The Pi Show
Growing in up in NYC during the golden era that was the 90's is one of the dopest experiences one could have on their resume. Add in immigrant parents and living in some of the toughest parts of the city and now you're cooking with gas! Each week the guys will speak from the perspective of being raised by parents who preach Jesus in the streets that birthed Hip Hop. Whether trading war stories from their childhood and their current family-lives or covering the latest topics dominating the timeline, their POV is distinct to say the least.
The Pi Show
Episode 35 - "Mo-Diddy"
Use Left/Right to seek, Home/End to jump to start or end. Hold shift to jump forward or backward.
This episode we covered Lebron James leaving the Lakers and joining the Philadelphia 76ers. We spoke about how we think this will effect his legacy overall and if it will be worth it in the end. Cito also speaks a little bit about his shows this past weekend. First remote episode and it was vibe!!!
That niggas on me bro what what is this? I can't even see what that is. That should have like baby oil. Why you got baby oil? Oh my god. Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. Diddy assist.
SPEAKER_02Oh Diddy.
SPEAKER_00That's the beginning of the baby.
SPEAKER_03That is legit. That's legit. Abel's gonna be a little bit. For the babies. Okay. For the baby, yeah.
SPEAKER_00Yeah, having a big thing.
SPEAKER_01This is for Able, bro. Having the baby oil right next to the bed is nuts, bro.
SPEAKER_03Yo, nah, nigga. This is like my my sanctuary, bro. Look at this shit, nigga. I'm just pulling out more and more shit, bro. I really don't be sitting on this desk, bro. And this is that as my work desk. And I work from home. And I don't utilize it, nigga.
SPEAKER_01But now you can.
SPEAKER_03Yeah, word, bro.
SPEAKER_01Alright.
SPEAKER_03Nigga, I found the fucking vape here too, nigga.
SPEAKER_01I don't even vape. Whose vape is this? That's really a workstation, nigga. Alright, you want to know what's funny about that vape? This is gonna sound so. I think it's yours. That is mine. That was my vape. And I gave that vape to Ashley on the pilgrimage to Portugal. I think it was Portugal. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, she was like, Can I try it? And like she tried it, she was like, Oh, I like this. She was like, Can I keep it? I was like, of course, go madre. And she kept it, and it ended up in Momo's desk.
SPEAKER_03Damn, man. Nah, nigga, she didn't even utilize that shit.
SPEAKER_01What? Nigga, that's what? Portugal was three years ago?
SPEAKER_02Damn, she kept it in.
SPEAKER_01Yeah, nah, nigga. That shit still got pulls. Probably. Yeah, it does. It does. It does. It does. I don't think I don't think that's the was cheap in that shit like that. Nigga, here we go, bro. Yo, nah.
SPEAKER_03Load up on my lips. Yo, load open my lips, nigga.
SPEAKER_00First remote episode is gonna go off the rail.
SPEAKER_03Yo, yo. Yo, hey, niggas be on the pilgrimage like this, though, dog. Not me though, nigga. This is how they want me to look, though.
SPEAKER_01I'm not gonna lie to you. I feel like the only niggas that wear the hat are the trust me, bro. You can't trust me. I feel like I feel like the only niggas that niggas that wear the hat cannot be trusted. Yeah, I just feel like only the tryhards wear the pilgrimage hat, bro. Like, nigga, bring your own hat. Like, don't wear that shit. Like, the only niggas that's supposed to wear that shit is Giuseppe and the head catechist of every pilgrimage. Like, nigga, Jose could wear that shit. Nigga.
SPEAKER_00Debut.
SPEAKER_03Debut. God bless you. That's that's that's Gerber baby, bro. That's what we call him. Gerber baby. Look, he looked like a straight man.
SPEAKER_01Nigga look like a Gerber baby, bro.
SPEAKER_02Why do you have a man in a straitjacket? Yeah, why his arms look constricted? Yo, this is a more ticket turkey, bro.
SPEAKER_03This is how you make the turkeys.
SPEAKER_01Oh shit. It's like a bull. Oh, that's the height that keeps them more. Also, so they don't scratch. They don't scratch themselves. Yo, welcome to the podcast, Abel, bro.
SPEAKER_02Welcome to the pod, bro. We got four members, nigga. We live.
SPEAKER_01We replaced Jedi with Able.
SPEAKER_03Nah, nigga. On some real shit, that straight jacket saves lives, nigga. Them niggas be like scratch themselves and none of that shit. It'll move, bro. It'll move, bro. They be sleeping, bro. They be knocked out. We be chilling. Um yeah, that's just so so, but they be they be chillin' on that shit, nigga. Nah, that's just you don't remember when they put you on that shit. That's crazy. Zay, we ain't doing this pie, nigga, if you gonna be on your phone, nigga. Cause now we can't even watch you. Now you doing that shit that niggas be doing on Zoom calls.
SPEAKER_02Niggas be like this, nigga be saying, like, we don't do that shit. Nigga voice.
SPEAKER_01Yo, it does, bro. You can see this on the zoom. Nigga Moy said me like this on the Zoom call. They'd be like, uh, Mr. Del Rosario. Mr. Del Razario, he's like, yo, I'm not texting. Yo, I'm not texting. Deadass. I'm not texting.
SPEAKER_03Yo, let me let me let y'all people know something, bro. This nigga got a lot of. Everybody watching, I definitely got one, bro. This is for Ashley's vanity, though. This is how you see the videos and shit. But not on some real shit. On some real shit. Guys, everybody's watching this pod. We have all the equipment ready to stream at home. Our manager don't let us. And he's collecting dust. Our boss. I think it's at the end. He don't let us.
SPEAKER_01I'm not the manager. He don't let us. No, no, no, no, no. We're gonna do it. Like, look, this is the first time we're doing it because we there was no other way this weekend. Everything set up. Nah, we're gonna make it. We're gonna make it happen. We're gonna have to do it. We're gonna have to do it at some point. Look at the headphones set up he got. That shit is fire.
SPEAKER_03Headphone set up. Ready. Everything ready, bro. We just went, we just waited for the CEO to tell us, nigga.
SPEAKER_01We it's four CEOs on the pod show.
SPEAKER_03Nigga.
SPEAKER_01It's four CEOs.
SPEAKER_03Shut your mouth, nigga. Lord open my lips. Nah, Brody. Nah, nigga. This shit is lit, bro. Nah, bro. It's a long time, it's long time waiting, bro. We needed to do this.
SPEAKER_01I was gonna say, nah, man, if not, if we wouldn't have done it, for those wondering, like, oh, why they doing it like if we wouldn't have done it like this, we wouldn't have had an episode. So we're making sure to get y'all episode any way that we can. And yeah, man. Like, I'm happy. I'm happy we here. We got Momo back. Momo wasn't at the last one, right? Or I'm bugging. He was. No, I don't think he was. Nah, I wasn't, I wasn't in the last one. You was at the one before that, though. Yeah, that one, yeah. The last one? Damn, Momo. I think he had like people from the mission in his house or something. That's what it was. The last one was still doing the two by two. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Okay, that makes sense.
SPEAKER_03And I was hosting, I was hosting people, brother.
SPEAKER_01He was doing I don't mean he was doing the Lord's work, and but now we back. Jeddah's not here because this weekend is Comadre Pereca's birthday. So they've been celebrating all weekend. Just doing a lot of just crazy shit. He took her to Philippe on Friday. Um last night they went to catch. Um and then after that, after that for drinks. For drinks, I think they went to Greenhouse. And then I think today for lunch they did Brooklyn Chop House. And then right now they're on a yacht capping with Fat Joe and Jadakus.
SPEAKER_03Um Damn nigga, that nigga got bread, bro.
SPEAKER_01Yeah, nah, Jedi, nigga, Jada's different, bro. Jada's a different animal. Um and he loves his wife, so that's why he, you know, he he just flexing for his wife. I respect it.
SPEAKER_03Nah, nigga, I respect that shit, nigga. Nigga beast. Nigga beast. Yo, my nigga, my nigga, yo, I just need niggas to understand. Today's a different day. Today's a different day. No? Today's a different day. You see what that says? New York Knicks. That's it. For those niggas. Oh shit, wrong hat. My fault. Nigga, I fucking forgot about that shit. Nigga, this shit says New York Knicks on it. And nigga, for all my niggas that don't know, all I can say is, Jed, I got a lot of money. He be trying to play it off like he don't got money. He was at the NBA Finals. He now in fucking in catch steak, doing Tau, all this other. So, bro, like, this guy's crazy, bro. He be trying to act all humble.
SPEAKER_01Brooklyn Chop House, Brooklyn Chop House, Tau. He went to Greenhouse just for drinks. I mean, Jeddown got it. Jedi got it. He got it. We all gotta step our game up for our wives, basically.
SPEAKER_02I saw him at the Eucharist too, bro. I was wondering who is who's that with the Lamborghini parked outside.
SPEAKER_01Oh, that means Zay is in his bathroom. Hell no, I'm in the laundry room. He's in the laundry room. It's crazy because I'm in Zay's house right now and I'm in the more comfortable spot.
SPEAKER_03Nigga got nigga got a boost mobile fucking uh uh service, bro.
SPEAKER_01I'm in Zay's gaming chair.
SPEAKER_02My shit, I don't know how I don't know how this shit is. My shit might be lagging or something. I don't know. Nah, it's good. Nah, it's fine. Cause I can never hear it. But I just know like I'm secluded from like C sound.
SPEAKER_01Yeah, yeah, no, it's pretty good. You can't really hear the echo anymore. That's why we did it like this.
SPEAKER_02It's chill now, bro. I'm in a box right now, nigga.
SPEAKER_01So it's like a coffin. Momo, you put on you put on the Lakers hat. I guess we can start right there. Uh LeBron officially left the Lakers. Announced this week that he's signing with the Philadelphia 76ers. How do you feel about that? I guess what you really want to know is, are you a 76ers fan now?
SPEAKER_03Nah, bro. I told y'all nigga. I let that nigga go a long time ago. Deep down in my heart, bro. I want to see him do whatever the fuck he wanna put his mind to. Because he's always gonna be a favorite, right? But I literally, I just, I'm too old to be following that nigga. That's number one. And he's been doing too much corny shit. And I don't, I don't fuck with it. Because I don't agree with you. Like, if you're gonna sign, number one, you took a veteran contract, two years, minimum pay, because your plan is to just win a chip and probably retire. Why retire there? If if you win a chip, which they're not, because you're going to the east where the east just won. That's number one. But considering it, you know, East is a little bit easier for him compared to the West. He's bitching out of the West. Um, but personally, I just think that it's just a cop-out move. And he should have definitely gone to the fucking Cavaliers, bro. That's my shit, my nigga. Like, he should have gone to the Cavaliers. Like you, you, I, I, I, like, if you're gonna actually end this shit, you're gonna take an eight-year fucking eight-year fucking contract, like the Cavs got a good team.
SPEAKER_01So it's not like we're saying go to the Cavs and you know, don't be competitive, not have a good last year of your career. Like, the Cavaliers played well. They went to the Eastern Conference Finals.
SPEAKER_02Like, I mean, yeah, they don't think the I don't think the Cavs wanted him, though. They were in the initially. I think they would have took him, but like, I I don't know. Just and also, don't the Cavs, I feel like the Cavs have um I don't think he would have meshed with James Harden. Like, just their playstyles, like I don't know. Like, I think I don't think it would have been a good fit.
SPEAKER_01It's just what is the reason for going over there? I don't think Cleveland, I don't think Cleveland is a good fit even without LeBron. Like when James Harden went there last year, I didn't I was like, I don't think that shit's gonna work. And it didn't work.
SPEAKER_02Yeah, James James Harden, I don't I don't know where he belongs.
SPEAKER_01Like, I don't think he should have never left Houston. Like, yeah, like look at how good look at how good KD looked with Houston last year. I don't know why James Harden ever left that team. Didn't make any sense.
