Accidentally on Purpose
Explore the intricacies of life, love, and growth through candid conversations and thought-provoking topics! Welcome to the Accidentally on Purpose Podcast where we aim to live intentionally even when life seems accidental
Accidentally on Purpose
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What happens when an unexpected album rekindles a deep love for hip-hop? Join me as I recount the surprise release of Kendrick Lamar's "GNX," a lyrical masterpiece that brings us back to the genre's essence. My excitement for his upcoming LA concert is palpable, and I can't help but share my favorite tracks, like "Reincarnated," which reveal new insights with each listen. This episode is not just about music; it's about the cultural significance of the Grand National car and the larger conversation around hip-hop's true talent reclaiming the spotlight.
Shifting gears, let's confront the controversial landscape of public allegations against Jay-Z and Diddy. Amidst the chaos, I dig into Tony Buzbees contentious past in Houston politics, questioning the narrative shaped by racial privilege and bias. It's a candid discussion about the complexities of success, moral compromises, and the skewed perceptions of Black billionaires. While some claims against these figures are hard to swallow, I argue for a nuanced view that recognizes both their business acumen and the societal challenges they face.
Prepare for a rollercoaster of emotions as I share my personal misadventures with cannabis, which led to an unforgettable trip to the ER. Combining humor with genuine concern, I detail the overwhelming physical reactions and the healthcare hurdles I faced. Reflecting on this intense experience, I hope to enlighten and entertain, wrapping up with musings on the emotional power of music and the ongoing debates in hip-hop culture. From supporting Megan Thee Stallion amidst her legal battles to calling for unity among Black artists, this episode is a heartfelt plea for authenticity and solidarity.
What up world? Welcome back to another edition of the Accidentally On Purpose podcast. I am the host and proprietor, the creator of the show. I go by the name of Kenan. You can follow me everywhere at one Kenan Hall, on all social media platforms. Actually, let me stop lying, I'm just following on Instagram or threads.
Speaker 1:I don't know what's going to happen with TikTok, so I don't have one. So yeah, if and when that does happen, I'll definitely direct you guys over there. I don't know what's going to happen with TikTok, so I don't have one. So yeah, if and when that does happen, I'll definitely direct you guys over there. But had the pod today, had a few things to get off of my chest. I think the last time I podded was the Week before Thanksgiving and a lot has happened Since then. So you know me having this platform Very small, might I add, but at least having this platform very small, might I add, but at least having the platform. I'm grateful for that and I'm just here to continue to push the line and push the mission of exploring the intricacies of life, love and growth through candid conversations and thought provoking topics. So this is the Accidentally On Purpose podcast, once again, where we aim to live intentionally, even when life seems accidental. So I think the last time I spoke to you guys, um went on a little mini rant about some things that was annoying me. Little wayne was in there, he caught a few strays, but since then has made up. We'll get to that, um, man, just a lot.
Speaker 1:You know you, if you go two weeks without really paying attention to social media, or actually three weeks or the news, a lot can happen. And that is exactly, uh, what happened to me. So let's start with, uh, gnx. Kendrick Lamar dropped his album GNX on a random Friday afternoon, about about to be a month ago. Right, damn, I said a few weeks. It's been a month since I've had it. I gotta do better. This is ridiculous. But now it was random, had everybody in the stereo, I know I got the alert first, so I felt proud to announce that in my group chat with my guy's kid and Pierre and we was all scrambling trying to figure out you know what it was and where we could find it. At first it was just a song. So, um, yeah, I thought it was, you know, just another snippet of some stuff to come.
Speaker 1:But lo and behold, he dropped GNX, which is a grand national, um, if you from any hood, especially in the west coast. But I know where I grew up, um, you know we love box chevy caprices, um, but there was a few people that did have a few um grand nationals as well, uh, so I knew a lot about that car growing up. I knew it was. It was super powerful, probably one of the, if not the best, um, when it comes to engine and horsepower and things like that ever made actually beat. I want to say I beat a lamborghini in a race one time and and they outlawed them in some hoods because they kept out, uh, outrunning police cars, believe it or not. So, uh, a little fun fact, but nevertheless.
Speaker 1:No skips Classic album, my lady can tell you I have it on repeat. I enjoy watching the, the like reactions and the breakdowns and you know each listen gets better. I catch something that I did not Catch the first time, depending on what mood I was in. So definitely appreciate him feeding the masses and people like me that you know kind of kind of fell out of like I won't say out of love, but fell out of like with hip-hop for a long time, and I think what this battle show was that. You know we do have talented artists out there. It's just all the bullshit is pushed to the forefront. And now it's time to push some of that shit to the background and get the real spitters, the real rappers that impact this culture of ours Called hip-hop, the elements of hip-hop, whether it's emceeing or breakdancing or DJing or graffiti, poetry, spoken word. We gotta get back to the essence of that and I appreciate Kendrick for leading that charge, and you already know we had to go ahead and cop our tickets. We will be at the show in LA, here in SoCal, I think we're going to open at night, so I can't wait to see what happens. Hopefully he brings out some guest stars and you know, whenever you go to a concert in LA, since everybody lives out here, you are destined to see somebody. So definitely appreciated of that Got something to look forward to. And yeah, the album was dope man.
