Drink Champs - Episode 99 "Estamos Con Puerto Rico"

Episode Date: October 3, 2017

N.O.R.E. and DJ EFN are the Drink Champs. In this episode the guys get serious about the state of Puerto Rico following a direct hit from Hurricane Maria. They discuss relief efforts, rumors, reports and take calls from various people in the hip hop community concerned about Puerto Rico's well being. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/drinkchamps/support Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Today is a bitter, bitter moment for me, me being a half Puerto Rican, you know, me loving that island of Puerto Rico. Just was out there recently filming my food show, and we went to Vecchia. So right now, we're on the phone. We got Lala on the phone. Make some noise for Lala. What's going on, Lala? How you doing? I was wondering when the day was going to come when you're going to be on this damn

show. Oh, no. We need you on live. We need you live in person, but Lala, I be a half Puerto Rican, and I know you're Puerto Rican as well. We're just doing this show to show love to Puerto Rico. So we wanted, you know, to get people like you on the phone.

And so, you know, hopefully these people, not just in Puerto Rico, but anywhere and throughout the world can see the love that Puerto Rico has. No, 100 percent. It's a serious, serious situation going on there. And you see how President Trump is handling things. I mean, I don't even consider him my president at all i still refer to barack obama as my president me too sticking to that but puerto rico is in a really bad place right now and any little bit helps right now i'm working with united for puerto rico.com you go to www.unitedforpuertorico.com that's the association

organization that i'm working with and also also, I'm working with Celebrity Cruise. I took a cruise to Puerto Rico with my whole family, like, not even a month ago. So, I'm working with the cruise ship to get out there and bring a bunch of supplies. But don't think that any little bit doesn't help. And I know a lot of people are trying to figure out, like,

where to send money or who to send it to. I'm definitely dealing with United from Puerto Rico. And they have an Instagram as a website that I gave. That's what's up, man. So everybody out there, you got to go to United. What is it again? United for Puerto Rico? United for Puerto Rico.

Yep. Okay. That's dope, man. So, you know, because the island, I heard you just say you just visited out there. I had just visited out there as well. I was just in filming my food show out there and then I went to the island of Vieques and Vieques is an island within the island, and they

don't have, they don't have nothing, like, so it's so, so, so like Lala said, go ahead, go ahead. And I just want to say, I'm a person that a lot of people can ask me comments on my Instagram and different things with people, but, oh, but I see all these supplies when the mayor came to speak and all these supplies behind her. The problem

is there are supplies on right by the beach. They're not being distributed. The people that are up in the mountains and everywhere that you know the people are living they can't get them there. So just because you see on TV all these supplies the problem is they're not getting to the people and that's what people don't understand. So like United for

Puerto Rico has people on the ground that are transporting the goods from there to the people up high that really need it. That's what's up. That's what's up. So, yeah, like Lala said, anything you could donate, you know, we need to stand as Americans, as human beings, as Puerto Ricans, as black people, as white people, as Chinese people, as yellow people, as purple people. We need to all focus on this. And I know this is a crazy thing. Right now, just like when we said Black Lives Matter and people said, well, all lives matter, we cannot think about none.

Right now, it's all about Puerto Rico. You know what I'm saying? So if somebody says, yeah, but Puerto Rico, and they say, well, Minnesota matters too. You see how stupid that sounds? That's the reason why Black Lives Matter. I'm sorry to jump because I'm both. You know what I mean? I'm black as Puerto Rican. I hear you. I get it all the time. It's like, well, what about this?

And what about that? Puerto Rico right now is in a crisis like never before. Like, the whole island could just be destroyed. People are dying by the second there. Like, we have to put our focus on Puerto Rico right now. That is where we are needed. And that's where I'm putting all my energy and my focus on right now. That's right, man.

Lala, thank you. Let me say something else. Let me say something else real quick. Yesterday, I just want to address this. Yesterday, I did a partnership with Lyft, the car company Lyft, and they were donating a bunch of money through the American Red Cross, and people were on my comments on Instagram killing me like, the Red

Cross is no good, this and that. I just want to say, if I'm partnering with the Red Cross, and people are on my comments on Instagram killing me, like, the Red Cross is no good, this and that. I just want to say, if I'm partnering with the Red Cross, please believe that I talked to people on the ground that I knew that money was going right to. I'm never going to put my name behind something that I don't believe in. So maybe in the past it wasn't the right thing, but whoever I'm saying I'm affiliating myself with, I've done the research, and I've talked to the people to make sure that people in Puerto Rico are getting the assistance and supplies that they need. Right. Well, we're very proud of you. Continue to make us proud. Continue doing your thing. Thank you so much for Lala. Everybody, let's make some noise

for Lala. Hold on. What'd you say, Lala? I'm sorry. I said when I come down there, I want to come in person. Have some fun and I'll let you. That's right. We need you in person. So, one more time. Let's make some noise for La La Goddammit. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you so much for calling in. I'll speak to you later. All right, sis.

