WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.770 --> 00:00:04.330 Right now, man, there's so much going on. I'm looking 2 00:00:04.349 --> 00:00:08.150 at one story, getting distracted by another story, but we 3 00:00:08.169 --> 00:00:11.470 will get to all of it. We always do. So, Miles, 4 00:00:11.509 --> 00:00:15.400 tell me about Lil Durk from your perspective. You know, 5 00:00:15.419 --> 00:00:18.339 I always make you talk about all the rappers, even 6 00:00:18.379 --> 00:00:23.239 if they're not even like your peeps, but we have 7 00:00:23.300 --> 00:00:25.859 had conversations in the past about what seems to be 8 00:00:25.879 --> 00:00:30.339 the growing number of prosecutions against rap artists, a lot 9 00:00:30.359 --> 00:00:33.729 of it happening in Georgia, this one happening in California, 10 00:00:33.750 --> 00:00:34.820 but it's a federal case. 11 00:00:35.770 --> 00:00:39.409 From what it looks like, it seems like Dirk hired 12 00:00:39.450 --> 00:00:43.310 the same lawyer that Thug hired for the YSL trial 13 00:00:43.340 --> 00:00:45.740 that they had. It looks like he's kind of playing 14 00:00:45.759 --> 00:00:50.640 the same playbook. It seems like they're trying to bring 15 00:00:50.759 --> 00:00:54.679 in the... The main thing that they're presenting is the 16 00:00:54.700 --> 00:00:58.490 associations with people plus the rap lyrics. What's really going 17 00:00:58.509 --> 00:01:00.289 to get Dirk caught up in his murder for hire 18 00:01:00.329 --> 00:01:01.869 trial that he's going in right now. 19 00:01:03.409 --> 00:01:05.469 Is the... Receipts. 20 00:01:05.969 --> 00:01:08.900 The receipts of, like, flights for people and actually wiring 21 00:01:08.920 --> 00:01:12.260 money to people and, you know, the gifts for the 22 00:01:12.299 --> 00:01:14.079 people and everything. You got to call people on his 23 00:01:14.180 --> 00:01:16.640 own team that are going against him. So it looks 24 00:01:16.659 --> 00:01:18.599 like they're not fighting the fact that there was a 25 00:01:18.659 --> 00:01:22.230 murder for hire. They're kind of, like, fighting the fact 26 00:01:22.269 --> 00:01:25.030 that it was not Dirk's motive to do it, I guess. 27 00:01:25.069 --> 00:01:26.010 So we'll see how it goes. 28 00:01:26.209 --> 00:01:29.670 Yeah, I mean, that's what they're saying. They're saying that 29 00:01:29.950 --> 00:01:34.650 he was trying to get revenge because... Because of his, 30 00:01:34.790 --> 00:01:39.469 you know, his friend. But to me, and this isn't some, 31 00:01:39.510 --> 00:01:44.049 this isn't like, this guy's a pretty mainstream artist. He's 32 00:01:44.090 --> 00:01:46.819 not some guy you've never heard of. 33 00:01:46.840 --> 00:01:49.079 And he's got, and he had, him and his crew 34 00:01:49.120 --> 00:01:53.000 have a very extensive violent history. 35 00:01:54.019 --> 00:01:54.579 Very much so. 36 00:01:55.219 --> 00:01:57.260 The people all around him, not just himself. 37 00:01:57.519 --> 00:01:59.920 Just himself. But yeah, the whole, the whole gang does 38 00:01:59.939 --> 00:02:00.519 for sure. For sure. 39 00:02:01.480 --> 00:02:04.739 Yeah. Well, um, I mean, what I'm seeing is that 40 00:02:04.780 --> 00:02:08.039 they're saying they're trying to blame his assistant. They're trying 41 00:02:08.060 --> 00:02:12.840 to blame other members of the crew. I'm not sure 42 00:02:13.539 --> 00:02:16.349 how effective that will be. I guess we'll see. If 43 00:02:16.389 --> 00:02:20.110 you're the money source, it's hard to like. 44 00:02:21.270 --> 00:02:23.810 Seems like the people that are testifying against their seems 45 00:02:23.849 --> 00:02:25.590 like they took pleas already. 46 00:02:25.849 --> 00:02:28.169 Yeah, they did. That's what according to the L.A. Times, 47 00:02:28.189 --> 00:02:29.009 they took plea deals. 