The Daily Show: Ears Edition - The Legends and Evolution of the Hip Hop Industry

Episode Date: August 11, 2023

2023 marks the 50th anniversary of Hip Hop, and the genre has seen so many changes over time. Daily Show correspondent, Roy Wood Jr, dissects the history of old-school hip hop. Also, DJ D-Nice and Gra...mmy-winning rapper, Nas, discuss their impact on hip hop and their feelings about its evolution.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Starting point is 00:00:00 Hey everybody, John Stewart here. I am here to tell you about my new podcast, The Weekly Show, coming out every Thursday. We're going to be talking about the election, earnings calls. What are they talking about on these earnings calls? We're going to be talking about ingredient to bread ratio on sandwiches. I know you have a lot of options as far as podcasts go, but how many of them come out on Thursday? Listen to the weekly show with John Stewart, wherever you get your podcast. You're listening to CP time. The only show that's for the culture.
Starting point is 00:00:52 Today, we're going to talk about hip hop. And I mean real hip hop. Not this new school trap, mumble rap when you can't even understand what they're saying. Hubbita, hubbidda, hubbita, hubbida. That's not lyrics. That's the sound Fred Flintstone's feet make when he driving off. His feet just joined the Migos. Now today we're going to talk about old-school hip-hop. Legends like DJ Cool Hurt, Grand Master Flash, Run, DMC. And of course, my short-lived group, regular Roy and the Trapezoids, who broke up right after we took that picture. Had a huge
Starting point is 00:01:32 argument over what exactly a trapezoid is. Didn't record a single track. Kiss my ass Leroy. Tonight let's discuss some of the seminal moments in the birth of hip hop. Starting with the 40th anniversary of Rappers Delight, the first commercially successful rap song. Rappes Delight got everyone rapping. In fact, thanks to Rappers Delight, hip hop went so mainstream, it even led to stuff like this. And every rapping cat I know, dreams. Isn't that so? It even led to stuff like this. And every raping cat I know drinks to the light.
Starting point is 00:02:05 Ain't that so? Thankfully, hip-hop survived that commercial. Barely. Now, rapper's delight might be the reason rap went commercial. But what gave hip-hop its flavor was unduitably the sound of the record scratch. A lot of people don't know this. But the record scratch. A lot of people don't know this, but the record scratch was actually invented by accident. A young DJ by the name of Grand Wizard Theodore
Starting point is 00:02:33 was practicing in his room when his mother came in and he stopped the record with his hand, which led to this. That's right. That sound was accidentally created by a young black man trying to avoid an ass-whopping. And now it's the signature of hip-hop. It's also the sound of when some shit didn't go wrong. The condom had a hole in it. P-Boh-B-What do you mean that wasn't beef. You may be a dentist, but that ain't my mouth. But before you could scratch on a turntable, you needed a turntable. And that was one of the biggest obstacles for aspiring hip hop DJs.
Starting point is 00:03:21 Turntables were too expensive. Luckily in 1977, an act of God changed the course of black history. A massive blackout hit New York City and in the ensuing chaos over a thousand stores were looted. Now I'm not going to be the one to say that black people had anything to do with it, but let's just say that the next day there were a bunch of brand new DJs in New York City. Coincidence indeed. But let's just say that the next day, there were a bunch of brand new DJs in New York City. Coincidence indeed. Now, before you judge those people who looted on that faithful day,
Starting point is 00:03:52 remember that looting can lead to some beneficial side effects. Black people looted, and now we have hip hop. White people looted, and now we have museums. You know damn well those mommies didn't just walk themselves into that museum. Now that historic night in 77 my uncle Bebo also took part in the looting but because of the darkness he couldn't identify what he was taken. He thought he stole two turntables. Turns out it was too lazy Susan's. He never did become a DJ, but he could pass the hell out of some ketchup.