SPEAKER_02Oh bro, he's he's like he's like forcing himself to be a journeyman. I I don't understand that, but to momo's point, I I really don't know why he he went to Philly either. I I that's like what what's in Philly though?
SPEAKER_01Like that shit caught me by surprise. Nigga cheesesteaks.
SPEAKER_03I don't young bro, I mean they they're on a 47-year draw.
SPEAKER_01If he wins, no no no that's that's a good point by Momo. If if he's a part of the team that wins, it's a big deal for the 76ers for sure. I just don't think that they're gonna win. And I'm not saying it because it's like, oh, I got my Knicks repeating next year or whatever. Like, I believe in my Knicks. I believe in my Knicks. I I think that as currently constituted, I still like I still like us coming out of the East. But I just think that the West, the West gotta have a say at some point, bro.
SPEAKER_03You know what it is too, nigga? The problem really is that ever since he went to the West, he has not made it to the finals that easily. And that's what it is. What he wants is a clear route to the finals to say that he ended his career trying to go to the finals. If he goes to the east, let's be honest, man. Do you think it's gonna be clear in the east? No, if he goes to the east, I mean he's in the east. If he goes to if he goes to the playoffs, he's going to the conference finals for sure. And he gotta face the Knicks. He gotta face Cleveland, he gotta face one of these fucking Eastern teams. Boston. Boston's gonna be Boston's gonna be back to the street. South Six.
SPEAKER_01Indiana too, Tyree. Halliburton's coming back. Miami, look, I don't think I don't think Miami's gonna be. I think Miami's gonna take a little bit of a step back. I don't know how good they're gonna be.
SPEAKER_03But it's a little bit more difficult. For some weird reason, you know, nigga, West is like a little more of a powerhouse. Like it's more. I guess it's the organization wise.
SPEAKER_01Like, you're not wrong. Bro, the West, look, the East, we just named the East. In the West, who are we talking about? Jokic and Denver. We're talking about OKC, who was unhealthy this year. That's probably why they didn't beat San Antonio. If they were healthy, they probably beat San Antonio in that series. Because to me, OKC is probably still on paper the best team in all of basketball. They just weren't healthy last year. They're gonna come back healthy. So you got OKC, you got Denver and Jokers, you got Houston. Houston is they got two young pieces that are really fucking good.
SPEAKER_02Yeah.
SPEAKER_01Minnesota with Ant-Man. And then and then they just traded for LaMelo. So let's see how that works or whatever. But Minnesota's a fucking great team. And then, I mean I think the East is who else in the I feel like I'm I feel like I'm missing somebody. Oh, I didn't name. Did I say San Antonio? I didn't fucking name San Antonio. Nigga, San Antonio. Look, I don't fucking like Webby. I don't like him. He's still a fucking beast. San Antonio's still a great fucking team. Stefan Castle, Devin Vassell, uh, Dylan Harper. Like, yo, I mean, Momo makes a good point. The West, if I had to choose right now, like, you want to go through the West, you want to go through the East, I probably would choose the East too.
SPEAKER_03He wants the easier route. And that's my shit with Bron. My fault, Zay. Nigga, my that's my shit with Bron, bro. Is that I'm realizing it, and the more that, like, the older I get, I guess, right? Because I was, I was, nigga, I've I followed LeBron through his career. I was a LeBron, I'm an OD LeBron fan. But my shit is just my shit is just like at this point, nigga, you I know what you're trying to do, nigga. And it's all about the dollars, which is hence why you stay, you, you, you did what you did with the whole entire Drake and Kendrick shit. Because you're an industry, like you, you're part of the industry, nigga. You trying to move with the industry. And I just don't, I don't respect that. Because when you look at it hindsight, and you look out the way Kobe, the way that that Jordan played, like it was all about ball. This nigga's all about business. And it looks gross at this point. Because before, yes, it's about business, but my nigga was wildin' in Miami. He was wilding, he was playing. When he was in Cleveland, that the second time he came, he was playing. When he got to the Lakers, he became a showman. And I just don't, I don't want to follow that story. I don't want to follow that narrative. It's ruining his career right now.
SPEAKER_02I would say that that's what caught me off guard because I I true, I too feel like that. Like I feel like he's more of a showman. I feel like I feel like at this point, basketball, I don't want to say afterthought, because that's kind of crazy. But I just don't think his focus is completely basketball. So I was in my heart, I thought he would stay in LA. I thought New York would have made sense, but I don't think the Knicks wanted any parts of him. But I think he wanted to be in like a big prominent city because he cares about like everything outside of basketball. The fact that he went to Philly and then signed for the deal that he signed for, which is so little money, like that shit in my head. I'm like, this nigga still wanna chase a ring. Like this in my head, I'm thinking this nigga is just coasting to whenever the fuck he decides to retire. He and he's just like, nigga, because you know he's gonna play maybe like 50 games most. So I just and he could get a max contract anywhere, really. Like, he's still LeBron James. So the fact that he signed for the deal that he signed for in Philadelphia, which is like when you compare to the place he's he could have been, he could have been Golden State, he could have been fucking well not the clip, not the Lakers, but he could have been like with the Clippers, he could have been in like maybe like fucking New York or like just a more prominent city than where he went. Although Philadelphia has a good history, like that shit kind of threw me off. Like, I'm like, bro, this this nigga really wants to like bring Chase at this point in his career? Because I feel like I don't know, like from a basketball standpoint, he's trying to get it. Even if Philly wins, even if Philly wins, bro, is anybody looking at that saying, yo, LeBron carried them to that chip, bro?
SPEAKER_03If Philly wins, brother, is that is that he's not gonna signing two years, he signed two years because the first year he know damn well he ain't winning it. But he's probably he's banking on the second year. He's not banking on the first year. And that's a T's my shit, isn't it? It's like, bro, he's taking eight, eight mil, he's trying to play it off like nigga. I'm not here for the money, nigga. I just want to make this drop end in fucking Philly. That's what it is, bro. It's all a fucking tactic with this nigga, bro. And that I love him, but I also really, really do hate him at this point. Because nigga, all I want to do is watch sports. Nigga, I wanna like I want to follow Carnelo and see Carelo fight and fight like a fucking dog rather than Carnelo going out there because he's chasing the bag and getting fucked up.
unknownYeah.
SPEAKER_03Because I'm a Carnelo fan. I want to see fucking Messi go out there and play with his heart and fucking win a chip rather than allowing him to just be there and just watch and let his team win so that he can win his second fucking World Cup.
SPEAKER_02I want to see That's my point about LeBron. Like, I don't feel like he I don't feel like he's LeBron anymore in that sense. Like, I I don't think like what you're saying, like bro, if you watching like fucking like Canelo, it's like bro, you want to see him go out and be his best. And if he's not his best, if he's just doing it for the money, you don't want to see it. Like, I that's that's exactly how I feel like when I watch LeBron play. He's gonna get numbers because the way today's NBA is, niggas don't fucking play defense and shit like that. And he still is a good basketball player, but I feel like his best basketball is like so far behind him that it really is just like, what are you really doing at this point? Like, yes, he could go out there and score fucking, I don't know, 25 and get like six assists and like eight rebounds, but I feel like today more than ever, his stats are so fucking empty. And I'm not saying it speaks to how bad of a player he is, but it's just you know, like you'll watch a fucking Lakers game, and the Lakers just get smoked. They look like they never had a chance throughout the whole game, and then he ends with like 28, 6, and 8, and everybody's like, oh, well, he had a good game. But I'm just like, bro, like the LeBron we know, nigga, like that nigga affected games. Like, I feel like now he don't his numbers, they they're not like important, like they don't affect the game. Like, it's not he's not a force. I think I really feel like the defense sometimes just be letting them get whatever because they're just like, bro, he's not gonna do so much, he's not gonna play defense.
SPEAKER_03I mean, let's be honest. Even the worst teams in the West are good teams, right? Like they play with heart. The worst teams in the East don't play at all, nigga. Like, those are organizations that should get shut down regardless, right? Like, these niggas just fuck around on the fucking in the in the in the in the NBA. Like, let's let's let's be honest. The Lakers, the Lakers um uh schedule is way harder than a fucking OKC schedule. The Lakers schedule is way harder than than a uh uh Philly schedule. So if he wants to win MVP or get more stats or to actually fucking win a chip, what he wants is an easy route to the chip. And that's my that once again, my biggest problem with Braun. When you realize it in hindsight, right? OKC playing fucking nigga the the the fucking Wizards 17 times in the season. I'm just making like a hypothetical. Like they playing Charlotte 32 times in a fucking season rather than playing like Lakers is playing Denver, fucking Boston. Playing New York, playing like they had a hard fucking schedule, right? Yeah. And he what he wants is going to Philly because Philly also, these are teams that like they have hard schedules, but in reality, they're not hard, nigga. Because the teams that they're playing is teams that are all fucking from 11 and down multiple times. Compared to a Nick, well, not even, I don't know. I maybe they switch up Nick's schedule because now they're they're champions, uh, champions and all that shit. But you know how the the schedule will be in the in the A. Like, niggas be there's some teams that just got a harder route.
SPEAKER_01The Knicks will get more prime.
SPEAKER_03It's not really diversified because it's contingent on the division as well.
SPEAKER_02I feel like the the teams in the West are more so like consistent as whereas feel like the the East feels kind of wide open. Not like it's a cakewalk for him to get to the finals, but like the East, there's just more parody in the sense that you don't know what a team is gonna be on any given year. Like coming into this year, obviously the Knicks won the championship. But like last year in that series against the Pacers, they didn't necessarily look like championship contenders. Everybody thought, like, Boston, they just like, oh, Boston's gonna make it. Last year, nigga, the Knicks knocked him off with nigga. This nigga ended up injured, but they had knocked him off. They were smoking them even with Tatum on the floor. So nobody really knew what Boston was. Nobody really knew what Philly was. Nobody really knew, like, Detroit always has a great regular season, but in the playoffs, nobody really knows who they are. Nobody knows who the Pacers are really gonna be. Like, I feel like you go to the East and you're like, bro, all we need to do in the East is be consistent and we're gonna fucking compete. But like C's was saying, like in the West, like, bro, you got fucking you got Jokic not going nowhere, you got Shane not going nowhere. Like, these are fucking clubs that like they have their consistency that they've already built around. And you can deal with them ever, yeah. Every playoff, you have to deal with those.
SPEAKER_01Even even Devin Booker, even Devin Booker on the Suns, like, okay, the Suns ain't great, but you still gotta deal with Devin Booker. Like, Devin Booker's a fucking animal out there, bro. Like, I mean, my here's my thing to put a button. I don't want to make this the whole LeBron episode, but the last thing I wanted to say is more of a question to y'all. Because I was thinking about it myself when I saw that he signed with Philly. Say he does win another ring. What does that really do for his legacy, in all honesty? So he wins the fifth ring, he's won five rings on four different teams. He's gone to the finals, I think, a total of 11 times at that point, it would be. Yeah, and he would have gone five and six in the finals. Like, legacy-wise, like, is it is it even worth it at that point? Like, does one more ring? Does mud does one more ring change anything for LeBron James legacy? Like, I don't think it does. I don't think it's that's how you know young minds think alike.
SPEAKER_03No bullshit. Nah, nah, nah, because I was literally gonna that's what I wanted to say before because I I derailed myself by starting to talk. This move pisses me off. But I was gonna say, like, even that shit, like, all he's trying to do is to get the five. Because he wants to be, if not, considered better than Kobe. But it doesn't, it doesn't matter because forever Kobe has five with the Lakers. You have five spread out through the league. Four different teams. But and maybe, maybe it's a different story. Maybe niggas is gonna look back and be like, yo. No, no, go ahead, go ahead, go ahead. No, I was gonna say, maybe niggas is gonna go back. Maybe our kids, kids is gonna say, yo, yo, this guy's a great fucking player because he played in the 47 years, Philly hasn't won, and he won a chip with Philly. He won with the fucking Cavaliers after Cavaliers hasn't won in many years. He won with the Lakers after many years, they haven't won. And then uh, not many years, but you could say nine, uh, 11 years.
