"Lets Rap About it" hosted by Fabolous, Maino, Dave East & Jim Jones

You the Friend? #21

91 min
Mar 20, 2026about 1 month ago
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Summary

In episode #21 of 'Let's Rap About It,' hosts Fabolous, Maino, Dave East, and Jim Jones discuss friendship dynamics, social media's impact on youth, parenting responsibilities, and modern dating expectations. The conversation ranges from defending problematic friends to the evolution of respect in hip-hop culture, touching on topics like father figures in child development and the obligations people have to deceased friends' families.

Insights
  • Social media has fundamentally replaced physical confrontation culture (ice grilling, bumping) with digital conflict, accelerating disputes from slow-burn tension to immediate escalation
  • Parenting in the digital age requires active monitoring rather than age restrictions alone, as children find workarounds and are exposed to inappropriate content at scale
  • Friendship loyalty has limits—defending friends constantly in trouble can damage other relationships and requires setting boundaries without abandoning them
  • Distinguishing a 'real rapper' from someone who just records requires sustained financial viability, fan base, and longevity, not just one viral moment or album
  • Grace and respect are foundational to relationships, but shouldn't be confused with weakness or used to justify problematic behavior
Trends
Decline of physical street culture markers (ice grills, bumps) replaced by social media callouts and digital beefsParental anxiety around social media access despite age gates—monitoring becomes more important than restrictionsInfluencer entitlement: creators expecting equity in songs they promote rather than flat fees for collaborationPost-fame invisibility: artists who had brief success struggle with public recognition when pursuing other workShift in masculinity discourse: emphasis on emotional intelligence and presence over traditional 'toughness' in fatherhoodDating economy inflation: women setting higher financial expectations for dates as baseline standard-settingGreen card marriages as transactional relationships entering mainstream casual dating discourseFather figures becoming culturally recognized as essential to male development, not optional
Topics
Friendship Boundaries and LoyaltySocial Media Impact on Youth DevelopmentFather Figures and Male ParentingDigital Conflict vs. Physical ConfrontationDefining 'Real Rapper' StatusParental Monitoring of Children's Online ActivityInfluencer Compensation and Song EquityPost-Fame Career TransitionsDating Expectations and Financial StandardsObligations to Deceased Friends' FamiliesRespect vs. Grace in RelationshipsTikTok and Dance Trends in Music PromotionTransactional Relationships and MarriageMasculinity and Emotional IntelligenceCelebrity Visibility and Privacy
Companies
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People
Fabolous
Co-host discussing friendship dynamics, respect, and relationship deterioration with industry figures
Maino
Co-host participating in discussions about loyalty, parenting, and dating expectations
Dave East
Co-host discussing fatherhood, male role models, and the importance of father figures in child development
Jim Jones
Co-host defending loyalty to friends, discussing Harlem culture, and engaging in playful debate about sports teams
50 Cent
Referenced in discussion about wealth, power dynamics, and whether financial success translates to real-world influence
Pop Smoke
Referenced in discussion about obligations to deceased friends' families and industry relationships
Pusha T
Mentioned as attendee at Pop Smoke's film room event
Big L
Referenced in anecdote about street confrontation culture and respect dynamics in Harlem
Nas
Referenced in discussion about Jim Jones' controversial statements and the importance of accountability
Jalen Brunson
Discussed in sports picks segment regarding performance predictions for Knicks vs. Nets game
Kyrie Irving
Mentioned in context of Brooklyn Nets performance and hometown advantage discussion
Academics
Referenced negatively for inappropriate gaming conversation with a 14-year-old, illustrating online predatory behavior
India Love
Referenced for her stance on men not seeking discounts during dates
Spike Lee
Humorously referenced when comparing Jim Jones' courtside expression to Spike Lee's typical demeanor
Quotes
"Just because a nigga is showing gun imagery don't mean he really was part of gun violence. Sometimes we gonna leave it there."
FabolousEarly segment
"Respect is the foundation of everything. My nigga, you ain't got to love my music, you ain't got to love what I represent, but nigga, you gonna respect me."
