WEBVTT 1 00:00:01.800 --> 00:00:04.480 There might be some atheists here, and that's okay. I do not judge 2 00:00:04.519 --> 00:00:07.360 atheists at all. I don't. I just look at them the same way 3 00:00:07.519 --> 00:00:11.679 I look at people with androids. If you've never been to Dubai, uh, 4 00:00:12.080 --> 00:00:17.039 just imagine if Las Vegas believed in God. Man, you're at the 5 00:00:17.079 --> 00:00:22.000 strip club, then here they called a prayer. I think the closest I 6 00:00:22.000 --> 00:00:25.320 ever came to becoming a politician was one time this woman called me a short 7 00:00:25.399 --> 00:00:29.239 king. Yeah, but that was only one time, and it's not true 8 00:00:29.280 --> 00:00:34.000 because I'm five foot eight and that's not sure. Detroit has the highest population 9 00:00:34.079 --> 00:00:38.399 of Arabs in the entire country. Yeah, a bunch of dudes named Mohammad. 10 00:00:41.799 --> 00:00:56.439 Would I need Paul Leah is on a cruise show, yo, Let's 11 00:00:56.520 --> 00:01:00.320 get something man, what up cruise show? Thanks for having men, Thanks 12 00:01:00.320 --> 00:01:02.799 for being here. We appreciate it. Man, I've been rocking with y'all 13 00:01:02.799 --> 00:01:06.519 for so long, stopping for real bro, No, Man, I had 14 00:01:06.519 --> 00:01:10.239 to say it, Bro, I'm talking. I'm talking. Pre iHeart pre 15 00:01:10.359 --> 00:01:12.840 iHeart well what I'm saying. Yeah, yeah for sure, bro. Yeah. 16 00:01:14.000 --> 00:01:17.000 Once we came here, it was just a game changer. It was 17 00:01:17.000 --> 00:01:19.840 a different story. Man. We love being here man good man? Yeah, 18 00:01:19.840 --> 00:01:22.120 man, how are you? Man? How are things? How's comedy 19 00:01:22.120 --> 00:01:23.680 treating? Comedy is treating pretty good man? God is good? Bro? 20 00:01:23.840 --> 00:01:26.400 Yeah yeah, I'm feeling really good and blessed. Man. It's like you've 21 00:01:26.439 --> 00:01:30.159 been at it for so long and then it's like you just like what we 22 00:01:30.159 --> 00:01:33.680 were talking about earlier, like you just hit that stride and then things just 23 00:01:33.719 --> 00:01:36.959 start rolling, you know what I'm saying. Absolutely Detroit player on YouTube out 24 00:01:37.000 --> 00:01:40.599 now you're also on tour as well. Yep, yeah, so you're traveling 25 00:01:40.599 --> 00:01:44.439 a lot going on, right? Do you remember hitting eight nine open mics 26 00:01:44.680 --> 00:01:48.760 a week, performing in front of other comedians who hate themselves as much as 27 00:01:48.760 --> 00:01:53.359 they hate you? Were you there? I've seen it. I gave it 28 00:01:53.359 --> 00:01:55.799 a shot. I was terrible at it, you know what I mean. 29 00:01:55.840 --> 00:01:57.879 If I wasn't doing radio, i'd be a struggling comedian at night, in 30 00:01:57.920 --> 00:02:01.359 a struggling barber during the That's what I wasn't doing this. So I think 31 00:02:01.599 --> 00:02:04.760 every day for this, bro, you got like good wit. Like I'm 32 00:02:04.760 --> 00:02:10.120 saying, it's only good here. And I'm an introvert. I'm I'm a 33 00:02:10.240 --> 00:02:14.680 lightweight piece of shit, like and I'm a bad, friend, It's all 34 00:02:14.719 --> 00:02:16.400 bad, but I'm happy to be here and this is where I belong. 35 00:02:16.719 --> 00:02:19.879 Right. Stand up is no joke, man, But do you remember that? 36 00:02:19.919 --> 00:02:22.719 Do you remember performing in the back of you know, pickup trucks and 37 00:02:22.800 --> 00:02:25.400 a and a shitty amp and you know a lot of those gigs are tough. 38 00:02:25.759 --> 00:02:29.000 Yeah, man, those are tough gigs. Bro. I'm so grateful 39 00:02:29.000 --> 00:02:31.919 for those gigs though, man, because it just like really built a shield, 40 00:02:31.000 --> 00:02:35.520 you know, and it's like sparring, right, And I'm sure there's 41 00:02:35.560 --> 00:02:38.039 self doubt too. You know, you bomb at a show or a show 42 00:02:38.080 --> 00:02:39.800 doesn't go as well as you wanted it to, and then you have to 43 00:02:39.840 --> 00:02:45.360 come back the next day and do it again and face it head on. 44 00:02:45.719 --> 00:02:46.960 Yeah. But a lot of it for me was just like I would do 45 00:02:47.039 --> 00:02:51.159 shows and like It'll be like five people in the crowd and I'm just like 46 00:02:51.479 --> 00:02:54.520 killing right for these five people, just smashing and I'm just like, Bro, 47 00:02:54.599 --> 00:03:00.479 I feel like the dopest underground wrapper, Like I know body he would 48 00:03:00.479 --> 00:03:02.439 like play you know what I'm saying, so hot nobody knows me? Yeah, 49 00:03:02.520 --> 00:03:05.439 Bro, that's iwa was for a while. And it's like you get 50 00:03:05.479 --> 00:03:07.520 gas lip by the industry, because like you'll do things and then you'll be 51 00:03:07.599 --> 00:03:13.319 at like you know, these like auditions and all these festival auditions and you'll 52 00:03:13.360 --> 00:03:15.960 like smash and you're like, yo, I just smashed, right, And 53 00:03:15.960 --> 00:03:17.840 then they're like, you're not what we're looking for. You're not what we're 54 00:03:17.840 --> 00:03:22.120 looking for, and you're like you're about to blow up. It feels that 55 00:03:22.159 --> 00:03:23.759 way, and then they tell you, yeah, it's just not happening for 56 00:03:23.840 --> 00:03:27.199 you today. Bro. I mean it's like, you know, I have 57 00:03:27.240 --> 00:03:29.879 immigrant parents, bro, and it's just like I sort of felt that the 58 00:03:29.919 --> 00:03:31.639 whole life. Yeah. Bro, it's like my mom would like work real 59 00:03:31.680 --> 00:03:35.319 hard, try to apply for a loan, try to apply for different things, 60 00:03:35.360 --> 00:03:38.080 and like work real hard to boost up her business. And then it's 61 00:03:38.120 --> 00:03:39.520 like it would never work out the way it's supposed to be. But mom 62 00:03:39.560 --> 00:03:43.719 fixed TVs right when you were a kid. Yeah. Yeah, yeah, 63 00:03:43.759 --> 00:03:49.599 sick, bro, that's crazy. I just know that research team. Oh 64 00:03:49.680 --> 00:03:53.240 guy, Yeah, her name is Jordan, she's twenty two years old. 65 00:03:53.759 --> 00:04:02.199 You're behind on your Verizon bill. I did just with you had a stomach 66 00:04:02.240 --> 00:04:09.520 ache last Tuesday. You say, yeah, it's weird, and I was 67 00:04:09.520 --> 00:04:11.719 like, wait, how do you know me. But you're a comedian. 68 00:04:11.759 --> 00:04:15.000 You're doing well and you're traveling and people love you, man, and you 69 00:04:15.039 --> 00:04:16.879 know that's that's gotta feel great, right, it feels good. Did you 70 00:04:16.920 --> 00:04:21.040 ever feel like maybe or were you ever told comedies not for you? Coming 71 00:04:21.120 --> 00:04:25.639 up? It's always got one person who said it was mostly my family, 72 00:04:25.680 --> 00:04:28.759 bro, Yeah, like it was my family because like I was, I 73 00:04:28.839 --> 00:04:31.480 was living in a one bedroom apartment with a white rapper named Scripture. Okay, 74 00:04:31.560 --> 00:04:34.920 right, so I'm living my homie Scripture and it's like we were paying 75 00:04:34.959 --> 00:04:39.600 twelve hundred dollars a month rand splitting it, sharing a bedroom together, and 76 00:04:39.639 --> 00:04:42.560 it's like, you know, just on the grind, and that's all my 77 00:04:42.639 --> 00:04:45.079 parents saw. Yeah you know what I'm saying. Like they didn't see a 78 00:04:45.079 --> 00:04:46.600 whole lot of success, so all they saw was struggle. So I would 79 00:04:46.639 --> 00:04:50.720 like hide facts from my parents, Like I'm like, mom, I'm doing 80 00:04:50.720 --> 00:04:53.360 a show, and she goes, how much the pain you I'm like a 81 00:04:53.439 --> 00:04:57.639 g Yeah, She's like, well you are getting one rock put this show. 82 00:04:58.680 --> 00:05:01.600 And then I would show up to an open mic yeah and pay them 83 00:05:01.759 --> 00:05:04.000 you have to pay to get on? Yeah yeah bro? So it was 84 00:05:04.120 --> 00:05:06.240 you know, but oh you had to lie. Yeah, yeah, I 85 00:05:06.279 --> 00:05:10.240 have. You know. Yeah, most parents, especially immigrandparents, they don't. 86 00:05:10.399 --> 00:05:13.959 They don't necessarily see past hard work, right, and to them, 87 00:05:13.959 --> 00:05:17.319 hard work is physically hardwore, physical hard