The Daily Show: Ears Edition - Trevor Chats with His Grandma and Tours Her Home "MTV Cribs"-Style | Self-Deportation Edition

Episode Date: December 4, 2018

Trevor travels to Johannesburg, South Africa, where he reminisces with his beloved grandmother and talks to Usher about the 2018 Global Citizen Festival. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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you get your podcast. Thank you so much everybody. Welcome to the Daily Show. I'm Trevor Noah. Before we begin, I want to let you know that we're going to have a different kind of show tonight. You see, a while ago, the Global Citizens Festival came to me and said that they're hosting a concert in my home country, South Africa. That's what's behind me. In honor of Nelson Mandela's 100 birthday, right.

And they wanted to know if I could host the concert and I was like, no I'm not flying 16 hours to South Africa for a concert for a birthday for a guy was dead and then they were like oh okay well thanks for not coming. Bionte was coming so we thought maybe you'd come and then I was like as I said I would love to host this festival. I can't wait to celebrate the Mandela thing or whatever you said. So I went down to South Africa this weekend and hosted the festival the festival the festival the festival. you said. So I went down to South Africa this weekend and hosted the festival and I thought as long as I'm going home I might as well show all of you where I'm from so you can see some of the South Africa that I know and I can also

deduct the trip as a business expense so hope you enjoy. December 3rd 2018. From Jorberg South Africa a special episode of of The Daily Show with Trevor Noah, Self-Deportation Edition. First things first. When you come into an African person's house, you greet. So the first thing I'm going to do is greet. Coco. Cocoa Cocoa Hello, Cocoa

Hello, Coco Hello How are you Coco? Can we come in? I've got some camera people, gogo. Are we fine to come in? If you say no, it's fine. I don't mind.

No, they can come in. Okay, okay. Govill, I want you, I want to welcome you to my show. And I want to introduce you to some of my friends and my viewers. I brought them to South Africa to show them what it's like. So they said because I'm coming, they want to meet you, and to meet you to to to to to to to they want me to ask you questions about my life. You're one of my grandchildren. I always look at that photograph. You still remember?

I remember. In there, yes God. Every morning you can't do it. Morning Trevor. And he never answers. How old are you now? Yeah, 91, 9 months. When you get to 91, now you count months. Yeah, 91 is 9 months.

We're here because the concerts at FNB Stadium is celebrating 100 years of Nelson Mandela. Hey, Madiba. What was the first thing you remember about Nelson Mandela? He was just like our court on earth. Because people had not seen a black man who was an attorney. We were not allowed. Wow. Nessing, teaching, policemen for a black man. That's all. So it was a wonder even for, for Madiba. teaching policeman for a black man. That's all. So it was a wonder even for Oma Diabe.

For young people, it's very hard for them to understand how scary it was to be a black person living in South Africa during that time. But everybody was scared of the police. Flying squads! Each and every street has a flying squad. The knock at 3 a.m. My police, we used to call them black chicks. Kogger's on there.

Just like that. Dress up, let's go. Yeah. And they were so tall, all of them. When you see white guys like this, do they remind you of those police? Yeah. That's what you remind my grandmother. I hope you're happy.. the their th. their their th. th. th. their their th. th. their their thi. thi. thi. their thi. their thi. thi. their their their their their their thi. It's their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their. It their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their the. It's the. It's themememememememememn. It's themn. It's themememn. It's three three thrioomomoomorrow. It's three three three thea. It's three three thea. It's three thria. It's thria. It's th this, do they remind you of those police? Yeah. That's what you remind my grandmother of. I hope you're happy, bringing memories of flying squad into my house.

