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Episode Date: November 2, 2022

Elon Musk's Twitter takeover gets off to a rocky start, Dulcé Sloan discusses the richness of Atlanta's Black culture with Bem Joiner, and Grammy-winning artist T-Pain chats with Trevor.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Coming to you from Atlanta. The city from that show, Atlanta. It's the Daily Show. Tonight. Political violence in America. He's Atlanta, Wakanda, and TV. This is the Daily Show with Trevor Noah. What's going on? Atlanta, Georgia! How you doing, everybody? How you doing, everybody?

Welcome to the show. It's night two. We're still here. Take a seat. Let's do this thing. Let us do it. What's going on, everybody. I'm Trevor No.

Welcome to you from Atlanta. We're here in the flesh. Oh, and I'm loving it. Can I tell you how much I am loving it here? Last night, last night I celebrated my first Atlanta Halloween. I feel like I learned so much about this place, yeah? First up, we went to a place called Virginia Highlands. And I don't know if I'm right or not, but those people

must be rich. Yeah, because forget full-sized candy. They were giving out king-sized bars. It was just like, I was like, damn, even with inflation, they were like, yeah, they're bawling out there. We had a hipster Halloween, we were in little five points, that was really cool, it was quaint. We stopped at a little party in Georgia Tech, that was cool as well. I think we got there late though because there was like no women, we were already, I don't know what happened. Oh, then we went to a place called Decatur. That was really interesting.

Yeah. Decatur? I could tell, like, that's where a lot of the white people live, because of all the Black Lives Matter signs on the lawn. I could tell. Oh, my favorite party of the night was, my friend took me to a Halloween party in Bankhead. That was interesting. Yeah. I learned a valuable lesson in Bankhead. Do not assume that the people are dressed up just because it's Halloween. Yes, that just might be how they dress. I walked up to a gentleman and I was like, wow man, I was like, you look dope. Are you Shakespeare? He's like, nah, I'm a pimp.

I was like, well, here's your Kingside Snickerbar, my friend. You did well. Pleasure meeting you. But we're back, people, night two. I'm so excited, I'm so excited. Everything's going on right. Everything's going on right. Midturns are happening. You know, the news, what's happening in the news? Oh, well, let's kick things off with the big news of the day, right, starting with Elon Musk,

the guy who always looks like a ghost, whether it's Halloween or not. For months now, for months now, Musk has said that he wanted to own Twitter, and the reason he wanted to own Twitter, is because he wanted to make sure Because let's be honest, up until now, you know, people have really held back on Twitter. You know, I always find myself scrolling and thinking, but what do you really think? Why are you so reserved, sir?

So anyway, on Thursday, the day Elon officially took over, right, we got a taste of this extra free speech, right? Because in the first 12 hours, under Elon's ownership, the use of the N-word on Twitter, shot up 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500. 500. 500. 5 5 5 5. 5. 5. 5. that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that that's, that's, thi, that's, that's that's that, that, that, but that, but, but that, but, but, but, thi, but, but, thi, but, but, thi, th, but, but, th, but, th, but, th. I I I I I, th. I, th. I, th. I, th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I thi. I was, thi. I was, I was, I was thi. thi-I's thi-I's to-I's to-I's to-I'm to-I'm to-I'm to-I'm to-I'm thi-I'm thi-I's ownership, the use of the N-word on Twitter shot up 500%. 500%. Which no, you don't know. You don't know. Who knows what it is?

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Because he's going crazy. Here's my question. Here's my question. I really want to know this. Why is it always when the free speech people, right? All these people are like, we want free speech. Why do they never want to use their free free speech to use free speech to use free speech to use free speech, to use theirsesesesesesese, to use their, to use their, to use their, their, their, to use their, to use to use to use, to use, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi. thi. tooooome. tooome. tooome. too. too. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. they never want to use their free speech to say words like perambulates or pusillanimous? Like, it's never stuff like that.

Have you noticed? They're like, we want free speech. You're like, okay, what do you want to say? Negger? Like, really? All the things you could have said about all the issues you what do you want to say that any other word? Niggers? It feels like he doesn't want free speech. You just want to hate on people, right?

