The Daily Show: Ears Edition - The Daily Showography of Eric Adams | Josh Johnson Explains the Drake & Kendrick Lamar Beef

Episode Date: June 1, 2024

Desi Lydic takes a look at how New York City Mayor, Eric Adams, became the clean-living, hard-partying, deep-thinking man he is today in The Daily Showography of Eric Adams: Philosopher King of New York. And Josh Johnson breaks down the beef between Drake and Kendrick Lamar with Jordan Klepper.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Welcome back to the Daily Show. Over the weekend, New York City Mayor Eric Adams was in Rome for a meeting with Pope Francis, and in a way this meeting was always destined to be. Because if you know Eric Adams' story, you know that like the Pope, he operates on a higher philosophical play. America's mayors are duels. They fix roads. They get drugs off the streets.

They bust ghosts. But in 2021, New York City elected a mayor They get drugs off the streets. They bust ghosts. But in 2021, New York City elected a mayor who wasn't just a doer. He was an enlightened thinker. No matter how much job was to come, light was shined through. That's my message of life. Who saw his city as a playground of transcendental possibilities. This is a place where every day you wake up, you could experience everything from a plane crashing into our trade center to a person who's celebrating a new business. That's why it's the greatest city on the globe. Yes, like a great metaphysicist, New York's mayor inspires citizens to ask deep existential questions.

Like, who the hell did I just vote for? This is the daily showography of Eric Adams, philosopher King of New York. Today, we know that Eric Adams is a philosophical genius because he tells us he is. So I'm Gandhi like Gandhi. I think like Gandhi. I act like Gandhi. I want to be like Gandhi. But it wasn't always apparent that Adams would grow up to be one of the great thinkers of our time. Born in 1960 to a butcher and a house cleaner,

he was a typical New York teen when he had a run-in with the-law that would change the course of his life. I was arrested in South Jamaica, Queens, when I was coming from school, after going into an apartment of a go-go dancer who owed us money. Not in nowhere, they said you feel like a beat down. So I had a demon in me, and the only way I could get it out was to go in. To go into the police department. Going to the police department. You know what they say? If they can beat you, join him. And join he did.

It was during this sojourn in the urban wilderness that the prophet now says he was granted a vision of his future. 30-something years ago, God spoke to my heart and said, you are going to be the mayor the mayor the mayor the mayor the mayor the mayor the mayor the mayor the mayor the mayor the mayor the mayor the mayor to be mayor the mayor to be mayor to be mayor to be mayor to be mayor to be mayor to be mayor to be mayor to be mayor to be mayor to be a to be a to be a to be a to are going to be the mayor January 1st 2022 and I would tell everybody I'm going to be mayor January 1st 2022. People used to think I was on medication. Yes, used to. So after 22 years as a cop Adams traded his badge and gun for the suit and tie of the New York State Senate where he used his law enforcement background to teach ordinary citizens how to police their own families. It's imperative that you should that you that you th that you th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th to th to to th th to to to th the to be to be to be tho their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their th. tho. the. tm. te. te. te. tea. tea. tea. tea. te. te. te. te. to to ordinary citizens how to police their own families. It's imperative that you should know what's inside your household. You don't know what your child may be hiding.

It could be just a baby dog, but also it could be a place where you can secrete or hide drugs. It's the classic philosophical debate. Is any object solely itself or do all things contain dualities that can be used to hide contraband? And after apparently solving every other problem in the city, Adams turned his focus to something few intellects had dared to tackle. Dad ass. So he is starting a campaign to encourage kids not to wear their pants so low. It's dubbed Stop the Sag. When you raise your pants you raise your character, when you raise your pants and raisethe Sag. When you raise your parents, you raise your character. When you raise your parents, you raise your grade. When you raise your pares you raise your self-esteem. Soon Adam's profile was lifted higher than the freshly raised waistbands of New York

city teenagers. He ascended to Brooklyn Borough President where he toiled day and night, even sleeping on a bed in his office, a commitment to both his job and avoiding New York rents. But for Adams, politics would always come second to his true passion, developing a holistic philosophy of mind, body, and spirit. I eat a plant-based centered life. Some people want to call me vegan. Vegans eat Oreos. I don't.

