The Breakfast Club - INTERVIEW: Boosie Badazz Speaks On Pending Sentence, Realness, Fatherhood, Diddy, Kodak Black + More

Episode Date: November 14, 2025

Today on The Breakfast Club, Boosie Badazz Speaks On Pending Sentence, Realness, Fatherhood, Diddy, Kodak Black. Listen For More!YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@BreakfastClubPower1051FMSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Shalameen, the guy. We are the breakfast club. Law and the Roses here. And we got a special guest in the building. Yes, indeed. Boose Madass. Welcome back, Boosey. What's up? What's up? I'm back. I'm right. I'm all. Why you laughing? Listen, Boosie said when he walked in the room, everybody just started laughing. No, it's a known thing. Like, when I walk in rooms, now, and sometimes I be feeling played.

Why? Because I don't know if you're laughing with me or at me. That's a good question. But you funny, Boosie? I mean What kind of funny you're saying? Man, shut up. I ain't trying to be funny, man. I'm just, I just, I just don't like when I go in a room

and people just get to, you know. No, that was, it's kind of weird. Our cameraman laughing, boozy said, man, what the fuck you laugh? He's weird. I had to ask him, man, because it, you know. It could be, just got good spirit. No harm, no, bro. No harm.

No home. No. Well, that fade looked crispy as a motherfucker. It's a hat. It's a hat. It's not a. phase, stop doing, it's a hat. That's what you're called?

Yeah, it's a hat. That's what you're back on for me. Six in the morning. Who would do you all cut your head like that? No, I bring my barber with me. Yeah, we're married. I don't cheat on my barber. Do you cut anybody else?

Because I don't never see nobody's face. Oh, no, that ain't my barber. My barber in there. My barb in there. Okay, okay, okay. That's my assistant. He's been up in mad times with him. Who?

That's Jay, the assistant. The six-seven, the big one. Oh Oh Hey, man Oh What did he do that Because I was thinking

That when he's standing I was like Yeah Yeah Yeah But you got an album Coming out With him being a young boy man

Yeah I got an album Dropping on my birthday Happy early born day I want everybody To get it man And support me

For my birthday How'd that come about Where it's been in the making And we had, we did like 8, 9, 8, probably 6, 7 songs in 2020. But, you know, he got in his situation. You know, I was in my situations. And when he came home this time, he reached out to me like, let's do it. And I'm like, let's do it.

So that's how it happened. Y'all call it a 2-25 business. 225 business, yeah, yeah. What's that mean? I mean, I know that's the area called. That means, I mean, Baton Rouge business. basically Baton Rouge business and

I mean it's a hard album I mean I kind of wanted more soulful stuff on there because we shot the hole

on the soap every like this this this this this that rowdy rowdy like it's kind of rowdy

I'm a you know like I wanted by me being an old artist I kind of wanted to put some some more heartfelt shit in that

I mean this is what they're looking for I'm gonna tell you that I'll say one thing, Boosie, you wanted a few people that social media has actually helped. And what I mean by that is it's definitely boosted your profile, but you got the music to match. And I see it at your shows. Like, I'd be wondering, I'm like, are these people fans of Boosie's music or Boosie the person? I can't tell.

Yeah, I think I, because my daughter told me the other day, my daughter would like, dad is. I think you're more famous now. Like, I can't go nowhere now. like I'm like from 80 that five years old like them people know me and I think this

this comes from social media like on Facebook people you know older people on Facebook they love you like them Facebook people like

I'm just grateful for it man I'm just grateful I love the fact that you the OG can do an album with with a younger artist and y'all both so excited

about it because a lot of times you don't say a lot of time the old artists I ain't working with the young and a lot of time the younger artists don't want to work with the OGs so how did that come about and how do y'all keep that energy the same uh I think we we basically came about starting doing the mixtape just from being around each other and being in the studio him being at the crib you know we're just making songs together and um when you around somebody like that it just come natural man it just come natural when we get in there you know i know i know how to get it started you know i'm put that music on for him i'm gonna set the move right for him and and why be just going there

and do it like he don't he don't he don't he don't write nothing he just look look for a couple minutes go on that motherfucker in five minutes he'd write the whole verse done how much of what he like the hold that he has on his fans you saw all the videos going to virus from his concerts and stuff like that. How much of that and what he's doing right now reminds you of you and your earlier days in music? A lot of it. You know, I went through the same struggles he went through with beef,

with all this stuff, you know. Like, all the people trying to sound like him and all the people trying, I went through all that, like being somebody who all the teenagers love. It was boosted mania, but, you know, I ain't have social media. I ain't have all this. They ain't compare you to Michael Jackson, though.

Nah, hell, nah. I was like, I would say, probably, I sold 50 million burn CDs, bro. Nah. It's like, nah, real shit. You know what a CD is, right? 90% of boosted fans, the first time you heard me was on a burn CD.