All right. See, that was dope, man. Hold on. Can you pass me my phone? Can somebody pass me my phone? That's awkward. Actually, the camera got to pass the phone. You see, what she was saying is the issue.

People don't know how they can help. Yes, how they can help. You know, and who to trust. Right. And so I was put into communication with Pitbull. Right.

Let's talk about that. Big up Pitbull too right now. Shout out to my homie Yubi who put us in contact with each other and he has a disaster relief and he's putting a lot of his efforts

into Puerto Rico right now. If you text relief to 74747, it donates $5 and 100% goes to the people that need it. 100%. 100%.

You text the word relief, R-E-L-I-E-F, to 74747. It donates $5 and it goes 100%. And this is Pitbull, correct? This is Pitbull doing it. Big up Pitbull. Yeah, yeah. And you don't have to just do this. What I'm trying to say is we're trying to shed light.

Do research. Don't just believe us or don't just pick what we're telling you, but do something. Right. Do something. Definitely. Definitely. And that was crazy what Lala said about the Red Cross. And I understand where she's coming from, but I understand with the people because the people felt like they've donated the money.

In Houston, they had a horrible experience with the Red Cross. Even before Houston, they donated to Haiti. Right, right, right. And in Haiti, we got Danny Garcia right now, a fellow Puerto Rican. Danny Garcia, what's going on? You want a drink? Chance, make some noise for Danny Garcia. What's up, bro?

How you doing, man? Danny, yo, check this out. Danny, you know, we just got the phone with Lala. We trying to call everybody Puerto Rican or Puerto Rican affiliated. So, you know, we wanted to get you on the phone because we know Puerto Rico needs this love right now. So we need you to say something right now.

Oh, man, you know, I got family in Puerto Rico that I haven't spoken to in a minute because, you know, my whole father's side of the family is out there. So, you know, they was affected by the hurricane. You know, it's crazy right now. You know, I heard the island smells real bad, like a lot of dead animals.

They can't get the containers to the people. But, you know, I got my prayers, and, you know, I'll be making my donation. I'll be announcing my donation sometime this week. I'm just getting together with the right people, and I'm going to donate some money directly to Puerto Rico. Yeah, that's dope. Let's make some noise for Danny Garcia, man. Stepping up for the island. I mean,

have you ever, I know you've been going to Puerto Rico since you was a child. Have you ever noticed any type of devastation like this, ever? Never, never, never. You know, Puerto Rico has always been a unique island. It's never really been We always get hurricanes

But it always misses So for us to get hit by a hurricane And really destroy the island It's kind of like Shocking, it's like tragedy But it's a strong island, we got strong people And time heals our wounds Right, right

So what are we going to do on the drink champs We're going to keep these positive vibes going. We're going to pray for the people of Puerto Rico. We're going to hope that everything comes together. And we thank you for calling in, Danny Garcia, and showing love to the island that I know me and you both love. Right. Thank you, man.

Thank you. Everything's going to be good, man. Time heals our wounds. I got Puerto Rico in my prayers. Like I said, we're going to make a donation this week. We're going to announce it on my prayers. Like I said, we're going to make a donation this week. We're going to announce it via social media. And, man, we just do the best we can to help our country get back on its feet. Definitely, man.

Thank you so much, Danny Garcia for going in, man. Let's make some noise for Danny. Danny, Danny, man. Yo, thank you once again, my brother. I'll hit you up later. All right, cool, bro. Thank you. All right, one love.

But let me ask you, because you guys went through Alright, cool, bro. Thank you. Alright, one love. But let me ask you because you guys went through Matthew, no, Andrew. Andrew, yeah. Andrew. Was it like that? The thing is, Andrew was a small storm and it devastated South Florida close to Kendall and Homestead and Cutler Ridge. And it was crazy. I didn't have power for

three weeks. The National Guard came out. It was crazy. Supposedly, right was just as powerful as andrew but larger so it it it encompassed the whole island it's unprecedented what happened in puerto rico like their whole power grid is gone you imagine a whole like imagine the whole state of florida without power people just start to wild out thing you know you basic functions you lose your humanity in that shit.

You know, my boy Orlando, he landed yesterday and he texted me some simple words. He said, it's like a war zone out here. Right.

My brother told me that, well, my brother told my mother, I believe, that, you know, because, you know,

he has a house in Bayamon, so that's how people are actually showering, like going to his pool and washing up, you know what I'm saying?amón, so that's how people are actually showering, going to his pool and washing up. You know what I'm saying? So it's crazy. It's really crazy. I never, like I wasn't here for Andrew.

What year was Andrew? It was 92, 93. It was when I was in high school. Oh, I was in jail. Oh, damn. Jesus, no wonder I wasn't here. But yeah, wow. But yeah, I've never had to deal with this.