work. Yeah. They see success 88 00:05:17.319 --> 00:05:20.680 as material exactly. Yeah, for the most part, and then they start 89 00:05:20.680 --> 00:05:23.839 getting older and then you realize, like, yo, you're kind of fucking 90 00:05:23.879 --> 00:05:28.399 wrong, and they start they started asking forgiveness something not all, but but 91 00:05:28.439 --> 00:05:32.399 yeah, they see they see material things and money as success. Well, 92 00:05:32.519 --> 00:05:35.759 like like Joe Coy's mom tells him, like, you should start saving money 93 00:05:35.800 --> 00:05:40.800 because you don't know if this is gonna work. It's working, mom, 94 00:05:41.040 --> 00:05:44.399 Yeah, it's been working. Yeah. Literally, my parents still say that 95 00:05:44.560 --> 00:05:46.680 today, Like I'm like, Mom, I'm coming to Detroit. I'm opening 96 00:05:46.720 --> 00:05:49.879 for my boy bass and Musif at the film More. I'm gonna go do 97 00:05:49.959 --> 00:05:53.079 some shows with them. My mom's like, how much is they paying you? 98 00:05:53.879 --> 00:05:56.079 The first question? And I'm just like, mom, they're paying me, 99 00:05:56.199 --> 00:05:59.079 okay, Like I'm doing all right, Like I don't ask you for 100 00:05:59.120 --> 00:06:03.519 money. I pay your electric bill. Yeah yeah, I'm like auto payments. 101 00:06:03.680 --> 00:06:09.120 You probably know that too, but yeah, but but it's like about 102 00:06:09.120 --> 00:06:11.319 one hundred and thirty five a month. It's crazy, y know, that's 103 00:06:11.319 --> 00:06:15.480 pretty close. Not but but but it's like, you know, it all 104 00:06:15.519 --> 00:06:18.319 comes from love. Like they obviously worry about us or it's all yeah, 105 00:06:18.399 --> 00:06:20.759 so I'm just like, you know, I tolerate it. And you know, 106 00:06:21.240 --> 00:06:25.399 them if you're not a doctor or a lawyer or something professional like a 107 00:06:25.439 --> 00:06:29.240 mechanic or something, they're worried that you're not working. Yeah, you know, 108 00:06:29.279 --> 00:06:30.800 and they're like, what what did I raise you to be a clown? 109 00:06:30.839 --> 00:06:34.160 It's like, well, not a clown. It's hard work and it's 110 00:06:34.279 --> 00:06:39.000 uh, you know that when it comes to comedy, there's trenches right there. 111 00:06:39.040 --> 00:06:42.839 There there is, and there's a lot of emotion. There's a lot 112 00:06:42.839 --> 00:06:46.079 of it's a roller coaster emotions when you're a comedian. Yeah, I'm trying 113 00:06:46.120 --> 00:06:47.839 to break through. Yeah, do you remember the first show you took them 114 00:06:47.839 --> 00:06:53.199 to. My parents have never seen me do live stand up comedy. Ever, 115 00:06:53.560 --> 00:06:56.120 what they have never seen me is that a personal thing? Like you 116 00:06:56.120 --> 00:06:59.639 don't want them to or no. I invite them all the time, like 117 00:07:00.399 --> 00:07:04.079 yo, even for my special bro like my I Tell My Life for Detroit 118 00:07:04.160 --> 00:07:08.000 Player. They were not there for Detroit Player. I mean this case was 119 00:07:08.079 --> 00:07:11.120 unique because it's like, my mom was working at a liquor store for twenty 120 00:07:11.199 --> 00:07:14.600 years bro every single day, opening and closing the store, right, and 121 00:07:14.639 --> 00:07:16.480 my dad had a lot of like mental issues, so he wasn't able to 122 00:07:16.560 --> 00:07:19.160 like really work. So my mom basically was my mom and my dad. 123 00:07:19.279 --> 00:07:21.959 Yeah. Right, So and you know, she put us all through Catholic 124 00:07:21.959 --> 00:07:25.560 school, paid for our tuition, and you know what I'm saying, like 125 00:07:25.600 --> 00:07:27.879 really put in work. So it's like when she was done working at the 126 00:07:27.920 --> 00:07:31.399 store, she just didn't feel comfortable being out in public because she was so 127 00:07:31.519 --> 00:07:35.000 used to just being a cash here and being in this environment. So, 128 00:07:35.399 --> 00:07:38.639 you know, years passed by and then I'm like, Mom, I'm doing 129 00:07:38.639 --> 00:07:40.680 a show in Detroit. She goes, ah, I'm not going to go 130 00:07:40.680 --> 00:07:42.399 to this one. And then I'm like, mom, I'm doing another show 131 00:07:42.399 --> 00:07:45.000 in Detroit. She won't come, So for the special, she goes, 132 00:07:45.040 --> 00:07:46.279 I'm gonna come, And I had it all set up. I'm like, 133 00:07:46.279 --> 00:07:48.560 Mom, you're gonna drop me off. I got a ninety six in pala 134 00:07:49.040 --> 00:07:54.279 ss twenty four inch trims. You're gonna drip off? Yeah, some Detroit 135 00:07:54.399 --> 00:07:57.240 because that's what my mom is. The original O G. Detroit Player. 136 00:07:57.759 --> 00:07:59.800 Yeah yeah, yeah, So she was going to drop me off. We 137 00:07:59.800 --> 00:08:05.399 had all set up and then three days before she got shingles. Oh yeah, 138 00:08:05.439 --> 00:08:07.439 And I'm like, mom, you gave yourself shingles? Yeah? She 139 00:08:09.000 --> 00:08:15.959 herself in bro like you did this on purpose? Mom? Yeah yeah wow. 140 00:08:16.079 --> 00:08:18.639 So that's still on the bucket list for them to be in person. 141 00:08:18.839 --> 00:08:20.720 Yeah. Man, Like she came to the screening because I basically forced her 142 00:08:20.800 --> 00:08:24.560 to come to the screening. So I did a small screening and did try 143 00:08:24.639 --> 00:08:26.800 my mom, it's gonna bee hundred people small screening. I just announced it, 144 00:08:26.879 --> 00:08:28.959 just like for homie. So she came. That was her first time 145 00:08:28.959 --> 00:08:33.759 seeing me. So I'm like watching her watch me. Yeah, and it's 146 00:08:33.759 --> 00:08:37.720 like when I'm talking about Iraq and politics, she's like getting really excited. 147 00:08:37.759 --> 00:08:39.159 And when I start talking about like porn, she like covers her ears, 148 00:08:41.159 --> 00:08:43.679 you know, boy yeah yeah, yeah, yeah, that's why she didn't 149 00:08:43.679 --> 00:08:46.480 want to go. She doesn't want to hear that stuff, you know, 150 00:08:46.960 --> 00:08:50.799 little boy talking crazy yo, real talk. But she's gone. The first 151 00:08:50.799 --> 00:08:54.919 time she watches you do standup, it's on a screen, right, So 152 00:08:54.039 --> 00:08:58.200 that's that for parents, that's just like whoa like what it like Okay, 153 00:08:58.240 --> 00:09:03.840 so how is this happening? Right, You're on screen but you're telling jokes, 154 00:09:03.879 --> 00:09:05.000 but you're sitting right next to me. Right, It's just like whoa. 155 00:09:05.080 --> 00:09:07.559 But that's a big deal, like for her to watch that, and 156 00:09:07.600 --> 00:09:11.600 I'm sure that made you emotional. Oh man, bro, I was crying. 157 00:09:13.159 --> 00:09:15.480 Yeah, Bro, I mean the fact that she was in the building. 158 00:09:15.559 --> 00:09:18.120 Cause like I was waiting backstage and I had all these camera people there 159 00:09:18.120 --> 00:09:20.200 and they're like, yo, bro, we're gonna start the show. And 160 00:09:20.200 --> 00:09:22.799 I'm like, don't start showing us. My mom is here, and my 161 00:09:22.840 --> 00:09:26.799 mom was mad late. So it's like thirty five minutes, my mom still 162 00:09:26.840 --> 00:09:31.159 ain't there. People are like, you know, already drunk. I'm like, 163 00:09:31.159 --> 00:09:33.279 I don't want people to be lit already. So then my mom shows 164 00:09:33.360 --> 00:09:37.480 up and this dude's like, mom is landed. I'm like, cool, 165 00:09:37.799 --> 00:09:41.679 let's start it. So then like we started the Detroit Player music and then 166 00:09:41.759 --> 00:09:46.279 I can like see my mom watching and I'm just like broke down. Oh 167 00:09:46.360 --> 00:09:48.200 man. As a comedian, what do you think is wrong with you? 168 00:09:50.480 --> 00:09:54.360 What is wrong with me? Yeah? Bro, you know, I'll say 169 00:09:54.600 --> 00:09:58.759 there's something wrong with all of us. It's just how we're able to articulate. 