From West Coast to South Carolina. You heard me it was on a burn CD. See, all my, I didn't, I wasn't selling those millions of records because in my prime, it was a burn CD. When you make your own. Yeah, you get boost in Gs and Gs for $5 in Alabama. You know, and, um... Called a bootleg, bootleg CD.

Yeah, yeah, so... I know that these CDs are doing our... I'm talking about, but really popping off these burnsy. I was chasing these people around trying to fight air well. And now to this day, I'm grateful for... Them bootleg tapes, bro. Them burn CDs, I'm grateful for them tapes right now because my fans ain't had it.

$20 to go do that. Coaching me more, man. I remember that one video, man. I forgot what was going. I forgot what the situation was. But when all of the people were singing, fuck the police. George Floyd.

Yeah. Man, that you can't pay for that. Yeah. You can't pay for that. Hundreds of people out in the street protesting and they sing in your song? Yeah. Yeah.

How'd that make you feel? back then? I was really pissed out about George Floyd when they told me I wasn't really focusing on the record. You know, I was, you know, I get my feelings, bro. I'm a motherfucker getting my feelings and let my mouth just go sometime. Speaking to that, how did you and Youngboy resolve y'all issues? I remember Youngboy.

Basically him just calling me, man. He had that song, I hit Youngboy and he said, Boosey don't even call my phone no more. He don't even like me. tell Boosey I don't need them. And then you expressed your disappointment for that on social media. Right, right, right. So how did y'all connect and resolve that?

I guess it's just, I mean, partners argue. I mean, he called me. He came home, he called me. And, I mean, once I see him on FaceTime, man, you know, it ain't nothing but a smile, bro. Like, who say how bitch? You know how he'd be, you know. And I guess for, for me, you know,

that phone call it was all forgiven right there you know to to see him home and um being happy to see him home but you know i always even though if we wouldn't talking out you know like i fuck with his people you know i fuck with it fuck with shirond i fuck with his people like we we tied in kind of bigger than rap through all our friends and all kind of shit is it true y'all were working on this collab project before all of that happened yeah yeah dude was doing on this in 2020 Yeah, you said that. So is that also kind of what held up the release of it? It was just like the, y'all had to get you all right?

Nah, troubles. Troubles. You know, he was going through his house or as shit. He couldn't be around felons or nothing like that. Then I had my troubles. I can't be around him like that, you know. So that's what it basically was. Our troubles got in the way.

Do you have those OG conversations with some of the stuff that you might have done? Oh, yes, bro. Like, I text young boy like a fucking uncle. Is he receptive? I don't know how receptive he is, but he'll tell you, you know, I, I give him the game, bro, I give him the game. If I see something, I tell him, I tell him about it, you know, I tell him how, you know, I just text him, told him, man, you got to pray, man, you know. All this money coming in, the devil is coming, boy, like, all kind of, you know, I just be, you know, just trying to uplift a little, you know. I'm waiting on y'all

I can go let's go oh okay Boosie listen man mentally how are you holding up brother because we know you got

a Oh I'm I'm um I'm uh November 25 I'm in the best I'm in the like I'm

I'm confident like a motherfucker like I ain't going to jail I don't speak that out of my mouth there you go I'm from down south you're worried you're your mouth is a powerful source.

That's right. All niggas say, Nick, gonna kill me. You'd be dead. I'm telling you, I didn't see the matter of, nigga gotta get, nigga, end up dead. So I don't speak none of that.

You know what I'm saying? And it's still up to the judge. It's up to the judge. You know, people saying he gotta do two years. That's not fact of this case. It's up to the judge, what the judge won't do. But, man, I'm confident, man.

I'm, I'm chin up, chest high. chin up chest high how do you just prepare mentally even for that day just even going that courtroom but you don't survived a lot of legal battle

um how I prepare for it I mean I'm already prepared for it I mean this ain't my first rodeo man I mean I'm already prepared for it in uh in every kind of way

in every kind of way but I just don't you know I just and I'm still trying to get a pardon I'm still trying to I ain't giving up my hope I ain't giving up my hope I ain't giving up my hope

and no pardon so Have you reached out To his people I know you reached out Yeah you know I had a meeting with I had a meeting with The lobbyist

Oh what's the lady Miss Alice Over the pardon board I had a meeting at the White House with them So I spoke my case to him Let them know I feel like the system

Been letting me down You know And they heard my case So Trump got him to hear my case So Trump got him to hear my case So, I mean. Opportunity and chance. It ain't over it.

But I would much rather apart, man. I won't be a free man. I won't be able to have my gun rights again and protect my family. Oh, listen, I got need protection. You got a lot of hate because you need. Like, I need, in Atlanta, Georgia, is you? Like, you know, so hopefully I get a pardon. Alice Johnson, you're talking about.

Alice Johnson. Yeah, yeah, yeah. How does this situation feel different from, like, your past legal battles? Uh. this one seemed like I'm I'm way more confident because not only do I trust in God because I don't have a judge that hate me this time.