There are some people who say, now, because some people don't have jobs and because it's tough in South Africa, it would be better to go back to Apart. No, no, thank you. It wouldn't be better. Why not? Why not? Why not? Why not? Why not? Oh? Oh? Oh? Oh? Oh? No? No? No? No? No? No? No? No? No? No? No? No? No? No? No? No? No? No? No? No? No? No? No? No? No? No? No? No? No? No? No? No? No? No? No? No? No? No? No? No? No? No? No? No? No? No? No? No? No? No? No? No? No? No? No? No? No? No? No? No? No? No? No? No? No? No? No? No? No? No? No? No? No? No? No? No? No? No? No? No? No? No? No? No? No? No? No? No? No? No? No? No? No? No? No? No? No? No? No? No? No? No? No? No? No? No? No? No? No? No? No? No? No? No, no thank you. It wouldn't be better. Why not? Oh no, Trevor. The loss of apartate. Uh, who's their loss of potatoes and get gimmee. Do you know what it's like to dig for potatoes with your hands? In the farms, no pay. And then if one of these people working here dies, they mcumb and you still plant potatoes on top of the thumbone. You're digging for potatoes with your hands and if somebody dies from exhaustion next to you, you dig a hole, you put them in

that hole, and then you carry on digging to you. You dig a hole, you put them in that hole, and then you carry on digging those potatoes. What was my contribution? How was I fighting apartheid? Not knowing. Not knowing? You are a kid. You are born a crime. How could you fight apartheid? But I told them that I was an apartate hero, Coco. I wasn't. When you were with me here, who tell you gave the tough time. Why did I give you a tough time, Google?

Because he wanted to play in the street, and I knew the flying squad was going to take me. So if I was playing in the street, the police would have arrested me? Yeah! You know there were kids who never knew what a white man was. So they thought I was white. They knew you white. And they ran away.

Wow! Oh, long! The kids ran away from me. But why did they run? It was the first time they see a white man in the police, the police, the police, the police, the police, the police, the police, the police, the police, the police, the police, the police, th, th.., th. th. th. thi, thi, thi, thi, the, the police, the, thi, thi, the police, the police, the police, the police, the police, the police, the police, the police, the police, the police, the police, the police, the police, the police, the police, the police, the police, th. th. th. thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, their, their, their, the police, the police, the police, the police, the police, the police, the police, the police, the police, the police, their, their, their, their, they run... It was the first time they see a white man in the location. So for them, this was white. Wow. I feel so special now, Coco.

To know there was a time that I was white. Yeah. How old was that when this was happening, Go? Three years old. I was a very good- was happening, Goy, three years old? Three years old. I was a very good-looking baby, I'm sure. Yeah? Energetic and very naughty.

But mostly good-looking. Like hell. Yeah, I'm sure, Coco. When I was here with you, what did you do when I was naughty? Those big bumps? Those big bumps?they know my slippers. Who was naughty, a good girl? Me or my mom. You were both. You'd never tell Petrucher what to do. No. She did what she wanted to do, and she was good at her wick.

You know how mom is. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Must always go up. Yeah. She takes no defeat. Instead of defeat, you are challenging the wrong person. So she was not only a black person in a job like people weren't supposed to be in but she was a manager of white people. What? How, but how did they allow that? How do I know? Chew-Wen? And now I'm also a manager of white people, Gogo.

Yeah. Unbelievable. It comes from your mother. It comes from my mother, Gogo. Do you know I'm a manager of white people, Go-go? You don't say. I'm telling you, Golo. The white the white the white the white the white the white the white the white the white the white the white the white the white the white the white the white the white the white the white the white the white the white the white the white people, the white people, the white people, the white people, the white people, thianian people, thiann, thiann, thiann, thiann, thiann, thiann, thiann, but thianian, but thianian. thian, thianianian. thianian. thianianian. thianian. thian. thian. thian. thian. thian, thian, thian. thian, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thirty, thirty, thirty, thirty, thirty, thirty, thirty, thirty, thirty, thirty, thirty, thirty, thirty, thirty, Gogo? You don't think. I'm telling you, Gogo. The white people who work for me. It's a pity because I don't even wish to see where you stay taken. Flying over the sea like this? No, not for me. Cobo, have you ever watched the daily show? No. I did engue the daily show? No, true. And this can only load shooting. So, load shedding.

They're a fu gazzo, okay, it's not gaza. So, I can't, I want a lot the STV, that dish outside them. It's just, say, for fun. My grand said, she doesn't watch my show because because sometimes the electricity cuts out, which is a very plausible excuse and a nice way to let your grandson down. No, it's not letting my grandson down.

