The 85 South Show with Karlous Miller, DC Young Fly and Chico Bean - Vic Mensa | 2024 BET Awards | Karlous Miller & Navv Greene

Episode Date: September 1, 2024

Karlous Miller and Navv Greene sit down with Vic Mensa at the 2024 BET Awards!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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2024. BET Awards experience. Black entertainment TV. Talking to black people. Standing on culture. Standing on culture, man. And all the way from Chicago. Calgo, one of my player partners, one of my real homies, we've been working together in a while and now. Man, come kick it like he'd really be on the cans for like two weeks and then just bounce, bro. Funny as hell, excellent rapper, man, superb musician, my boy, Vic Mensa.

Love, bro. What's up, gee? Hell yeah, man. Yeah, yeah, how you been? Man, I'm blessed, bro, super blessed. I see you got some of that dope-ass Egyptian jewelry on. What's what you got on, bro? Yeah, this Ghana.

You know, I'm from Ghana. Oh, word. So I made this out of like some Ghana design that's hard yeah you don't really see a whole lot of shit like that word what does it represent there's just some fly shit I think this might be a fertility doll head which is a little dangerous you know what I was saying I got to keep them off me you put him around and have some twins three times fuck around to be child support deep deep absolutely and they got some out here too they got some work out here they got some work out here it's work out there it's work out

out here don't I know you ain't unemployed me you know hey it's work out here man man bro I'm employed bro I got a good job I got a job with benefit I ain't allowed to stay away but I mean what you're looking forward to seeing this weekend you see how the atmosphere is just live as hell in here man yeah it's like honestly I just I just landed like probably two hours ago oh word and it's just dope I just been bumping into my people left and right you know what I mean so I think most of all I'm I'm excited for that you I mean see people high haven't seen in a while, I ain't even thought about connecting with.

On the award side, who's performing and everything? Man, they got the big dog performing this year, bro. It's us performing, right? No, Will Smith. Will Smith? Oh, Will Smith? Absolutely. Okay.

He just dropped another billion-dollar movies. It's an usher tribute they're doing. Right? A song like that. I don't know. Maybe I'm making that up. I think you're breaking news to us. Hey, me right, though.

You got inside of information, man. We just meet you. Shout out to Will Smith, man. I thought it was funny how, um, You know what I'm saying? White people was kind of like thinking black people was going to cancel Will Smith. Are they crazy? Are they crazy?

Because we understand as black people that sometimes you just have to let it out. You know what's funny, though. You have to put hands on the motherfuckers. When that shit happened to, I felt like Will Smith got the exact response he wanted to get. Because in that moment, me and my girl watching it, and the first thing came out of her mouth. She was like, Will Smith, a gangster. Absolutely. They forgot that he was a rapper first.

Yeah, he forgot what he started from. Yeah, that's exactly what he wanted. He wanted a motherfucker's to stop playing. Put some respect on his name. Put some respect on his name. And it just happened to, you know, go through one person's cheekbone, you know what I mean? But, yeah, she gave the exact response I feel he was looking for. See, when white men go through the midlife crisis, they go buy a corvette or a sports car or something shit like that.

When the black man go through a midlife crazy, he started getting grouchy and the motherfucking slapping people. Be a man. Hey, we were talking about Will Smith, but, you know, a lot of people, they can't sleep on your acting skills, man. You're doing your thing on the shop, bro. How is that going, though?

Like, what? Man, that shit has been super dope, man. You know what I'm saying? It's just like another way of expressing creativity. You know what I mean? Taping into the human experience. So the shy is out now. It's on Paramount Plus.

us with the showtime plan and yeah like you said man i've been just studying that craft and right acting a lot more you know what i love about the shaz they actually use people from chicago you got to you feel like it's a certain responsibility that you got to bring to the show because you got to represent the city at the same time too man i think in general man you know what saying like a lot of time when I'm at the crib like one of the main things people to come up to me and say is like man you represented for the crib very well you know what I'm saying so I do think in general that there's a responsibility in that especially if you come from such a misunderstood place at Chicago that we like to see ourselves represented authentically you know not one dimensionally

or, you know, as a stereotype or a caricature of ourselves. We like to see ourselves represented. In everyday life types. Yeah, just in real life, how real people are, you know what I mean? Now, was it like being on set working with actors who are actually from the city and y'all still bringing your own experiences from different sides of the city, too? You know what I'm saying? Yeah, on set, yeah, there's some actors from the city, you know what I mean?