And, you know, me and my cousin the other day, we were just sitting around. We were thinking about Puerto Rico. We couldn't, like, contact nobody. Like, this is weird. Like, you know what I'm saying? There's people out there with satellite phones. And so I just want to really send the love and send the wishes to everybody that's dealing with it. And other parts of the island, too.

Even the U.S. Virgin Islands. Yeah, yeah. They're dealing with St. Croix. St. Croix is devastated. Yeah, and things like that, man. So would you want to hit them to see if we got another phone call? Yeah.

Yeah? You got someone, Lee? Yeah, okay. Joe just called. He about to call right now. Okay, cool. Yeah, yeah. What's going on?

You out? Yeah. Oh, okay. Definitely. Twitter's in the building. And the other twin that's on steroids. Let's do it. Steroids.

Let's do it. Cocaine has a steroid twin. Let's do it, bro. Nah, I'm just fucking around. I'm just fucking around. Yeah, but Puerto Rico, man. Definitely, man. We want to send the love.

Carlito, Carlito, come over here. Talk to the people about Puerto Rico, man, definitely, man. We want to send the love. Carlito, Carlito, come over here and talk to the people about Puerto Rico. Like, how is it so crazy over there? Like, because, like, go over there. Let's be a fake guest right now. Go ahead. You're a Puerto Rican stand-in. Yeah, yeah. Oh, man, I mean, actually, I got my family in Fajardo,

and the first time that I was able to tell somebody was yesterday to my sister And I'm not man. Whoever arm don't have a generator or cash money. Basically. Yeah, it's a cash economy now It's like you're going back into the Stone Age so some people got electricity or no It's 3% of Puerto Rico only with like power here. Yeah. So like stores and stuff like that is open? Yeah. If they open because they have generators.

Right. You haven't seen that satellite picture which shows you at night and it shows you the island with lights and then it shows you Puerto Rico with no lights. Wow. Like the islands around it. Wow. Well, God bless Puerto Rico, man. You know what I mean?

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That's right, because we hold y'all Cubans down. God damn it. Puerto Rico. Puerto Rico. It's good over there. I haven't spoken to anybody, but I hope they're good, man. And they hold a special place in my heart. First award I ever got in this industry was Puerto Rican's, man.

So thank you. You know, one of the best. place in my heart, first award I ever got in this industry was Puerto Rico. Thank you. I can't say the best thing, but one of the good things that comes out of tragedy is to see people's humanity. You know what I'm saying? When you see people get together like our friends at Revolt was in the Bronx earlier.

Bronx is considered actually one of the poorest parts of New York City. For them to put together so much stuff and bring that together, that's humanity at its finest. At that moment, it's just like I love being a human being because I like to see great gestures. I like to see people do things like that. And then I've seen what happened to Jacob Javis for Fat Joe's event. And The Lox came out. event. And the locks came out. I believe Jada Kiss came out.

Stop Biden. And again, I think Revolt staff and other community companies was out there. One of the craziest thing was, why did it take Trump so long to lift? Well, that's the thing. What did he have to lift? What did he have to lift? There's like some old, I mean, I'm not an expert on this, maybe somebody else, but there's like an old treaty going back to when

the U.S. acquired Puerto Rico. It has to do with the shipping lanes. Puerto Rico can't get anything direct. It has to come to the U.S. first and then the ships have to take it over there. And it's like a tax. And then that was holding up the whole process. And on top of that, Puerto Rico,

they have economic issues. And Trump was bringing that up. You know, like they're like in bankruptcy or whatever. Yeah, but don't he owe them $32 million from his resort? That's what I read. I mean, I don't know. I don't know the specifics. I just know that the beautiful thing, like you're saying, is that everybody's saying, all right, the government's not going to step up quick enough.

We, the people, are going to step up. And that's what's happening. That's a beautiful thing. Right. I also want to big up Jay-Z and Tidal for, you know, they got a plane as well. Yeah.

They're down with the Fat Joe thing and I think that's dope. Lala called in earlier. She's doing a bunch of things. I didn't want to ask her about Carmelo Anthony because it's not the time.

Nah, definitely. It would have been a scumbag. It would have been a scumbag moment. So I did not. Come on, I have morals, people. And she's my homegirl. I don't know if you know that.

I've known La La for years, even before she got on MTV. But I like to see people get together. I like to see, I think Alicia Keys is doing something. Everybody who's doing something, maybe I don't remember off the top of my head, but I want to big that up. I think Puff is going to call us later as well. And we, just like I say, it doesn't matter who you are. We should all just focus on Puerto Rico right now.

Just give whatever you can, man. Even give a bottle of Deleon. Trust me, my people will drink it. You know what I mean? Just say it like that. They're in a dire situation. They're on an island that's really far away. It's not on the mainland.

