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Speaker 1: Wait that up in the morning Breakfast Club Morning, everybody

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Speaker 1: is DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlomagne the guy we are

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Speaker 1: to breakfast Club. We got a special guest in the building.

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Speaker 1: Uh you know him from Snowfall and a host of

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Speaker 1: other things. His birthday is one day before mine. He's

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Speaker 1: a fellow Virgo damn soon is just welcome son, Welcome, sir,

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Speaker 1: damn Son. I didn't know. I didn't know. Your birthday

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Speaker 1: was the first September. Your day before September. Oh, thud, okay, okay.

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Speaker 1: Buddy of mine is the third two Actually, the show

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Speaker 1: runner of Snowfall, Dave Androna bug is the best. You know. Absolutely,

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Speaker 1: they had us on New Yes, there you go. Now.

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Speaker 1: The first thing you said was I love New York

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Speaker 1: because I love Jamaican culture. Yeah. What do you love

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Speaker 1: so much about Jamaican culture? What? What do you love?

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Speaker 1: Obviously your food? Dirt chicken. Yeah, I'm an ox guy.

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Speaker 1: You both, yeah, oxtail. Actually, I like to dabble one both.

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Speaker 1: I like to steal food from whoever I'm eating with

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Speaker 1: um plantains. Do you guys say plantain or planting? I

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Speaker 1: say planting. I feel like that's the right way to

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Speaker 1: say it was saying it wrong. You had to switch

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Speaker 1: through all different types of ways. It's different kinds of

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Speaker 1: ways to say things. So oh yeah, yeah, that's that's

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Speaker 1: part of my life. Instating people you don't have amazing

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Speaker 1: Jamaican restaurants in London or in la where your shoot? No, nah,

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Speaker 1: that's no man, not at all out here like Missus Lilies,

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Speaker 1: missus m She wrote, actually wrote on a gramasels like

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Speaker 1: oh where could I go? People said, um, Footprints, Yes, Like,

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Speaker 1: first of all, the best Caribbean food is in Brooklyn.

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Speaker 1: We got Footprints, we got Swede, we got Caribbean social

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Speaker 1: we have. This is New York. This we have. We

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Speaker 1: have to grow growl yes number one as well, come

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Speaker 1: on the other one's quote. But I'm going to try

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Speaker 1: all of it today. That's impossible. But you say foot print,

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Speaker 1: Footprints is the best one to go. Foot Prints is

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Speaker 1: known for their rasta pasta and they actually opened the

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Speaker 1: restaurant in Mahattan called Jasmines. And I think the guy

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Speaker 1: who invented rasta pasta, I'm like a kind of stour

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Speaker 1: of all these things. Rasta pasta pasta with Caribbean with

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Speaker 1: with chicken, or shrimp or if you want to go,

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Speaker 1: I want to set you up at all these restaurants

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Speaker 1: and no problems, please please. Man. You know my wife

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Speaker 1: is Jamaican port Jamaican, so that's that's what we have

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Speaker 1: all the time, wow, all the time. Jamaican culture is

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Speaker 1: so prominent in the UK. Obviously African culture, but Jamaican too.

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Speaker 1: The majority of them came over to the UK in

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Speaker 1: the sixties and fifties and yeah, they just they took

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Speaker 1: over man and reggae music also, Oh definitely, there's um

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Speaker 1: there's this carnival in London called Norton Hill Carnival Downhill

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Speaker 1: and we haven't been able to have it because of COVID,

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Speaker 1: but the majority of the time I wear suits. If

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Speaker 1: you ever want to see me ratchet, it's at notting

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Speaker 1: Hill Corner. So do you still go out in London

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Speaker 1: and enjoy yourself? Was to the point now where everybody

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Speaker 1: I don't really go out like I'll be in like

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Speaker 1: a private little member's ball or something, or drinking some ROMs,

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Speaker 1: some red wine. I'm sure you know, man, you know,

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Speaker 1: I'm oh god, yeah, I'm not saying I'm old, but

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Speaker 1: you know I'm gonna retire. Man. No, but I don't know, man,

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Speaker 1: Like I definitely see the difference between myself and a

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Speaker 1: twenty one year old now more than ever. Like the club,

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Speaker 1: I don't like the club like I don't like the

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Speaker 1: concept of it. Um. I standing at the ball, people

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Speaker 1: You don't know what to do. I like chilling at

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Speaker 1: and I don't like that anymore, Like I like chilling

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Speaker 1: at the ball. Um. Yeah, man, I'm just I'm grown.

