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Episode Date: August 25, 2024

Join Shannon Sharpe & Chad "Ochocinco" Johnson on their Nightcap Summer Sessions: LIVE from Atlanta. Unc & Ocho are joined by Carolina Panthers legend Cam Newton, LSU star Flau'jae Johnson, NFL legend Sterling Sharpe, and Atlanta Falcons head coach Raheem Morris.04:00 - Show Starts07:30 - Raheem Morris24:23 - Spello Cinco38:15 - Dunk on Unc51:33 - Flau’jae Johnson(Timestamps may vary based on advertisements.)#Volume #ClubSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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I need y'all to repeat after me real quick. You ready? I fucking love you. I fucking love you. Yeah, bitch. Man. Ooh, it's cold in the mouth. See, if you had some hair, it wouldn't be that problem.

Guys, check this out. When we started, when we was thinking about putting this tour together, I said, I don't care where we go next. We can go to hell, but we started in ATL. That's the day I'm showing you. And so the success that you guys have made Nightcap, I can't thank you enough from the bottom of my heart. And I know Ocho feels the exact same way. So give yourself a round of applause for helping us get to this point. I appreciate you. I appreciate you. Seriously. I really appreciate you, man. I came to me months ago in LA, you know, with an idea, you know, when he asked me about it and without hesitation, I say, yeah, I say, yeah, without hesitation and not knowing that it would get to this point the way it has. And the reason for our success is because of y'all.

Y'all are the meat and potatoes to our success. And I can't thank you enough. I swear to God from the bottom of my heart, man. I really appreciate appreciate all y'all, especially coming out here, getting here on time, with the traffic on 85. Man, I really thank you. Man, the traffic and ATL, bro. And it ain't getting any better. Guys, check

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ado, the guy that's coming to the stage right now, he's your head coach of the Atlanta Falcons, Mr. Raheem Morris. Yeah. He back there watching on TV when he should have been standing at the side right here. Here he is, ladies and gentlemen, Raheem Morris. And the man changed the script, guys. Before we even start, I just want to know, do you need some fresh legs out there at camp?

Say that again. Do you need some fresh legs? I can still go, I promise you. I tell Uncle all the time, I still got it. Even at, listen, even at camp. Say that again? When you need some fresh legs, I can still go. I promise you. I tell Uncle all the time. I still got it. Listen, even at 56. I'll tell you this. Ocho definitely can give me a couple of releases. There we go. And then we're going to stop

right there, guys. We got no routes. Coach, how you doing? I'm doing outstanding. I'm in this beautiful city of Atlanta. I got one of the best fan bases in the National Football League, and we about to go out and earn it pretty soon. And we got so much to prove to the city, for the people.

We bringing this thing back, and it's just an exciting time. Coach, this is your second time being a full-time NFL head coach. What can you take into this experience that you learned from your first time being a head-time NFL head coach. What can you take into this experience that you learned from your first time being a head coach in Tampa? What is the difference between that Raheem Morris and this Raheem Morris? I've said this so many times, Shannon, that the biggest difference when you're 32 years old, you got all the answers. You know, the 47-year-old Raheem Morris, I'm such a better listener and I can take that into account. I'm able to detail my work. I'm able to surround myself with people that can give me great information. I'm able to listen to

those things, take it in, make decisions, be able to sign guys like Justin Simmons, be able to sign Matthew G. Dine, be able to take this thing and listen to the people, listen to the fans, you know, innovate and create every single day, be a part of the culture that's here that's been built already. And like all of those things in my life are different because of the experience I was able to go through. I remember you came down and been with us in 2012 in DC. I was with Mike Shanahan. I got a chance to go to LA and do these different things and be around different head coaches. And I've just grown so much since that moment. And that was right after becoming a head coach, listen to you talk and the passion and the energy that you brought trying to get players like you two to come play for me and that's what I wanted and that's what we got you draft the court look you signed

Kirk Cousins in free agency the eighth pick roll around there's a quarterback available you take a quarterback you've been around the NFL for 25 years you understand the dynamic with quarterbacks they're different than any other position. No doubt. So when you signed Kurt, did you think Penix Jr. would be available? And once he was available, you make that decision that we're going to draft him. What was the conversation like between if you had a conversation with Kurt Cousins or you didn't have a conversation, but you had a conversation with his agent?

It goes back well before even a conversation with Kurt. It's when I got the job coming here in the interview process. The process was about Kurt. You come in and you want to get an immediate winner right now. And how do you do that? You go get Kurt Cousins. That was a part of my interview script. That was a part of my plan.

Art the blank. Sell a vision. Sell a dream. Terry Fontenot. Here it is. How do we find a way to go get him? Put him in part of this fold so we can go win football games right now? And if we go get him, we're going to be in no position to draft the quarterback in the next couple of years.

You know, when you talk about quarterbacks, we understand how important that position is. Obviously, in order to sustain a consistent success for any team, if you look at the top teams in the NFL, it always comes down to the quarterback position. Is there a disconnect in any way with the quarterback competing with each other, understanding the pressures that are on Kirk Cousins if he doesn't play well, that job is in jeopardy? I think the message was clear coming in. It was open, it was

honest, it was clear. Kirk's our starter. Kirk's going to take us to places that we want to go to. And Mike is going to come in and he's going to watch what it looks like what it feels like he want to see what it looked like when you had your quarterbacks in your day with John Elway he want to see what it looked like

you ain't have no quarterbacks but what it looked like to go out there you've won Super Bowls at two different stops you've been an assistant on a lot of different head coaches what is the common denominator between winning and losing the people it's a people first business and everything we do when you were a raven i watched it live in hand i came into that stadium and i watched the confidence in the people i watched ray lewis talk smack i watch you talk smack and we went, man, we about to beat them.

And then y'all let us know after the game that y'all wasn't. And it was the people that was involved with the organizations. It was all about that. And here, we're building a people-first business. And we're doing it with us. We're doing it with our people, with our fans. And I just think that's just the messaging. You got to have that type of mentality.

It's got to be a people-first mentality. It has to be at all times. In everything we do, we're talking about just the messaging. Like you got to have that type of mentality. It's got to be a people first mentality. It has to be at all times in everything we do. We're talking about with the fans. We're talking about with our community. We're talking about in the building. We're talking about with myself and Terry Fontenot and our relationship, Arthur Blank and how he communicates with everybody, how we go about our whole process. It's the people. It's the people. It's simple. As a coach, you know, players, we come into a season with a goal in mind. We set goals and goals that we want to hit, standards we want to maintain throughout a season. As a head coach for the Atlanta Falcons, what are your personal goals for this season? You know, it's hard to set goals when you're head coach because everybody's got the same one.

