on.

And he'll be like, I got you. I got you every time. and then that last time I asked came through I was fucking on, put me on the team. Nocturnal was the first club I do. I remember Nocturnal.

And the nigga told me how to play R&B for the whole night. And how did that cover? Were you prepared for that? You know, I'm just getting into DJ and so I'm thinking, I want to turn up. I want to make the people go crazy. And then wherever is this R.B?

This is, this is, uh, this is Usher? Usher. Okay. This is when, um, yeah, Usher, the Chris Browns. Okay, okay, okay. You know, the regular, you know, not the regular artist, but that type of error. Okay.

Yeah. What's the artist besides Wayne that you consider, uh, the king of lead? Besides Wayne. Besides Wayne. So Wayne got that. I believe. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, I believe one.

Okay. Shit. I don't think nobody's been in there as much as Wayne did it. Yeah, so Wayne is definitely Yeah, it's King live Yeah, that's his home If you spell Wayne name backward, it spells

live He's spelled live Okay Everybody's been in it He probably the artist That's been in the most Right And stamp this

Is Collider a 12 second? Who? DJC? For sure Okay, 12 second For sure Okay, yeah For sure for sure

For sure For sure For sure Yeah, he says nothing He says no or nothing Yeah, yeah Yeah, yeah You gotta put Calid in that

Yeah, yeah. Let's switch around NBA right now. Right now, everybody, it seems like everybody's against Stephen A. Smith. You're both named Stephen. Yeah, both named Steve. You know what I mean? Like, yeah, you're both named Steve. Yeah, listen, listen, I've never thought I would see this.

Like, you know, for many years, Steve, Steve A. Smith was like, you know, the guy that, you know, people, you know, go to for advice. I believe all the players like embraced him. And I'm not sure if it's being cause some politics or something like that. But every now and then I just keep going on Twitter and I like the negative part of Twitter. So I go on that part and they're all dissing

Stephen A. Smith. What do you have to say then? I think he came up. You know, he can show you. He used to be a basketball player. I remember when I was playing, you know, he was a beep writer reporter. He took the long way up the elevator. Now what he's doing with his platform with a lot of people who don't agree what,

some things I don't agree with, but his rise to where he at right now. I really respect his hustle. Like it's all deserved. On that part. Some of the other things that he said, you know, you really can't control. Right. Is it true that ball players don't feel like people who haven't played ball could comment on them? It's a lot of that.

It's a lot of that. He's a lot of that. I mean, in depth, when they start talking about their families and stuff like that, and, you know, some guys aren't clutch at the end. You know, I know a lot of guys that really don't like those conversations. Yeah, spoken about a lot of people speak on it. Yeah. If you didn't play, if you wasn't in the locker room, why you have an opinion?

And I think that's why you see a lot of the younger guys get a lot of technical files or, you know, acting raggedy because the halftime they're checking their phones. You know what I'm saying? Yeah, a lot of them. So, yeah, Stats. Yeah, Stats. Yeah, now it's off? Absolutely. But I'm not going to go into detail.

I'm not going to go into detail. Like, how? But, yeah, man. When do you think that started? Low management. My bad, my bad. Yeah, when they said. Not because rest used to let a lot of things go by.

And then when the hand-check and stopped, that's when they started saying, you can't hand check, you can't plead. I was told no, I just realized that's Steve. Yeah. I've been in there. I've been in there before. or I say you before that you

You know, this this is a Yeah, I ain't I ain't gonna know, I don't know

back in the Yeah back in Yeah Yeah You're like you want Yeah

I'm Yeah I'm I ain't I ain't gonna lie I ain't gonna lie The NBA was wild

back then Absolutely man even though they did have security checks and stuff like that but now there's so much social media you know anything you'd have been finished like if you were to play this year

like yeah yeah yeah like you said when I went to the clubs or something like one night like it would have been nice out. Now that gunny, not that gun I always think about that like let me not throw Joe in there but like me a pun like if we were to have social

be there back then? Oh, we've been canceled a long time. Oh, my God, finished. Archie Borgon. Wait a minute. No, Archibokin, now. God damn. Sonny, you out of control, bro. You all heard, what you're going to say? Like, Charlie Chaplin? Like, I'm just trying to relate to him. No, you're not related to me. Oh, that's what you were trying to do. You know, I heard Archie Bunker to die who plays that character. He knows that he's a, he's a big handball player. Oh, really?