170 00:09:58.799 --> 00:10:01.120 It makes us hilarious. Yes, thank you. You know what I'm 171 00:10:01.120 --> 00:10:05.360 saying. How we articulate, how we communicate our pain to the world is 172 00:10:05.440 --> 00:10:09.519 what makes us. Yeah. Like a lot of me was like you, 173 00:10:09.919 --> 00:10:11.879 Like, I just wanted to make it so bad and I wanted to be 174 00:10:11.919 --> 00:10:15.840 accepted. That's something that I struggled with even as a kid. I wanted 175 00:10:15.879 --> 00:10:18.840 everybody to like me. I wanted to be the cool kid. I wanted 176 00:10:18.840 --> 00:10:20.320 to be the best athlete, even though I didn't know how to play no 177 00:10:20.399 --> 00:10:24.159 sports. Yeah, you know what I'm saying, I gonna be a star 178 00:10:24.240 --> 00:10:31.279 basketball player and they're like, you're missing every shot. All right. Look 179 00:10:33.159 --> 00:10:39.679 it was cold and I have a torn rotator cuff and that's all people remember. 180 00:10:41.480 --> 00:10:43.080 I could throw a nerf ball. Bro. You'll hear the whistle, 181 00:10:43.279 --> 00:10:46.960 yea, yeah, yeah, right, all day, all day, dude. 182 00:10:46.000 --> 00:10:50.600 I threw out the first pitch at a Dodgers game and it was terrible. 183 00:10:50.960 --> 00:10:54.159 It was bad. Yeah, And I'm Mexican. I should be able 184 00:10:54.200 --> 00:10:56.240 to throw a ball, right. I've never played baseball really, you know, 185 00:10:56.320 --> 00:11:00.639 I never really did that. And I threw it from the mound and 186 00:11:00.679 --> 00:11:03.799 it was just it wasn't like fifty cent bad, but it was. It 187 00:11:03.840 --> 00:11:07.159 was bad, Like did you warm up before? Like absolutely, I practiced. 188 00:11:07.200 --> 00:11:09.919 I warmed up there when I got there, and then once they said 189 00:11:09.960 --> 00:11:13.879 my name, I forgot everything. I forgot that how to move my limbs. 190 00:11:13.919 --> 00:11:16.519 I just forgot, forgot to speak English. It was all bad. 191 00:11:16.600 --> 00:11:20.600 It was for my family. It was all bad. But fine, and 192 00:11:20.639 --> 00:11:22.360 I'll do it again, you know what I mean, I will do it 193 00:11:22.399 --> 00:11:26.159 again. Who said was that Matt Rife who said he throws a ball like 194 00:11:26.159 --> 00:11:30.399 he doesn't have a dad. Yes, yo, look fast, yeah, 195 00:11:30.440 --> 00:11:33.440 yeah, yeah, in that particular video, he right though, right right, 196 00:11:33.559 --> 00:11:35.759 right, right right. That was Matt Rife. I know he went 197 00:11:35.759 --> 00:11:39.759 through it a few weeks back in a few months back on TikTok. Yeah. 198 00:11:39.840 --> 00:11:41.840 Social media. You know, it's that whole love hate thing. You 199 00:11:41.879 --> 00:11:46.159 know, people will build you up just so they can throw stones at you. 200 00:11:46.279 --> 00:11:50.519 Man. Man, that's that's facts, bro. But it's also interesting. 201 00:11:50.559 --> 00:11:52.240 It's like people are building him up to be like, you're this guy 202 00:11:52.360 --> 00:11:58.559 that's like you're advocating hate against women. You're saying these divisive words. But 203 00:11:58.759 --> 00:12:01.840 I'm about to buy this meet and greet ticket so I can see you. 204 00:12:01.360 --> 00:12:05.840 So it's like this guy's almost sold out the Hollywood Bowl, you know what 205 00:12:05.879 --> 00:12:07.840 I'm saying. It's like this guy sold out eight shows at the mohegan Son 206 00:12:07.840 --> 00:12:11.320 Arena. Wow. And it's like I'm like, is this is what canceled 207 00:12:11.360 --> 00:12:18.320 looks like? Yeah, it canceled me. You guys, help change my 208 00:12:18.360 --> 00:12:20.799 life and cancel me please. Hey, you almost enter a new realm, 209 00:12:20.840 --> 00:12:26.639 like a different world, right, and you become like a bad boy, 210 00:12:26.759 --> 00:12:30.279 like like damaged goods that now people have to see and want right. Well, 211 00:12:30.279 --> 00:12:31.440 what I was telling him, I'm like, you know, there's artist 212 00:12:31.519 --> 00:12:33.639 I like to put their hand on the stove. You know what I'm saying. 213 00:12:33.919 --> 00:12:35.919 It's like they just want to see what they can get away with, 214 00:12:37.360 --> 00:12:39.480 you know, which is it? Creatively, there's like a lot of excitement 215 00:12:39.559 --> 00:12:41.320 in that, sure, you know what I'm saying, and more than that, 216 00:12:41.360 --> 00:12:45.080 pushing those boundaries and seeing what you can do. But some people put 217 00:12:45.080 --> 00:12:46.919 their hand on the stove for too long. Absolutely, you gotta know when 218 00:12:46.960 --> 00:12:50.279 to back up. You gotta know when to back up. Have you ever 219 00:12:50.320 --> 00:12:54.679 found yourself in a situation on stage that you know, you kind of put 220 00:12:54.720 --> 00:12:56.480 yourself in creatively? Now you have to dig your way out of it, 221 00:12:58.440 --> 00:13:01.600 man, because I know, you know you have a set right, and 222 00:13:01.600 --> 00:13:05.440 you've been working on a set for so long that you can move with it 223 00:13:05.559 --> 00:13:07.960 on stage right. But then there's sometimes just keep things interesting. You want 224 00:13:09.000 --> 00:13:11.519 to go left and not necessarily know where you're going. But it's almost fun 225 00:13:11.519 --> 00:13:15.240 to dig yourself out of that. No, well, it omediate. It's 226 00:13:15.279 --> 00:13:16.279 sort of like when you said when you were when you were on the mound, 227 00:13:16.679 --> 00:13:20.480 you forgot everything. Yeah, so when there's like high pressure situations, 228 00:13:20.480 --> 00:13:26.000 that happens. Like I was auditioning for my first comedy festival and I was 229 00:13:26.000 --> 00:13:28.080 like, man, I can't wait to jump in here. Bro, I'm 230 00:13:28.080 --> 00:13:31.000 gonna smash. I literally did a set. My set was at nine. 231 00:13:31.039 --> 00:13:33.159 I did a set at eight and just killed with that material. And then 232 00:13:33.320 --> 00:13:37.360 I show up and I'm just like I forgot how to speak English. Yeah 233 00:13:37.440 --> 00:13:39.320 you know what I'm saying. Like I do the first joke and I like 234 00:13:39.360 --> 00:13:45.000 started, I'm like, man, my parents, and then people are just 235 00:13:45.039 --> 00:13:48.679 like what And then I just like ignored that reality and just kept going. 236 00:13:48.039 --> 00:13:52.200 And then I'm like, bro, I ain't talking to nobody right now, 237 00:13:52.240 --> 00:13:54.120 Like I'm just not performing in front of people, and it's like my desire 238 00:13:54.240 --> 00:13:58.159 to win and everything. I'm like, I'm going to show my parents all 239 00:13:58.200 --> 00:14:01.360 my homies. I'm gonna like, bro, look what I did. I 240 00:14:01.440 --> 00:14:03.799 made it come back to Detroit. Like all these things, we're just stunting 241 00:14:03.879 --> 00:14:07.080 my creativity, you know what I'm saying. And then at one point it 242 00:14:07.120 --> 00:14:09.519 was towards the end and I was like, man, I don't think I 243 00:14:09.559 --> 00:14:13.639 got this, and then it just killed like everybody real. That was like 244 00:14:15.120 --> 00:14:18.080 huge laugh for me just saying the truth. I'm like, man, I 245 00:14:18.080 --> 00:14:20.519 don't think I got this. Oh you said that on the mic. On 246 00:14:20.639 --> 00:14:22.720 the mic. Oh yeah, on the mic in front of everybody, Like 247 00:14:22.720 --> 00:14:24.720 everybody just quiets, all these suits, all these industry people just looking at 248 00:14:24.759 --> 00:14:30.720 me, and they probably like hate Rock now because of me. I'm like, 249 00:14:30.799 --> 00:14:33.759 man, it's your fault. Yeah yeah, No, Once you're up 250 00:14:33.759 --> 00:14:37.480 there and you just become real with the audience and let them know that you 251 00:14:37.559 --> 00:14:43.879 know it's bad, that it almost helps. Bro. Being honest will get 252 00:14:43.919 --> 00:14:48.120 you out of anything. Really, it's relatability too, That's just relatility, 253 00:14:48.200 --> 00:14:50.240 that's right. Yeah. If people be like, yo, I'm listening to 254 00:14:50.279 --> 00:14:54.080 another human, they relate to you. Already. So I'm just like, 255 00:14:54.120 --> 00:14:56.000 man, I can't be afraid of the truth, which are a lot of 256 00:14:56.000 --> 00:15:00.240 things I talk about in the special We're All things I was so ashamed to 257 00:15:00.279 --> 00:15:01.120 talk about. Yeah, you know what I'm saying. I was like, 258 00:15:01.200 --> 00:15:05.480 I can't be like I framed it as I'm making fun of my family, 259 00:15:05.519 --> 00:15:07.159 But now I'm just like, no, bro, I'm actually having a creative 260 00:15:07.200 --> 00:15:13.120 discussion about my family and about humanity and celebrating them. Yeah. Absolutely absolutely, 261 00:15:13.200 --> 00:15:16.639 And that goes over what people understand that people even if they're not from 262 00:15:16.639 --> 00:15:18.759 where you're from. We know, we've all, you know, we've all 263 00:15:18.799 --> 00:15:24.440 experienced embarrassment when it comes to family and certain situations and beliefs that we believe 264 00:15:24.480 --> 00:15:26.600 in, you know, and hate that we've encountered. Right, I mean 265 00:15:26.799 --> 00:15:31.120 that's you relate to something with that. Let you and I want to do 266 00:15:31.200 --> 00:15:35.440 some comedy. I want to host the comedy shows. We want to do 267 00:15:35.480 --> 00:15:43.480 traumedy and just talks about our trauma new genre. What do you think traumedy? 