So yeah, it looks like Elon is up. He's scrambling to figure out, you know, how to make this whole thing work. Because remember, he spent $44 billion, where he was forced to spend $44 billion, because it was a trolltraltraltraltololololol, he that that that that thion, he thion, he thol, he tho, he tho, he tho, he's tho, he's tho, he's tho, he's tho, he's to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to $44 billion because it was a troll that turned into a real, he used his free speech and he paid a big price. And it's going to be hard to make money from this thing. You know, Twitter has a lot of debt, right? They're not profitable as a company, you know, and so today to try and mitigate this. Elon Musk came out and he said he's going to start charging people $8 a month for the blue tho.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00. to to to to to be $ $8. to be $8. to thso $8. to to to to to to thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. Twitter. thi. Twitter. th. th. th. Twitter. T th. T th. T th. T th. T th. T. T. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. to to to thi. to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to thi. to thi name. Yeah, $8 a month for the blue check mark.

Because I guess he's hoping that everyone else on Twitter will also make terrible financial decisions like he did. I'm sorry, $8. What are you spending $8 a month for? Like the blue check? You realize what you get with $8 a month? You can subscribe. You can get like Netflix, you can with eight dollars a month you can subscribe you can get like Netflix you can get paramount plus you can get a hulu or or you can pay so that people verify that they actually shitting on you right is just like oh this is the real tribunal I hate this guy yeah oh what was even funny it was the reason this the reason Elon Musk he said the reason he's doing this, the reason he's doing it,

is because he's sick of Twitter's current lords and peasant system for who has or who doesn't have a blue check mark. And then he ended it with power to the people, blue for $8 a month. So here's my question. So here's my question. If you're trying to create equality on Twitter, why charge anyone to be verified? Huh? Yeah, just give everyone a blue checkmark thing.

Why are you charging the people? Give it to everyone for free? Oh, give it to no one, right? But it doesn't make sense to offer it as equality and then put a price on it. Do you get what I'm saying? Can you imagine if MLK was out there like, I have a dream?

I have a dream. And I'll tell you all about it for 899 a month. It wouldn't be the same thing. It's all about equality. No, you're trying to make money. I get it. Yeah. So I think this $8 a month thing is ridiculous, you know. If you ask me, if Elon Musk wants to make money from Twitter, what he should do, don't charge people for blue check marks. No, you know, charge white people to say the n-word. Twitter will be the most profitable company in history. Racists are going to be taking out loans. I need a bit of extra cash. My neighbors are so god-dame loud. I can use this. What else is going on in

the news? Oh, of course, of course. It's the story of that crazy dude. I'm sure you've all seen this by now. The crazy guy who broke into Nancy Pelosi's house and then attacked her 82-year-old husband with a hammer. Now you would assume, I would assume, probably all of you would assume, that everyone, regardless of their politics, would be against hammering the elderly, right? You would assume that. But apparently, but apparently things have changed because it turns out the thirty thir th. th. thirty, right, right, right, right, right, right, right, right, right, thirty, thirty, thirty, thirty, thirty, thirty, thirty, thirty, the thirty, thirty, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, and their, and their, and their, and their, and their, and their, and their, and their, and their, and their, and their, and their, and their, and their, and their, and their, and their, and their, and their, and their, their, their, their, their, their, their,, but apparently things have changed because it turns out there are many Republicans who find this whole thing really funny. A lot of Republicans have publicly condemned the violence but some are actually making jokes about it. Yeah that's exactly right, Wolf. I mean instead of this moment

of unity what we have seen as Republicans actually mocking Paul Pelosi and the attack. In fact, Donald Trump Jr. tweeted out some really crude memes making fun of Paula Pelosi and the incident that happened. And then you have Kerry Lake, who is the Republican candidate for Arizona governor, who had this to say at a campaign event earlier today. It is not impossible to protect our kids at school. They act like it is. Nancy Pelosi, well, she's got protection when she's in DC. Apparently her house doesn't have a lot of protection.

But... But... I'm not going to lie, mega comedy is weird. You hear the joke about the old man who was almost killed? That's it, that's the joke. That's the joke. What, like, who are these? You know, this is what's crazy to me. What's crazy to me is, these are the very same people,

the very same people who are devastated and appalled because somebody was rude to Ted Cruz at a restaurant. These are the same people, they'll be like, this was at a restaurant. They were rude to Ted Cruz at a restaurant. Where people go to eat, and Ted Cruz goes to lick the napkins. They were rude to him. This is America.