Speaker 1:Every day, my favorite song changes. I'll always, always remember the first time I heard Reincarnated and the chills that I got on my arms Because I could not believe what I was hearing like damn is this, this is the. That's how you do it. You don't go get an AI voice. You channel the energy because it's in you, unlike the other guy, it ain't in him, he not from this. I'll always go back to that because it's in you. You know, unlike the other guy, it ain't in him, he not from this. So I'll always go back to that. I mean the intro to set the tone, like that, to address the themes squabble up. And I'm not even a dancer, but I like the way it feel in my car, I like the way it makes me feel in the gym. And he's spitting on there, luther, I mean, that's just classic back and forth.
Speaker 1:We gotta bring back rappers Rapping and having an R&B singer on the hook. Love that song. I believe they did. Luther, justice and man at the Garden that is An affirmation song for me. And man, I just, I, just. I'm speechless on the build up, the way the verse ends and I find myself just Randomly blurting out now I deserve it all, cause I do, and from my mouth to your ears you deserve it as well. And you know we talked about Reincarnated TV Off. It is such an old to organized chaos. There's so much going on in that song but it all comes together A lot like gumbo. Some people may not like rice or okra, but whether it's seafood or sausage, whatever it is in a gumbo, one spoon, all of them, ingredients that hit your taste buds and it makes you feel good. And that's how I feel about TV off even the beat switch and even putting you know the Latino artists on their lefty gunplay. I'm getting into his music and he's pretty dope, and that's another thing. Kendrick created seven new millionaires, you know. Know, seven new millionaires by putting them on his album, all the songs charted on billboard. Uh, their lives changed overnight, you know, without notice, and I think I think that's a blessing.
Speaker 1:Uh, dodger Blue, another favorite of mine, like hardcore favorite that is. You know, I live in SoCal where it's probably gonna be about 70 degrees on Christmas. So If I had a top to let back I would, but I might roll, roll the windows down, you know, and just cruise around the city. It's just, it's an amazing song. Kind of reminds me of Computer Love a bit, so Love that Peekaboo man. My lady can attest to this. I can't get enough of that song either. It's just an amazing, amazing song. Shout out to AZ Chike On there going back and forth with Kendrick. It's a dope song.
Speaker 1:Heart Part 6. That's how you Do it. You don't even acknowledge the other shit Old Boy put out. And uh, that song, low key, is a tearjerker when you just hear everything he went through and how humble he still is to you know, his, his friends, j-rock, scuba, q, abso, uh, td, each moose, uh, uh, punch, uh, even even scissor, um, just the, the business workings of everything and him being a man taking accountability for the way some things did not work out. And uh, I'm glad they got past that because we've got some amazing music from all of those artists um over there at that. And we don't really have a lot of labels anymore. You know, death jam is pretty much non-existent. Um, you know, snoop is trying to revive death row but we don't have any more labels like tde. You know, I think they are kind of like the last of the last where you can have so many artists all on the same label and, you know, fight through their frictions, their trials and tribulations and triumph to great things. So I definitely love that.
Speaker 1:And, uh, you know, unpopular opinion, the next song, gnx. I like that song, um, because I know what they're talking about. You know, you kind of it. To me it's like a posse cut. You know, it's kind of what tupac did with the outlaws when they was on there. Just you know, talking their shit, uh, where they from what they do, how they'll do what they'll do to you. So, if you know, you know I love that song, hit a J three. That's probably my favorite verse. I like Peso's verse. So he went first, hit the J three, went second, and then Young Threat went last, who I am terrified of because I believe everything he says, even when he says grab the wrench, like Bob the Builder, or whatever he said on there, I believe it. I believe he extracts teeth without Novocaine. So shout out to him.
Speaker 1:And then, lastly, wrapping up the album, gloria, amazing, amazing song, another tearjerker, an ode to those double entendres that we love. You know, a lot of people thought he was initially talking about Whitney um, as my work email goes off, um, but he wasn't. You know what he was in a way. But he tied it all together, talking about his pen I don't believe some of those bars in there were uh for his love and admiration for Whitney, who is His woman. I believe I've seen the winner ring. So either his fiance or they got married. I wouldn't put it past Kendrick to just be married and we don't know. I respect that move wholeheartedly and I plan to do the same thing.