FabolousMid-episode
"I think a boy need both—a man and a woman—to be a man. A man can teach accountability, responsibility, stability. All of the abilities."
Dave EastParenting segment
"Social media ended the ice grill and the stare. Now it's just the social shit. Niggas got beef with somebody through something they said or somebody posted."
MainoSocial media discussion
"Don't bring everybody everywhere. Some friends, they just—you can't bring niggas everywhere. Niggas is terrible, bro."
Jim JonesFriendship boundaries segment
Full Transcript
A lot of shit been going on so let's rap about it A lot of right, a lot of wrong so let's rap about it Controversy every week so let's rap about it Family that don't even speak, we can rap about it They crashing out on IG, let's rap about it Heavy body wanna be, let's rap about it People going outside, let's rap about it They really want clout bag, let's rap about it What's up y'all, let's rap about it Brought to you by Playmaker, presented by Prospix America's number one sports picks app Yeah! Get it! Another episode We all here How y'all gentlemen, fellow? What up, what up? How y'all gentlemen, feeling this week? Feeling good man I'm feeling magnificent Holiday spirit, same patty's day tomorrow Good green on Yeah he wasn't in the green forces chat Nah y'all, you're gonna ask me out the green forces chat I did have a pair of green forces back there But what we was talking about, the green We was trying to force it Green wasn't green It was different in the light The green wasn't the same in the light Yeah, couldn't be all Green one of them colors though That's what we were just talking about Like green, you could So many different shades of green You could put two greens together and it would look crazy I just want to draw on ones How you feeling? I'm feeling good, 50 cent Distu-Negas Damn Distu-Negas What he did? AI-G-Negas He did? How you feel? AI is incredible How do y'all feel? AI is an incredible tool to use I feel absolutely wonderful Me too I feel absolutely wonderful You dropped the record Yeah, I had to You know, the thing about that is very interesting I feel like You know You work fast, man Because we live in a fast society It's like if we don't say some shit in 24 hours They say you're scared But for other people it takes them four months To say something Right, but and that's the thing though Like it's first of all I just want people to understand That this shit is just all WWE All funny games Ain't nobody doing shit about nothing This guy's worth what? Half a billy, he ain't about to do nothing to nobody Let's all keep it real Like, but I really feel like As far as me Who definitely had a personal relationship With him I think that we got to this place Where it's like I'm gonna speak for myself And nobody else I think I showed him a lot of grace in the past Because he had done something for me And I spoke about a lot of times And I was always grateful for that I was always grateful for the fact that He had shown me an olive branch And helped me with a deal When that right So I was always Olive branch? That's wild I don't like how that's saying I ain't like that never What's wrong with that? Proceed, man Olive branch is paused too? He said he showed you an olive branch It's crazy What the fuck is wrong with that? Hey, man, finish Okay, this is plausible It's not plausible No man should be showing you no branches It's plausible It's the way you think it Continue though, just continue I ain't saying nothing You see, I'll let you live Listen, I wanted to land I ain't saying nothing Here's the thing, I feel like People get things misconstrued And sometimes when you show grace People get it construed As if you're not having the right type of energy I had a relationship with that man And I think because 10, what did you have going on, man? I can't even Olive branch, you had a relationship with him? Yeah, I'm missing the point though There's a point And is that a pause too, a point? No, you good Okay, so what I'm saying is that My relationship with you I think deteriorated the relationship That I had with him And which I'm fine with But the thing I'm proud of is Because that was the beginning And the ending of my relationship with him Because I think it was a time when he You put up a post of Melly Melly a star nigga I just, I didn't read it But I looked at it, clicked on it Because I'm gonna show love regardless And he got it, right, 100% And he got in his feelings by that And it was nothing to me I was just like, nigga, you overthinking Right? So I think that that was the beginning Of that relationship not being what it was But here's the thing though I think that he's a nice guy And I think that somewhere along the line Like this character that he didn't build There for himself that maybe I'm not sure if he started to believe it himself Or people just allowed it to go so long That he is now becoming to believe that My nigga You can't bully nothing on this side 100% Right? I respect you as a venous man I respect you as a man And I respect you for what you done for niggas Right? And what you done for the culture But I don't know nothing about no gangsta shit, bro I don't know nothing about that I