They can't just get shit. So it's a serious situation, man. people could start really going through some shit. All right, it's it's it's dying Okay, what a good beat right now we got bigs on a motherfucking phone make some noise Yeah, I know bigs, you know, you know, you know, I'm half Puerto Rican And you know the island of Puerto Rico received devastation So we just calling people in to show some love to Puerto Rico Well, I don't know if everybody knows, but I'm actually Puerto Rican myself My grandmother who passed is Maria Hernandez She was born in Puerto Rico and just moved to St. Thomas

So I'm feeling the same effects All my family's in St. Thomas and I have a lot of family in Puerto Rico and just moved to St. Thomas. So I'm feeling the same effects. All my family's in St. Thomas and I have a lot of family in Puerto Rico. I actually just had some relief to St. Thomas that they turned back after the second hurricane. So I definitely can relate with you and, you know, empathize with everybody that's going through a lot down there in the islands. Right, right. Let me ask you something, Biggs. Have you ever seen like a tragedy like this in the the islands of St. Croix, St. Thomas,

or Puerto Rico? This is the first time, correct? Well, it's the first time there was a back-to-back. I actually was living in St. Thomas when Hurricane Hugo came and I got out the day before. Wow. So we had two Category 5s I hit before,

but nothing back-to-back in 10 days. Wow, wow, man. And I know this is a little bit off topic, but I also want to congratulate you for having that Rock 96 inside of Barney's. Whoa. Yeah, thank you, fam. Thank you.

That's big. So, how did that come about? Yo, but also, I'm celebrating. I just got off probation yesterday, so let's talk about that too. Oh, wait. So, hold on. Tell me, before we clap,

before we clap, is Biggs going back to smoking? Too soon. No comment. Too soon. Too soon. No, no. I'm not going back right now, man.

I'm taking it easy. Well, you know we need you physically on the show, man. Thank you for calling in from Puerto Rico. Okay, man. If you want to say one more thing about Puerto Rico

before we get up out of here, you know what I mean? I just want to say, man, everybody try to support, man. Whatever you can send down there, just think about the literal things that it's affecting. And, you know, how we're living right now, if you think about all the water that's built up, I mean, people are getting affected by the mosquitoes. People don't have lights. They haven't had lights in almost two weeks. Just think about all the luxuries that we have right now we take for granted so please do anything that you can to send some support send some some relief and send your prayers down to the uh to the family the kids and uh everybody

that's going through it well thank you once again man make some noise for bigs hopper right now i'm gonna i'm gonna hit you up later fam fam. Thank you again. Okay. All right, one love. Peace. Yo, what's going on, Wack Clef? Everybody make some noise for Wack Clef. Hey! Yo, Wack Clef, I know you dealt with a tragedy in Haiti before. So what we doing?

We got a whole episode. We just sending love to Puerto Rico. A hundred percent. You already know geographically Haiti is right next to Puerto Rico. I have cousins that study in universities in Puerto Rico. So for me, it's really all one, you know. I was talking to Emilio Estefan, who was actually, I think he left today. He was getting a plane and stuff, bringing it out there. I also spoke to Daddy Yankee, and I'm just letting you know,

anything that y'all need me to do, however y'all need to go down there, if we need to donate a song or just whatever, you already know I'm down for the cause. If you're going, you just count me in. And when I was speaking to Emilio, he said the people are really in, like, a lot of bad shape, you know, right now, so cash really helps down there. It's sort of like the same thing that happened to haiti you know right right man you know you definitely know we got family out there and um and and like like like how was it because like i know when haiti went through it like is this something similar to haiti or this is something different you know haiti lost 250,000 people under the earthquake, right? So they lost bodies of people that I even know that are getting on a plane coming over to Miami now

because they completely lost everything. And so at the end of the day, I think it's really the same tragedy, you know what I mean? So we have to be there for those people, not like just now. One thing I have to tell you about Haiti, it's about like the long term, right? Because you already know how the media is. After three weeks, they move on to the next thing. So, you know, it's up to us to constantly make sure that it's in the media. And once again, you know, I've been through it all.

If you're going to donate, make sure you're donating to a cause that you really believe in. You know what I'm saying? Me personally, I don't believe in no big NGOs never have, you know? So make sure you donate locally to something that you know that's really effective. You know what I mean? Absolutely. Wyclef, man. Let's make some noise for Wyclef.

Call it a day. Drink, Jack. Yo, yo, thank you so much. And me and Wyclef, we got a couple of bangers in the stash. We're going to let the people know, man. You know what I mean, Wyclef? I'm going to see you this weekend, baby. Yes, I got your back.

I'm going to have you in front of me. I got your back. Yep, I'll see you. Yo, good looking. Thank you for calling in, Wyclef. All right. One love. Let's make some noise for Wyclef.

One more time. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Me and Wyclef got some things we got brewing, man. You know what I mean? So I think he's filming something, and I got his back, you know what I mean? So this week, you know what I mean? We'll bring all the drink champs out there, too, as well. You know, he loves his drink champs.