Even yesterday we had no electricity. No, I hear you, Gogo. I didn't expect that answer, It's a good answer, Gogo. So I must make sure that you have a generator so you can watch my show. Wonderful. And then it fits the generator. Who fits the generator? Okay, so I must get someone to fit the generator also.

I think so. Okay. And I look, I look, I look at the TV. Oh, and then I must also fix the cable. Okay. I feel like I've been tricked into doing a lot of things for you to watch my TV show, Coco. As long as it's place. Ay, I don't come, I'm gonna come in a bank of this tongue. Thank you. Thank you for having us, Gogo. and thank you for letting me bring these cameras.

And thank you for sharing these stories with my friends. And thank you for being amazing. You've brought too many friends. I've brought too many friends, you guys must leave now. You guys will go. We'll be right back. We'll be right back. We'll be right back. 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've they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they you. you. you. you. you. you. you. You you. You guys. You guys. You guys. You guys. You guys. You guys. You guys. You guys. You guys. You'll you guys. You'll you you you you you you you you you you you you you you 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 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. Welcome back. While I was hosting the Global Citizens Festival in South Africa, I found some time to sit down with one of the best artists of our generation. So here's my conversation with Asha.

Usher, welcome home. Hey! Welcome to my home? Good to see you back again. You've been to South Africa more than most American artists have. Does the country have a special place for you? Oh my god, I mean, Africa in itself has a special place for any person who is trying to identify the reality that we all come from here. Right. But don't necessarily know which part of it we come from. Hey. Hey, hey, I I I, hey, I, I, I, I, hey, I, I, hey, I, I, I, hey, I, hey, I, hey, hey, I, hey, hey, I, to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to th, th, to to to to to to to to to to to to to come to come to come to come 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 their. Welcome, 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 thoooome. Welcome, thoome, their, thrying to identify the reality that we all come from here but don't necessarily know which part of it we come from. So every time I'm here I always try to go back and I don't know introduce myself to new culture, go new places, meet new people, finding things. But I actually do feel at home not just because I'm in Africa but because I'm here with global citizens. Right and you've been with Global Citizen longer than most people have. You've been an ambassador for a long time.

You know, you've been part of what they're doing in and around the globe. A lot of people don't know that Usher has been involved in all of the projects that you've been involved in. How do you get involved with Global Citizen and what connected with you? Well, I've always felt like I was a global citizen before I knew what global citizen was right about. And the idea of utilizing, you know, what you have as an entertainer and an opportunity to via or either advocate for people who don't necessarily have what they need. That's always been a part of who I am. It became a part of who I am or was as a result of hanging out with Quincy Jones. You know, it's like it's enough to sell records and be well renowned and have people sing your songs. But what what what what what what what what what what what what what 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, what, what, what, what, what, what, what, what, what, what, what, what, what, what, you, you, you, you, what, what you, what, what you, what you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, what you, what you, what you, what you, what you, what you, what you, what you, what you, what what you, what what you, what what what you, what, what, what, what, what, what, what, what, what, what, what, what, what, what, what, what, what, what, what, what, what, what, what, what, what, what, what, what, what, what you know, what, what, what, what, what, what, what, you know, what, what, what, what's enough to sell records and, you know, be well-renowned and have people sing your songs, but what do you do?

What are you offered that helps other people? Right. You know, what philanthropic efforts do you have? So I started my new look foundation, and obviously years later, people like this organization, and Hugh Evans reached out to me and want me to be a part of a the, the, their, their, their, their, the their, the the the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, thin, the, to, to, the, the, and, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, to, th........... And, the, the, the, the, the, thin, thin, thin, thin, thin, thin, thin, toe, toe, toean, toean, toean, toean, toe.e.A.A. And, toe. And, toe. And, toe. And, to, to, to, wanted me to be a part of an amazing event on the mall in D.C. I actually injured my foot. I had a broken foot. That's probably a picture of this. I literally... I had a change. I had a change. The golden crutch. Had to do it in style, you know, if you're going to do it, why not? But yeah, man. I mean, every bit of what global citizen is about is what I think is innately the responsibility