Word up. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Okay. So what's the wildest thing? A chick ever offered you to get in the club left? Or even a dude, you know? Oh, shit. You know, I mean, like, you know. Stick with the chick. You know what I mean? Yeah, yeah, yeah.

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You ever been to the tunnel in New York City? Nah. You've heard of it, though, right? Yeah. Okay. You've been in the tunnel? I've never been. I've never been.

Oh, I'm cool. I was going to get into a couple stories. I didn't know. It was a famous story that, you know, the guys and girls shared the same battles. And I was just always wondering, like, how would that would have went? in Club Lip.

But Club Lip, I'm not going to lie to you. I've thought I've saw Bottle Wars before. I've never seen Bottle Wars like that in Club Live. That's crazy. They get aggressive. Yeah. They get real aggressive. Who do you think is the bottle king of Club Lift?

You said, Shakira? Hey, man, that's why you're not on the panel. What's the Maverick owner? Oh, um, Mark Cuban? Yeah. Mark Cuban. That's when they won.

That's when they won. That's when the town got mad at Wayne because Wayne was, um, partying with the, with the, okay, so let's describe that. Okay, said, he spent about, probably like,

800,000. Okay, okay, 800,000 on alcohol? Wow. Spain, right? I don't know what it was. Oh, great. The total was.

800 up there. Wow. I had. Wow. I never seen that. Yeah. The whole team. You think Club Live invented the whole sections?

I feel like I didn't see that so Club Live started doing. Like people, yeah, like everybody just being in section in the club. No, man, I forget this. Not that they invented VIP, but I'm just saying it made it something. It definitely. I wasn't in the tongue. And it has sections in the table. For sure.

Like, I felt like that's what people wanted to do when they went to Club Live. They wanted to be in a section. 100,000. And before that, yeah, you wanted to be in VIP, but it became a thing in Club Live. And you had the tears. Club Live I do. I knew a friend of mine that worked at the bar. Yo, you said one thing with, like 20 grand.

So this day. Yeah. You would get that mic, sonny. This is a perfect mic for you. Okay. And you're cheaping it up. That thing, you gave you the back. A little touch.

The mic. The mic. What's the best city you ever play basketball in? The best city, of course. I mean, I played in New York, man. It was wonderful. It was cool. It was different.

But Houston, of course, man. He was going to say Houston. I mean, like, that's when, you know, the Rockers just came off of back-to-back championships. I think they beat the Knicks. Okay. Was that when Kenny Smith was there? Yeah, Kenney and there was dead.

So, like, 99, the city was kind of dying down. So it was a good opportunity for me to, you know, come out of college. and you know, play. And we got to say he played with Yao Ming. That's one of the most iconic individuals. Yeah, he became a stratosphere. Yeah. B-77 and from China.

How was that relationship? Yeah, it was great. You know, in 2003, he got drafted. You know, a lot of people didn't think he knew English, but of course he had his interpreter, but he still did. So for us, it was us to treat him like a little brother, but at the same time,

At the same time, we had to show them, you know, how to be aggressive against some of those dudes. Did you get to play with him overseas in China? Nah, uh-huh. Have you played it? Like, what's the furthest you've gone to play? So I did go to China, man. I went for like, I went for like three or four months. And then that's when I knew I had to get basketball love, but I had to live like that.

Oh, shit. Wow. It was true. I had to give basketball left. If I had to play in China because. I just couldn't take seeing the food you eat every day, ride by you every day, and the people were paying your food.

So it was different for me. But no, that's a culture shot. Yeah, the culture shot. It was a culture shot. A chicken was coming out and you just killed the chicken right in front of you? You never know. Imagine a truck right next to you. You'll see the pigs, chickens, all that every day.

Wow. So that was hard for me to look at. So I didn't think that money was enough for me to set the price. I said, no. I said, I couldn't know. I couldn't. I was like, uh-uh.

How Marbury are you out there doing it? He's tough, I mean, to eat his own, you know what I'm saying? To he's just on. He's just on. I mean, I couldn't.

That's it. That's it. That's it. That's it. I couldn't see just, you know, living over there like, like that.