I've always had judges to crucify me. I got 10 years for third offense marijuana, man. 30 grams, 18 grams, 9. I've never been to rehab. I already feel like the system rawed me out. I was sent straight to Angola. you know so for marijuana so with this one I don't feel like the judge hate me

that's why that that's what got a big feeling in me swaying this because this judge don't hate me like when a judge a judge is a powerful opponent in the courtroom and this judge I don't feel like she hate me like that I feel like this with this case you let go a lot faster like it's almost like you let go, like God said, I'm going to put it in God

saying, why was that for this case? Because, if they would have came with this when I first started, this would have been over with. The first day I went to court and state court before the feds grabbed it. I pled. I was pleading out.

The judge was going to give me two years probation, 2,000 things of community service in Calais. I was never denying this shit. You know, I just got caught in a bad situation and put the strap on me for out you know like I was never denying this shit like trying to fight this shit it got throughout in court because the law had was passing that a 922g can't be charged if somebody doesn't have violent felons what is a 922g

that's a convicted felon with a foul got you got if somebody doesn't have violent felons and I got what marijuana so under that case it was thrown out they appealed it after my case they appealed it

after I'm a free man two weeks later I'm on the beach in Miami they called and say you're indicted again damn how how can they do that because they went federal right because they

said that I can be charged with another charge on top of that. So they gave me the Joe Biden son charge saying I was an addict around a gun. How am I fucking

and they're trying to use interviews that's saying that I've done drugs on. How am I, you know, am I an addict if you never send me to rehab for marijuana? So this back and forth, now there's three, four years this is going on.

If you would have told me, you can two years to be the max they can give me from the dump chin up chest high let's go but if I appeal this again

now we're looking at two three more years all this I ain't got time for this so I you know I I fall and do you feel like

because state level they was good money you feel like somebody's after Boosie like it's like they want to make for what reason of course how does Boosie hurt somebody like for what reason

I think you're tired of seeing this fucking hair cut when you wake up, you know, your kids, you're just tired. People just, you either got to love me or you can't stand. I've like feelings like there's no in between with me and people, people after me, bro. Like, you know, I rub some, I don't give a fuck who you are. You have no stipulation. If you, I'm not going Because you got money, I'm not going You know, I was going at Zuckerberg

I was going to everybody Who the fuck is? Oh, Zuckerberg I was like, oh you know it's a man I said, speak boozy, you know Yeah, I got you. Mark Zuckerberg Like I was going that powerful people

Like motherfuckers stop in my motion And I still keep going Like and motherfuckers don't like that But like motherfuckers Like I didn't sit with people in first class And be like, you're that boozy guy. like I'm just the scum of the fucking earth if you know that there are people who feel like that

and that fight is happening behind the scenes like somebody's coming for you right what would you say to the people that say well why put yourself back in this position again like why even be have guns on you in that position they just caught me slipping like I wasn't planning to clutch there my my my main my main my main security missed this flight so all the way when one security my security check both of the guns in so when we get there one of the security ain't there but my other security got two guns so it's me and him so i get a call i got i got a bag boost of 15th i come do a video i go on the video when

i get to the video it's the trenches you know what i'm saying it's it's the alleyway you know so But I decided to arm. Nobody ain't making me harm. I decided to put the strap on me. You know, that was my decision. It wasn't a Cripp's decision. It wasn't they fault. I'm here.

He got one. I got one. After this video, we go on, and that's how I thought it was going to be. We were big homie at six, seven. He got that until I told you, he got. Oh, no, he don't go no way. No, no, no. I ain't going to shoot no gun

He's going to put it up No but he could have talked it He could have help He's Nah he's just He's the business man He take care of the money A lot of people do feel online

Like you're being talking about Because of your voice I am I am That's what it's about Because Boots is gonna say it And ain't nobody else gonna say it

And that's And you know I don't You know I love it Because The love I get for it It's different

bro. I always had just one question about that incident. How could they prove that gun was real? Because they just seen from videos and pictures. It could have been a stunt gun. It could have been a fake gun.

Nah, they pulled me over. They pulled me over when I was leaving the video set. Okay. Everywhere. They everywhere. They are. Helicopters, they do.

Everyone said they went in his sack and all that crazy shit. Of course you remember that. Yeah, they already knew. They already knew. As soon as they pulled it over, then you know they're going to swipe the guns for the DNA after they

in my DNA So they wanted you wanted you If you could speak directly to the judge Or the system handling your case What would you want them to understand about Who you are man Versus who you used to be I'm a dad man

I'm a you know I ain't committing crimes You know I go to basketball games Be a daddy Get money on the weekends And you know I'm a I was voting man I'm a citizen

Like so you know I just let them tell them don't let me be judged off the worst things I said on social media, you know, so, but I trust in God, Charlottomania. God's going to go talk to that

judge and do all that. I agree. That's how I feel. Like, I just feel like I'm going to be all right. But whatever happened, chin up, chest high. What if the judge is gay? Oh. Oh, my God. Don't even have.