that all entertainers should recognize that they have. You talk about your foundation and I won't like, I didn't know how young you were when you started your foundation. I didn't know how deep into it you were. I mean, you know, I knew of Usher, you know, the singer, I knew of Usher, the performer, but I didn't know of Usher, the person who's trying to build a community. Tell me about the New Look Foundation. It has a very specific cause, a very specific target,

and you've been successfully achieving that. Yeah, well, success is relative. The idea is, obviously, 5-1c3s don't function by themselves so more that people you know are donating and also to you know show support for what we're doing and greater but the efforts of being able to give kids real you know opportunity is where it really starts for me is it's that's one of the things that makes me who I am somebody believed in me somebody gave me an opportunity to know that that was more in my environment that's what the new foundation has done. But I really do have to thank my mother because starting at a young age, you know, I think I did a lot of things like Make a Wish Foundation and stuff like that, but eventually, it's like, let's start

a foundation of your own and what would you want it to be catered around? And it was opportunity and she helped me bring that to fruition. So now, 18 years later, still doing it and loving it, having an amazing board, an amazing opportunity to really change the idea and really be the reference that I talk about. It's one thing to say, hey, donate. But if you don't know where the money goes, if you don't understand it, I don't have a reference of what it looks like. Is it an academy? Is it a, you know, is it's something that's peer-to-peer training. Those type of things, I think, begin to become the reference of what I'm talking about,

what the New Look Foundation represents. So, Usher is 20 years old. He's working on his music career. His mom says to him, you want to get involved in something greater than yourself. You see kids who are in court, you see kids who may have to spend most of their life behind bars. This connects with you and you create an organization that aims to change that. Did it connect with you because you saw kids who looked like you, they were your age? Your life could have gone a completely different way? Was there something about that?

I think that was the beginning of it. In hindsight, right, you know, now I'm able to understand that that is somewhat of the trap, right? That is the trickle-down effect of what, you know, mass incarceration is about. You know what I mean? If you are profiled, if you do not understand how to see your way out of the reality of the means that you feel like you're subject to, you'll get lost. And I ultimately wanted to give kids a new look on life through real-world experiences. Having people like yourself come in and talk about where you came from, how you found your spark, and then what you ultimately did to gain notoriety. When you look at everything America is going through now, you know, it feels like there were

issues that America had, and then, and you president came in, and some to to to to to look to look to look to look to look to look to look to look to look to look the to look the the to look to look the to look look look look look look look look look look look look look look look look to look to look look look to look look to look to look to look to look to look to look at to look to look to look to look to look to look to look to look 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 thooooesk. look look look look look look look look look look look like like like like like like, it feels like there were issues that America had, and then, and you president came in, and some of the issues seem to go away in the media's eye, but they haven't really gone away, especially for the black community in the United States. Your foundation speaks to an idea that many people feel is core, and that is getting kids into spaces where they have the best chance of not being profiled, they have the best chance of not falling into a trap. But the truth is we've seen time and time again that at the end of the day, part of the trap is just the color of your skin. Yeah. When you talk to these kids, when you engage with them, is there a thing that you have inside of you? Is there an idea where you have you have have you have you have you have you have you have the fear the fear the fear the fear the fear th. th. the fear th. the fear th. th. the fear th the fear th thi have the fear thi have thi have thi, thi, thi, their, thi, their their, thi, thi, thi, we've thi, we've thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their, we've their, we've see see see see see see their, we've their, we've ti, we've ti, we've ti, we've ti. ti. ti. ti. time ti. ti. ti. ti, we've ti, we've their, the fear, I think I speak more to the pride and the idea that they could