48 00:02:29.330 --> 00:02:32.330 I don't know. That could be the play. You guys 49 00:02:32.389 --> 00:02:36.530 already took your plea. It's okay to snitch and go 50 00:02:36.569 --> 00:02:38.460 against me or put it all on me if you're 51 00:02:38.469 --> 00:02:40.689 dirt because that may be your only way out is 52 00:02:40.719 --> 00:02:43.979 to put it all on somebody else. Yeah. 53 00:02:44.740 --> 00:02:48.139 I don't know. I used to think that if anybody 54 00:02:48.219 --> 00:02:50.879 did that, like take a plea deal or what they 55 00:02:50.939 --> 00:02:53.740 used to call snitching, that it would be over for them. 56 00:02:53.840 --> 00:02:56.500 But we've seen that that's not the case in the 57 00:02:56.560 --> 00:03:01.150 rap world anymore. People, from what I can see, people 58 00:03:01.210 --> 00:03:04.780 turn on other people and then they go on and 59 00:03:04.819 --> 00:03:05.539 have careers. 60 00:03:05.560 --> 00:03:08.659 And then, you know, you get up there and take 61 00:03:08.699 --> 00:03:11.259 the stand as the witness and end up butchering the 62 00:03:11.280 --> 00:03:13.650 whole case. That's how it turned the YSL thing into a, 63 00:03:13.659 --> 00:03:15.710 you know what I mean, what, a two, three year 64 00:03:15.770 --> 00:03:17.229 long trial? 65 00:03:17.449 --> 00:03:22.490 Yeah. You're saying because the witnesses or. 66 00:03:22.449 --> 00:03:24.939 The Witnesses are in on the game, so they get 67 00:03:25.000 --> 00:03:26.840 in there, the defense calls them up to the stand, 68 00:03:26.900 --> 00:03:28.909 and they'll end up going completely off the script. 69 00:03:28.930 --> 00:03:31.710 Talking in circles. I mean, I think we see a 70 00:03:31.830 --> 00:03:34.889 little bit of that going on with the Tupac situation 71 00:03:34.930 --> 00:03:38.550 as well, although I really haven't followed it stroke for stroke. 72 00:03:38.590 --> 00:03:43.080 But some of these alleged gang members are up here just, well, 73 00:03:43.240 --> 00:03:47.639 you know, talking in circles. Clearly not wanting to walk 74 00:03:47.719 --> 00:03:51.289 away being labeled forever as a snitch. 75 00:03:51.509 --> 00:03:53.909 Not on paper, not on the federal paperwork. 76 00:03:54.069 --> 00:03:55.849 Nah, that's going to be a bad look for you 77 00:03:55.909 --> 00:03:58.310 once you go in there with your plea deal. 78 00:03:59.449 --> 00:04:04.300 Forever. Yeah, but also, you know, I mean, murder for hire, 79 00:04:04.340 --> 00:04:08.259 this is the stuff that, you know, law and order 80 00:04:08.319 --> 00:04:11.219 episodes are made of. I mean, it's pretty dramatic. And 81 00:04:11.300 --> 00:04:15.580 to me, whether it was Lil Durk or this guy, 82 00:04:15.620 --> 00:04:20.079 Kavon Grant, the personal assistant, that they're trying to blame 83 00:04:20.899 --> 00:04:27.480 who goes and buys ski masks at REI. Like, I mean, 84 00:04:27.600 --> 00:04:30.399 I'm not a master murder mastermind, but if you've ever 85 00:04:30.459 --> 00:04:34.829 been to REI, it's like a very white, you know, 86 00:04:35.449 --> 00:04:38.029 sporting goods store. It's like where hikers go when they're 87 00:04:38.050 --> 00:04:41.269 going to go up, you know, the Himalayas or whatever, 88 00:04:41.649 --> 00:04:43.610 a bunch of black dudes going in there and buying 89 00:04:43.670 --> 00:04:44.329 ski masks. 90 00:04:44.649 --> 00:04:47.730 I mean, Stand out on that flock camera, brother. 91 00:04:47.750 --> 00:04:48.350 For sure. 92 00:04:48.550 --> 00:04:51.980 Dreads and your diamonds and your platinum teeth and everything. 93 00:04:52.180 --> 00:04:54.139 You don't even need the flock camera. It's just a 94 00:04:54.180 --> 00:04:59.720 little security camera in the store. Anyway, it's like that 95 00:04:59.779 --> 00:05:07.639 David guy ordering murder stuff on Amazon. What? I guess 96 00:05:07.689 --> 00:05:12.759 they don't watch those old, like, police drama movies because 97 00:05:12.819 --> 00:05:15.420 that seems like it would be it just i'm sorry 98 00:05:15.459 --> 00:05:17.740 it just seems very dumb to me. 99 00:05:18.360 --> 00:05:22.600 It's unfortunate for dirk um i'm sorry it's an unfortunate 100 00:05:22.680 --> 00:05:25.079 situation because i feel like they dirk and everybody else 101 00:05:25.120 --> 00:05:27.680 put themselves into the situation in my opinion but yeah 102 00:05:28.170 --> 00:05:30.629 it's unfortunate to see um i hate to see hip-hop 103 00:05:30.670 --> 00:05:32.509 go back on trial like it's about to go i 104 00:05:32.550 --> 00:05:35.430 hate to see them comb through these lyrics And, you know, 105 00:05:35.490 --> 00:05:38.550 paint the picture through the lyrics. 