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This week, Rufus and Craig discuss Pride Month, celebrity legal troubles, Tiger Woods' return to the spotlight, the NCAA's new eligibility rule, NFL arrests, and former players who became doctors. Plus, a $906 million Medicare fraud case, Twista's tax issues, and a feel-good social media follow to close out the show.
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SPEAKER_00Let's play. Happy Saturday, everyone. Welcome to the Rufus and Craig Show. And again, shout out to our sponsor, CR Tech Services, for the wonderful introduction. And our other sponsor, Meety Builders LLC. If you're in the DMV, our Arkansas area need general contracting needs. We thank you, we thank you, we thank you. Happy Saturday, Rufus. Welcome back.
SPEAKER_02Good morning and welcome back.
SPEAKER_00We're at the close of Pride Month. Have you celebrated Pride Month?
SPEAKER_02I celebrate Pride every day of my life because I'm a proud gay man. That's right. You heard it. It's true. I'm very masculine, but I'm also gay. I was gonna say gay doesn't have a look.
SPEAKER_00Yeah, I was like, but you don't look gay. Are you sure you're gay?
SPEAKER_02You just said yourself, gay doesn't have a look, and clearly I'm gay. I've been gay my whole life. So yes, I'm a proud black gay man, and I have a master's degree. So here we are.
SPEAKER_00All right, all right, all right. Good for you and your pride, living out loud.
SPEAKER_02Now, you are that's right.
SPEAKER_00As we close our Pride Month, you know, Tubi is getting a lot of attention for giving away free Pride merchandise on his website, including shirts that say Proud Tubi Gay. Did you get your Pride Tubi shirt?
SPEAKER_02No, I didn't. Tubi doesn't have any of my information. I actually do, because I did make an account on Tubi, but no, they didn't send me nothing in the mail. Maybe they don't know I'm a homosexual.
SPEAKER_00Yeah, because you wanted to be able to pause your videos. And then what did it say? Like it'll keep your history or something like that.
SPEAKER_02Yeah, I wanted to keep mine, like I wanted to go back and start where I left off at. Yeah. So yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
SPEAKER_00But I guess that means we're not proud to be gays then.
SPEAKER_02I'm proud. I don't give a fuck what to be talking about.
SPEAKER_00Yeah, yeah. Well, one thing you said to me earlier, uh, what are they gonna do after pride then? Are they gonna keep that?
SPEAKER_02You know, on July 1st, all that shit finna be gone. We don't give a fuck about you gays. I won't say the other word, but I'm gonna be, I'm gonna be, uh, I'm gonna be I'm gonna censor myself on that one because if it's offensive. But you know July 1st, they don't give a fuck about us gays. No Craig and Maddie, huh? Why are you over here? Well, I guess I can say it like that. Fag.
SPEAKER_00I mean, June is flown by. It is really flown by, and I'm I'm excited for that, okay? I am excited.
SPEAKER_02I agree. It's flew by like four bad bitches and I need some ultimate with no car insurance. And it's out of here. But yeah, it's definitely went by fast.
SPEAKER_00Yeah, and speaking of T.S. Madison, I think that goes right into our second story. Um, you know, she says she finally has peace after a case with Naquan Parker. I think it was Palmer. That's his name. Mr.
SPEAKER_01Gil Whisperer. Does that steal his okay?
SPEAKER_00Yeah, it was closed in Gilmer County. Her case was closed in Gilmer County over there in Georgia, and he pretty much pleaded guilty and he apologized to her. And he ultimately agreed it to, uh, he agreed to a permanent protection order.
SPEAKER_02Well, um, yeah. I don't think he I don't with the regards to the protection order, I don't think there's an agreement necessarily. The judge grants it. So the judge granted her a per a permanent protective order.