268 00:15:43.480 --> 00:15:46.320 Bro? Y'all? Should I mean y'all do live radio shat Yeah? 269 00:15:46.519 --> 00:15:50.080 I mean yeah, I mean it's the same bro. Yeah, y'all should 270 00:15:50.080 --> 00:15:54.720 definitely do like a trio act bro and just oh yeah, we want to 271 00:15:54.759 --> 00:15:58.399 do that. But he wants me to be a comedian. I want to 272 00:15:58.399 --> 00:16:02.720 be a comedy show because I feel like it's easier. I mean, you 273 00:16:02.720 --> 00:16:04.559 could do crowd work, probably real easy, like angry so many people, 274 00:16:06.159 --> 00:16:07.480 you keep the ball up and then you don't let you did some stand up 275 00:16:07.480 --> 00:16:11.720 at our Christmas party recently, our company Christmas party last December. Well it 276 00:16:11.759 --> 00:16:18.360 wasn't supposed to be stand up. He was supposed to be an NC and 277 00:16:18.440 --> 00:16:21.840 keep things moving. But he pulled the stool up and had a seat. 278 00:16:22.519 --> 00:16:26.799 He went in you know when they man, it wasn't really well received, 279 00:16:26.879 --> 00:16:30.200 but we were proud. I'll tell you some of my work. I was 280 00:16:30.200 --> 00:16:37.159 like, I was like, I might have been I might be the first 281 00:16:37.960 --> 00:16:42.159 Hispanic to host the Winner, what's the comedy? The Christmas party? I 282 00:16:42.200 --> 00:16:45.000 was like, this big moment for my people, and then it was a 283 00:16:45.000 --> 00:16:49.200 whole bunch of like white executives are just like I'm like that would say. 284 00:16:49.240 --> 00:16:52.159 This was my first real job where I got to respond to emails and ship 285 00:16:52.159 --> 00:16:55.679 and all. My ship always says something from my phone. I'm still getting 286 00:16:55.759 --> 00:17:00.799 used to it. No, no, no, but I'm but I'm here. 287 00:17:00.840 --> 00:17:06.319 I'm present. I'm present the delivery. So aw I say hilarious, 288 00:17:06.319 --> 00:17:10.000 I can say ha ha, yeah, I'm blanking out right now. You 289 00:17:10.000 --> 00:17:11.880 know it's a big stage, right, I don't know what's going on. 290 00:17:11.200 --> 00:17:15.000 You know what you did? Fine? You know it's hard, man, 291 00:17:15.160 --> 00:17:18.640 Like I said, man, and you did it exactly, man. And 292 00:17:18.680 --> 00:17:21.640 you were on the field while the critics are sitting in the cheap seats. 293 00:17:21.680 --> 00:17:23.599 You know what I'm saying. I shouted out that fucking Jeff Garcia he got 294 00:17:23.599 --> 00:17:27.240 IBS. I was like, I was like, like, put the battery 295 00:17:27.279 --> 00:17:30.559 on, No I did. I was like, Yo, we got catering, 296 00:17:30.680 --> 00:17:33.519 right, we got we got vegetables for the vegetarian ship. But to 297 00:17:33.519 --> 00:17:37.119 be honest, we need to worry about the IBS people do we got food 298 00:17:37.160 --> 00:17:40.160 for them because that's what really matters, you know. And I mean I 299 00:17:40.200 --> 00:17:41.960 thought I thought it, Jeff Yeah, yeah, yeah, went and down 300 00:17:42.039 --> 00:17:48.240 hump a stool, bro Yeah yeah yeah go physical right, yeah, physical 301 00:17:48.599 --> 00:17:51.640 is just important. We'll start attacking the crowd, right. Crowd work is 302 00:17:51.640 --> 00:17:53.640 all I mean, it's easy, but not necessarily easy, but for a 303 00:17:53.640 --> 00:17:56.400 comedian, that's like the easiest thing to do. Well, if you think 304 00:17:56.400 --> 00:18:00.359 about it, like when you when a comic just crowd work, they'll be 305 00:18:00.400 --> 00:18:02.720 like, are y'all a couple? And let's say they look at each other, 306 00:18:02.880 --> 00:18:04.279 and the dude or the comic will be like, you had to think 307 00:18:04.279 --> 00:18:08.160 about that, which is such an obvious observation. The crowd is a response 308 00:18:08.200 --> 00:18:11.920 because it's like it's so in the moment, so real, Like, ain't 309 00:18:11.960 --> 00:18:15.400 nothing realer than that. So it's like if you can just showcase that through 310 00:18:15.519 --> 00:18:18.519 jokes, through material and through something honest, you're winning for sure. You 311 00:18:18.519 --> 00:18:22.799 know. That's why like Patrisa O'Neil was so fire. It's like this dude 312 00:18:22.920 --> 00:18:26.880 unapologetically too soon. Man, That dude was vicious, bro crazy? Do 313 00:18:26.960 --> 00:18:30.799 you write or are you? There's a lot of comedians that just go up 314 00:18:30.839 --> 00:18:33.400 there and they kind of have like like our guy Fluffy, right, he 315 00:18:33.440 --> 00:18:37.240 doesn't necessarily write nothing down. He just remembers stuff and then kind of puts 316 00:18:37.240 --> 00:18:40.400 it together in his head and goes out there and has a conversation with his 317 00:18:40.519 --> 00:18:44.599 fans. Are you something tells me you're writing and you're not sleeping for four 318 00:18:44.680 --> 00:18:47.559 days and you're just you're on the computer and you're right and you're trying to 319 00:18:47.559 --> 00:18:51.119 get everything done correctly. Yeah, I mean I'm amidexterous. Yeah, you 320 00:18:51.119 --> 00:18:53.519 know what I'm saying creatively, Like I'll have every line written down in every 321 00:18:53.559 --> 00:18:59.960 pause, like color corrected or color coordinated on a Google doc. Pauses are 322 00:19:00.400 --> 00:19:02.839 so I'm like, cool, let me see what I'm going through. Yeah. 323 00:19:02.880 --> 00:19:04.559 Oh, bro, like like and those things make such a huge difference. 324 00:19:08.039 --> 00:19:12.440 Yeah, Bro, do y'all hear this pause? I want you to 325 00:19:12.440 --> 00:19:15.920 feel the pose. Yeah right right, yeah, man, start writing right, 326 00:19:17.000 --> 00:19:18.440 and you're also up there kind of riffing as well, just to kind 327 00:19:18.480 --> 00:19:22.319 of see what works. Yeah, Like, I mean there's some like key 328 00:19:22.359 --> 00:19:23.440 points I want to say, like when I talk about being a Syrian, 329 00:19:23.519 --> 00:19:26.240 talk about being a rock, or if I talk about you know, topics 330 00:19:26.279 --> 00:19:30.440 that I really care about, I'm like I need every every word matters. 331 00:19:30.599 --> 00:19:33.880 Yeah, every line like that i'm writing matters. Also, Like I'm a 332 00:19:33.920 --> 00:19:36.880 huge fan of like battle rap, and I'm like looking at the lyrics and 333 00:19:36.880 --> 00:19:40.160 it's like even the pauses and the intonations like all that matters. So it's 334 00:19:40.200 --> 00:19:44.759 like I write with that mentality breath controls that one stutter can ruin the entire 335 00:19:44.839 --> 00:19:48.799 joke, or one pause if it's too long, can ruin the setup and 336 00:19:48.839 --> 00:19:52.039 the punchline. I guess right, yeah, you know what I'm saying. 337 00:19:52.039 --> 00:19:53.519 So and also it could be the thing that makes it. Like there's times 338 00:19:53.559 --> 00:19:57.039 where it's like I'll pause because I forgot something, and then the crowd just 339 00:19:57.039 --> 00:20:00.640 starts laughing. I'm like, oh, man, I should insert of pause 340 00:20:00.680 --> 00:20:03.240 here. That happened organically. That makes sense. So it's like, how 341 00:20:03.240 --> 00:20:07.599 do you make that feel real and not feel like manipulated? YEA. One 342 00:20:07.599 --> 00:20:14.640 thing I learned as well was silence is hilarious. Silence is funny, and 343 00:20:14.720 --> 00:20:17.759 if you're sitting and it, then sit in it right and embrace it and 344 00:20:17.839 --> 00:20:21.039 figure it out while people are kind of wondering what's going on and giggling at 345 00:20:21.079 --> 00:20:22.160 the same time. Man, I tell my girl that all the time. 346 00:20:22.680 --> 00:20:36.039 I'm like, how great is silence? Babe? I know I forgot your 347 00:20:36.039 --> 00:20:42.559 birthday, but silence is your engagement. You know you were mentioning crowd. 