Whiskey Ginger with Andrew Santino - Kountry Wayne

Episode Date: May 19, 2023

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My guest today is one of my favorite people on earth. I say that for all my guests, but I mean it once again. Today, it is Country Wayne. Man, I love that, man. You like that? How fast I speak through it? Yeah, I like the way you brought me in, man. It felt like... Country Wayne.

I feel like I'm about to win some money or something. Come on down, Country Wayne. Yeah, man. Do you not drink at all, by the way? Oh, no, I don't drink, man. Okay. I'll have a little sip on your behalf. I appreciate it.

Cheers to you. Cheers to you. Have you never drank before? I got drunk on my 25th birthday. My sister got me drunk. On what? It was Patron. My sister got me drunk. On what? It was, what it was, Patron. And I just felt vulnerable.

I was like, man, I was like, I feel vulnerable. I feel like somebody could take advantage of me tonight. And I didn't do it again. I felt this empty spot in my stomach. I was like, nah. 25 and that was it? 25, yeah. When you were a kid, like when you were a teenager and everybody around you was starting to experiment, you avoided it, huh?

Yeah, I avoided it avoided it man because my whole family was they did drugs so i was able i got the privilege of being able to see everything so i just even though alcohol and weed is the most acceptable thing i just stayed away from everything i was like yeah i just yeah not good for you man you must have had somebody around you was keeping you in check do you have an older brother or something oh no nobody i was really a free child it's just my whole family went down so it's like it's terrible to laugh at but it's yeah the curse of it but the blessing of i really seen like everybody went to jail everybody got on drugs everybody was broke so i seen a family of right doom so you know it's just that extra that the extra thing.

You try not to do a lot of things. You were smart enough to be like, not for me. Yeah, not for me. Not for me. Yo, because my family, that's one of my family downfalls. So another family might be something else, but you know, through your family, you can learn what it's like. If I drink, I'm going to be drunk every time because I got addicted to nature. I got 10 kids. You have 10 kids?

Yeah. How many more are you going to make? Are you trying to catch up to Nick Cannon? Because I got addicted to nature I got 10 kids You have 10 kids? Yeah How many more are you gonna make? Are you trying to catch up to Nick Cannon? No, I didn't try to make them Planned B pills just don't work for me You that strong? You that strong? It's that strong, bro?

It's that strong, man That's impressive Yeah 10 kids? 10 God Do you wanna have more kids? Nah

This is enough Yeah You're gonna be working till you're 95 with 10 kids. Yeah, 195. Yeah, yeah, yeah. It never stops, man. Yeah, no, it doesn't. Well, I was saying to you before we started the show that what's wild is I've seen you from a distance

because over the years of playing clubs, because you had said, how long have you been in stand-up? And I said, you know, give or take something around 15 years you know something like that and you said you're kind of something similar and i would go to places like i remember going to like um house of comedy in uh edmonton or something like that and i'd see your picture see your name on the lineup next and it feels like you jump cities for years when you're on that grind of doing club work and i would see your name a ton on those things, but I never ran into you. But you're also an East Coast guy, so did you ever live in L.A.

for a long period of time or no? I stayed in Studio City in 2017, 18, and 19, but I was just out here learning the game, so I wasn't really around going places. I was trying to learn the business. So I was just seeing how that part of the business was going, and I was just flying to my shows at the same time. But, you know, after the pandemic, I mean, when the pandemic hit,

I left and went back to Georgia full time. You're born and raised in what town in Georgia? Is Atlanta proper or no? No, it's Millon, Georgia. Small town. Millon. I mean, one red light, 3,000 people. It's like that, man.

I'm a real country boy. Like, up to my, the hogs, the cows. I've eaten rabbit, squirrel, everything, man. I've eaten rabbit, no squirrel. Squirrel's probably not for me. That rabbit was pretty good, man. The only thing that I will eat that's off like that is, you're good, man. Probably one of them kids calling me. Yeah, I was just going to say, because you got, how many phones you got? I got three, man. Three phones. I got three phones. Yeah.

One for the baby mommas, one for the kids, and one for the videos. They have to update that. You have three phones. Three phones seems... One phone gives me anxiety. Three makes me... Feels like a panic attack for me. Yeah, yeah. You know, I film a lot of content on my phone.

Yeah, you do. So I film all my content on my phone. So I have to keep, it's like keeping my camera with me. Does anybody, do you ever have somebody just, because a lot of people have videographers or a team that, you do everything solo? No, I pay somebody. I pay a guy to film the content.

I got a whole team, man. Like my production costs a lot of money, even though it's with a phone. A lot of it go towards people. So I got people for everything. But you always keep one on you in case you want to film something quick and throw it out there. Oh, yeah. I keep my phones on me just in case. I might have to send to my person who upload everything.

She might be like, okay, I didn't get the video when Rolanda's half is a heartbreak. So I had to go through my phone, send it to her. Right. Do you have somebody that checks you down ever? Do you have someone that vets the content in terms of, not for creative, but do you have someone that you're like, yo, is this good? Or do you just put it all out? Oh, man, I just put it out.

You do? Mm-hmm. Because nowadays I feel like a lot of people that do a lot of content online, it's a machine. Mm-hmm. Like a lot of people have, you know, like the Paul brothers, you know, Jake and Logan, those dudes like made a huge career to begin with out of making tons and tons of content. And when I met the, when I met their crew, it was like a massive amount of people that

are all kind of contributing to this one thing. That was impressive to me because I, you know, I knew it wasn't just them, but you're like, man, this is a whole clique of people that get to chime in on what to do with the videos to get it more popular and how to put it in the algorithm and all that stuff but you just make content do your thing yeah i make content do my thing and i got a lot of actors because i basically do storylines like i got my fan base um watching my page like a tv show so So, you know, I've dropped seven to ten pieces of content a day. A day? Yeah, three-minute videos to monetize on Facebook and YouTube.

Are you still doing that now? Oh, yeah. They drop. I got videos already loaded up all the way to May 19th, and I'm going to go home. I'm going to write a hundred. I write like a hundred or something at a time. It take me like an hour to write a hundred or something skits.

And then I put it together, man, and call the cast. Damn. And put it together. something at a time. It'd take me like an hour to write 100 or something skits. And then I'd put it together, man, and call the cast and put it together. Give me a call. You need a white, red-headed guy. I got you, man. You got me. I really appreciate it, too. Throw me in, bro. I definitely appreciate it.

Throw me in. It's just impressive to me because you built, like we were saying when we were talking before, we don't know each other. And when you see stand-ups doing their thing,'s kind of it's it's wonderful to see people grow in their own categories right like i didn't really know where i was going to go in the stand-up world and took me more to acting and then took me more to this world and with you it's like stand up and grind grind and then you were doing sketch but you realize that it it was a way for you to just shine and then bust through that kind of little,

there's like that weird ceiling that every stand-up hits. No matter how good you are on stage, you need one more thing for them to go, oh, shit, oh, shit, you know? Because the old days, it's hard to just get through that system. You're not going on Carson anymore. You're not doing 10 minutes on TV,

or five minutes on TV to then get a deal from NBC. It's not the from NBC. Exactly. It's not the day anymore. Exactly. So seeing you do that from the outside, I just want to tell you, wonderful. I appreciate it, man. Happy for you, man. I appreciate it.