SPEAKER_01The Cavaliers didn't win. The Cavaliers didn't win before he got there. Exactly. So Miami was winning. So that's what he won. He was the only team, Miami was the only team that because they won in 06, and then he got there and they won some more. Um the Lakers hadn't won in a pro it was almost 10 years since the last time the Lakers had won. This is his downfall. This is his downfall.
SPEAKER_03For his family and his career.
SPEAKER_01I don't I think like even with the Kobe stuff, it's like I don't think it could be Kobe because I think I think the vast majority of people already put him past Kobe in terms of legacy, but when you say it, it makes me think maybe in his mind, he don't feel like he's past him until he gets the fifth ring. Maybe that's what it is.
SPEAKER_03And that in itself that in itself seals the fucking conversation, bro. Because if you 41, if you at 41, 42, with all the stats, all the statistics you you pass, all the accolades you fucking accomplished, everything, you still feel like you need to get that one more to be tied with Kobe. It's because nigga, you yourself know, nigga, and you ain't better than that nigga. And you will never be but greater than him. And it's between Jordan, Kobe, and him.
SPEAKER_02And I also think it's like a I feel like there's an ego thing involved. And y'all can tell me like whether y'all agree or not. Like, I feel like he he picks like the places that he goes, like, he wants to go to a place like Philly that hasn't won in a little in a little while. Like, a place that deep down, like they might be a piece or two away from really being a problem. But he knows if let's say they do win the chip in the next two years, he knows there's a large majority that's gonna give the credit to him. Now, mind you, like, nigga, they have fucking Joel Embiid who went healthy as a fucking great player. They have Tyrese Maxi, who is also like a great player. Like, they have a good team, but I feel like he's so strategic. Like, he picked a team that it's just like real ball knowers know that that team is maybe like one piece away from really being a problem. But he knows to the general public, it'll be like, yo, LeBron save Philly, bro. Trust the process. They wasn't shit. Like, I feel like that shit, shit like that is on purpose, and that's why I always felt like he would never go to Golden State. Because I just felt like you go to Golden State, like, every everybody and their mother says, like, nigga, that's Curry's fucking team. Like, even if you go there and win, like that, that is a team that has a winning pedigree. So I just I always felt like, bro, he likes to go places where he feels like he's gonna get the most credit if they win. But for me, like, even if he wins, even if he wins another ring, again, like I feel like his best basketball is behind him. I don't feel like he carries a team. I I don't it's gonna sound like a hate, some hate and shit. Like, I don't feel like he moves the needle anymore. I don't feel like other teams are planning for him anymore. Like, I think it's just like, all right, bro, he's gonna get a couple assists, he might grab some rebounds, but oh shit, nigga. That ain't gonna happen. Yeah, like I don't think it's meaningful for LeBron. Yeah, but that's what I'm saying. But that's what I'm saying. So if he wins a ring, I just feel like like what does that mean, bro? Like nobody, like, not to say it doesn't, I don't want to say it doesn't mean anything, because winning a championship is a good thing. No, a championship is a championship. But when you talk about when you talk about his legacy, it's just like when you think about like what he had to do for like these last couple rings, the whole like the whole leg shit. Like, bro, he fucking went to the Lakers, nigga. This nigga tried to get this nigga got AD there. This nigga tried got fucking Westbrook there. He's pulling strings on on the side, like doing all of the shit to get a ring. Now he's going to Philly, taking a massive fucking pay cut. Like, and he's probably gonna be trying to do the same shit in Philly, like trying to get them. Like, and I feel like I feel like it just takes away, bro. Like, I'm not saying that Kobe, like, is ultimately better. Yeah, he can't let it go or Jordan is or Jordan is ultimately better, but it's just like, bro, like, you never heard of some shit like that. Like, you never heard of like fucking Kobe walking into the fucking president of basketball operations office telling them who they gotta pick up in free agency. Like, you never heard like him being the decision maker of who gets traded and who doesn't get traded. Like, LeBron has been that guy, and it's just like for the last couple years, it's like he's been doing that on losing fucking teams, bro. So it's a he so even if he wins, it's just like, well, yeah, nigga, you you've been trying so fucking hard, you've been doing all of this shit. I mean, eventually you're gonna fucking run into one. Because what player has the power that he has to do that?
SPEAKER_03Yeah, nah, none of that. That nigga move like you done his hasman, dogs. That nigga, that nigga just he just can't let it go, bro. That shit's so sad, bro. Like, nigga, just take yo tip your head and bow, nigga. You couldn't do it. Don't last one last ride, nigga. Don't none of this shit, bro. Just retire, bro. Go with your family, watch your son in the Lakers try, bro. Like, go spend time with your wife, nigga. Nig, nigga, it's not even trying to be on some Christian shit, nigga. It's just save your career, nigga.
SPEAKER_02Save your career, nigga. Need to let Bronny stay on the bench, nigga, in the G League. If I'm the Lakers, bro, that's what I'm doing, bro. That nigga is not seeing a minute on my fucking squad, bro. That nigga is not, he is not getting the ball. He is not starting ever, bro. Like, I'm doing that nigga so filthy. Like, honestly. Nigga, it's nigga, bro. And also, that shit kind of pissed me off, though. Like, when you think about it, like from the Lakers perspective, it's like, bro, you go to Philly and you take a team-friendly deal, but you was in the Lakers taking a fucking max. So it's just like, so you're willing to sacrifice so Philly can win, but he wasn't willing to sacrifice so the Lakers can win. Like, I don't know.
SPEAKER_01I just think even shit like that is kind of it's kind of weird to me. I think that shit was even just a little bit of spite on his part. Like, just on the way out from the Lakers, like, now I'm gonna take a veteran minimum deal, like, just to throw it. I don't know.
SPEAKER_02Yeah, the the word was out, and he wanted to make it seem like he wasn't like a selfish player anymore. But but everybody knows that's the shit with him. Like, well, everybody knows what you be doing behind the scenes, like they know about Legion, bro. They know, and that shit was fucking. I think I don't know if she sold the team. Maybe I know more, but like when that shit came out with like GD Bus, like she basically fucking stepped down because she's like, I'm sick of dealing with this nigga. Like, I'm sick, I'm sick of having a player that thinks he's the fucking president of basketball operations. I mean, you brought the player in the player.
SPEAKER_01And he be wrong, nigga. Like she brought the player in. That's what my my whole thing with the situation was you you signed a deal with the devil, and then you got mad when the devil started doing some devilish shit. You signed the deal, baby. You should have never like I'm sorry, like, I don't think that Dr. Bus would have been all over himself to get LeBron, and people keep saying, like, nah, he would have been down to do. I'm like, I don't know. At the point that the Lakers went and signed LeBron, I don't know that Dr. Bus was doing that. I just think I again like for him That move was about selling tickets, I feel.
SPEAKER_02Yeah, it just And they got a ring out of it, don't get me wrong, they did get a chance.
SPEAKER_01No, and I I think they I think I think a lot of it had to do with the fact that they believed that they could win with LeBron. Yeah, and they did. I mean, how whatever people want to say about the 2020 ring or whatever, the bubble ring and all that. Somebody had to win that year. Somebody had to win. The Lakers won. It's a ring, it counts.
SPEAKER_02Bro, the Lakers got bailed out so hard by fucking, I think his name is Nico Harrison, the nigga on the Maz that traded them Luca. Because a lot of niggas don't know. Like when Bron was there doing his leg GM shit, like, bro, the Lakers got into so many bad contracts. It was horrible. And they got rid of so much draft capital to get all these bum ass niggas that he wanted in. I don't remember how many bum ass niggas, but the Russell Westbrook shit kills me because I remember before that shit happened. I was like, bro, that is not gonna work. Russell Westbrook is just a less efficient version of he was beasting out of that nigga there, and that shit did not work at all.
SPEAKER_01But none of the work niggas niggas niggas had niggas sign mellow like that shit to the niggas was just all types of shit.
SPEAKER_03Nigga just to try to win the chip.
SPEAKER_01To please LeBron so that you could get the best version of LeBron.
SPEAKER_03Niggas had J. Cry, J Crypto.
SPEAKER_02Richard Jefferson, I think Richard Jefferson.
SPEAKER_03Niggas had everybody in their mother, nigga, and fucking, and then by the time it hit fucking January, set everybody back home, nigga. Say, yo, this shit don't work. And they had mellow too, nigga. They picked up Mello. And they had so many. Yo, nigga had all his best friends in one fucking yo just let everybody go. And and that was the same team that went to the fucking finals that year. Niggas gave JMS a tag. After he let go of everybody, they picked up some bum ass niggas. And then made it all the way to the fucking finals that year. And was one of LeBron's greatest runs ever because he was by himself.
SPEAKER_04Yep.
SPEAKER_03Nigga, that I will never forget that shit. Niggas was just trying to replace one player, Kyrie. Niggas did all this and just couldn't figure it out. Yo, Isaiah Thomas was like, yo, this is the greatest nigga that's ever fucking played. Niggas was like, yo, he MVP worthy. That nigga better than Kyrie. Even I was believing that shit.
SPEAKER_01Everybody home, nigga. Put it like this. It just brings up though, it brings up to me, it brings up an even bigger conversation. Like, it happens all over sports now where the players have more power. But it's like the players really shouldn't have that power because the players, while they're actively playing, for whatever reason, like, yes, they understand the game, they play the game well, but they don't understand the office of the game. They don't understand the business of the game as well as they think they do. The players are normally wrong. And I think one of the best examples of that is if you look at the Knicks, right? The Knicks won the championship this year. If the Knicks players would have had it their way, they probably would never win. Because the Knicks players wouldn't have been in agreement with trading Dante DiVincenzo away. Why? Because that's their fucking friend. Jalen Brunson, Josh Hart, and Mikhail Bridges, that is their friend. They didn't want to trade him. Even if it meant bringing Carl Anthony Towns to the fucking team. They didn't want they wouldn't have wanted to trade their friend. But Leon Rose wasn't he wasn't paying attention to what Jalen wanted. Or what Josh wanted. He said, no, like I think Carl Anthony Towns gives us a better chance to win. And so he made the deal anyway. Fast forward a few two years later, they fucking won. And Carl Anthony Towns was a huge reason why they won. And as much as I love Dante and I wish that Dante was a part of it, if he was still here, are the Knicks champions right now? Probably not. And how many times again we could we could name this, we could we could go through this shit with hockey. But we could do this with we could do this with with with more players than even just LeBron. I just think I think it happens so often now that it's like even like look at the Yankees. Like Aaron Judge, I love him. He's a horrible like judge of what players should be on the team and what players shouldn't be on the team. Like, like bring it having them sign keep players because he likes them. Like, I don't give a fuck who you like, dogs. Like, we're trying to win a ring here, buddy. What the fuck? Like, but that's the league that we're that's the way that sports is now. Like, it's like the players have so much power, so much say, and it's like the moment you don't keep them happy, they're asking for a trade and they want out.
SPEAKER_02Nigga, my my shit is honestly, bro, is like I feel like there is a small there can be a place for uh like the players to have a say in what a team does, but my shit is just like, bro, like like you gotta show me. You know what I'm saying? Like, let's say when like when Tom Brady retired, let's say he didn't retire and he fucking was still on the bucks. Like, bro, this nigga got to the bucks after winning six rings and won a ring his first year there. So if that next season that nigga decides that he wants to tell the GM, like, let's get a certain receiver, it's like okay, like I understand. But my shit is like when you talk about players who aren't winning consistently enough, it's just like bro, like, you don't deserve a say. Like, nigga, in Cleveland, you had you had them niggas doing everything you wanted, nigga. You won Cleveland one ring, one ring, and y'all lost to the same team like three times in Golden State. And yes, go and yes, Golden State have fucking Kevin Durant, right? But since you're fucking Le GM, why couldn't you go out and recruit a player as good to be like so that y'all could compete? Like, Masha is just like, if you want to have a say, you gotta show me something. Like, let's just say the Knicks go on a crazy run and then the next five years, they win four out of the next five championships, right? At that point, I'm not mad if Jalen Brunson feels like he could go into the front office and say, hey, I think uh maybe we should start doing this. Because it's like, nigga, you're a fucking proven winner and you're fucking on point. But when your whole career is riddled with just not as much winning, like I don't feel like like you have to earn that you're gonna get it.