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Speaker 1: I'm I'm a dinner's guy now. I like private members

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Speaker 1: clubs and okay that's my way. I saw you talking

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Speaker 1: about how John Singleton told you to stay humble though

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Speaker 1: amongst everything different people. I don't know the first time

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Speaker 1: we actually met you, you you were appar with John Singleton.

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Speaker 1: Yeah you don't remember you though, And remember it's like

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Speaker 1: a couple of askin guys in a DSS. But yes,

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Speaker 1: how has that been for you? Though? Because obviously Snowfall

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Speaker 1: got a lot of big things happening. But in real life,

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Speaker 1: you've grown up to and your star has grown up

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Speaker 1: as well. Yeah. Yeah. It's a testament to John Singleton.

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Speaker 1: You know. He really believed in me. And although I

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Speaker 1: fought for the role like crazy, auditioned like nine times,

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Speaker 1: you know, he took me to South Central, opened up

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Speaker 1: be in character the real South Central. Oh yeah, how

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Speaker 1: was that? Bring that experience? Man? So I'll get to

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Speaker 1: walk someone walking around and he's like, don't break character.

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Speaker 1: And he's introducing me to people, and you know, Singleton

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Speaker 1: was like god in his community. Like people will be

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Speaker 1: So I'm just pretending like that I'm from there. Um.

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Speaker 1: And then his mom came and you know, I'm British.

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Speaker 1: Oh no, he knew, like he wanted to miss. What

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Speaker 1: kind of British stuff were you saying? You know, like

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Speaker 1: you guys say like elevator, I say Lyft. You know,

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Speaker 1: you guys say Ben. You guys say trash or say Ben.

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Speaker 1: So exactly, so I'm talking in an American accent and

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Speaker 1: his mom comes like, oh, how lovely your hair looks today.

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Speaker 1: the bend And she looks over Joanna and she's like, John,

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Speaker 1: just walking around Central. I wasn't scared, Man, I was

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Speaker 1: with John. You was my big brother. You know, that

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Speaker 1: was my big brother. Man. I'm miss him greatly. But

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Speaker 1: and on this journey, I'm always gonna honor Singleton for

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Speaker 1: being my foundation. Well let's talk about the new season.

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Speaker 1: So you're also producing yeah, on the new season. How

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Speaker 1: did that come about? Wow? I forced them to give

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Speaker 1: when you've been doing this show for so long, you

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Speaker 1: you pick up different traits, but at the same time

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Speaker 1: you want to be challenged. And my circles um are

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Speaker 1: and Hove was like, you know, clothes mouths don't get fit.

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Speaker 1: And I asked and they gave it to me, and

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Speaker 1: I'm saying I'm being a sponge and I'm being given

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Speaker 1: play a crack cocaine dealer, right, Um, how difficult was

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Speaker 1: we would see crack pipes everywhere. We would see crack

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Speaker 1: the place. It was very very big, very very effect

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Speaker 1: that I got family members affected by it and all that.

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Speaker 1: you ever know? You haven't I'm scammed, But no drugs

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Speaker 1: one hundred million dollars. Now I'm living the high life.

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Speaker 1: leave their children, so that it's a deep thing, man. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: and she wants to be clean and day clean. But

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Speaker 1: you know, we're humanizing these these characters. I always tell

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Speaker 1: and chains. No, that's not the story we're telling. What

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Speaker 1: we're telling a piece of history. We're educating you as

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Speaker 1: well as entertaining you. And you know, a Singleton would say,

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Speaker 1: we're giving you a movie every week. Now, Franklin's trying

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Speaker 1: That's a big deal because you have to do anything

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Speaker 1: You've made a commitment to do that with your girlfriend.