Now I'm going to show you what I eat in one of the cow powder. I see maca powder, cocoa powder, caram powder. And I love this stuff here, maringa powder. And after beginning each day with a slurry of industrial grade pulverized health food, Adams ends every week with a ritual worthy of a boys-to-men video. Every week Adams draws himself a bubble bath and scatters rose petals across the water's surface. I don't know what I do without my incense, my candles, my bubble baths, and my roses. Before long, Adams was enlightened enough to ascend to an

even higher level, mayor. After a small hitch requiring him to prove that he didn't actually live in New Jersey by giving a tour of his very real Brooklyn apartment. This is a small bathroom. Adams won the election convincingly, and he celebrated poetically. How do you go from being arrested, dislexed, rejected, and now you elected to be the mayor of the city of New York? All I know is all my haters become my waiters when I sit down at the table of success.

I'm not who I am because I'm the best. I'm who I am because I'm blessed. Not since Biggy had New York seen a philosopher with such slow. And not since 50 cent had New York seen a leader who spent so much time into club. This is a city of swagger. We need a mayor mayor a mayor a mayor a mayor a mayor the mayor the mayor the mayor the mayor the mayor the mayor the mayor the mayor the mayor the mayor the mayor the mayor the mayor the mayor the mayor the mayor to to to to the mayor to to to to to to to to to to to to to to have to to have 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 have their. I I their. I their. I their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their the their the their their their their their their their their their their to in DeClub. This is a city of swagger. We need a mayor a swagger. When a mayor has swagger, the city has swagger. They're saying Eric goes out to restaurant. Breaking News.

Duh, yes I do. I'm a nightlife mayor, and I like to test the product. As Mayor, Adam's Galaxy brain was constantly coming up with new ways to improve life in the city, like slashing budgets for libraries and schools and migrants to pay for more cops on the street and more cops in the subway and robot cops and flying robot cops, robot cops, so many cops. And if people complained, he handled it philosophically. We're New Yorkers. You know, we get angry. We get pissed off and we let you know how you feel. I wake up in the morning at some time and look at myself and I get myself to think.

It seemed like there was no problem Adams couldn't out think. Until. Breaking news here in New York City. The FBI seizing electronic devices belonging to Mayor Eric Adams as part of a corruption investigation. The FBI is investigating whether the mayor received illegal donations from the Turkish government, with observers noting unusual connections, including Adams' recent cameo in a Turkish movie. But I don't understand Turkish. Will this Turkish taffi spell the end of Adams' reign or will he once again draw in his philosophical learning to remind people that in New York City every day is a chance to soar to even greater heights. I am the pilot folks and you are all passengers. Stop praying for me to crash the plane because there's no

parachute on this plane. We're all going down together. Down together. And that kind of wisdom for the ages is why Eric Adams truly is the philosopher king out every Thursday. So exciting, you'll be saying to yourself, TGID, thank God it's Thursday. We're going to be talking about all the things that hopefully obsess you in the same way that they obsess me. The election. Economics. Earnings calls. What are they talking about on these earnings calls? We're going to be talking about ingredient to bread ratio on sandwiches. And I know that I listed that fourth, but in importance it's probably second. I know

you have a lot of options as far as podcasts go, but how many of them come out on Thursday? I mean, talk about innovative. Listen to the weekly show with You know, the news is so serious these days. What we could really use is a palette cleanser, like a fun pop culture story. And luckily, there's some big news this weekend. Boy has the rap world been buzzing over the weekend, the internet on fire. Are you Team Drake or Team Kendrick Lamar? The feud is red hot. Both stars dropping several dish tracks over the weekend.