348 00:20:42.920 --> 00:20:47.920 How what would you say? It makes people more brave now to be a 349 00:20:47.960 --> 00:20:52.079 heckler during Man, people really feel their shows like, Yeah, people are 350 00:20:52.240 --> 00:20:56.039 so entitled because they do it for the cloud. They want to they want 351 00:20:56.039 --> 00:20:59.400 to do it for their social media pages. Bro, I'm leaving shows, 352 00:20:59.440 --> 00:21:02.000 like at some of my shows, and then it's like I'll open the floor 353 00:21:02.079 --> 00:21:03.079 up to just do some CrowdWork and get some clips. Also, i want 354 00:21:03.119 --> 00:21:06.759 to like get to know people. And I'm like looking around and I see 355 00:21:06.759 --> 00:21:10.880 notes that people left on the floor. That's like if he asks me who 356 00:21:10.920 --> 00:21:14.519 I'm dating? Line here and they have things pre written, ready to go, 357 00:21:14.680 --> 00:21:18.920 stories, ready to go, and I'm working as hard as you are 358 00:21:18.319 --> 00:21:23.960 Ryan Heckler's but yeah, is it color cord. No, they don't know 359 00:21:25.079 --> 00:21:33.240 enough to do. Fucking Everybody wants to be tiktoked, like even at Matt's 360 00:21:33.240 --> 00:21:34.640 shows. As an audience. That's why we all. Everyone has an audience, 361 00:21:34.680 --> 00:21:40.759 Everyone has a voice that you know they think it's important, and everyone 362 00:21:41.079 --> 00:21:44.880 has is cloud chasing. Bro. The thing is it's like look cloud chase, 363 00:21:44.880 --> 00:21:47.000 and let's say you do get famed, and now what you're going to 364 00:21:47.079 --> 00:21:49.359 do. It's like you're on the mound, throw a pitch. What you're 365 00:21:49.359 --> 00:21:53.880 gonna do? Yeah, no, no offense to yours As an analogy, 366 00:21:55.079 --> 00:21:57.720 Yeah, And I also feel like to like people just want like that moment, 367 00:21:57.759 --> 00:22:00.359 Like especially Heckler's, like they are just drunk. They just want to 368 00:22:00.400 --> 00:22:03.160 do it and they're not going to do anything with that cloud that they get. 369 00:22:03.200 --> 00:22:07.359 They just know that they're going to be no honestly, Yeah, they 370 00:22:07.519 --> 00:22:10.440 just want to ruin your night. Yeah and talk about it with their friends. 371 00:22:10.519 --> 00:22:12.160 Yeah. They want to make it about them. Yeah, yeah, 372 00:22:12.160 --> 00:22:15.279 one hundred percent. You know what I'm saying. How Scripture doing? He's 373 00:22:15.279 --> 00:22:17.720 got new music out or what's going on? Oh, bro, aren't Scripture? 374 00:22:17.920 --> 00:22:22.039 So so Scripture is still at the crib, still fighting trying to make 375 00:22:22.079 --> 00:22:26.359 it happen. Yeah yo, Yeah, Scripture became Jack Harlowe. Isn't this 376 00:22:26.480 --> 00:22:30.920 crazy? So so he goes by Mike Foy Okay, now so he goes 377 00:22:30.960 --> 00:22:33.680 by his real name. He was like he was spelling scripture with a K. 378 00:22:34.119 --> 00:22:37.200 Okay he grew up. Yeah, he was like, man, people 379 00:22:37.240 --> 00:22:41.599 had a hard time finding my music because I spelled scripture different. So that 380 00:22:41.759 --> 00:22:47.400 yeah, that's the problem. Yeah, ba ba baby. How there was 381 00:22:47.440 --> 00:22:57.279 a scripture with three k's. You know we gotta film that in four k 382 00:22:59.720 --> 00:23:06.440 not The Jackie will encourage you just enough to make you feel like gas lighter, 383 00:23:07.119 --> 00:23:12.279 Yeah, good job, loser. What's his new name? He just 384 00:23:12.359 --> 00:23:17.400 goes by his government name. Repeat that. Yeah, I'm still making music. 385 00:23:17.440 --> 00:23:18.039 We got to chuck them. He's still making music. Bro, This 386 00:23:18.119 --> 00:23:22.200 dude has eleven albums out amazing, God bless him. Man. Yeah, 387 00:23:22.279 --> 00:23:25.599 man, I'm just hustling. No, why no, that's so cool. 388 00:23:25.920 --> 00:23:29.119 No, no, no, but that's I mean, that's man, the 389 00:23:29.240 --> 00:23:32.000 guy who doesn't give up. Man, that's the guy who can't be beat, 390 00:23:32.160 --> 00:23:33.039 right, bro. And a lot of his songs are like, I 391 00:23:33.079 --> 00:23:36.359 ain't gonna give up, not gonna stop, and he goes, I got 392 00:23:36.400 --> 00:23:40.079 this song called I'm Gonna keep on chasing it. I got this other song 393 00:23:40.240 --> 00:23:42.480 called you Can't Stop Me. Uh huh, that's right, that's right. 394 00:23:42.759 --> 00:23:47.240 I'm still going yeah, bro, And it's like, man, Like sometimes 395 00:23:47.279 --> 00:23:48.640 it's like because I know some comics, bro, and just some artists in 396 00:23:48.720 --> 00:23:52.519 general that been the game for so long. Yeah, so fire. But 397 00:23:52.559 --> 00:23:56.279 I'm just like, Bro, your marketing is trash. You're getting out there 398 00:23:56.480 --> 00:23:59.440 is just awful. And it's like, but they're so good, Yeah, 399 00:24:00.039 --> 00:24:02.400 are so good. And it's like a lot of those people end up being 400 00:24:02.480 --> 00:24:04.759 bitter and then they just stay stagnant. Yeah. I know a few of 401 00:24:04.839 --> 00:24:07.680 these guys and they're good friends of mine, right, but you can be 402 00:24:07.720 --> 00:24:11.839 completely honest, right, they are comedians. There's comedians, and then there's 403 00:24:11.880 --> 00:24:15.079 like funny funny people on Instagram and TikTok and social media, and they're selling 404 00:24:15.119 --> 00:24:18.960 out comedy clubs. Now, they're selling out the Laugh Factory and you know 405 00:24:19.119 --> 00:24:23.119 flappers here in Burbank right off of their social media comedy? Is that? 406 00:24:23.319 --> 00:24:26.759 Is that? A? Is there a difference? Do you look down upon 407 00:24:27.359 --> 00:24:30.079 those guys? Nah? Man, I don't knock anyone's hustle. Bro. 408 00:24:30.440 --> 00:24:33.559 If you get fans that want to come out and have a good time, 409 00:24:33.680 --> 00:24:36.799 like they're selling out shows and bro, just because you're comedy is different than 410 00:24:36.839 --> 00:24:38.480 mine? Like who am I to say? This? Is? You know 411 00:24:38.519 --> 00:24:41.359 what I'm saying? Is that like Jake Paul and boxing? Is that like 412 00:24:42.000 --> 00:24:45.960 yeah, I mean look he can fight. Yeah, that dude can fight. 413 00:24:45.039 --> 00:24:48.680 Man, that dude fuck us all up? Yeah, bro, and 414 00:24:48.839 --> 00:24:55.279 not all of us together. Yeah we got the Russian homie connect. Yeah 415 00:24:55.880 --> 00:24:57.400 yeah. But but it's like, you know, when it comes to like 416 00:24:57.519 --> 00:25:00.799 actual like vulnerability and like what are you saying? I always ask people like 417 00:25:02.119 --> 00:25:04.880 let's say you kill You're in a crowd and you just smash. I ask 418 00:25:06.240 --> 00:25:10.480 like what's below the iceberg? Like what are you killing with? You killing 419 00:25:10.519 --> 00:25:14.599 with just some random joke about sex and I'm like, yeah, it is 420 00:25:14.720 --> 00:25:17.519 funny, or do you have substance? There's substance to it. So me, 421 00:25:17.799 --> 00:25:19.000 I just realized, if I want to make an impact in this world, 422 00:25:19.359 --> 00:25:22.880 if I just want people to really remember my name, I got to 423 00:25:22.960 --> 00:25:25.880 really start focusing on what's blow the iceberg? Yep? And like what am 424 00:25:25.880 --> 00:25:29.839 I actually presenting people? Am I presenting disposable content? Just some what do 425 00:25:29.920 --> 00:25:33.640 y'all do? Oh? You had to think about that material or actually stuff 426 00:25:33.680 --> 00:25:36.240 that's like from my heart, about my family, like things I really care 427 00:25:36.279 --> 00:25:40.240 about. Yeah, I think that ensures longevity. Yeah. Not that the 428 00:25:40.880 --> 00:25:42.960 TikTok stuff isn't funny. That's funny stuff. Yeah, and those skits are 429 00:25:44.000 --> 00:25:45.319 funny, and you know a lot of them are really funny. On say, 430 00:25:45.359 --> 00:25:48.200 they found their purpose, I guess, you know, And I think 431 00:25:48.240 --> 00:25:52.279 that's cool, you know, like my guy Concrete and do know like these 432 00:25:52.319 --> 00:25:56.480 guys they're trying, Jay Valentino, They're trying and it's working for them. 433 00:25:56.640 --> 00:25:59.599 Yeah. I think I think it's important to like everybody got an audience. 