SPEAKER_00Thank you for clearing that up. So yeah, so he can't really go through third party, he can't mention her directly, any of her social media handles, her names. He can't make any kind of is it insinuation, innuendo, is anything that leads back to her, that's a part of that. I mean, it really went down and spoke to you know, which can't do on the internet because that's how he was trolling her anyway, which led to his real life spiraling. And so I guess no further harassment or intimidation. So the lady house. Yeah, that was weird. Shout out to everybody with the Honda Civic. Um, he actually had the one my homegirl had. Lamika, shout out to you.
SPEAKER_02Uh-huh.
SPEAKER_00Hey Lamika. It was just he had the two-door version, but Lamika also had that car almost 20 years ago when we was in undergrad.
SPEAKER_02So what year was it? 2005? Ooh.
SPEAKER_00That would have been like, okay, so maybe 19 years ago. Like 2007. So 06, 07. Yeah, she had a black one.
SPEAKER_02Ain't nothing wrong with a 2005 or six car. You know, I remember that.
SPEAKER_00Yeah, it was smooth. She used to sit back in and ride smooth. I remember that, but but he had that same car in 2025 is when he started harassing Maddie, right?
SPEAKER_02I guess. But uh, you know, some people have one in 2026.
SPEAKER_00She had 2006. She has peace. So kudos to her for leveraging the legal system as well as her her dollars that she makes. And I think she was just recently here in Philly. She was in Philly. Yeah, Philly as well as Pittsburgh. So I don't know if they're on a break, but uh, shout out to her and Craig, the other Craig. I'm the real Craig.
SPEAKER_02Um, you're the real Craig. The real Craig. Yeah. So shout out to them.
SPEAKER_00Yeah, whatever. Uh shout out to them and congratulations. And and hopefully um he moves on from that. Because I know he kind of, be it that it is, Pride Month, we're wrapping up Pride Month rather. Um, he kind of disrupted things. He was dragging random people from Instagram over there to that page to be hated by, I don't know if they were all black women, but majority of them were black women. Um, because we saw at least the profile, they would say I'm a black woman. So whatever. Unless they were, what are those things called? Trolls? A troll form? Is that what it's called? Where it's like automate, yes, a troll form.
SPEAKER_02Okay. I know he did an interview with um Tasha K.
SPEAKER_00That's the one that got his ass. Yeah, and she's at I with uh TS Madison as well. So and Cardi Bart, Cardi B, right? He didn't do an interview with her.
SPEAKER_02No, no, I'm saying she's at uh he she's with her too, right?
SPEAKER_00Yeah, absolutely, yeah.
SPEAKER_02Okay, gotcha.
SPEAKER_00Yeah, Cardi Suda M1. Absolutely, yeah, yeah. So congratulations again, Madison, and we hope that that's the end of that for you. Um and and yeah, anyway, you know, now pivoting on to one of my favorite segments of the show. Um, and not quite yet, because when we let me let me just rewind that back. Yeah, like that. Um, one story that I saw, I thought it was very funny because it's never happened to me, but I'm sure there are parents like that, right? That are, you know, have been prominent athletes. Um and so they discipline their children differently. And one thing that we saw, Rufus, was former NFL star Brandon Marshall, he's been getting a lot of criticism online after he revealed, I don't know why the fuck he recorded this, um, that he disciplines his son by making a run at 2 o'clock in the morning. Yeah. I thought that was really crazy. Now he said it was, you know, the punishment was intended to teach him accountability. And whew, I mean, it went everywhere. It went everywhere. To see this young man, I do not know how old he was. How old is he? Do you know?
SPEAKER_02I I have no idea. Um, I will say that um this is my opinion. Fight me if I'm wrong, if you think I'm wrong, but I don't have an issue with it.