I don't even answer that, Boozy. I'm not asking. I'm not asking. Don't even answer that, Bozzy. Don't even answer that. I do want to ask you to Bozzy, you got a bunch of fans who look at you as a symbol of resilience. How do you balance being strong for them,

but also dealing with your own emotions and shit? I just made it to a point where I know people need me in life. Like, it can be something that's happening that got nothing to do with me. I would wake up to 1,200 people No, this is not no game 1,200 people telling me

Boosey, please talk about this. If you don't talk about this, it's not going to get talked about. It's like I'm a It's like I'm a The love I get like from people, Christian people, bro. I'm talking about who

60 years old. Boots, I love you. You can't do no wrong in my, I don't get what they say about you. It's that kind of love. Even from the Jits, Boots, you're OG. You moody.

You ain't hating on us. You know what I'm saying? Like, and people notice that I, and I'm going to keep it that way. I'm bowed to be a real nigga forever. And I know that's on my tail. So I ain't, that ain't nothing going to be pussy.

I know what I got to uphold for all these people. So I ain't doing that. I'm standing up. I ain't doing none of that. I ain't doing none of that what everybody else doing. What about personally, though,

like when you are dealing with your personal emotions, like you got to talk to your kids about this stuff. I saw you had tweeted the apology to them a few months back. Like, how do you deal with when it's just Boosie and his family

and they depend on you? How do you help with that? All my kids got a different relationship with me as far as with that. It's some who are emotional who I can't really talk to about it. I got my soldiers and I got, like, when you have different kids, you have a different relationship with every one of your kids.

And it's a special relationship, but y'all have that relationship. You got that one you could tell her anything to them. You got that one, she's going to tell anything on you that you do because she love you that much. You got that girl that, she love you because a daughter, first love is her daddy. If you ain't had a daddy, I'm not going to get into that.

She's about to cry. I'm not about to cry. I'm not going to cry. How you know, she ain't got no daddy, booze? No, do I hug you on the way at Boosie? Damn, Boosie got six in the media. Lucy Clara, that's crazy. No, I didn't know.

I was just, I went me right now. No, I was going to make, I was going to make a suggestion. towards that, but I didn't, I don't know your... Suggest it. I'm open to hearing it. You know, Boosey said the daughter's first love is a father said... I'm sorry. He knew!

Bousie, make your suggestion. I want to hear it. No, it's just like... He just like... He just like... It's just like... That is not all the way true because my dad watches these things, but go ahead. It's just like, it's a different relationship when you got a bond with your father.

It makes you a stronger person. you know most women are strong because they didn't have fathers that's what turned them in the holes because they're looking for a man to be their father or show them love like they dead and never did how do you feel about that Lauren do you ever feel like yeah I mean I'm asking do you have a bond with your father you know shit and out of it

I have to protect myself from certain things at this age though because my dad has a lot that he's dealing with in life that I get the back end of and I got to a point where I was like I'm not doing that no more like I'm not going to take I'm not a punching bag So I didn't turn into like a hoe, but I did turn into a person

who had to understand boundaries very early because he has his own things going on and I'm a child, or was a child at one point I shouldn't have to deal with certain things. Does that answer your question, Charlemagne? But do you allow your daughter to talk to you about anything that's going on, right? Because I'm with you.

I can talk to my daughter about anything. They could come to daff about everything, but do you allow them to talk to whatever they need to get out of their father or are their boundaries with you that, like, don't talk me about this? No, not with my daughter. I'm a daddy's girl, bro.

I fold. I see with my sons, I'm a asshole. Like, I can, but my daughters, man, like, I fold for them. Like, they, I probably never told my daughter's no fuck. Bro, I'm a dad's girl. I say no at first, and then I'm like, yeah, bro, that look, like, bro, my daughters, bro, like,

my daughters got me wrapped around in him. Especially my newborn, like, and Layla like they I'm my baby oh yeah congratulations yeah my new baby girl I'm using getting posted

doing the TSA daddy duties yeah yeah yeah I was gonna say at this age being a new dad like what is something at this age damn I mean

could you a couple kids in he is young but you're a couple kids in yeah I got nine exactly that's not a couple but after all these kids

did you learn what are you learning new from your new baby girl dad you're like dang I don't I think I can experience something new at 10

it's just like I'm running it back I ain't learning because I've been changing diapers since 18 since the kid it's just like I'm running it all back and now I got more time I'm looking forward to come home on a Monday and

I got more time I ain't in them streets like that so it's just everything man my little girl yeah you feel like you do too much because you were talking at the judges and they listen to all your interviews

and they listen to what you do online. Do you feel like, you know what? Maybe I should stop that. Maybe I shouldn't do as many interviews. Maybe I shouldn't talk about that thing because it winds up getting me in trouble. Yeah, I had, uh, uh, after I announced about my sentencing or whatever, my lawyers, everybody got it.

We had to sit down and basically, and my mom, everybody and just said. And I kind of agree with them, Boos, you just need to be quiet until this sentence. We just need you to just stay off. My men and I had a whole day,

everybody came boost it for your kids. Just don't talk about nothing. We don't need you. We need you quiet as a mouth. How difficult is that for you? It's difficult. We saw that, though,

because when you popped up with Ray J the other day, I'm like, damn, I ain't see Busy online in a minute. Yeah, man, I made them a promise, bro. Everybody that. So they're terrified right now. They're like, oh, Lord, he got an album coming out. He got to go do interviews. They got to go to the breakfast club.

