The Daily Show: Ears Edition - The Democrats Keep The Senate | Nas

Episode Date: November 15, 2022

The Democrats keep the Senate, Jeff Bezos gives his Courage and Civility $100M award to Dolly Parton and Grammy Award-winning rapper Nas talks about his album "King's Disease III."See omnystudio.com/l...istener for privacy information.

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Starting point is 00:00:00 You're listening to Comedy Central. Coming to you from New York City, the only city in America. It's the Daily Show. Tonight, another crypto collects. Dems take control of the Senate and none. This is the Daily Show with Trevor Noah. I'm try to know it. Thank you so much for tuning in. Thank you for coming out in Brooklyn. Thank you so much for being here, everybody. This feels amazing. Take a seat. Take a seat. Let's get into it. We have got a great show for you tonight. The Democrats are as surprised as you are about winning.
Starting point is 00:00:57 Donald Trump goes to war with everyone. And if you are hoping to lose all your money in crypto, well then I've got some good news. Plus, Hip Hop Legend and New York's very own, NARS is our guest tonight. Talking about a brand new album. So let's do this people. Let's jump straight into today's headlines. All right. Before we get into the big stories, let's catch up on a few other things going on in the world. Starting in the United Kingdom, where a protester who threw eggs at King Charles has now been banned from carrying eggs in public as a condition of his bail.
Starting point is 00:01:40 And I mean, that just really shows you how much England has lost its edge. You know, in the old days, if you came at the King, they would torture you in the Tower of London for the rest of your life. Now it's like, you attacked our king, well, good luck making an omelette now. In some news from the world, Jeff Bezos announced that he will be giving Dolly Parton $100 million to celebrate her good deeds in the world. Yeah, and that's how rich Jeff Bezos is. Imagine being so rich that you think it's charity when you give money to millionaires.
Starting point is 00:02:13 He's like, oh, you poor thing, you don't even have a spaceship, do you? Oh, here, let me break you off some. Oh, in major geopolitical news, President Biden met for the first time with his Chinese counterpart, Jijin-Ping. And after the three-hour meeting, Biden declared that an invasion of Taiwan is not imminent. And I know what probably happened here. Jizin-Pin went into that meeting planning to stick it to Joe. But first, Biden told him about that one time
Starting point is 00:02:45 where he had that friend who was a Negro baseball player, he used to work at the pool with all the kids, and he'd ride the Amtrakhanter all the way in Sranterns, man, Scranton's a day, man, Scranter so different back then. My pop boys just t leave me alone. All right, but let's move on to some of the biggest stories of the day. Starting with the midterms. That magical time of the year when the most exciting thing on TV is Steve Cornaki doing math. Now, votes are still being counted across the country.
Starting point is 00:03:19 But a few things are clear. One, you can take off your I-voted sticker now, we get it. And two, Senate Democrats are about to get two more years in the driver's seat. Let's begin with Democrats shocking the political world by retaining control of the United States Senate, thanks to a win overnight in Nevada. Democrats now taking a victory lap, defying history and expectations, on track to their best midterm performance since John F. Kennedy was president. This is a very happy day.
Starting point is 00:03:51 With at least 50 seats and Vice President Kamala Harris's tie-breaking vote, Democrats now keep control of the upper chamber. Regardless of the outcome of Georgia's Senate runoff, sleeted for December 6th. Holding the Senate gives President Biden and his party control over the legislative agenda there and critically judicial confirmations, including the Supreme Court if another seat opens up. That's right.