434 00:25:59.640 --> 00:26:02.000 If you create an audience, right, and then you just see what they 435 00:26:02.160 --> 00:26:03.240 like. If that's what they like, you just feed what they like, 436 00:26:03.359 --> 00:26:06.920 you know, and if they show up, they show up and they're doing 437 00:26:07.000 --> 00:26:10.480 numbers, so that's that's amazing they are. It's opening up a different kind 438 00:26:10.519 --> 00:26:12.039 of like lane for I think a lot of people, and I think it's 439 00:26:12.079 --> 00:26:15.880 good for comedy, kind of much like Jake probably boxing more eyes, more 440 00:26:15.920 --> 00:26:19.319 eyes to comedy, not that ice to comedy we're lacking. But I mean, 441 00:26:21.160 --> 00:26:22.160 yeah, I mean it can't it can't hurt it. I don't think. 442 00:26:22.240 --> 00:26:26.880 You know, as long as your purpose as an individual is your purpose, 443 00:26:26.920 --> 00:26:27.640 that's all it really matters. Because like what you said, what you 444 00:26:27.759 --> 00:26:30.400 do is what you do, and it works for you, what for somebody 445 00:26:30.440 --> 00:26:33.599 else works for somebody else. As long as everybody's getting it, you can 446 00:26:33.680 --> 00:26:37.920 knock one hundred percent. Like people would be hating on my boy Matt Rife. 447 00:26:37.400 --> 00:26:41.039 They'll be like, you know, oh, he's doing crowd work, 448 00:26:41.079 --> 00:26:42.359 and he's like, you know what he's doing for comedy, Like, and 449 00:26:42.440 --> 00:26:45.480 I'm just like, bro, he's bringing new fans to comedy, people that 450 00:26:45.599 --> 00:26:48.880 come to the shows. Like when I would open up for him, I'd 451 00:26:48.880 --> 00:26:51.000 just be like, who's never been to a comedy show? Yeah, and 452 00:26:51.200 --> 00:26:55.480 like sixty to seventy percent of the crowd is making noise. They've never they've 453 00:26:55.640 --> 00:26:57.359 never been been to a show, and like now they just he just opened 454 00:26:57.400 --> 00:27:00.279 up a whole new audience. Yeah, And I'm like, he's doing good 455 00:27:00.359 --> 00:27:03.160 for the culture. Nothing wrong with that, right, the comedy culture for 456 00:27:03.319 --> 00:27:06.279 sure. Man, who do you listen to as far as hip hop? 457 00:27:06.559 --> 00:27:07.680 As far as hip hop? Is it still? Like is it like are 458 00:27:07.680 --> 00:27:12.720 you underground rap head? Or are you listening to sexy read man? Well, 459 00:27:12.759 --> 00:27:15.319 he said battle rap, so bro, I love battle rap man. 460 00:27:15.440 --> 00:27:21.480 I love like I'll watch Iron Solomon videos for days, agro one like you 461 00:27:21.559 --> 00:27:23.599 know, U r L rap battles Like, I'm just I'm really tapped into 462 00:27:25.000 --> 00:27:26.559 you know, Real Sick. I love Real Sick. He's one of my 463 00:27:26.599 --> 00:27:30.119 favorite battle rappers right now. Yeah. These dudes, they're they're man, 464 00:27:30.160 --> 00:27:34.599 They're built different. They're built different, dog man. Were you watching like 465 00:27:34.960 --> 00:27:38.319 King of the Dot? King of the Dot? Yeah? Wow, Disaster 466 00:27:38.519 --> 00:27:41.920 was in what league? Disaster? Disaster bounced around? I think he fought 467 00:27:41.960 --> 00:27:49.640 everybody, Yeah, everybody times. Everybody got it, bro. His punchlines 468 00:27:49.680 --> 00:27:56.839 were punches yeah, I've seen some battle rapper, like the dude he he 469 00:27:56.119 --> 00:28:00.079 calls out the guy he's battling, right and just releases in that nobody should 470 00:28:00.160 --> 00:28:03.960 know. Yeah yeah, bro, why are you going to say his dad 471 00:28:04.119 --> 00:28:08.559 was a pedophile? Yeah? Yeah, true, he goes pedophile with style. 472 00:28:10.759 --> 00:28:12.839 He got goal. I'm like, he got got So how do you 473 00:28:14.000 --> 00:28:18.359 use a love of a battle rap into your comedy? It's approach, right, 474 00:28:18.440 --> 00:28:19.839 It's that. Yeah, it's really approach. I'm like, how can 475 00:28:19.920 --> 00:28:23.720 I say the what I want to say the most clever way possible, Like 476 00:28:25.200 --> 00:28:26.680 like, you know, like I wanted to talk about a rock in a 477 00:28:26.759 --> 00:28:30.359 creative way and talk about like my family and I'm like, oh, I 478 00:28:30.440 --> 00:28:33.680 know exactly how to say it. I'm like, my parents are from Iraq. 479 00:28:33.720 --> 00:28:34.799 And then the crowd is just silent, they don't know what to do 480 00:28:34.880 --> 00:28:38.160 this information. And then when they're quiet, I'm like, man, y'all, 481 00:28:38.200 --> 00:28:44.599 haven't forgotten about that thing we didn't do? And then yeah, and 482 00:28:44.720 --> 00:28:48.559 I let them live in that reality and I'm like, man, that pause 483 00:28:48.640 --> 00:28:52.039 and like that way of saying it is not like you know, when it 484 00:28:52.079 --> 00:28:56.359 comes to actual vocabulary as creative, but it's simple enough to where you understand 485 00:28:56.400 --> 00:28:59.920 exactly what I'm saying, and the pause does a lot of the lifting form 486 00:29:00.319 --> 00:29:03.240 and this isn't racial, but it goes off later, right yeah, yeah, 487 00:29:03.559 --> 00:29:06.680 Like that's so good man, No stop is That's what I'm saying. 488 00:29:07.039 --> 00:29:08.440 For lack of a better term, like, it goes off in their heads 489 00:29:08.519 --> 00:29:11.279 later and they're like, oh, shoot, right, and then they start 490 00:29:11.319 --> 00:29:15.160 to form it in their own head and it's almost like you made them realize 491 00:29:15.200 --> 00:29:18.480 the punchline. We made him think about the punch yeah, and then makes 492 00:29:18.480 --> 00:29:19.559 them think about a lot and it's like, yeah, a rack is innocent. 493 00:29:19.680 --> 00:29:23.119 We didn't do anything. Country was invaded my parents' family like a lot 494 00:29:23.160 --> 00:29:26.519 of like trauma and things that have happened during that time, with things that 495 00:29:26.720 --> 00:29:30.279 I see my mom cry about all the time, my family cry out. 496 00:29:30.279 --> 00:29:32.359 And I'm like, yes, sir, man, if I can say something 497 00:29:32.799 --> 00:29:36.160 to be like, you know, to honor that or just pale my stand 498 00:29:36.279 --> 00:29:38.680 some way, then I'm doing my job, you know what I'm saying. 499 00:29:38.759 --> 00:29:41.680 And then it's like in hip hop, I got I gotta say this man, 500 00:29:41.759 --> 00:29:45.400 eminem is my opinion best not because I'm from Detroit. This dude's pen 501 00:29:45.640 --> 00:29:52.640 is outrageous. Crazy. It's outrageous crazy to see the rhymes disrespect Eminem, 502 00:29:52.799 --> 00:29:56.400 like he's not like one of the great Vinzino not the greatest, or like 503 00:29:56.680 --> 00:30:00.319 you know, Vinzino looks like Thanos. Can we talk about that ben Z 504 00:30:00.480 --> 00:30:02.759 as well. They're just like he's all right, I don't listen to him 505 00:30:02.839 --> 00:30:06.359 or like Gucci means like I've never you know, drove around listening to Eminem 506 00:30:06.680 --> 00:30:10.200 but it's like, kill bro, that's crazy. Yeah yeah, even when 507 00:30:10.279 --> 00:30:12.880 like Killer Mike one all those Grammys. I remember my boyfriend's cousin, who's 508 00:30:12.920 --> 00:30:15.079 like what eighteen? He texted me, He's like, who's Killer Mike? 509 00:30:15.119 --> 00:30:18.920 I was like, what the are you talking about? Crazy? Like that's 510 00:30:18.000 --> 00:30:22.880 crazy. It's bro. You are like, you know, legend of hip 511 00:30:22.920 --> 00:30:25.400 hop game, Bro, Like you know you've heard everything, and it's like 512 00:30:25.759 --> 00:30:30.559 to see people sort of like forget about these legends like this young Also I'll 513 00:30:30.559 --> 00:30:32.799 say this, maybe this young crowd might forget, but it's like, bro, 514 00:30:32.960 --> 00:30:36.160 they well you will never. I just don't think the legend would ever 515 00:30:36.359 --> 00:30:38.039 go away, you know what I'm saying, Just because it's like you listening 516 00:30:38.079 --> 00:30:41.319 to some dude on TikTok rap about nothing right, no, no, no, 517 00:30:41.720 --> 00:30:45.039 no, it's like these bars are and then you when you play stand 518 00:30:45.079 --> 00:30:48.480 They're like, oh yeah that song. Yeah you play rap God, They're 519 00:30:48.519 --> 00:30:51.519 like, oh yeah that guy. No. I mean Eminem became a legend 520 00:30:51.519 --> 00:30:55.559 twenty years ago and he's just living in his legendary and he could come out 521 00:30:55.559 --> 00:30:59.119 tomorrow and shit on everybody. It doesn't even matter. He could come out 522 00:30:59.119 --> 00:31:02.200 tomorrow and take a shit anybody that's existing. Yeah, then just go back 523 00:31:02.200 --> 00:31:07.960 to his crib and watch ninety dance and raised his right rais his donna. 