They call me this boy. What they say? Terrified. Come up here. Man, my boy, call me. Hey, don't let Charlemagne bring you out there. And you say no on incriminating shit. Man, I'm on.

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none of the songs that got all that stuff in it damn I'm like mama bro man but for people who say boozy you always got something to say what do you want them to understand about where that passion comes from that uh that passion come from um upbringing man i ain't gonna lie a lot of this shit is my upbringing the way out the way i feel about certain situations is my upbringing bro like it was instilled so hard in me when stuff instilled in you as a child and everybody around you saw it was 100% is instilled in you almost for light the way you think about things the way you think about people it's instilled in you and And I think that come from my upbringing, like, and my family, like, they are outspoken family, too.

Like, my auntie's outspoken, you shit, bullshit. You should see my T. Bird of them, like, they're going to curse your ass out. Like, if you do anything, they're going to check you. Like, they check, they check their own sisters. They do, that's how our family is. Like, we don't hold back. we don't like we don't hold back now you've never known you've never been known to to bite your tongue the thing about boozy which is always crazy to me is you don't mind talking about

other things that just happen in the culture right and that's the things that get you usually in trouble that's what that's what that's you know and that's i need to mind my business a little better that's what everybody be saying to me like but i mean that's me i mean that's me it'd be a lot of times be like I don't say it. But you know, man, people don't talk about your big heart, though. You know what I mean? Like, you do things that people don't know about the school drives,

the mentorship, helping families. I hear rappers all the time. B.G. talk about you, held his family down when he was locked up. I saw Wife and Lucci talking about that. Like, what motivates that side of you? That's just me. Yeah, I ain't looking for no strikes for that. Anybody who look for strikes up that they have motives.

That's just me being a real nigger. You know, I don't, I'm not the nigger. going to when you come home, going to be around you every day when you up. I'm a friend going to hold you down when you down and smile when you up from a distance. You know, because at the same time, when I come back around,

I might not feel right around all those people who wasn't around. You know, but the stuff I do for them, and if people knew what I did, I'd be the realest person on the planet, especially as far as for people's family. Like mom, and this is just what I do

but I do this because I was in their position I wanted somebody to do this for me Did somebody do it for you? Nah, I ain't really have I'm gonna keep it out You know, when I went to the pen I mean, I had to get it out the pen

That's why I end up with charges in jail You know, but That's just me being a real person Bro, I just feel like If I rock with you We rocking And you fall down It's on me because I am the friend who is blessed

It ain't on all them little niggas who was doing all that We don't blame them They ain't got it You blame them niggas who got it Who was all in my face Who don't want to give her nothing But I don't never put it on the on the shooters and all that They don't have it

What they gonna do? Go right running the fucking bank To take care of your mom and get them in trouble Now it's on the ones like me who God then bless now you go take 3500 35 5 5 that's how I'm coming

with any nigga your daughters that's how I'm coming bro that's just how I'm coming and that's my blessings that's all come from being you know that's how I give my blessings and I have a relationship

with God like that every time I go in the bank every time I go in the bank the oldest lady in the bank I'm going to give a $300 every time just because I know God's going to bless me That's right.

But I want you to stay on that for a second, Boozy. Because another reason you're very important to the ecosystem because the people, a lot of folks talk about, you actually talk too. Like those brothers in the trenches that don't have no hope, that don't see opportunity. When they see you, they see that lifeline. And that's very important.

You take something like that away from the streets, man. The streets can go awry real quick. Streets can get chaotic real quick. I mean, the judge, I need you speaking at my motherfucking Senator, Charlemagne coming down. well uh yeah you can see but it's true though hey real shit bro like i'm needed like i'm definitely need it like i'm bro i've been going places bro and there's no lie i'm not saying this because i'm on breakfast club like bro people been really crying like catch me by the bathroom

baby let me pray with you you fin to go to j i'm hurt like i'm hurt like people been really Like, everywhere I go, bro, like, these people hurt thinking I'm fin of goldy. Like, I was like, damn, bro. Lady in Philly, she just saw me and bust out crying. She said, you've been on my heart and I saw you. Wow. I want to go back to young boy.