don't, I don't, I'm a nigga You gotta, you gotta, you gotta show me that So I don't, I don't know what this mystique And this, this, this, this, this information That I, I don't know So I just wanted to get that all Because we, we, because we here now I think he still wants to be your friend I don't mind Because I don't think that none of this is personal But, but when people have this thing about Oh man, you know, you can be 150 You know, he don't play I don't, I don't, what do you mean? I know he don't, he don't play How, how I know he don't play? I don't, what you mean he don't play? I don't understand, like, he don't play like Listen, he's dope rap, like, we, we Filling love with, with the, with the culture In the story of niggas, we respect that But, and I'm not gonna take nothing away from a man If, when he deserve it, right? But at the same time, when we talking about Oh, he don't play, and he's playing chess Yo, my nigga, we all men And, and, and don't misconstru Grace with cowardice Just because a nigga is showing gun imagery Don't mean he really was part of gun violence Sometimes we gonna leave it there Mmm, deep, deep Yeah, deep I'm gonna leave it there You got anything else more you wanna get off your chest about? No, this is not on my chest, I'm just saying Like, I just, just wanted because It's because of you It's, it's my Oh, this is because of you But, but, but it brings me to the, to the, to the If you're friend, if you're friend is constantly in problems At what point do you stop defending them? Fuck you, man I'm, I'm constantly in problems But it's okay though Me? So here's the thing I haven't said one thing to anyone at all You don't have to, you Jimmethy, Jimnasium Jones You all, like, it's you, like Look at the smile, he know he got us some beef with 50 stand Look at the smile over there, he like How? Is this really beef? I don't even count Yeah What you mean, Mr. David? That's what he said That's what he said That's what he said That's what he said You want me to count? Get that nigga, just get that nigga real in the believe Oh, I don't count niggas Oh, I don't count niggas I don't count I ain't part of bad and booze I ain't part of bad and booze You think I got left off bad and booze? Oh, I be like What? Niggas say that's your bad and booze What you want to do, Mr. David? Shit, no, man I see you, I caught you in warm old Yeah, I'm with it I'm with it Yeah, he don't have no chill At all No He was looking for the studio the same day What? He went and hit the six in the morning last night, mixing it No, because this started, I'm gonna say this is fab, this is fab fault Christmas day, me and fab talk I seen him, you know when Box is about to get ready to fight? That was his energy last night Oh, yeah, you ready? He's the one who's going to punch him This is my stages too, because I spoke to him like in the afternoon You seen him last night, and then you see him in the studio at six in the morning That's three whole maniac stages Three different maniacs That's really three different people You know what I'm saying? He was saying, changing You should see this nigga just changing to the incredible Hulk right in front of your face Different niggas Listen, man What am I supposed to do? Are we expecting a reply from this guy? It doesn't even matter though Sometimes you gotta show people that It's gotta make a statement Right, that's it though, because sometimes the perception gets bigger than the reality And then people start to believe shit that it's really just not there You know what I mean? But as it pertains Shit, we care? I think we should care a little bit I think we should care a little bit, because at the end of the day I want, niggas gotta always understand that Respect is the foundation of everything My nigga, you ain't got to love my music You ain't got to love what I represent You ain't got to, you got more money You get more fame, but nigga, you gonna respect me, nigga 100% A nigga behind the screen don't gotta respect me We ain't talking about that He ain't gotta see you We ain't talking about a nigga behind the screen We talking about the niggas that we talking to We talking about the niggas that we may bump into one day They need to understand that Whatever the environment and whatever the language that turns into whatever it is Whatever it is, it's understood that we are who we are And we gonna stand on what we stand on, period If it's peace is peace I don't think you answered the question About, so the question is what? When your friend, do you start When you stop defending Hanging or defending that friend that always gets you in trouble Are you gonna stop hanging and defending, Jim Jones? Never I never Damn, why? It wasn't, it's a jib No, no, no, that was real though Wait a minute, hold on That's the best thing Wait a minute, we started this show, we said this wasn't a person What about the show, nigga? Wait a minute, let me speak my piece, goddammit We started this show, we agreed that we wasn't singling nobody out Why is he singling me out like, oh are you gonna continue to We never agreed to that We never agreed to that That wasn't agreed? That was not in the conversation You remember that? Singling somebody