Speaker 1: And now an exclusive interview with David Bassey for Dodger Talker.
Speaker 2: All right, we are here with the man that the
Speaker 2: players obviously believe in that say that he was the
Speaker 2: man that inspired them to beat the Yankees in twenty
Speaker 2: twenty four, and he was part of the parade last year,
Speaker 2: and of course a man of music, entertainment, the one
Speaker 2: and only Great Ice Cube. Thanks a lot for the time.
Speaker 2: I gotta calm the butterflies in my stomach. Cube. I
Speaker 2: don't get this nervous when I'm talking to Mookie Beds
Speaker 2: or Otani, but you man, I gotta calm myself down.
Speaker 3: Appreciate it. Man.
Speaker 1: You know, I'm a big fan of the Dodgers, you know,
Speaker 1: so you know, having an honor like this tonight, it's
Speaker 1: next level for me too.
Speaker 2: Have you been practicing the first pitch back in your
Speaker 2: house in the backyard.
Speaker 1: I threw the ball around a little, me and my
Speaker 1: son Sharif. But you know, when we get out there,
Speaker 1: you know, I just want to.
Speaker 3: Throw a strike.
Speaker 2: What's it like for you to have accomplished almost everything
Speaker 2: in the world of entertainment and then be such a
Speaker 2: big sports fan and the Dodgers inspired by your performance
Speaker 2: here at Dodgers Stadium in the twenty four World Series.
Speaker 2: Beat the Yankees, and then they bring you back out
Speaker 2: and the lowrider that now has become a babblehead and
Speaker 2: you're throwing out the first pitch. What does it mean
Speaker 2: to you to be such a big part of this city,
Speaker 2: to have such a big hand in that clubhouse.
Speaker 1: I mean just as a fan, you know, put ice
Speaker 1: cube aside, just as a Dodger fan, lifelong Dodger fan.
Speaker 1: You know, this is next level. You know, this is
Speaker 1: probably you know, fan heaven. You know when it comes
Speaker 1: to just watching the team over the years, watching them,
Speaker 1: you know, fight the Yankees, beat the Yankees, lose against
Speaker 1: the Yankees, beat the Yankees, and you know, it's been
Speaker 1: a it's been a pleasure just to be around. So
Speaker 1: to get a chance to be a part of it,
Speaker 1: you know, the first year and and really you know,
Speaker 1: going through it and having the team say something like that,
Speaker 1: you know, the team, they was good. They didn't need
Speaker 1: me to win the World Series. But if I gave
Speaker 1: them any kind of inspiration, you know, that to me
Speaker 1: is taking it, you know, over and beyond the moon.
Speaker 1: You know, it's really been just a pleasure. You know,
Speaker 1: this is a dream come true for me too.
Speaker 3: Never in a million years that I think I'd be
Speaker 3: a part of it. You know, I just enjoy watching it.
Speaker 2: Well, that's what I wanted to bring up to you
Speaker 2: as well. Being a guy that went to the high
Speaker 2: school in the nineties in the valley, the only way
Speaker 2: you could hear your music was on Kday And here
Speaker 2: you are now at Dodger Stadium.
Speaker 3: You're throwing out the first pitch.
Speaker 2: Could you have ever thought that you would be here,
Speaker 2: excepted when when I was growing up, parents were telling
Speaker 2: us not to listen to your music and Kday was
Speaker 2: the only place playing your music.
Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean we was an underground group. We was
Speaker 3: happy with that.
Speaker 1: We just felt like if we was gonna be an
Speaker 1: underground that's cool.
Speaker 3: But as the.
Speaker 1: Years went by, more people started to accept the music,
Speaker 1: be a part of the music, and celebrate the music.
Speaker 1: And you know, to be here and have an organization
Speaker 1: like the Dodgers embrace you. You know, it's something that I
Speaker 1: could never you know, looking back from the nineties or
Speaker 1: the eighties, I could never dream of And so you know,
Speaker 1: being in in my career, this is my forty first
Speaker 1: year in music and entertainment, to get accepted by a
Speaker 1: great organization like the Dodgers, to be a part of.
Speaker 3: It, throw out the first pitch.
Speaker 1: Get a Bible head two years in a row. Like
Speaker 1: I said, you know, this is fan heaven. You know,
Speaker 1: I love I love being a fan of the Dodgers,
Speaker 1: and you know, being a part of it is to
Speaker 1: me something I never dreamed of.
Speaker 3: But I'm happy that that I'm here.
Speaker 2: Well, you are synonymous with the city of Los Angeles. Cube,
Speaker 2: you know how much the city of LA loves you back.
Speaker 3: You are ours.
Speaker 2: You might go on tour somewhere in Boston, but we
Speaker 2: know you got that Laker purple and gold down. We
Speaker 2: know you got that Dodger blue hat on, and you
Speaker 2: know how much everything that you've done means to this city.
Speaker 2: And you know, just like Magic Johnson, just like Kobe Bryant,
Speaker 2: like Otani Mookie bats Are, you know, the city holds
Speaker 2: them so close to their hearts. I feel like we
Speaker 2: feel the same way about you.
Speaker 3: I mean, I love Los Angeles.
Speaker 1: You know, born and raised here, grew up South central
Speaker 1: Los Angeles.
Speaker 3: You know, been all over LA. You know, from you know, Compton.
Speaker 1: South Central Watts, you know, the Valley, you know, Pasadena,
Speaker 1: downtown East LA. You know, we've been everywhere Inland Empire,
Speaker 1: and so I always represent you know, I've always represented.
Speaker 3: La wherever I go.
Speaker 1: I got that La hat on and showing the world
Speaker 1: that I'm proud of the city, and so to be
Speaker 1: accepted and to be embraced by the city, it is
Speaker 1: a dream come true for La. Kid.
Speaker 2: You ever go to that in and out on Ventura
Speaker 2: and DeSoto right there?
Speaker 3: Oh yeah, I've been.
Speaker 1: I've been to a few of them, you know that one,
Speaker 1: the other one on down on ventur by Tap. You know,
Speaker 1: I can't stay out of those. In announcing fat Burgers,
Speaker 1: you know, I love him, same.
Speaker 2: With me, Skinny fat guy right here at Cube, you know,
Speaker 2: I keep Freddie in check. Hey, you know that got too.
Speaker 2: Thanks a lot for the time. It's a great honor
Speaker 2: to have you on the show. And it's gonna be
Speaker 2: awesome to see you celebrated again at Dodger Stadium throwing
Speaker 2: out the first pitch and good news. I talked to
Speaker 2: Dave Roberts. He's not gonna try to put his booty
Speaker 2: on you tonight.
Speaker 3: Oh good.
Speaker 1: You know, hey, but if you win another series, you know,
Speaker 1: we can definitely we can dance all night if you
Speaker 1: win another one.
Speaker 3: For sure, love it, for sure. It's a good day
Speaker 3: in Dodger Stadium. Thanks a lot. Cute Yeah yay,