Speaker 1:Gotta keep people out your business, but that song is amazing, great way to um, wrap up the, uh, the album, and I can't wait to see what comes after that. Uh, there's more. I know there's more, but I'm not gonna rush it. I'm not, uh, one of these ungrateful fans like man. What about this? What about that? I'm living with this album and it's, it's probably an album that I've lived with the most out of the past 10 to 15 years.
Speaker 1:I think the last album, last hip hop album that I played, like this front to back no skips, um, shit, probably, uh, probably, nipsey Hussle's victory lap, uh, another incredible body of work and he was just getting started, but God rest his soul. He was taken from us way too soon and yeah, so, yeah, man, so that happened. Really appreciate him for releasing his body of work and can't wait to see him in concert and the Super Bowl and all the blessings that's coming, but on the same or the Monday of the, because it came out on the Friday, so that Monday squabble up video came out and then later that afternoon the dude, that boy, said Give me my ball, since you guys won't let me play, I don't want to play anymore, I'm going home. And he Filed a A petition To gather information To get for a lawsuit Against his record label Universal Music group, umg.
Speaker 1:A lot of people saying it was like oh, he's suing Kendrick, he's not suing Kendrick. I mean, in a way he is, but he isn't. Legally I don't think he has any grounds to sue kendrick because, um, you can't slap me with an open hand and then when I punch you with a closed fist, you say, oh, you ain't playing fair like nah man, every reaction, every action has a reaction and what he's done, the shitty human that I believe him to be because of all these stories that are behind the scenes, is the result of people not really fucking with him and is also also the result of why he got his ass whooped in this battle. Um, you know he specifically asked for this. He was made the song drop, drop, drop, you know, making um innuendos, also accusing Whitney of cheating on him and sleeping with his long time best friend and brother, dave Freed, which was a lie, and he said the kid wasn't his, it wasn't Kendrick's. It was Dave's Also said Kendrick put hands on her, which has also been dispelled as a lie. So it's just a lot of bullshit and it's crazy the way that certain people in this world can use their privilege.
Speaker 1:I really think Drake is coming from a place of white privilege. The audacity, the audaciousness of you to try to sue a record label from the things that you've benefited from for 15 years You've literally benefited from them shoving you down our throats. Pause your music down our throat. You know listening to gospel stations and your music pops up just because it's God's plan, like no, god don't know you. I'm convinced God don't know you. Like these things that you do, brother, the antics that you are, what you've been reduced to further lets me know that you are not a God fearing man.
Speaker 1:The things that you've said about you know you got lyrics. You know saying American something, something, something like American slaves. You also say Kendrick raps like he's trying to get the slaves free, like that's a bad thing, it's quite ignorant. If you ask me and um, I know they have a hearing on december 20th to see you know if this is going to go further. Oh man, I think in today's world, anything is possible.
Speaker 1:I could see this going further, uh, him drawing this out depending on what he knows or whatever. I could also see some damning information coming out about him, because you ain't going up against Kendrick and TDE and you know Niggas from the hood that want street justice. You going up against fellow Jewish people In a huge, powerful, very powerful Jewish machine. So it's going to be interesting to see how this goes out. But you know, I'm not rooting for him and I'm not ashamed to say it. I think we got to quit. We got to quit trying to reason with unreasonable people. I think it's the same reason why Kamala lost this election Keep trying to reason with unreasonable people. So you know, I think whatever he has coming to him, he deserves it. And in the end, you know, god think I think whatever he has coming to him, he deserves it and in the end, um, you know God is going to work it out and I pray that he continues to favor Kendrick and and use him to. You know, uh, bring us together through music and peace and positivity Uh, a lot like what we've seen at the pop out. So, um, that, that that lawsuit was interesting, but also, um, also find it to be, uh, white privilege, bullshit and um, you know that's, that's just what it is. So, speaking of suits, you know we got the news last week that Jay-Z was being sued civilly, um, from Tony Busby.
Speaker 1:A little backstory about Tony Busby. I lived in Houston almost 10 years. I remember when he ran against Mayor Sylvester Turner and you know I remember him doing some very childish things, you know, lying on Mayor Sylvester Turner and putting billboards up and alluding to he was cheating on his wife. He also did the same thing with a physician in El Paso, if I'm not mistaken. You know lying on him and you know just unfair business practices, man, and that's another place of white privilege. So the thing that bothered me is I guess I'm not bothered by him. Like, when I first read Jay-Z's statement and it had the second sentence said Tony Busby's name, I knew that it was bullshit. I knew whatever he was being accused of was bullshit for one, um, I think people don't. I guess the larger issue is I'm so tired of people that are fans of artists that they're not necessarily fans of hip hop. I'll put a pin in that. I'll explain that in a minute, in a moment. So for me, when I saw that name I knew he was a slime ball being in Houston. You know the reputation and the thing that he's done and how he aligns his whiteness with those Texas, those people in Texas One of the biggest problems I had with Texas is black people were.