Shut up. You did cup live in Las Vegas can live up to come up to live in Miami or no club whatever. Miami's, come on, that's where it started. The vibe in Miami is always going to be

unique, man. We built that shit from scratch, make it what it is. Right. You know what I'm saying? And, you know, Mike, he's just authentic.

And it's different. It's different. But do you actually know how legendary it is? Like, you go to Dubai right now and then ask somebody, like, just anybody like random, like Abu Dhabia or somewhere or like, you're all Russia.

It'd be like, hey, man, you want to go anywhere in America? More than likely, top five, they'd be like, yo, I want to go to club lift. Especially being to hip-up, yeah, 100%. How old is it? Is it 20 years or? Maybe. I look at a little bit more. The party.

Yeah, the party, the party. So legendary. Live on Sundays, to be exact. By the last 17 years. 17 years. 17 years. How many times you've been in? I'm going to live right there in a lot of years.

17 years? I'm like that. And that's live on Sunday as well? No, that's what we're talking about live on Sunday. We're talking about live on Sunday. To Mike's party. Remember, there was only Sunday. There was no other night.

Yeah. And then it became, because we've been to some legendary shit on a Tuesday. Yeah, like a buster. Yeah, yeah. And they really broke that venue because, I think it might have been fairly newer. They hadn't been used. They renovated it recently when they started doing it.

And then when they did the parties, it opened up that venue. It made it that place where they were able to do other days and other nights and stuff. And I'm telling you, I don't know if Mike's ever told you, but we go back years when they would start him and Phil. You know, we was hustling doing little parties and stuff. You was doing the music. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, yeah. Yeah, I was spinning and doing the marketing.

Nah, I got out. for you and Sunny to hang out but I'm always proud about I'm always proud about it like go ahead I'm always proud about Mike and Phil

and Phil how they leveled up so much and they really put on for the city and really made us all proud of what they did with that and it's incredible I'm still going yeah he don't stop yeah I know that Phil and Mike aren't working anymore but individually they both great man

Great people, man. Great people. Wonderful. They're working together again? Okay, dope. Yeah, they'd be doing shit together. Dope, hell yeah. Yeah, I remember Phil said he wanted to do a go-car business on the style.

Go-car. He'll be saying a lot of shit. Yeah. Yeah. Not but he still doing it, but he's always fit hard. Might was just part of something that happened last week, right? It was like the 18-5. 18-5.

That shit was dope in Miami. And what they did tricks-so. They named a lot of there. They named a lot of the streets, the artists. Oh, the commissioner. Well, Harvey. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, shout out for doing that, man.

I know there's a lot of people upset that they weren't involved in it or their name, but I mean, it's, look, man, at the end of the day, it wasn't even about that. It's not about that. Like, I'm happy for everybody that got recognized in hip-hop and the city got recognized, and that's what matters. And then maybe next year is. You're from here?

I'm from New York. You from New York? Okay. How long you've been living here? I've been here for about. About 30 years. You're from here. Yeah.

Same in Rydol. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. No. No. So you can sit here. Yeah, I've been adapted.

I've been, I've been adapted. I've been, I'm going to come in here. Yeah, yeah, yeah. So I knew. When I go to New York, I always catch a cold. Like, I catch a cold because my blood has thinning. I mean, I'm not being sitting there. I be sitting there trying to act tough and shit.

Like, I'm a New Yorker. That shit don't matter. Yeah, yeah. That shit don't matter. That shit different. Yeah. How long you've been there? It was like,

ah, man, come up, brother. 83. What? I'm stepping to y'all. Fuck out of it. Every the outside, they go away. It's your daughter,

D. One fact is that the reason me and him even met was through Phil. Oh, wow. Yeah, he was doing the press run for the CNN album. Home was locked up.

It was him by himself. Phil was the promoter. And I had a store called Crazy Goods down south. And, you know, back then you had to go, it was before internet was blowing. out to promote, you had to go do in-store.

He brought him down. I was the mixtape guy. He brought him down to do some freestyles and then that's how we connected. 97-98 and then the rest of the history. That's right. Yeah. That's right. Yeah, shut up.

All right. Good brothers. So what's the best year NBA history? And you're up here? The best year? Yeah, the best decade. The best decade. The best, what's the cool?

What we say? Error. Arrow. That's my band. I want to say whenever Larry Bird and Magic were playing. Berger and Larry were playing all those titles against each other. I think that was what? 80, 80, 84 to 87, I think.