To see you explode and do the thing. Now, would you, if NBC or one of these people came to you and wanted to give you a sketch show, would you want to do sketch on TV or no? Yeah, I'd definitely do sketch, man, because that's always been my strength. That's what I started with. So I'd definitely do sketch. It just has to make sense. But I feel real comfortable in that part because when it comes to the writing

and the sketch and storylines, that's my strength, and that's how I was able to start. And I've evolved so I feel comfortable doing movies now. Right. But, yeah, I'd definitely do a sketch show for sure. It would have to make sense. It would have to make dollars. Yeah.

It would have to. That's really what it is. It would have to make sense. It got to make sense at this point, man. At this point, you know, just with the new era, especially with, you know, writer's strike just happening, you know what I mean? I know.

It's just like this content just happening you know what I mean? I know just content is you know just social media has become a it's become a thing that you know just got to be respected at this point well yeah I mean they know I mean the business definitely knows they can see that it's that's the way now

because you know look I don't know what it would have been like 15 years ago without this content creation how i would have fared if i was ready in the time to try to put out a special but like now congratulations by the way when this is out you'll have already filmed your netflix special in washington dc for sure where are you filming at uh what what theater warner the warner theater yeah i played that it's great it's wonderful man yeah dci you know dc DC has a good place in my heart because over the years,

I started going out to, well, I did Arlington, which is their neighbor. I did that. The draft house. The draft house. Yeah, I went there too, man. Did you do that? We had the chairs.

They had office chairs. Yeah. And they can wheel around and talk to other people in the middle of your show. It's a movie theater for people that don't know. It's an old school movie theater. They ripped out all the old theater chairs

and they put in legitimate office chairs. Like those dorky ass office chairs that you think in your mind, it's exactly what they are. They're nasty. They're stained.

It's like pulled cloth. And that was like the first time I played quote unquote DC. That wasn't really it. But then the DC improv and all that other stuff. Yeah.

That was my first time. I think I've been to DC on a package show, but I've never been by myself. With other comics. Yeah, I've been there with other comics at the theater, but this is my first time doing theater by myself. Sure. But you've done theaters on by yourself as a stand-up artist. Oh yeah, that's what I'm

on tour now. Doing theaters. Theaters, yeah. Do you ever go back to clubs at all or no? I'm going back after this tour to come up with Oh, yeah, that's what I'm, yeah. I'm on tour now. Doing theaters. Theaters, yeah. Do you ever go back to clubs at all or no? I'm going back after this tour to come up with a new hour. That's what I'm, I'm gonna start doing that eventually. I mean, I'm on tour right now playing theaters.

Bobby and I are doing stuff together, but when this is done, because I just put out the hour in January, you gotta get back. How long do you think it's gonna be before you have a new band? I don't know, man. It's tough.

Well, you know what's so funny is you have little chunks, right? Like, there's little things that I love that I'm doing right now. Like, little tiny chunks, little tiny chunks, little tiny chunks. But then there's those moments in between that you're like, I don't like that. Yeah, yeah. And they know that you're working it out because the fans know. So it's kind of nice to have that with them, but it's tough.

As a comic, because you want to be able to rip like you do when you're doing a full cohesive hour. For sure. I'm interested on that part because this is my, because, you know, when you start off from the beginning, you have to do that. You have to come up with material. Then you get your hour. Now I got to go back after the special drop, after the tour, and go work on this new material. And it's just like, I'm kind of excited for it because it's like, man, what am I going to say?

No, it is exciting. For me, it's daunting, but then it's, the payoff is great. Yeah, how did you feel going back out there after you just got to go to this place and do new material? It felt scary in the good way. Like when the old days, when you're,

whenever I restart something i feel like i did when i was a young comic where my nerves were playing a part in in my in my performance where now you know not that i don't i don't really get nervous but you get anxious or you get excited to go on but without with doing new stuff all new stuff it's like those old nerves from when you were young because you're excited to see how it's going. You're like, is this shit going to flop? You know, but, but it still gives you that. I think that's what drives the engine to make the jokes better because as you're going, you start to, you start to really listen to yourself more when you, when you're humming along and doing jokes that I think you already know are working.

I don't think you're paying attention as much as you do when you're really working out the verbiage on stage and going through it. Then you're really feeling what moments hit, what words hit, what beats hit, you know? It's exciting. Yeah, I can't wait to go. It's also painful. Did you do some of your old jokes when you went? No, I didn't.

I said when the special came out, I would stop doing those jokes, and I did. Yeah. I did. I stuck to it. I've made that a... That's a thing for people at home that comics do, but there is no rule i like it though i just feel like it pushes me to um not rely on the old the old shit you know it just does i can't wait man well i'm excited for you let me ask you this i know you're i've seen uh seen through the course that you of course you're wearing a literal Jesus piece. The Jesus is Poppin' piece.

Oh, yeah, for sure. Which you can leave with me after the show. Do you, if you're out on the road playing shows on the weekend, do you go to church when you're out on the road? Oh, no. I don't, I haven't been to church in years. Okay. I just read the Bible. You do?

Yeah. But you travel with the Bible. Yeah, I keep the Bible with me. I read it every day. So you read it every single day? Yeah, I read it seven times all the way through, from the beginning to the end. I picked it up 2012.

To this day, I read a page. Wherever I'm at, I read the next page before 12 o'clock every night. Seven times you've done this. Yeah, I'm on my eighth trip now. Is there a goal to how many trips with the Bible? No, I just want to keep going. Just ever since I picked it up, my life changed. So I just, it's like that thing I keep going to.

Yeah. It's like, man, I'm going to keep reading because ever since then, my life been. What's the moment that took you into wanting to really get into the Bible? Like what was the moment in your life? I was up in the wrong world. Like I was in the streets. I was hustling. I had money.

I had girls, had a few cars. And I was like, man, no. I was in the streets. I was hustling. I had money. I had girls. I had a few cars. And I was like, man, no, this don't feel right. It's like being a negative 14 versus 2. 2 is still better than a negative 14. Sure. So I feel like I was up in the wrong world. And I was like, man, I got to find out how to get out of this.

Because I was happy. I had money. And I was like, nah, this ain't— I don't supposed to be happy. Right. So, you know, that's when I picked up that word, 2012. Was there ever—was there a person that influenced you to get into it, or no? Was there like—or were you just by yourself or like, you know, I need to find something else?

Nah, by myself, when I was young, my dad, he told me one time, he said, you're going to find something in that Bible. You need to read it. But I had read other books, Becoming a Millionaire God's Day, On Way to Rich Dad, Poor Dad. I read a lot of books, but nobody encouraged me. I just, my niece had a book up there. I was at my sister's house, and I used, I went and got her book.

I grabbed her Bible, and I still have that same Bible to this day. That's the one. That's the one. You ought to gold plate it when it's all said and done. I know, right? Gold plate the, dip it. Dip that Bible like baby I know, right? Gold plate the dip. Dip it. Dip that Bible like baby shoes or something like that. For sure.

That is wild. Look, I mean, because, you know, you look like me. You're an Irish Catholic kid. So we had church, like, smashed into our face as a kid. So, like, over and over and over. And now, you know, as I've gotten older, I lost the sense of getting into the church side of it. And I wouldn't say religious,

but I, but spirituality, spiritual for sure. And that's clicked in harder as I've gotten older. Yeah. Because I think as you start sniffing death, you start going, I should find out what else is out there.

Yeah, for sure, man. Yeah. Because all the other stuff is fine. I'm sure the money and the cars and the girls for you were fun. But you probably wanted something a little bit more. And that changes for everybody. Who knows what and the cars and the girls for you were fun. But you probably wanted something a little bit more.

And that changes for everybody. Who knows what it is for everybody. But for you, it was that Jesus. Yeah, Jesus. That big Jake. Yeah, I always believed in him

and I always talked about him. I always said Jesus. But when I picked up that word, it just was like, I needed that. You know, it changed everything. Yeah.