Speaker 1:In my experience, a lot of black people not all, but a lot of them that I came across would be scared to speak up on behalf of black people. You know they would tell me things like you don't want to ruffle no feathers, don't mess with the laws around here. You know it's like, it's almost like it's a, it's an unknown, spooky energy that white people still run Texas. They will always run Texas because niggas don't want to stand up for nothing so they fall for anything. So knowing that, and then you know, give it a few days, lo and behold, there's inconsistency starting to develop in the story. First off, the woman young girl was 13, says she lived in rochester, new york. That's about five hours without traffic to Manhattan. Um, at the VMAs in 2000 that probably would have been a seven hour drive. You know, you add an extra two just with traffic so you bypass all security. Somehow you get to where all the limos are parked and you say you run into Diddy's uh, uh limo driver and then he tells you You're exactly what Diddy's looking for.
Speaker 1:Um, I know Diddy is in jail and he's a lot of things. Uh, may he rot in there For what he did to Cassie. Um, the the freak offs, uh, taking advantage of people. Uh, I believe it's partially true. I also believe a lot of people aided and abetted in that and they are now abandoning him to save themselves, which is fair, I guess. But my whole thing is just charge him. Charge Diddy with what he should be charged with. Don't overcharge him, is what I'm saying. And you know, I believe that now he's the power on, a lot of people are getting lumped into what he did. Oh, did he did it? So jay got to do it? Or, or, you know, did he did it? So, uh, beyonce had to be there, like, like what? No man this is. This is crazy man.
Speaker 1:I don't think people understand the relationship of diddy and jay-z, if you know. You know they've always been rivals. They've always been respectful rivals. There's clips of um diddy on the breakfast clubs and you know I, I'm the king of New York. Jay-z can be the king of Brooklyn, but I'm the king of New York. Like you know, it's always been. You know kind of that respectful banter and rivalries. Just because you see somebody at a few Roc Nation brunches and you know all white parties and things like that, it's not mean that they are the best of friends. You know that would be Stevie J, not Jay-Z. Y'all got the wrong J's. You know you're mixing them up.
Speaker 1:So the problem that I had was, I think racial programming has has conditioned us to think that Jeff Bezos and all these other white billionaires are these upstanding men of morality and they've worked hard to get to where they are. But Jay-Z had to sell his soul to the Illuminati and you know SA 13 year old girls to get to where he is in power. That is the problem that I have and I feel like what Tony Busby is doing is he's basically calling Jay-Z a nigger with a hard ER and trying to sun him and trying to place him and pin things on him, not thinking Jay-Z will fight back and Jay-Z is not as powerful as he is and he's rubbed shoulders with some of the same Jewish people that you know, mr Busby, and I think he's going to learn the hard way that Jay is a very calculated man. I'm not saying I'm not exonerating Jay-Z and saying he's some kind of poster child for being an upstanding person, because personally I believe if anybody in America gets to a wealth of multi-billion dollars, you've done something to compromise your morals. But to me, personally speaking, this, this crime does not fit the Sean Carter and Jay-Z that I know and am a super huge fan of. You know, if it was something about music, you know he took somebody's idea or back catalog or sold somebody's masters without them knowing, or, you know, tax evasion, something like that.
Speaker 1:Ok, I can see that because we know Jay-Z to be a shrewd businessman and um has done things behind the scenes for the benefit of himself and his family and business. But this I've never heard of jay-z being linked to. You know, these wow parties and things like that. For the most part jay's a private person. Um, I think the most we found out was when beyonce may eliminate and she, you know, put him in the place, put him in his place, rightfully so, for what he did to her. But other than that, you know, even when he made the misstep of making an album with R Kelly, you know he didn't want to do interviews with him and be seen with him and things like that. That was a business move. It was a terrible business move, but he did it.
Speaker 1:You know, I think Jay-Z is ran by green, um, you know, not by power. So to me the difference between Jay-Z and Diddy is Jay is Diddy has just been a uh, uh, a person that's moved, moves with a cloud over his head and in the cloudy mind because of substance abuse and power, and how he's treated people and how he's talked to people. And then we've seen repetitive behaviors of Diddy displaying that. You know you can go back to the band, um, you know, I mean my lady was watching it last month sometime the old seasons, and how he would talk to people and you know what the things that he would do like it's like the. The pattern of behavior has been there. I'm saying all that to say With Jay-Z. You don't see that and nobody's going to.
Speaker 1:Jay-z was a billionaire before Puff. That's what a lot of people are not Remembering. He removed himself from music a long time ago. So, as calculated as he is, and all the inconsistencies In his story the woman said she was autistic.