SPEAKER_01Even if they do, like, okay, he's a proven winner on the court, like that doesn't mean that you're a proven winner at the desk when it comes time to open the laptop and send some emails to other GMs and see what the fuck is good. Like there's I think you gotta have a respect, you gotta have a respect for all the different jobs and all the different roles that people play in building a championship team. Like, like as good as LeBron, as as good of a player as LeBron is, I think he's a terrible I was just about to say that. Sorry. Like, I don't I don't know. I don't think players are. I don't think he's I don't think he's a good, I don't think he's as good of a fucking like I listened to him, I listened to him on his podcast, the shop, and even the the shit, you know, with the the old man in the three when him and J with him and JJ Redick did their whatever like I know that in his mind he sounds super fucking smart and whatever the fuck. I don't think he really s sounds the way he thinks he does, though. Like I'm like, bro, I I don't know. Like I don't I don't see LeBron as being like this transcendent fucking genius basketball mind that's gonna put like this championship nucleus together. Like, no, I just think he's a really fucking talented basketball player. Maybe after he retires, if he puts as much focus into the business of the game as he did into the playing of the game, maybe he can become that level of a general manager or a basket president of basketball operations or whatever the fuck. But right now, I don't think he's that. I don't think he has that. And I don't think anybody, any active player can have that because it takes too much to be an active player. Yeah, I agree, bro. You can't do both.
SPEAKER_02And most talent, most talented players aren't, nigga, because it's just like bro, if you're you're so good at basketball, like you don't realize like what it takes, you know what I'm saying? Because think about all the chips, like think about the chip LeBron won in Cleveland, bro. Like that nigga carried that team on his fucking back, nigga. Like on his fucking back, nigga. It wasn't that he grew he put a great team around him, nigga. No, it was him and Kyrie going band for band, scoring 40 points a fucking game. Like, he didn't build a great team. It was him and Kyrie who was drafted there going crazy. Like a lot of talented players. My nigga.
SPEAKER_03They're not that last game judges of good players because that last game, Kyrie had 41. Braun half 41. The game ended 94. Some shit. That means that 10 points was allocated to somebody else. Distributed in fucking seven, eight players. Yeah. His teams have always been ass. He keeps trying to build some fire heat shit. It's ass, my nigga. It's always been ass. You the Heats was near bro. The reason why the Lake uh the Heats was such a great team is because it was in the East. You bring the Heat.
SPEAKER_01No, no, no, but it was also Pat Riley. Pat Riley didn't build that team. LeBron didn't build that team. LeBron, first of all, Dwayne Wade was already there. LeBron, all he did was ensure that Chris Bosch would follow him to join D. Wade wherever they were gonna go. So the three of them came together. But the three of them, believe it or not, still weren't enough. You still need to build a team, you still need role players, you still need everything. That's where Pat Riley came into play. Nigga, Mike Miller was an important part of that team. Mario Chalmers was an important part of that team. Shane Battier was an important part of that team. Ray Allen was an important part of that team. Later on, when they had Cole, the back the backup point guard that came in. Norris Cole. Norris Cole, like bro, they they built the entire Higher team. And that's what I'm saying. That's what it takes. Like, it's not just yo, I'm gonna get like, let's get a couple stars and let's whatever. Like, okay, let's look at Philadelphia right now. If they're starting five on paper, it looks pretty solid. All right, you got Tyrese Maxie, VJ Edgecomb, LeBron James, Joel Embiid, and Jalen Brown. That is a very formidable starting five. Now tell me the bench and the role players who are gonna come in and give you serious minutes in the playoffs, who are gonna come in and do a little bit of what Jordan Clarkson was able to do in the finals. You know, and again, people forget about it because they'd be like, Jordan Clarkson didn't have any crazy outbursts and performances. No, there were games when Jordan Clarkson came in and kept the Knicks alive. In the beginning of the playoff room, Landry Shamit couldn't miss from three. You know what I'm saying? Deuce McBride, another big part. Like where you need those niggas on the team. It's not always just gonna, like, yes, at the end of the day, the story's always gonna be Jalen Brunson, Carl Anthony Towns, OG Ananobi, you know, Josh Hart. Yeah, of course. Um, they get the headlines, but those niggas will tell you themselves that without guys like Landry Shaman, Deuce McBride, Jordan Clarkson, like without guys like Mitch Mitchell Robinson, it doesn't happen. Alvarado, Alvarado, Grand Theft Alvarado. Yo, you need those guys. Those guys matter. So that's why when I look even at Philly right now, I'm like, bro, I like I like the starting five. I don't love the bench, I don't love the role players, and I think that that's why when I matched them up with the Knicks right now, I'm like, the Knicks swept them last year. And since getting swept by the Knicks, they added Jalen Brown, who has kind of underperformed. And Zay did, or he turned off his camera so he can pick his nose, nigga. Nigga turned off his camera so he can pick his nose, nigga. Got your ass, nigga.
SPEAKER_04Nigga.
SPEAKER_03Nah, not even nigga caught nigga fucked up.
SPEAKER_02Nah, yo, no, nigga.
SPEAKER_03This shit is so bad, bro. I'm lost.
SPEAKER_02Bro, listen, listen. Bro, the true just thought one, bro. I just saw a button with the camera.
SPEAKER_03Yeah, let me tell you something. This zoom fucking riverside. I'm yo, nigga, I am chilling. Like if I'm dead talking to my niggas, like if yo Philly, Bron just hit Philly. That's the Bronx hit Philly, and nigga, it's just I'm just talking to y'all niggas. Like we just all FaceTime like big ass news, like, yo, that shit feel like a face too. I was about to just stand up, nigga, and just scratch my ass, nigga. Nigga, my ass been itchy, nigga. That's why you gotta take the camera, nigga, to go downstairs, smoke a stove, nigga. I'm like, yo, what is going on? Nigga. Nah, bro. This shit, this this all this news, nigga, it's been it's been good, nigga. Yeah, I I I want to see what's gonna pan out.
SPEAKER_01How did y'all feel about how did y'all feel that um Wemby got the cover of NBA 2K? I mean it's brother. It's yeah, he's the face of the NBA.
SPEAKER_02I'm not surprised. I I would say. Yeah, I'm not surprised either.
SPEAKER_01I just I'm saying it because like New York for the most.
SPEAKER_03I told you, why would they put Brunson on it?
SPEAKER_01Like I saw, I saw some Knicks, I saw some, I saw some. He got hair on his shoulders. So I'm a Nick, I'm a Knicks, I'm I'm a Knicks fan.
SPEAKER_03I wasn't here we go with the You don't build niggas like that in 2K.
SPEAKER_01I I wasn't I wasn't I I wasn't looking at it like oh shit, like like they put Wemby over Brunson or what I didn't look at it like that. But I guess like I do understand people like yo, like this nigga this nigga went to the finals, lost, had a had a performance that like yes, numbers-wise, his performance was good, but character-wise, he looked like an absolute asshole in the finals. The fucking flagrant fouls that weren't called, his attitude, the stupid, oh, I'm in your head, I'm in your head, and then the Knicks proceed to have the greatest comeback in finals history. Like, dog, he did not look good. He'd like more like I'm talking about like perception-wise, his aura is is took a major hit, and y'all still put the nigga on the Kendall. I actually take I actually take it back because before it, but Kendrick, I mean that I think it's damn. What how you I think that's bro, I don't I Kendrick was having the package.
SPEAKER_03Exactly, but that's what I'm saying, nigga. Kendrick, they put they they they according to Drake, nigga, they made the streams go up. They started fucking with the stream with street body. So nigga, it when they want to sell you some shit, they're gonna sell it to you no matter what. And right now they want to put this nigga as the face of the NBA, because NBA's dying.
SPEAKER_01I get I get what you say. I get what you're saying. That's actually okay. I take it back. That's actually a good point. Like, I didn't think about it like that. But basically, because like if you say it like that, nigga, when they want to make somebody the guy, they're gonna make the person the guy. Basically, that's what Mo was saying. Like, it don't matter, nigga. We don't care that he didn't win the finals, we don't care that he was elbowing and punching and stepping on nigga. We don't care about none of that. He's the guy because we say so.
SPEAKER_02I was ready, I was ready to let that shit rock until so I just recently looked up like the recent cover athletes. So 2025 is Shay, which I believe he they won the rig that year. And he won and he won MVP. And he won MVP, and the year before that was Tatum, which I believe that's the year they won a rig. So this year they just decided to give it to the runner on the city.
SPEAKER_01They trying to sell the story because of what Momo said because of what Momo said. Because of what Momo said, they don't give a fuck. The Knicks, and everybody, everybody knows this. Everybody knows this. The Knicks fucked up the NBA script. It was never supposed to be the Knicks. It was never supposed to be the Knicks. Even as the Knicks were going on their way to the finals, I don't think that the Adam Silver and the nobody believed. Nobody, the only people that believe were Knicks fans. Nobody else believed. They was like, nah, that's just not. And then when they made it to the finals, they're like, oh, they're having a very dominant run. But it's gonna end here. San Antonio's gonna beat them. They're gonna fuck them up. It's gonna be and the Knicks beat them. And they didn't just beat them. This is the shit that pisses me off a little bit. It's not like, oh, you know, it went six games, it was back and forth. Bro, the Knicks beat them niggas in five games. In five games. San Antonio only won one game. And the one game that they won, the Knicks could have won that fucking game, too. They could have swept them. And and and while they were doing this, Wemby was not looking the best. He was out there looking crazy as hell, firing the shit out of people, getting the refs to bail him out. Like, and you s and they still want to put this dude as the face of the league because they're desperate. They're desperate.
SPEAKER_02So I have a question. Like what I with with Wemby, because a lot I I hear that a lot. Like, oh, like people love the Wemby story, you know, face of the league and shit like that. And I'm just thinking about it. I'm just like, I don't understand what's what is so great about like his story. You know, he's international, he's international and he's black. Because for for me, like when you play basketball, like how many times have we played basketball with a nigga that you're just like, this nigga is assed and I'm better than him? He's just taller than me. And it's just like I feel like that's Wemby in a nutshell. I'm not trying to take it away from him and say that he's ass. But what I'm saying is just like, bro, like you come into the league, you're mad fuck, bro. You're fucking way taller than everybody. Like, of course you're gonna block everybody, like of course you're considered like an alien. To me, like that's not the feel-good story. Like, could when you compare it to like Jalen Brunson, who's like, bro, he's a fucking undersized guard. He was he wasn't getting utilized the way he was supposed to. Constantly overlooked. To me, that's that should be the story, other than some tall nigga who's good at basketball comes here. Jalen Brunson.
SPEAKER_01Wow, he's good at basketball. But the the the issue with Jalen Brunson is very simple. Jalen Brunson doesn't bring you new fans. Jalen Brunson is an American. Jalen Brunson is from this country, and the NBA already has all the fans that they need and are going to have from this country. Victor Wembanyama brings you France. He brings you an entire new market. He brings you Europe. He brings you the European fans. Hold up for a second, my back. He brings you the European fans who are who are you? I mean, so that's what it's about. It's about markets. It's the same thing. The difference between him and Shoei Otani is that Otani is better. It is Otani is better at baseball than when Binyama is. And he bring he bring in the fans. That's the only difference. Otani bringing the fans, but he's treated. No, but that's but they treating Otani, they treat Victoria Otani the same way that MLB is treat is treating Otani. It's like, bro, nigga, this dude is bringing the entire market of Japan every time he takes the field, every time he breaks a record, every time.