out, I remember that Oh yeah, you can sing without me I remember that couple I ain't gonna lie, I remember that You were some different type of niggas, I really can't get with this shit But the question is this, would I stop defending you? It's not me, this is not the question Or hanging with you, because you might have said you was better than Nas Just all kinds of shit, I seen Nas and everything That was crazy 100% I seen, I told you, did I tell you this? Yeah, when we walking around, we gotta relive your comments on these people You know what I'm saying? When you seen Nas, he like, aw man Jim crazy, man You know what I'm saying? Not seeing Nas, he's like, you gonna get your man Jones He told me I'm gonna be more mindful Don't be No, don't be No, no, no, not for me, nigga It's already up Don't be a nigger Don't be a nigger, be your natural self Be who you is, nigga Ain't nobody gonna make no excuses for that Be who you are, nigga I accept things, but what it is Sometimes listen, we don't I like to pick a side, because if you don't pick a side, the side gonna get picked for you anyway When I seen Nas, you say, I'm gonna get your man Jones And he smile He said, I'm just fucking with you He thought it was all, he, nigga, yeah, it's all good Not fucking Nas, man Yeah, it's all good Outside of gym, would you still defend your friend? Like say you go out, you go out to parties and your homie always getting into it with niggas Or he get drunk and he, how do you, how do you do it with that? Yeah, nigga like that, though I'm just like, damn, bro So how do you think I feel when I'm outside with you always getting drunk and getting me in some shit? That's cash, cash, cash That only happened one time Oh, so y'all just get each other in shit? That only happened one time This happened one time? This was y'all doing, you really wanna do this, man? That's the one time, that's the trauma bond I ain't know These people on my business I don't care about the bond, man That's not a trauma bond That only happened one time One time, give me, what's the other time? Don't worry about it I had a hard time Cause I feel like a few of the homies that was doing, was on that was really my, you know what I'm saying? But after a while it just be like, alright, certain events, I'm just not gonna answer the phone that night What? Foul, I have to snicker, it's snicker, it's foul Tonight might not be the vibe for that Tonight it's your night call Tomorrow we got some shit, tomorrow, Twitter So it depends on where you going You can come to that, yeah I like that No, he the realest nigga though I'm about to, no he the realest nigga though So you got different friends, different ages Y'all answer all y'all phone calls? Don't sit here and do that Every phone call? Every night Putting the homies on D&D is different though Not tonight, man Not tonight? But you say this, I don't say all that I can't just, I can't bring everybody everywhere, I can't say this So what do you do? That nigga's already, no bro, you know you're not going with me here bro This is not for you bro Y'all know Y'all have, so that's already, they know that already That's the combo y'all had years ago Yeah, nope So they not calling like, yo what up, what we doing? We going to that all white affair? Depends on what we doing Going to the all white affair? Nope In the Hamptons He said nope One of y'all Bring one of y'all Nah, because niggas is terrible bro, you can't bring niggas everywhere No, but that's, but that come after time you understand everything for everybody Some friends, they just You don't remember growing up with that friend though, that like go somewhere and like Start something everywhere Every time you go somewhere he have Niggas just angry, nigga a little angry than everybody I went to skate key when I was young My man he start shit everywhere we go We in skate key, we young niggas in skate key bro You see Big L, Big L coming walking My man bumps Big L I'm like bro this nigga legendary shit started like he started shit with it Big L turned around like you know back in the days bumping and Yeah So my man just look him up and down He look my man up and down Y'all niggas ain't getting no money and spent on I was like oh shit, that was a real Harlem shit right there Brooklyn that's the test you out Right there But Harlem so when they get money shit they like Nah, I ain't mean even You ain't even worth it I ain't on that, you ain't on nothing But that's when I knew my man was a legendary shit started right there That was He gonna go out his way just bumping niggas for no reason That was an error for that like for some reason niggas was just trying to figure out Yeah the bump got niggas killed back in the days that That showed the shit with niggas and niggas spent back and look at each other Niggas go deep in the bump too, nigga That's the Niggas pause What did that bump mean though Like nigga, like yo bro it was like That used to be some shit right there That's how fights started and everything, nigga Then they could bump me Yo how what happened Then they could bump me Come with me back over there, niggas just bump me It's lit off the bump It's lit off the bump It's two bumps, it's the bump and then