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Speaker 1: I was thinking about this for some reason. I don't

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Speaker 1: in a long term relationship prior to that, right, yeah, yeah, yeah,

421
00:23:02,000 --> 00:23:07,080
Speaker 1: what happened with that? Oh boy, this is weird? Whoa this?

422
00:23:08,200 --> 00:23:15,640
Speaker 1: Oh my god? This is what? Um. Um, we're still

423
00:23:15,720 --> 00:23:18,400
Speaker 1: really close, really good friends. Um. I was with her

424
00:23:18,440 --> 00:23:20,479
Speaker 1: for for a very long time. I met her when

425
00:23:20,480 --> 00:23:23,680
Speaker 1: I was eighteen years old. Um. Who knows, man, who

426
00:23:23,680 --> 00:23:25,520
Speaker 1: knows what could happen in the future. You know, she's

427
00:23:25,640 --> 00:23:28,680
Speaker 1: very much still in my life. We talked like every

428
00:23:28,720 --> 00:23:33,840
Speaker 1: single day. Um. It's so funny. You know, people struggle

429
00:23:33,960 --> 00:23:38,760
Speaker 1: to um keep relationships with their exes. But I am

430
00:23:38,840 --> 00:23:41,600
Speaker 1: at a place in my life now where I everyone

431
00:23:41,640 --> 00:23:43,960
Speaker 1: I meet, I want them to be in my life

432
00:23:44,080 --> 00:23:47,600
Speaker 1: forever because I realized so many people are coming into

433
00:23:47,680 --> 00:23:52,000
Speaker 1: my life, taking my energy, hearing my dreams, hearing my stories,

434
00:23:52,359 --> 00:23:55,800
Speaker 1: and then they're gone and now they're telling that to

435
00:23:55,840 --> 00:23:58,240
Speaker 1: the world. Um, So I want people to stay in

436
00:23:58,240 --> 00:24:00,320
Speaker 1: my life so I can keep that loyalty. And I

437
00:24:00,400 --> 00:24:02,760
Speaker 1: made that decision with her, you know, and I know

438
00:24:03,000 --> 00:24:06,480
Speaker 1: that's a woman that I'm gonna know, um forever. So

439
00:24:06,800 --> 00:24:10,680
Speaker 1: regardless of what happens in my love life, every relationship

440
00:24:10,760 --> 00:24:12,760
Speaker 1: just has to deal with that. Did she call you

441
00:24:12,800 --> 00:24:16,080
Speaker 1: and say, hey, oh word Sweedies piano dot dot dot.

442
00:24:16,080 --> 00:24:21,600
Speaker 1: Did you get that text? Yeah? But like like we

443
00:24:21,840 --> 00:24:25,360
Speaker 1: know that's she's She's cool, She's an amazing woman. She's cool.

444
00:24:25,440 --> 00:24:29,160
Speaker 1: She understands. You also talked about that Denzel is your

445
00:24:29,320 --> 00:24:32,080
Speaker 1: idol as far as acting. Oh yeah, so when you

446
00:24:32,119 --> 00:24:33,919
Speaker 1: see I don't, I don't. I don't want mess up

447
00:24:33,920 --> 00:24:35,320
Speaker 1: the young lady's name. But when you see a young

448
00:24:35,400 --> 00:24:39,199
Speaker 1: lady interview in Denzel and she mentioned your name and

449
00:24:39,280 --> 00:24:41,800
Speaker 1: he didn't know who you were, break that down when

450
00:24:41,800 --> 00:24:43,400
Speaker 1: you've seen it and how you felt like you watch

451
00:24:43,440 --> 00:24:45,400
Speaker 1: the TV be like, oh, Denzel and he was like,

452
00:24:45,720 --> 00:24:48,280
Speaker 1: who that is? And then he asked the white guy guy, Oh,

453
00:24:48,400 --> 00:24:50,320
Speaker 1: I don't I don't know who that is. No, it