I think, I feel like it's, so it's a lot. that are not from Chicago as well, but it's also like, man, we are human, so it's like it's not so different at the end of the day. Being on set, I think for me is like one of the biggest things is learning how to stay in that moment, how to stay locked in to it, you know, because there's so much distraction and obviously I got a lot of other jobs, but this ain't my only thing I do. So people hitting my phone about, you know, things with the label or this with the music or this with the company and I got to like laser focus I got to cut stuff out you know how it is when you're doing what you're doing because man like one thing I came to

appreciate so much in one of the times I was on wild and out that time you talk about when I came and I was on the show for like five episodes yeah yeah like yo these dudes these dudes is really working it is demanding you know what I'm saying like they got to be on they got to be thinking creatively improvisationally like back to back to back people think maybe you like scripting the jokes man the vast majority of that shit they got to come up with it on the fly right then because i'll be there and i'll be all day that's why i keep smoking y'all when i do the freestyle at the end because all day i'd be like this what i'm going to say about him this what i'm going to say about him this what i'm going to say about him but then doing multiple

episodes in a row, I realized that, like, there's only so much of that you can even do when you got to do three episodes back to back. You can't really plan three episodes worth of jokes. Right, by that third episode, you're like, man, my mind is cooked. You cooked. You got to be on the spot. Like, that's the thing I really give y'all. That show is really freestyle. Appreciate it. Really freestyle. And I wanted to ask you this. You know, like, as a rapper, as a musician, you can always say, man, this shit, this is a movie. I can see this visually. I can see this, This visually, like, on the actor's side, does it inspire you to go create music, though? Mm.

I think so, man, even because one thing I love to do is create music that'll be in the show or be on a movie, you know what I mean, that'll be synced. It's also one of the most lucrative things you can do in music. So I think even that part of it inspires me to be like, man, let me go make something that's cinematic. You know what I mean? A lot of times, like, triumphant music makes it. into sinks. So I'd be like, man, I know what would fit this scene or what would work well for the ending credits of a Will Smith movie. You know what I mean? Like, let me make some.

So it's helping you tap into another bag. Like, you know what I mean? Just make you think about it. I mean, because man, you know, there's so many ways to get to this shit. You know what I mean? And like that shit opens, if anything, it really opens up my mind to that. You know what I mean? Like film and TV is such a vast medium because it, in. It includes comedy. It includes music. It includes music videos, basically. You know what I mean? It's all of those things at once. You know what I mean? Brough, how many, how many BET Awards have you come to? You know, actual BET Awards? Yeah. I don't know. I feel like I've been to the media room thing quite a few times. I've been on a red carpet quite a few times. just a handful though you know what I mean like I ain't come every year you know I mean

by any means so just a handful really so energy different this time you think for me it's a little different because I was working with BET during this thing and I'm a part of the culture class 24 so yeah for sure shout out to y'all over there like a bunch of content and like making an event out of it for the last few weeks. So this energy is much different for me, for sure. Yeah. That's what's up, man. We love to see it, like the culture. Like this media

room is just different. You see all the people coming here. And I feel like it's important for us as, like, as talented entertainers to come and support the BET Awards. Because this is like, people can feel however they want to feel, but this is ours. This is us. This is us. So, yeah, we got to