Starting point is 00:04:29 Well that's all the time we have for today. But before we go, I want to make peace with the trapezoids. Leroy, if you're watching this tonight, I'm sorry that I said a trapezoid is just a square with an attitude. So I'm sorry for having sex with your wife. Well this has been CPT time. And remember, before the culture, Lee will kiss my son for me. We're not seeing it in a couple of years. John Stewart here.
Starting point is 00:05:00 Unbelievably exciting news. My new podcast, The Weekly Show. We're going to be talking about the election, economics, ingredient to bread ratio on sandwiches. Listen to the weekly show with John Stewart, wherever you get your podcast. My guest tonight is a DJ and a record producer whose wildly popular club quarantine saved all our lives during the pandemic. Please give it out for my brother, DJ, D-N-ICE.
Starting point is 00:05:34 Oh man. All right. D-N-Ise. All right. D-N-Ise. What's up, man? That is the perfect name. All right. D. Nice. What's up, man?
Starting point is 00:05:47 That is the perfect name. I never asked you. How did you come up with the name D. Nice? You know, back in the 80s, everybody was Ice. Mixed Master Ice. And when we were recording our first song, South Bronx, Scott LaRoc accidentally called me D. Nice. And I just kept it.
Starting point is 00:06:04 I used to be Mski. You are Nski. Scottler Rock accidentally called me D. Nice. Wow. And I just kept it. I used to be M.Ski. You were Mskie? Because Nice Ski? That's my tag-up name. I was terrible and tag it would just be like a stick figure. Um, what was some of the names that you had before? Like, before D-Nice, what was the money. Yeah, but that doesn't work during COVID. Everybody was, people were losing jobs.
Starting point is 00:06:27 Nah, he read three, we ain't gonna wanna, we don't want, we don't watch the deep money. No, no, but that was it though. I actually started in hip hop, man, I was pretty fortunate. The first thing that I did in hip hop was work with BDP? BDown production. How did that happen? How did you first start? BDP, Boogie Down Production. Boogie Down Production. KRS 1. Yes, the teacher. The teacher, the teacher.
Starting point is 00:06:49 Yes, the philosopher. I said love my philosopher. But how did that happen? So, KRS 1 lived in the men's shelter. So, KRS lived in the men's shelter. And I was like 15 and he asked me to bring some. Was that Robo? No, no, Robo was, he was just down with the group.
Starting point is 00:07:11 This is my cousin we called him. Shout out to Robo show. He knows Robo. But anyway, I walked over. you to someone and he introduced me to Scott Lerat. God loves you. God loves you. Your nickname, D. Nights just happened and then you, he gifted you to Kare, that's one. You don't want to know my struggles that I'm like I was a wins to my mama try to get rid of me but I lived anyway. Yeah Sean tried to drown me so sold to Kim these a Damon. Keenan stopped me for a week, Damon beat me.
Starting point is 00:07:49 And it just made me strong. There's a lot of you though. We're a game. We're a game. You're good. But you know it's dope, like I love the fact that my family, like I never had to run with a lot of dudes. You know how you're in the, like I love the fact that like my family, like I never had to run with a lot of dudes. You know how you in the Bronx, whatever, you have to run with certain dudes.