454
00:24:50,440 --> 00:24:52,520
Speaker 1: was it was insane. I saw I was at home,

455
00:24:53,440 --> 00:25:01,600
Speaker 1: Um on my phone, she's at your house. Wow, at

456
00:25:01,680 --> 00:25:07,399
Speaker 1: my house? My house by myself. Yeah, by myself, And

457
00:25:07,520 --> 00:25:10,879
Speaker 1: my phone's like blowing up, and it's like a bunch

458
00:25:10,880 --> 00:25:13,240
Speaker 1: of articles and stuff like that, and people are calling

459
00:25:13,280 --> 00:25:15,840
Speaker 1: me and I was like, yo. Then I was like

460
00:25:15,840 --> 00:25:18,280
Speaker 1: talking about you. I'm like, oh my god, this is crazy.

461
00:25:18,400 --> 00:25:22,080
Speaker 1: Like so then, um, yeah, that he didn't know who

462
00:25:22,080 --> 00:25:27,240
Speaker 1: I was and he couldn't address But that was funny though.

463
00:25:28,040 --> 00:25:31,160
Speaker 1: That was funny. But hey, man, like it's a new day,

464
00:25:31,359 --> 00:25:34,520
Speaker 1: you know. Um, it's a new day. And you know

465
00:25:34,600 --> 00:25:39,040
Speaker 1: you could bash uh, you know, get a notoriety through

466
00:25:39,280 --> 00:25:42,160
Speaker 1: social media. I'm not gonna lie, Like, there's a lot

467
00:25:42,200 --> 00:25:45,000
Speaker 1: of my kind of existence has been on that through

468
00:25:45,080 --> 00:25:49,640
Speaker 1: my work and just through just being me. Um. And

469
00:25:49,720 --> 00:25:53,920
Speaker 1: some people from the past still don't respect that. Um,

470
00:25:54,520 --> 00:25:56,560
Speaker 1: But look what social media has done for so many

471
00:25:56,560 --> 00:26:00,560
Speaker 1: people today. We have to start moving in the direction

472
00:26:00,560 --> 00:26:04,000
Speaker 1: of the future. But above all things and all of that, noise,

473
00:26:04,520 --> 00:26:08,800
Speaker 1: Denzel Washington is my idol. He's like a god to me,

474
00:26:09,960 --> 00:26:12,320
Speaker 1: and I will never have anything bad to ever say

475
00:26:12,320 --> 00:26:15,280
Speaker 1: about him. Did you ever get up with him after that?

476
00:26:15,320 --> 00:26:17,040
Speaker 1: Did you ever speak? Because I'm sure people tried. I'm

477
00:26:17,040 --> 00:26:18,560
Speaker 1: sure people try to put you out again. I'm sure

478
00:26:18,560 --> 00:26:21,119
Speaker 1: there's people like he knows that you know there was like, no,

479
00:26:21,440 --> 00:26:23,919
Speaker 1: I'm not. I haven't seen him, but I like to

480
00:26:23,920 --> 00:26:26,680
Speaker 1: fantasize that he's at home watching the snowfall. Let me

481
00:26:26,720 --> 00:26:30,280
Speaker 1: find that boy good. Yeah, because of how much people

482
00:26:30,280 --> 00:26:31,920
Speaker 1: talked about it, I'm sure I made him feel like, damn,

483
00:26:31,960 --> 00:26:34,320
Speaker 1: I should know who he is, hopefully because it was

484
00:26:34,359 --> 00:26:38,800
Speaker 1: it was crazy. I will say though, you know, to journalists,

485
00:26:38,960 --> 00:26:42,160
Speaker 1: when you present a new actor or a new musician

486
00:26:42,240 --> 00:26:46,960
Speaker 1: or someone you like, like to some of these these giants,

487
00:26:47,560 --> 00:26:50,080
Speaker 1: please present them in the right way. She presented me

488
00:26:50,160 --> 00:26:52,440
Speaker 1: like I will all day. I'm in my living room

489
00:26:52,480 --> 00:26:57,560
Speaker 1: topless like so He's like, social media is cute, but