powering me But it's not And then it's the bump and you just keep Just put a shoulder in Nah, nigga do the extra You know a part of me when that's what you bump into somebody Right, right, right Niggas legendary like hit you with the shoulder That bump messed something though That was a shit That was a disrespect That was a disrespect Mom, cuz if nigga after he bump you ain't doing nothing Like y'all just bump that nigga or crazy That's how my man was That nigga ain't doing shit That nigga pussy, that nigga ain't bumping I'm like that nigga say y'all ain't getting no money He's mind was in another place I was in a hole, that shit I was like oh shit What about when niggas ice grillin' you Ice grill was something Ice grill was before the bump No, ice grill definitely means something Ice grill is worse than the bump Because it's a nigga looking you dead in your face Just really Now you gotta stare back at him Until he blinking So now's a staring match You's a master at the ice grill You definitely is a master at the ice grill Who's stare Yeah This nigga's crazy A still If you look away nigga, God is like yeah that nigga's sore He butt this nigga I remember I was in jail And this is the wildest story right This is crazy I never was an ice grill kind of nigga I don't be looking at niggas Even then one day a nigga came up to me And said yo bro You was ice grilling me 30 days ago That's that old school shit I said what He said yo you was looking at me in the mess hall When I was on keep I just got up a long term keep lock 30 days Before that we was in the mess hall You was looking at me Oh he remembered that He was waiting to get out the box for that He thought about that for 30 days I was looking through you nigga I ain't even see you What Ice grill What's crazy is social media and the phones Erased the ice grill bump era Wow Now niggas just say something or talk Or tweet or post something Damn There's no ice grill in the pump By the time it gets physical it's already up It'll never be nowhere where people just be like On each other and that shit no more Like it's now it's just the social shit Niggas got beef with somebody through something they said Or somebody man or like They don't know be no physical shit Niggas is really going to clubs to try to be the toughest niggas in the club And did he bop around the whole club Niggas will walk in the spot Ice grill already on On the walk My man who's the legendary shit starter That's what he go to shit for Look he literally get He got to start something So damn I ain't never think about what you just said though You said social media ended the ice grill In the stair Same way it ended the run down What? What we was talking about before Just the run down and the females All that was an error Now you just de-inem Physical contact yeah Anything in the physical got switched to the phone Y'all seen a movie like this We about to go into another ever then Speaking of that Is there be a legal age for social media? Do you think social media is a limit what you could see Or what you could do under a certain age Yes I don't want my kids on there till they 25 Well that might not happen But I do believe that if there was a way for them to Monitor or put security on it for a certain age It is though They gonna finesse it though too though That's what I'm saying There's a YouTube kids but my son like watching regular YouTube He don't want to watch YouTube kids Yo the shit on YouTube kids is some loo-do junk But you got things But you can monitor the apps though like the certain things you put on the phone For the certain ads but yeah I think so it's 13 plus My daughter's 13 So it's 13 plus My son got a TikTok he's 10 but it's through his parent It's like he can't do shit But the thing with that he still could see shit too Right You know they get they end TikToks they could watch other shit they just can't They might put some wild shit in their shit That shit worse Got to filter that shit But that's seeing the shit that's on there is worse And they seeing it a hundred times a minute on TikTok That shit is all scroll God damn I think parents just got to monitor it I don't think like age thing is gonna really stop anything The kids gonna find ways around it It's just like when you as a kid we use kids we watch shit that we listen to the music That's too old for our age They gonna get around it so You still got that bottle of liquor You got to monitor it I agree with what Spare is But the liability standpoint The app could say like they saying 13 You know what I'm saying But you still gonna have to monitor it before 13 My son 10 and I got to monitor what he Digest what he looking at what he Engaging with who he engaging with Who you talking to? Who you talking to bro? Oh this my friend from the game Nah you gotta watch that Who was that? Them friends was a game because they Who was that? I met him on Call of Duty Get the fuck off of that game That's them No you gotta watch them's game You on the headphones and shit you kid Let me see these headphones Yo who on here yo Right Paul LePage Go grown niggas and shit Yo man, yo And even that cause like Older people even if they ain't doing nothing crazy on that side They talking