Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - BONUS: Fatman Scoop Wants To Share The Stage With Jacinda Ardern!

Episode Date: October 26, 2022

Fatman Scoop is in studio and has a great chat about life!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Hits, with a bonus podcast from Jono and Ben. Biggest Party in New Zealand returns November 13. Friday Jams live. Macklemore, a TLC shaggy and hosted by Fat Man Scoop. He's the ultimate hype man. He's collaborated with artists like Mariah Carey, Missy Elliott, Janet Jackson. You know the shoot and you'll know him.

Fat Man Scoop is with us in the studio. So good to have you here. Thank you, thank you. I appreciate it. You know, this is one of my favourite places in the world. Oh, awesome. Well,. So good to have you here. Thank you, thank you. I appreciate it. You know, this is one of my favourite places in the world. Oh, it's great to have you here. We love having you here. Thank you.

It's the home of Serato. So like, how? Like, like, like. DJ equipment. Of course. So you know, like, this is like the holy ground. You gotta come. Can I just say that's the coolest I've ever looked.

When I knew what Serato was. I'm glad one of us did. Yeah, yeah. Right, right. Hopefully, how could you not be in radio and not know what's in the equipment, bro? And actually, it is a New Zealand company, and it's gone gangbusters in the DJ world, hasn't it? Listen, man, there's nothing bigger than Serato.

Great to have you here. We're very excited. You're the hype man for Friday Jams. We need some hype on the show. I mean, we're a little lackluster. What kind of hype do you need? Just look at us. Look at us.

I messed up a handshake with you as a cable. No, no, but listen, listen. I should have gave you the white handshake. I gave you the brother. I gave you the brother. It's okay. You don't say that's more my fault than your fault. Don't worry.

Don't worry. Did I nail the brother handshake though? Yeah, yeah. You went right into it, but his was more of a hesitation. Like, wait up, hold on. Am I supposed to do the black stuff now? I'm very tentative.

That's my problem. I need more confidence. How do I get confidence like you? You know, to be honest with you, be yourself. There's no bigger confidence than being yourself. I don't try to be a tough guy. I'd be the first one to say I went to Catholic school. I had two parents in the household. I'm not trying to be a tough guy. I'll be the first one to say I went to Catholic school. I had two parents in the household.

I'm not trying to be something I'm not. People got to meet you where you are. It's finally good to have another Catholic on the show as well. I'm the show resident Catholic. We'll say the Lord's Prayer at the end of the interview. Exactly. And I went to the school where if you didn't know the Lord's Prayer, you got spanked on the head.

Oh, really? This is old school. Man, I can't even go into Catholic school. It's old school. Some weird stuff went on at the Catholic system. It's old really? This is old school. Man, I can't even go into Catholic school. It's old school. Some weird stuff went on at the Catholic system. It's old school. It is old school.

Got Fat Man Scoop with us ahead of Friday Jams. Obviously the pandemic that we've all been through. It must be nice to finally be able to go tour, do your thing on stage

because everything kind of flipped upside down for you in your life, right? I'm a man that makes a decent amount of money a month. I don't want to get into how much because I don't believe in throwing those kinds of things around

because it's not a measure of who you are. Yeah. But I went from making high five figures to zero within the span of a week. I was on the road with Shaggy, Salt-N-Pepa, Nelly, and they said gatherings of five to 10 people or nothing. That effectively ended my business. And that went on for two years. I didn't work for two years.

So now you're a trucking business? Cannabis business? So here's the thing, right? In that moment you have intense pain. You're a guy that's used to making money. You're on the road. You're doing stuff. Nobody has any sympathy for you because they're like, look, bro, you make money. You're not like regular people. You make money. And I never asked for sympathy because I said, you know something? You're right about that. Because I went and told people, I'll drive a truck. I don't care.

Listen, I'll do whatever it takes to take care of my family. I don't care if it's sweeping the floor here and hits. I don't care what it is. I'm going to do what it takes to take care of my family. I don't care if it's sweeping the floor here and hits. I don't care what it is. I'm going to do what it is to take care of my family. So to say that is to say this. I would have never known about trucking if this wouldn't have happened. I would have just been head down doing shows. Oh, congratulations.

There's a theory that the universe did in some way reset the world and make everyone appreciate what they had in life with that pandemic. Yes, because you know what it is? It made you look at what's really going on. That's what for me came my greatest discovery, and that was the trucking business. See, radio, entertainment, that is recession-proof. Transport, logistics is recession-proof. Transport, logistics is depression-proof.

It doesn't matter if we have a nuclear war. Something got to go from A to B no matter what. You're right. So that just gave me clarity. And then what happened from there is YouTube University, that's how I learned about finance and stuff like that because here's the thing. We as people, and I'm guilty of it myself, we are more consumers than we're producers and investors.

I learned in the pandemic about what to do with my money. And I know this is going to a different place, but people, be smart with your money. I went. I got a small house. I paid it off. It's a fix got a small house. I paid it off. It's a fixer-upper. I fixed it up. And now any money that comes in after I pay my taxes, I'm going to invest that.