490
00:26:57,640 --> 00:27:03,080
Speaker 1: through the work, I'm like ben do but for just

491
00:27:03,080 --> 00:27:04,880
Speaker 1: just to you know, so he knows. I remember when

492
00:27:04,960 --> 00:27:07,920
Speaker 1: little Wayne, We're never asking a little Wayne about new artist,

493
00:27:08,160 --> 00:27:09,760
Speaker 1: a little with Wayne was like, I don't know who

494
00:27:09,800 --> 00:27:11,359
Speaker 1: that is, and people are getting on him like he's

495
00:27:11,359 --> 00:27:12,840
Speaker 1: one of the biggest artst Little Wayne was like, Yo,

496
00:27:12,880 --> 00:27:15,160
Speaker 1: I'm in my own bubble. Yeah, in my own world. Yea.

497
00:27:15,480 --> 00:27:16,920
Speaker 1: And people got on him and it could be the

498
00:27:16,960 --> 00:27:18,720
Speaker 1: same thing. He could be in his own world. And

499
00:27:18,760 --> 00:27:20,240
Speaker 1: like you said, he doesn't know, but I'm sure he

500
00:27:20,280 --> 00:27:22,280
Speaker 1: knows that. I'm sure after this he did his homework.

501
00:27:22,320 --> 00:27:25,280
Speaker 1: He had to. Yeah, man, I would hope so. And

502
00:27:26,160 --> 00:27:29,320
Speaker 1: like I said, man, he he is just fantastic. You know,

503
00:27:29,359 --> 00:27:34,320
Speaker 1: he's a great example of class, could taste prestige. Uh.

504
00:27:34,359 --> 00:27:38,359
Speaker 1: And that's the that's the essence. I've never met before,

505
00:27:39,640 --> 00:27:41,920
Speaker 1: never met him. No, you know what you want to

506
00:27:41,920 --> 00:27:43,200
Speaker 1: say when the first time you meet him, When the

507
00:27:43,240 --> 00:27:46,800
Speaker 1: first time you'd be like, just thank you, just thank you. Now,

508
00:27:46,840 --> 00:27:49,040
Speaker 1: how many seasons you think Snowfall is gonna go for?

509
00:27:50,840 --> 00:27:56,040
Speaker 1: This is my last one? I'm done. I know, I know.

510
00:27:57,119 --> 00:27:59,680
Speaker 1: You know the show is. It's great in a sense,

511
00:28:01,600 --> 00:28:05,159
Speaker 1: it's creating so many opportunities, not just in front of

512
00:28:05,160 --> 00:28:07,680
Speaker 1: the camera, behind the camera. Man, Like, if you look

513
00:28:07,680 --> 00:28:10,560
Speaker 1: at the people who are working on Snowfall, from the

514
00:28:10,560 --> 00:28:14,119
Speaker 1: writers to the directors, to the producers. It's just a

515
00:28:14,240 --> 00:28:17,840
Speaker 1: diverse group of people and it's exactly what this industry

516
00:28:17,840 --> 00:28:21,399
Speaker 1: has been striving for. And that's great to see a

517
00:28:21,560 --> 00:28:26,040
Speaker 1: director like Karina Evans, who I love Karina director Drake's

518
00:28:26,359 --> 00:28:30,800
Speaker 1: God's Plan and she came in and and absolutely killed it.

519
00:28:31,760 --> 00:28:33,720
Speaker 1: I love to see stuff like that, and that's what

520
00:28:33,840 --> 00:28:39,240
Speaker 1: shows like ours are doing for people today. But hey,

521
00:28:39,520 --> 00:28:43,600
Speaker 1: you know the story that there's always an end, stories

522
00:28:43,640 --> 00:28:45,560
Speaker 1: like yeah, I was thinking about that because you know,

523
00:28:45,600 --> 00:28:47,760
Speaker 1: like Easa ray knew when she wanted to insecure the end,

524
00:28:48,200 --> 00:28:50,280
Speaker 1: and so I'm sure they have an idea in their head.