SPEAKER_03And no disrespect, right? NBA is a dying sport, right? To love NBA, your player gotta be in the NBA. There's not really a nigga that's like people that are, oh, this is my favorite sport. This is what I like. There are people who truly do love basketball, right? But it's not it's not as as massive as it was before, right? Like there was great players, great shit going on. Now it's a joke. It's a joke fest. Like they're just trying to make the NBA fucking come back to life. They're trying to put anybody, bro. They started with fucking Jokic, then fucking uh Doncic. Uh then uh now they they they then Jason Tatum. Now, look, uh the only team that really brought like a lot of fucking fans and really fucking brought the hype back of the NBA was the Knicks winning. But besides that, right, when it comes to the MOB, MOB has real loyal fans, people who truly love the fucking sport, no matter if their team sucks or fucking not. It's like the Red Sox. The Red Sox were out for the fucking count. They went on an 11-game fucking winning streak. Now you have my black ass who hasn't been watching all year coming back to watch my fucking team that's allegedly is my team because I said it back when I was younger, right? But I'm more inclined to watching baseball rather than watching basketball because basketball is really a fucking joke. It's not as interesting, it's not as entertaining until uh uh lit it's literally just men dribbling up and down the fucking court, and and it's not entertaining, bro. It's like the all-star game the whole entire season. And throwing up throwing. It's literally the all-star. So the ratings is down, and the Knicks winning really brought a lot of fucking people back. And that what is this nigga doing? Is this nigga doing laundry?
SPEAKER_01No, no, that nigga he's walking around right now. I don't know how it's it's picking it, it was picking up my voice, so I muted it. Um nah, but that I I agree with you. I think the product, I wouldn't say it's a dying sport, I would say that the product currently is it's just not as marketable as a big thing.
SPEAKER_03Nigga, WNBA is actually more entertaining right now than the NBA.
SPEAKER_01And that shit sounds wild. If you watch the game, yeah. No, no, no, but I've I agree because I've been watching, I've been, I've been keeping up with it. Um, just I would be honest with you, I would say like a little bit before the Caitlin Clark stuff, like Asia, Asia Wilson kind of like got me into a little bit of a little bit of a little bit industry plan.
SPEAKER_03You an industry plant ass nigga. You nigga, you got sponsorships. You got sponsorship, yo Zay, Zay, pull back up in this motherfucker, bro. I need Zay. Zay, Zay, Zay, Zay. Where's it?
SPEAKER_01I like Asia. Yeah, I always but I like A. Nigga, nigga.
SPEAKER_03You is an industry plant sponsorship ass nigga. I knew it. Nigga started doing comedy shows, and he's trying to get the Netflix out of Caitlyn. He's trying to get the Netflix. This nigga lying to everybody. I'm watching the WWE is gonna if you know a little bit before Caitlin Clark is crazy. It's just a show, like, I've been a fan, nigga. We know LeBron ain't watching that shit.
SPEAKER_01He be acting like a little bit before Caitlin Clark, so they know because Caitlin Clark just got here a few years ago. Asia Wilson was playing for a while before I started really paying attention, but I saw her, I saw her, I think she won one of her MVPs, and I was like, oh, like, and it wasn't the first one, so I was like, okay, like let me look into. I was like, damn, like, yo, she's fucking nice. And then like I kind of think she's pretty, so I was like, oh shit, like and she's a she could ball, like she could play. So I was like, I don't know, I'ma I'm gonna I'm gonna follow her, I'm gonna follow her. I was like, I'm gonna follow her, and then and then the whole Caitlin Clark shit started with her in college, and then she got drafted to the crazy, and she started, you know, she played right away because the When then they start playing.
SPEAKER_03You know when to say your shit, because you know if Zay was here, nigga, we would have had a ball with this one, bro. But this nigga wanna go around nigga, start picking his nose and doing other shit. This is why, nigga, damn, bro. This nigga boosted me with that shit, nigga. You really, yo, see, I nigga, I really admire you, my nigga.
SPEAKER_01You never sold your soul, nigga. I don't watch every game. I don't watch every game, but I do watch something.
SPEAKER_03C'est look at me, nigga. Look at that camera, nigga. Nigga, what was the last game you saw, nigga?
SPEAKER_01It was the fever. Nigga, I saw that shit on TikTok too, nigga. She had like almost a triple double.
SPEAKER_04I saw that shit on TikTok.
SPEAKER_01No, literally, I'm gonna pull it up. I'm gonna pull it up because I was actually talking about it in the chat when it was like.
SPEAKER_03Hey, my boy here is the best. I love this nigga, bro. Listen.
SPEAKER_01I'll tell you, it was it, it wasn't, it wasn't even recently. Yo, everybody mark my words, nigga.
SPEAKER_03If this shit blows up, nigga, and I start talking about the WNBA. I so my soul, nigga. I soul my soul. Ain't no way niggas gonna be watching WNBA. I barely watch NBA now, nigga.
SPEAKER_01Damn, I'm trying to see where the fuck.
SPEAKER_03I know. Nigga sees boosting.
SPEAKER_01I'm trying to search it. I'm trying to search it in the chat, but it's not coming up. I was just talking about it with my nigga Al. Because she had a crazy ass game and I seen the game. But it was like a week ago. I would say it wasn't this past week, it was the week before. That's the last game that I watched.
SPEAKER_03But yeah, I saw. It was the one that she hit like three buzzer beaters and shit. Not buzzer beaters. Um she was wildin', she caught the team back up and then she won.
SPEAKER_01Yeah, she had mad points, but like that's the last game.
SPEAKER_03No, nah. But yeah. I know, I know we run in, we run in on timing. I know we're doing this webcam shit. But I really want to ask you, my nigga. In front of the whole world, once again. How's this how how this comedy shit going, my boy? Speak, speak your shit. How was it, bro? That was Friday.
SPEAKER_01He said, he said, in front of the whole world, once again. Um Friday was amazing. Honestly, Friday was Friday was dope. I um I was on the spluing friend show for some of y'all who forever whoever doesn't know. Um and it was dope. It was dope. We sold it, we sold out the hangar uh bar and grill in the Bronx. That that place is. I saw, yeah, like on that shit, that shit is on that shit is on Webster. And from the outside, I don't think you could tell really what it looks like on the inside. Like the outside looks nice. Like they did, like they they definitely spent a lot of money on this fucking place. Which is nice for them to do that for a place in the Bronx. Like the outside got like a big ass sign and it lights up and it says hang on, whatever. They got the little logo. But uh when when you walk in and you see that fucking that fucking plane coming out of the wall, it's like yo, this is wild. Who thought of this? Like, this is crazy. And then they actually have like airplane seats. That's our photos in there. So they're yeah, bro. It's it's the club is really nice. How many people was in attendance? Service. Uh that's a good question. Easily. It was over 300 for sure.
SPEAKER_03That's fine, nigga.
SPEAKER_01My form, my nigga. I would I wanted to pull up. Zay was there.
SPEAKER_03I wanted to pull up, nigga, but wifey.
SPEAKER_01You texted me. I was gonna go, nigga. I was gonna bring I was gonna get the because I was like, I was gonna get the six-seater shit. I was like, he's not gonna text me. I was like, nah, we've been we we've been playing for that shit. You know what's crazy.
SPEAKER_03We were gonna get the show, and I was gonna bring a couple niggas with me. But that's what I two things I had to prepare, and then the other shit.
SPEAKER_00Yeah, no.
SPEAKER_03Wifey, wifey. You know?
SPEAKER_01I don't. He said, No, no. So he texted me. I mean, I think I kinda can gather, but Momo texted me and said, like, yo, send me the link. Ashley wants to go to the show. And what I was like, yeah, yeah. So I sent the link, and then he was like, yo, like, what ticket should I buy? And I was like, I know Gato's gonna be in the the stage level VIP with the airplane seating, because all of the all of the comedians on the show, I think except the openers, everybody else on the show had comp tickets for people. You get two comp tickets. So, and they put them on the everybody who was on the the airplane seats next to the stage, all of those people were like friends and relatives of the comedians on the show. But you they there were some tickets you could buy, so that's why I told Momo to get those, so I could have him, him and Ashley Quicado. So I thought I thought Momo was gonna go.
SPEAKER_03I was gonna go, bro. I really I don't niggas I wanted to go, bro, but I believe it because you text you texted me. I just bro, I'm just not gonna be. I'm at that timing, bro, in my life, nigga, I am not fighting with wifey. I'm not fighting with nobody, nigga. I'm just like, bro, too, hey, bro, like, nigga, I be trying to stay for the sake of like other people's emotions and all this other shit, nigga. I try to protect everybody's fucking feelings. And I I I've gotten to the point that in reality, I just rather not even fight with my wife, bro. Like, she was like, oh no, we have to prepare this and that and all this other stuff. And obviously, nigga, this shit is is very, very important. But I'm just not gonna, I'm not gonna do a rebuttal. I'm not gonna do anything before. Like, I'll be like, yo, forget about the preparation, all this other stuff. Like, I don't want to deal with shit like that, bro.
SPEAKER_01Nah, nah, nah. I wouldn't uh I honestly, honestly, no, I'm glad, like, nigga, if you if you wasn't gonna try to justify it either.
SPEAKER_03Like, I wasn't gonna hit you up and be like, yo, bro, like my fucking. It's like, brother, it is what it is, dogs. Like, I can't make it. Like, and I I would it hurts, bro, because I I of course, nigga, I was dead ass serious about going, but nigga, it's just bro, she just wasn't, she wasn't, she wasn't trying to cancel none of that.
SPEAKER_01For me, yeah, no, no, and I I mean, I'll be real, like, for me, like, I haven't, like, the first show, this is the first show that I've promoted on um on my Instagram and actually invited everybody to. And the reason that I did that with this show is because it was such it's it was such a milestone that like I mean it's it's hard to explain, but like just to be in the world. Like, I don't know, yeah, I don't know if people, I don't know if people really understand it. Like, and I get maybe people see it's me and they're like, ah, like, it's probably not that big a deal. Like, Cito just did it or whatever. It's like like I'm not saying it because it's me, I'm saying it because like it's a fucking big deal. Like, to do a spot that fucking big sold out, and Zay. Was there, nigga. There was not a seat empty in the spot. That shit was sold the fuck out. Nigga, the people working there did not have enough staff to deal with the amount of people that were there. We were upstairs. Uh, the comedians, we were upstairs in the VIP. That shit was such an event that even niggas that weren't on the show pulled up to the show. Mr. Norwayolo was there, Ivan Manito was there, Tommy5K was there. Like, all these niggas pulled up just to support. They were just there in the in the VIP. Like they wanted to be there. They wanted to see it. Um, my nigga Master Rob was there. Like a lot of, a lot of like just it was it was fire. Like um, this Dominican dude that does magic. I met him that day. I didn't even know this nigga, but like he he got a crazy following. He pulled up. Um, and it was a big deal because at the end of the day, it's like, yo, that show was Da Vinci and Da Vinci too for the money. Yeah, Da Vinci was there too. Bro, it's just that I'm a It was Da Vinci, Negra, La Negra, For the Money, and Splut. All these dudes, all the people I just named, have huge following social media. Like huge followers. So they're there after putting in like the years and the whatever, like that. Like, nigga, I just started doing shows in 2026. And nigga, the first time that like me and Spoo even talked about the idea, like, or whatever, he was like, Yeah, bro, like he's like, yo, keep doing your thing, like keep keep working, keep doing your shows, bro. And what he's like, yo, when you ready, when you ready, I'ma hit you, I'm gonna put you on the show. But I'm thinking, like, you know, in a few a year, two years, maybe, and a year, I was being generous, like a year, like I'm gonna bust my ass, and hopefully, like in a year I get good enough to do it. Like, that nigga hit me two weeks ago or three weeks ago, and was like, yo, I got some news for you. And I was like, Oh, hey, what's up? Like, talk to me. He's like, I'm putting you on spleing friends. I'm like, what? He's like, Yeah, he's like, You're gonna be on the 24th in the Bronx. I was like, get the fuck out of here. And I'm like, alright, cool. Like, I'm gonna open the show, like I'm gonna be an opener or whatever. Like, I'm I'm gonna get like five minutes or whatever, which is cool. I would bro, to get five minutes, I would I was grateful for like yo, let me open the show, let me just get five minutes, and like that's a big look for me, whatever. Nigga, when we got to the week of the show, and he's like, nah, bro, like you, you, I'm putting you, like you with us, you with you doing time, nigga. Like, I was like, oh shit, like he's like, I got two openers coming. The two openers are gonna go, and then after them, you're the first comedian. I was like, oh, like shit, nigga, like, oh shit. So like it was that's why I was like, I'm gonna promote this shit, I'm gonna whatever. Because mad people have like asked me once they started seeing the clips, people have been like, yo, like, hit me up, invite me to a show, invite me to a show. But so many people say that, and then I I so I that's that's the one thing that was kind of off for me. Is that so many people have hit me up, so many people, ever since they started seeing the clips, and they're like, yo, hit me up, invite me, invite me, invite me. So this show, I started promoting it as soon as I knew I was gonna be on it, and I posted it every day on my story, every single day. Spling friends, I put the link, I put whatever. I made sure to post it as much as I could.