That's 84. That's early. That's prime time Larry Bird, too. That's Larry Bird, yeah. A lot with no sucker. He must have a lot about that. He too, man. The guy.

Just them, Jesus. Did you ever meet? Hey, basketball. I did, you know, we played against him, so. You end up playing them before you, when you got it, you had to have a chance? You know, he was a general manager. Okay, okay. The paces, okay.

The paces, okay. There's a lot of things you heard. He had that stone face like, man, I don't care who you are, so we don't even come in. Now, the commissioner of Houston when you were playing with, McCabell? The commissioner? I mean, the general manager. The Rockers? Yeah.

Wasn't Kevin McKell? No. No. So Kevin was at Minnesota, sir. Yeah, he was at Minnesota. Minnesota Rockets. Thank you. So the guy who was our gentleman, she was there for 40 years.

So when Dream, they played the Lakers in a couple of finals back in the days. Those I don't know who Dream, he meant Hakeem Alojuan. So that's number two top three centers I played with right there. That's right. That was my first four years player with King. Didwell, finance was businessman. He said his first four years in the NBA was with Akeem Olajuwon. Yeah.

Let's make some noise. Where's your cup? You're not even drinking. He's drunk by our smokers, bro. No, that's what we do, though. That's what we do. Give me your bra and story. You was here.

A bra fan. Yeah. Keep it on. Right, but give me your bronze story. I know you got one. Well, when he was in Miami? Miami. I know you fuck when him.

Legendary. Niggas will come in the club, and it would just be a good time. Like, in the club? Bro? Yeah, a lot of times. Was Savannah there? Wait.

Wait, what did you talk? I'm so... When did we become gossip chance? You're hell of a person, bro. You know, listen to that. I'm... I'm not. You know what?

You're about that... You're about that... You're about that... Savannah popped up a few times. Recently, too, though, but... Yeah. I don't think they never been there, like, together.

Right, okay. And I don't know... The Brown's a good guy. So how about... Do we know that? I'm just saying, like, Broad at the club, because I know that's where you're at, and I want to know what that looks like. I'm just saying, sorry, guys, sorry, guys.

Steve, I was right. That's why we got script. It's all love. Braun at, you know, Stevie J putting it down, and Braun. Man, ACE Space, Tequila, Dolea? What are you trying to describe? I want to know. He's never been in trouble in his life.

No. He's a great guy. I'm just trying to. Right, right. We get it. I'm just saying. He's just surviving. We just, yeah.

No, he definitely. I like that. So was there a question in that? No, it was a question of that. So he answered it. I answered. He goes in, man. He's a great guy.

He's a great guy. And what do you think is the biggest change you've seen in the club theme over these couple years? You know it's changed a lot. The audience. How so? It's a little younger now. Sometimes I'd be like, shit. He's 65 years old.

Everybody's down to here, sir. I'm getting old. Of course, everything. You know, he's still, I'm saying. Is it the way that they, the way that the different crowd, too. You know, back in, you know, a few years ago, it used to be, it used to be mostly urban. Urban. Right, right.

Now, it's this, it's a lot of, it's a lot of everybody's in there. Right. And the crowd. It's just a different crowd. And younger. Yeah, but of age, though. Right. No, no, no.

I get that. I don't know. Listen. I don't want to say. I don't understand. I don't know what you're bad. But, yeah, it's a little younger. And you got to adapt, especially with the music.

Okay, what's more annoying? The person that is trying to get in the club with you or the person that's asking you to play a record. Play the record guy. That's the worst thing. Hold on, because I've never been a part of this.

So describe the situation. You sitting there DJing, how does this work? A person leans over to you and says, Stevie, man. Some type of way they get in the booth. They get in the booth. I don't know how to fuck.

They're giving somebody their honey somewhere. Yeah, yeah. That's probably how they got in. And then they sneak up to us. You know, Dex will be there for the most part. And they offer money. I usually don't do it, though.

Right. Because I'd rather keep the vibe right and don't fuck the party up just for some petty change. Right, right. You know what I'm saying? It's never been worth it. And it won't even be a song that matches at the moment, which it don't even matter.