525
00:28:50,280 --> 00:28:52,480
Speaker 1: And then seeing where you are, your character is right

526
00:28:52,520 --> 00:28:55,160
Speaker 1: now trying to get out of the game, a baby

527
00:28:55,240 --> 00:28:57,200
Speaker 1: on the way, I feel like things are going to

528
00:28:57,280 --> 00:29:00,560
Speaker 1: come to a head really soon, just because as soon

529
00:29:00,560 --> 00:29:01,920
Speaker 1: as you start trying to get out of the game

530
00:29:02,600 --> 00:29:06,840
Speaker 1: making those decisions that you have to make, something yeah, yeah,

531
00:29:06,920 --> 00:29:11,920
Speaker 1: something bad always happens. The animalsity between Franklin's saint and

532
00:29:12,120 --> 00:29:15,880
Speaker 1: Teddy McDonald's character is in full effect, and you know

533
00:29:15,920 --> 00:29:18,680
Speaker 1: what happens when when people cross him. I like to

534
00:29:18,680 --> 00:29:21,000
Speaker 1: see your character because you don't really smile and make

535
00:29:21,080 --> 00:29:23,760
Speaker 1: jokes much on the shelf, but flying the plane was

536
00:29:23,800 --> 00:29:26,160
Speaker 1: the one time. Yeah, I felt like we saw him

537
00:29:26,200 --> 00:29:29,040
Speaker 1: like really happy. Yeah yeah, yeah, you know, this is

538
00:29:29,080 --> 00:29:32,640
Speaker 1: everything Franklin's worked for, you know, his whole life. He's

539
00:29:32,640 --> 00:29:36,760
Speaker 1: sacrificed and done horrible things to get to this moment um.

540
00:29:36,960 --> 00:29:39,600
Speaker 1: So yeah, we're gonna see some joy this season. And

541
00:29:39,640 --> 00:29:41,240
Speaker 1: the fact that he has a baby on the way

542
00:29:41,240 --> 00:29:45,040
Speaker 1: I think is part of that too. Let me think

543
00:29:45,120 --> 00:29:47,000
Speaker 1: it was Ebony that did it. Ebony with two Bees.

544
00:29:47,040 --> 00:29:48,280
Speaker 1: I think she's the one that did the interview. I

545
00:29:48,280 --> 00:29:49,640
Speaker 1: just want to shout her out because I said didn't

546
00:29:49,640 --> 00:29:52,640
Speaker 1: know her name, and as well, Oh yeah, what's next

547
00:29:52,640 --> 00:29:54,280
Speaker 1: for you? What is it? What is some roles that

548
00:29:54,360 --> 00:29:56,960
Speaker 1: you want to do? Wow, it's something that you like.

549
00:29:57,000 --> 00:29:58,600
Speaker 1: I would love to do that role, Like that's my

550
00:29:58,720 --> 00:30:02,680
Speaker 1: dream role? Is it an action figures? Something musical? I

551
00:30:02,760 --> 00:30:06,720
Speaker 1: love playing real people, so I'd love to play Eddie Murphy,

552
00:30:07,240 --> 00:30:13,480
Speaker 1: Sidney Poitier, Fellow COUTI. Um, I'm actually I don't know,

553
00:30:13,520 --> 00:30:18,880
Speaker 1: I don't know. So do you know who rich Pool is? Yeah? Yeah,

554
00:30:18,880 --> 00:30:23,040
Speaker 1: I'm about play Richpool, really really rich Paul the agent, Yeah, yeah,

555
00:30:24,080 --> 00:30:27,520
Speaker 1: I know who rich Poor He has a show something

556
00:30:27,560 --> 00:30:29,520
Speaker 1: about him coming out, or it's in something where Rich

557
00:30:29,520 --> 00:30:32,920
Speaker 1: Paul is a character. No, does he No, I'm asking

558
00:30:32,920 --> 00:30:38,960
Speaker 1: you it's something where he's does he don't. I don't

559
00:30:39,000 --> 00:30:41,040
Speaker 1: think he has a show coming out. But he's a

560
00:30:41,040 --> 00:30:44,480
Speaker 1: really good friend of mine. And there's people behind this

561
00:30:44,520 --> 00:30:48,040
Speaker 1: window like why did you say that? But he called me.