Starting point is 00:04:14 Now that Nevada and Arizona have been called, the Democrats have officially kept the Senate for another two years, which is a huge surprise. I mean when Chuck Schumer heard that happen, his glasses nearly fell right off his face. I mean, at least I'm assuming that's why they're down there, right? And remember, remember, the reason this is so important is because keeping the Senate means that Democrats can keep confirming judges, including Supreme Court justices,
Starting point is 00:04:40 like their treats, Like if any of them retire, or let's say, I don't know, gets like a DUI, you know? I still like beer. My man! But, but, remember, if Republicans take control of the House, then every dream the Democrats have of codifying Roe v. Wade or taxing the rich or turning Pete Budajez into a real boy, they can't do it. I mean, they probably weren't going to do it anyway, but now, but now, but their their their their their their to to to to to blame, but to blame, but to blame, but to blame, but to blame, but to blame, but their their, but their, but now, their, they they their, they their, to to blame, to their, their, their, to to to to me me. Momenk. Momenk. Momenk. Momenk. Momenk. Momene. Momene. to me. to me. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. to be, to be, to be, to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to to to to to too, toe. their me, toe. their me, toe. Ma, their mea, their mea, their mea, their mea, their mea, their. Ma, their. Ma, the rich or turning Pete Budajjeej into a real boy, they can't do it. I mean, they probably weren't going to do it anyway, but now they have someone to blame. Those pesky Republicans! Now, of course, there's still the Georgia runoff in December between Raphael Warnock and Herschel Walker, which the Democrats don't need to win in order to control the Senate. But it would give them extra cushioned the Manchin tries to cockblock them or Kirsten Cinema goes rogue or Bernie Sanders misses a vote because he's arguing with a grocery store manager.
Starting point is 00:05:31 It's just, you know, just shove that apple pay up your ass, I want to pay with a check. Wait, hold on, I wrote the wrong date. You'll give him, give me another chance. So we're going to have to wait until December to see what the final count in the Senate is. And really, that race can go either way. But can we just admit now that the stakes are a little lower? You kind of want to see what Herschel Walker would be like as a senator. I'm not saying they should. And I'm not saying it would be good for Georgia or for the country. But, but when he gets Mitch McConnell pregnant with another secret baby, it'll be all worth
Starting point is 00:06:13 it. Ah, he's sending me a card, $5,000, blah. But while the Democrats are celebrating their success in the midterms, Republicans are being forced to look ahead to 2024 and the question of who will take on the animated corpse of Joe Biden for the presidency. So obviously, all eyes on Donald Trump, you know, because he's the person who has promised a big announcement from Marilago tomorrow. Yeah, and no one knows what the big announcement could be. It could, could just be that he successfully that thuuuuuuu that he's that he's that he's that he's that he's that he's that he's that he's that he's that he's that he's that he's that he's that he's that he's thus thus thus thus thus thus thus 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 to to to to to to to to to to to tho. tho. the the the the the the the the tho the tho to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to. And no one knows what the big announcement could be.
Starting point is 00:06:47 It could just be that he successfully walked down a ramp, or that he finally memorized all the words to the McDonald's Big Mac song, but everyone is expecting that it's going to be his entry into the presidential race. Yeah. Oh, oh, oh, oh. And there are a lot of reasons people think that Trump is going to run again, right? They think he wants to avoid an indictment. They think he thinks he's already won last time. It could be the fact that he has a Cinemax movie in the White House DVR that he wants
Starting point is 00:07:15 to finish watching. Will Emmanuel get back from space? But the biggest hint that he's running again is that he spent a lot of time recently making fun of other Republicans who might think of running. You remember he called Ron DeSanctus, Ron de Sanctemonius. He mocked Mike Pence's polling numbers and then last week he found something to say about a new target, Virginia Governor Glenn Yankin. On Friday the former president posted on his social media platform, Truth Social, that Yonkin's last name, quote, sounds Chinese.
Starting point is 00:07:51 The post read in part, Yonkin, now that's an interesting take, sounds Chinese, doesn't it? Couldn't have one without me. You know, just when I think Trump has hit peak strange, he finds a way to take it to another level. He's like super-Sayon of strange because, first of all, first of all, how are you so racist that you can make an anti-Asian remark about a white guy? I don't even understand that. And secondly, how are you so weird that you can surprise yourself in your own text? He's the one typing, then he's like, thiiiiii... 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. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. toee. to. to. to. to. to. to. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi.'s the one typing, then he's like, now that's an interesting thing, you wrote it.