106 00:05:38.610 --> 00:05:40.730 But this is what we got. And it's going to be, 107 00:05:40.889 --> 00:05:42.209 I think it's going to be messy. I think yesterday 108 00:05:42.250 --> 00:05:43.589 was the first day. Am I right? Yeah. 109 00:05:43.790 --> 00:05:47.949 Yesterday was the first day. He's pleading not guilty to 110 00:05:48.189 --> 00:05:51.750 death and conspiracy to commit murder for hire, a stalking 111 00:05:51.769 --> 00:05:55.579 resulting in death. Conspiracy to commit murder for hire resulting 112 00:05:55.620 --> 00:05:59.339 in death. And they're saying that he spoke, you know, 113 00:05:59.699 --> 00:06:03.410 encoded language. in order to tell people he would pay 114 00:06:03.509 --> 00:06:09.439 money for anyone who killed this guy. I also noticed 115 00:06:09.500 --> 00:06:13.279 that little Dirk is 33, and a lot of the 116 00:06:13.319 --> 00:06:16.180 people around him as assistants and stuff are much younger. 117 00:06:16.199 --> 00:06:20.000 And I just wonder about that. I mean, not so 118 00:06:20.040 --> 00:06:23.259 much in the context of murder, but in the context 119 00:06:23.319 --> 00:06:26.579 of the entertainment world where people have these crews and 120 00:06:26.680 --> 00:06:28.420 entourages that surround them. 121 00:06:29.149 --> 00:06:30.790 And, I mean, that plays into, I guess, what defense 122 00:06:30.829 --> 00:06:34.470 is going to play about them saying that it was 123 00:06:34.509 --> 00:06:36.949 the assistant's call when it's like, bro, you the big dog. 124 00:06:37.100 --> 00:06:38.379 You the big homie. You know what I'm saying? 125 00:06:38.420 --> 00:06:39.660 So I think that's going to be the angle the 126 00:06:39.699 --> 00:06:42.600 defense probably takes, too. It's like it can, whatever you 127 00:06:42.620 --> 00:06:44.899 feel about it, Big Dirk is not this big fish. 128 00:06:44.920 --> 00:06:47.589 I'm sorry, Big Dirk. Little Dirk is not this big fish. 129 00:06:47.670 --> 00:06:48.750 He seems big. 130 00:06:48.810 --> 00:06:51.009 He seems like the big homie, but he's Little Dirk, yeah. 131 00:06:51.250 --> 00:06:53.250 Well, the money, I'm saying he's the one on Front Street. 132 00:06:53.269 --> 00:06:55.269 He's going to put a lot of people in position. So, 133 00:06:55.589 --> 00:06:57.189 you know, it's going to be hard to beat. I 134 00:06:57.589 --> 00:07:00.189 see how the angles are going to be played for sure. 135 00:07:00.910 --> 00:07:05.620 I am. I've never had an entourage, you know, or 136 00:07:05.660 --> 00:07:10.079 an assistant, but I've worked for people that do. And I, 137 00:07:11.040 --> 00:07:13.360 I don't, you know, I've worked for and with a 138 00:07:13.399 --> 00:07:18.800 number of celebs with entourages and It's hard to imagine 139 00:07:18.860 --> 00:07:21.459 that they just take your money and go and do 140 00:07:21.500 --> 00:07:24.839 a whole project, but I guess you never know. You 141 00:07:24.860 --> 00:07:31.759 never know. And as you pointed out, it's starting to 142 00:07:31.819 --> 00:07:35.939 seem like so mainstream in hip-hop for there to be 143 00:07:36.019 --> 00:07:40.360 murder trials and the lyrics go on trial, although I 144 00:07:40.579 --> 00:07:46.740 thought that we were moving away from that because.. 145 00:07:46.910 --> 00:07:49.149 These aren't no new lyrics that they're going to be 146 00:07:49.170 --> 00:07:53.560 putting on trial. This is from, like, this was, what, 2019, 147 00:07:53.560 --> 00:07:56.439 I think, when Vaughn died? King Vaughn died around the 148 00:07:56.480 --> 00:07:58.779 same time like Nipsey and Young Dolph died. So what 149 00:07:58.839 --> 00:07:59.680 was that, 2019? 150 00:07:59.680 --> 00:08:00.800 Before COVID. How about that? 151 00:08:00.920 --> 00:08:03.399 So there's not no brand new lyrics that they're pulling out. 152 00:08:03.779 --> 00:08:04.949 So he's writing that same.. 153 00:08:05.470 --> 00:08:05.889 You know what I mean? 154 00:08:05.910 --> 00:08:07.939 That same vein when that was what was hot in 155 00:08:07.980 --> 00:08:10.180 hip-hop and on the streets, on the blogs, was talking 156 00:08:10.220 --> 00:08:12.399 about your beefs and drilling and, you know what I mean, 157 00:08:12.439 --> 00:08:16.139 calling hits on your ops live on stage and everything. 