562
00:30:48,080 --> 00:30:50,760
Speaker 1: He was like, tell the world, and I think we should.

563
00:30:50,760 --> 00:30:56,160
Speaker 1: It's time we start cherishing black moguls and Rich is

564
00:30:56,200 --> 00:31:00,000
Speaker 1: someone that people need to know. This guy has completely

565
00:31:00,160 --> 00:31:03,760
Speaker 1: changed the game. I'm happy and fortunate to call him

566
00:31:03,800 --> 00:31:06,560
Speaker 1: a big brother and I can't wait to honor his story.

567
00:31:06,720 --> 00:31:09,000
Speaker 1: That's great. He actually right here approached Lebron and the

568
00:31:09,040 --> 00:31:13,040
Speaker 1: airport selling Jersey his story and that's how they met

569
00:31:13,040 --> 00:31:15,480
Speaker 1: each other. Yeah. Yeah, and now he's like and then

570
00:31:15,520 --> 00:31:18,080
Speaker 1: he's as a black sports agent, he gets looked at

571
00:31:18,360 --> 00:31:20,440
Speaker 1: in a completely different way. The white sports agents were

572
00:31:20,520 --> 00:31:22,080
Speaker 1: so angry that he was able to come in and

573
00:31:22,080 --> 00:31:25,880
Speaker 1: get like the biggest NBA player. Yeah, good story. It's

574
00:31:25,920 --> 00:31:29,120
Speaker 1: gonna be amazing, man. And you should start telling the

575
00:31:29,160 --> 00:31:32,360
Speaker 1: stories now while they were alive, because I just hate

576
00:31:32,400 --> 00:31:34,360
Speaker 1: sometimes when we wait till somebody passes away to tell

577
00:31:34,400 --> 00:31:36,440
Speaker 1: that story. Yeah, like you want to give him their flowers. Now,

578
00:31:36,520 --> 00:31:38,520
Speaker 1: what he's done for, how he's changed, like you said,

579
00:31:38,520 --> 00:31:41,600
Speaker 1: the NBA and the sports agencies is just really amazing.

580
00:31:41,840 --> 00:31:43,680
Speaker 1: Yeah yeah. Remember they try to make it so that

581
00:31:43,720 --> 00:31:46,719
Speaker 1: you had to be um like a certain amount of classes.

582
00:31:47,880 --> 00:31:50,200
Speaker 1: Yeah yeah, yeah, you need because and it was really

583
00:31:50,200 --> 00:31:52,480
Speaker 1: based on him. Yeah, and with him to have the power,

584
00:31:52,520 --> 00:31:56,200
Speaker 1: he had completely transformed the game. And it's funny. I

585
00:31:56,240 --> 00:31:58,680
Speaker 1: was at the Super Bowl. I was jumping from sweet

586
00:31:58,680 --> 00:32:03,360
Speaker 1: to sweet um oh yeah yeah. And I was with

587
00:32:03,440 --> 00:32:07,239
Speaker 1: him Kevin and Brawn too, And you know, I'm just

588
00:32:07,280 --> 00:32:11,120
Speaker 1: completely inspired by those people. Like I say, I'm fortunate

589
00:32:11,160 --> 00:32:13,240
Speaker 1: to be in some really good circles. Man, I'm learning.

590
00:32:13,360 --> 00:32:15,200
Speaker 1: You know, who have you ever been? Who have you

591
00:32:15,240 --> 00:32:17,680
Speaker 1: met that has had you nervous? Ever? Like it has

592
00:32:17,680 --> 00:32:18,920
Speaker 1: there ever been a time when you were like, I

593
00:32:18,920 --> 00:32:24,440
Speaker 1: can't believe I've been really good man. It's like I've

594
00:32:24,480 --> 00:32:27,360
Speaker 1: met I've met some amazing people. We met Prince and

595
00:32:27,360 --> 00:32:30,480
Speaker 1: we were all, you know, right up here, we were

596
00:32:30,520 --> 00:32:33,600
Speaker 1: all nervous. It's funny, like I'm about to be nervous.