SPEAKER_00Well, you like some of those folks in the comments. You know, some applauded him, saying, okay, that's that's discipline. Um, and some people said it went too far. I remember seeing uh C. E. Plumber, my big brother, um, who I inspired, yeah. I went to the gym. I feel like I'm again today. But anyway, I think he made some comment, like, you know, yeah, it's okay, but you don't need to show us this. You know, that should be a private moment or something. But um, yeah, it it, you know, this I think that kid was at least eight or ten. He was somewhere in there, maybe not quite eight, maybe ten. Yeah, 10-year-old out at, you know, two. So I, you know, I'm sure he's gonna rethink that, but I just wonder if he's seen that online. You know, we have to be careful. We talk about so often, definitely with the NFL players or any professional athlete, just the mental health of it all. But now more so when we think about, I'm not gonna go down the rabbit hole of bullying, but I'm sure some kind of clinician or mental health professional will say, well, that probably wasn't the best thing to do to record that. Given the potential that it will go viral, and it in fact did, you know, so baby, get your baby some therapy, uh, Mr. Marsha.
SPEAKER_02I I think parenting should be a personal matter, no matter how you slice it. Um, but I do I think uh if you can afford it, I think therapy should be a part of every, especially a young black man. I think that should be a part of every young person's life if you can afford it, and if you have the wherewithal to to get it done.
SPEAKER_00It's a nice little neighborhood, so I'm I'm I'm gonna assume that they have some form of health benefits. Well, if he's retired from the NFL, because does Sheree get by with his benefits? I think she does get his medical. You would know that better than I do. I think she does get his medical, so even though they get that baby in some therapy. Yeah, she's a part of the decree. That's right. She's remember Bob said in one of those episodes, I'm not Dustin Ross, so I can't remember the exact episode, but he was like, the NFL pays you too. So anyway. Okay. And then she gets that like yearly pay out of like a hundred and for like in perpetuity? I think so, yeah. She gets his retirement.
SPEAKER_02What if she gets married again?
SPEAKER_00I don't know. I ain't look at the decree. She gets his retirement. So yeah. Shout out to her. But yeah, and and thinking about parenting, um, somebody who cried could have probably, and it's not to say that he didn't do it, um, but I'm I'm gonna assume that he was more so of a hands-off parent, and that's um Dwayne Wade. So what has appeared in the headlines was that his son Zayer um is was arrested and he's facing allegations of felony, domestic violence, and false imprisonment. And so, of course, he said this is not true, and of course, the case is still developing, and so there's no case, I mean, conviction, not case, um, as of yet. But now, to your point, but at what point do adult children become fully responsible for their own decisions regardless of how they were raised?
SPEAKER_02When they're an adult, like for me, legally, I don't that's not a legal standard for that that I know of, but I would say as soon as you know right from wrong, which is in the state of Texas where I live, you're an adult at 17.
SPEAKER_00Oh, good.
SPEAKER_02For criminal matters. Oh no. So I would say at that point, if you know right from wrong, so you know what the fuck you're doing was wrong, was wrong, and you should know better. So yeah.
SPEAKER_00It just makes you think, well, why did you ooh, I you know, how did you?
SPEAKER_02There are there are in a uh a multitude of reasons why domestic violence happens. I'll say I wasn't there. I don't know, it probably was something that led up to that. I'm sure it had to be, because how could there not be? But the domestic violence just happens, like there's a multitude of reasons why it happens. It should happen, but it does, you know, we're humans, we get emotional, and shit just happens, you know. Not making excuses for him because I uh, you know, he did what he did allegedly. Uh yeah.
SPEAKER_00Like choir said to Dr. G, we're in a tumultuous relationship.
SPEAKER_02Right. How old is that young man?
SPEAKER_00I'm unsure. I think like 21, 22.
SPEAKER_02Oh, he's fully fully an adult.
SPEAKER_00Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. You know, and and coming after this, just to pivot to another story here. This cracked me up. I want to go to something lighter here. Um, that fan, it was a Caucasian lady. She might have been Hispanic, I'm not sure. Caucasian? Yeah, that lady. Um, but she was a Knicks fan, and she reportedly has been fired from Chase. So if you think back to her, there was a Knicks themed trash can. So it was this orange and blue trash can that was on the street, and she picks it up, empties it out, and I assume that she took it home. And because that moment itself went viral, it appears that social media did its thing and identified her. And supposedly, you know, Chase said goodbye. You will no longer be an executive here. And so, um, you know, should someone lose their job, you know, over a moment of poor judgment unrelated to their work? Like, who knew the fuck that lady worked at Chase?