Starting point is 00:08:27 Are you guys seeing what just happened? You typed it. Like, who are you? How's your brain work? But the only explanation that makes sense in my head is that he typed the guy's name in and then it auto corrected to young Kin, and now Trump is having a conversation with his auto-correcting, like, wow, I never thought of it that way keyboard. You should be my running mate. So smart, so strong, so clever.
Starting point is 00:08:57 But, but this moment here is just another one where you realize that the tide is turning against Trump ever since the midterms. Because this time Republicans are pushing back against him. Yeah, they've come out, they're like, this is not cool, why are you saying this? They're fighting him. You realize if this happened before the midterms, Yonkin would have come out like, why yes, in fact I am a Chinese man. Ni-how, y'all, and Jishini, Mr. Trump.
Starting point is 00:09:28 But let's move on to some financial news. After being hailed as the future of money, 2022 has been cryptocurrency's worst year yet. The crypto market has lost $1.3 trilliones have completely disappeared. And Matt Damon has moved on to selling Herberlife. And now, just when we thought the crypto world couldn't fall any lower, this happened.
Starting point is 00:09:53 One popular cryptocurrency exchange is on the brink of collapse this morning. FTX filed for bankruptcy Friday, leaving investors scrambling and destabilizing the entire industry. The company's 30-year-old CEO, Sam Bankman Freed, resigned, and his $16 billion fortune erased. Bloomberg has called his meteoric fall from grace, one of history's greatest ever destructions of wealth. At its peak, the crypto exchange was worth $32 billion and benefited from Superstar endorsements
Starting point is 00:10:24 from Tom Brady, Giselle Bunchin, Naomi Osaka and Steph Curry. The NBA's Miami Heat had its venue renamed as FTX Arena just last year but now that name's coming off the building. The downfall of FTX began earlier this month when reports raised serious questions about its financial health. Those questions triggered a bank run on the exchange as too many customers tried to withdraw their assets. By Thursday, Bankman Freed was apologizing on Twitter, saying, quote, I'm sorry I f-feeck up and should have done better.
Starting point is 00:10:55 Yeah, one of the biggest cryptocurrency exchanges has filed for bankruptcy, going from being worth $30 billion toto being 8 billion in the whole. And do you know how hard it is to lose that much money overnight without buying Twitter? This wasn't easy. And look, I will say I am glad that he apologized, but a tweet saying, I f-ed up doesn't capture the enormity of what you've done. You know, I-fee-up is the wrong address. I-fee-up is like the wrong Uber or something.
Starting point is 00:11:36 At the very least, you've got to add like 10 more U's, because you've This crypto collapse is sending shockwaves everywhere, everywhere, from people losing billions of dollars to the Miami Heat being forced to change the name of the arena, right? Now that FTX is broke, you saw that. And I'll be honest with you, I feel like this one is on the heat. If you're going to let a company buy the naming rights to your arena, at least make sure it's an established company. Don't commit to some crypto startup that's been around for two years. This is like going on a first date. And then when the person goes to the bathroom, you get a lower back tattoo of their name, you know? He's like, yeah, there's no way this could back fire. Yeah. Wait, th th th. There's th. There's th. There's th. There's th. There's th. There's th. There's th. There's th. There's th. There's th. There's th. There's th. There's like, th. There's like, th. There's like, th. There's like, th. There's like, thi. There's like, th. Yeah. Yeah. There's like, yeah. There's like, yeah. There's like, thi. There's thi. There's thi. There's thi. There's thi. There's like, th. There's th. There's like, th. There's th. There's th. There's th. There's th. There's th. There's th. There's th. There's th. There's th. There's th. There's th. There's th. There's th. th. th. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. you have to admit, you have to admit, it is crazy that a crypto collapse can take so much real money with it. Think about it. It's fake money, but people lost real savings.