Speaker 1:Uh, she said she was pinned down by jay and puff while they was raping her and and a female celebrity watched. And this is all happening while you 13. But you know they have come out and and said well, jay-z and and diddy were not at that party. There was no, I think. She said it was a big white mansion. There's no big white mansions in Manhattan. They dispelled that. Then she said she ran out and used the payphone to call her father Her father, that's a 10-hour trip, ma'am. So they dispelled that. The father even came out and said he doesn't remember that His exact words was I know I have a lot of things going on, but I think I will remember that that didn't happen.
Speaker 1:So all of these inconsistencies and people you know a lot of these music blogs Well, not music these drama YouTube channels that monetize off of Recycled black trauma Were so quick to convince Jay-Z of being guilty and doing this heinous thing. You know a lot of them are now having to backtrack those things. You know, people like Jaguar Wright. Personally, I hope Jay-Z and Roc Nation starts suing the pants off of some of these YouTube channels. We need some order in here. Anybody that has a YouTube channel and is monetizing off of lies, gossip and recycled black trauma. I really think they should be demonetized and sued and whatever comes from that. They deserve it.
Speaker 1:Personally speaking, because you know, it must have been awkward for Blue Ivy to have to deal with that the night before her Mufasa premiere premiere. She's in, she's one of the voices, um, in the Mufasa movie. You know, and, uh, you know, it didn't look like it bothered Jay Z, it didn't look like it bothered Beyonce. But to have to explain that to your, your, your, your teenage daughter and then their other two young children, um, you know, I can only imagine the image hit that Jay has taken in the public eye, um, but also having to explain that to your, to your family. And it was unwarranted, it ain't even like he, he was, this thing never happened. It ain't like it was a wrong place, wrong time type thing, or I saw it but I didn't say nothing like no, this thing never happened.
Speaker 1:And we live in a scary time where somebody can make a lie up on you and everybody believes it before even doing their due diligence, you know, but I guess that's the world we in, and I think that's why I battle every day. I battle. Do I want to pie or do I want to disappear. Um, you know, I I just guess I guess it takes a um, healthy balance. I don't know if I'm there yet, because I get irritated quick and I don't have the reach of a Jay-Z or you know some of these other famous people. But I'm the type of person where, like I've overcome anger issues and I can only imagine if I had a popping platform somebody made up a lie about me. I'm the type of person I'm not going to say nothing. I'm going to pray to God that you and I cross paths one day and when we do cross paths, I'm going to commit to ass kicking. I promise you, dog, I promise I'm capable.
Speaker 1:It almost scares me the things that I'm capable of when I feel like I'm pushed to the limit and I couldn't imagine having all the money and access that Jay-Z has and then somebody tries to take, take my empire from me. Oh, oh, man, it's it's own. So you know, god know what he doing with me, he know what, what type of power to give me and what access to give me. Um, but you know, go ahead and bless your boy God. I won't read the comments, I promise. But if I do happen to come across a comment and somebody say something crazy, I promise you I'm not even going to reply. I'm just sitting there. I'm the type of person I was just sitting in the back of the club or in the back of a restaurant. You won't even know I'm there and I see you there and I, oh man. It also makes me feel. It makes me feel a little good. A little good knowing that that when I'm capable you know I sound crazy, Let me stop, but you get the point, man.
Speaker 1:So there's a lot of inconsistencies. I know that they're trying to fight. Right now They've petitioned the judge For an emergency dismissal. I hope they do it. I don't know what was dragging the judge's feet. I really hope they're not trying to make an example out of Jay-Z, even though he's innocent.
Speaker 1:I feel like there's an attack on black music. I feel like there's an attack on hip hop culture. A lot of that is our own fault. And, going back to what I was saying, there's a lot of people that are fans of rap, but you're not a you're not a fan of this thing called hip-hop, this thing of ours called hip-hop. And when I say ours, I mean mostly black people, you know, and a few Latinos, two Puerto Rican, you know if you grew up in the South Bronx and things like that. But this thing of ours called hip-hop, the elements of hip-hop, the essence of it, it's a culture, it's something you're born in, it's something you talk, you walk, you know you do, and I think what's happened over time, man, we've became fans of one artist. You know the OV hoes, the barbs, you know you're. If, to me, this is this is as plainly as I can put it.