We got one pack of Backwoods. That is nice. Okay. But, hey, so who we had cooling so far? We had Wyclef. We had Wyclef. Lala. Lala.ala we had

Danny Garcia Danny Garcia Oh Biggs bigs. Oh now why clap and I believe we got Camilla and kiss this kiss ready It's crazy the clip did all his videos in Puerto Rico Yeah, I was out there actually when he was out there, but I was filming my food show. So I was actually trying to get him to get away from his set to get him out. I was mad greedy and it didn't work out that way. But it is what it is, man. You know, we send our love this whole episode to the island of Puerto Rico, to the families, my families, everybody's families have been affected. You know, with the power outages the draining

the water and you know no supply so do whatever you can you know to support these people you know like Wild Clef just mentioned you know give your money to people you think that's going to get to the people you know what I mean and you know we're going to participate in something

we'll let you know as far as drink champs go and you know, we're going to participate in something. We'll let you know as far as drink champs go. And, you know, I also donated and am donating more to title.com backslash, title.com backslash Puerto Rico, which is a Fat Joe thing. So I just figured, you know, I donated an honest money. But, you know, it is what it is, you know. Yeah, well, I'm sending goods through Hector in Orlando. Oh, okay.

We're going out there, you know, getting it. I mean, you know, it's not big. I'll send some goods too. Oh, okay. We're going out there and getting it. That's dope. It's not big, but we're doing what we can. We're sending water and pampers and toiletries and just supplies to get it out in the area affected by where his mother lives out there. Right. So, you know, just any little thing helps, man. And like what Cliff said, you don't have to donate to Pitt's organization that we talked about. Pick the one that you feel comfortable with and do something. You don't have to donate to Pitt's organization that we talked about.

Pick the one that you feel comfortable with and do something. And if it's just donating a case of water, just do something. Right, right. Hey Hank Sangria, hope you saw me. Right now we got Mr. Right To Dream, Mr. Rapper Slash Media,

Mr. You Know Everything. He's out there doing it big. What's going on, Rob Marksman? What up? Yo, what up man? Drake Chance, man. EFN Norrie it big. What's going on, Rob Marksman? What up? Yo, what up, man? Drake Chance, man. EFN Norrie, man. What's good, my brothers?

You know, we're doing a show dedicated to Puerto Rico. So we're having just people call in and send us some love. Whatever you got to say about Puerto Rico. Yeah, nah, man. Absolutely, man. It's so important right now to help the island. And it's beautiful. I see it on all social medias.

I've seen so many drives, so many people across the world, especially in New York, just dropping off supplies from Ebro and everybody at Hot 97 and Angie and everybody from Power 105. I've seen NRE involved and so on, man. Princess Nokia involved, man. The way we give it back is powerful because you see what Trump is doing, you know, and the government and all this bureaucracy, and

it's just taking so long to get our people out, and, but the people got us. If the government ain't got us, the people got us, you know what I'm saying? And that's a beautiful thing. We're gonna get the island back strong. You know, I got my brother out there, and, um, You know, I got my brother out there. And, you know, I haven't spoken to him since it happened.

He called me like a week, maybe 10 days after the hurricane hit. And I hadn't heard from him that whole time. And just to hear his voice, man, I almost cried, man, straight up. Yeah, man, I just got word that my family is okay actually yesterday. So, you know, it's been hitting me hard as well yeah man it's crazy like my brother man he his wife had a baby out there during during this whole thing you know i'm saying so oh wow he's holding down his family um you know how do you even get birth or something like this you know the hospitals the generators are shutting down the water is dirty you know it's a tremendous stress that you know our, our people are going through, man.

But, you know, it's the same thing. You know, any Puerto Ricans in your life, man, like what he was, man, we are strong people, man. So we always want to persevere even through the worst of the times. And right now, this is definitely the worst of the times. Yes, we will bounce back, man. So, Rob Marksman, we want to thank you for calling in to drink. Chance to make some noise And you know we need you up here personally ma'am you can come to Miami for BET over for weekend

All right, my brother one love easy bro, okay, what's going on you live on the drink champs. Make some noise. Yo, so listen, you know, we took a time out to dedicate a whole show to Puerto Rico and, you know, the tragedy that they're going through. So we had a couple of friends just call up

and, you know, say any powerful words or anything that you got to say to Puerto Rico. Right, I think, you know, the main thing is that there's people there that are really struggling right now

and it's been a difficult situation. I know my boy Crazy Legs from Rock Ste thing is that there's people there that are really struggling right now. And it's been a difficult situation. I know my boy Crazy Legs from Rocksteady is out there. So I appreciate the fact that he took his time to go out there. And I've been following everything that he's been doing, trying to make sure that people have basic necessities like clean water, you know, just diapers for their kids. Even having, there's no power for a lot of people. So there's people who are sick. They can't get the ice for their insulin, all different kinds of things. So we just have to have compassion for other people and figure out ways that we can help.