SPEAKER_02I'm kind of confused. So you said she picked up the trash can?
SPEAKER_00Picked up the trash can. And did what? Emptied it out and took it with her. So it leaves you to believe that she She stole it? Yes.
SPEAKER_02Okay. Um, that's weird. But all right. I mean, I don't know. I guess Chase can terminate their employees for whatever reason they see fit. Maybe they're in the at-wheel state. I don't know. Like, who put the who how did they find out it was her? Like, did her manager see her on the video? Well, it was probably.
SPEAKER_00Um yeah, I'm sure they probably said, oh, this is this person. Let me send this to your child. What are y'all gonna do about it? And it's like, oh no, we're done. So um, yeah.
SPEAKER_02And where was the trash can at?
SPEAKER_00Just on the side of the street, and it had trash in it. She picked it up, emptied the trash out, and just took off walking. And so people, they recorded her, right? So they guess so.
SPEAKER_02Well, I hope she gets a job at Bank of America or wherever. Getting fired for that is stupid. That lady is out of a job. I hope she gets a job at some other bank or wherever she wants to go. Oh my goodness. Go on over to the Bank of America. They play the tell us like $25 an hour now. They're hiring. I know they're but she was an executive.
SPEAKER_00Oh, even when I like to say, you know, supervisor. Yeah. I like to say that word, but nonetheless, she was an executive.
SPEAKER_02Okay.
SPEAKER_00So it carries a little bit more weight.
SPEAKER_02They really don't, though. Like, she didn't. That's dumb. I mean, like, they must have been looking for a reason to file her. She's out. She's out. Go on over to Bank of America, Will Fargo, and get you another job, sister.
SPEAKER_00Wait, is Wells Fargo still a thing? Yeah, that's the one that got. They were the ones that consume Wycovia. When I went to school, I was with Wycovia. Yeah. I remember that. Okay. Yeah. Wells Fargo's the one that's got Wendy Williams coins tied up in the conservative shit with not the little son. Let's pivot. Let's keep it moving forward, you all. But nonetheless, um, now we can take this pivot and we'll start with uh to our sports section, right? Um with the follow-up story. We'll briefly touch on this and go because I think we are all tired of Tiger Woods, but he's made his first appearance. Very much so. Um since his DUI arrest, he was back in front of reporters earlier this week. Um, you know, since, you know, of course he had the DUI arrest in March, and then he took his ass over to Switzerland, came back to check on the girlfriend, then took his ass back. But we never saw him come back. So, you know, either that wasn't a big thing or I'm slipping. So given that it's his his you know first appearance, he really just spoke about the future of um the PGA tour, and he ain't really he ain't addressed those legal situations, but I mean why do people continue to root for Tiger Woods? Even all these people.
SPEAKER_02Why do we continue to talk about him?
SPEAKER_00Well, we're gonna turn it off. That's done. Hopefully, that's the last time that we have to talk about here with our sports segment. Um, Tiger, I would tell you good luck. I just don't care. You just stay in the headlines. Do something good.
SPEAKER_02I'll tell them good luck, because good luck to you, Tiger Woods, but I really don't give a fuck about you. But good luck to you.
SPEAKER_00It's a lot of people with need, so go do something good in the world. Um and and thinking about that, one place that always crosses over in into my world is um the NCAA Rufus has approved a new Division I eligibility model that allows athletes to play up to five seasons and five years. Now, the old rule allowed five years, um, they they were allowed to play, excuse me, five years, um, but only four seasons. And so with this new model, given that time, so I it made me think about like the money. So this kind of touches on economy as well, um, since these athletes are getting that NIL money. Um, and we've spoken about that in previous um episodes. But to me, I was like, oh, well, they get an opportunity to make some more money and make smarter decisions, possibly, and and even finish their degree. So um school game, you know, some more experienced players, you know, for a longer period now. Um you may or may not have an opinion of this, but do you think that rule would be better since it extends that game that I've kind of highlighted?