Starting point is 00:08:08 I never had to run with nobody. I got my brothers. I just let out want, cuckoo! It's a problem. It's a problem. No, it's definitely. Let me ask you. Yes, we met on the set of I'm gonna get you suck. I'm gonna get you suck. Yes I think we were like the youngest people on the set we were babies I had no hair
Starting point is 00:08:30 I looked like a shaved wezel like and you didn't have no hair we look at you that's it with the deep look at him I wanted to rob you of that jacket so bad now look at me look at me look at me look at me look at me yeah I love this great look at Sean puberty was nowhere on that set no no no not at all but man now how did how did you how to brother called your brother loved BDP yes yes yes he reached out to us we were on to tour with like Eric B and Rock yeah I was young on that tour I was like 17 18 18 years yes and we were the tou you were on to to us. We were on tour with Eric B and Rockin. Yeah. I was young on that tour, I was like 17, 18 years old. And we were, while we were on tour, Keenan reached out and said he needed,
Starting point is 00:09:11 he wanted us to do a song from the film. So I worked on the beat on the tour bus and ended up being a song using the movie. Yeah, Jack of the space to jack to jack jack stop we look old uh club quarantine man you know you really saved our lives with that yeah yeah like this is the third year anniversary it's funny when you first started doing it
Starting point is 00:09:38 I would always show up and I just wanted to shout out I was like you was like shouting out Oprah and you shout now Obama was in there one time I was like over here remember me I'm gonna just sucker and I'm gonna suck and and and and and and and and and and I and I and I and I and I and I and I and I and I and I and I and I and I and I and the and the the the the the the you and you and I you and you and you and you and you and you and I you and I you and I you and I you and I you and I the you and I just just just just to to to to to to to to to to to to to to you to to you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you out, Oprah and you shouting out, Obama was in there one time. I was like, Dee, over here, remember me? I'm gonna just sucker, I'm gonna sucker. And then one day, he was like, Mall Way and I was like, yeah, street cred. What do you plan on doing with that? Um, now?
Starting point is 00:09:55 Oh, CQ. So, so, so the the the the the the the the the the the the third the the third third the the third the the the the third the third the the the the th. I, I, I, I, I, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, 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'm. I'm. I'm. I'm. I'm. I'm. I'm. I'm. I'm. I'm. I'm. I'm. I'm th. I'm th. I'm th. I'm th. I'm going, I'm going, I'm going, I'm going, to, I'm going, I'm going, I'm going, I'm going, I'm going, I'm the. I'mtogether. It's next Friday. Music, man. So, you know, we're doing the CQ3 anniversary next Saturday, March 18th at the Apollo Theater. I wanted to bring it home. Okay, go. Yeah. And so I'm pretty excited about that. But I'm also excited that during the daytime,
Starting point is 00:10:20 we're doing something really cool. You know, what affected people during the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the their the their their their their their the daytime we're doing something really cool. You know, what affected people during the quarantine was, how do you save for a pandemic? So I'm doing something called the ABCQs, which is, it's a financial literacy seminar during the daytime with Chase and to just kind of teach people about, you know, financial literacy and saving and building wealth. Oh, that's dope. Oh, brother, all your positivity. Come on, man. I was like like, I like, I like, I like, I like, I like, I like, I like, I like, I like, I like, I th, I th like, I th, I th, I th, I was like, I was like, I was like, I was like, I was like, I was like, I was like, I was like, I was like, I was like, I was like, I was. Come on, man. I was like, I was like, how do you drink more wine than it?
Starting point is 00:10:50 Mine is very simple. You're into hip hop and I wanted to ask a hip hop officiato a couple things. One is, who's in your top ten? What's your Mount Rushmore? Man, one, I think it's unfair to have a top 10. You know, like it's every generation is different, but if I had to select 10 people, Jay would be, it'll be Jay, Nas, big, yes. Who else? Rock, Rock, Rock, Kim, Yes. Carrest, Big Daddy came. I would put Buster in there. I would put Buster in there. You gotta put Buster in. That's eight, I love Eminem, that's nine.
Starting point is 00:11:26 Yes. And, you know, to be honest with you, I'm a big Queen Latifah fan. Okay. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. For an international women's day. You smile. You smile. You smile. I know that you always got a hat on.
Starting point is 00:11:49 Why? You got a nice head. You know what I mean? You know, I'm just saying, man. You know, like, I don't know, the hat became a thin. Why? You got a nice head. You know, I'm just saying, man. I don't know, the hat became a hat because I started to lose to lose to lose to lose to lose to lose to lose to lose to lose to lose to lose to lose to lose to lose to lose to lose to lose to lose to lose to lose to lose to lose to lose to lose to lose to lose to lose the hair, you the hair, you the hair, you got a nice head. I'm just saying, man, you know, like, I don't know, the hat became a thing. I've always worn a hat because I started to lose my hair prematurely, you know, like, you was on the set, 16 years old, losing their hair, what you're worried about?