SPEAKER_03And so I hope so.
SPEAKER_01Like, why I'm like, why text me? I'm not no, not you, not you, nigga. We talk every day. I'm talking about people that I don't talk to every day that hit me up randomly, like, yo, yo, you do comedy, oh shit. Like, yo, invite me, bless you. Thank you. Like, yo, invite me. And I'm like, yeah, okay, cool. I post up this show. I'm like, again, here, here's my thing. And fuck all of that. Because at the end of the day, that's what what matters is that nigga, I did that show. It went, it went well. Like, it went really well. Like, I was I was I'm just grateful, man. Honestly, like, I don't want to chat, I don't want to yap about this shit, like whatever. I just I just want to I just want to say I'm I'm grateful. I'm really grateful that I got to do that and and that it re that it went well, that I was able to do my thing in front of in front of a crowd that big, that fucking energetic, and whatever. And I I just went there and did me. I went there and did me, and you was happy, Nana was happy. They had me, they booked, they um literally hit me up like right after booked me on another show, ASAP, and then yeah, we were talking, we were talking more uh throughout the weekend, and they were like, yeah, like yo, we we we wanna we wanna continue working with you, we wanna whatever. And I was just like, honestly, bro, like I don't I don't I don't know. I'm still like on a high. I'm still like on a high from this whole shit, because it's just like bro, like I still can't believe this shit is like happening as fast as it is. Cause like and it's not that I don't think I'm good, like I know that I'm good at it because I've I've been doing shows for months now, and I I can tell. I can tell, I can tell by the crowd reaction when I when I perform, I see it. So I know I know I know that I'm good at it, but like being good is not enough. Like you also need you also need opportunities, and and there's no guarantee that you're ever gonna get those opportunities. So I mean, bro, I just met Splou this year. Like, that nigga don't owe me shit. Like me and him don't go back. We don't like I just met him. Like he doesn't owe me shit. And that nigga has half a million followers. You don't think niggas is asking him for shit every day? Niggas is asking him for shit every day. Like, you know what I'm saying? That nigga, I that that nigga don't owe nobody nothing. Cause nobody really, you know, nobody really did a lot of that shit for him. Like the people that help the people that helped him, they don't need his help. You know what I'm saying? The people that helped him, they don't they don't they don't need him to do stuff for them. Like Tommy5K and all those people are huge and doing their own things. Like they're doing amazing things on their own. So really Splou is in a place where he doesn't own nobody's shit. He's doing his own thing and he's growing and it's all organic. And honestly, the one thing I do want to say about him is God bless that nigga, man. Like he he deserves He deserves everything that is happening with him and all the blessings and everything that's coming his way. He truly deserves it. Cause he's a fucking he's really truly a good fucking dude and he has a good fucking heart. He's amazing at what he does. He's amazing at what he does.
SPEAKER_03That shit that shit is is very, very like that shit. You don't when you you don't find people like that, right? Like you don't find people who really who genuinely just meets you and genuinely cares about your success. And when you find people like that, you know, you gotta yeah, you gotta cherish them, bro. Like, because that shit, not a lot of niggas wanna help and put people on and try to steer, like take be a mentor type shit when niggas is already successful, because who was their mentor when they were trying to blow up? Who was there for them? Yeah, they get to that, and that's kind of like similar to like what Kai does, right? Like, you know, in a sense, like who was his mentor? Who helped him? Who's trying to who's trying to put but then he did it, and then now he's trying to help everybody. Who put Kai and that's why God puts people streamer unit specific people in the positions that he does, because yeah, it's like that. I I I genuinely deserve I genuinely feel fucking like I feel bad, nigga, because it was like, bro, I was dead ass. We were gonna pull up, and nigga, we nigga, we weren't looking for no specific scene, nigga. We were gonna pull up, bro. Number one, we had to prepare, and then and then number two was the was the uh also like the babysitting. As she didn't even go prepare, she stayed with the kids in the house. We couldn't find the babysitter. I went by myself, it was in Stanford and all the other shit. Yeah, and uh like I was uh because I know I knew her parents. Everything, everything, and and we hit up we have we hit up a little internet. We were gonna go with Ashie's sister, we were gonna like we were gonna show up. I was gonna get a whole entire table, it was just gonna be us, we're gonna MacBro was gonna be on the top. I was gonna pay the top dollars, nigga. I was gonna try to support you. But I was I had I had everything lined up, and it was supposed to be me, Ashley, uh, her brother, and her sister. Um we were gonna go with we were gonna go with with Gigi and Henry, and we were gonna invite Gigi and Harry, all that other shit. We were just gonna try to do some shit, but nigga, I like that would have been dope.
SPEAKER_01Yeah, it would have been bro. It would have been dope.
SPEAKER_03But and then last second and this nigga, Henry and Gigi, they went up to Boston or some shit, whatever. Um, and then meet me, and we talk about that later, but anyways, like just mad shit, bro.
SPEAKER_01No, no, no, but shit shit happens. I just like for the other, I will say this though, for like I Moise is in a different category than a lot of y'all niggas. The rest of y'all, y'all not Moise. To me, y'all not Moise. So I don't feel the same way about y'all. About you know what I'm saying? Like, and y'all know who you are, because y'all texted me. It was like, yo, da da da, whatever, like that. All I'm gonna say is don't text me no more. Cause I'm if you could text me about other shit. If it's like, oh, if you if you a church person and you need something from church and you hit me up, I'm gonna respond. Because we church niggas and I got a mission there, and that's important, that's priority. So I'm not gonna ignore you or cut you off or none of that, whatever. At the end of the day, I don't need anybody from outside of that, I don't need anybody from anywhere that I'm forcing, like, yo, I need you to support me and do this or whatever. I would love to have that support, but I don't need that. And at the end, so it's like so for those people, don't text me about comedy no more, because I will probably ignore you. Like, I'm just I'm just being real, like I will probably not entertain it.
SPEAKER_02Yo, my my only thing is is like, bro, my question for niggas is just like when people say like certain shit about like you know why they couldn't make it or that they didn't know because like I respect anybody is just like yo, some shit came up or whatever, I couldn't make it.
SPEAKER_01It's just when people try to or nigga niggas who plan to go and something happened, like even Naomi, like that's what I'm saying with Momo. Like Momo had a situation that came up. Naomi, my sister, bought tickets and then something came up last minute and she couldn't make it. Like, you think I'm tight? I'm tight that she couldn't, like, bro, something happened.
SPEAKER_02Like, my yo bro, like, for me, it's just like even even in the community, I don't know why people do this, but they'll just be like, yo, man, like, yo, I really wanted to prepare, blah, blah, blah. And then my head, I always I always tell them I bad, yo, bro, like, God knows what's in your heart. Like, I'm first of all, like, it it really doesn't make a difference for me. Like, I'm not, I'm not happy or sad whether you come or go. I'm like, you're I learned a long time ago, like your relationship with this is your relationship with it. So it's not, it's you don't have to apologize to me. But I always tell people, like, they might know because I feel bad. Like, listen, like you and God know what was in your heart on this specific Saturday or whatever. If you truly meant to go and something happened, God knows that. I'm sure obviously He understands your situation. I'm like, that's between you and him. It's not to be like performative and tell me, like, yo, my house burned down or whatever, because first of all, it doesn't make it difficult to me. But second of all, it's just like, bro, like, whatever was in your heart, you know what I'm saying? Like, it doesn't, you know, like that's what matters. Like, I feel my thing is this, like, bro, if when it comes to like supporting your friends, like, if it's in your heart to do it, like, you're gonna do it. And like when you talk about like when Momo talks about it, it's just like, bro, like, alright, he couldn't make it to this show, but it's in his heart to support you, so he will be there when it does work out, you know what I'm saying? When he is free, you know what I'm saying? With with other people, there's there's people who said who probably like told you, like, oh, I can't I can't make it to this one. Those same people are gonna have an excuse for the next one and the next one, and the next one, because it's always something like people will be like, oh, you know, um, yo, I I I didn't know, like, and saying I didn't know in the social media age is diabolic. It is especially because why do you think I'm posting this on my story if not for you to know, you know?
SPEAKER_01I can see who watches the story. Like, the first time I ever posted it, I never look at who watches my shit.
SPEAKER_03You look for the specific people who watching it though.
SPEAKER_01Like, low-key, I don't know if niggas. No, no, no. No, I normally don't, uh, but I'm but I'm about to tell the story because I I did this time. Like, I I normally don't look at who watches my story or whatever. I mean, he couldn't.
SPEAKER_02He posted so many times. Like, I know.
SPEAKER_01But I didn't I didn't do it every time. The first the first day that I posted it, I posted the Spluent Friends, I posted the flyer and the link to the tickets, and I was I wasn't on the flyer. So because that, I was like, okay, I could post, I post shows all the time. Just because I support him. And yeah, niggas might think that that's not even you. Exactly. He's one of my favorite comedians, just period. So I'm gonna I'm gonna post the shit and whatever. So I posted, and I always post his shows, but I was like, I could just post this, and niggas is not gonna know that on this particular show I'm actually gonna be on it. So the first day that I posted this particular show, right after I posted a video of me, like, yo, spluing friends, July 24th, whatever. Like, this is gonna be a dope night, but it's gonna be especially dope because your boys are.
SPEAKER_03The moment you posted that, I'm not gonna bullshit you. My wife, we was downstairs, and she said, Honey, do you want to go to Cito's show? And I said, Why not? And I was like, Why not? Like, whatever. So I told her to get the tickets. She didn't get the tickets in that moment because she uh the the our debit card, we didn't have it on hand because I have a new debit card. And then, and then se me fue la semana, and then that's when I hit you up because I didn't have the fucking link. So if you're gonna talk shit, nigga, talk shit about everybody else.
SPEAKER_01Yeah, yeah, yeah.
SPEAKER_03Fuck everybody else.