It's Super Bowl. We all got the same one same one right and make no mistake about it and if you don't win it obviously you don't feel like you reach your ultimate goal i was fortunate enough to do it twice you were fortunate enough to do it three times and i'm gonna lap your ass i did it i did it on madden i did it that shit count. Fuck that. We count those two. Yeah, count that. I know, but seriously, you had a chance.

I remember you and T.O. teamed up. Yeah. We went 4-12 that year. We went 4-12. Me and T.O., I don't know what happened. I don't know what it was. I know what happened. A young man named Cody Grimm playing safety for Raheem Morris got a pick six on your

boy he walked it in and we was talking oh that's right that's right oh you know that's right having played this game as long as I have having been around it when I tell people and I and I haven't I've never I've been to a falcon game when my brother played that was many many years ago old Fulton County Stadium but from the outside looking in I say the Falcons are unlike any other stadium because if you go to it and you watch it it's an experience it's an experience like no other and if you convince those fans that you're going to win you saw how excited Troy was in the in in the green room back there you see how these fans are how do you how do you your message, I'm a winner, I've won,

I know what it takes to win. How do you get this fan base behind y'all and say, look, we need y'all to show up in Pittsburgh. The first game is Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh travels well. How do you get them to make sure they don't sell them tickets and show up? I can tell you right now, Atlanta's not built that way. We are from everywhere, right?

We are from everywhere. We're from New York. We're from Philly. We're from everywhere. We're from Atlanta, from all these places, right? But Tampa, this is how you do it. I was here in 2016. You've got to earn it.

And then I know the people that were here in 2016 remember what that dome felt like when we played Green Bay. That last game versus Seattle. They know here in 2016 remember what that dome felt like when we played Green Bay that last game versus Seattle they know what that felt like inside that dome and you got to find a way to earn it and bring that back now you got to go finish the deal and that's what we're trying to do so if you go out there and earn it with these fans they're going to show

up they're going to show out and it's going to be just energy in the building just unmatched and they're going to love you for life. Forever. You're a veteran coach now. I mean, like you said, when you first got your head coaching job, you were 32 years of age. Now you're 47.

This is your second stop. So now, what is your mentorship or leadership role as you give back to coaches that are in their first year? You know, it's awesome because that's what you do consistently throughout this whole business, where I see young coaches all the time and the whole goal is to always give back. So if we have ways to ever find ways to give back, whether it be youth coaches, whether it be high school coaches, whether it be college coaches, whether it be coaches from within, that's on the rise. I'm finding that new young Raheem Morris, like Mike Tomlin found me. I'm finding that guy like rest in peace Monty Kiffin found me and be to bring those guys into your organization and teach them your ways and then let them go out and

Branch off a little bit and find their own way right and then you find your own identity and what it means to be a coach and how you want to form your script and How you want to touch each and every person out here and the individuals that you coach, right? I've been fortunate enough to be able to touch people's lives What are you talking about with Rondae Barber from way back in the day, and we're the same age, and I'm able to touch his life. Or you're talking about Jalen Ramsey winning a championship out in LA, and you're able to touch his life, and you become a different coach in his eyes just because of the presence that you have every day and the amount of effort

that you're giving that one individual to make him better. And I want to make everybody in my team feel that way, that I'm trying to make them better, no matter what the circumstances are. Whether it's competitive, whether it's something I can give them to make them better, whatever the case may be, you've got to be willing to go deeper than that because the relationships matter more than anything. I got a question. That's a good one. Being a head coach, obviously when you started you were 32.

Now that you're 47, and there was just a small issue with Tua and Mr. Brian Flores. As a head coach now, how do you navigate knowing which players you can coach hard and which players you have to push? Yeah, which ones you can push. Like how do you navigate that? Because the era of players now is different. I ain't calling nobody soft, but you just got to navigate a little different.

So I'm saying how do you do that in today's era where the players are making who God knows how much money and really don't take coaching that well? You can't do irregular things with regular ass relationships. Oh, shit. Wow. Hold on. Whoa, whoa, whoa.

Write that down. Write that down, Ojo. Stay with me now. Stay with me. Stay with me. Ain't nobody got no pen? That was a good one, boy. That was a good one.

Give me that one more time. Let me put it in my phone. You can't do irregular things with regular ass relationships. I'm going to use that one real. So when you live in an era that these players live in right now, right? And not just at our level, right? I'm talking like high school, your kids, right? They live in this social media area.

When they go home and they lose a game, they didn't just lose it in front of whoever was at the stadium that night. They lost it in front of the whole state. They lost it in front of across the world, across the nation. And the stuff that's happening with these kids and how they press, that mental health is real because so many people know when you drop that pass. When you dropped it, about 16 people knew, right? When our high school kids drop the pass now, I mean, the whole world knows. And how do you address that? And how do you go about that business, right?

You let them know you in it with them, right? I'm going to be i remember jaylen ramsay had a bad game versus the buffalo bills on the open after we won the super bowl i went to his house and i told him i don't give a damn about none of that we coming out next week and we're gonna show out and we're gonna go get it and i'm gonna fight right with you and i'm gonna i'm gonna stay in this lab yes stephan d's got the best of us that day yeah right but the next guy to get it on his behalf. Right? They want to know you there for them. Like,

and you got to have that type of style. Like, and you can coach people hard. They'll let you coach them hard. You can. Okay. And you know who you can.

You know who want that motivation. You know who want to be driven. Yeah. You smart enough to figure it out. You wanted to be driven. You a pit bull. Right?

You, that's who you are. You want to be that guy. Right? And then there's guys you got to go pat in the back a little bit and bring them with you.

Okay. That's all. Let me ask you this. And we're going to guy, right? And then there's guys you got to go patting the back a little bit and bring them with you. Okay. That's all. Let me ask you this. And we're going to get you out of here on this one, Raheem. I ain't going nowhere. I'm leading the show. You can stay as long as you want. Obviously, you had other opportunities.

How do you convince coaches that look like you that don't feel like that opportunity is ever going to come? Because you had, think about it. There was a 15-year gap between the time that you were the head coach until you got it again. And you had interviews. And did you ever think like, man, I don't know if I'm going to ever get another chance to be a head coach again. So you ready, Shannon?

It's real simple for me, right? I was a 32-year-old head coach. And I did it again. And people were telling me, you should have had it a long time ago. I don't give a damn what you people were saying. I'm going to work for it. I'm going to go get it. And when it happens, I'm going to be ready. So I'm going to keep developing my skill set that when it happens again, there's going to be no denying on what you can and how you're going to be able to do it and go about your business. And I don't give a damn what color I am.

Resorts don't know color. I like it. I like it. You look at what you've done. You've got Grady Jarrett. You bring him back. You sign Justin Simmons. You sign Matthew Judon. You just gave AJ Terrell a boatload of money. You locked him up. I drafted him, too. Don't forget. You did. You just gave A.J. Terrell a boatload of money. You locked him up. I drafted him too, don't forget.