Speaker 1:If your favorite rapper Is the Canadian, like your favorite rapper, you are not a fan Of this thing of ours called hip hop. Your favorite rapper Is a comedian. I mean comedian Canadian, he's a comedian too. You cannot possibly be a fan of this thing called hip-hop like your favorite. The guy that only makes music about taking other girls taking other guys girls or, uh, grooming underage girls um, you know we're turning up or smoking hookah and wine spritzers. The guy that has never stood for anything. The guy that makes fun of black American struggles and act like he's so much better than black Americans. You know, the guy that came in here and played in our faces like this is your favorite rapper, like you just skipped over Biggie and Pac and Big L and Big Pun, you know, and Public Enemy and LL Cool J J, who is still alive. Snoop Dogg this is your favorite rapper.
Speaker 1:No, you're not a fan of this thing called hip hop. You're not. You are a stan and you're a fan of this rapper, but you're not a fan of this thing called hip hop. I'm one of the biggest Kendrick Lamar fans there is, but if Kendrick Lamar was never to be created or I never knew about him, I'm still a fan of hip-hop. I'm still a fan of Tupac, snoop Dogg, biggie, big L, lil' Kim, foxy Brown, mc Lyte, queen, latifah Lil' C's I'm a fan of this thing. Scarface TI I'm, with, with or without, my favorite rapper. I'm a fan of this thing that raised me, that gave me game and lingo and made me feel things you know. But if you're a fan of like this thing of ours, you cannot like.
Speaker 1:Your favorite rapper is this guy. He has never made a song that made you feel anything, never, ever, ever, ever. You can and I don't argue amongst yourselves, you cannot convince me of that. He has. He has even uh, how can I put this? He to me. In my personal opinion, his music is empty. You know when I say empty.
Speaker 1:If you're familiar with Tupac, he has a song called Keep your Head Up. He has a song called Changes or I Ain't Mad At you. When you hear those songs, you feel something. You know, when Kendrick said man At the Garden Like I deserve it all, you feel something. You feel something when Queen Latifah said who you calling a bitch? You and I T-Y. You feel something.
Speaker 1:This guy's your favorite rapper. That makes you feel nothing. And if he does make you feel something, I question the things that you're feeling. What do you identify with? You identify with this shit or you just living? I'm sorry, you're existing, you're not living. So for me, if that is your favorite rapper, it ain't got nothing to do with the race or the country where he's from, because there's been other people that are not from this country that have made you feel something. Bob Marley makes you feel. Lauryn Hill makes you feel something. Wyclef Johnson, haitian he makes you feel something.
Speaker 1:This motherfucker right here. No, you can never, nobody can ever convince me. If that is your favorite rapper. Hear what I'm saying. Your favorite, I'm not saying you cannot like him. If that is your favorite. End all be all. Alpha and Omega. You are not a part of this thing called hip hop. You are a stan and you are a part of stan thing called hip-hop. You are a stand and you are a part of staying culture, and that is the problem that we have today in our current society. Okay, moving on, tory Lanez and Meg Thee Stallion.
Speaker 1:I, for the life of me, I don't know why people continue to bother this woman that doesn't bother anybody. This motherfucker had a gun around. Women Made a stallion get shot in the foot. They went to court. A jury decided he shot her. End of fucking story.
Speaker 1:Like you, niggas, like make me so mad sometimes. Like you, niggas, make me so mad sometimes. I'm not ever first To say free anybody, because I don't know what this nigga did, and nine times out of ten the nigga did it. So I'm not about to put no hashtags. No, keep his ass in there until he learns his lesson. And obviously he hasn't, because he keeps harassing her and paying people to harass her. So she has an active, uh, civil suit against you know one of these youtubers that is capitalizing off of recycled black trauma.
Speaker 1:So, man, I hope meg wins and she gets everything positive that that god intends for her, because she's been through a lot, hasn't a deal with you stans and these people buying her and this nigga With Napoleon Syndrome Shooting her in the foot and y'all making an excuse for that. Like, do you, man? I just I get speechless sometimes. I have no fucking clue what world or what planet Some of y'all live on, where you think it's okay For a man to have a gun around a woman and a woman ends up with a bullet in her fucking foot and you say free that man. Are y'all crazy, man? Sometimes I wish I was black lightning and I fly around the world and knock you niggas out for no reason, like it just just makes no sense to me, man. And yeah, man. So Prayers to, to Megan Thee Stallion Keep making your music, find your joy and stay there and you know, may anybody that's wronged you get everything they got coming to them. And then some, whew, I didn't think I was going to go in as hard.
Speaker 1:Um, lastly, lil Wayne finally came into his senses. I don't know if it's all the way, true, but he said he spoke to Kendrick and you know he said he wished him well and um, he didn't take the bar that Kendrick said on Mike Dalmira's as a diss. He was just saying that he understands it and he better kill the halftime show. All of that is said. All that said is well and good, but what the fuck took you so long? Why? Why do you? Why do you? Here's the problem. When Kendrick sat down with SZA and did an interview in the Harper's Bazaar Magazine, the chief editor is a black woman that people neglectfully Don't say Everybody gave him shit. Why don't you come to a hip hop podcast or a black media outlet? But Lil Wayne Capes for white man. He said congratulations To Bill Belichick Before he said congratulations To Kendrick Lamar. He sat down with Skip Bayless. Nobody wants to say nothing.