Starting point is 00:12:13 I started, I need to wear a hat, I really didn't like the shape of my head. But the hat thinn't, 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 the the the the the th, I th, I th, I th, I th, I th, I started, I started, I started, I the the th, I started, I started, I started, I started, I started, I started, I started, I started, I started, I started, I started, I started, I started, I started, I started, I the the the the the the the the the the the th, I th, I th, I th, I th, I th, I th, I th, I th, I th, I th, I th, I th, I th, I started, I th... I started, I started, I started, I th.. th. th. th. th. that, I started, I started, I started, I started, I started, I that, I started, I started, I started, I that, I started, I that, I started, I started, I this is cool. Like, you got a nice head. Like, some dudes, they ain't got a nice head, like, oh. Like, I don't befriend him because if he ever seen Neo without his hat on, I'm like, oh, Lord. You were thinking, yeah. You were thinking, yeah. Neal's a homie, but I have to agree with you. Neel know his head is messed up. Every time I see him without his hat on, I just want to load them in a gun.
Starting point is 00:12:47 We all lost the hip hop community. We lost one. Yes, yes. True go to Delah's soul. Delah just started streaming on their music, so please go make sure you check out Delar Soul. The brothers are streaming now. Yes, yes.
Starting point is 00:13:09 What did Delar Soul mean to you? Delah Soul, what do they mean to me? Yeah, what do you think they mean like you? Freedom of expression. Right. You know, they've always been free with their look, the clothes, the music, the lyrics. They were always, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, their their, their, their, their, their, thou, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, what, what, what, what, what, what, what, what, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, the music, the lyrics, they were always something different. Right. You know, so as DJ Jazzy Jeff would say, we got a bubble rap, De La Soul. Absolutely. You know, they truly are like amazing talent. Absolutely. I feel like, for me, De La Soul, like like there's music, hip hop, a lot of hip
Starting point is 00:13:45 hip hop, rock cam Eric B, was for brothers in the hood. Sure. They lost soul was for brothers like me that was trying to get out of the hood too. You know what I mean? Like, they spoke to like, you know, that other side, like, you know, I was trying to get out of the hood hood too too to, to, to, to, to, to, to, the hood, the hood, the hood, the hood, the hood, the hood, the hood, the hood, the hood, th, the hood, th, th. th, th, th, th, th, th. th. tho, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, bro, bro, bro, bro, bro, bro, bro, bro, bro, bro, bro, bro, bro, bro, bro, bro, bro, bro, bro, bro, bro, bro, bro, bro, bro, bro, bro, bro, bro, bro, bro, bro, bro, broo, broo, broo, broo, broo, broo, th. th. th. tho, tho, t. t. t. t. t. tod, tod, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the hood too. So they were for me too. Okay, there you go. Don't tell nobody. Don't tell nobody. Don't tell me.
Starting point is 00:14:08 I was trying to get out of the hood, bro. Then I saw it for all the brothers that was getting chased by the brothers. That music, woe, woo, woo, woo, woo, woo, it sound, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it. It. It. It. It sounded, it, it. It. It sounded, it. It. It. It. It. It, it. It, it. It, it. It, it. It, it. It, it. It, it. It, it. It, it. It, it. It, it. It, it. It, it. It, it, it, it, I. It, I. It, I. It, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I was. I was. I was s sounded, sounded, sounded, sounded, I was s sounded, sounded, sounded, I was s sounded, I was s sounded, I was s sounded, I was s sounded, I was s sounded, I was. I was. I was. t. t. t. sounded like that kind of sound. I said care rest lived in the shoulder. I didn't live in the shoulder. He was like, oh, that poor negro. Hippop. It's been around 50 years. 50 years. Yeah, like our age. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:14:38 Yeah. Yeah. Why do you think it had such an impact so soon? It's only 50 years, like rock and roll been around way longer. Hip Hop is pretty young. Why do you think it has such an impact? I mean, just from my experience being in hip hop, a lot of what I learned, you know, growing up that they didn't teach in schools, I learned from the records. So I feel, I didn't know much about, I'm honest with you. I didn't know much much about black history until I started listening to public enemy and Chuck D. and Care Rest, you know, like,
Starting point is 00:15:09 so I feel like hip hop was definitely like the CNN of like the inner city community, you know, and we kind of needed that and I think it just resonated with all these kids, you know, we started feeling rebellious back then, like, that's right, you know what? I feel proud about myself. It made you feel positive. No matter how much negativity we were going through, it just it uplifted you. It was always aspirational. As are you, my brother, thank you for coming out.