SPEAKER_01No, no, but that but this is what I'm saying, this is what I'm saying. That particular video, that's the only time that I ever looked at, okay, let me see who watched it. Cuz I want to make sure that the people who have texted me, like, yo, when you got a show, like, yo, let me know, hit me up, or whatever. I was like, I must see who watched it. Because if these niggas are in the views, then they saw me saying, I'm gonna be on this show. It's a big deal to me. This is a milestone that I didn't expect to reach for a few years, and I'm reaching it in less than six months because God is amazing, and that's it. So I'm happy and I want to share this moment with everybody who wants to share this moment with me. I'm not gonna hide it, I'm not gonna not post the link. I do shows every single week. I do shows every people maybe haven't got that. I'm saying it here again. I do shows, I am, I am on comedy shows every week. I've been doing shows every week since March. Every single week. You have not seen me post a link to a show until Splun Friends July 24th because that particular show was a show that I was like, yo, this is bigger than just me. This is for the culture. My parents are going to be in that crowd because they want to witness this moment for their son and everything like that. My siblings are gonna be there. Like, people, like I just want I want the people that want to share that moment with me to be there. I'm not gonna keep this or be nervous or whatever. And I was nervous as fuck, and I knew that the more people that showed up for me or whatever, it was gonna just make me more nervous. But I didn't care. Nigga, I I I did my thing, and I wanted I wanted to share that with people with the people who wanted to be there. But I do this every week. I don't post links like that. I don't I haven't done it. I did a huge, I did a big show in in Brooklyn that meant a lot to me because of the the the club that I was performing at. And I could I had a link for that show, and I had a I had a discount code with my name on it, and I was on the flyer for that show. I could have posted that and put the link and be like, yo, use code Francis for 15% off your tickets, even though everybody who bought tickets didn't use the fucking code. I think only like five tickets out of the whatever amount of tickets I sold actually use the promo code to get 15% off. But I didn't I didn't post that one because I was like, nah, like, you know, like I'm a you know, this is still I'm gonna text people like, hey, if you want to come, you come to this one or whatever, like that. Or like the one the the one show that I invited Jeddah to I was gonna go to I was going to a splue show right after that. So I was like, yo, if you I was like if you if you want to pull up to the if you want to pull up to the splue show, I'm actually doing a show right before that. So you can come to this one and then we can just go to the splue show together. But it didn't work out because they didn't have babysitting and it was like last minute or whatever. So like, but I was doing it like that before where I just text people. I ain't never got that. I posted it. So it was on Instagram. No, no, I never texted you. I never text, bro. It was last minute, it was the same day. I'm gonna text you the same day from Connecticut. That's crazy.
SPEAKER_00I mean it's this nigga voice.
SPEAKER_01Nigga. So this is the first time I did it, and like again, it is what it is. I will say this. I don't want to focus on like, oh, who didn't come, who's not, whatever. It's like, bro, at the end of the day, I'm grateful, I'm grateful for the support that I do have. I'm grateful that in a room full of however many fucking people, I looked around as I was doing my set, and I saw a bunch of strangers that don't know me from a hole in the wall laughing and having a good time because I was doing my job as a comedian, and that's all I could ask for. I look at it, literally, my opening joke was about how nobody in that room knew. I literally said that. I'm like, yeah, I I know y'all niggas came to see Da Vinci and Splow and whatever. Like, y'all niggas don't even know my fucking name. Like, I started like that, and everybody, ha ha ha ha, whatever. But it's like, nigga, because I know what it means. Like, I know what it means to be on that stage, to get that opportunity, and I'm just grateful. I'm grateful that that shit happened. I'm grateful that, you know, I can now say, nigga, I've been on I've been on two shows. I've been on two two comedy shows I'll say the headliner.
SPEAKER_02The shit I'll say for anybody who just hasn't been, because uh maybe it's like an intimidation thing, is like my experience is if you like comedy movies or just comedy period, like it's it's just a fun time. Like it's that's my that's the best thing that I could say. Like, if you like I think even if you were on the show, like if like people, a lot of people in our circles are people that we would know would have had a good time, right? Would enjoy it. We got in there, like the music was fucking bumping, bro. Niggas had hookah, drinks, like the because of where it was, it wasn't like the prices weren't crazy, the food, yeah. Like it was it was just a good vibe, like other than the comedy. And then the comedy was just like good because like bro, like a lot of people don't maybe people don't know. I mean, like obviously splew is well known, but like when you see these guys on Instagram that they do like skids and different things, like sometimes like you it's hard to gauge like their comedy at. Like Splu is actually like really funny, and the people with him like he's a very good comedian, really he's a yeah comedian. And like for me, it's just like bro, his shit is like tailor-made for like us, nigga. So when I see niggas that they don't go, it's like I don't even feel bad because in my head, I'm just like bro, like you missed out on a fun time. Like, even if you don't give a fuck about C's, and he's like, Yo, I don't give a fuck, I want that nigga to fail. It's like bro, you could have a great you could have had a great time for 33 hours, you know what I'm saying? But it's like it's all like my shit is just like yo, just being there, like the whole energy in there is is like fucking crazy, and then like watching C's like do something that he legit like loves. That shit was just like I don't know, bro. It's it's it's super dope because you know like that the work goes in the work that has to go into it, and it's a lot of the work is a lot of shit that like is it's a lot of shit that like people, you know, that people don't see.
SPEAKER_03And I don't I don't never know I was gonna say he has a plan, nigga. Go ahead. He has uh he has uh like fucking advertiser shit, he has to promote it and and nigga the ghostwriter does the the the script, but nigga that shit though Nah nigga let's just I bro nigga I'm proud of you bro
SPEAKER_02Nah nigga, but my shit is like bro for every show for every show like that splew like for every show like that was on Friday, right? For every show on Friday, there was a bunch of like open mics or smaller clubs that that nigga did where it was probably just fucking Gado in there that he knew and a bunch of niggas that he had to just impress or try to make or try to make them laugh or whatever.
SPEAKER_03Like my shit is just like brother actually he's getting so good, he's getting so good and he's getting so big, nigga. He's with Da Vinci's with Splu, nigga. Nigga don't sound like I'm hating nigga, but that nigga's definitely he sold his soul, nigga. You should have heard what he said before, nigga, when you walked away from the fucking computer. We talking about basketball, nigga said, nigga said, oh, that he's been watching W W NBA before Kalen Clark. Ain't no nigga in this fucking group chat that watched WNBA. You know that nigga's bro. He sold his soul, nigga. He said, brother.
SPEAKER_02Nah, bro, but nigga. Nah, nah, I believe that, nigga. Cause you see C used to have the fire stick unlocked, and he would get all those channels that don't.
SPEAKER_03Nah, nigga, you sold your soul. Y'all niggas.
SPEAKER_02So he used to watch those bum ass channels.
SPEAKER_03He told you about selling his soul. No, I didn't watch it. That's like y'all in the same house. He tried to recruit you too.
SPEAKER_00You dude got a death stare, nigga. I wanted to say.
SPEAKER_01Also, I wanted to say another shout out to Splut. Another shout out to Spoo. After I did the show at Hangar, he immediately booked me for the other show. And I had no idea that the other show he booked me on was a paid show. So I broke that. That was my I did my first paid show ever. Like, ever. Because I did Hangar. They loved me at Hangar. And Nana, because and Nana told me straight up after the show. She was like, yo. Cause when he came to me and was like, yo, I want to put Leo on the show. She's like, Leo, who Leo? Like, whatever. And she's like, yo, Leo, the guy, remember we went to the softball game or whatever. She was like, Gato's husband? And I'm like, how the fuck am I Gotto's husband to this woman, bro? Like, but she's like, Gato's husband? He's like, yeah, Gado's husband. And she's like, oh, like, hold on. Like, I don't know. Let me follow him. I was like, damn, Nana, you didn't even follow me. She's like, nah, I didn't. So she's like, I followed you, and I started seeing the clips and shit. I was like, oh shit, he's kind of funny. Whatever. She's like, I didn't know that he did stand up, whatever. So she's like, okay, like, you want to put him on this show? This is a big show. Like, look, he's like, Yeah, he's ready. Like, I he's ready. And she's like, okay, like if you think so, type shit. And then like I went there, I did the show, and after she, that's when she's telling me, she's like, yo, I had no idea. Like, I didn't know, I didn't know you were that good. Like, you just you fucking did your thing. You were cooking. I was like, all right, thank you. Like, fucking, thank God, nigga.
SPEAKER_02Cause like I was like, because to be honest, in the moment, I was telling everybody else in there was like, that shit is ass. No.
SPEAKER_01Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, I don't, yeah, I got on Low Hey, or whatever.
SPEAKER_02Yo, Mama Wasp Blue went up in there, bro. Like his third word, he's just like, yo, shut the fuck up, bitch. Like the third row, bro. It was uh like legit, bro. Not even the part of the act group, and she was just that loud.
SPEAKER_01No, bro, because the pro so here it's like yo, shut the fuck up. Here's the thing when you do so the show, the last two shows, is that they were comedy shows and thief eagle parties. That's the whole draw. That's the whole draw with the ticket. So we're advertising it as yo, it's a comedy show, and then we got a live thief eagle band coming after. So what happens is some people come for the comedy and some people come for the thief equal. And the issue is you got both of those crowds in the room the whole time, at least in the beginning. Both of those crowds are there for the comedy part. So the issue is the people that just showed up because they want to see the live Thief Eagle band, they gotta sit through the comedy. And they not, they not really comedy fans. So they just there, and niggas is going up there and doing they set, and they just talking, ordering drinks, laughing. So nigga, like, okay, me, I wasn't gonna tell niggas like, yo, shut the fuck up, whatever, nigga, because I'm fucking don't Don Nadia, nigga. Like, I just got here the other day. These niggas don't know me. Like I said, I started with that. Like, 80% of y'all don't even fucking know me in this bitch. But nigga, Splow is the headliner. So of course he got up there and the third thing he said was yo, shut the fuck up, nigga.
SPEAKER_03We doing comedy, I wanna that shit was like, yo, it's it's that that's what I was saying, bro. My nigga, I've I've been on, I've been on that shit, bro. Like, it's like, bro, of course, nigga. I you know me, my nigga. I got FOMO, bro. But I'm I'm just not gonna that's the shit, bro. I what can I do, my nigga? I gotta is say no to this shit. Say yeah, bro. It's just like, nah, dogs. I I gotta nah that's why I just gotta I had to choose, bro. I got FOMO, bro. I'm tight, nigga.
SPEAKER_01I would've I would've pulled up, bro. There'll be another one. There'll be there'll be another one. Honestly, bro, honestly speaking, I really think that the more I think about it, like the next one that like I really wanna like advertise and like invite people to and share the link on social media and all that, like the next time I do like a big comedy club, I want yeah, that's the one that I'm gonna be like, yo, like come or whatever. I want people, if people are gonna experience my comedy for the first time, I want people to experience it at the comedy club because I think also if you experience it in the wrong setting, it might throw you off or whatever.
SPEAKER_03Like, for instance, like Man, if I don't laugh at your jokes because they funny, I'm gonna laugh nigga, I'm gonna be like, this nigga dumb nigga.
SPEAKER_01Nah, like, no, I'm saying, so here's my thing. It's not that I'm not worried about that. I'm saying, like, because the niggas came, House, Jeff, Jiggy, out, and I felt bad because I was like, damn, this is the first time that they're seeing me live, and it's in this setting, and this setting is not really their setting. So it's like they're off, like I'm on stage and I see them, but they were like off in a corner all the way there, mad far. So I'm looking at the people like on the second level, and I'm looking at the people like right in front of me, and Gato was like in the VIP, like right to my left, and I could hear Splu because Splu is on the set on the VIP up top, and I'm like, so I could I could hear those people, and I'm hearing like niggas laughing and whatever, and I'm like, okay, cool. But like I did, I I kept looking to my niggas, like I wanted to see, like, oh, like, are they are they enjoying it? Are they laughing? And I couldn't even see them. I was like, nah, nigga, like I don't want it to be like that. Like, nigga, I want to be able to like see my people and like really like I don't want y'all in the first row either. Cause that that time that I did the show and like Zay, Naomi, Mary, all yeah, all the ones in the first row. I was like, yeah, nah, that's first row is a little bit crazy.
SPEAKER_02I need other people. Yeah, I didn't want to, I didn't want that. I did not want to be in the first row. Cause when you're in the first row, niggas, everybody wanna, every comedian go up there, they just want to talk to you. They don't want to just talk to you. Like, they want to be in the back, unnoticed. Yo, bro, because some of these niggas, yo, I'll be I'll be honest with you, bro. Like, some of these niggas, man, they're not really I don't want to. I'm gonna say some of these niggas is not funny to me. So it's like sometimes when they're just like reaching, like trying to get a laugh, they'll just find somebody and just like you know, they shoot the shit with the person, but they'll just try to make everybody either laugh at the person or whatever. Which it's a successful thing sometimes, but then sometimes it's just like the nigga isn't funny, so they're just trying to like go back and forth with you, and it's just like if you're in the first row, they're gonna do that. Because they like I feel like understanding when you go to the room.