You're on a vibe. When you're spinning it, you're in that moment. Yeah. You know what I'm saying? You, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you focus. One bad record can fuck the whole. You guys without jukeboxes. Like, DJs are not jukebox, man.

Go to the jukebox for that. Has it ever been a time where somebody has requested a record and you kind of like, felt like, yo, I was going to go there anyway. So. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Okay. But sometimes they requested shit too early. Okay.

Like, like meek-mail, drinking. Yeah, like. Like, you know, that's a closer record. That's like a, yeah, yeah. I mean, that's like a 245 record. A nigga prior requests. Can you say 245. 245.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Okay, okay. Yeah, that's like one of them type of records. Niggas are requests it's probably like two. Uh-huh. And for me, that's like, I'm still trying to build this motherfucker. Even if it's a good record, the interruption alone is what's the problem, man. You're not going to interrupt.

If a band's playing, you don't go up to the guitars, be like, yo, yeah, yeah, yeah, wait a second. By the Lachian. He played an instrument, bro. To the point out, I don't even want my phone in my hand if I'm just that. All right. I don't want to know. Okay, someone might text you and be like, yo. I'm right here, Lord.

you off, man. When you're in that vibe or look to the right. You're locked in? Should I look, you know what I'm saying? Like shit like that, so I don't even I don't want no phone in my hand. It's nothing better than being locked in that audience and that energy exchange is crazy, man.

I do miss that. All right. Do you miss the NBA? Hell yeah. Look how much they're getting paid, man. Every hotel, you're staying at the you're staying at the, you're staying at the force These are rich every city you go into, sir. Mm-hmm.

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in your house? I do. I do. Our conversation with Michael Boubley is out now. Listen to Hey, Jonas, on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcast, or wherever you get your podcasts. Would you ever work? In the NBA still, you know, not player, would you? Because, you know, I met you, you got a great personality. You bought that life and you know the game because you was one of the upper echelon players out of time. I don't. Absolutely.

Because it seems like the jobs are growing. I think the sacrifice in all that, what, nine months out of a year. And every year after you played, I'm saying, that period of time. So you take it away from the time And you say you want to live your life as something So I think a lot of people Don't go back to coaching because of that Okay

I think that I think so I'm gonna name a couple of rappers Let's see if you could beat the one-on-one Let me let's let's see if you Right now right now Right now right now Right now

Let me see Okay you ready Okay come on come on Come on guys Gilder the king Gilder the king I mean, you know, he's from Philly And, you know, that's their...

What that got to do with shit? Yeah, I'm from D.C., so, you know, that's their game. Okay, okay, okay. So, yeah, they just want to talk a lot. So, but I think for his age, he's doing really well, but it depends, you know, if he wants to play up to five or he wants to play a whole game.

to play a whole game. Nobody plays up to five. It's 11 or more? I ain't one up to 11. You can't go up to another. Oh, man. All right, all. But not even the big three.

I didn't have to ask you about the big three. Yeah, it was a, you know, again, like I said, I wouldn't sacrifice my time on the weekends in the summers, you know, because, you know, it's a lot of other things. I was like. All right. So for the record, you are picking you or Gilly? Kelly can't touch.

You're saying, Gilly can't touch. Yeah. Okay. All, come on, guys. Let's keep it going. Let's go. All right. Two chains. Ooh.

Oh, no, he can't touch me. He can't touch you? You know you played college ball, too. I've seen him play football. Okay. Okay, all. I see. All right.

All right. That's a good one. Okay, all. Jacob. Man. He plays, so. Y'all know who this is? I think, yeah, no, man.

I mean, he had to play. Yeah, no. Now he had a good run to play in Africa. He played a lot of the workouts they have in New York. So it's a lot of that going on. So you're saying, no. Wait, wait, wait, wait. We'll go to the Dominican section soon.

Okay, okay. Camron. I think, you know what, I think he played in the junior college conference that I played in Texas. So I think the year I got there, he was gone. So he played in it. I heard about him then when I played the San Francisco. So I think he left that conference a little bit

too early. So no dice. No dice. Okay. I got one more. Then I'll go to the video section. The game. I've never seen him play. I heard he's nice, though. Yeah. Yeah, but that's paper. So I would let Barron. But yeah. I let Baron.

Davis? Yeah. Because that's L.A. shit? No, Barron is his godfather to his child. He said, Jake Cole. Where you've been at, sir? Eating your vegan shit. Baron David says his godfather to King's child, so they're family. They balling.