Starting point is 00:15:37 I appreciate you. I love you. I love you, too, bro. What do you, let me ask one more question before you go, what do you think hip-hop's going to next? Ah, man, I don't think that, I can even answer that question. In the next 50 years, what do you think? I don't know, man, I just hope that it continues to grow. Hey, I gotta be honest.
Starting point is 00:15:55 I'm like, you know, I don't know what, I don't the thi-nice. Hey, John Stewart here. Hey, everybody, John Stewart here. I am here to tell you about my new podcast, The Weekly Show. It's going to be coming 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.
Starting point is 00:16:33 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 John Stewart, wherever you get your podcast. My guest tonight is a Grammy Award-winning Rap Legend because you're gonna talk about his new album,
Starting point is 00:17:18 Kings Disease 3, which is out now. Please welcome the one and only NAS. Welcome back to the show. Thank you for having me. Yeah man, welcome back. Congratulations on a new album. You know I was I was thinking about this today when we were talking about you. I was like, you thin. to be. thin. 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 in the game, you're still doing it, you're still contributing, you're still making great music,
Starting point is 00:18:05 but also you are a living hip-hop legend. 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 morning and thinks yourself, damn, so many of 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, he said, you realize how long, and you've been around and how much you survived and things you've been through? You know, we just lost a hip-hop artist.
Starting point is 00:18:36 Hip-hop artist the other week, man, yeah, take off and maybe 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. You've succeeded in it, you've thrived in it. And I think what I love about this day, everyone will say, one of the greatest lyricists that's ever lived.
Starting point is 00:19:05 But the stories that you tell, you know, the way you weave, I mean, for instance, everyone who was in hip hop was familiar with like your beef with Jay-Z, right? What it was? 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, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, th. the, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, their, thi, thi, their, their, their, their, their, their, the way, the way, the way, the way, the way, the way, the way, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the way, the, the way, the way, their, their, their, their, their, their, th....... We, th. We're, th. We're, ta, ta, ta.e.e.e.e. Wea. Wea. Wea, ta. Wea, ta, ta, over. Well when I released the track list for the album the other day he released a picture with all his Grammys. Yeah, shout out to him. And a shout out to a hip boy who produced this album, the entire album, he produced the other two albums and also the album Magic. We slipped in four albums in two years. And the reason, yeah, thanks man, thanks. And the reason I think it happened is because we started the first one in 2020 when
Starting point is 00:19:58 the pandemic hit. So at first I was scared to come outside and then he 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 then hit boy was in the studio like, come on, man, it's like a month, you didn't leave your house. He got me to come outside and had nothing else to do. Right. We finished the first one really quick and we said, you know, we should do this again and here we are with the third one on my label, Masterpills. I would love to know that. 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.
Starting point is 00:20:29 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 hop is done. 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 their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their to be, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, to be to be to to be to be to be, to be to be, to be to be to be, to be, to be, to be, to be, to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be th. to be, th. People, thi, thi, thi, thi, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, the., theoomorrow, thea. Wea, theooomorrow, the. People the. People who's, thi. People thi, thi. People we have to understand that like hip hop is now, it's going on 50 years and we've been behind this whole, 50 years will be next year.
Starting point is 00:21:09 Hip hop's been alive. So we've been behind trying to curate this museum that's coming up in the Bronx right now. That's amazing. And the mayor's even gotten involved. That's amazing. And I notice one thing, the culture is, thapapapapapapapapapapapapapapapapapapapapapapapapapapapapapapapap an, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, the, th, the, the, the, th, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, they, they, the, the, the, they, they, thi, they, thi, thi, they, they, thi, they, they, the, the, the, the, 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.