SPEAKER_03It's also a jailbreaker, it's a way to like engage in conversation, make it like very, very, very uh yeah.
SPEAKER_02Yeah, and and when it and when you have somebody who's like skilled and knows what they're doing, it's actually it is really funny. Like uh I went to C show before this. There was somebody's like sitting in front of me, and like it was a shorty, and she was with a dude who was like way older than her. So when they started talking to her, they was making like fucking, I think like sugar daddy jokes and shit. And it's funny, but it's like my shit is like if you're that guy, it's like bro, like, nigga, you don't want to be the butt of the fucking joke. But look where the fuck you sat, nigga. Like, that's that's the understanding, nigga. Like, if if you're one of the first faces they see, when they look down, nigga, they about to they about to roast you up, nigga. Like, like that's why nigga, when we went with my mom's nigga, I just saw my dad. He was in like he was sitting in the middle, and as the one of the stories was talking, like I just see this nigga's face, like he's just trying to look engaging. Like, he's just like I was like, yo, stop nodding your fucking head.
SPEAKER_01Cause niggas are gonna niggas are gonna cook.
SPEAKER_02You look like you having a good time, nigga. Like, you gotta be fucking mean fucking, nigga. Like, like, yo, bro, this nigga might really come up here and like the shout out you. But as soon as they look at the fucking crowd, they just see you just like nigga, oh yo, what's your name? Where are you from? Like, niggas, yo, and don't get me wrong, it's it's funny when it's not you.
SPEAKER_03I got a question though, nigga. Are you the niggas in the same fucking crib, nigga? Why is your Wi-Fi so fucked? What are you utilizing, nigga? Mine? I think because of the.
SPEAKER_02In the lound room where I'm at?
SPEAKER_01I'm right next to Nah Zay.
SPEAKER_02Nah, niggas. Nigga said Theo Leo.
SPEAKER_03Nigga was about to get cooked for no reason, bro. Shit about that sweet, bro. I like what he's saying.
SPEAKER_02Yo, because it looked like yo, he was trying too hard, bro. Yo, he was trying too hard to look like he was enjoying that shit, bro. Like, and then of course niggas niggas saw him like that, and then they was just like, bro, like that was the best.
SPEAKER_01That was the best, that was the best part to put a button on that whole shit with the show on uh hangar. Like, I think the best part was just like afterwards, like talking with Zay. Zay, like, yo, I'm proud of you, whatever. Like, and then like I went outside and I spoke to my parents, and seeing my parents just like just like so fucking happy and so like proud. And like my dad, because like Spoo does a joke. Spoo does a joke where he's like, you know, when I first started comedy, my dad was like, I try to invite him to the shows, and my dad was like, Yo quiero epayaso, like nigga, I don't want to see that shit. Like, nigga, what the fuck? Niggas gonna think I'm a joke, my son telling jokes or whatever. But he's like, when my dad found out that like I was doing big shows and I was touring and shit, that nigga called me mad proud, like, hey, Mijo. And I said that whatever. I was like, I see that's gonna say that joke. So yeah, he does he does that joke, and he he did the joke, he did the joke that day on on the show at Hangar. So my dad heard it, and outside he's like, No, he's like, Yeah, he's like, honestly, I feel like I feel like that like that that guy that the guy that was saying inside, like, oh my god, he's like, I'm looking at you like wow, my son, el comediante, like it's crazy. And I was just like, damn, like my dad's a funny, my dad's a funny fucking dude. And the and I felt I felt good because one of my bits was about my dad. And it it was it was funny, but it's a tough bit to sit there and take in person. But uh, but um he he took it like a champ, and outside he was just like, nah, bro, like I feel like that dude, like I'm proud. Like, my son, the comedian, like that's he's like, I love I love comedy. I love what I just I never thought my son would be like one of these freaking guys, or whatever. And I was like, just to see my parents be able to see that and enjoy it. And my parents, my parents, yeah, like my parents ain't getting any younger, like, and I'm sure I've done other things, like, you know, me or my brother or my sisters, like, we've all done things that make my parents proud, like being in the church, being married, raising families, like, of course, like they're proud about all of that. But like, I feel like something for me to have something that I'm so passionate about, and to see them like be able to like enjoy pride, like wow.
SPEAKER_03It was like us when I took Papi and mommy to Punta Cana, nigga last year. Yeah, it was like a proud, it was a proud moment because it warms your heart, nigga. Like, it's like damn, bro.
SPEAKER_01That nigga, that nigga Radame was mad. That nigga Radame was mad, cute nigga was over there. I don't need I don't like this steak. I'm at the sushi bar. Yo, that I'm sneaking to send the niggas right back.
SPEAKER_02Send the niggas right back, bro.
SPEAKER_01Yo, nigga, we dad, nigga, we dad went to the hibachi.
SPEAKER_03This nigga was like Sancocho.
SPEAKER_01Nigga, how you gonna bring it to Sancocho, nigga? Only if you feeling yourself, nigga.
SPEAKER_00They made it? Yes, made it is crazy. That's aura, nigga. That's because momo was talking cash shit out there, nigga.
SPEAKER_03Nigga, that's mad cue, bro. Nah, he had he had man. He that that those moments like that, bro, is is shit that you know many niggas won't understand, bro. There's monumental moments, bro. And anybody that that judges you or anybody that hates on you, nigga, for your success, nigga, shouldn't shouldn't be in your life. Honestly, bro. Because at the end of the day, not not I'm saying like if they talking bad about you and and shit like that, like but not like niggas that bro, oh yeah, because at the end of the day, bro, if we family, if we brothers, bro, we what whatever the situation is, nigga, we gotta we gotta be there for each other. Right? Like I would want you to be there. That's uh that's a monumental moment for you. It may not be, and don't don't get like don't take it personal, but I'm saying like it may not be fucking monumental for me, but for you it is. Like the birth of my child isn't monumental for you. It's not something that you give a fuck about. You do because you care about me. It becomes monumental because it's your fucking thing, right? Like, and that's what friends do. Like, that's friends, family, doesn't matter. Like, we show out whether the shit is whack, whether the shit is good, whether like we're there, bro. And that's the most important shit. And if we ain't there, then that means that we just never either we ain't get invited or we just didn't want to be there.
SPEAKER_01Yeah. Nah, nigga, uh look, me, I'ma say, I'ma say, like, look, I'm I'm going to I'm going to give I'm going to be, you know, a little bit more open in a sense with the fucking with like the shows and stuff like that. But I mean, whoever, whoever comes, whoever doesn't come, it is, it's, you know, it is what it is. At the end of the day, at the comedy shows, there's there's gonna be people there, there's gonna be a crowd, there's gonna be an audience, and my job is to go up there and and do my thing. At the end of the day, I'll just be honest with you. Like, I'm I just I feel really blessed that like it's going to be a good thing. Jeddah wanted to go too.
SPEAKER_03We were talking about it. We spoke about it. We were we were planning it all, bro. That was the other person. It was supposed to be Jeddah. We were planning it all, and they were down and everything. It's just the same shit, bro. Jeddah had the fucking situation with the with the babysitter that the same shit, bro. Because nigga, he's been talking about nigga that his kids been walling, nigga. Don't babysitter wanna take care of his kid.
SPEAKER_01I didn't I didn't I didn't know. I didn't know I didn't know how to do it. Nah, we were we were gonna surprise you, bro.
SPEAKER_03I just didn't want to say nothing. I had to hit you up, bro. I had to hit you up because I literally could not find the fucking link. And you know I'd be lazy with with social media, nigga. That like I just I I literally like I just not trying to but we were gonna surprise you. It was gonna be me, Jeddown. It was gonna be me, Jeddown. It's really social media. Gigi and and uh Henry. I was gonna invite him, Lorena, and uh and somebody else. Because we were gonna fill up that sit table of six.
SPEAKER_01It would have been fine. Honestly, that would have been a lot of fun.
SPEAKER_03It's just it's just everything just panned out left, bro. Everything panned out left, bro. Panned out left, nigga. I had an outfit, had everything, nigga. I was about to go.
SPEAKER_01I died, I died that day too, nigga. So I probably would have died even more if y'all niggas was there. Cause I after I went on the stage and I did my thing, and then people started telling me, like, yo, I got you emotional. Like that, like, and it also like I'm not gonna lie, like no, but I also got like a little bit gassed up because like I went upstairs and like I got like fucking Tommy5K and fucking Master Rob and all these niggas that like I look up to, like Diablo Loco, hey, yo, rompite, right? I'm like, nigga, I started, I was like, damn, like, okay, like that feels fucking good, nigga. Like, that felt good. So it was now we were gonna pull up, bro.
SPEAKER_03It was Jedi and Rebecca, they were they were OD down, bro. We were and nigga, it's not to justify anybody, my nigga. And it sounds so fucked, bro. It's just brother, it you you it's a there's a lot that I want to say, but there's a it's recording my my sister recording, and I just gotta I gotta speak to niggas on the side about them. I just it's also it's also like just bullshit, bro. It was just more like like nigga last second, bro. Shit just alright, but let's just do it, nigga. There's there's no way in hell. I'm not gonna church has always been my number one, bro. No matter what. Ever since they sent me to CT, and I know, I know it's the same shit for you guys, nigga. I'm just saying, like, it's like, bro, you know, and I'm saying it more for the like to kind of clarify for many people on like that listen to the pod. Like, church has always been, has always been number one. Like, let's never fucking forget that. Like, I could speak slang, I can be whatever the fuck. I can't but nigga, God is above everything. That shit is prime, that is number one in my fucking home. Like, everything we do, we set out beginning of the day, like we doing what we gotta do in order to begin the day. Like, but when it comes to shit like this, is what do I choose, bro? Like, what do I do? Do I miss a preparation? Or the I know nigga, you know, but I'm saying, like, I'm saying, like, in the general public, like, cause a lot of niggas be like, oh, this nigga fake.
SPEAKER_01I'm agreeing, I'm agreeing with Nah. Yeah. What the I was hearing a bunch of background noise. What the fuck is going on over there? But um, I'ma go ahead, I'm gonna go ahead and end episode 35 because I didn't realize it was so late, and I I gotta I gotta try to get this episode up and then like a few hours. Yeah, so I got I don't got much time, but yo, this has been the first remote episode. I think it went pretty well. I thought this shit is high, honestly. I think once we get the mics and shit, like this shit is gonna be lit. So we just gotta get eight.
SPEAKER_02Yo, bro, when I turned no, I was gonna say, yo, when I turned off my camera, bro, I was having like the craziest muscle spasm ever. Like, I almost fell off the chat. Like, yo, I just feel like I have to say that because the niggas who watch on YouTube, bro, they're just gonna see the camera go off, and you probably hear me breathing mad heavy. So niggas probably like have no idea. Like, D knows since he was here, like nigga, I was literally walking around the house, like limping, like every time. You know, when you just sit down and you don't move your leg for a while, and then like you you bend your leg a little bit, and then your like whole hamstring tightens up. That shit just happened, bro. I have to like walk around the house. Like, even now, I don't want to move too much because I don't feel like fucking great. But I just know like there's gonna be a moment where the fucking niggas see the camera go off and they just chill like just some crazy shit.
SPEAKER_00If you I just feel like y'all have to say it. If you old, just say that, nigga. That's it.
SPEAKER_01Bro, episode 35 of the piece. Yeah, I see y'all. See y'all next week. We'll holla. Momo send something to the chat. Alright, I'ma hit you. I'ma call you on when I'm on the way to the crib, Mo. Alright, I'll holla at y'all. Episode 35.