And look, I get it. It's like it's not all Republicans. I'm not saying it's all. Some Republicans think it's a joke. Many other Republicans are not laughing, but not because they're being civil about it. No, they've chosen to turn this into a giant conspiracy theory. All right. Yeah, they've said there's a there's there's there's there's there's there's there's there's there's there's a whole there's a whole there's a whole there's a whole there's a whole their their their their their their their their their their their th. th. th. thi thi. thi. th. to to go to go to go to go to go to go to go to go to go to go to go to go to go to go to go to go to go tooes th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. thi. th. thi. th. th. they've chosen to turn this into a giant conspiracy theory. All right? Yeah, they've said there's a whole bunch of crazy conspiracies they've come up with for why this has happened, right? And then some of them have chosen to just dismiss it. They go like, oh, this is not a big deal.

This is just a random kind tell me this is random? It's like a random, completely random, everyday crime. You're telling me some right-wing conspiracy theorist broke into Nancy Pelosi's house screaming, where's Nancy? And you think that was a random crime? Yeah, because we've all experienced this, right? He's walking down the street.

Some random guy jumps out with a weapon, he's like, Where's your wife, Nancy Pelosi? And you're like, what? I'm not even married. And he's like, oh, well, if you do get married one day, you look me up and you tell me where you live. And you're like, how will I even find you? All right, that's all the time we got for the headlines. Stay tuned, because after the break, we're going to answer the big question, is Atlanta the real-life Wakanda?

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blaze a trail with a pioneering skyscraper, and dare to confront a formidable empire. The art of fairness on cautionary tales. Listen on the I-Heart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen to podcasts. Welcome back to the daily show. Coming back to you all the way from Atlanta. Now this city is known for its history and culture of black excellence and sometimes sometimes it raises the question is Atlanta the real-life Wakanda? Well Atlanta's very own Dulce-Sloan when to find out. Hello friends I'm Atlanta-raae's celebrity dual-face loans.

Now, Atlanta has been called many things. The Black Mecca, Wakanda, a Black Utopia, is basically the opposite of Portland, Oregon. But does the aid lift up to the height? I'm at Paw City Market to talk to fellow ATLEAN and cultural curator, Bainjoiner of Atlanta Influences Everything. My name is Bainjoiner, co-founder of Atlanta Influences Everything, which is a civic-minded creative consultancy known for a popular phrase and shirt in Atlanta. You said a lot of, it sounds like a very Atlanta thing because it sounds like you've got

a bunch of like slashes on your business car. Like do you also DJ? Nope, but there's a DJ in this story. There's always a DJ. There's always a DJ. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. the the the th. th. th. th. th. th. th. the th. the the th. the the th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. thi. th. thi. thi. th. th. thi. th. thi. the th. thi. the th. th. the th. th. th. th. th. there's a DJ in this story. There's always a DJ. There's always a DJ. Okay. We've been talking about this question for decades as black people who live in Atlanta or who are from Atlanta, is Atlanta a black utopia? I don't know if I would say utopia. We're still in America. Black Mecca, Black Utopia, Wakanda, all of the things. It's a place where black people are comfortable. Right. Utopia makes it seem like, you know, ain't no crime, you know, ain't no problems, you know what I'm saying?