Starting point is 00:12:36 It's like finding out someone's imaginary friend died by driving your car off a clip. You're like, how? Your friend wasn't real. They were real to me. And personally, I hope Tom Brady didn't invest too much of his money in this company. Because otherwise he'll never be able to retire. Hey, he's gonna be like 90 years old in a huddle, just like, you're gonna run a post out left, and you blocked the Blitz and did I ever tell you by that time I'm afraid it was a Negro baseball player you said
Starting point is 00:13:05 We're at the pool with the kids that I'm track and the scrap and the scrapbook of the Scamp it up my word and jump back and come on Jack come on let's do it. All right that's it for the headlines but we've already got a quick break let's check in on the finance expert Michael Costa everybody Michael, absolute insanity. What is happening in the market today? Trevor, I am crushing it. I mean, I'm crushed it so hard that I too should be banned from carrying eggs because I would crush them, okay?
Starting point is 00:13:39 I got a hot tip for you too, so pay attention. I got a hot tip for you, okay? But obviously, Trevor, today, it's all about crypto and FTX, which collapsed the last week. Now, this is really important, okay? People are losing their third houses because of this, all right? Now, obviously, I didn't invest in Ftx. I didn't like that Tom Brady was promoting it. I have a very simple investing rule. Don't take financial advice from people who get hit in the head all day, okay? That's why the only athletes I listen to are swimmers, okay? They don't get hit in the head. Now, this is important.
Starting point is 00:14:14 Wait until they're out of the pool to hear what they have to say. Otherwise, you'd put all your money into a... and uh, blah, roe, roe, stray. Pay attention to this right here. This 52 week low, 1.2. That's low. OK? Now, I'm an expert. I don't expect you to understand numbers, but let me explain it to you.
Starting point is 00:14:33 OK? Zero is the bottom. You can't get lower than zero, unless there's a windshield. So look this looks like the price of FTX token. But what this chart actually represents is the age of people who trusts crypto, OK? In November, it's like 20, 25. Maybe at one point, it reached 30 years old.
Starting point is 00:14:59 But now, the only group that trusts crypto, two and a half year olds, Trevor, okay? Yeah. Two and a half year olds believe in crypto because they'll believe in anything, you know? They believe in Santa Claus, they believe in the two-thirds. They believe I actually got your nose. Trevor, this one kid paid me 20 bucks to give it back to him. I'm crushing it. I am crushing. Okay, now, it's gotten so bad. If the, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look. Look. Look. Look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look. Look. Look. Look. Look. Look. Look. Look. Look. Look. Look. Look. Look. Look. Look. Look. Look. Look. Look. Look. Look. Look. Look. Look. Look. Look. Look. Look. Look. Look. Look. Look. Look. Look. Look. Look. Look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, the, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, I. Look, this one kid paid me 20 bucks to give it back to him. I'm crushing it. I am crushing it. Okay, now it's gotten so bad if you ask a four year old about crypto, they'll be like, no no no absolutely not. I'm not an idiot. Now, will you take me to the potty so I can make a do-do? All right. Trevor, why? Why? Why did this happen? Okay? the founder? thrown. th. th. th. Why, why, why? Why, why? Why, why? Why, why? Why, why? Why, why? Why, why? Why, why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? this this this this this? Why? Why? this this this this this this this this this this this this this this? this this this this this this this this? this? this? this? this? this? this? this? this? this? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? this? this? this? th. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. th. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. this? this? this? this?, one man, three names. Sam Bankman Freed.
Starting point is 00:15:47 All right? Look, the writing is on the wall, everybody. No, no, no, specifically this wall. Bank, man, fried? If that's not a warning, Yeah. You see I'm an expert? If that's not a wording, I don I'm an expert.
Starting point is 00:16:05 If that's not a wording, I don't know what it is. Would you eat at a restaurant where the chef was named Brian Undercooked Chicken? Okay? You know, he did try to save his company by going to his chief rival for a bailout. That's got to be tough, right? That's like asking your wife's tennis coach for sex tips, you know? Which reminds me, Jake, you got to call me back, dude. I mean...