524 00:31:07.000 --> 00:31:10.079 B man, that's it. Have you ever been to his house of Verha 525 00:31:10.119 --> 00:31:11.240 met him? Nah? Man, But bro, that's on my buckle list, 526 00:31:11.319 --> 00:31:14.079 man, Like, like I really want to meet like Royce, Like 527 00:31:14.119 --> 00:31:15.400 I just want to talk to him. Just talking about Book of Ryan Man 528 00:31:15.440 --> 00:31:18.720 like when it first came out, like Tabernacle, Like like when I first 529 00:31:18.759 --> 00:31:22.240 listened to Tabernacle, ye, I was like, Bro, this dude is 530 00:31:22.319 --> 00:31:26.279 just saying his autobiography. Yeah yeah, he's reporting from his life. Yeah, 531 00:31:26.440 --> 00:31:27.559 reporting live from his life. And I'm like, man, how do 532 00:31:27.720 --> 00:31:30.559 I do that? Yeah? You know what I'm saying. I'm like, 533 00:31:30.680 --> 00:31:33.480 that's how you get legendary status. Like how do I talk about my life 534 00:31:34.079 --> 00:31:37.480 this way? And it's like the bars were just like every line, Like, 535 00:31:37.519 --> 00:31:41.319 I'm just like, he's talking about being in the hospital, his grandmother 536 00:31:41.480 --> 00:31:45.319 dying on one floor and his son being birthed in another, right, and 537 00:31:45.359 --> 00:31:47.920 I'm just like what. And then I would talk about Tabernacle and people are 538 00:31:47.920 --> 00:31:49.440 like, wait, who's that again? You know what I'm saying. But 539 00:31:49.440 --> 00:31:52.960 I'm just like, Bro, if you ain't in it, and if you're 540 00:31:52.000 --> 00:31:56.680 not actually seeking dope hip hop and seeking dope stories, then it's like, 541 00:31:56.720 --> 00:31:59.680 you know, I guess people are seeking what they're seeking. Yeah, of 542 00:31:59.720 --> 00:32:04.240 course. Oh yeah. So much music, legendary music and legendary artists have 543 00:32:04.359 --> 00:32:07.759 come out of Detroit. Yeah. Man, it's insane. You know, 544 00:32:07.920 --> 00:32:10.640 Shot the Big Sean as well, crazy right man. Yeah, and there's 545 00:32:10.680 --> 00:32:15.119 so many on the way as well. I mean there's there's so much hipop 546 00:32:15.359 --> 00:32:17.119 and there's so much talent in Detroit. It's out of here. It's crazy. 547 00:32:17.519 --> 00:32:20.839 Yeah. Man, it just needs its space, I guess, right 548 00:32:20.920 --> 00:32:22.279 to shine. Yeah, but we And that's what I really want to do, 549 00:32:22.359 --> 00:32:25.079 bro, Like, I just want to talk about Detroit more and let 550 00:32:25.119 --> 00:32:30.319 people know, like the hustle and the mentality of Detroit artists is real, 551 00:32:30.759 --> 00:32:31.400 you know what I'm saying. It's like a lot of them are working two 552 00:32:31.480 --> 00:32:36.000 three jobs and then opening at a concert and then it's like you're going up 553 00:32:36.039 --> 00:32:38.960 first and ain't nobody there and you're just hoping you just get some get some 554 00:32:39.079 --> 00:32:42.599 clips out of it, and then like you go back to your job and 555 00:32:42.680 --> 00:32:45.000 it's like and they're just like, yeah, bro, this is my life 556 00:32:45.000 --> 00:32:46.799 and I'm gonna keep doing this until, you know, until it pops, 557 00:32:46.920 --> 00:32:52.759 until it works. How many years until the Pistons become a winning team? 558 00:32:53.599 --> 00:32:58.759 Man? And this is a bitter Laker fan because you ruined our three peat 559 00:32:58.960 --> 00:33:13.440 so many I didn't play. I wasn't playing Now that mentions that ship you 560 00:33:13.559 --> 00:33:19.279 gotta go. I call Shan Prince personally, I don't think you better and 561 00:33:19.359 --> 00:33:22.480 Rip Hamilton, Yeah yeah, I told him to wear the mask even though 562 00:33:22.519 --> 00:33:27.119 his nose was regular, you can still wears the mask. You know that 563 00:33:28.440 --> 00:33:30.319 you guys have some talent. I mean, what what what exactly is going 564 00:33:30.359 --> 00:33:35.319 on with the which I think is a great coat. Bro. It's it's 565 00:33:35.359 --> 00:33:37.519 like putting together a puzzle and it's like you just dump it down and all 566 00:33:37.559 --> 00:33:42.119 the puzzles are flipped backwards and upside down. It's like it's gonna take a 567 00:33:42.160 --> 00:33:45.519 while. Like, I think it it's management, Bro. I think it's 568 00:33:45.559 --> 00:33:47.400 management. I think it's morale. Like I think just even with the Lions 569 00:33:47.440 --> 00:33:51.359 and just the morale of Detroit, like people are still shown up to the 570 00:33:51.440 --> 00:33:53.119 games, Bro, people are still showing up to the games. People still 571 00:33:53.119 --> 00:33:57.400 want them to win. But it's just I think it's a ground up situation, 572 00:33:57.519 --> 00:34:00.079 bro, Like we got some good young talent, but we just need 573 00:34:00.920 --> 00:34:04.839 Hey, Bro, it's a ground up situation. Yeah, the ground up 574 00:34:05.000 --> 00:34:07.240 anyway. Like I don't speaking very vaguely, I don't even know how to 575 00:34:07.279 --> 00:34:08.800 get specific with it. Like I'm looking at their record. I'm just like, 576 00:34:08.960 --> 00:34:14.000 man, like y'all are, like I think we're like eight and a 577 00:34:14.079 --> 00:34:22.320 lot, right, a lot in infinity, Yeah, like Detroit fans and 578 00:34:22.360 --> 00:34:25.719 Knicks fans right like Yo, It's like that's a tough conversation though, yeah, 579 00:34:25.800 --> 00:34:30.360 man, and Wizards and Clippers fans. Yeah. Yeah, the Wizards 580 00:34:30.400 --> 00:34:32.920 need to change their name or something. Yeah. Yeah, yeah, we 581 00:34:34.079 --> 00:34:38.679 gotta figure like the Washington winners or something. Manifest I speaking in right, 582 00:34:39.840 --> 00:34:45.400 are you being into manifesting and ship speaking things existence man. I think people 583 00:34:45.480 --> 00:34:47.440 use different terms bro, like I'm a I'm pro god man. I think 584 00:34:47.480 --> 00:34:51.519 he use god man. Yeah, yeah, we got we gotta, we 585 00:34:51.559 --> 00:34:53.159 gotta poor little God into lecture here. He's not necessarily believe it. But 586 00:34:53.239 --> 00:35:00.199 he's not an atheist. Yeah, he just doesn't believes are Ma. And 587 00:35:00.360 --> 00:35:04.920 that's why a discussion for interviews and no, well no, that's why. 588 00:35:06.079 --> 00:35:07.920 That's why you are who you are. That's part of who you are. 589 00:35:08.039 --> 00:35:13.880 You know what I mean? I love so listen dog, if you if 590 00:35:13.920 --> 00:35:15.199 you want to get into detail. They thought I was gonna be a pastor 591 00:35:15.239 --> 00:35:17.559 when I was a kid because I used to go to church and you used 592 00:35:17.599 --> 00:35:21.360 to tell my mom, Oh, your son Daniel is going to be You 593 00:35:21.400 --> 00:35:23.960 still got a cross ear ring? Yeah, you know, so you still 594 00:35:24.000 --> 00:35:30.880 wear the Jesus merch. I support the cause, the March Fire, fear 595 00:35:30.920 --> 00:35:37.360 of God. I got stop. I'm not a fan of Kanye because of 596 00:35:37.400 --> 00:35:43.519 what he's doing now, but I still wear easy Yeah, I got the 597 00:35:43.639 --> 00:35:47.079 call. Still wearing his Yeah, I don't know what I am. I 598 00:35:47.239 --> 00:35:51.000 never noticed you wear a cross. He has been up for four years. 