Oh, okay, okay. So you let Baron Davis, okay. Okay. All right, what you got, Dominican? Trekk. Come on. Come on. Drag.

Drag. Come on. I heard Greg is like, too. On his own court, though. Yeah. On his own court, I heard. Drake will slate you on his own court. I've never heard to play a game.

I'm not his own court. So I don't know about that. But, yeah. I think he went every championship in that, Jim. And Drake's here. He won't. In that, let's play me. Word up.

Yeah. Oh, you're slicking my gym? Like, you know what I mean? For you to fall? Like, yeah, yeah. So who? So you are Drake? So you are Drake, yeah.

Oh, nice, Drake. Okay. No, no, no. Drake ain't, okay. Okay. I'm putting the rim for his side up 16 feet. And mine is going to be at six. Not for nothing.

That's how you do with that joke. Outside of Jay Cole. Okay, one last one last one last. One last one. Okay, we go makes after this one. Come up. Master P. Mm.

Yeah, so, look, better be the toughest because we play together in Houston. So we train. We train. We train. We train together. We train together. man. So all that stuff.

When he tried out for the Hornets, you trained with him? Yeah, he training Houston. Well, that's what I was. How was he? He was okay, man. You know what I'm saying? He definitely held his weight to even get a trial for Charlotte. So a lot of people like, like you say, well, bam.

So a lot of people think just because, you know, he was the artist. And he had that bag before anybody back then. So everybody was like, he was coming there just to mess around. But he was serious about it. Look at his kids right now. So he can tell. Yeah, they're balling. They didn't call them.

No, fuck. Romeo? No, no, not two younger kids. No, not two younger kids that they bought a kid. Oh, young. They come to Houston. Oh, really? They're both in the first.

Oh, okay. Okay. Who's your favorite DJ at all time? Mm. Favorite DJ at all time? Of all times. Like, like, if God came to you and said, I want a DJ to DJ your party.

Who are you picking? I'm going to go with Calais. DJ Collet? That's honorable of you. But the cop will pick out He's picking somebody He's bigger you How about that?

Facts That's what you know But what DJ you think is the king of the club Besides yourself If you put yourself in the category King of the club And does it have to be someone that's Hell of well known

Someone that you might know That this is the guy Or girl Like me know about it could be someone you think is underrated take a shot what do you think

what do you think what he's I don't know what he's up I'm talking about my hand I'm talking about period like that's what you're in who do you think

would be like who do you consider king of the club outside of yourself can't include yourself there's a lot of good DJs King of the club? I don't know about King of the Club. But there's a lot of good DJs in Miami that I fuck with.

In Miami, just name a couple of you. I fuck with bulletproof. Okay. Vibes. Focke with vibes. Mm-hmm. I fuck a fly guy. I fuck a fly guy.

Do you guys in the club? The effing is not DJ. I'm going to let you out know. I've been trying to get him. I've been trying to get him. Come on. A lot of upcoming, you know, I'm fucking Camillo. Camillo.

That's my favorite. Camillo. Nricio. New newcomers, Drewski, all day K. Juski from New York? No. Okay.

Oh, for Marlana? Yeah. Okay, okay. From Atlanta. And so what Lee was saying, Kit Capri is the original king of the club. But I'm concerned. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

He's a whole other bracket. Yeah. You know what I mean? Like, the reason why Camillo is one of my favorites is because Camillo will bring you in 16 islands in 12 minutes. Not Camillo is fast. He's dead, bro. He'll take you everywhere. You'd be like, you don't even realize you were on a plane.

You were listening to him. You was on a plane, yo. You know what I mean? All right, cool, cool, cool, cool. And he could blend into any situation. I think your birthday party. That's right. That's right.

That's right. God damn, let's make some noise. What year was that? The year you wasn't invited. No, I just played. I just playing. I'm just playing. I'm just playing. Who is better, LeBron or Jordan? Let's answer this lifelong question. And again, like you said, the eras, and the eras, and I came up under Jordan, so I ain't going to go in there stats.

I don't know. But I think I'll go to Jordan. You're going to go with Jordan? Straight out flat. Who are you going with? I'm going with. I'm going to go with bra. Okay. That becomes the error thing that's a surprise. How about this?