I know it's difficult as far as not knowing what can I do, you know? So there's a lot of people who have initiatives like getting supplies together to put on different, you know, private planes and everything to fly over there. So I think it's just important to stay aware and see who's doing what and how you can be part of it. Right, man. And you know, Puerto Ricans, we know we're going to bounce back, but this situation is something very real. It's something I've never seen before.

Right. And, you know, we spend a lot of time going to different places on vacation, whether it's Puerto Rico, whether it's in the Caribbean, the Virgin Islands, and all that. So, you know, we just got to make sure that we take care of the people that are there, that live there, that are from there, have family there and all of that. Exactly, exactly. Well, Angelina, you know she's hosting the live event. She's going to introduce us. I said she's going to be a guest host, though, as well.

Yeah, you got to be. She's got to drink as much as we drink. Yeah, you got to drink as much as's going to introduce us. I said she's going to be a guest host, though, as well. Yeah, you got to be... She's got to drink as much as we drink. Yeah, you got to drink as much as we drink and help us go live. We never went live before. Oh, my gosh.

This is about to be a mess. Yes, it's going to be a super mess. So, Angelina, thank you so much for showing love to my island, my people, man. I appreciate that.

No problem. And Twin says, what's up, too? And Eddie the ass eater. And Eddie the ass, too. And Eddie the ass, either. All right, one love. Enjoy it. Hello?

Hey, what's going on, Laurel Styles? You're live on the Drink Chats. Make some noise. What's up, guys? What's going on? I want to personally thank you because I see you guys,

you and Ebro, in the Bronx, in the streets, you know, helping the people. So I want to personally thank you because I see two guys, you and Ebro, in the Bronx, in the streets, you know, helping the people. So I want to personally thank you. Well, you know, of course we have to do that. We need to, like, you know, we constantly talk about it on our show and just between our peers. Like, yo, when they don't want to help us, we got to be there for each other. And it was so beautiful just to see everybody come out. I mean, we had people from Jersey and Connecticut drive down down just to you know be a part of it and just you know i had

abuelitas there you know lugging bags of cans and just the fact that they just you know wanted to make sure that they told us thank you and getting the community together we got to we got to keep it going too we got to keep it going because it was beautiful to see it happen over the weekend but we got to remind each other that like it's not a one-time thing we got to keep it going because it was beautiful to see it happen over the weekend, but we got to remind each other that it's not a one-time thing. We got to continue because Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands are going to need a lot of help. That's true, man. So I just wanted to honor you people because we're doing a show and we got people calling in and saying great things. But for me seeing you guys on the front line, I really had to say thank you to you and Ebro.

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It's worse than people think. Lucky that my man today and yesterday got a Yankee, went inside a lot of like the worst places today. Went out and had himself to give out stuff because niggas ain't getting shit out there. Wow. There's mad shit. There's mad trucks, mad things at the port that ain't there now. They need drivers, right?

Is that what it is? What is it? What's the problem with it? The situation with the drivers is that, oh, gee, there's a thousand niggas out there that got no way to get into work. Right, right. The bridges is all over the place. They don't even have communication to tell them to show up at a certain time. There's none.

They can't even get gas to get them working. Right, right. So niggas is like, they want to help. It's not like people was asking for money. They want to help. But they need to, you know, to get the roads right right let them get out of there let them get gas like this mad gallons of gas everywhere for the swimming niggas drunk mad four boats mega boats full of gas for free oh you want to take your volume but you can't get it because they can't get it because they can't get

to to the actual places so but with that we're talking about that um your man on trump he had that i don't know how how you call it that's actually whatever yeah the merchant shit yeah the shipping couldn't bring their stuff but he opened it the other day so supposedly now they're going to get those boats to the port but they're waiting for Trump OG Trump said he's coming to come in a couple of days so I want to look good right so he get there everybody be functioning at the same time so that he get there for people's dying waiting for that you got the males of San Juan with the water up to the motherfucking chest trying to save save people with a horn, trying to get people.

You know what I'm saying? So it's like the whole Puerto Rico's working on this. Like, there's a lot of help, OG. There's a lot of help trying to get over there, but it's not getting over there. So I know y'all seen the TV, seen all these people in Orlando, Miami, New York, with mega trucks going over there

and they can't get nothing to the people because that's the situation. Now we heard that it's only 3% of the island that has electricity. Yeah, that's exactly what's going on. Only 3%. And that's San Juan, the capital, where the governor's at. Wow. So if you in Caguas, or Fajardo, or Vieques. You're dying.