599 00:35:52.239 --> 00:35:55.639 That's the first thing I noticed. I got no hanging Jesus Peace on the 600 00:35:55.719 --> 00:36:00.639 left. That's right, that's right. Let but they're still that means he's 601 00:36:00.719 --> 00:36:04.039 leaving the door. Yeah, gospel according to lest I don't know. I 602 00:36:04.119 --> 00:36:07.159 believe like if we want to get metaphorical ship like heaven and the hell is 603 00:36:07.239 --> 00:36:09.719 now right, you decide what you're doing, Like, if you want to 604 00:36:09.760 --> 00:36:13.840 act good and do good, you're gonna live in heaven real time. During 605 00:36:13.880 --> 00:36:15.400 piece of ship stuff, you're gonna be living in the hell. So in 606 00:36:15.480 --> 00:36:19.320 retrospect, like I believe in heaven or Hell, Yes, but I think 607 00:36:19.360 --> 00:36:30.199 it's now what about after I haven't gotten that far because I'm trying to live 608 00:36:30.239 --> 00:36:35.480 in real time. Yeah, it's all like fun. That's just like I'll 609 00:36:35.519 --> 00:36:38.800 get back to you when I die. I'll report back. I'll hit you 610 00:36:38.880 --> 00:36:50.840 up on Twitch, streaming past the gates a subscribe. Man. Well, 611 00:36:50.840 --> 00:36:52.400 look, God bless you man. After all that, God bless you man, 612 00:36:52.480 --> 00:36:55.239 and you're killing it. You're doing a great job. Man, Detroit, 613 00:36:55.239 --> 00:36:58.480 a lot of Mexicans are No, we have Mexicans out there, bro, 614 00:36:58.639 --> 00:37:02.119 there's like a good Hispanic population in Detroit. Yeah, man's a Southwest 615 00:37:02.159 --> 00:37:06.119 Detroit job of choice out there. What are we doing are we are we 616 00:37:06.199 --> 00:37:07.840 fixing cars? Are we selling stuff? What are we doing? I mean, 617 00:37:07.960 --> 00:37:10.320 honest, man, tell me what you've seen. I'll tell this the 618 00:37:10.519 --> 00:37:15.400 the the Hispanic hustle, Bro, it's very much like the Middle Eastern hustle. 619 00:37:16.320 --> 00:37:19.760 I'm saying. It's like you go to a Korean restaurant and it's like 620 00:37:19.800 --> 00:37:24.519 you see an Arab dude named Ahmed and he's cooking with Jose and they're cooking 621 00:37:24.599 --> 00:37:28.239 that ship up and we're cooking. Yeah, bro, you know what I'm 622 00:37:28.239 --> 00:37:30.639 saying, and like they both don't understand each other. The best Italian restaurants 623 00:37:30.679 --> 00:37:35.159 there's yeah, there's uh, there's Middle Eastern people and Mexican people working in 624 00:37:35.199 --> 00:37:39.119 the kitchen. Yeah, bro, Japanese. All the ships are Hispanic. 625 00:37:39.599 --> 00:37:45.480 They're all Hispanic. Bro. It just should be called and Ijuana there he 626 00:37:45.679 --> 00:37:55.079 is Juana, that's the name of the special. But yeah, so we 627 00:37:55.159 --> 00:37:58.599 do have Mexicans of Detroit and we're working hard out there. Yeah, Bro. 628 00:37:58.639 --> 00:38:00.280 The trades very man. I mean obviously, like you know in the 629 00:38:00.840 --> 00:38:06.559 automotive field and you know the you know, Ford Motor Company and like christ 630 00:38:06.639 --> 00:38:08.599 are all those over there. So it's like a lot of Arabs Hispanics. 631 00:38:10.000 --> 00:38:14.599 I mean, bro, And it's like and the sons of immigrants, you 632 00:38:14.639 --> 00:38:16.039 know what I'm saying in them, Like even when I was at Wayne State, 633 00:38:16.079 --> 00:38:19.119 you know what I'm saying, I'm about to go to law school before 634 00:38:19.159 --> 00:38:21.840 I decided to drop out. Yeah. Man, And it's like, Bro, 635 00:38:22.079 --> 00:38:24.119 like my classmates, I'm like, you know, middle Eastern Hispanic and 636 00:38:24.239 --> 00:38:25.920 it's like and I'm like, what does your parents do? Like, Oh, 637 00:38:25.960 --> 00:38:29.639 my parents own mechanic shop. All my parents own a restaurant. Oh 638 00:38:29.760 --> 00:38:31.360 my parents, you know, own their own car dealership. My parents on 639 00:38:31.400 --> 00:38:36.119 the own insurance company. They own own laundry service. So it's like all 640 00:38:36.199 --> 00:38:39.360 these trades jobs with the most hustled by the ways, right, Like you 641 00:38:39.440 --> 00:38:43.519 gotta work man. Yeah. And I know Jackie mentioned this earlier. I 642 00:38:43.559 --> 00:38:45.440 know you got to get going, but you were recently engaged as well. 643 00:38:45.480 --> 00:38:47.079 Right. Congratulations man, Bro, I'm so blessed. Man. She's from 644 00:38:47.159 --> 00:38:58.960 Venezuela. That's right, very nice, well done. She got a pretty 645 00:38:59.000 --> 00:39:02.079 much from a homiere. What's the hashtag? G you guys got a couple 646 00:39:02.119 --> 00:39:06.920 of hashtags? Or no, you guys have hashtags? I don't know what 647 00:39:07.079 --> 00:39:12.400 is it? Hashtag? No, it's like he's talking about the regular Rocky. 648 00:39:12.519 --> 00:39:21.639 So we're a hashtagging you like that as well as in my life. 649 00:39:21.719 --> 00:39:23.199 You know, listen, bro, I got you, man. She got 650 00:39:23.239 --> 00:39:25.960 a bunch of friends and she's in She's about a graduate dental school. My 651 00:39:27.039 --> 00:39:31.920 guy friends, the dentist she hooked them teeth. I need you need a 652 00:39:32.000 --> 00:39:38.400 side check the relationship. I want to discount. Broo, Bro, we 653 00:39:38.440 --> 00:39:42.119 all need your fiance. Do we all missing teeth in this? Bro? 654 00:39:42.280 --> 00:39:45.800 She'll come through. Yeah, Bro, she's haled up c l A. 655 00:39:46.519 --> 00:39:51.400 So she is about a graduate from u c l A. I met my 656 00:39:51.480 --> 00:39:57.400 fiance on Instagram when she first started UCLA dental school. She was a dentist 657 00:39:57.480 --> 00:40:00.800 in Venezuela. Right, and then when you come to America, a lot 658 00:40:00.840 --> 00:40:04.480 of immigrants with various degrees, they don't mean anything here. Basically they were 659 00:40:04.519 --> 00:40:06.639 just like, yeah, we just start over. Yeah, because things are 660 00:40:06.679 --> 00:40:08.119 not the same. Education is, but teeth is the same. Though. 661 00:40:08.239 --> 00:40:19.280 Right over there, that's our teeth, our teeth. It's not these, 662 00:40:19.639 --> 00:40:23.440 not these, not these Uncle Sam chompers players. Bro. Like bro, 663 00:40:23.679 --> 00:40:27.039 she just reminds me of my mom, man, Like she just had such 664 00:40:27.239 --> 00:40:31.079 beautiful hustle Bro, like came here, didn't speak English, started working at 665 00:40:31.119 --> 00:40:37.920 a restaurant. Uh worked her way up and then started to apply different schools 666 00:40:37.159 --> 00:40:42.320 and then u c l A except her into the international program. Yeah. 667 00:40:42.360 --> 00:40:45.719 But I'm learning about Venezuela and culture and it's like very similar to rocky culture. 668 00:40:45.719 --> 00:40:46.760 Bro. And oh that's awesome man. Yeah, it's good work. 669 00:40:46.800 --> 00:40:52.719 Man. Congratulations. Yeah, no, no, now that you're gonna take 670 00:40:52.800 --> 00:40:54.960 let you under your wing, right Yeah. The next party, I'm opening 671 00:40:55.079 --> 00:41:00.360 up Pau as Detroit player on YouTube. Man, let's go. Also watch 672 00:41:00.440 --> 00:41:01.800 Paul at lea dot com as well. What do we got up? Man? 673 00:41:01.840 --> 00:41:04.760 We got merch, We got things going, man, we got merch 674 00:41:04.840 --> 00:41:08.519 tour days to Bro. I'm headlining my first show at the Netflix is a 675 00:41:08.599 --> 00:41:12.840 Joke Festival. Let's go this year. That's gonna be in May. Also, 676 00:41:12.960 --> 00:41:15.920 I'm be opening for Matt Rife at the Hollywood Bowl. Some gonna be 677 00:41:15.000 --> 00:41:19.800 there, man. Also, we got a low key comedy show that's also 678 00:41:19.800 --> 00:41:22.400 gonna be at the Netflix Fest. So man, your boys all over the 679 00:41:22.440 --> 00:41:23.400 Netflix got to come out, man, We got to come out on support. 680 00:41:23.599 --> 00:41:25.800 Love to see all my support, meaning get us some for free. 681 00:41:25.880 --> 00:41:29.039 But we're there, listen, we got you, bro. This is my 682 00:41:29.280 --> 00:41:40.079 entourage. That's right, that's Seaways, Paul Leard Guy, Salute Man, 683 00:41:40.079 --> 00:41:42.880 God, bless Man. Cruise Show Real ninety two to three,