Speaker 1:So for me, cool, you came to your senses. Let bygones be bygones. We don't want no beef. Personally, I didn't want to see that. You know I'm. I like Lil Wayne's music. I don't really listen to him Like that anymore. I just think that I'm. I like Lil Wayne's music. I don't really listen to him like that anymore. I just think that I'm in a different place in my life where I'm only listening to things that move me. But I understand what he means to this culture and what he's meant to me as far as hip hop goes growing up. So I respect that.
Speaker 1:But at some point in time you got to ask yourself why are some of these artists so anti-black? Why is it so hard for you, as a black man, to fix your mouth and say congrats, black man, without a backhanded or ulterior motive? Why do you put white people on it? Old white man in your life, it seems, wayne, on a pedestal, but the black man around you it just seems like oh, I didn't hear it, or I don't know what's going on. Doesn't make sense to me, man. But whatever, though, no pun intended. So congrats to him. I'm glad, uh, I'm glad he came to his senses Cause, truth be told, he, what Kendrick did To Drake, would be an appetizer For what Kendrick would do To Lil Wayne.
Speaker 1:Take your feelings Out of the. Just take your feelings out and listen to what I just said. Take your feelings out when Kendrick just the way Kendrick dissected drake. Little wayne has so much, so much stuff that kendrick can dissect on, if you are a fan of this thing called hip-hop culture, from uh, birdman allegedly paying young thug or birdman and young thug allegedly paying people to shoot up the bus to him going to jail for the gun, gun charge for him and birdman kissing on the lips. Um to uh, most rappers being addicted to lean and saying they learned from wayne um, you know, to the abuse allegations that he's had in his own relationships. To the contract situation with birdman um to being scared to get off the uh, the tour bus, uh when he was in Compton. Uh to him wearing a blue rag and then switching it to red, like there are.
Speaker 1:So, as a man, as a human, what what Kendrick did to Drake? It would be 10 times worse than what I cannot put into words, though. Like it would just be that much bad, that much more bad because of all of the things that have been in the blogs and and just over the years. And then we ain't spending a lot of time in Southern California. You know there's a lot of stories out there, a lot of them, a lot of it I'm not going to speak on because it's gang politics and I'm just a square nigga. That ain't part of nothing. I just I don't know nothing except a little bit, so I'm not going to get into that. This would have been bad and I don't want to see. I don't want to see you know a legend, you know go down like that. I mean it was, excuse me, it was bad enough for what he did With the Black Lives Matter thing. You know that was terrible For what he said. Some things you just can't come back from. So, yeah, man, I'm glad it's over and it's done with Whatever. You know some things you just can't come back from. So, yeah, man, I'm glad it's over and it's done with Whatever you know. Peace and love to everybody. Before I get out of here, though, I do got to tell a story. Oh boy, let me cue the music.
Speaker 1:Dear fellow ladies and gentlemen I don't know why I said fellow, I'm not a lady. Dear people, if you are an indulger in cannabis, please stick to regular weed. And cannabis, please stick to regular weed. If it is a name you can't pronounce or you've never heard of, don't buy it. If you're trying to get high really fast, it's not going to work out for you. Don't do it. Take it from me On December 4th, approximately three Wednesdays ago ago, I was trying to get my lungs a break.
Speaker 1:I indulge in cannabis. You know there's a lot of shit going on in this world. I like to escape. Caught myself getting this spray from a dispensary. The direction said spray under your tongue, hold for 30 seconds, wait 5 to 10 minutes, feel the effects, use as needed. One gram, that's how much I thought was in the can. So I'm thinking it's very small. It's a very small can.
Speaker 1:I take a spray, hold it under my tongue 30 seconds, swallow, wait 10 minutes, nothing happened. I even waited another two. So now we had 12 minutes, nothing happened. Took another spray, hold it under my tongue 30 seconds, wait 10 minutes, nothing happens. Now I'm getting irritated. Fuck it, I'll take another spray. This time I'm going to squeeze the spray as hard as I can. And it was a lot 30 seconds, 10 minutes, nothing happened.
Speaker 1:I get up, go fix my plate. Before I can even put my feet on the ground to walk, my world changed. I don't know what the fuck was in this can. I don't know if it was air freshener or potpourri. I don't know if it was crack or heroin, brown sugar, booger sugar, fentanyl. I'm not feeling this shit.
Speaker 1:I look at my lady. She looks at me. I said this don't feel right. She kind of shrugs it off because this has happened before. So I thought you know, but that time it was just. You know, it was just, it was just something small.