Wow. And that's the thing thing it's a ticking time bomb like the longer it goes on like more dangerous that becomes a little bit of those people I need cold yeah yeah yeah yeah say for diabetes diabetes everybody that need all this medication like there's no light they don't want to even bring them the diesel to the hospitals like it's no light they don't want to even bring the diesel to the hospitals like it's so difficult to get that diesel to the hospital but different one the government part because they got all the ways to get it over there right they got they sent a thousand motherfucking

jeeps over there with them big ass tanks and i really don't know i don't know what to tell you about that situation but it's bad we ain't getting that help from Trump, not at all. No love from the states. And the generators is very important too, right? People need generators. Yeah, we need everything, man. But they need the gas for the generators. Well, generators got gas?

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Right off gas. I know that. Yeah, hell yeah. Gas, bro. There's no gas, nothing's going to work. The supermarkets, hospitalsmarkets hospitals schools everything is dead they're talking about we're gonna have life for like eight months out there they won't have

life yeah they won't have life wow that's crazy eight months but we dealing with it OG like Puerto Ricans is like coming together more than ever I mean the whole world practically I'm seeing the whole world like trying to help Puerto Rico but we don't really got the ways to get things over there because of the states Trump got everything on lock so everything gotta go through him I guess yeah so you know you know us being Puerto Ricans we're gonna bounce back but that's why we focus focusing on the island right now, is telling people to donate whatever they can donate.

Do you have a recommendation of somewhere for people to donate? I would say, like, donate mad food. The water's the situation, just so y'all can know. Like, there's millions of gallons of water, but it's mad expensive to get it over there. The weight is so incredible that you pay, let's say, $300 for a pallet of water, it costs you $2,000 to get them out of the boat over there.

Wow. So I've been hearing about all these people, they got the fleet places that deliver it out there, that they're trying to do it for free But I don't I really don't know where Where to go to and how to get it over there with don't try with some people I've been doing it selling it on private planes with daddy Yankee. I said some shit with Nicky Jam I said some shit with that I get though. But it's it's hard though the space that you got on a private jet

so That's how I've been doing it. The little bit that I send, sneakers, t-shirts, food, it's been that way. I take a little bit of the space and I fit whatever I can. And then how is like, Daddy Yankee and the artists out there, like how are they coping? Because do they have electricity? Brother, like, you know they got they got on

what we started generating hold on hold on a second here go evil right here hold on yo ebro what's going on this is nre in a drink chat how you doing my brother i'm here man what's going on i wanted to personally thank you man i seen you out there on the streets of the bronx um with and collecting, you was collecting, and I wanted to personally thank you, man, for, you know, holding it down and stepping up. Yeah, man, it's love, bro. You know what we do, man. It was, it didn't really feel like it was a stretch, but I know, you know, in times of need, not everybody always steps up, you know what I'm saying, so.

Right, right. So this is a whole show we're doing right now. We dedicated to Puerto Rico. We had a bunch of people call up. So I definitely wanted to have you call up and just shed some light on the situation. Yeah, man. I mean, you know, I think it's an awakening time for a lot of people who thought, you know, it was all gravy. Right.

You know, I think at every turn we've learned that, you know, there's a reason that black people stay upset. Right. You know what I'm saying? And the reason we stay upset is because we know it can happen to us just like it's happening to other groups now, whether it be Muslims, Mexicans, Puerto Ricans, Native Americans. It's been happening, too, so they know the drill. Yep. You know what I mean? the maturity or what it seems, you know, or what it seems to be

the majority, then, you know, it feels like you're getting ostracized or not taken care of. Right, man. Well,

once again, man, us in the Drink Champs, me, DJ EFN, and the Drink Champs Army, we want to salute you for your groundwork and for you shedding the light

and on my island, what I consider my island. And I want to say I appreciate you and your work is not going unknown. We see you out there. We appreciate you, brother. Cool, man. Spread the word, man, because you know what's going to happen next. They're going to try to take that island from those people, man.

Right. You know, a lot of the wealthy and educated and the, how do I say, like a lot of doctors and professionals over the last six years have left that island. Like, you know, I'm saying like 300,000 people. Wow. Because about eight years ago, maybe a little longer, you know, a lot of pharmaceutical companies used to be on the island of Puerto Rico and that provided a lot of jobs and a lot of wealth. And then laws got shifted around and the pharmaceutical companies moved back to the mainland. And so that hurt the island real bad financially. And so without, you know,

a major, without major corporations and without those jobs down there, that's what's made it so hard for Puerto Rico to pay back that debt. Right, right. And so now you're going to have water. So a lot of people, a lot of people swooped down knowing that Puerto Rico was in danger. And they took advantage of the fact that they knew that at a certain point, they was going to have to pay that debt back. And now the people that own that debt,

they want their money, and those are all Trump's buddies. And that's why Trump is talking about their debt all the time instead of just going down there and fixing it up. He keeps bringing that debt up to remind everybody that they owe money. You know what I'm saying? So, yeah, we're going to come get that money. Right, right. And you know, we can't ever forget that's, we're gonna come get that money. Right, right.