SPEAKER_02You're correct in your assessment that I do not have an opinion on it. Um I it it makes sense in my head that if you go to school for five years, you can play basketball for or whatever sport for five years. So in my head that makes sense, but other than that, I you know I'm not a sports guy. So I don't really have much to add to that. Um I didn't realize that they were getting paid though, so that's good.
SPEAKER_00Not all of them, but some of them right now.
SPEAKER_02What determines who gets paid and who doesn't?
SPEAKER_00Skill. Who wants to endorse you, right? Yeah. Okay, skill who wants to endorse you. So maybe we can do that, you know. Maybe our south we'll we'll post at some point our Cash App, Rufus and Craig Cash App and our South African pals can send some coins over here to the U.S.
SPEAKER_02Another homage to Craig and Maddie. Is that what we're doing? Because I'm down to that. If you want to send me a little cash app, I will not say money. Yeah, they do do that. I like money just as much as the next man. Yeah. Or woman.
SPEAKER_00It could happen. Yeah, pay us for our skills. Okay. Now, somebody who should have stayed longer at the University of Alabama. This just took me the fuck out this week. Is the Detroit Lions cornerback Terrion Arnold, who was arrested. Um, he's sitting in the Tampa jail now with no bond. What she did? Kidnapping charges and armed robbery charges. He got four counts of kidnapping and four counts of armed robbery, and prosecutors have alleged that he orchestrated retaliation for a theft. And he said he he denies it. I, you know, yeah.
SPEAKER_02So correct me if I'm wrong, but he got four counts. That means he kidnapped and robbed four different people at the same time, I'm guessing.
SPEAKER_00I believe so. And I know they were saying he was sitting back just watching it, you know, stream or something, I think through security cameras watching his streams.
SPEAKER_02He was, I don't understand.
SPEAKER_00He orchestrated it, right? He yeah, yeah. So it's like, okay, hey, he paid somebody to do it. Go get them. Yeah, they stole from me, so now I'm finna take it back, whatever, go get them. And so, you know, we talk about it so often, you know, why do these young athletes throw away opportunities? Um, because they take matters into their own hands. And I think, you know, he started in the league in 2024. Um, and up to date, he's earned about $9 million. So that means nothing because your ass, the season's about to, you know, start about, well, they're about to start training formally, you know, because it's about to be July, and your ass is in jail. Like, this is fucking crazy.
SPEAKER_02Well, I hope that $9 million is in a trust or a high interest yield savings account or something.
SPEAKER_00And you know what? It's fucking crazy because I was sitting in our came across this cross across this one post, and it talked about so many of these athletes just in 2026 alone, past and current NFLers, have been arrested. And so, you know, sometimes, you know, we've heard NFL stands for not for long.
SPEAKER_02Um I haven't heard that.
SPEAKER_00Yeah, there's several. So let's just go down the list. Some of them we've already talked about. But Marshawn Lattimore was a free agent. He formerly was with the Washington Commanders, he's facing weapons charges, and his contract was five years at $97.6 million.
SPEAKER_02Damn.