Do you have paintings of Jesus in your house? Oh, no. I don't have no paintings or anything. No. No. But if you did, it'd be black Jesus. Oh, it'd be a black Jesus for sure. Yeah.

He got to be black because a white man would have a lawyer or something. Oh, they wouldn't let him be no white man like that no no they wouldn't have gotten him like that he would have gotten off yeah they let him go yeah yeah i have asian jesus in my house i have an asian jesus painting in my house then he got all them nicknames you know what i'm saying jesus jesus emmanuel that's a black that's a black dude homeboy don't snitch on him. Peter say he didn't know him. These guys getting good old fish fry.

Come on, man. There's so much proof in there. Yeah, so much proof, man. But you know what? It is interesting to me because there's, you know, this is a bold, you know, guess, but most comics I feel like teeter on either not religious or atheists, you know, or non-believers. So it's interesting to meet somebody who's this big into your faith.

Because when I follow you online and see what you're up to, I do see that's not like a show you know like some people use things for show but you know what i'm talking yeah i know what you're talking about and so for you it's not a show which i think is it's impressive because it just means like you dedicate to that the way you dedicate to your career and your craft which obviously means something to you so it gives weight to all of it which it makes it it makes it more real There's more base to it instead of, you know, a lot of people play characters and have, have bits,

but then, you know, when you sit down and you talk to them and you're like, you don't like that shit. Yeah. Don't lie to me, man. But that's good that it's,

it's moving you through. Does it make you a, do you feel like it, do you feel like you're a, um, not maybe more calm, but are you more calculated now because of it? Like, have you changed your personality because of it at all?

Yeah, man, organically. It just, it make me real cool, man. It's like I'm always high. Because I'm like, no matter how I go, I'm going to be all right. I don't care how bad it get rocked. You know, he just don't prove it to me too many times. Just don't vent it so much. It's just those stories in the Bible. I think it's the stories

in the Bible. You hear Daniel and the Lion's Den. You hear about David. David, how he got Galath. I use that story all the time with Hollywood. I feel like Galath is Hollywood and the rock is the cell phone. So I always use that as my

analogy. So it's just, yeah, it kind of make you in every situation, man. You know, and I was always a love of a person. Well, I love people. For some reason, I always got along with every race and every kind of people, even from school. I was the guy that everybody just accepted. And came, were you kind of like the puzzle piece to linking up people? Yeah, yeah.

Where people come through you to meet other people? Like you were kind of this, the bridge to... When I was in school, I had a lot of friends, white friends who had racist parents, and I had a lot of black friends who didn't, you know what I'm saying, who was racist. But I was the one that both of them, they didn't talk to each other. I remember one time, this white girl named Rebecca,

my homeboy Cam, he was a street guy, and she was like, they was looking at Cam, but they came to talk to me about it. And then when something going on over here, black people come talk to me like, Brandon and them are doing that. I was just always the person. And then when I got in,

I worked a job for years, Georgia Power, when I went to the military, I went to the military one time. I just always was, I understood people. I never, I understood, I could see people, man. I never really seen color. You saw more, you saw the human. I look at a person's eyes. I'm like, when I, they look like me.

No matter what color you are in your eyes. Yeah. So I stare people in the eyes. Skin color never. Well, you and I do look very alike. Yeah, we do. It's like, yeah, we do look alike. We do look alike, man.

Hey, we do look alike. This would be the best Freaky Friday if we switched places. That would be dope, man. Did you ever have any redheaded friends when you were a kid? Oh, yeah. Any redheaded dudes? Man, I had all kind of, man, listen here.. Did you ever have any redheaded friends when you were a kid? Oh, yeah. Any redheaded dudes? Man, I had all kind of, man, listen here. It was Corey was redheaded.

Shout out to Corey. We love you, Corey. Shout out to Corey, man. But yeah, I had, man, I had, I was always, I was always just. But Millen was, was it super diverse down there when you were a kid? I was racist, man. Yeah. That's how I knew Trump was going to win.

Oh, you knew. I knew. I told America because, see, it's a lot of people. It's a lot of white people that get looked over, right? It's a lot of, you know, it's the white people in those country towns. Yeah. They get looked over. They don't get counted with the rest of the white people. So the world, everybody in these big cities wondering how Trump won.

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Well, yeah, my dad's from Appalalachian mountains he's from the south and like a lot a lot of people nobody knows about you know also the highest you know i don't know if it's like this anymore but for the longest time uh the largest number of people on government welfare were whites yeah poor whites poor rural whites i think that doesn't get talked about or thought about culturally. We just don't, people don't want to talk about it or really want to hear it. But there's a lot more of those people than people think, you know? And they're stuck in the backwoods and, you know. Okay, entertainment don't show them.

That's why I went on, remember that, what came out? Tiger King? Yeah. Came out. It hit so big because they didn't get to see it. Right. It's like. They couldn't believe that was real. They couldn't believe that was real.

They couldn't believe that was real, right? And everybody in the South knows at least one of those guys. Oh, we know them. Like, from my town, I knew. I'm like, people don't know Trump about to win. Yeah. I knew those people. Yeah, because you grew up around them.

I grew up around them. I knew them, so I understand. You know, I understand, you know. I understand a little bit of everybody. Coming from those small towns, you kind of get a piece of it. It's weird, but you get a piece of everybody. In the city, big cities, it's like selective. It's people who are ambitious. Yeah, really driven.

Really driven, right? But in those country towns, you get the core of people who they were before they became driven. Uh-huh. You know. That's pretty good. That's like a Lifetime movie, you know? Yeah. See who they really are.

See who they really are, right? The Beverly Hillbillies, you know. I love that show. My dad used to watch that show. Oh, man, that show was so funny, man. My dad used to watch that show. That show was legendary. Like, the Beverly Hill Hills Billies Was just legendary

Now when you were young Was there You know The old question of a stand up Is what's the thing That made you want to do Performance and stand up And comedy

Was there a moment Or a person That influenced you Or a time No I was rapping at first I wasn't thinking about Stand up But um

2015 14 When I went by our own line Still wasn't thinking about it i was dodging it but when i got those followers people were wanting to see me live so i had to step out and go do it was your country wayne was still country when your name when you were rapping yeah that's my name in the streets yep yeah are you still rapping no i rap i rap when i'm by myself when no one's around no one's around you rap i put a freestyle out every once in a while on my Yeah. Yeah? Are you still rapping? No, I rap when I'm by myself.

When no one's around? No one's around. You rap in the shower? I put a freestyle out every once in a while on my social media. Would you ever go to Sway or someone in the morning and do the wake-up show and rap? Yeah, I'd freestyle, man. Yeah, you would. Have you done it No I haven't did it

I haven't did it Alright we'll do it right now We'll tell them Please book Country Wayne Hey Sway man I did Sway He had a comedy show one time

But I never went on his show He had like a comedy show For the morning Yeah I think it was at Caroline's But yeah But would you do that Would you go on And do a freestyle on the radio A freestyle the morning Yeah I think it was at Caroline's But yeah But would you do that? Would you go on and do a freestyle on the radio?

A freestyle? Yeah, I'd do that You would? For sure, for sure Well, you'd write it? Nah, I'd freestyle it With nothing written? Off the top of the dome

Nothing written That's how I write my skits That's how I do everything I don't write nothing down You don't ever write down? You're the Jay-Z of comedy? I guess you could say that I said it yeah i said

you don't have to say i remember like i remember real good like that's how i write my set i go on stage i tell the joke i remember so with your hour you don't put anything on paper at all no damn that's wild to me yeah i mean so when you're re like when you're reconfiguring a bit from stage you don't ever need to make notes and go, oh, yeah, I like the way that that worked. Then you just kind of put it in the bank and let it come out when it comes out. I remember it in my head.