around your 10 year old And they 1920 you know what I'm saying Next thing you know your son come downstairs He's 10 he talking like these niggas that was on Call of Duty That's exactly what happened That's exactly what happened with the academic shit He was on a game playing whatever game And he was like yo you want let the nigga go up in you Like he was disrespectful What? Who did that? Who did that? Academics Wow That whole inappropriate conversation with a 14 year old And asked them would you let a man run up in them Playing what grown man play like that I know I'll be out the loop now What grown man play like that? None So how he still do everything This is what I'm saying He said he was joking I said he was joking I posted it Cause I can't understand what grown man play like that But that's just what you just said You got to monitor your kids We got to monitor that's the number one way around That's predatory 100 million percent That's nasty work I'll tell you million percent But you know He's a cookie snatcher This is what I'm saying Like grown men we don't even joke around like that You were saying that it's crazy that you don't see That that's that that ain't just being said You can't see it or whatever You see niggas they going at niggas for less shit than that But when it like that right there But I guess they chalked it up to Oh you know that's not who he really is He was just playing Yo bro tell me or show me one grown man in the world That play like that that ain't about some shit like that That ain't something that you joke about Especially when it comes to kids Shoot your shot on prize picks And get $50 instantly And lineups when you play your first $5 That's right prize picks is now giving you $50 in lineups when you sign up And play your first $5 Prize picks makes every dunk, every dime And every board that much more exciting So don't miss the chance to get started on America's number one app for sports picks I been getting on prize picks And all my friends been getting with it too That's right it's March and the madness is back I'm ready for some college Cinderella stories And a playoff push with our New York squad I been cooking up lineups New York baby Always New York Jalen Brunson and Kat Post's All-Star break They locked in more threes, more points More, more, more, more and more We always ride with Brooklyn You already know that's the fact Show some love to Brooklyn and Michael Porter Jr More, more, more points baby let's get it Join millions of users and sign up For America's number one sports pick app Just download the prize picks app today And use code let'swrap to get $50 in lineups After you play your first $5 lineup That's code let'swrap to get $50 in lineups After you play your first $5 lineup Prize picks is good to be right Yo do boys need a male role model To truly understand manhood That's right I think so Absolutely 100,000% I don't say so Not taking nothing away from a strong woman And everything that she could For the single moms You know what I mean Everything that they could bring to the table But I think a man need a man You know what I mean At least to see or observe I think a boy need both To be a man I think they need a man and a woman I feel like a man can just Men just teach certain things a woman I mean like we What does a man teach? What does a man teach? Some of the things that a man teaches Accountability, responsibility Stability Stability All of illities All of illities All of illities All of illities What the fuck are you talking about? Accountability Accountability Accountability Disability All of illities, be it That shit Lie-mout Lie-mability Everything Yo you better stop What you say Mr. David? I agree with all of the abilities The ability The ability And I feel like with a man Like with my son right Like I show him how to wash his body Just certain shit I feel like a man Going You know what I mean? A man with nuts can show you You know what I mean? As a little man You know what I mean? You gotta put certain Certain shit you go instill in him And I feel like A woman can do it But it should come from a man You know what I mean? Right I mean I was raised with no father figure So I would say that I always looked at that Like I kind of knew I needed that You know what I mean? So for me I had You knew you needed what? The father figure? The father figure For certain things So for me was looking at Paws like admiring different Folder men that I've seen And shit like that Whether I'm a drug dealer Whether I'm an uncle You know what I mean? Like just to try to Figure out my mannerisms And shit like that You know what I mean? Because I was raised in a house With nothing but women You know what I mean? Like I was just me and my uncle Ricky The rest was So a lot of the things you learn Were the hard way I had to learn about traveling Error like I didn't have a lot of I didn't have a father figure In my life that told me The things that Dave was saying And shit like that You know what I mean? Like Yeah I talked to my son About that all the time I was like you need to be With your father because As a man As a man As a young man Turning into a man These things that That I need to be able to show you Like