158 00:08:16.160 --> 00:08:16.779 That was the way. 159 00:08:17.040 --> 00:08:19.139 Yeah, I mean, I get it. My point is just 160 00:08:19.199 --> 00:08:23.269 that legally I thought they were moving away from it. 161 00:08:23.569 --> 00:08:27.170 Seems like not, which means you have to be mindful 162 00:08:27.189 --> 00:08:29.810 of what you put in your lyrics. And I'm not 163 00:08:29.870 --> 00:08:31.850 saying go murder someone and then cover it up in 164 00:08:31.870 --> 00:08:34.250 your lyrics, by the way. I'm not suggesting that at all. 165 00:08:34.740 --> 00:08:38.259 But if you look at screenwriters and TV show writers 166 00:08:38.320 --> 00:08:42.350 and all these other people that write fiction, what we 167 00:08:42.379 --> 00:08:47.710 would assume is fiction, their lyrics and their content are 168 00:08:47.769 --> 00:08:50.750 not brought into their trials. I've never heard of that 169 00:08:50.870 --> 00:08:55.429 anywhere except hip-hop. I wonder if it's going to be, 170 00:08:55.629 --> 00:08:58.389 you know, is that a factor for David? Because he 171 00:08:58.429 --> 00:09:01.889 does have that, you know, I'm not a David fan. 172 00:09:01.929 --> 00:09:04.379 I just know the title, but something like, you know, 173 00:09:04.440 --> 00:09:07.759 homicide love or something. 174 00:09:07.820 --> 00:09:09.639 I mean, you got, you got him on trial. 175 00:09:09.659 --> 00:09:11.750 Still, you still got, if you follow, if you follow 176 00:09:11.809 --> 00:09:13.450 in the hip hop scene in Florida, you still got 177 00:09:13.470 --> 00:09:14.549 the YNW melee. 178 00:09:14.570 --> 00:09:16.970 That's been going on for about six years. He's still 179 00:09:17.029 --> 00:09:18.220 in prison for a song. 180 00:09:18.240 --> 00:09:18.340 Yeah. 181 00:09:18.360 --> 00:09:22.159 I caught murder on his mind for, allegedly often his 182 00:09:22.220 --> 00:09:25.850 best friends. Right here in L.A., you got the whole 183 00:09:25.909 --> 00:09:27.970 Big U tribe that's going to be coming up soon. 184 00:09:27.990 --> 00:09:32.029 That's going to involve a lot of other artists and their. 185 00:09:31.889 --> 00:09:35.070 Lyrics as well. So, you know, it's not over yet 186 00:09:35.129 --> 00:09:36.720 by a long shot, unfortunately. 187 00:09:36.740 --> 00:09:38.799 I mean, David, do you consider him hip-hop? 188 00:09:39.179 --> 00:09:41.740 I'm saying him black music person. I wouldn't say him hip-hop. 189 00:09:41.779 --> 00:09:46.360 Yeah, he's kind of like... Kind of like punk rock, 190 00:09:46.740 --> 00:09:47.480 rock and roll. 191 00:09:47.539 --> 00:09:50.129 Alternative kind of vibe. 192 00:09:50.210 --> 00:09:54.889 Yeah, yeah, yeah. I mean, he's black, but yeah. I 193 00:09:54.929 --> 00:09:57.649 like to be specific because I get irritated when people 194 00:09:57.690 --> 00:09:58.950 call Chris Brown a rapper. 195 00:09:58.970 --> 00:09:59.230 Right. 196 00:10:00.029 --> 00:10:01.269 I never heard can. 197 00:10:01.309 --> 00:10:02.809 Chris brown rap you're. 198 00:10:02.529 --> 00:10:05.269 Right okay i i never singer though he's more of 199 00:10:05.340 --> 00:10:06.789 a dancer than a rapper how about that. 200 00:10:06.740 --> 00:10:08.940 He's more yeah he's a singer and a dancer i 201 00:10:08.980 --> 00:10:11.960 mean i've seen him perform i didn't really see him rapping. 202 00:10:11.740 --> 00:10:13.320 Seen him act more and i've seen him rap he's 203 00:10:13.340 --> 00:10:14.440 a dancer. 