You did. You did draft him. So, what are the expectations of this defense considering you've got guys that have been Pro Bowls, that have been to the All-Pro. A.J. Terrell is one of the better young corners in the league and we know Gertie Jarrett is one of the outstanding defensive linemen in the league. What is the expectation? That's

your area of expertise. As you know, as you know, it's really simple, right? Stats are for losers. Yes. There are expectations that go out there and be dogs, right? We got to find ways to affect the quarterback and make them just feel uncomfortable at all times. And once you find a way to make them uncomfortable and you dominate rundowns and you get the ball back, then just go watch our offense shine. That's what winning teams do. That's how you form your identity. That's how you make things move. That's how the needle moves. The next thing you're talking about on your shows about the stats, we don't care about none of that. We care about the dog mentality that's going to take to get there.

That's what our goal is. That's what the expectations are. I like it. Ladies and gentlemen, Atlanta Falcons head coach, your head coach, Raheem Barnes. What time practice in the morning? They got me working. They got me getting the mic. All right, guys. Hold on.

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I left my hat in Miami, I can't find that bitch, man. Damn. Oh man. Hold on, but I got y'all tonight, cause I ain't gonna embarrass myself in front of people, man, I ain't finna, I got this shit tonight, I ain't bullshitting. Boy. I ain't bullshitting.

I know. It ain't been looking good for the home team. Nah. Tonight ain't looking much better, is it? I promise you. I promise you. Listen, anytime I'm in front of a crowd and the camera's rolling, you know, like when I was on the field, I always show up.

I show up when the lights is on. You show up? Yeah, I show up when the lights is on, man. And I ain't going to have any people laughing at me. Oh, they bright, too. They bright. Yeah, they real bright. Yeah, and the crowd right here, so you don't get one wrong. I ain't going to get shit wrong tonight.

Okay, check this out. This can't be a regular Spello Cinco. We're going to have someone to compete against Ocho Cinco. Hey. Yeah, yeah. Now I went to Harvard now. You know they finna lose. Hey. Yeah, yeah. They now went to Harvard now. You know they're going to lose. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

And what we're going to do, we're going to have two people. We're going to have one, somebody's going to spell a word. This person's going to spell a word. And if Ocho misses and that person gets it, they get a wristband. And you get a signed bottle of Le Portier that you get to pick up at the end of the night. Y'all cheating, man. How you been cheating? Y'all cheating.

Well, when I get my word right, what I get? Huh? When I get my word right, what I get? You get a pat on the back. Congratulations. Man. You finally got a word right. So, Ash, how we...

Oh, we just pick anybody out of the audience. Oh, okay. Okay. Okay. Okay Come on come on you the black hair you you oh come on. Come on. Come on. We got one We got to get a lady. We got it. Come on. Yeah, come on Nah, bring somebody somebody from up there jump down. Come on, man. Okay. Come on. You in the hat. You in the hat. Come on.

Stay with me. Yeah, yeah, Ocho. Hold on. Let me stretch. Man, the liquor stores might be out of La Portia because I don't think Ochoa going to beat nobody tonight. Nah, I'm finna wash this nigga, man. We finna get washed, man. Hold on, where you from?

You from Atlanta? Columbus. Columbus, 85 South. Where you went to college? Columbus State. Hey, you going to bro hit your mic? How you going? Don't let me ask you all them questions.

I'm just saying. He's trying to talk you off your games. And you drink that liquor? That man about to beat you with a cup of liquor. Now you got to hear me. That's LaPortia. Look at that. I can tell.

That's LaPortia. All right, Ocho. He's from Lube. Let him go first. Let him go first. No, no, no. You got to go first. You go first. No, I'm just saying. Hold on. Give him the first word. No, I don first. No, no, no. You got to go first. You go first.

No, I'm just saying. Hold on. Give him the first word. No, I don't want him. No, no. You got to go first. All right, Ocho. Let's do it.

Ocho is up first. Your first word, Ocho. Surveillance. What? Surveillance. The police were surveilling you and your homeboy. Surveillance. The police were surveilling you and your homeboy. Surveillance. Hey, speaking of, hey, you know what?

Real quick, real quick. It's all about Ocho. Hold on, hold on, hold on. Hey, hold on. Listen to me real quick. Listen to me real quick, man. Now, speaking of surveillance, right? So a quick story.

Me and my dog Waymo, right? Yeah. We went to now speaking of surveillance right so a quick story me and my dog waymo right yeah we went to jail because of surveillance yeah the camera was rolling yeah got you yeah so i'm finna spell that bitch okay spell it surveillance V-E-I-L-A-N-C-E. L-A-N-C-E. Hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on. That's wrong. You were close. Ocho, you were close.

S-U-R-V-E-I-L-L-A-N-C-E. That's what I said. Okay, okay, okay. What's your name, my man? Vic. Hold on, whoa, whoa, whoa. I said! Okay, okay, okay, what's your name my man? Vic. Hold on, whoa, whoa, whoa. I said surveillance. I spelled it right, right? No, you didn't. Okay, Ocho, Ocho, hold on. Oh no, the other L is silent.

Yeah, no, no, no, no, no. Y'all niggas be cheating, man. No, it might be silent, but you got to say it. Alright, Ocho. Okay, it might be salad, but you got to see it All right, okay, here's your word sofa It's my this old this-fa. Yeah, dis-o-fa. Dis-o-fa. Dis-o-fa right here. All right, baby.

S-O-F-A. Appreciate that. In the night, pick your bottle of fine La Porte up at the front. That, that, that. Appreciate it, good looking. Ah, that's cocked up, man. Let him up, let him up.

Yes, sir. Get down, get down. Down. Hey, you're cocked. Yes, sir. Damn. Hey, you come. Oh, he done drunk that. He good. Hey. All right.

All right, Ocho. Hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on. Let me regroup. Okay. Take your time. Where you from? North Carolina. Yeah?

Woo! Where you went to college? Winston-Salem State. The Rams. Okay, okay, okay. You ready, Ocho? Hold on, I don't want the enemy on my side. You got to go on over there. You know, ladies first now, huh? Okay, okay.

Alright, Ocho. Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. Ladies first. We got to be respectful. Okay, okay. The word that you have to spell, ma'am. Water. Um, let me think. Um,

W A T E R W-A-T-E-R? That is correct. That is correct. Ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding. You know what, Ochoa? The way we're going to make it fair, she has to spell three words to your one.

Okay, okay. She got the person right, okay? Word number two. Carpet. Ooh. Ooh. Let me see. C? Yep.

A? Okay. R? P? E? T? Correct. Y'all know she's from North Carolina.

Y'all heard her say it. R. R. R. All right. Last word, Ocho. Last word. House. That's a hard one. H-O-U-S-E. That is correct, ma'am.