I'm like, that's why this joke didn't work, because I reached my hand over this way. I should have reached it over this way. Wow. You know what I mean? I don't know how you do that, man. I got to put it on paper. I have books and books of nonsense of me being like this and this and this.

And that's hard for me. Like, I'd be amazed when people put it on paper. I'm like, how of nonsense of me being like this and this and this. And that's hard for me. Like, I'd be amazed when people put it on paper. I'm like, how do you write a joke? That is so amazing. Well, it's also like, it's not written in a way

that the average human could read. A guy from the street could pick it up and it'd be chicken shit. He wouldn't understand it. It'd be reading nothingness, you know? It'd be like me reading

like an engineer's book of a digital board. But it's clues into where I wanted to go. That's kind of what it is for me. It's like little notes and clues over like this works here or this tag works here or this line or this thing. I got to go watch a special, man. Please, please do.

I got to go watch a special. Please do it. Please do. And also, yours has already been shot by the time this comes out, but are you filming it one time, two times? How many times are you going to do it? Two shows. Same night, two shows.

You did two shows? I did, you know, and I did almost the whole special is from one show. The very beginning, we had to take from the other show because this woman was screaming. I mean, like, she was having a good time, but you could hear her loud. I mean, she's like too much. And I said, can we isolate her and get her mic down? Because the audience is all mic'd all over the place.

I was like, can you just isolate that section of sound so we can try to pipe it down? And the sound editor was dying laughing. He's like, dude, this bitch is on every microphone in the room. She was so loud. You could hear her in the whole theater. She was screaming, laughing. And I mean, I get it.

She was having a fun time, but we were cracking up. I couldn't, I was like, I can't believe you can still hear her on even just the stage mic. And she was not near the stage. She was having a good time. I think she had a little bit too much fun. But other than that, we had to cut that part and sub in one of the other shows.

But yeah, I've only done two shows for everything i've ever done even like an album taping um i did an album for comedy central years ago and i only did two shows and i almost always just use the one that you like the most it's hard to chop it up i think you'll find you'll probably just use one yeah but i think you'll think it's i thought it was going to be the other one after i did it i was wrong yeah it was the one that i didn't think but then you watch it and you're like oh shit and i didn't know what i'm just i felt it you're focused on it going the way you want it to go so maybe you're not living in the moment enough and then you watch it back and you're like oh i was wrong that show was good yeah now do you have somebody opening the special for

you no i got my guy um they They're going to bring me out, but the special's probably going to start with me just coming on stage. But I got my openers who's going to open up that night, but not on camera. Sure. Yeah, don't put his ass on camera. No, I'm kidding. It is so funny that it's such a controversial.

It's like, no, it's my time to shine. You don't get to be on camera for this. I love you so much. You're my guy, but also you're't get to be on camera for this like i love you so much you're my guy but also you're not gonna be on the fucking special no but uh the reason i ask is i know there's some people that don't you know i was talking to one of the producers about other comics and like do they have someone open the show and do they put them on the special and how much time and how many people so i had my buddy chris who comes with me he opened up but um you know i only had one i only needed 15 minutes or something like that like just to warm them up a little bit but

i know guys they have a whole series of people before they shoot and then some people have none they come out cold yeah i see yeah i know kevin hart he have um he had three people going well a host and two guys before he go on yeah which. Which I do that. I do that sometimes too. You bring that many people on the road? Or do you get local people too or no? I bring the same people.

You always bring them. Yeah. Tell me, are you traveling too fancy? Are you getting on private jets? I had to hit a private jet. I had to because I had to go to...

You had to. From Augusta to New York, I had to be on Good Morning America. So I had to take that private jet. Had to do it. Yeah, because I wasn't going to make Good Morning America. I had to be on Good Morning America. So I had to take that private jet. Had to do it. Yeah, because I wasn't going to make Good Morning America. I had to do it.

So I promote my book, but nah. Yeah, I don't really do the private jet thing. Not with 10 kids. If you had two kids, you might be chatting around a little bit. I don't know, man. A jet is not necessary. It's so expensive. I get the VIP on.

How often do you drive? Bro, never. I don't. That is a. It's not necessary. It's crazy I don't know that that it's that is a it's not necessary it's crazy to me people that do it all the time it's it's such such big money but also I know a lot of comics are traveling like that right now so it's it's interesting to see like who's choosing to do it and I was opening for Joe Rogan and he was selling out arenas and we were still flying commercial back then yeah I mean, literally, we were sitting on American Airlines flights and he was selling out,

you know, literally, we were going to Chicago to play the United Center and I was like, oh, this is, it's wild. But back then even

he was still taking them. Now, if you got that Spotify deal, he ain't doing that. Yeah. It's a different world. It's a different world. Yeah, yeah.

That's a little bit different. Yeah. Like, if you ever got to that place for convenience, would you ever buy a jet a little bit different. Yeah. Like, if you ever got to that place for convenience, would you ever buy a jet and travel like that? Yeah. Yeah, yeah.

When I was on a private jet, I had to think of another business while I was on there. I was like, I want to fly like this all the time. As a stand-up, yeah. And people at home are probably like, you know, like, oh, come on, private jet. But it's like, when you're traveling that much, if I were ever that big, like Seinfeld big, you know, or those guys like Kevin Hart, or any of these guys that get to travel like that, you get it because you're like, yeah, man, you're just living on airplanes and in airports all the time.

And it takes a toll. Like we're on a bus right now. Yeah. Have you ever done the bus? I haven't done the bus, but I just purchased a sprinter. Oh, the sprinters are great. Yeah. I'm going to start using that.

Sprinting around. Yeah, we do that. We're doing that in Florida and all that. That's a great alternative Way to get around So y'all Take the bus From here to Florida No no no

The bus is gonna be in Texas And then we go There and the bus Will go to We have to fly somewhere else Cause we have to go Shoot something

And then the bus Will meet us down in Florida And then we're taking the bus All through Florida Wild man Wild Sleeping on a bus It's wild

I mean it's crazy because you you go to bed you know midnight one in the morning whatever the bus driver shows up at 3 30 or 4 a.m starts driving then you go to bed you wake up in charleston south carolina you wake up in memphis you it's wild to wake up in a new city yeah it's nothing like you've ever felt because you're used to you know getting in the car going to the airport going to security getting on the plane sleeping for a little bit waking up eating a bad meal going to the hotel you know, getting in the car, going to the airport, going to security, getting on the plane, sleeping for a little bit, waking up, eating a bad meal, going to the hotel, you know. It cuts out all that shit. But I don't know if I recommend it because it's tough.

Yeah. It's tough. And it stinks. There's people on that bitch. It stinks, dude. Yeah. It stinks. But I like it, you know.

I mean, it still kind of gives you that we're all in this together feel. Because you get a lot. There's a lot of separation in stand-up, you know I mean it's it's it still kind of gives you that we're all in this together feel cause you get a lot there's a lot of separation in stand up you know like as you get more success in it too

it's the same way in Hollywood you know like you were saying getting into films and all that stuff you're a solo bird I mean you're you're working together but you're sitting in that room

by yourself for hours yeah unless you have a crew with you people to hang out but for the most part it's like you're just hanging and waiting hanging and waiting for sure you have a crew with you people to hang out but for the most part it's like you're just hanging and waiting hanging and waiting for sure you know and it's you know it is lonely in a in the weirdest way where so on the bus there's camaraderie and if i don't know

it feels uh it's comforting it feels like the old days yeah like the open mic day did you start in atlanta no i started in, I was getting booked. Like people putting together shows, that kind of stuff. And then I went to comedy clubs. You went right to clubs. Mm-hmm. That's wild, man. That's a big leap.