204 00:10:13.960 --> 00:10:16.279 Yeah yeah so i mean i i just yeah i'm 205 00:10:16.320 --> 00:10:18.990 just I point it out because I think when we 206 00:10:19.049 --> 00:10:22.090 go along with the mainstream media calling every black man 207 00:10:22.110 --> 00:10:27.649 a rapper, we set ourselves up not to say that 208 00:10:29.269 --> 00:10:32.440 we should be murdering people or we should be having 209 00:10:32.480 --> 00:10:36.120 these other legal problems if possible, but I think defining 210 00:10:36.159 --> 00:10:42.899 how we are labeled and being specific is helpful. There's 211 00:10:42.940 --> 00:10:45.230 my little talking point. tip of the day we've got 212 00:10:45.269 --> 00:10:48.870 news traffic and sports and then we'll be back with 213 00:10:48.950 --> 00:10:58.049 more conversation only right here good morning happy talking point 214 00:10:58.250 --> 00:11:02.620 Tuesday I'm Dominique the show is called first things first 215 00:11:02.669 --> 00:11:06.019 and my first thing is always prayer giving thanks giving 216 00:11:06.120 --> 00:11:08.860 praises and asking for blessings from God asking for the 217 00:11:08.899 --> 00:11:13.299 blessings of the ancestors and the elders and court is 218 00:11:13.360 --> 00:11:17.639 in session All right, so this is how we do 219 00:11:17.679 --> 00:11:20.580 it on a Tuesday. Hour one, we look left coast. 220 00:11:20.600 --> 00:11:23.879 Hour two, we go national, international, and beyond. And in 221 00:11:23.919 --> 00:11:25.809 the third hour, we do a deep dive with a 222 00:11:25.870 --> 00:11:31.070 hot topic or a person or persons of interest. We 223 00:11:31.110 --> 00:11:34.029 are doing all of that today, and you are welcome 224 00:11:34.210 --> 00:11:41.820 in every hour at 800-920-1580, 800-920-1580. That's the number if 225 00:11:41.860 --> 00:11:45.320 you want to say something about something. Hour one today 226 00:11:45.360 --> 00:11:49.799 is just me, you, Miles, and your devices. Is that 227 00:11:49.820 --> 00:11:51.700 what they mean when they say leave you to your 228 00:11:51.779 --> 00:11:55.019 own devices, your phone? The phone works. You can hit 229 00:11:55.039 --> 00:11:59.399 me up on all of the socials at KBLA 1580 230 00:11:59.399 --> 00:12:03.490 or my socials are at the Prima Radio. Whoops. Just 231 00:12:03.950 --> 00:12:07.230 knocking stuff down. Bull in a china shop this morning, 232 00:12:07.250 --> 00:12:13.570 but I'd love to hear from you at 800-920-1580. 800-920-1580. 233 00:12:15.629 --> 00:12:19.340 Today we'll ask the question, do Africans accept black Americans? 234 00:12:19.399 --> 00:12:24.000 Are black Americans accepting Africans? A huge number of our 235 00:12:24.519 --> 00:12:29.200 so-called migrants now are black. And that's changing the dynamic 236 00:12:29.220 --> 00:12:33.830 a little bit. And then you've got some movements, some, 237 00:12:34.470 --> 00:12:37.049 I don't even know if I want to call them. Yeah, 238 00:12:37.169 --> 00:12:40.269 some movements, some schools of thought. How about we put 239 00:12:40.309 --> 00:12:43.909 it that way? within our community that seem to be 240 00:12:44.549 --> 00:12:48.289 creating more division, some that are creating more unity. And 241 00:12:48.629 --> 00:12:51.529 there's a big festival going on here in LA, so 242 00:12:51.570 --> 00:12:56.240 we'll talk to the man who's putting that together, who 243 00:12:56.289 --> 00:13:06.299 is actually Igbo, but he is on a mission to 244 00:13:06.659 --> 00:13:12.179 create more dialogue. So we'll have Dr. Obina Okere in 245 00:13:12.240 --> 00:13:14.950 here and we will talk with him. And you, you 246 00:13:14.970 --> 00:13:21.269 know these phone lines are always open at 800-920-1580. 800-920-1580. 247 00:13:21.409 --> 00:13:25.210 It's hot. I hope you're okay. It's going to stay hot. 248 00:13:25.730 --> 00:13:28.110 We get snow relief this week. If you're on the 249 00:13:28.149 --> 00:13:30.850 left coast, if you're in L.A., you already know it 250 00:13:31.710 --> 00:13:39.120 is hot. I am one of the at-risk persons who 251 00:13:39.159 --> 00:13:43.179 does not have air conditioning in my home. So I 252 00:13:43.220 --> 00:13:46.639 feel it. I have one little window unit in one room, 253 00:13:47.379 --> 00:13:50.539 and that's pretty much where I've been huddled up. If 254 00:13:50.600 --> 00:13:55.110 I got to do anything else, it's all bad. So 255 00:13:55.139 --> 00:13:58.990 I'm feeling it. I hope you are hydrating because, you know, 256 00:13:59.070 --> 00:14:04.240 I'm over here complaining and joking, but also... people die 257 00:14:04.360 --> 00:14:09.440 from heat. And even though it's not Las Vegas hot miles, 258 00:14:10.480 --> 00:14:13.360 if it's hotter than what you're used to and your 259 00:14:13.399 --> 00:14:18.690 body is not properly hydrated, you can die. Okay. So, and, 260 00:14:18.929 --> 00:14:20.809 and a lot of the times that people are kicking 261 00:14:20.830 --> 00:14:25.389 the bucket from heat exhaustion or heat exposure, there's one other, 262 00:14:25.429 --> 00:14:31.070 there's three different diseases that, well, conditions, I guess they're conditions. 