Ocho. Yeah, hold on, hold on, hold on. Let me get it right. Okay, I'm ready, I'm ready, I'm ready, I'm ready. Give me that thing, give me that thing. Okay. You ready? Yeah, yeah, yeah, I'm locked in, I'm locked in.

The word you must spell, Ocho, if you do not get this word correct. I ain't finna lose in front of all these people. Come on. Okay. The word you must spell, soliloquy. You got it. Guys, we got to make him use that one semester Harvard education. Soliloquy.

Soliloquy. Soliloquy. Soliloquy. Would you like to phone a friend? Okay, I'm ready. Okay. Y'all think, I got this, I got this. He got it, he got it. Leave it alone.

Before you go, before you go. Soliloquy. Yeah. Sound it out. Right. Sound it. Soliloquy. Soliloquy.

Yes. Soliloquy. S-Y. Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. Come on, now he's nervous. He's nervous. Hold on, hold on, hold on. I mean, he's really never spelled in front of a live audience.

So, come on, now give him a little grace. Hold on, hold on. You know what? Use it in a sentence for me. Use it in a sentence. You know what it is, though, Joey? It's like when people, they go on and on saying, yeah, I appreciate that soliloquy. Now, what are you going to do?

Oh, soliloquy. Soliloquy. That's it. Okay. S-A-L. Go ahead. Go ahead. Keep going.

Go ahead. Double L-Q-U-E e soliloquy that's right did you sound it out soliloquy i mean from the sound of it sound like you can't spell that word Okay, it's S-O-L-I-L-O-Q-U-Y. How am I supposed to spell that shit? Be honest. Who in here know how to spell that without looking at their phone? Be honest. Don't lie to me.

Don't lie to me. Y'all know how to spell that? Okay, you know what I'll tell you. Give me another word, man. I will give you an easy one. I will give you an easy one. Give me an easy one, man. You're embarrassing me in front of the company, man. Okay, how about this, Ocho. Give me another word, man. I'm going to give you an easy one. I'm going to give you an easy one. Give me an easy one, man. You're embarrassing me in front of the company, man.

Okay, how about this, Ocho? Accused. I did not want to, but I had to accuses. Accused. Hey, hey, put it on your phone and show it to me. Oh, you trying to be Slumdog Millionaire. You wanted to write it on the mirror, huh? No, I'm just, put it up there.

I don't know how to spell that. A-C-U-S, act. I know how to spell act, A-C-T. Q-S, so it might be Q-U-O-E-S-T, A-C-U-S. No? A-C-Q-U-I-E-S-T. A-Q-S. No. A-C-Q-U-I-E-S-C-E. I'm close.

I'm close. Who back there spelling like they do that shit, man? Stop. Damn, Ocho. You got me getting with all the listeners. It's a pleasure. Nice to meet you. Nice to meet you. Ocho.

Yeah. Okay, you know what? I'm going to give you a word. Okay, how about this one? Spirit. I know I can spell spirit. How about this here? I can spell cheat.

How about this here? Umbrella. Who? Umbrella. Umbrella? Yes. U-M-B-R-E-L-L-A. Come on, man.

Stop playing. Stop playing, man. Stop playing. This is what I do. Give me another one. Give me another one. I'm on fire. Stop playing, man. Stop playing. This is what I do. Give me another one. Give me another one. I'm on fire. Give me another one.

Okay. Indict. Huh? Indict. Indict? Yeah, you got indicted for a charge. You and your homeboy committed that crime. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.

Nigga, we still on papers for that shit. Hey, I-N-D-I-C-T. Come on, now. Stop playing with me, nigga, man. What? What? Let's go. Let me get another one. Give me another one, man.

Give me another one. I'm feeling good right now, too. All of us will be going to Magic City after this on me. Listen, sound it out. Sound it out. And it's spelled just like it sounds. Okay. Precarious. Precarious. Hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on. Precarious. Precarious.

Hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on. Precarious. I used to date this chick back in 83 and she was precarious. Yeah. P-R-E C-A-R

I-O-U-S Now stop playing with me, man. What y'all talking about, man? Give me another. I'm on fire, bro. I'm on fire. I'm on NBA jam fire. Okay, you're good.

Okay, how about this here? Connecticut. The state of Connecticut. Who? Connecticut. Yeah? Connecticut. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Connecticut. C.

Yep. O double N. Uh-huh. E. Yeah. Double T. It ain't no double T? No.

Okay, one T. One T. It ain't no double T? No. Okay, one T. One T. But there's a letter in front of that T. Connecticut. I ain't never been there. I don't know how to spell that. I don't know how to spell that. C-O-N-N-E-C-T-I-C-U-T.

That's too much shit. That's too much shit. Thank you, everyone, for participating. Thank you very much. Okay, Ocho. What do we got? What do we got? Now it's time for your favorite segment,

Dunk on Oak. Yeah. Ocho, the cards are on your question, and I promise you I haven't seen them. Look at him, he's going to get up like I can see way over there. I don't want you cheating. Deion Sanders

was the first player to do what in four Pro Bowls? Deion Sanders was the first player to do what in four Pro Bowls? Deion Sands was the first player to do what? It's a specific thing that he did in each Pro Bowl. What was that? Recording interception? This nigga cheating.

Stop! I plugged in! I plugged in! Come on, man. Come on, man. Somebody, somebody, no, hell no. I plugged in, don't you? Oh, okay, okay, okay. Since we in Atlanta, right? Yep.

Which Atlanta Falcons player was known as Mr. Falcon? Which Atlanta Falcons player was known as Mr. Falcon? Hmm. Which Atlanta Falcons player was known as Mr. Falcon? Mr. Falcon. Yeah. Man. I'll give you a hint. Go ahead. First name Jamal No it ain't

Jamal Anderson was not known as Mr. Falcon You know what I'm going to go with I'm going to take a blind guess I'm going to say Tommy Nobis Come on man Hey It better not be him

It better not be Tommy Nobis It better not be Tommy Nobis Nah y'all cheating man Hold on, let me shuffle this shit Hold on Hey, Ocho You tried number 60 The man in the middle From the University of Texas Yeah All the great linebackers

With that number at Texas Him, Tommy Novus. Man, they briefed you on this shit, man. Okay. Okay. I got you. I got you. You got me. You got me. I got one. You ain't going to get this shit.

Who coached the Atlanta Falcons during their first winning season in 1971? Yeah. Yeah. Woo. Now what? 1971. Woo.

Shit, 71. I was a sophomore in high school. So I know you don't know this. I sure don't. I'm going to take a guess, though. It is Lehman Bennett. Who? Lehman Bennett.

Hell no, you're wrong. Norm Van Brocklin. What? Yeah, Norm Van Brocklin. Yeah, let's go. You see what happened? As soon as I shuffled the cards, now you're getting it wrong. Yeah, yeah.