hands on You know what I mean? About trying to navigate this life Through the eyes of a man And that you know You know what it is to be a young man So you can have that experience As a mother You don't know what it is To be a young man So you need to appeal to him As a man And certain things about The way he moved and you know And how to measure his expectations Of life That you can show him That's why I had my I started My son started living with me When he was seven years old Seven years old Yeah So I'm like that just for that reason Right Like we wanted to make sure that I was in his life so he could see What a man does and how a man acts And how a man is supposed to move Spige I think a father definitely helps A boy understand manhood But I seriously want to stress That I think that both dynamics Help a boy become a man too The balance of what a woman brings And even the love that a boy Have so his mom You know that's his first love To a woman Right You can see how you want somebody To treat your mom And that can lead to the way you treat your You know what I'm saying And moms can teach that to a man Even as a single father There's single fathers out there too But they're missing something That a woman would To bring to the table I feel very fortunate to have My mother and father But it's things I learned from my mother That my father couldn't teach me And it's things I learned from my pops That I couldn't have got from my mom's That's what I'm saying You know what I mean It made me You know what I mean The love I got The anger I got All that shit came from seeing both It wasn't just one sided That's what Also your first relationship You really see too You're a kid and your mom and dad It's together If they're not together You don't see relationship for a while Until they get into a different kind Of relationship So that also could Motivate or discourage How you look at How you understand your perspective On just a man and a female Right From what you see earlier If you say I didn't have a choice Which one would you rather a son be raised with? That's a good question Early I would say mother They did that at a certain time I think it's like I would say some boys in the hood shit Remember how Tray was with his mom And then he got to a certain age And then he went back with his pops You need that nurturing at a young age Certain shit your father Like even with me with baby girl Like certain little things It's like I don't want it But that's mommy job Right, let her do that Certain shit my mom did for me Is when my pops wasn't doing that shit Like I hear stories Like you know that little thing When your kids be like stopped up Or whatever and you put it in their nose But you got door to door My pops said man your mother one time You couldn't breathe And you look like you was about to die She put her mouth to your nose And got that shit I did that My mom did that Certain shit No, Tazane It's just certain It's a parent thing I get it But my pops told me I could have never did no shit like that You know what I mean? I got two sons And you never did that I got two sons I'm like Some of these shit I just said I just said I got my son You know what I'm saying? I'm just saying that But you just brought up something You might go blow your nose They're like No when he was a baby This is like baby baby shit They can't walk I couldn't walk nothing They know we saw You couldn't blow his nose At the age that you couldn't blow his nose Say you couldn't blow his nose You couldn't blow his nose Are you too young for that too? No, he wasn't too young for that But I might not have had that tool In the baby panicking You start panicking You see the snot I'm glad I never was putting a position To have to do that But my father told me direct Little nigga I could have never did no shit like that From what age does a parent go From living with his mother to a son? A son I like mom with moms to 10 To 10 The boys in the hood shit If I had to do the split of how long To, this is not, you know This is a disclaimer For they put me on the internet Saying I'm supposed to leave your baby With them to their 10 And something like that But it's more The conversation was If you had to split time I would say with mom to 10 And with dad from 10 to 18 From 10 to 18 I say seven I say seven That was when I got my stuff on That's when I had my son live with me at seven I like seven Seven is the year I watched Kyrie Start to wrap my rhymes Start to like this certain shit They just get a little more in tune We talking about a young man right A male I'm just speaking in I got old daughters so I'm over you know what I mean They had a preschool They had a kindergarten And they got to experience the first grade already Like seven is usually second grade And shit like that So it was like you went through all the levels of And you experienced in what the first year school is like So I now I'm good after that Like you did like Every those stages is like yo But with that I feel like in that situation too If the pair is not together You better hope the other one was doing They job For them 10 years Cause then you might get dropped off a 10 year old With a bit of child You might get dropped