Starting point is 00:16:30 Okay, lastly, this is yet another reminder that we shouldn't automatically assume that nerdy, quirky-looking people are geniuses, right? The same way, you've got to be careful with these handsome guys on TV in their suits, giving you these financial tips. And just because they're standing in front of a stock chart, people will trust them with their life savings. It's disgusting, okay? By the way, I got a hot tip for you, okay? If you're still in on crypto, I got your nose.
Starting point is 00:16:59 And if you want it back, you got to give me some money. Come on get it. Michael Costa, everybody. Thank you so much for those, I think they have tips. All right, when we come back, Roy Wood Junior is going to visit Wakanda, so don't go away. to thear thee. told you that everything's under control. Hey everyone, I'm Twitter's a new head of communications. There's a lot going on now, but I just want to assure you that everything's under control. Comedy is legal on Twitter again.
Starting point is 00:17:27 Okay, please stop impersonating Elon Musk. Please stop impersonating our advertisers. Please stop impersonating me. I do not eat my own farts. Okay, we are pausing blue checks. You can't eat a fart. You can't do it. Comedy. It's mostly legal on Twitter.
Starting point is 00:17:43 If you have any questions, just contact customer support. Nope, they were fired. For $8 a month, anyone can get a blue checkmark. A gray checkmark, an invisible checkmark. If you have any questions, you can contact our verification team. No, they were fired. Okay. Chevrolet is not coming out with a car called the Hitler Mobile. Comedy has been downgraded to semi-legal on Twitter. If you see a verified thiiiiiiiiii. C. C. C. C. C. C. C. C. C. C. C. C. C. C. C. C. C. C. A. A. A. A. A. A. A. A. A. A. A. A. A. A. A. A. C. A. C. A. A. C. A. A. A. A. A. A. A. t. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. th. to. th. to. to. to. to. to, to, to, to. to, to, to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. the. the. th. th. th. th. th. th. the Hitler Mobile. Comedy has been downgraded to semi-legal on Twitter. If you see a verified account, please assume that it's fake. All right, fake tweet alert, everyone. John Kerry is not, quote, so horny his nuts about to bust. Comedy is now illegal on Twitter.
Starting point is 00:18:16 Well, uh, I've been fired. It's been fun. I'm back. From now on, if you want to imitate someone, your bio has to say parody. Not your bio. Your account name. Your account name and your bio have to say parody three times. New policy, you now have to pay $8 a month to not be verified. Well, hope that cleared things up. Thanks for using Twitter, everyone. This weekend was the premiere of the new Black Panther movie Wakanda Forever. But did you know that Tachala is not the first black superhero?
Starting point is 00:18:54 This weekend was the premiere of the new Black Hanthorough the-a-whole. But did you know that Tachala is not the first black superhero? Well, for more, we turned to Roywood Jr. in another episode of CP Time. The only show that's for the culture. Today we'll be discussing black superheroes. Ah, welcome to CP Time. The only show that's full of culture. Today, we'll be discussing black superheroes. Iconic characters like Falcon, War Machine, Cyborg,
Starting point is 00:19:27 and the dude at Church's Chicken who puts onion rings in your bag of fries. That brother uses his powers for good. Black superheroes are not new. In fact, they've been squeezing into Spandex for decades. They did as far back as 1936 when cartoonist Jay Jackson created Speed Jackson in the Chicago Defender newspaper. Speed Jackson was a former track star at Howard University who was an excellent fistfighter, which may not sound powerful
Starting point is 00:19:58 compared to today's superheroes with their laser eyes and sticky spider hands. But you have to think about it like sports. Today's best athletes are the pinnacle of human physicality, while the best athletes from the 1930s were just the ones with the least polio. Times change. Jackson used his abilities to fight against fascist during the war and write the wrongs of a racist society, which is tough. Because superpowers don't help when you fight in 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. the. thi. their of a racist society, which is tough because superpowers don't help
Starting point is 00:20:25 when you fight in systemic racism. Doesn't matter if you have the strength of 10 men if none of those men can get a mortgage. In 1947, black superheroes made the leap from comic strip to comic book with Lion Man, a cat-themed superhero who protected the world's largest uranium deposit in Africa's gold coast. Although a cat may not have been the best animal to defend a valuable resource, sure, cats are fast and agile, but you're getting there doing one of those 22 hours that they're asleep,
Starting point is 00:20:57 and that uranium is yours. Lion Man was created by Oran Evans, who intended his comic to counter the racial distortion seen in other comics. Although, if he was trying to avoid racial stereotypes, I think it's fair to say the results were mixed. Look at Lion Man right there. Shirtless with the loincloth and an arrow through his butt. And somehow, that is still the least problematic character on the cover. Despite how it looks today, Lion Man was still groundbreaking as an all-black ridden and illustrated comic, even if now the cover looks like Tucker Carlson tried to draw Africa. In the 1970s, there was an explosion of black superheroes. Characters like Black Lightning, Black Vulcan, and Black Goliath.