Both stars gaining tens of millions of streams in the process. The beef has been ongoing for several years, quite frankly, but it's reached a fever pitch right now. Ooh, a rep battle. It's a great way to showcase an MC's skills. I gotta say as a Michigan boy, I loved watching Eminem Slice and Dice's competitors. th. It's. It's. It's. It's. It's. It's. It's. It's. It's. It's. It's. It's. It's. It's. It's. It's. It's. It's. It's. It's. It's. It's th. It's th. It's th. It's th. It's thoes. t t thi. toys. too's too's toys. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t to t t t t t t t t too. t t t t t t t t t t t t t showcase an MC's skills. I gotta say as a Michigan boy, I loved watching Eminem Slice and Dice's competitors. It's always, always a great time. In fact, I bet Drake is gonna tease Kendrick about selling more albums and Kendrick

is gonna make some playful jabs about Drake being a Toronto Raptors fan. So let the ribbing begin. In his distracts, Drake claims Kendrick abuses and cheats on his fiancé, while Kendrick accuses Drake of being a pedophile. Oh, that got dark. We went from zero to Epstein in about one weekend. This beef is really out of control and it doesn't look like it's calming down anytime soon. Kendrick is probably in the studio right now trying to figure out something that rhymes with killed John Badee Ramsey. So for more on this we go live out to the

streets with our own Josh Johnson. Josh. Josh. Josh. Who would you say is winning this beef? No? Pass. No thank you. The judge, who would you say is winning this beef? Nope, pass, no thank you. I don't want to get dragged into this at all. All these dudes do is research and destroy. Apparently this is short for dissertation, okay? And I don't need anybody looking me up and wrapping about how I took my cousin to senior prom,

or that I pissed my bed until senior prom. All right? I just want to do my job and rest my head in whatever safe house they got Jay Cole in. Okay. I mean, I see your point. This has got to be one of the most brutal rap beefs in history. Well, hold on, let's not get crazy. I mean, remember Biggie and Tupac? There's a reason that the last time you saw

Pock was in hologram form, all right? What's happening now is nothing compared to back then, because hip hop has matured. In the 90s, it was a f-cooked girl. How about that? Now it's, I don't think you're emotionally available as a father and husband. Due to your general lack of vulnerability, which leaves me with no choice but to fuck a girl, how about that? Okay.

Okay. So, you're saying as ugly as this is getting, at least it's not spilling into violence? Correct. In fact, I wish all global conflicts were like hip-hop beefs. Okay, so you're saying as ugly as this is getting, at least it's not spilling into violence. Correct. In fact, I wish all global conflicts were like hip-hop beefs. The Middle East, Russia, Ukraine, instead of missiles, wouldn't you want see Zelensky release a track saying Putin is on Ozympic? Or that he learned Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu because he got Brazilian butt lift. Or that Putin's not black enough to say nigger.

You know what I mean? Or whatever the Russian version of that is. You really think you could replace wars with rap beefs? Absolutely. Forget abroad, even at home. Wouldn't the national anthem be hotter if it was a distract against England? Like, no taxation without resummentation. That's already half a bar right there.

Now you just need something like, you eat beans on toast like some broke-ass-hose. Like, throwns. Like at Hamilton. Not like that. Okay, yeah. Instead of shooting at Britain, the founding fathers should been spitting out. Like in Hamilton. Not like that.

Okay, yeah. Josh, if everything being a rap battle de-escalate situations, why are you so afraid to just pick a side between Drake and Kendrick? I mean, because you tell me all the time how you love Drake's music and he makes you feel safe to twark in the shower and how you like to pop ass to his beats how it makes you feel like a bad bitch, I think you said. No, no, no, no, no, no, no, don't... Well, thanks a lot, Jordan. You gave them plenty. Kendrick just dropped a song and the cover art is me slow dancing at Senior Prom- Oh my god, I gotta call my cousin. Josh Johnson, everyone.

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