You jumped out all the bullshit. Yeah, yeah. You didn't have to do that. I went through some of those shows, but I got paid my first. So I never, I got paid when I first started. So I never went through that stage of not getting paid. Damn, you missed out. Man, you never had to sleep in your car, bro.

You missed out. No, I don't got no story. I tell everybody. I don't got that story. No, but that's great. Everyone's got their own version. Exactly. But I used to.

Those days, man, I'd go to Burger King know, two-for-one cheeseburgers. And I would go and I'd get as many as I could and put them in my fridge. Yeah. And eat them for the week. Yeah. Because I was like, it's either this or ramen noodles. We all was going through our struggles, man. Yeah.

No, and that's, I mean, I think that's the thing that it shapes the way you continue through the business. You know, I don't think anybody had it easy, quote unquote. I mean, I don't, you know, some stories probably easier than others. But, you know, like when did you leave Georgia? Like when did you get out? Man, I still stay in Georgia. My house, I still got a house in Georgia. But when you started your career, you stayed in Georgia.

You just kept shifting around Georgia. Back and forth. I come to L.A. I had a place in L.A. I fly back and forth But yeah I stayed in Georgia For sure

Cause you wanna be close to family Yeah I got Yeah And you got too many kids bro Yeah a lot of kids Too many kids man A lot of kids man All the same baby mama

Oh nah How many Five Five Yeah I like the way you say it Five Five

That's what I say Five is heavy, bro. Just pour. So much. So how old is the oldest one? 17. Oh, almost. No, he graduated this year.

I know, but 18 and then it's adios, right? That's it. Oh, no, he went to college, man. No, that's more money. Bro, you want to go to college. Yeah, more money. Yeah, well, what's how old's the youngest one? One. Oh, congrats. Brand new. Yeah, congrats,'s how old's the youngest one? One. Oh, congrats.

Brand new. Yeah, congrats, man. Brand new. Brand new, baby. But this is it, you think? Oh, yeah. Unless I get, yeah. Unless I get somebody who really just want to have a baby.

You know what I'm saying? She got to really want it. You know, that's so funny. That's like an alcoholic being like, I'm not having another drink unless we pass a bar. Man, that just did something to me. I lost my breath when you just thinking about it. Another baby. I'm telling you.

But you obviously love it. I mean, you obviously love it. So it's like if somebody comes along, then why not? But would you ever get married or no? Maybe, yeah. If it's somebody I really want to be with like that yeah yeah i get it have you ever thought have you ever what you should do is have all the kids come and live under one roof does everybody live everybody lives everybody well they all got a room in my house right so

in the summertime there's been times every child is there except for my baby girl because she stays with her mother they They moved back to Kansas City, but at least nine of them would be there at one time. You get you a reality show about all those kids, bro. Under one roof. One was in the works of that, but man, I don't know. I just ain't feel like doing it anymore. Well, it's too

invasive, right? There's cameras on you all the time, and you're the one that's already dictating cameras on you. Yeah, I'm already, with the social media stuff, man, I'm already, you know, doing it. The skits just work out good for me, man. I understand the game. It's simple. It's easy.

I feel free. You figured it out. Yeah, so you know how it is. Well, what are you doing now? Okay, so listen, man. Like, I get it from my perspective of doing television and film and then traveling and touring and stand-up and this, and it's heavy.

My plate is full and i'm trying to find ways now to try to make the time just for me and do my thing and like do you have a little time for yourself or no with 10 kids in the career are you are you taking any time to just disappear for a minute this summer man i'm all kind of skits i film 20 to 30 skits in one day so i just i have a lot of time. What are you doing in the summers then? Do you get out and go somewhere else? My son play AAU ball.

You travel with him and go watch him? I travel with him. Is he good? Oh, yeah, he good. He can hoop? He can hoop. You think he's going to? I think he can. Yeah.

He definitely got the ability to. Yeah. But who knows? Yeah, Willie, who knows? It's going to be on him. That's a tough tough game tough tough game man well i know it's it's like you know i've and i've i've seen it over the years of like different friends or you know even personally knowing people that have either gone pro for a

short period of time and all that stuff you see how much better they are and then everybody you've ever met and they still aren't good enough yeah Yeah. Which is crazy to me, you know? I mean, it's just a tough game, but that's good. You go and you go watch AAU ball. Support the boy. Could you ball when you were young? Yeah, I could ball. What about now?

Yeah? Yeah, I could hoop a little bit. Still? Yeah, I still hoop, man. Okay, okay. I could hoop. I could rap a little bit. I could do a little bit of everything.

Rapping hoop still, huh? Rapping hoop, for sure. I believe you. I believe you. I just quit. I quit quit I quit I quit everything like that You used to hoop?

Yeah when I was young Yeah Yeah Yeah I just I stopped I don't know I got to a place when I think I would go to

Pick up games When I first moved here I used to go to Venice Because white men can't jump I'm not kidding When I first moved here Because a white man can't jump I wanted to go to Venice

And go play on the boardwalk Yeah That movie made me Fall in love with that I was like I want to play basketball By the beach Yeah And jump i wanted to go to venice and go play on the boardwalk yeah that movie made me fall in love with that i was like yeah i want to play basketball by the beach yeah and so i used to go down there because i lived on the west side and you know it's just such an it got to the point where it's it's just so it's aggressive in a way where you're like i'm not trying to get hurt playing at the beach for free yeah i was barely making enough money you know to survive

i didn't need a hospital bill you know so as i got older i slowly got away from playing street ball but i used to love love going to play ball i just i don't know i gave up i played in high school and then i just and then i got into drugs i'm not gonna lie yeah drugs are girls that i was like basketball yeah see you ya later Don't feel bad I tell people all the time Men is Girls are Kids situation

I probably should've Tried a little crack It would've probably Been cheaper Way cheaper But you got nice teeth You know what I mean You gotta give up

Those teeth man You know people who do crack Have nice teeth though Do they Yeah they Why do I feel like Everybody that has The

The stigma in my mind of a crackhead has no teeth that's not true meth heads have no teeth right yeah i think the meth yeah their teeth fall out yeah there's someone at home that's doing meth that's like hey yeah don't talk like that about me you don't know me pal crackheads have nice teeth that's a good thing to know at first yeah. Yeah, when it starts. Yeah, it starts. I think that, I don't know, the smoke might keep it clean or whatever. Like getting the, you know, getting it smoked out.

The smoke might keep it clean. Yeah. I'm going to use that if I start selling crack. The smoke will keep it clean. Yeah, the smoke will keep it clean. Don't worry about going to the dentist, man. The fog. The steam.

The steam. You get the steam. Now, you said you knew people that were in the drug game when you The fog. The steam. The steam. You get a steam. Now, you said you knew people that were in the drug game when you were young. You never touched it, did you? No, I never did. I sold it. That's what I mean. No, you did sell.

I sold drugs. For how long? Shoot. I sold from 2006 when I first graduated. Got caught in 2007. But then from 2010 to 2016. Did you get locked up when you got caught? Yeah, I locked up.