Starting point is 00:21:49 Basically, if you were trying to create an African-American hero in the 70s, you put the word black in front of whatever was lying around you in the apartment. This week, black chandelier battles it out against his arch-nemesis, black candy rapper. But the most popular of these superheroes was the newest member of the X-Men, Storm, an African priestess who could control the weather to keep the rain from messing up her hair. Storm was a landmark character for both black and female representation in comics. And on top of that, she's definitely the best X-Man. You know I'm right, who's better than Storm? Rogue? What's her power? their their their their their their their their their their their their their that, she's definitely the best X-Man. You know I'm right, who's better than Storm? Rogue, what's her power? If I hold my boyfriend's hand too long, he'll die. Wolverine is indeed strong, except for when he has to go through TSA.
Starting point is 00:22:38 Professor X can read minds, but that means he also sees all the kinkish-sex stuff his enemies are thinking. Good luck defeating Magneto. When know how much he loves feet. But the 1990s, black superheroes were making it to the big screen. In 1993, Robert Townsend directed The Media Man, a film about a mild-mannered teacher who was hit by a radioactive media and got superpowers. And I must say, it's bold to name yourself after the worst thing that's ever happened to you. My superhero name would be Sheila Left Him man with the power to eat one whole can of tuna over the sink. You were right, Sheila, I can't do better.
Starting point is 00:23:25 In 1998, Marvel be on Black with the Blade franchise. Wesley Snipes starred as a vampire hunter to great box office success. And Blade was a powerful mammogama. He managed to be that cool while wearing the same sunglasses as Guy Fieri. That's also why there's no vampires in Flavetown. Blade became a household name and the first major the same sunglasses as Guy Fierry. That's also why there's no vampires in Flavortown. Blade became a household name and the first major theatrical success for Marvel, setting off a wave of Marvel films to come in the next two decades, because Wesley Snipes proved that no one's powerful enough to defeat Marvel heroes,
Starting point is 00:24:02 except for the IRS. Please don't punch me Wesley Snipes. Big fan. Now black superheroes everywhere. Even taking over the mantle of formerly white heroes. We have an African American green lantern, Iron Man, Captain America, and Spider-Man. No Black Bruce Wayne, though. That requires too much generational wealth. Well, that's it for CP time. And No black Bruce Wayne though. That requires too much generational wealth.
Starting point is 00:24:27 Well, that's it for CP time. And remember, before the CO-... What's that? It's the CP Signal. Someone needs some folks in there to come and tell them about black history. I'm on my way, Florida. To the CPB bill bill. I need some gas money for the CPobile bill. It take letter. I can't afford it. Thank you so much for that, Roy. All right, stay tuned because when we come back, the
Starting point is 00:24:53 legendary NAAD will be joining me right here on the show. You don't want to the day show. My guest tonight was a Grammy-award-winning rap legend because he'll get to talk about his new album, Kings Disease 3, which is out now. Please welcome the one and only, welcome back. Congratulations on a new album. You know I was I was thinking about this today when we were talking about you coming on I was like you are a living hip-hop legend. And I think the significance of that for me lies in the meaning both ways. One, you are still in the game, you're still doing it, you're still contributing, you're still making great music, but also you are a living hip-hop legend.