You know, looking at a young boy and what he means for this generation, you dealt with a lot of artists, you worked with a lot of artists. What makes him that standout artist, unlike anybody we've seen in a while? everybody else trying too hard I mean young boy ain't doing what everybody else doing he just I mean you gotta go to his shows

bro it's a motherfucking choir bro it's a choir of gangster music he don't even have to rap you know that remind me a lot of my my shit like he don't even you don't even have to rap bro and um I mean

I think people like people know this stuff like when people when niggas ain't doing all that shit on the internet woo de woo like all them other people be doing that make that make that make his realness stand out you see what I'm saying when everybody else doing all this other shit and he ain't doing nothing

that make his realness stand out when everybody else shooting $500,000 video he's shooting a business at the gas station that make his realness stand out

you know like when it's it's different shit bro like it's different qualities

that make him who he is you know and the nigga you ain't you know he's from Baton Rouge you know

and you come from Baton Rouge bro to make it out there you got to be about what you're talking about and that's what I would say like he just and he worked harder than motherfucker as soon as he get off the fucking stage

we're going straight to the motherfucking you're going straight to the room and record locking the room up we're locking the room up tier six in the morning after he just got off the stage for 10 30.

He's going straight in that motherfucking and let's go. Put the music on. You know, four,

five songs, you get to add them motherfuckers up every three months. Hey, like,

he, he, he outworking motherfuckers. For real. How you feel when people try to reduce

his impact in what you just talked about to him being a problem, like in L.E. Chapa or when he was

having an issue about being back in Louisiana and the police saying he could and couldn't be there. Like,

how do you feel when you see stuff like that? I call him. I call them and I let them know, you know, like, man, do this, do this, do this. I always, I get on the phone with fee. I tell feet, man, do this, do this. Because I know, you know, like, they're trying to stop his motion.

Because I told you his motion is, his motion, they got his structure right. All his motion in the arena. All the money ain't leaving the arena. the fact he's doing the merch all the money is never leaving the arena that's why they fucking sit is mad because these kids not buying hotels the money is staying right now these kids are calling Uber they're not buying hotels so that's why they want Chris Brown they'll never fuck with their concerts because 90% of the hotels are sold out

they mad at them because he's making the money and they can't make the money off because kids don't sleep in hotels they're going home so no what we're going to do we're going to try to to say he is a problem we're gonna try to say somebody else won't do him something to stop it no they're mad because they're not making the money and he's making all the money so some city is gonna say what no no no no they're hating bro they hating on this success i want i want to go back to god for a second boozy because you know you talk about your faith all the time when you talk about staying prayed up what does that look like day to day for you right now why you why you are

facing some uncertainty even though we don't speak that into existence but what does that look like Before I go to sleep, before I go to sleep every night I pray. I basically tell them the same thing. I already know you didn't did it. I ain't going to jail. I basically run that prayer to him. When I wake up, when I wake up, I basically just thank them for waking up. And then when I eat, I give my grace when I eat.

But that's basically it. I'm not just going down every, you know, like at night when I wake up and when I say my grace. I know it sound crazy, man, but me and Duvall talk about this all the time. Like, Boosie, you do have an anointing on you. Of course. There's so many things you have, just technically, you ain't supposed to survive. From health issues to, you know, jail, street shit. Like, you hear for a reason.

When did you realize that, Boosie? When they kept shooting and missing. Honestly, you asked the question. I mean, I learned that about shit. When they killed you, I was like, God, damn, this nigga went right there. Nothing hit me. I swear to God. I swear to God, they chopped the whole car.

Nothing hit me. Bullet holes all through the window. Nothing hit me. I swear to God. I swear to God. This close, car right on side me. Two, three times, nothing hit me. I was like, damn, I ain't going nowhere.

I'm really fin that show my head. Like, you know, I was like, when that. that started happening and then well that was it that was it all the street stuff that I was just it couldn't touch me like it was just even my boys would be like

damn bro how the fuck that happened and then it started getting bigger death row council die be like every like it just and every

and I know it's gone because I live to tell it and I compromise off it. See, every trouble I get into, I'm gonna turn it into a dollar bill. I'm gonna turn into a dollar bill. You know why? Because y'all trying to go, I know y'all are trying to take my dollar bill

by doing this to me. So I'm gonna turn it in, I'm gonna turn it into some, that's why, I mean, but that was it. I probably got shot at like, oh five times. in two, three years,

but they was real shootings, like shoot outs or, and bullets was not hitting me. And I was like, shit, I'm not dying for a minute. I was like, that was it. Like, I just knew God was with me, bro. You know, I come from a praying family, man.

I mean, my grandfather was a preacher. My other grandfather was a preacher. Deakin. I see that in you, man. What's a lesson your kids taught you that humbled you the most? With my kids, what I've learned over the last couple years is I got to sometime watching my mouth how I talk to my kids.

Because I was raised like my daddy. my daddy tell me anything. And that's how I am with my turn. But when my daddy told me anything, the hard shit he told me, that always meant a lot to me because it stuck. So when I get angry, I tell my child something so hurtful

to try to break them. But all of them not built like me. So I be, that's why I be having shit fucked up. And I be wanting everybody to be built like me, have a childhood like me go by the same stuff I go for and that's what

I'd be wanting everybody to be like me and that's what that'd be a lot of downfalls in my life with friends stuff that I wouldn't do and they do I'd be like me and that nigga ain't the same nigga

like we saw you go through things in real time with your daughter Ivy and I saw like the last post you said like look y'all not gonna make me a bad father you apologize and it seems like y'all were in a better space and a learning space where are you guys right now I mean, it's your daughter. Oh, we age, boomcoons.