Speaker 1:I think the movie freaked me out more, but no, about five minutes go past. I sit up again. The dog is on my lap now, our dog Harlem. She knows something's wrong with me. She starts sniffing and whimpering and stuff. I'm freaking out too. I said I need to go to the ER. She looks at me. She don't believe me. I reiterate I need to go to the ER. Yes, let's go. So she proceeds to get ready. Took her forever. You know I could have died in that motherfucker.
Speaker 1:So we go to the ER on the car. Right there I'm losing feeling and everything. I I feel like I'm I'm about to go to paralysis. I'm scared, shitless yo. My fingers are tingling. I can't feel my toes. My leg is shaking. I'm feeling nauseous as fuck. She's hitting every bump on the way to er. I kind of wish she just would have took me out the way, you know, to la jolla, somewhere where a lot of white people live.
Speaker 1:We go to one of the most good hospitals here downtown terrible, get out the car I'm walking through. You know you gotta give your id to check in it's. It's a bunch of niggas laughing and joking as I'm trying to get into the ER. Mind you, they're security officers. I get out. You know I'm walking through. They handed the paper. She's parking a car. I find somewhere to sit down. I can't even grip the pen to fill out my information. Thank God she walked in. She had to fill it out for me.
Speaker 1:While she's filling it out, I started to feel extremely nauseous and I'm sitting there like I'm about to throw up. She's like well, go to the bathroom. I couldn't explain to her at the time that I could not get up. Get up and walk to the bathroom. So she had to help me. She helped me walk to the bathroom. I'm in there. I stand over the the toilet. I don't know what came over me, but everything came out. It was like at least five pounds of puke. It was everything I had just ate. It was the broccoli, the salmon, the mash, the mcgrittle I had earlier that day. It was terrible, oh my god, it was terrible. So she come in and check on me and she sees this and she's oh. And I'm like yeah, oh, please go get help. I don't know why it wasn't registering with her that I was about to die. So I go to the sink. I throw up again.
Speaker 1:You know, they give me this bag. They walk me over to the counter. The guy's asking me over to the counter. The guy's asking me these stupid ass questions. How do you feel, sir? What the fuck you mean? Look at me. There's puke all over me. I'm woozy. I can barely talk. What do you mean? How I feel? Give me some help, dickhead. Oh my God. So they give me the wristband. They say go back and have a seat. I said, oh Lord, why the fuck didn't we go to the white hospital? They would have. As good as my insurance is. They would have said they would have took me straight back. Man, about 10 minutes ago, past 10, 15 minutes, they called my name.
Speaker 1:I go back and sit in this room. Then this lady want to ask me some more stupid ass questions. How long does you take it before I can even say, about an hour ago, more throw up, terrible. I mean, I'm just all over the floor just throwing up bad, splattering everywhere. It's so disgusting. And this, this, this fucking woman got the nerve to say sir, can you please stop throwing up on our floor? Do you know how bad? I want to call her a b word, but I didn't. I was like, if I could, I would. This throwing up is an involuntary action. How the fuck? What do you want me to do? I just kept puking. I ignored her, just kept puking all over the floor. I don't care, they gotta go somewhere, shit. So so, finally, you know they, they, they get me some help, they take me back to a room I gotta share.
Speaker 1:They must have put me in like the insane asylum. I mean. I swear there was a lady screaming. There was a dude walking back and forth, um, security was trying to get him out the hospital. Um, there was. There was a group of mexican ladies that I'm not sure what they were there for, but I almost feel like they were drug mules. It was.
Speaker 1:Wow, I'm woozy, I don't know what the fuck going on, my eyes closed. This is the smallest chair in the world. I cannot fit on it. I got the bag with me, though Guess what Threw up again all in the bag. So that happened. That might have been the last of it, because I was able to turn on my side and take a nap while I waited on them to come back there. You know, they put an IV in my arm and then they gave me some nausea medicine in the IV and then some fluids and I don't know, man, it had to be like an hour, maybe an hour and a half Started to come back to my senses and we walked out that fucking hospital and I came home and I vowed to never Ever Fuck with edibles again Never Regular weed only. So if you're out there and you hear this story, take it from me stick to the rivers and lakes you're used to. Please don't go chasing waterfalls. Oh boy, I damn near got ptsd explaining that story.
Speaker 1:This has been another edition of the Accident Learning Purpose Podcast. I thoroughly enjoyed this episode, man. I had to get some shit off my chest and I just hope some of the things that I say impact your mind, body and soul. But until then, happy holidays. If I don't pod before, then, merry Christmas, you know, and happy Kwanzaa and all of that. So yeah, man, please put value in yourself and we could put value in each other and then we'll have a value society Peace.