263 00:14:31.610 --> 00:14:36.009 that occur because of heat and all of them can 264 00:14:36.049 --> 00:14:40.129 kill you. So part of what's happening now is because 265 00:14:40.169 --> 00:14:43.870 it doesn't cool off that much at night, right? So 266 00:14:43.889 --> 00:14:46.149 your body doesn't get a break. It doesn't get to 267 00:14:46.210 --> 00:14:52.730 go back down in temperature. So you can call 311 268 00:14:52.730 --> 00:14:55.230 and they will give you a list of cooling stations. 269 00:14:55.289 --> 00:14:58.740 Those cooling stations are places where they have air and 270 00:14:58.750 --> 00:15:02.809 where you can find water. Um, and just get your 271 00:15:02.850 --> 00:15:06.929 body back to normal before you go out and do 272 00:15:06.960 --> 00:15:09.860 whatever you got to do. Even if it's stopped by 273 00:15:09.899 --> 00:15:13.480 the library or one of these other spots that they 274 00:15:13.500 --> 00:15:16.200 have some senior centers and other rec centers set up, 275 00:15:17.580 --> 00:15:21.639 have some water, let your body temperature go down and 276 00:15:22.559 --> 00:15:26.360 before you go home and go to sleep. Because it's really, 277 00:15:26.600 --> 00:15:29.679 if you're like me and you don't have air, right 278 00:15:29.720 --> 00:15:32.759 now the fans are just blowing around the weather. I 279 00:15:32.820 --> 00:15:37.940 couldn't believe it was like mid-90s downtown LA yesterday. That's hot. 280 00:15:38.519 --> 00:15:44.110 That means the valley is cooked. I mean, because between here, 281 00:15:44.549 --> 00:15:49.769 between the beach and Crenshaw, there's probably about a 10 282 00:15:49.769 --> 00:15:54.100 degree difference. Another five degrees up, downtown and probably another 283 00:15:54.639 --> 00:15:57.600 five to 10 into the valley. It's hot, hot, hot. 284 00:15:58.419 --> 00:16:00.440 So I just need you to be careful. I need 285 00:16:00.460 --> 00:16:06.070 you to take care of yourself and be mindful, especially 286 00:16:06.110 --> 00:16:11.970 if you've got your mom or your auntie or, you know, 287 00:16:12.450 --> 00:16:15.940 your big homie in the house, because a lot of 288 00:16:16.000 --> 00:16:19.029 times folks do not want to drink a lot of 289 00:16:19.080 --> 00:16:20.629 water because they don't want to have to go to 290 00:16:20.669 --> 00:16:23.299 the bathroom. They don't want to have to deal with incontinence. 291 00:16:25.080 --> 00:16:31.519 But you can really literally die. So even if you 292 00:16:31.559 --> 00:16:34.879 have to stay near a potty, you know, or take 293 00:16:35.000 --> 00:16:38.480 extreme measures, put on, you know, some kind of adult 294 00:16:40.740 --> 00:16:43.259 pamper or whatever, whatever you got to do, you don't want, 295 00:16:43.320 --> 00:16:46.250 trust me, you don't want to die. And I think 296 00:16:46.289 --> 00:16:53.730 especially as Southern Californians, we kind of, you know, think, well, 297 00:16:53.769 --> 00:16:55.870 we're used to the heat. We got this. But no, 298 00:16:55.909 --> 00:16:58.490 you're not. This isn't what we're used to. And even 299 00:16:58.549 --> 00:17:03.470 though they're saying that the temperatures aren't that different from 300 00:17:03.590 --> 00:17:07.670 other years, again, the fact that it's not going down 301 00:17:07.750 --> 00:17:11.319 at night is different. We don't have that for days 302 00:17:11.380 --> 00:17:14.160 and days and days where it just, It's hot in 303 00:17:14.180 --> 00:17:15.920 the day and hot in the night. You try to 304 00:17:15.960 --> 00:17:21.799 get up real early to work out, it's already hot. Anyway, 809-20-1580, 305 00:17:21.960 --> 00:17:23.980 that's the number to call. It's going all the way 306 00:17:24.000 --> 00:17:26.839 through Friday. Looks like we'll be down to the 80s 307 00:17:26.900 --> 00:17:30.240 for the weekend. So that's the relief we're