I was on 10 years probation. Tough. Yeah. How much time did you spend, though? Oh, I was, no, I got, they let me out. I had to go to court. I did three days. I did seven days in jail one time and three.

So, 10 days and all. Seven, that's not bad. Yeah. But when that happened, were you like, that's it, it's over, I'm not doing that shit anymore? Nah, man, I got, I ain't stopping until I got famous. You kept going until you got famous? Yeah, same phone I was hitting licks off, same phone I went viral on.

Really? Yeah. No shit? I didn't stop until 2016. Damn. I'm fresh out the trap. You are, bro. That's why sometimes it's like you're still picking off some of the old shit off you.

It'd be surreal. Even when I'd be around, when I see other comedians, I'd be happy to see them. Because it's like coming out of the woods and running back to school and everybody doing their work. And you're just happy to be a part of the gang, in the gang or comedy. Right. I'm just so grateful for the comedy gang because, like, man, I'm really legit now. So it's still surreal to me. So you don't want to go back there.

My whole family sold dope. Everybody. All my uncles and my daddy, they sold dope. And they did drugs. So it's like, it's a long road. So when I jumped in and started getting legit, going to comedy clubs, getting a legit check, man, I'm like. It's like sneaking in the White House, man.

You know what I mean? You think they're going to notice. This is your January 6th. This is your insurrection. It's comedy. Comedy's like seeing the other side of the curtain. What happened January 6th? That's when they stormed the Capitol.

Man, you know, I think that's the day I quit. No, for real? Yeah, that's the day I quit.'s the day I quit No, for real? Yeah, that's the day I quit And that's my daughter Honest's birthday So her name Honest And I named her Honest Because I finally made

An honest living On January 6th You quit They stormed the Capitol You stopped slinging rocks 2016 Honest was born And the world changed

She was born 2018 But I'm saying like That January 6th I just thought about it That's an important day for you Important day, man That's wild it. That's an important day for you. It's an important day, man. That's wild, though. I really be like, to this day, I be like, man, everything feel, when I be getting deals,

I'm like, that ain't real. It feels fake. It feels fake. Yeah. Because it's, because you were so far removed from that world. So far removed, and I was so close to the other world. I was so close to prison. Right.

from that world? So far removed and I was so close to the other world. I was so close to prison. Right. Do people from the neighborhood still hit you up? Yeah.

You know, and try to get you back? No, they don't try to get me back because they know I'm so far gone but that happened for a while. People thought I was still hustling. They were like,

he ain't making that money out of comedy. They thought I was still selling dope but no, it's just, man, now it's just,

they just, they still talk about it a lot. You know, like, man, I remember you used to do this. I remember you used to do that. I wrote a book about it. It's in my book. Yeah. That's what the book really about.

I saw you doing a book tour. Mm-hmm. Are you, is it, this is your, that was your first book. First book, yeah. Did you want to write it or did somebody approach you about it? Were you like, how? They approached me about it and then, you know, it was just my story. So I was like, okay, here you go. Yeah. Laid it go yeah laid it all out laid it all out man you want to write another

one now uh that's it that took some work yeah man it sucks you did a book no no no man i've tried every time i'm like this is terrible i'm not doing this shit i mean i don't even like reading books that much i can't write one that book took a lot of energy man i've i've started hundreds and hundreds of books and i'll get chunks into the books and then i just stop reading them for some reason life or lose interest so for me it's like anytime i thought about writing something down i was like i'll just write chunks of stuff but i couldn't write a cohesive book i could give all that shit to somebody and they could do it maybe but i don't know props props to people that could finish it no thanks it was crazy man but that was the there was was there a moment then for everybody back where you were from that they

realized that like you had made it you had done it you had moved forward yeah they thought i had already made it because when i was in the streets, I had nightclubs and all that. I was always the guy who kept something going. Right. But when they started seeing me on tour with Mike Elson, when they started seeing me rubbing shoulders with other people they respected, that's when they was like, oh, Dwayne doing it for real. Yeah. Over the last year, a couple years, they really like, every year it's like, oh, yeah, he doing it for real, he doing it for real.

So now it's like, we know he legit, he's he's a comedian now right and they won't mess with you anymore about it yeah i used to think when i first saw you i remember i first saw your picture on a flyer and you were there like the week before me the week after me and my initial thought i was like is this like a black country singer dude my initial thought was you were gonna be a dude who sings like black dude country songs i legit was like who is this dude country wayne that was my first thought i was like does he do black country songs i did a show i did a show on phoenix man so i had country wayne's coming it was at the uh I forgot the name Of the comedy club Rick Robertson's Coming

You know what I'm talking about Yeah House of Comedy House of Comedy Yeah House of Comedy I get in there First show All white people

Second show All white people All week White people came Because they thought They would come to see The country scene Country boy

We're going to see Country Wayne man You're going to see Country Wayne Wait till you see him dude He look like he's a nice guy nice black guy i'm gonna check him out and they came to check me out and it was so awkward they were like damn country wayne is tan yeah and then after the after the show they were like good show it was nothing but white people who weren't my fans man it was so because that countrywayne it was like a lot of people just well you also that's

that but that club is in i because i went to school out there so that club is in north scottsdale yeah that's way up there you know i mean that's like that's that's mostly that's all who's up there is like you know a lot of retired white people older white people that live up up way out and that's who goes to the club so that's's who you're going to get no matter what out there. Yeah, and Port Charlotte, Florida. Port Charlotte, Florida? I never even heard of that shit. It's a comedy club there. Where is that?

Wait, where is Port Charlotte? Like in south, south Florida? I don't even know. Yeah, who knows? My brother don't just get me there. I don't be knowing. I'm bad on the map now. Well, you're hands off with that shit.

You're like, just take me to the spot. Yep. That's good. It's good to have people around you. I finally looked at a map again to refresh what I learned in school other than

the airport. I was like, okay, yeah, all right. I kind of remember some of this stuff now. Right. I remember the main

up there to the top and make it look like a little dog. Yeah. I started doing the map again because I'm so far off where everything is at. And I'm like,

why is the Midwest St. Louis but it's really not west. It's kind of on the east. It's the Mideast for sure. Yeah. I'm sure it was the Midwest back before we ever got all the way west maybe. That's probably what it was. Or maybe because the other states are so bigger, it's pushing.

I don't know, man. Well, it could be, you know, yeah. I mean, it could be because the Mississippi River and that was kind of like, I mean, I never know. And that's so funny because i'm from chicago i'm from the midwest so i should know yeah but we say midwest growing up and we just you know that is what it is but also you go to parts of the midwest like we're touring through st louis kansas city um indianapolis and all that stuff and you go down in missouri man missouri is the south yeah like they say it's the midwest but you're like this is the fucking. Yeah. Like, they say it's the Midwest, but you're like, this is the fucking South.

Yeah, it's the South. Everybody sounds like the South down there. It's the South for sure. Yeah. But culturally, though, we started in OKC, and it's funny to watch as you go up

how the culture changes, you know, of that, like, Southern, just the Southern vibe, that South mentality, that South feel. People are a little bit more, I don't want to stereotype, but, like, warm, or are a little bit more i don't want to stereotype

but like warm or just a little bit more like you know people will say what's up to you and then the more you get to like chicago or big cities and nobody's fucking saying hello to you yeah nobody gives a shit about saying it's like you go to new york and nobody's fucking looking you in the face they're going they're on their move they'll say hi to you if they think they know you yeah if they go is that is that country is that country then they'll say hi yeah but otherwise they're looking at their fucking shoes or their phone they're not looking at you you know for sure that's that's the interesting thing i want to ask about your the gap of your kids made me think when you said 17 and one is like you're seeing all of these generations of kids grow through like technology and all that shit,

and you having three phones. Like all the older kids have phones and iPads and all that bullshit, or do you keep them away from the technology stuff? No, they all on it, man. They got everything. You know, they're addicted to their technology. But that's like the new world order, right? That's what they have, man.