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And it could be a way out You can hear the people rehearsing behind us Global Citizen is a concert. It is a it is a movement. It's about action. It's about engaging people, but it is also about the entertainment. I mean, it's a beautiful combination of all of these things. You came through to South Africa and immediately the country was set set set set set set set set set set set to to to to to to to to th th the the the to the the the to be the the the country the the to be to be the to be to be the to be the the the to be 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 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 to be their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their these things. You came through to South Africa and immediately the country was set alight by the fact that Usher was going to be performing with black coffee. Now, as a South African, I know, I mean, everyone was excited by this. Why was that important to you? Who is black coffee to you? What made this spark turn into a flame? Well, out of all of the timesimes times times times times times times times times times times times times times times times tiii ti ti the the ti, the the the ti, thi, thi, thi, I thi, I, I'a, thi, I'm, to be, to be, to be, too, too, to be, to be, to be, to be, to be, to be, to be, to be, the the the the the the the the the the the the the of all of the times that I've come I wanted to do something authentic

for this region and I felt like Nati Black Coffee is that. Out of all of the African you know performance will be a part of this collaborative effort I felt like I wanted him to be a part of this amazing moment and it really was set within the intentions of not only celebrating what we're doing with global citizens which which, you know, obviously this is very elaborate, but I felt like this was that opportunity to just start something new. We're going to work on music for the album, you know, that's coming. But this will be an amazing kickoff, and the intention is really to set the spirit in the right direction. It's not just black coffee. You've also got a special group of people

who are going to be working with you on that stage. Yeah. Tell me about them. I-D-A. It's a dance group, a dance collaborative, boys and girls from Johannesburg, who are performers. And you know, I really wanted, as I said, the spirit of this to be right. So to me, dance has always been a universal language. They say music is, but dance really is 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 to to th to to to to to to to to to to to to to to be the the to 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 the the the the the the the the the the th. Yeah th. Yeah th. th. th. th. Yeah th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. the the the the the thea thea. thea. thea. thea. to me to me to me to me to me to me to me to me, dance has always been a universal language. They say music is, but dance really is, right? There's something about those movements, right? I did a lot of study leading up to this performance. And the, what is it, the Zulu movement, in the conversation of what that was. I was like, I want to get to that. I love to be to take the intention of putting peace over this entire stadium and making sure that people

understand that we're together in this effort, but they get an opportunity to shine. We get an opportunity to do an amazing mashup of a record that they're going to obviously know. And this is the beginning of an amazing conversation that me and black black. Black. Black. Black. Black. Black. Black. Black. Black. Black. Black. Black. Black. Black. Black. I, th. I, thi. I, thi. I, thi. I, thi. I, thi. I, thi, thi, thi, their, thi, their, their, 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, thi. thi. their, their, togu. togu. togu. togu. togu. togu. their, their, their, their, their, their, th conversation that me and Black Coffee will be a part of. Tell me about the new album before I let you go. The A, I've seen it everywhere, I watched you traveling around the street. I wouldn't call that an album, that's a warm up, actually. Oh, that's a warm up? things start with A, right? Right, right. The alphabet, literally. Literally starts with A.

There you go. Right. So. What is, what does that A mean to you? What is, what is, what is, what is, what is, what is, what is, what is, the, what, what is, the, just it's what I felt. It's the music I'm listening to is the the vibe of where we are and Working with Zaytovon was just an opportunity to just bring Atlanta back into perspective You think about the majority of what I've been doing with either Jermaine Dupree

Or with little John or any of the producers from Atlanta, right? The energy is in that so I wanted that energy on this record Thank you for being here. I won't th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. thi. thi. thi. th. thi. thi. the thi. the the th. the th. the th. thi. 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 their. the the their. the the the the the the the the the the the th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. te. tha. te. I's te. I's te. I's together. I's together. I's together. I's together. I's together. I's together. I's together. together. together. together. together. together. together wanted that energy on this record. Thank you for being here. I won't keep you much longer. I know we've all got to go and rehearse. Welcome back to South Africa. I always happy to be. I'm going to see you in the streets tonight, my friend. Can you hang it? Oh yeah, I'm hanging. I'm hanging. I'm hanging. I'm hanging. I'm I'm home baby. I gotta hang. Watch the Daily Show weeknights at 11 10 Central on Comedy Central and the Comedy Central app. Watch full episodes and videos at the Daily Show. to the Daily Show on YouTube for exclusive content and more. This has been a Comedy Central podcast. Hey everybody, John Stewart here.

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