Oh, he was known as the flying Dutchman Thank you, Joe you think I already got you yeah. Yeah, I got some for you. Oh No, no, no, okay bomb name the last five Atlanta Falcon head coaches in order Yeah in order hold on let me finish. Yeah. Yeah order. Back up. Yeah, in order. Hold on, let me finish. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, you think you slick. Name the last five Atlanta head coaches in order in their age.

Okay. Raheem Morris. Arthur Smith. Dan Quinn. Who was before Dan Quinn? Y'all don't be cheating, man. Come on, man. How am I cheating?

No, I'm talking about them, because they calling out names and stuff. No, no, no, no, no. Who was before DQ? them because they calling out names no no no no no uh who's before dq way phillips filled in for somebody yeah don't you got four you got four so far right no i got three three yeah i got i got raheem i got arthur smith i got dq come on hey tighten up, Jip. Come on, man. Nah, Dan, Dan. No, Dan was long, long gone.

Yeah, Petrino with Vic. But I need to know who came after Petrino. Yep. That's who came after. That's who came. Mike Smith. That's folk. You said Petrino, huh?

You got it right. But you know what? I don't even count because I'm. Well, first of all, Mike Smith was with me in Baltimore. He's the DB coach. But I'm saying somebody. Okay. I want to count that one.

I got two. I'm two. I'm two right now. I'm two. Yeah, you ain't say the age. I don't know the age. All right. Oh, you ain't going to get this one.

Who's the all-time lead rusher for the Atlanta Falcons? Don't just give me a name. I need to know how many yards you got. Come on, man. I don't know. I think the all-time lead rusher, I'm going to say Gerald Riggs. Okay. How many yards he got?

It ain't been a bit. That be Gerald Riggs. No, you ain't finished the question. How many yards he got? How many yards? You got to take a wild guess. 6,758. No, you're wrong. 6,758. No, you're wrong.

6,631. You're wrong. You're wrong. You see, I be cheating. Y'all tell me I be cheating. You be cheating, no joke. Okay, last one, last one, last one, last one, last one. I'm going to get this one, too.

Last one. Come on. All right, All right. All right. It's multiple choice, right? Matt Ryan made his first NFL start against what team? You ready? Hold on.

I'm going to give them to you now. Okay. The Green Bay Packers, your Denver Broncos, the Detroit Lions, or the Kansas City Chiefs? Oh, my God. Yeah, I know. Come on. So, Matt came in in 2008. No, why y'all cheating, man?

Yeah, she guessing. Nah. And she got a Bronco 84 on, so she with me. Yeah, don't cheat for him. Don't cheat for him. What's the preamble? What up, though? Oh. So she with me. Yeah, I don't know chief for no chief form She said the Packers Oh Joe Oh So you going with going on? No, no, it's too late

You're the answer and it's wrong you Detroit Detroit Lions, Detroit. Yeah Yeah, that was fire, right? Yeah? So I got more than you this time. No, no, no, no. I did. The lady got the ball of liquor off you. And the dude beat you. No, but I went after that. I went on a three run.

No. No, you ain't get none. Cheating. You cheating. You cheating. Yeah. Same division. Same division.

Okay. My bad. My bad. Oh, girl, I like that 6-1-3. And with the division. Okay, my bad. My bad. Oh, girl, I like that 613. And with the highlights, okay. Yeah. Are we ready? Are we ready?

Okay. Give us a couple minutes. We got a very special performer that's going to perform for you tonight. They need about... I'm performing too. Two minutes. Two minutes. That's what she said. So, Ocho, you got to town a couple of days ago. So what you been doing? You been in the city? Yeah, I came to Atlanta. I came to Atlanta. I don't come here often. I think this might be my, maybe my fifth time. The fifth time I've ever

come to Atlanta. I don't do much. I found a Cuban spot. You know, I needed a Cuban spot. I found a Cuban spot on Buford Highway. Okay. Yeah. You're up in Doralville, huh? Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. I found cigars at D'Antanas. Yeah. I went to D'Antanas. Oh, that's right, yeah.

I went to Phipps and went in Saks and I saw the prices so I left there. Yeah. Shit. Hey, y'all really be shopping at them places like that with them prices? Shit. Somebody do.

I'm not. I don't know. But what else? I walked through Lenox Mall. I walked through Lenox Mall. Lenox Mall was cool. Did a little window shopping. What else?

That's it. After that, I mean, I found Starbucks. They got Starbucks. They got a lot of Starbucks here. Oh, yeah. And see, that's pretty much it. I was waiting for you to get here. I'm trying to see what the hype is about Magic City and all this other stuff. We're going to check it.

And I'm going to stay here. You know, my illustrious fam, you play at Norfolk State Saturday, so I'm going to stay in town for that. Okay. Well, we can do something tomorrow night. Are we going to Magic City? Magic.. Okay. Well, we can do something tomorrow night. Are we going to Magic City? Magic? Hold on.

Magic. What Magic at? What Magic at? Joe? Magic here? Where Joe King at? Hey, where Magic? Oh, there he go.

Right there. See he raised his hand? I just saw him in the barbershop. Mad, what's up, baby? How much I need? How much I need to bring? See, that's it. Mad said just bring yourself.

See, I like that. That means he going to give me the money. You know what I'm saying? I like that. I like that. You know how we do it? We ready? Huh? Are we?

I got it. Hold up. What you want me to do with it? You want it? You want me can I perform to know are we ready I Got it. I'm gonna do so right I'm gonna bring out She need two more minutes, okay, we need two more minutes, okay, so what you gonna do what yo So we gonna go to we got to go to magic city tomorrow night, right? Yeah, we got a little something planned tonight She need two more minutes? Okay. We need two more minutes. Okay, so what you going to do, Ocho? So we going to go to Magic City tomorrow night, right? Yeah. We got a little something planned tonight.

I'll tell you about it a little later. I can't tell you because, you know, you can't hold water. You tell everything. I don't tell. No, I won't. Hey, oh, you know what? This is a good time. Anybody here single?

Any women? You single? No, hold on. Hold on, hold on, hold on. You single for real? No, I'm serious. Hey, is there a dude in here that's single? That's close, that's in close, a dude.

Is there a dude that's single? Any single dude? Hold on, you ain't no matchmaker. Yeah, I'm finna, yeah. Any dude, ain't no dude single? No, hold on, hold on. No, she say no, no. Ocho, Ocho, all of a, she say she not single no more.

No. Come up here, come up here. Hey, bring up here, bring up here. Ain't no dudes up. Ain't none of you, all you niggas taking? Yo. Okay, all right. Are you single? Ocho, Ocho, we got a very, very special guest. Are you single?

Ocho, we got a very, very special guest. Are we ready? Hold on. Hold on. Who is single? Ain't none of y'all fellas? What's your name? Tania.