She's living with me. Every day we together. Just. And my other daughter up there now. So I got four daughters up there now. So the plan is to get all of them. I still haven't ended my relationship with my other daughter. But I miss her.

And if she's watching this right now, I love her. But, I mean, it's coming. Because that's what, that's all I've been on. I just, once you're successful and you, get peace you the man you're like you're you the shit once you get you're successful and you get peace you're the man and I want all my kids I ain't buy all these damn houses and all this shit for them to be empty I got 15 bedrooms six houses on one compound so you didn't build the compound at this point like I want all my children there like that's what it was built for me

coming home from prison I'm gonna get this land I'm gonna it's built for them so I got probably two more i got i got a couple fin to graduate and i'm gonna have all my family under one compound one compound and are you an ivy to the point now where you're like okay with her sexuality and i can't i can't um i can't she's grown i mean i can't i can't choose her you know she's 23 24 i can't choose

what she do i can't once they're grown they're going to Right. Once they're grown, they're gone. But, you know, I respect her decision because she's a woman. I have to respect her decision. You know, I have to respect her decision and still be a dad to her. You know, me and I have it, like, I haven't, me, I have it probably closest out of all my kids. Me and Iva got a born, like, every morning she walking the room and tell me she loved me all morning. Every morning she wake up. Come kiss me. Dad, I love you. just you know me and her got a bun

because it was me and her first like I've always been the I don't want to say this wrong I'm gonna say she always been my baby like she everybody knows she yeah but you also can't have a problem with that boozy because you the person who told us that 95% of these holes out here

yeah like you said that yeah I did you made the after the couple of my daughters But that does not have nothing to do with how your child do. And I always tell people that they say, you said that you like them in the back seat. I like them in the back seat. I like them in the back seat. Not them.

There ain't going to be a none of y'all nigga bag of the seat. Oh, no. You said, girl don't stop. I said, what I said, what I said, I, you can say, I, you can say, you can say anything. You can say anything, but that doesn't mean you like that for your children. You said you want me to join in. You know, I did. Yes, I did.

I can quote every word. But that doesn't mean that I want them to be kissing in anybody, Baxter. But you're in a good space now. Oh, yeah, we, yeah, we, we, we, we, we, we, we, we, we, we, we, we, A1, me. I'm surprised they don't call you to perform that song at Pride Parade, man. Oh, God. Nah, they tried to get me for the Pride Array. Would you do it?

Nah, I ain't do it. Yeah, they're thinking. Yeah, they try to give me. for the proper. I'm at to ask. Hold on, Laura. Yeah. You and Kodak Black,

that back and forth happened online recently, too. I thought it was over. He came back with a little shot, but like I told you, I mean, I won't see Kodak win. You know what I'm saying? I kind of went hard on him

when he done the 6-9 shit. I got my feelings a little bit. I kind of went hard on him, but, you know, I was talking to the little nigga and I thought we was head up a little bit. But when he did that, they're just... But, man, I get mad when I see Kodak and they make them memes.

I get mad, bro, because I know that little nigger talent, bro. Like, you know, it's hard for me to have an issue with anybody younger than me because I went through that with older people. And I always felt you're old-ha-nigger hating on me. I couldn't stand them, old niggas. I couldn't stand them. So I always, it's hard for me to, like, I'm not going to keep on going back and forth with Kodak.

I want Kodak to, I want Kodak to shake back, bro. You know, I think I heard this feeling. And it did, because it sting different when it comes from Boosie. Yeah, when it comes from Boosie, yeah, that shit, that shit, that shit's sting. Do you feel like, because people, or that whole thing started because he said that you should have said something more about the whole young thug conversation about the snitching, not snitching? Yeah. When people feel like you should insert yourself and stuff like that because of past things that you said and you choose. then you choose not to,

do you feel like people have a right to say, well, where's your thoughts now? Because you're so focused about everything else? No, I was, it was basically, I told you I had that meeting with my family and all that shit, and they were, you know, they was basically boost it, please don't, don't get on all this, don't, you could talk about this out of this sentencing or whatever,

but don't, don't plug yourself into these people's stuff, you know. But I will talk about it, I mean, But I just, like, you know, I'm going to go in. So I don't want to make that a part of my journey before I going in there all over the blogs and shit. I want to know, I know you and Diddy were cool at one time. Have y'all spoke? No, I ain't speak to Diddy, but, you know,

Diddy was my partner, bro. You know, I feel like Did I ain't never did nothing wrong, but I just feel like he didn't do nothing wrong. I'm mad at him right now. Why are you mad at him now? Because he went on the fucking flow crying at the fucking thing he was happy boozy he was happy that the charters got

no he went on the fucking flow crying he was emotional at some points in court he went on the fucking flow and went on to the thing fucking crying chin up chest out nigga his baby fuck you mean you did it nigga they went back laughing at you did you see that motherfucker down

there in a fetal position so but he for and you got your churin in there nigga you're a man you stand up but the biggest charges got dropped he was happy he was 30 50 years he was He dropped his knees and said a prayer. Bro, he was crying under the table. He was happy the biggest charges got dropped.