And you know, we can't ever forget that's what America's really about, that money. Right, right. Well, Ebo, man, once again, thank you for your work. Thank you for calling in. And you know, we need you on here. You know, personally, if you come down here for BET Awards or Revolt Weekend,

we want you to come and join the drink champ. Wait, wait, wait. BET Awards in Miami? Yeah, BET Awards, the Hip Hop Awards in Miami? Yeah, BET Awards, the Hip Hop Awards in Miami. This week. Yeah. Yeah.

Wait, hold up, hold up. Yeah. Wait a minute. That shit gonna be crazy. Yeah, man. So if you wind up out here for either that or for the Revolt weekend,

we want to have you on here live, my brother. Thank you very much. I appreciate the invite. Love y'all. Thank you so much. All right. So respect to you, brother one love this makes things

expect to lose the evil guy yeah man so that was crazy I won the big he brought up Laura Styles and hot 97 staff they've been doing a lot I've been watching on them online and also a power of five as well we had both people call in both stations we had a jury obviously and we had both people calling both stations uh we had angela e obviously and um we had laura styles and uh ego let's pick them all up and just everybody in puerto rico man like you know we don't know if you guys can hear this or whenever you guys can't hear this you know we with you you're not alone you know i mean um everybody's puerto rico absolutely uh uh everybody's puerto rico now you know i'm saying So we got the people man So you have spoken to your people

You said right Yeah Now that I was hearing about ego Sorry about You didn't change No no no problem No problem You know what's crazy

That what he's talking about Is the truth True of the truth Wow Puerto Ricans don't fucking Put insurance on their credit I'm going to tell you Some real shit right now

Wow More than half of them Puerto Ric the Puerto Ricans that lost lost a place they ain't gonna recover they got no insurance so I don't know if y'all been hearing about that that Walmart and feed yeah going down and all that that shit is real wait what's that what's that brother that's um fema just joined went on a joint venture with mother in walmart so i don't know if you really know what fema is yeah they're the ones that respond to the disasters yeah so you see like what happened in kuwait that i'm gonna go another another route you see like what happened in kuwait that i'm gonna go another another

route you see the way we help kuwait and iraq and all the places now they hold us everything they used to be the one of the wealthiest countries and now they hold my money to the stadium but they we help them in all that war right fema more or less does the same thing. They be, they're response to catastrophes. Right. Losses of lives. Yeah. And they help. Right.

Don't last to die also. Right. Cause they want to bring the body count in the earth. They want to bring it down. They want people to die. Wow. That's the whole purpose of this whole situation. So what these people is doing,

they trying to make you lose everything. So now you're all small. Now you're going to have to live in a shelter. Now you ain't got no food. You lost everything. So now you depend on the states for everything, for food, for a job, for your kids, your kids for the school so that's where they come into they've been setting up all these camps and I don't do business

for Walmart which is that which is that what is that we've been noticing that they've been closing hundreds of Walmart's throughout the United States so they've been talking about that. That shit is, they're closing in for plumbing problems. Right. Not a 400 Walmart's got plumbing problems. Right. More than half of them, they already seen that.

They got bar wires all over them. So for a lot of people that sleep, that's like concentration camps being set in our own fucking backyard. And they were so intelligent on doing this that they did it right in the city in our nose. And nobody's really noticing the situation. Like if Miami would have went through that hurricane that we just missed right now, brother, we would have been suffering that shit. Half of us would have been in those

Walmart places right now. So what these people trying to do with the Puerto Ricans, with the people from Texas, with the people that's going to go through all these new catastrophe years, they're going to try to get you in their camps when you lose everything. So in order for you to get food, for you

to get your welfare check, for you to get your coupons, your Plan A, whatever situation you're dealing with, you're gonna have to insert that chip in your body. Right. And like, you know, we've been raised up that when you get that chip in your body, I got something to do with the Antichrist.

Mark the beast. Yeah, of course, you know what I'm saying? So there's a lot of underground situation that's going on that a lot of people are sleeping on. So now if we lose everything in Puerto Rico, just like Ibro said, these people are going to be in there, supposedly putting in all the money, we're going to have a bigger debt. And you know what's crazy? This motherf Trump he left a 33 million dollar both for Die over there. He didn't even pay the money for what he just did in PR. This is like four or five years ago

That place is still fucked up So he over I did dirty to the mill and he I mean 33 young yeah, 30 million dollars and he ain't talking about that About bankruptcy, you know what I'm saying? Exactly, he filed bankruptcy. Which is what the island is basically doing, filing bankruptcy. Man, well, so, man, everybody in Puerto Rico, man, drink champs, we out here, we with you.

We're going to figure out something. You know, like I said, we're going to keep donating to whatever charity you believe in. And, yo, man, we with you. The island of Puerto Rico, man. Viva Puerto Rico. Wow. Let's go smoke.

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