Starting point is 00:26:12 We take for granted how many legends we've lost in hip-hop. We take for granted how many people aren't around who are part of that. Do you ever wake up in the people I started with in this game aren't here anymore and I'm still here getting to be a part of it. All the time. All the time. Somebody a friend of mine today called me and told me, said, you know, you realize how long and you've been around and how much you survived and things you've been through.
Starting point is 00:26:38 We just lost a hip hop artist the other week, man. Take-off and, you know, may you rest in peace. And, you know, I lost so many friends even before I got into music. I didn't think I would get into music and then still see it going on. You know? Yeah, you've done that. You've done more than just survive it.
Starting point is 00:26:55 You've succeeded in it, you've thrii. how it feels like you almost reminiscing whilst also writing a piece of the future. You know, you've always been, till this day, everyone will say, one of the greatest lyricists that's ever lived. But the stories that you tell, you know, the way you weave, I mean, for instance, everyone was in hip hop, was familiar with like your beef with Jay-Z, right? And I loved how in here you talk about that beef, what it was, how it disappeared, but how you'll still text him saying, you know this isn't over. Well, when I released the track list for the album the other day, he released a pitcher with all his Grammys. Yeah, shout out to him. And a shout out to Hip Boy who produced this album, the entire album, he produced the other two albums and also the album, this, this this this this this this this this this this this this this this this this this this this this this this this this this this this this this this this this this this this this this is over over over over over over over this this is over this is over this is over over this is over this is over this is over this is over this is over this is over this is over this is over this is is over this is is is over this is over this is is over this is is over this is over this is is over this is is over this is over this is over this is over this is over this is over this is over this is over this is over this this this this this this th over th a hit boy who produced this album the entire album
Starting point is 00:27:45 He produced the other two albums and also the album magic. Yeah, we slipped in four albums in two years And the reason yeah Thanks, man. Thanks, and the reason it I think it happened is because we started the first one in 2020 when the pandemic hit. So at first I was scared to come outside and then hit boy was in the studio like, come on man. It's like a month, you didn't leave your house. And he got me to come outside and had nothing else to do. We finished the first one really quick and we said, you know we should do this again.
Starting point is 00:28:19 the third one on my label, Massipel. I would love to know, yeah, I'd love to know that. When you look at hip hop as a whole, you know, you were there when it was only seen as gangster rap. You were there when it was completely ostracized from society. Now it's at the Super Bowl, now it is, you know, at a hockey game. I remember that's when I was like, wow, okay, hip, okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, that's, that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's thi. that's that's thi. th. that's that's that's that's th. that's that's that's that's th. that's that's that's th. that's that's that's that's that's that's that's th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the that. the. the. You're the. You're the. You're thee. You're the. You the. You thee. You were thee, you were th. You're th. You know, for real. I'd love to know, you know, where you would like to see the game progressing to now that it's, you know, it's not in the exact same place it was before. I think it evolved and I think people can realize that you don't have to be scared of it. It's, it's, we learn from our mistakes and then we can grow in it. We don't have to stay doing one thing. The ones who stay doing one thing, unfortunately they fall off. And we have to understand that like hip hop is now, it's going
Starting point is 00:29:09 on 50 years and we've been behind this whole, 50 years will be next year. Hip hop's been alive. So we've been behind trying to curate this museum that's coming up in the Bronx right now. And and the mayor has even gotten involved. That's amazing. You know, and I noticed, yeah, I noticed one thing with the culture is like, artists don't think they can go past one way or we have to be all in one like area trying to fight for crumbs. And it's like, hip hop's a multi-sound genre. So, it's like, in rock, you don't have, you know, compare kiss to the Rolling Stones you know but in hip hop for some reason we're fighting it for the same thing and you know you feel like you have to be the number one guy all the time so hip hop is multi sound genre you can have multiple things