getting. And 308 00:17:30.269 --> 00:17:33.529 then it's going hot again. And, you know, it's a 309 00:17:33.589 --> 00:17:36.369 weird cycle because the waves are big. So getting in 310 00:17:36.390 --> 00:17:40.309 the water, you even have to be careful. Just be careful. Oh, 311 00:17:40.369 --> 00:17:42.049 one more thing I'll say about this, because I don't 312 00:17:42.089 --> 00:17:44.890 want us to die. is that if you're really dehydrated, 313 00:17:44.910 --> 00:17:47.569 the best thing to do is eat something with a 314 00:17:47.609 --> 00:17:52.900 lot of water content, like watermelon or cucumbers, other various 315 00:17:52.940 --> 00:17:56.099 different types of melons, because it's hard for the body 316 00:17:56.200 --> 00:17:59.759 to go from completely dehydrated to just guzzling a bunch 317 00:17:59.799 --> 00:18:01.359 of water. You have to kind of help it out. 318 00:18:02.019 --> 00:18:07.380 And sometimes, well, all the time, eating food that has 319 00:18:07.460 --> 00:18:11.130 high water content is a good way to quickly hydrate 320 00:18:11.150 --> 00:18:14.859 the body because Whatever water you drank, that's more hydrating 321 00:18:14.900 --> 00:18:18.279 you for tomorrow. If you need to not die right now, 322 00:18:18.299 --> 00:18:23.779 you know, just munch on some cucumbers or some watermelon. 323 00:18:24.359 --> 00:18:30.720 Keep your body good. Miles, I see you rolling your 324 00:18:30.819 --> 00:18:35.259 eyes inside your head. But this is serious business. And I, 325 00:18:35.460 --> 00:18:38.220 you know, I just don't want us to die. Okay, 326 00:18:38.259 --> 00:18:45.789 so the... other, there's, there's a trial going on in Vegas, 327 00:18:45.930 --> 00:18:53.569 Miles's hometown, uh, about the, the murder of Tupac. And 328 00:18:54.339 --> 00:18:58.680 it's very bizarre, but that is happening, um, 30 years 329 00:18:58.819 --> 00:19:03.220 after the fact. Here in Los Angeles, there's another rap 330 00:19:03.500 --> 00:19:08.670 artist on trial on federal charges. And I haven't been 331 00:19:08.750 --> 00:19:12.430 following either one of them very closely, but, um, We'll 332 00:19:12.470 --> 00:19:16.740 take a little look at that, what's going on with that. Also, 333 00:19:17.380 --> 00:19:21.799 the deal, the merger between Paramount and Warner Brothers has 334 00:19:21.859 --> 00:19:27.339 got Southern California's entertainment community on the edge of its seats. 335 00:19:27.500 --> 00:19:33.200 It could really make or break something. the industry in 336 00:19:33.240 --> 00:19:39.829 this town, which is a big deal. Now the Attorney 337 00:19:39.869 --> 00:19:43.609 General has walked away from the negotiating table. Take a 338 00:19:43.630 --> 00:19:49.609 look at what that means, if anything. And so that 339 00:19:49.670 --> 00:19:53.569 and more on the table, 809-20-1580. If you want to 340 00:19:53.630 --> 00:19:57.390 bring up something else, I'm Dominique DiPrima, and this is 341 00:19:57.470 --> 00:20:01.539 KBLA Talk 1580. That's a little dirt right there, KBLA 342 00:20:01.559 --> 00:20:05.039 Talk 1580. In case you were not putting two and 343 00:20:05.079 --> 00:20:08.190 two together, I know you've heard that song. Huge hit. 344 00:20:10.150 --> 00:20:14.529 But he is on trial for murder for hire right 345 00:20:14.730 --> 00:20:18.839 now in the city of Los Angeles. Also kind of 346 00:20:20.539 --> 00:20:22.579 coming to a head in the city of Los Angeles, 347 00:20:22.640 --> 00:20:26.880 a situation with this merger, right? This mega merger. And 348 00:20:27.599 --> 00:20:32.329 when it was announced that Skydance was trying to get 349 00:20:33.200 --> 00:20:36.180 Warner Brothers, because they got Paramount. So now they're trying 350 00:20:36.200 --> 00:20:40.569 to merge Paramount and Warner Brothers. I was not happy 351 00:20:40.609 --> 00:20:43.289 about it because I know that this is the people 352 00:20:43.309 --> 00:20:47.329 that own Oracle and that they would then not only 353 00:20:47.490 --> 00:20:51.890 own TikTok and Paramount Pictures, but they would also own 354 00:20:52.380 --> 00:20:56.559 Warner Brothers, which includes CNN. It seemed like too much 355 00:20:57.240 --> 00:21:01.950 of a