SPEAKER_00Jordan Addison with the Minnesota Vikings, he was a wide receiver. He's been charged with misdemeanor trespass. Rasheed Walker with the Green Bay Packers, he's an offensive tackle. He's facing a gun or weapon charge. We talked about James Pierce Jr., you know, with the Atlanta Falcons, you know. He's an edge rusher. He's been charged with aggravated battery, stalking, and fleeing the police. Marquise Bell with the Dallas Cowboys, your home state. Um, he's a safety. He's been charged with drug possession. My God. Nobody in your camp can keep that. Zachariah Branch, a wide receiver with the Washington Commanders, facing obstruction charges. Quintavious Hutchins, a defensive back with the New England Patriots, has been charged with domestic assault and battery. Nolan Smith, edge rusher with Philadelphia Eagles, facing reckless driving. I know we talked about him in speeding charges down there in Georgia. Silly. Um, Josh Jacobs, and I'm almost through everybody. Josh Jacobs, you know, a running back with the Green Bay Packers facing domestic abuse-related charges. We talked about Jonathan Cooper multiple times, a linebacker with the Denver Broncos facing assault, harassment, and protection order violation charges, hitting our last two. Alec Jackson with the LA Rams is an offensive tackle that has been charged with felony domestic violence. And, you know, that's it, because we already talked about Terrion, but this shit is fucking crazy. So, you know, that's a lot of talent, a lot of money, and unfortunately, a lot of bad decisions.
SPEAKER_01So go ahead, I'm sorry.
SPEAKER_00No, you're fine, but you know, you just think about it. Some of these guys have tens of millions of dollars worth of contracts and they got all these legal issues that could derail their career. Now, are NFL teams doing enough to prepare these folks?
SPEAKER_02No, that's the answer. Um, my question is are all the host men black?
SPEAKER_00Yeah.
SPEAKER_02That's interesting.
SPEAKER_00Yep. Yep, they're all black.
SPEAKER_02Okay. Well, I think um what they always say home training starts at home.
SPEAKER_00Yes, sir. I believe in that.
SPEAKER_02So it's not, it's not, I mean, I would blame parenting, but that's probably a contributing factor, but I think there has to be some other outside factors that contribute to that as well. So, yeah, like we always say, counseling, lawyers, uh mental health. Home training, shit. Bottom line, home training and knowing better. When you know better, you do better.
SPEAKER_01Yeah, yeah.
SPEAKER_02So do better. All you all you um they all blacks. Like I said, all you niggas that's doing this wild ass shit with these massive amounts of money that you could potentially make.
SPEAKER_00Changing lives. We're gonna put that behind us. Hopefully, hopefully, hopefully, we. Know it's not gonna happen. But hopefully, that is the last time we have to read off a list of charges.
SPEAKER_02Yeah, I hope that's the first time we have to.
SPEAKER_00Yeah, I'm yeah, we just gonna pivot now. You know, we do hear all the time um about athletes struggling after retirement, but there are some former NFL players that have proven that football is simply just a chapter in their life. Um, and and I want to highlight these brothers here that are black men that have gone on to become medical doctors. And we have Myron Row, who is a safety for the Tennessee Titans and Pittsburgh Steelers. Um, you know, he's a board-certified neurosurgeon. I I probably have sent you before him, and I think his wife is a dentist. They have these four cute little kids. I think they had one, and then she had the triplets. Um, Boris Anyama is formerly uh a linebacker with the Atlanta Falcons. He's an anesthesiologist. And Jeremy Towns, a defensive tackle who played for the Washington Commanders, Buffalo Bills, and the Philadelphia Eagles. He's now an emergency medicine and sports medicine physician. So, you know, which accomplishment is more impressive? Making the NFL or becoming a doctor after your football career?
SPEAKER_02You know my answer.
SPEAKER_00Life after.
SPEAKER_02Well, not even after. I would say be a doctor before the NFL if you can.
SPEAKER_00You know, like these other bodies.
SPEAKER_02That's a that's a guaranteed career. NFL is gonna last maybe five years.