I'm going to go. Now, same question. Sneakers lines. Jordans or LeBron? That's a good question. No, that's a good question. That's pretty uneven. He's got trade on that. I think he had to talk about it.

Since they first came in the league, you know, Jordan's still to the day. They've been not... That's the one big Jordan crack, though. Yeah. That's a... Which over there for LeBron? So, meaning, you know.

That's like saying Michael Jordan Space Gym or LeBron's Space Gym. No, listen, listen. I know you're asked them the question. Can you ask them to ask them to a question? But, but I got a little bit, a little bit. Answering that. Answering friends. And then we go into time.

Yeah. Well, I already know. I got, I'm going to have him. You know. MJ. But, you know. Good. Because, because.

It's your turn in the fact. That's what I'm saying. Like, I believe, like, LeBron has certain sneakers that stands out. South Beaches? The South beaches. I believe he has the Eastern pair. But. Which one you got?

Which one you got? I had, I had the whole, remember, I had the whole closet for the LeBron's shit at one point. The problem. The first thing is. Yeah, but high school. But I'm going to be honest. I don't think LeBron has a classic pair. Like, a classic.

Like, yeah, like. With, LeBron. Like, I think you were getting married with Jordan. One's them. Jordan State. Yeah. I swear God. I see people getting married with...

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, for real. Like, like, Jordan is like... And it's different... LeBron would say Jordan. LaBron got some dope shit, though. No, he got some dope shit. He got some dope shit, but he would say... But, like, when I say classic, it's, like, it's repeated.

You know what I'm saying? It's repeated. Like, you know what I mean? Like, uh, uh, like, Jordan right now can drop the same exact pair that that... that I got on. Yeah. Just in a different color. People would be like, oh, it's going to crazy.

You switch one color. Put Arvids on here. I got a baby blue. Put Arles on here. Now this is a classic. You know what I mean? That's crazy. That's a shoot from like nine years.

Yeah. As far as players, as you know, I told Shaq Tay's face. I player, playing to player, I took Bronn over Jordan.

Because LeBron, to this day, even ever since I said that, LeBron is still playing today. His stats. I think we ended up. Yeah, yeah, that's Jeff.

And Shaq got to relax relax for his sneakers. Hey, you got to know what to shit, man. Come on,

I love you, Chad, man. I see the kid crying. I was in one of my one.

He was buying and a kid man. I'm not a music. I'm not a music. Yeah. Michelle.

Jack, man. It's a kid. I was a child. $1,000, Jack, we said everybody in the whole crew of Victor Wives. Jack, yeah, great thing. Oh, look, please. You know, you guys for that, man.

Come on, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. I love you, brother. I had never front of- He caught you his little brother. No. You do the like to- And he fit on Shaq. Oh, you did my name.

You're like the broke version of the Shaq. Yeah, you're definitely. And the fact said to me a watch. The powers. And I know you're all from the movies. You know, I'm off at this table, bro. You like my grandma, dog. I know Steve got to get him out of here.

So is anything to say to the crowd before your fans, you want to say? You know what I mean? No, man, I think, like y'all would ask those basketball questions. Y'all go see the game, keep you ball. There's a lot of younger kids coming in. It's more disciplined in the portal. Hopefully they can do something about that portal. This is good or bad.

A lot of kids see the money, man. So I think when Reggie Bush got jammed up for it, that was the start of it, but they tried to keep it. But the football player? Yeah. I think that's the Cardassian? Right, right, right. Okay.

I think that's how he got his USC trophy back. So he was one of the first people. So I think y'all going to see it starting for an eye for. And do you like the part of collegiate students getting paid before they get in the league? Look how much that NCAA makes off for those kids. Hell, yeah. Some of them make them. Look how much they make.

Right. And it's a non-profit organization. So I like that. The NCAA is a nonprofit That's important To look how much they're making Over the kids So you gotta give it back somehow

Yeah And they used to get nothing Well thank you man Thank you guys You want to stay to the fans Before we get up out of here Um Do you got to go on

You want people to be aware of Stay tuned for music I got music coming out Single out Okay I've been working with a songwriter Whobe I know you're familiar

Cool Who will be Happy birthday Every day is the birthday. Yeah, every day's birthday. Happy birthday. Happy birthday. So that live on Sunday.

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