That's part of the game. So, you know, I just let them. Man, right? That's the new world. Young kids have, that's what they have, man. That's part of the game. So, you know, I just let them, man, the world going to be the world. You just got to find a way to be who you are. And I just let them figure it out on their own. Do you instill any of this, you know, the Bible readings to your kids? Or do you want them to just find it on their own? They see me read the Bible. So it's kind of a custom that they see their daddy do it.

And I have talks with them. And I'm like, man, y'all got to find your own relationship that they see their daddy do it. And I have talks with them now. I'm like, man, y'all got to find your own relationship with God. Yeah. I tell them that. And I have talks with them often lately. But I tell them that all the time. Like, man, you got to show God some time.

Yeah, give him some time. You got to give him some time if you want him to give you. I say, because I use myself. I'm like, bro, look at your dad. I'm blessed. Yeah. I came through a lot of situations man differently i could look way back man i was able to make it through in a different way

than most people and i'm like man i know why i know why that is you know i mean that's because that because that chain jesus is popping baby jesus is pop how long do you think the writer strike gonna last what you think a couple of months i think i mean look what they're asking for is pretty reasonable for people that don't know at home the writers are striking the writers union in los angeles and i mean everywhere i should say but in the business and they're striking for what seems to be quite fair terms you know and i'm not on the other side of it so i don't even know the the reason that there there's a big hold up but they want to get paid more for digital streaming services and all that shit i mean you know working

in the business this may be boring to hear for people at home but like yo man the people at the top are making crazy money and if these writers don't get paid who the fuck do you think is making the show who do you think is making the show it's not the dude in the suit in a fucking porsche that dude is going to collect checks at the studio it's these people that are grinding nine to five that are well it's more than the hours are more than that but these people that are grinding in these rooms and so they deserve what they deserve to be compensated but also we should all be everyone should be fighting for another a bigger piece of the pie i mean you gotta know you know hollywood Hollywood is the drug game too. It's the same hustle.

It's the dope game. It's the dope game. I understand it. You know, I understand it from both sides because I come from the streets, so that's why I approached it the way I did, man. I got my own approaches on how I move in the game, and even as a comedian because I understood, man, it's the dope game. But you know when somebody's taking an unfair cut of the profits.

Oh, yeah. They're going to do that. It's like, man, you got to bring your own bread to the table. And anytime you don't bring your own bread, it's going to take a special person not to take advantage of. Well, right. And so I think the thing is that the writers feel like, or a lot of people in the business feels like,

these people are making so much money on the digital world. Because everybody that listening right now everybody that's watching everybody is doing this in the digital space whether the podcasts are on your phone or you're watching this on youtube or on your tv and there's so much money in the digital world that's being made by corporate executives that just transferred over but they don't pay out the people below them and anymore they just were able to open up a new revenue stream it'd be like me and you own a restaurant and i franchised it but i was like oh i run the franchise and you're like can i get a piece i'm like no no man you run this one yeah and you're like yeah but bro you run the other we started this you you can't just go the other thing with the without paying me for going somewhere and i go just don't worry about it man you would at some point be like fuck this dude give me my fucking money so

they deserve you know they deserve what they what what they're trying to ask for i think it's reasonable but i think they'll fight it for a couple of months three four months i mean if our show dave comes back on fx um and we're on hulu we're in the digital world too we wouldn't come back till next year they wouldn't be able to get started for another four or five months i think yeah and they told us that they were like look if we come back this is not it's not anytime soon so i was like let's hit the road yeah i was like let's get the fuck on the road yeah i was like let's get out of town because you know it's gonna sitting and waiting is not gonna do anything no no you know but i mean it's it is what it is I mean we this thing this is the business

it's like you see these big these things happen all the time where it continues to shift you just have to stay ahead of it which is why I applaud you for doing it the way you did it you stay ahead of it

do you think Hollywood gonna be in and give them what they want they're gonna have to meet they'll have to reach some sort of compromise but I don't think they're gonna get exactly what they want

no I don't think because I think shoot shoot, at this point if somebody got a streaming service, man, that right now the stream is not growing anymore. Everybody kind of reached their domestic ceiling. So it's like, yeah, should have

caught me while I was growing because I'm definitely not if I was going to give any, it's not right now because if I got a streaming service and I put a, and now I'm already a bunch of subscribers, if I put this $20 million movie on there, it's not going to grow. It's going to keep them happy for a minute. Happy wife, happy life. So I feel like the people are the wife.

And if I got a streaming service, I got to keep something new up there just to keep them happy. Just enticed, yeah. But it's not growing anymore. Right. It's reached its ceiling, so it's like, it's coming to a point now, man,

it's going to have to be something that really works at its level. If you can spend five million to make a movie, it better be able to make 50. Would you ever make your own, have you ever write and produce your own movie?

I already did. You did? I put it on Amazon Prime, and I did it myself, you know what I'm saying, spent about a million dollars. Video on demand, right? Yeah.

And then it's going to Tubi after that. And I'm about to shoot another movie. With your own money, out of your own pocket? I need my own pocket. Now, the next one's going to be, now the next one I got plans to link up with another producer. It's got to be one of the bigger. But I feel like if I go to the studios with my own money,

with my own fame, and I already got, I'm ready to spend my millions too. I got a different strategy going towards the game because I understand the dope game.

And it's like, if I go to them with that, and we, you know what I mean? And if I own a piece of the movie, I'm good. Right.

Like, because that movie I did was about a million dollars, but I already know I almost made half of my money back, and I got good. Right. Like, because that movie I did was about a million dollars, but I almost, I already know, I almost made half my money back and I got it for life.

It's yours. It's yours. Yeah, they can't take that away from you. They can't take it, so I can put it on Tubi for the rest of their life. You can put it on any,

there's a bunch of different paywall services that you can use. Yeah, yeah, yeah. So it's just like, I put it on Amazon Prime, you know what I'm saying? It's made over half of me

and I dropped it in February. Wow. You know, so, and um. That's impressive, man, made over half of me and I dropped it in February. Wow. You know, so, and, um. That's impressive, man, to do it on your own like that, too. Yeah. Yeah, that's heavy.

I ain't really promoted or anything just to my fans, but it's digital real estate and I was just, I'm just like, that's the game. It's like if you put up your own money,

they're not gonna never let nobody get a big piece of something if they don't put up the money. Yeah, well, they want you to incur the risk. Yeah, they're like, you incur the risk too. Yeah, it's like, that's why I think, I don't know how long this strike going to last, but it's like, I used to always tell my manager, I say, I know that person.

He was talking about the biggest hits. I say, I'm not like them because I got a good heart. But I know them type of people. They're never... I told my manager, you don't know them. I think like them. To get where I'm at from where I'm at, I had to think like that. I wouldn't do nothing. Everybody in my skits, like the guy who filmed my videos, make

$20,000 a month. The guy, I got other guys who go shoot their own content. I'm paying them $100,000 a month. You know what I'm saying? I'm different. And I don't have to pay them that because they just want a exposure to be on my platform. But the way Hollywood is now, man, you must, people don't understand, people got to put up, is he going to put up a... A shut up.