SPEAKER_00Shit if that. Some of them get cut beforehand. Right. You know, somehow, I don't know how my um Instagram is curated, but somehow I I've been ending up with these kind of form. I know Jonathan Smiles is one. It's like it's like two of them, it's like they never really started, but you got signed, but you were cutting practice, all right? Yeah, you may have done a year and then your contract was canceled, but you know, now you're a fitness trainer, you're shopping in Zara, you're getting a Zara endorsement, so whatever. But shout out to those three gentlemen. Um, those are the ones that I can capture, but I wanted to make sure we at least highlighted the greatness of those that did pursue something additional after their football career. And thinking about medical professionals, Rufus. Uh, Las Vegas, we're just gonna pivot over here into the uh economy section. Because some of us and some of y'all just be fucking up. A Las Vegas nurse practitioner who was once honored as one of the most influential Filipinos in America is now facing allegations in a $906 million Medicare fraud case.
SPEAKER_02Oh, damn. That's federal.
SPEAKER_00Yeah, Marizelle Yucky is accused of participating in this Medicare fraud um scheme, and this is one of the largest healthcare fraud cases in recent years, and she was, you know, you know, why do highly educated professionals sometimes risk everything for more money? And I think you and I talked about this early in the week. Yeah. What was it? It might have been, no, it wasn't you. It was KJ. We talked about it because somebody locally in Arkansas, I think she worked for you is it United Way.
SPEAKER_02Maybe United Healthcare.
SPEAKER_00Maybe it's that, yeah, but she was stealing. So yeah, married woman, stealing, whatever job.
SPEAKER_02I think a lot of those people um they think that it's easy to get away with it, and it probably is for a certain amount of time. But I'll tell you this, and I know this from my from my career, um, my previous career at least. When you do that kind of stuff, it's federal. So when the feds come knocking, they not 99% of the time, the federal government, if they're investigating you, they got what they need. They just wait no time. So a lot of times those cases are they'll be working on it for years before you won't even know about it, it'll be sealed up. And then when they got everything they need, they're gonna come knock on your door and say, Hey, guess what? Gotcha, come on with us. Yeah, so you know, I I would implore people to if you're a licensed professional, uh abide by the the canons and the and the rules of your profession. Don't be trying to be out here doing all this extra shit to get extra money because the money's gonna come because you have a profession where you you're awarded the ability to make a massive amount of money. Period. Like, just don't be greedy.
SPEAKER_00Dommy's getting busted, and we got to talk about next week that couple in Texas that did not take the plea for the $40 million in funds they said. We're gonna we're gonna we're gonna pull it up for the list. I don't know why we're true crime show. We're gonna turn it to a damn crew tribe show.
SPEAKER_02I feel like you true crimes on the sports end, and I just be sending more of these people.
SPEAKER_00And one name, if you remember, earlier in the 2000s, I was he in the 90s, the rapper Twister. You remember him?
SPEAKER_02Yeah, Twister was around in the early uh early 2000s with Webb in front of the early 2000s. Nah, he wasn't well maybe in the same era, but he wasn't he from Chicago. Early 2000s, and he also had an album that came out in like maybe like 98, his first album, which is pretty good. It's called uh Adrenaline Rush. Okay, yeah, yeah, yeah. Early 2000s for sure.
SPEAKER_00Well, he's pleaded guilty.
SPEAKER_02Damn, what did he do?
SPEAKER_00Failing to pay more than $440,000 in taxes. Um yeah, yeah, yeah.
SPEAKER_02Over how much time?
SPEAKER_00That I'm not sure.
SPEAKER_02Okay.
SPEAKER_00Yeah. Okay. That I'm not sure. Um, but you know, he can still face false financial penalties and restitution.
SPEAKER_02So um He'll probably have to pay restitution for sure. He probably won't go to jail for that shit, though.
SPEAKER_00I hope not. I I hope not. Just go do some, you know, now we're in a reunion tour era. Jump on there with Monica. You in Chicago?
SPEAKER_02Right, get on there. Who was it? He was always with Kanye, and uh he did a bunch of songs with Kanye and I don't know, whoever. But go go get them together. I don't know if you want to be with Kanye, but yeah, go on a reunion tour, like like like Craig just said. Do that, make it happen.