How old are you? 24. You work? Yeah, I'm a dental hygienist. And she got a job. What's up, man? No? Yes?

Okay, I got one for you. I got you. After this, I'm going to tell them to come see you. Nice to meet you. Thanks. All right. All right. Thank you.

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How y'all doing tonight? Fla-Fla-Fla-Fla-Jay. Let's go. Y'all gotta turn y'all up a little bit. Y'all look dead tonight. Usually in Atlanta, y'all be turning. I gotta get the energy up in here. And it's too late to save up.

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I ain't talking no, no. F. Come on. Just in case they get to acting like they care. What it say? And they know I put Savannah on the map. Come on. And they say she ain't a hooper. She just real. And they know I put Savannah on the map. Come on. And they say she ain't a hooper.

She just rap. Let's go. Big 4 in the building. Slaje. The biggest. If y'all don't know, I just dropped a song with Lil Wayne. It's called Came Outta Beach. Yeah, it is.

If y'all ain't heard that, I need y'all to go stream that. All y'all got to do is go on y phone type in flage and Lil Wayne's gonna pop up I'm dropping the video this week. Let's do it Come on big for the biggest for you know Let's go Yeah! I'm blackin' like D-line, I'm goin' up and I cannot look, huh Please do not call me, I'm probably gon' They think they don't stop and I'm fixin' I just did the impossible, break every obstacle Tryna get money, we comin' like When you get to the top, the hundreds don't stop

And it is a must that I get it like Elon, yeah I got bread, I can get you a piece Keep a double, I feel like I'm Reese Ain't no trouble, I'm keepin' the Men ain't mad cause I came out that They can't fathom, I came out a beast I'm a mama, I came out a beast At the top, I'm not lookin' beneath

You my dog, we don't gotta compete All you gotta do is run that check up and get paid. They ain't believe it, now I got you. Hey, look, I come from a place where you gotta go. If you do what I do, you a part of me. I done did it again and I'm not in my. If you ganged up, we ganging, you ride or be. Millionaire and I don't.

I done got me a natty, I got me a. I ain't switching no size, I'm around my team. Look, I ain't got nothing to prove. But I do got me something to lose I want something, you got me confused Cause they keepin' my face on the news I think what, man, I'm the biggest fool in the world If you workin' for this and it fallin' your lap

Do you really got what you deserve? Then I go to LSU and I be reppin' it like a joke When I slide in the Mozzie, I gotta keep checkin' It ain't no more revenues, ain't no more talkin' It ain't no referrals They been takin' my flow, they ain't givin' it back I gotta keep checking it, gotta be, come on. And ain't no more revenues, ain't no more talking, and ain't no referrals. They been taking my flow, they ain't giving it back, gotta give me a burn. Here, I don't get scared, let me cut my purse.

I'm the hottest rapper in it, lead a game inside of her. They hating in my own circle. What it is, what you got? Gold, yellow, I got my own purple. For real, for real. Hey, y'all make some noise. Look, y'all got. Slashe.

I got one more song, and this song, I kind of need y'all help some noise. Look, y'all got... Slaje. I got one more song. And this song, I kind of need y'all help singing it, all right? It's called Ain't My Fault. Yeah, it is. Y'all probably heard the shocker said, but it's kind of my flip on it. So when I say my bars, I need y'all to say ain't my fault, all right? It's super easy, I promise. Ain't going to be too much.

Look, I'm going to say, it ain't my fault they getting mad. Y'all going to say... It ain't my fault. Get out your feelingsall going to say. It ain't my fault. Get out your feelings. Get a bag. It ain't my fault. Ran up a million. I got cash.

It ain't my fault. That everything I drop is gas. It ain't my fault. I sent that check. I got respect. What it say? It ain't her fault. I just hopped up off a jet.

Come on. It ain't your fault. I put a Bentley on my neck. Uh-huh. It ain't your fault. I'm a rookie in my neck. Uh-huh, it ain't your fault. I'm a rookie in a van. Let's go. Me and my brother.

And Ali Chabra. Okay, when I'm rapping, I still need y'all to sing it, all right? Come on. It ain't my fault they getting mad. It ain't. Get out your feelings, get them back. What a track. Ran up on me and I got cash.

Come on. Get everything I got, this guy. I sent that check, I got respect It ain't my fault I just hopped up off a jet Put a Bentley on my neck It ain't my fault I'm a rookie in a van It ain't my fault

Oh my, oh my, oh my God Going number one, that's the way I rock I keep on going up, they can't stay, singing with me, I'm the biggest fool, I walk in so excited, it ain't my fault, hell of tins in the lobby, break a friend, yeah, probably, it ain't my fault, I want the pins of the eye, I keep on flipping like I'm Scottie, I know that they be triin' Pay tuition off a body I really get to switchin' water whippin' in the lobby Look at my wrist, it's trippin' I been trippin' like Tsunami I'm pullin' up in traffic, that Carti, I'm Maddie I put it on my wrist, I watch him squint my diamond stand So I know that I'm legit, I'm on the street, get off, I'm landin' I'm ballin' like my paddy, I'm slain like my taggy

I sent that check, I got respect, I just had no proper check Put a billy on my neck, I'm a rookie in a van It ain't her fault, oh my, oh my, oh my God Yeah, I'm goin' number one. I keep on going up. Then I'm the biggest four. Then it ain't your fault. Hey, y'all, I appreciate y'all. Thank y'all.

The biggest four in the world. D-D-J-J-J. Slot J. Let's go. Come on, have a seat. Have a seat. Have a seat. Let's do it.

Whatever you want to sit. Wherever you want to sit. How you doing? I'm good. I'm good. I'm good. I don't know if people know this, but you're from the seaport. You grew up about three hours south of here in Savannah, Georgia.

Yeah, most definitely. RP Camouflage. That's what we do at the seaport. Let me ask you this. How do you balance the two? Because obviously you're good at this rap game. You play basketball at an elite level. What's the schedule? How do you find time to... Because basketball, you're on at this rap game you play basketball at an elite level what's the schedule how do you

find time to because basketball you're on a basketball scholarship yeah and but you still this is your passion also so how do you balance that I mean it is hard but I mean it's not impossible right you just gotta it's just time management but I know in the summer I gotta take full advantage of my time in music. You know what I'm saying? So I just try to go full throttle while still working out and trying to get better in the offseason. Because, like, during the season, Coach Mokey like, all right, this is my time. You know what I'm saying?