Starting point is 00:21:36 So, like, in rock, you don't have, you don't 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 going on at once. Doesn't matter how if you're 20 years old or 40 years old 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 I before I let you go I want to I want to talk about that idea of being more you
Starting point is 00:22:16 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 you you know getting it somebody said it sweet chick yeah yeah yeah it's phenomenal people you the the the 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 the th th th the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the th. th. th. the the the the th. th. th. th. the the th. the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the th. th. th. th. I I I I I I I I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I the. I the. I the. I the the the the the the the the the the the the they. I the. I the. I the. I the. I th. I that. We also know you, you know, getting in- Somebody said it, sweet chick, yeah, you been there? Yeah, all right. It's phenomenal. People love it. And you know, I remember eating and someone was like, you know, Nas owns this chicken. I was like, this chicken?
Starting point is 00:22:31 That I'm bullying right now. It was a weird way that someone said it to me. But you're also getting involved involved involved involved involved involved involved involved involved involved involved involved involved involved involved involved involved involved involved involved involved involved involved involved involved involved involved involved involved involved. I know that you directed a documentary, you know, that talks about, you know, the supreme world of like, it was this underworld in Queens. And I know you also involved in a really fascinating story about the civil rights icons, everybody, Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Jr., etc. Yeah, what is it about that world that entices you? Why are you stepping into documentaries, film making, etc? and doing well at it? I love films? Yeah, filmmaking, etc. And doing well at it. I'm a movie buff.
Starting point is 00:23:06 I love films. For real? Yeah, I love films. I love them, love them, love them. I was Halloween. I was going Friday 13th crazy. I was going Halloween crazy. I went to see Halloween ends and all of that.
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Starting point is 00:23:46 So the Supreme Team was one about an underworld organization and Queens long ago. We hear about the Gaudys and all of those, John Gaudies and stuff. But we never really hear about this. So I like to uncover things, the good, the bad, the ugly, the thaunda. in the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the their their the the they. their their their they, they, the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the they.., and Ili., and tha.,lia., and tha.lia.liauroooooooomeauoombeauroombeauroombeauroombea., treekkkkkkkkk., tubea., 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 got together, who were trying to strike against a garbage truck, where someone was killed in this faulty truck, and there there was no pensions, the money was bad. And Martin Luther King came came down. And th. And th. And th. And th. th. th. th, th, their, the, the, the, th, the, th, the, th, the, the, th, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, their, their, the, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, th. th. th. th. their, their, their, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, their, their, their, th. And, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, the 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 and he found out who the
Starting point is 00:24:33 invaders were and they wanted to protect the march because the first march was in bad. 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 the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the their their their their their their their, their, their, their, their, their, th. thi. 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.e.e.e.ea.ea.ea.ea.ea.ea.ea.ea.ea.ea.ea.ecke.e.e.e.eckeckeckeckecke. their, their 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 there's a really good picture and it's a 1967 and it's amazing. So there's so many stories to uncover all over the world and here's my world I want to talk about it. Another one besides Sweet Chick I got a tag is coat. Coat, you got it's there there there there there there there there there there there there there there there there there there there there there there there there there there there there there there there there there there there there's there's there's th. There's th th. There's so th. You're th. There's thi tho tho tho tho th. th. th. th. th. th. thi thi thi. thi. thi thi. thi thi thi thi th. thi th. th. th. th. their th. th. their their is their is their is their is their is their is th. There's th. th. th. th. There's thi is thi is thi's thi's toe is toe is toe is toe is thei is thei's thei's thei's thei's thi's thi's thi is thi. I's to talk about it. Another one besides Sweet Chick I got a tag is Coat, Michelin Star Restaurant, Coke, you got to you got to go. You got to go. That's you? Yeah I'm I'm it's not me but I'm a part of it. Yeah but still that's you.
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