A shut up. Because they already got the people. You think, it's like when Instagram did the blue checks. Yeah. It's like, so many people bought blue checks nobody's never going to get together to counsel at one time nobody's never going to counsel all day who lose subscriptions or amazon so it's like why would i give you this yeah i'm not going to make any more money. Right. So unless, do you have a squid game?

Do you have a squid game? Do you have a squid game? Do you have a squid game? Not a squid game. Put another one on there for people. But everybody I know got Netflix. Yeah, everybody, yeah. So it's like, I think people take stuff personal, man.

If you look at a game and realize it's business, people move different. Yeah, 100%. But also you employing a lot of people helps because that's what keeps this thing growing organically. When we were talking before the show, independently is the way to do almost everything because you control it, you own it, you dictate what happens. You don't have to answer to too many people if you are answering to somebody. what happens. You don't have to answer to too many people

if you are answering to somebody, you know? You get to keep growing your own network the way that you want to do it. Eventually, I mean, you're essentially

your own company anyway. For sure. You know? That's why Jesus is popping. Jesus is popping. That's why. I keep looking at this ring, by the way.

That ring is ridiculous. It looks like a fucking NBA championship ring. Oh, yeah, man. You got to get a pinky ring until you get a wedding ring. I mean, honestly, bro, that's massive. That thing is fucking—that is wonderful, bro.

Yeah, appreciate it, man. So what is it? It says KW, and what does it say on the sides? Jesus Poppin'. On both sides. On the other side, it says, Help is on the way. Help is on the way. That's fucking wild.

Imagine me with that kind of jewelry on if I had a bunch of rings and shit. You got to drip, man I can't, I can't I couldn't do it When I see chains I always think Because I've had people hit me up From chain, like, you know

What's the dude that did your chain? The Icebox guy? Icebox Yeah, and we had those guys Reach out to us to say what's up And they're like, come see us Just say hi and all that And I said

I think that'd be good for your brand Because Oh, bro So hard for me to rock and shade I could never do Ain't too many white boys doing it, right? Nobody does, yeah So if you'd be the white boy with the drip Yeah, what would it. It's so hard for me to rock and share, and I could never do it. Ain't too many white boys doing it, right? Nobody does. So if you'd be the white boy with the drip.

Yeah, but what would it say? What would my chain say? Man, you can say whatever you want to say, man. Hey, just good. Just G-O-O-D? Yeah, inventor. Good. Good, and I can slide out an O to say God.

Yeah. Depending on what group I'm in. Yeah. Clink it to get like the table. You're so creative, man. See? You can get one problem as the creative. Good God. Good God. Hey, man, whiskey ginger. Yeah, I'm in. Yeah. Clink it to get like the table. You're so creative, man. See? You can get one crowd, Mr. Creative. Good God.

Good God. Hey, man. Whiskey ginger. Yeah, I can do whiskey ginger on it. That's a chain. Yeah. Oh, man. I can see that iced out on your chest right now.

Yeah. But I just don't have the 100K to throw on it right now. Yeah. I don't have that kind of money laying around. You got some money. No, no, no, bro. I like that. You got some money, man.

That's one thing I love about my white friends, boy. They like to hide that money. One thing about my white buddies, they like to hide that money, not like that. You got some money, man. That's one thing I love about my white friends, boy. They like to hide that money. One thing about my white buddies, they like to hide that money, man. Yeah. What is it? Why do you think that is? Why is it? Why is it that people like us are like, oh, I don't know, man.

I can't. I don't want to talk about it. Because I think it's just, that's a... We get nervous they're going to take it from us? Yeah, it's like, for real, a lot of white people, you know what I'm saying? For real. I got a joke on stage. white people got a lot of fear. Yeah.

You know, but black people, we don't, we don't went through so much back in the day that fear ain't in us like that. Right. We know, we don't own it anyway. Like. Like borrowed time almost. Yeah, so it's like, we're going to live. We're going to live, man.

We're going to, like, all that, you know, but you can't overlive, though. You know what I'm saying? But all my white friends, man, it's like, hold on to that money. Yeah. Well, you know why? I think we always feel like I should just speak for me. But it's always like if I say it too loud, the government will hear you. Yeah.

Because white people pay taxes. And I pay taxes now. And I understand white people. If you say it too loud, they'll hear you. They'll hear you and I understand I understand white people you say it too loud they'll hear you there he I understand now but but I'm like man

but when you understand taxes it's like man they gonna take it anyway you might as well I realize it's an old white man told me this one time Mr. Harold

Mr. Harold Mr. Harold man he was a millionaire he's a millionaire he got he got cash in his wall I know when he die he gonna have millions of dollars

all in his tractors and he he told me, he say, man, he would not sell you his property. He let you lease it. You can't buy cash. You pay it out. And then when you want to get out, you get out. No penalty or nothing. I had rented a club from him one time. And he was like, he don't, he say back in the day, they didn't have to pay taxes like that. It was like cash and all that. He say, he say, it don't make no sense to make money now. He said, the reason why I don't sell my say, back in the day, they didn't have to pay taxes like that. It was like cash and all that. He say, he say, it don't make no sense to make money now. He said, the reason why I don't sell my property is they going to hit me with capital taxes. I say, well, if you don't want to make money, why make money?

Why you still got business? He say, you make money now just to prove to them that you still can make some money. Because he basically was saying like, all right, it's your business partner. So what I learned, the only thing they don't count, they don't disagree with, is giving people money. You can write people. You can hire people. Hire as many people as you want. So I figured I'm going to still live because they're going to take 40% anyway. They got you.

They got you. So there's no way to stress and work. Yeah, no, no, no. You might as well let it go. You must enjoy. Yeah, let it go. That's a good perspective. I appreciate you, man. Especially as a creative. Yeah, you might as well. Might as well enjoy it.

Enjoy it, man. Jesus is popping. So we got the whiskey ginger chain coming. It's coming. That's dope, man. I'm going to make it. For you, I might make coming. That's dope, man. I'm going to make it. For you, I'm going to make it. I promise you, bro. I know.

If you get that iced out chain, we take a picture. This is my... Okay. If I do it, I'll hit you up. I'll go, bro, you won't believe it. That's the look at that logo, man. I'll go, Wayne, I did it. You won't believe it.

And then when you... It's advertising. When you're on your show. It is. Now, you're going to call the special Jesus is Popping? No, the special is a woman's prayer. A woman's prayer. I'm telling people about women.

That's what people want to know. A woman's prayer. A woman's prayer. What's the root of that? What does that come from? Do you want to share it or no? Oh, yeah, yeah. A woman's prayer,

like, however you treat a woman, that's how God's going to treat you. So it's like a woman's prayer is strong. Like, people don't understand when they get that good stuff from a woman, trust me, that stuff have a price. If something that good, if you go eat food, and it costs,

and it ain't even that good sometimes. Right. Imagine something feel that good. Yeah. So you know she's connected to the earth. Yeah. So it's like be careful on how you And to me They'll be like Wayne how you say that

You got five baby mamas But that's why I take care of them all Right But I take care of So it's a woman prayer I'm talking about I'm explaining to guys

About women for real Because that's one thing I was blessed with I know a woman I'm excited to watch A woman's prayer I'm excited to watch that On Netflix

Look I want to Thank you so much For coming to the show I appreciate you Watch Woman's Prayer on Netflix Go to countrywayne.com That's the website, right? Countrywayne.com

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We end the show the same way With one word or one phrase You're going to look in that camera right there And you the same way with one word or one phrase. You're going to look in that camera right there and you're going to say one word or one phrase, whichever you choose to end the episode. Whenever you're ready, you go ahead. Man, don't be passionate. Be more passionate

for who and what you do it for. you