That was kind of our, like, you know, that was kind of our deal. Like, you know, you give me everything you got in the season. And in the summer, I'm going to let you rock and do your music. So, yeah. Tell us the story um I saw you over at Cairns and you was telling the story that you had a concert one night you had to do the concert but you had to fly back got back early in the morning you were sleeping you was tired but you know you had to get it because coach Mulkey was gonna be on your you know what had you not yeah no so what happened was uh rod wave he gave me like the chance to open up for

him in atlanta so we had a game that night the next day after games we always have off days so i flew to atlanta on my off day and then i drove back seven hours to go to br right and like i'm already knowing it's a stigma of like nah she can't do both for real like you know what i'm saying so i don't even want to give people a thought to even be like, oh, she came to practice and she was tired. No, when I came to practice, I was like bouncing off the walls for real. Because I knew that I had to come in and kill. You know what I'm saying? And I was the first one in the gym, last one out, like always.

So, I mean, my mindset, you know what I'm saying? I think it's more mind over matter. I think your mind can make you do things that your body sometimes won't allow when you determine. And that's how I feel like I work all the time. You know what? We all have dreams as when we growing up as kids, obviously my dream, I want to be an NFL player. One of your dreams, I'm sure is to play in the WNBA. Will you continue to your path as far as I don't want, I don't want to word the right way, actually wanting to rap as well and be able to balance both at the highest level. Yeah, I think it'll be easier, honestly, because, you know,

I don't have as much commitment. Yeah, like, oh, my gosh. School, you got school, first of all, and you got tutoring sessions and all of that, and you got weights and you got all the other requirements of an athlete, practice, everything. I think it'll be easier to be able to build my schedule and how I want to do.

My goal is to play an arena during the day and then sell out that same arena at night playing basketball. That's what I'm talking about. That's live. You're going to have to work that out with the coach. I don't know if she's going to be going for that one. She better go.

Flage, you just dropped your project called Best of Both Worlds in July. It's a nine-song studio EP. What was your process? Have you always wanted to do an album? Well, yeah, it's an EP, not really an album. You know, I want to save the album title for when I do my big one. Okay. But, yeah, I mean, just putting together a body of work body of work you know I'm saying that's always been a goal of mine and like you know having Lil Wayne on it was just like I knew I needed that big stamp that big

cosign right like this girl she dropped the project okay it's cool like she go to LSU that's a vibe but like when you got Lil Wayne on it kind of holds some weight you know what I'm saying so it was just important for me to put that out. And the title was important because it was just like, I really got the best of both worlds. When did you realize that you could rap? When I was on America's Got Talent. I was on America's Got Talent when I was about 14. And I got the golden buzzer.

And Simon Cowell came to the back. He was like, one day you could be a superstar. And I'm like, bro. I'm likeer and like Simon Cowell came to the back he was like you know one day you could be a superstar and I'm like but I'm like that's Simon Cowell like he don't even like singers for real like so him him telling like a young black girl that she can like he see some type of superstar power in her that kind of just you know just gave me the confidence that I could do it because like right before America's Got Talent I was on a rap game with Jermaine Dupri and I lost and so I that was like when I lost that I went into my room and I just wrote all day and then America's Got Talent called and I was ready for the opportunity and I got that that validation that I kind of needed

as a 14 year old right and ever since then nobody could tell me nothing for sure who is who are some who are some of the artists as you continue to grow in your career who are some of the artists, as you continue to grow in your career, who are some of the artists, female artists, or male, that you would like to collab with? Man, I'm like, I don't want to just do rap. I have an R&B project out, I don't know if y'all heard that, it's called For the Lovers, y'all can go listen to that, it's dope. But I want to work with Adele, like I said, I want to work with Rod Wave, I want to work with Meg, it's a lot of people I want to work with Rod Wave I want to work with Meg it's a lot of people I want to work with

Kehlani, SZA a lot of different people in the industry but people really love the craft that's who I want to work with you've already won a national championship so what would mean more to you? winning a Grammy in rap or winning a WNBA title?

ooh that's a good one I think I've done that Winning a Grammy in rap or winning a WNBA title? Ooh, that's a good one. I think being, I've done that. Being an Olympic gold medalist. Oh, you want to be on, okay. 2028? 2028. Okay.

Yeah. I think, and don't, you know, the WNBA, they're like the best players in the world to me. But I think, like, you know, when I sat down on my podcast with Khalia Copper, she was telling me like, that's elite. You know, playing the best players in the world and saying that you're one of the best in the world. You know what I'm saying? Like, that's dope. But that Grammy is something that's special to me. Only because I got into music because of the man on my shirt, my dad.

So, you know, I always felt like music was our bond. And, you know, he was murdered before I was born. And I felt like, you know, his legacy got cut short. And it was always, like, my job to continue the legacy and make sure people know his name. And so getting that Grammy would kind of just be, like, that way to just cement his legacy. I like it. Offseason, what is Flage working on? What is she doing to improve her basketball game?

Yeah, for me, this off-season, I mean, I've been working on it a lot, but, like, I keep getting better. Like, it's crazy. Like, you know the process of you seeing that leap you take? Like, from my freshman to my sophomore year, I took a beautiful leap. And, you know, it was more so my confidence. And then this year I just learned that it's more, it's like 90% mental and 10% physical, right? But it's just been getting my cardio together, just getting my ball handling together,

and just being more consistent on my shooting. I think I've become a better, a smarter player just watching film. But for me, it's like been my cardio just been working on that because last year I feel like I was kind of out of shape like and I like I'm a freak athlete so my endurance just my my energy carries me but I still feel like fatigue I don't want to feel like that like because I play both sides of the ball and I want to be you know I want to be defensive player this year defensive player of the year as well this year so I'm gonna have to be in immaculate shape to do both can I ask you this you won the national championship you guys beat Iowa yeah the next

year you guys came come back and you played them in the semifinals right and you faced Caitlin Clark again was there a difference between her in the national championship game in which you guys won and the semifinal games in which you guys lost um no she's the same player um I feel like a player like Caitlinlyn, you can only contain her. It's not like, no, we're going to make her score 10 points this game. That's not going to happen. You know what I'm saying? But it's just like, I feel like our team the year before was just more equipped.

To deal with it. Yeah, and we had more of a strategy. We had a better, like a fuller roster. We had a deeper bench. Like our bench won that championship game for us that first year. You know what I'm saying? It wasn't even really the start of it. So I think, you know, we needed more depth and we didn't have that.

But I feel like we gave it all we had. But this year, you know, we're coming different. You know, I wish Clark was still here, but she's going dominating the league now. So, you know, this next year, you know, we're coming for it for sure. If you think about what you're doing with rap you know we're coming for it for sure if you think about what you're doing with rap what you're doing with basketball outside of that what do you like to do you got to have something that you enjoy that you would consider i don't consider you rapping i don't consider that a hobby that is something that you can do as a profession right so what outside of

what is your peace your safe haven my brothers. I have four of them. Yeah, I have four little brothers. And just being a good big sister, man. Like, you know, I know I'm a role model for a lot of kids. But, like, those babies in that house, they look at me like I'm just, like, the best person in the world. Like, you know, like Queen Sheba, for real. So, like, just trying to be the best person, you know, that, you know, because it it's like, I feel like now kids are being raised on social media, you know what I'm saying? And it's true. It's like nothing you can really do about it. Kind of like all they're doing is on the iPad.