SPEAKER_00And and some of the smartest people that make the dumbest mistakes, we're just gonna go on pivot back to Florida. Now, Ruf is a Fort Lauderdale tutor, is facing serious charges after authorities say that she was making thousands by impersonating teachers and taking certifications exams on their behalf. Now, Cassandra knows Cassandra, yeah, Cassandra knows she allegedly operated a proxy testing scheme. She reportedly charged $1,000 per exam. And authorities are saying that she used fake identities in, you know, for these folks that wanted to be certified teachers. And I think Florida, if you think back, they were the ones that had the fake nurses by the thousands. Yeah, it was crazy. So we need to put that on the next one. We'll talk about the next nurses, that's good. Yes, getting fake nursing licenses, and some of them actually did pay that it's just a mess. But Cashandra, you could have used your powers for good. Why why the fuck would you do that? That's crazy. That I'm sorry. In the era of leveraging and collaborating with AI, you could have put them skills to use to say, how can I legitimately do this? It I just can't.
SPEAKER_02I don't think there's a legitimate, unless you're gonna do like a tutoring service. I don't there's not a legitimate way to do that.
SPEAKER_00Fuck up ass teachers that went along with this goddamn scheme. We want your motherfucking license, bitch. You need to go to jail because you're putting everybody at risk. We don't know what the fuck you're doing in front of these kids. Get their ass out of here. Get their asses out of here. Now, you know, I just I love how the universe connects me with the right thing on my feed. And, you know, if you're looking for something positive on social media, Ruf is one thing, and I've sent these to you. You need to check out Suave Xavier and his three Dobermans. You know, they become internet stars by themselves. I believe you have Knox, and then he got Bear, and then he has Nox's son, who is um, what is that? What's the son? Junior. And, you know, researchers have shown that, you know, people, animals make us feel better. And I think it really did. So the universe knew what I needed um this week. And you know, so tell me more about they just play, they have their own personality. So while you would think typically Adobe would be like, ah, Maggie, the ferocious beast, but they're not. So, you know, they look scary. Knox is the one he first had. He's always hugging them, climbing in his lap. He typically kind of runs away. He's not necessarily scared, but he's like, Oh, I'm getting the fuck up out of here. You can kind of read his face. Um, then the second one he got, oh, this is a and Knox's a brown coat, the one with the black coat with the brown, you know, pieces on it or whatever, that's the aggressive one. You know, he's like no nonsense. I wouldn't say aggressive, but he's no nonsense. Like, you know, they could all play the same game. And so Knox will be like, what the fuck? You know, say dogs have personalities or whatever, and Barry'll be like, oh fuck nah. He's just gonna go and attack you and just go at it. So, you know, listen to the research. It says that, you know, interactions with animals lead to lower stress, reduce anxiety, improve your mood, and increase happiness. So while I don't have a dog, Rufus doesn't have a dog, we can watch um, and I think it's Swave underscore Xavier on Instagram and watch his dogs, you all.
SPEAKER_02If you were gonna get a dog, what kind would you get?
SPEAKER_00I've always wanted a doberman. Yeah, always did. And I wanted to call that motherfucker Bruce.
SPEAKER_02Bruce, Bruce, I think we should make that happen.
SPEAKER_00Yeah, yeah. Call that motherfucker Bruce. And so, you know, with things changing on the horizon for me, um, I might have the opportunity to bring uh a little Bruce home with me. So, you know. That's the end of our show today. And Rufus, you know, today's show has reminded us that every decision matters. Some decisions lead to operating rooms and inspiring second careers, while others lead to courtrooms and jail cells. We've done hit this two weeks in a row. And when life gets heavy, maybe the answer is to step away from the noise and watch a few dopamins online.
SPEAKER_02So if that's it, whatever makes you happy too. But let me just apologize for my audio last week. Sorry, y'all. I had some issues, but we're back now.
SPEAKER_00All right, have a great week. We'll see y'all next week. Bye. Bye later.