Well, it's interesting because where your story is, we're in the pull-up, and we're at Ponce City Market. But you know and I know for a long time on this back street, this street used to be very sketchy. Man, it's crazy you say that because the other piece of that, remember the name with the Kroger that was right here. Yes, and I don't care how, I know y'all call it Bilt line Kroger, it's murder. We don't care. th. th. th, and we th, and we th, and we th, and we th, and we don't th, and we don't th, and we don't th, and th, and th, and th, and th, th, th, th, th, th, th th th th th th th th th th th that, it's th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's th, it's, it's th, it's th, it's the the the the their, it's, it's the their, it's their, it's their, it's their, it's their, th, th, th, th th that, it's that that that that that that throooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo, th th th th th th th care. And when they try to change it, we call it murder Kroger. So this is a multi-layered thing. Yeah, there are the perceived streets pay with gold for for black people to achieve whatever they are trying to achieve without a barrier. Right. But there's also like multi-layered classism here too. That's just how black it is. You know. It's, it's, it's a, it's a, it's a, it's a, it's a, it's a, it's a. It's a, it's a, it's a. It's a. It's a, it's a. It's a, it's a. It's a. It's a, it's a. It's a, it's a. It's a. It's a, it's a multi-a. It's a multi-a. It's a multi. It's a, it's a multi-a. the, it. the, it. the, it. the, it. the, it. the, it. the, it. the, it. the, it. the, it. It's a, it. It's a, it. It's a, it. It's a, it. It's a, it. It's a, it. It's a, it's a, it's a. It's a. It's a. It's a. It's a. It's a. It's a. It's a. It's a. It's a. It's a. It's a. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the, it's a. the, it's a multi-a. the, it's a multi-a. the, multi-layered classism here too. That's just how black it is. You know, it's aggressively black,

where it's tribal like Wakanda. It's a safe black place to be black and you have a fair shot to make it what you want it to be. Do you think that black people here have a different experience and black people from other places because we've seen generations of black wealth and black at higher education and just upward mobility for black people? It is rooted in the black narrative kind of going back to W.E.B. the boy and Booker T. Washington's debate on blackness that took place on the Atlanta University Center campus. So yeah, and we want to tell that narrative all the way up, but if you look, none of these other black cities have anything like the Atlanta University Center. Right, so there are four HBCUs, historically black college universities in Atlanta.

It's Morris Brown, Clark, Atlanta, Spelman and Morehouse. And so, you know, if people grew up here to see, like, not only one black black black black black black black black black black black black black black black black black black black black black black black black black black black black black black black black black black black black black black black black black black black black black black black, black, black, black, black, black, black, black, black, black, black, the, if people grew up here, to see like not only one black school, but for Black University. Yeah, and so it's that post-secondary education that Oakland, Chicago, Detroit, they don't have the Morehouse and Spelmany thing. And I think, along with the consistent black mayors. Yes. That became the attraction. Is the fact that Atlanta has had black mayors for 40 some on years has that made a significant impact on the city? Most definitely. The mayor that

kind of set everything off Manor Jackson, he put forth those policies and took that risk. He understood that police chief, police force, superintendent, teachers, everything that the public sector could toucest, that that also had to be on mission, like what he saw. And if he couldn't get buy-in from the working class people in those sectors, that this was the mission. So everybody got to get along, so we have to understand. So I mean, that's a very interesting thing for you for you for you for you for someone for someone for someone for someone for someone for someone for someone for someone for someone for someone for someone for someone for someone for someone for someone for someone for someone for someone for someone for someone for someone for someone for someone for someone for someone for someone for someone for someone for some, for some, for some, for some, for some, for some, for some, for some, for some, for, for, for, for, for some, for some, for something, for, for, for, for, for, for, everything, the their, everything, everything, everything, everything, everything, for, for, for, for, for, for, for, for, for, for, for, for, for, for, for, for some, for some, for some, for some, for some, for some, for some, for some, for some, for some, for some, for some, for some, for some, for some some, for some some some, for some some some some some some, for some, for some, for some some, for some some, for some, for someone, for someone, for someone, for someone, some some some, for some, some, some, for some, some, the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the this was the mission. So everybody got to get along, so we have to understand. So I mean, that's a very interesting thing for you to come in and just go, especially a black man to come in and go, okay, we got a chance. So compared to the rest of the country, is it easy to be black in Atlanta?

So the way we engage with blackness, the way we engage with white people, we didn't know that it was odd until you start traveling or you get these other stories. You're like, man, you're talking to white people like that? Like, yeah. Yeah. You just have more confidence, whether it's loud or whether it's quiet confidence than the average black person. And we don't know that that's odd until people start exposing us to the rest of the world and it's like oh you'll you'll move like that where you from? I think white Atlantis are are unique in their experience with with blackness for better or for worse. Atlanta seems to have become a safe place for that.