So just being that person that they can really look up to, you know what I'm saying? Like off the camera, like, cause they really know me for real. So that's just important to me. And yeah, I just like to chill, do regular kids stuff most of the time, but I'm really deep into the community too. Like I got a lot of big stuff planned for the community so you gave backpacks or something back in savannah back in your home oh my god yeah every year i try i do like this six figure give back right and like all of my nil partners i'm like um i tell them put in the budget i need all of this you know i'm saying i need i need jbl i need speakers headphones for the kids puma we gave away

like a thousand shoes Jan Sports we gave away a thousand backpacks that's live that's live that's amazing yeah and so we do that every year this year we gave away thousands and thousands and thousands of stuff for kids and they were sending me their pictures it's so important for kids to go to school looking good like you know what'm saying having that confidence like it means the world and so i know that and so just doing that for the community just it it just does something for me and also just um i just became an ambassador for the k l fund okay and um you know i was just they they my my grandma died from cancer my cousin died from cancer and you know i was just sitting down with them and they were just saying how cancer is three times more likely. It's some type of gene in black women.

It's three times more likely to affect black women. So I'm partnering with them, and we're going to send a bus down to Savannah to give away, like, free mammograms for all women and things like that. So certain things in the community I just try to do. That's amazing. That's awesome. That's awesome. You see what's transpired with the WNBA. There are

more eyes. The viewership is through the roof. The sponsorship, the advertising, the sales, and you see what's going on. How does that make you feel to see the transformation? Great players are Asia Wilson, and we got Stewie, and you got Inescu, and you got

all these, and then obviously you get Kaitlyn Clark, and you get Angel Reese, and you get Raquel Jackson and Cameron Brink, who's injured. But that's what you're about to go into in the next year or two. No, I think it's beautiful, and I think it's even more beautiful how it's trickling down. That last weekend I was coaching overtime select, where it's like a bunch of high school girls. They're getting this national media attention, and it's capping them because of what's going on in the WNBA and what we doing in college and just giving them that experience it's going to be a time in the league where a girl is going to go into a league and she's going to have a million dollar deal like that's going to be crazy you know what I'm saying like that's awesome like nobody would have

thought of that and it's not probably not going to be me but it's going to be that next generation so I think it's just like about us inspiring the other little girls that's coming like it's beautiful to see I'm excited to be a part of it for sure but they're the best of the best for real it's live I like it short-term goals long-term goals short-term goals I want to lead my team to a national championship. Yeah. For sure. Short time goals. Before I graduate, I need one of my songs to at least go gold or platinum. So I got that.

Yeah, when I say stream, I mean that. Go stream. But no, yeah, just continuing to build my music portfolio. I think it's just, I got to set the bar high. You know, I feel like I won a national championship and then I got a feature with, you know, Wheezy. So that was like my national championship in music. So now I just got to keep building on that, but I definitely want to win another national championship. There's no feeling like that. Like I did it my freshman year. Right. So I didn't lead my team to a national championship. Although I did start all the games,

I was freshman of the year, but I didn't lead it. Like, you know what I'm saying lead my team to a national championship. Although I did start all the games. I was freshman of the year. But I didn't lead it. You know what I'm saying? I want to actually lead my team and show that I can be that kind of player. Other than yourself, what's on your playlist? Ooh. Adele. Real bad.

I love Adele. I don't know why. She's unbelievable in concert. You went to a concert? I did. I've seen her several times. You didn't have to do that. There's so many people.

I don't know. Adele. I'm going to just leave it at that. You leave it, Adele. Oh, I got a good one. Favorite female rapper. Right now. Who the Favorite female rapper? Right now. Who the best female rapper right now?

Who's the best female rapper right now? We know that. I really like Flo Millie. Okay. I like her swag. She got that swag. She's a pretty chocolate girl She's making waves I love that for sure

I feel like the women putting on Glow-Rilla's going crazy right now They all going crazy You got Nicky You got sexy red I love them all I love them because they're so different You got so many people.

Like, they're going crazy. All right, y'all. Here she is, Flage Johnson. Thank you. Thank you, baby. Thank you. Flage, thank you, guys. All right, all right.

What we got next? It's cold. Man, sit down. Check this out guys i got a little excited earlier and we skipped the segment so now it's time for what's ollie popping off ocho you let me know if there's something or nothing and it moved that warrior has warrior fans panicking steph curry removed the warriors from his bio on his instagram account his bio which used to have the line guard for the Warriors, has now changed to Olympic gold medalist. Fans immediately started naming the Lakers

as potential suitors. Nah. Something or nothing. I don't think it's anything. I think, obviously, he just won the Olympics. He won a gold medal. So why not change your band to that? I mean, we're not in...

NBA season isn't here right now. You know someone like Steph is really not going anywhere. He's not leaving the Warriors. Right. So I know LeBron has been playing around on Instagram, tagging Curry with the Lakers jersey on. Right. You know, isn't that illegal?

No? Or players can play around like that? No, you can't tamper. Okay. Well, I don't know if that was real on Twitter or not. It was real. Oh, it was real? Yeah.

Yeah. But he's going to say he's just playing. He's just playing? Yeah. But, yeah, Curry. Until he signed with the Lakers, then I wasn't playing. Yeah, Curry ain't going nowhere. That's nothing.

That's nothing. Just. Yeah, I think LeBron. I think LeBron changed here. I think he had, I think it was all of them sitting around. I think one, he had a, he changed a couple of times. I think he had him, Steph, and KD. I think he had the of them sitting around. Right. I think one, he changed it a couple of times. I think he had him, Steph, and KD. I think he had the entire team sitting out there.

So I'm with you on this one. I don't think it's a whole lot of nothing. I just don't even see, it doesn't even seem right. Right. I mean, that would be like magic playing for someone else or bird playing for someone else. Because think about how weird it was when you saw Jordan playing for the Wizards. Yeah, but it does happen in sports if you think about it. Everyone at some point leaves.

Hell, how weird was it to see Tom Brady with the Bucs? Yeah. Or how weird was it to see Peyton Manning not in a coach uniform and down in Denver? Well, you see that more in football. You see some of the all-time greats. You saw Emmitt Smith play with the Cardinals. You saw Bruce Smith play with the—you saw Deion. So you've seen Jerry Risely.

So we've seen some of the great Johnny Unitas, Joe Namath. We've seen some of the great, normally the basketball players. Like, now, yeah, Ocho in New England.

Yeah, that was. Shit, that was shitty as fuck, bro. Yeah. Right. God damn.

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