He was crying under the table, bro. He was crying under the table. He thought he was going home. He was crying on the table. I want to talk to Deity. He need to call my phone. I need to ask him, why the fuck did you get down there under that fucking table?

Because I've been riding with him. I've been riding with him. I've been riding with him, but you got boys in there, man. You stand up, man. God then bless you. If you're going to jail You're going to jail for something You got away with a million tired

That's why we go to jail If we're going to keep it real You stand up You're still blessed Your mama Everybody blessed You don't go You don't fold

Nigel like no cricket But like again I'm expecting somebody to be like me Let me ask you one question You ain't built like that man When you had left New York City And hooked up with P. Diddy What did y'all do when you hooked up?

That's the worst line ever now I skipped that line on the show. I get to tell them, put your hands up. Put your hands up. Put your hands up. Yeah, they're on my head about that line. So as he got indicted. What did you when you're hooked up? Man, bro.

Fuck you, shawler. I ain't never been to a dude. I was tremendous. I wanted to go to a dead end up. All through these years, like, I was never, And I've been around a minute since that shit was Like, niggas, I ain't never get no invite, bro And I fuck with Dity a couple of times But I ain't never invite me, dog

Like, I wanted to, I used to hear about that shit Like, man, I would have, I would have showed my ass That was, thank God you didn't Yes, right, I got one last question to them But the reason why is because he was facing 50, Boosie Yeah, when he bent down, he was happy that he was So he bent down crying because he was happy So the internet

All the biggest charges that got dropped, and they told me it was not guilty, not guilty, not guilty. The internet put together two different moments because he was emotional when his kids stood up and they were begging the judge and let him free. Oh, I thought he cried and went under the table after he got his time. No, no, no, man. He went under the table because he was like, I'm not about to spend the rest of my life in there. Like, thank you God. Yeah, I got hit with all the biggest charges was not guilty, not guilty.

Oh, I just saw the thing when he was on the, when he was like this. My bad, my bad, my bad. That's why your mom would tell you to stay off the guy. Yeah, my bad, my bad. I thought the nigger went crying under the table because he got the time. I'm sure, but he was happy that he not about to spend. He was looking at some crazy time. Oh, y'all sure, bro.

Yes, she was in the courtroom. I was there. You was there? Yeah. So he cried out, our emotion. Yes, he was happy. Like, he's happy. Yeah, like, oh, God, wow.

Oh, well, y'all ain't explaining that shit right. We did. Y'all didn't explain the shit right here. I'm so. You heard what he said, though. Boosie, do you hear what he said why he went under the table? What?

Oh, you missed that one. I didn't hear that. Your assistant was under there. Your sister was... Ask your last question. No, how you want to be remembered, Boosie? You ain't going nowhere, but I just want to... How I won't be remembered?

I'm talking about the artist. I want to be remembered as a legend all the way around the board. From music. to everything I've done from acting to shooting films. I won't be looked at as a legend. And I won't be looked at as someone who can't be cloned. Because you're going to have a clone coming every motherfucking.

A clone come for somebody every motherfucking 20 years. I don't think I'm going to be cloned. You know what I'm saying? They always got somebody that's going to be compared to Michael Jackson. They're going to have somebody to be compared to Michael Jordan. I don't want never nobody to be compared to Bucet. I won't be uncloned. When the day I'm gone, it's going to be, it's going to be shit like, shit, Bucid wouldn't

her. I wish Bucid was, I know Bucid wouldn't her. And that meant everything to me, bro, just being a legend. That's how I just want to be looked at. That's what keeps me going. You know, I go in my phone. just like I look at the hating shit I look at all a good shit

that shit motivate me like a motherfucker that shit motivates me like a motherfucker when people just love you so much and they tell these stories that's what gets you them motherfucking stories I don't even know if someone be true what's the last story that got you uh

girls just saying that me having diabetes make her take her medicine like she won't take her medicine until she starts seeing me take my medicine you know like that's real that's real shit

because you'll have diabetes and you don't want to take this shit because it's too much for you so I'm motivating people all kind of ways just like dude just told me you make me be a better daddy

every day he said you want an old I see it really being a dad on the internet shit like that make me go home and be a daddy you know because I'm motivating this

the nigga, he's 16, 17 years old. He said he's 16 with two kids, bro. Like, I gave him motivation. Just for, you know, for being a daddy. Some people are going to give you motivation all the kind of ways to get money. I do that too.

But I give people motivation in all kinds of ways to speak up for your motherfucking self, not be quiet. If you feel something right, you have the right to speak about it just like everybody else because it's called freedom of speech. Like I told my mom,

It's freedom of speech. It's not a crime. But just not do it until after a sentence, just in case. That's right. Boosie Badass, y'all. Make sure y'all go get a 225 business with NBA young boy on Boosie birthday. Happy early-born day, too. You already know, y'all.

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