597
00:32:33,640 --> 00:32:36,040
Speaker 1: But they know so much about my work that it's

598
00:32:36,120 --> 00:32:40,080
Speaker 1: like I'm almost not allowed to be nervous anymore. It's

599
00:32:40,080 --> 00:32:43,000
Speaker 1: like I remember when I when I first went to

600
00:32:43,000 --> 00:32:47,240
Speaker 1: the Gold Party, was like Oscar night and Puff like

601
00:32:47,360 --> 00:32:49,800
Speaker 1: introduced me to Hold. That's how I met Hole Puff

602
00:32:49,840 --> 00:32:53,800
Speaker 1: and Puff was like yeah, yeah, Hold, this is Damps

603
00:32:53,800 --> 00:32:57,120
Speaker 1: And then you see like like the new denzil And

604
00:32:57,120 --> 00:32:58,720
Speaker 1: and I was like, oh nice to me either then,

605
00:32:58,840 --> 00:33:01,280
Speaker 1: and Hove at the way and Off was like you

606
00:33:01,320 --> 00:33:03,760
Speaker 1: see how you act them right now, like ain't nothing

607
00:33:03,800 --> 00:33:07,000
Speaker 1: a big deal? Yeah? Keep that, keep that so ever

608
00:33:07,120 --> 00:33:10,840
Speaker 1: since then, if I meet anyone and it isn't like

609
00:33:10,920 --> 00:33:13,520
Speaker 1: some some hate of stuff held like I loved them,

610
00:33:13,560 --> 00:33:15,959
Speaker 1: but keep it in, you know, because you know, at

611
00:33:16,000 --> 00:33:17,240
Speaker 1: the end of the day, like I said, if I

612
00:33:17,320 --> 00:33:20,000
Speaker 1: ever meet Denzel, was just thank you. I'm not asking

613
00:33:20,080 --> 00:33:24,240
Speaker 1: for a picture. I'm asking for advice anything, Just thank you.

614
00:33:24,240 --> 00:33:27,880
Speaker 1: You've already given me everything just through existing. And I

615
00:33:27,960 --> 00:33:31,000
Speaker 1: got to ask you about d Ray Davis's character. A

616
00:33:31,080 --> 00:33:38,400
Speaker 1: man like he's using but not allergies. Wow, No, he's gone.

617
00:33:38,520 --> 00:33:44,440
Speaker 1: He's got a cold, cold time sniffing, he's summer codes man,

618
00:33:44,520 --> 00:33:49,600
Speaker 1: he got allergies, you know, yeahs leave it, oh man,

619
00:33:49,800 --> 00:33:51,280
Speaker 1: all right good. I would try to get a couple

620
00:33:51,280 --> 00:33:53,320
Speaker 1: of spoilers out of you. But I know you're really

621
00:33:53,360 --> 00:33:55,560
Speaker 1: good though, but I think I did well. But we

622
00:33:55,600 --> 00:33:58,479
Speaker 1: appreciate you for joining us, brother and never really yes

623
00:33:58,760 --> 00:34:01,440
Speaker 1: with everything. Man, of the fact that you're producing. I

624
00:34:01,440 --> 00:34:03,239
Speaker 1: can't wait to see what else you have coming up,

625
00:34:03,920 --> 00:34:06,920
Speaker 1: just because we met you so like a few years ago,

626
00:34:07,000 --> 00:34:08,719
Speaker 1: and I think it's just amazing to see where you

627
00:34:08,719 --> 00:34:10,400
Speaker 1: are and where the show is now and a large

628
00:34:10,440 --> 00:34:12,879
Speaker 1: part of that is because of you. So oh man,

629
00:34:12,920 --> 00:34:14,680
Speaker 1: that means so much. Man, thank you, thank you so

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Speaker 1: much for having me. Well, it's Damson address, It's the

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Speaker 1: Breakfast Club. Good morning,