stranglehold on American media by one very Very 356 00:21:02.109 --> 00:21:10.250 conservative family. The elder, Allison, reportedly a close confidant of 357 00:21:10.490 --> 00:21:18.990 Benjamin Netanyahu. They're billionaires, obviously. They're Trump donors. And so 358 00:21:19.750 --> 00:21:23.049 I just felt like it was very problematic. Some folks 359 00:21:23.089 --> 00:21:25.609 were saying, we don't want Netflix to buy them because 360 00:21:25.690 --> 00:21:29.289 Netflix is already too big. And I can understand that, 361 00:21:30.009 --> 00:21:32.730 but I would have rather that. But now that deal 362 00:21:32.809 --> 00:21:37.190 is off the table. And if you think about it, 363 00:21:37.230 --> 00:21:39.150 the President of the United States put his thumb on 364 00:21:39.190 --> 00:21:42.930 the scale to help one of his big donors get 365 00:21:43.809 --> 00:21:51.599 this deal. But now 29 state attorneys general have joined. Actually, 366 00:21:51.619 --> 00:21:55.900 this one has 12 states. I'm thinking of the meta states. 367 00:21:57.380 --> 00:21:59.940 We got lawsuits around here, people. I'm thinking of the 368 00:22:00.009 --> 00:22:02.650 Meadow one. That has 29. This one only has 12 states. 369 00:22:03.589 --> 00:22:08.569 It's an antitrust lawsuit, and it's blocking that merger between 370 00:22:08.630 --> 00:22:11.589 Paramount and Warner Brothers Discovery. I don't know how long 371 00:22:11.609 --> 00:22:14.150 that will hold up, but there are lots of folks 372 00:22:14.210 --> 00:22:17.150 in Hollywood, including the Writers Guild, that have weighed in 373 00:22:17.210 --> 00:22:20.630 and said this merger is a huge problem. It will 374 00:22:20.690 --> 00:22:24.390 cause massive job losses. It will undermine the agency of 375 00:22:25.009 --> 00:22:29.650 Unions that will undermine our wages, which are already small 376 00:22:29.730 --> 00:22:32.089 enough here in Hollywood. If you look at it in 377 00:22:32.170 --> 00:22:38.420 terms of how often writers or directors or actors actually 378 00:22:38.480 --> 00:22:42.779 get to work, and then you divide the money that 379 00:22:42.819 --> 00:22:45.140 they make over the amount of time that they're going 380 00:22:45.160 --> 00:22:48.299 to go without a job, these wages are very low already. 381 00:22:49.920 --> 00:22:55.559 And so a massive monopoly, which is what we're talking about, will, 382 00:22:56.920 --> 00:23:00.839 you know, bleed jobs from LA, which we cannot afford 383 00:23:01.200 --> 00:23:04.549 because we're already in this very contracted economy where the 384 00:23:04.589 --> 00:23:09.470 streamers say they're resetting their business model, where we're being 385 00:23:09.549 --> 00:23:12.769 punished for going out on strike, trying to get protections 386 00:23:12.809 --> 00:23:17.730 against AI, trying to get better wages, where there was 387 00:23:17.759 --> 00:23:23.359 a rush of production right before COVID. And then These 388 00:23:23.619 --> 00:23:26.140 streamers looked up and said, oh, we're not making enough money. 389 00:23:26.500 --> 00:23:30.559 And then they started to realize that they can get actors, writers, 390 00:23:32.480 --> 00:23:39.250 and have huge hits with using overseas talent, which is 391 00:23:39.309 --> 00:23:42.309 not unionized, or even if they are unionized in some cases, 392 00:23:42.829 --> 00:23:45.609 they are making much lower wages. So there's all these 393 00:23:45.670 --> 00:23:49.670 different factors coming to play. The fact that the theaters, 394 00:23:49.809 --> 00:23:52.049 people aren't really going to the theaters like they used 395 00:23:52.089 --> 00:23:55.299 to ever since COVID. So what does that mean? It's 396 00:23:55.339 --> 00:23:57.880 not just actors, directors, and writers that are out of 397 00:23:57.960 --> 00:24:03.140 jobs when the industry contracts or when it consolidates. It's 398 00:24:03.380 --> 00:24:07.529 everybody in the region. It's the caterers, the florists, the 399 00:24:07.569 --> 00:24:12.150 makeup artists, the people that sell the makeup, the costume designers, 400 00:24:12.230 --> 00:24:16.150 the regular clothing vendors, because all of these businesses are 401 00:24:17.890 --> 00:24:20.910