support this, man. That's why I was asking, like, are you familiar with the atmosphere? Because we've been having a lot of people like and it's really my first time you know what I'm saying just trying to see what those experiences been like for everybody no like I said man it's been super dope and I think like like you said man we got to celebrate our own spaces you know at the end of the day because it's like it's only so much we can give away the sauce you know what I mean absolutely because they're going run with it as long as you give it to them you know what I mean building power within our own establishments and structures, because that's one thing I will say is that even though I haven't

been to that many BET awards since I was a teenager when I first started doing anything like BET always got behind me. You know what I'm saying? BT always positioned me and stood behind me. I want to shout out to Breeze, Breeze from BET because they just always show love like across the board. I'm sure you could relate to this in your comedy. If you are a black artist, One of the first champions on the media side you're going to have is going to be BET. You know what I'm saying? I've worked numerous BETT projects. I just was talking to the lady who used to be the casting director and she still work at BETT.

Y'all, like, just make sure you got my number anyway. So look, I want to ask you this before we wrap this up. Like, you know, the ladies in the hip-hop right now got a hell of a movement going on. Yeah, yeah, they got any thoughts. You've been paying attention. You got any favorite? man all I can say is I don't let my girl wrap that

7 p.m. Friday I ain't got a nigger and a nigger and got me I'd be like she starts singing that shit cut that shit off what's fucking mean by that it's just a son who the fuck am I then I'm just some goofy running around with you huh

and I'm turning into a debate yeah they're talking big shit this man I didn't know everybody all the rest of the niggas felt the same way because she starts showing me videos of like hip hop women and shit playing that while they nigger was there and they nigger doing the same thing i do every time riona just did that with her he said he was looking exactly how i'd be looking when she's saying that i'm like what you mean about that he was like man get me a drink it's gonna be a long night

absolutely man with vick missa this one right here is for the books we got to get you to come down to the a man to do the real show bro i would love to i mean i'm a huge fan of what y'all doing man from before the show but with the show i think it's just beautiful how y'all have like combined forces stayed collaborative and like built something so beautiful man so i still got to make it to one of y'all actual shows i got to see it when we're in chicago we in chicago this year chicago be one of the best uh my girlfriend in the a though so i'll bring her down there absolutely you know what's up man we appreciate you stopping through here and holler Vic Mensa B.T. Awards 2024-85 South Show. We're out of here.

Yeah, man. My bud. Ah, come on. Why is this taking so long? This thing is ancient. Still using yesterday's tech, upgrade to the ThinkPad X1 Carbon, ultra-light, ultra-powerful, and built for serious productivity. With Intel Core Ultra processors, blazing speed, and AI-powered performance, it keeps up with your business, not the other way around.

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elf beauty, Capital One, and Novartis. Just open the free IHeart app and search IHeart Women's Sports to listen now. I knew I wanted to obey and submit, but I didn't fully grasp for the rest of my life what that meant. For My Heart Podcasts and Rococo Punch, this is The Turning, River Road.

In the woods of Minnesota, a cult leader married himself to 10 girls and forced them into a secret life of abuse. But in 2014, the youngest escaped. Listen to the Turning River Road on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Welcome to Pretty Private with Ebeney, the podcast where silence is broken and stories are set free. I'm Ebeney, and every Tuesday I'll be sharing all new anonymous stories that would challenge your perceptions, and give you new insight on the people around you. Every Tuesday, make sure you listen to Pretty Private from the Black Effect Podcast Network. Tune in on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen to your favorite shows.

Adventure should never come with a pause button. Remember Movie Pass? All the movies you wanted for just nine bucks? I'm Bridget Todd, host of There Are No Girls on the Internet. And this season, I'm digging into the tech stories we weren't told. Starting with Stacey Spikes, the black founder of movie pass who got pushed out of the company he built. Everybody's trying to knock you down and it's not going to work and no one's going to like it. And then boom, it's everywhere.

And that was that moment. Listen to there are no girls on the internet on the IHeartRadio app, Apple Podcast, or wherever you get your podcast. This is an IHeart podcast.