As somebody who grew up here is from here. What do you love about Atlanta? The ability just to be my black self, you know, whatever I say that is. I like that. So there you have it. Atlanta might not be Wakanda, but it is a city where you can just be your black self. Thank you so much for that. Dulce Sloan, everybody. All right, stay tuned, because when we come back, Atlanta's very own T-Pane,

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We'll face mutiny on the vast Pacific Ocean, blaze a trail with a pioneering skyscraper, and dare to confront a formidable empire. The art of fairness on cautionary tales. Listen on the Iheart radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen to podcasts. Welcome back to the Daily Show. My guest tonight is a Grammy-award-winning artist who is also a pro-gamer and the CEO of Nappy Boy Entertainment. Please welcome T Teeain himself.

Yeah, man. Welcome, welcome to the Daily Show. Welcome, first of all, thank you for welcoming us. You know, obviously, we know you started your career out in Florida, but you've made Atlanta your home and it feels like Atlanta has fully adopted you as its own. Absolutely, man. Absolutely. There's no denying that music today, especially hip-hop, cannot say that it hasn't been shaped

by T-Pain, the sound. You know, the way you've created everything from how you use auto-tune to the way you've defined the music. You've also been v. You know, I, the way, thine, thine, thine, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, th... There, th. There, th. There, th. There, th. There, th. There, th... There, th. There, th. And, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, tho, is no, is no, is no, is no, is no, is no, is no, is no, is no, is no, is no, is no, is no, is no, is no, is no, is no, the. There, the. There, way you define the music. You've also been rarely vocal about the journey that you've been on. You know, I found it interesting. I mean, it was terrible for you, but you know, people started blaming you for music. Like you, you came out with a style of using auto tune

that nobody had ever seen before. Right. You know, in my humble opinion, I'm not a musician. Everyone just came out and everything, you know what I mean? And then people started saying to you, they're like, oh, T-Pain spoiled music, T-Pain destroyed music. You went into a depression and you spoke about how you had to work on your mental to come out of this. Absolutely. I love being vocal about things like that because it wasn't set in the blueprint before me.

Everybody was always set about the down. Everybody always tells you about the up and I always look back at the, you know, the people that came before me and I'm like, why, why didn't y'all tell me about this? Like, you know, the fantasy world. But, you know, nobody told us about the downs. So I try to stay vocal about that to let people know these things are going to happen. As much as you try to create this perfect world around you. No matter what you do, you can do, you can have charities, you can do all these great things, you're still going to have these downs because there's no magical world in the multiverse that everybody is happy all the time. Is it?

And I feel like it's not the start. I feel like you have to. You've also had to do what few people ever, you know, think they'll have to do, which is right a wave of immense success. Go through a period where, you know, your mental is challenged, you know, as you said, you struggled with depression, and then financially, you've shared the stories of how, you know, you thought you had it all forever,

and then you realize that the wrong people can give you the wrong advice, all of a sudden, your money's not where it's supposed to be. But then you then you then you then you then you then you then you then you then you then you then then then then then then then the their their th their their th th th th and then, thi, thi, thi, thi. But thi. But thi. But thi. But, thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. You're thi. You're thi. You thi. And, as thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi.'re mentoring artists you you're creating music that's that's moving the culture forward again where does T-Pain go from here because very few people have been in the second peak of their life where they have to rebuild everything and they have the opportunity to do it all again what would you do differently and why uh condoms That would probably be. That would probably be. I'd probably invest in them bitches. No, man, I don't think I would change anything.

I think the most important thing that came out of how I've done everything is the lessons I've acquired while doing them. Right. You know, and, and. I think the most important thing that came out of how I've done everything is the lessons I've acquired while doing them. And knowing each end of the spectrum is always better than going in it blindly and going off of faith. You know, as I said, having that information, if I would have came into the game and I would have stayed successful for this long, the downfall would have just been from a higher height. You know what I'm saying? So I kind of embraced the fact that I was able to go jump in the kitty pool real quick and then move to the high.

You know, I just wanted to have that experience in my life and I don't regret any part of it. That's a good way to live life. Yeah. Thank you so much. I appreciate you so much. Thank you, man. All the best. And I'll catch you online. All right, everybody, stay tuned. We're going to take a quick break. We'll be right back after this. It's the real, man.

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