Starting point is 00:29:57 going on at once doesn't matter how if you're 20 years old or 40 years or whatever It's a beautiful culture and I love all of it So I think that we should all as writers get out of your comfort zone and Spread your wings and expand with your sound. Yeah, I really like that Before I let you go I want to I want to talk about that idea of being more you know, we know you for the music. We know you for being in the restaurant business and doing extremely well Being successful with that we also know you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, th, th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th the the that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th, as th, th, as th th, th, as th th th th th th th th th th that that that that that that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, we know you for the music, we know you for being in the restaurant business and doing extremely well, being successful with that. We also know you, you know, getting- Somebody said it, sweet chick? Yeah, you've been there? Yeah. It's phenomenal. People love it. And you know, I remember eating and directed a documentary, you know, that talks about the supreme world of like, it was this underworld in Queens. And I know you're also involved in a really fascinating story about the civil rights icons,
Starting point is 00:30:59 everybody, Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Jr., etc. What is it about that world that entices you? Why are you stepping into documentaries, filmmaking, etc., and doing well at it? I'm a movie buff. I love films. I love them, love them, love them. I was going Halloween. I was going Friday 13th crazy. I was going Halloween. I went to see Halloween ends and all of that. There's a whole thing. What's your favorite film? What is like the movie? the movie? the movie. the movie. the movie. the movie. the movie. the movie. the movie. the movie. the movie. the movie. the movie. th. the movie. th. I. I? th. I. I, th. I, th. I, th. I, th. I, th. I, th. I, th. I, th. I'm, th. I'm, th. I, th. I, th. I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I. I, I. I. I. I. I. I, I. I, I. I. I, I, I. I, I, I, I, I, I, I. I, I, I, I, th. I, th. I, th. I'm, th. I'm, th. I'm, th. I'm, th. I'm, th. I'm, th. I'm, th. th. th. th. I'm, th. I'm, th. I'm, th. I'm, th. There's a whole thing. What is like the movie that you can never get enough of? You watch it over and over and over. Beach Street, the old school hip hop film. That's my favorite.
Starting point is 00:31:33 Then it comes to the Godfathers and all of that stuff. You know, Godfather's a family movie. You know, beautiful thing, you know. But yeah, I love films, I love Stephen Spielberg. I rapped about them on one of my first raps. And I always wanted to get into it. So the Supreme team was one about an underworld organization and queens long ago. We hear about the Gotties and all of those, John Gatties and stuff, so I like to uncover things, the good, the bad, the ugly, the ugly, the ugly, the ugly, the ugly, the ugly, the ugly, the ugly, the ugly, the ugly, the ugly, the ugly, the ugly, the ugly, the, the ugly, the ugly, and ugly, and ugly, and ugly, and ugly, and ugly, and ugly, and ugly, and ugly, and ugly, and the, and the, and ugly, and the, and the, and the, and the, and stuff, and stuff, and stuff, and stuff, and stuff, and stuff, and stuff, and stuff, and stuff, and stuff, and stuff, and stuff, and stuff, and stuff, somea, somea, somea, somea, somea, somea, somea, soo, soo, soo, soo, soo, soo, so good, and stuff, and stuff, and stuff, and stuff, and I I an stuff, about this. So I like to uncover things, the good, the bad, the ugly in America. And his story was some innocent people and some people are guilty.
Starting point is 00:32:08 Some are innocent, probably. But the new one, the invaders that just came out, you can check it on Apple, Amazon Prime, is about this organization of musicians, intellectuals, Vietnam vets, who who got together, who were trying to strike against a garbage truck company where someone was killed in this faulty truck and then there was no pensions, the money was bad, and Martin Luther King came down there and he stood with the Memphis people, the people that was striking,
Starting point is 00:32:37 and he found out who the invaders were, and they wanted to protect the march, because the first march was bad. Yeah, of course we protect the march, because the first march was bad. Yeah, yeah. Of course, we know the end, how Martin Luther King, you know, what happens. But there's another look into that story through the eyes of the invaders. And most of them are still alive. And it's a really good picture.
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