If I do that for the next two years, I'll be a millionaire on paper again. Wow. Instead of driving around a Range Rover trying to prove to other people I'm rich. Be smart with your money, people. I am going to invest in a trucking business after this. That's a great motivational speech. Listen, bro, everything in NZ got to go somewhere. They film in Lord of the Rings or whatever the hell they're doing.

That stuff got to get over there, right? I didn't expect this. Thank you for this. What a wonderful conversation. Something got to get from everything. That bottle of water. These headphones. Everything got here by a truck.

I love it. You're dead right. Bro, this pen got here by a truck. That microphone, everything, man. It's a smart business to get into if you can. Famous Scoop's going to stick around. He's going to try and win you Friday Jams live tickets next. And some more financial advice.

That's why you do that, man. But we want to see if you can build more than 10 scoops of ice cream. If you do that, we'll give away tickets tomorrow. See, but I'm not supposed to have this thing. You don't have to eat it. You don't have to eat it. Yeah, but how are you going to put my name in school, bro? It came from ice cream.

Ice cream repeats are my favorite things, man. You gave my favorite things man can I have one spoon yeah you can you can have whatever you want just a small spoon just a small spoon mate you can do whatever you want so the game is

we gotta get you to do 10 scoops and then we get to give away tickets all day tomorrow but you might not even make 10 I may eat this

I feel like we're broken up that's sherbet we had such a good financial chat. Can you forget this game? Can you get me a scoop, please? No, no, no, no.

A spoon. Oh, yeah, yeah. We'll give you this. That's your spoon. You can do whatever you want. Wait, which one? No, I think he wants an eating spoon. I want to eat.

I want to eat a spoon. He wants to eat. Sir, get on it. Hop on it, sir. Producer Joel's sprinting out to the kitchen to get a spoon. Okay, so I got to do 10 scoops. Can you do 10 scoops on top? Producer Joel's sprinting out to the kitchen to get a spoon. Okay, so I've got to do 10 scoops? Can you do 10 scoops on top, and then we can give away,

every caller wins Friday Jams tickets tomorrow. Okay, here we go. You're starting with the orange chocolate chip there. It's nice and smooth. There's one scoop going in. Delicate hands from Fat Man Scoop. Oh, he's doing a little... I can make the scoop any size I want.

You've found a loophole. Well done. Like the pandemic, you've navigated your way through this. There's two. There's two with the French vanilla. Just a dollop of French vanilla there. Damn it. He's really easy. He's onto it. He's a smart man. There we go. The Neapolitan goes in. Has three scoops. This is the smallest

ice cream ever. You probably wouldn't pay full price for it at the shop, but you've really, you've nailed another scoop. Number four. You're right. You probably wouldn't pay full price for it at the shop, but you've really, you've nailed another scoop. Number four. You're right. You see how this man pivoted to trucking, can't you? You see now. You got to think about everything before you do.

That's fine. That's fine. It hasn't even come out the top of the cone yet. He's nailed this. He's definitely nailed this. A master of ice cream scooping and also ticket giveaways. He delicately puts the last one on. And there is number 10, Fat Man Scoop.

Guaranteed tickets for every caller tomorrow on the show. To Friday Jams. There you go. He got it. Because here's the thing. You didn't say what size they had. We didn't. You're right.

If you would have said 10 big scoops, then I would have had to say I can't do that. But you didn't. Oh, mate. If you would have said 10 big scoops, then I would have had to say, I can't do that. But you didn't. Oh, mate, he's an idiot who would drive around in a Range Rover. That's who he is. That's me bragging about my money. You like the orange chocolate chip there, Scoop? Hold on, let me taste the other one.

You should start it. Have you got an ice cream business? You were looking into it, right? I'm doing one right now. Yeah. In conjunction with Mikey's Ice Cream in New York. I have my own flavor. Pineapple chocolate.

Is that right? You like that one? I love pineapple ice cream! Getting angry at producer Joel for bringing so much ice cream in. Friday jams, we're going to love it. Joe, you've got to get this out of here. You've got to put a lid on it. You've got to get this out of here.

Ice cream for breakfast. So much fun hanging out with you. Thank you for coming to New Zealand. Thank you. I appreciate you guys. Make sure you're there. Listen, do you know the Prime Minister? Jacinda Ardern, yeah.

Well, yes. Are you cool with her? Yeah. Can somebody get me in touch with her? Yes, what do you want to ask her? I want her to DJ for me. She did some DJ stuff. Yeah.

Can she DJ? Who has her number that I can actually call her? Yeah, we'll try and track down her details. You will? Yeah, we'll get them for you. Okay, I'm going to give you her details, and you let her people talk to my people and talk to her people and my people, and then we'll get this done.

And we'll get her there on a truck. Okay, yeah. I'll let her get on a truck. It doesn't even matter. I don't care. Fine. Famous scoop. So much fun.

Thank you so much, mate. Get out with us. You can catch him at Friday Jams Live in a couple of weeks' time.