off a 10 year old That's mad at you A bit of son, you're 100% Oh that's feeling away about you You need to come over there Welcome to death row baby Welcome to death row I'm still tonight Everything you knew In Zanato What are you talking about? Yeah You better make sure that was a What are you saying? You saying your IG You're saying 10 to 18 Dancing in the videos So all the TikTok videos Ain't nothing like going on You say 10 to 18 Yeah cause I think For a man For each situation It might be even different though Cause for girls They might need to be with their mom 13, 14 Yeah So with boys I would say that But I think boys need that Nurturing from mom Especially from baby Toddlers You know what I mean little boys Because you come in now With your son You teaching him how to Go to the next stage of being a man That's going to happen in that area of You know Probably even a little bit later Like you know 12 What I'm saying What happens after 18 You know what I'm saying What happens after 18 18 You got to go out in the world And start And hopefully whatever Whatever He's going to still be around Both of you But he of AIDS That's the That's enough years To gain enough knowledge To go out here And do your thing Well you can split it 9 to 9 That might be That might be a thing too Just like you can take half of it So after 18 He just What year do you Do you allow him to know That you're having sex With other women other than mommy That sound like some mean little shit No, that's not the question It's a mean little talk What Mean little talk It had to happen Mean little talk We was doing good this whole This was a great episode This was a great one What I'm saying That's a real question though It's about that time That's definitely a real question It's a real topic That is a real topic This is a great one Because if your son is living with you Right There was a time when my son was You got to speak around girls Around your son Right I wasn't bringing girls Around my son So at what age did you do that He got tired of it and said Look he got old enough to understand What age was that Four eight Of course Of course, crazy Of course, heavy Of course, disrespectful He walked in the crib like this Look at Zane What do you think about you This is BBL Cookie Is she gonna be here with us For a couple days Alright So my thing was Put the trolls on Too young to be understanding All that I was like my son is my time Anything else other than that Is that natural time For whatever Right But I think when he got around Fourteen Is when I felt like You know he allowed him to maybe See people Fourteen But other than that Maybe about fourteen Because he was old enough to Kind of start understanding About that age About fourteen It's pretty dope Other than that It was just like I just can't have you just You know just seeing people coming In and out You know what I mean Your crazy life Right You know but then I wasn't sure Do you think it affected him And I wasn't sure Just how he was moving You think it affected how he is today And that's like Yeah he saw him He saw him in the video on the couch One time So he's like father like son With this guy That's a whole pack What the I mean So When you saw my ages You started to let them see what you did At what age did you start Let them see the prostitutes Wow Oh wow It's cool It's crazy what Tree for a dollar You know what That was crazy Yeah Give him a break Right Just his own break What are you talking about Prostitutes That is crazy man That's blasphemy You talking nonsense This guy He's being real on the show No I'm the only one that's You know what I mean Say the real shit Because over here What you talking about man No me It's just a little Lightly filtered That was filtered No That wasn't filtered Because Burn it in here Every episode Every episode Somebody drop it Every episode Yo we gotta start patting people down Whatever you do Don't try it on less rapper body Because somebody in here Got a blick Every fucking episode And it keep falling They don't know what to do with it You know the sad part about all this You got the wrong idea about me What do you mean You know what the sad part about it Something that I've done In my lifetime And in our friendship To give you the wrong impression of me No What do you mean About what About what he asked me Like why would you say that I heard you talking about Escorts in your music Yes Because I'm pushing the limits Let's rap about it I'm pushing the limits of creativity So is it fiction or nonfiction It's based off of the idea of fact What you told us is you live Your music is about the life that you live It's the idea, right? It's like we live in this life And certain things happen And then sometimes you You rap about the moment So you never had Oh The idea of escorts Yeah, never had a dealing A dealing action It didn't actually happen It was just in the moment Never Anybody's thought about this And you went to the booth and rapped about it And you never paid for fiction See, that's that Lobby Boy album I was talking crazy It was a lot of crazy talk on that I know what you're talking about Don Julio era Yeah, I was just coming back from LA You're not in that era no more What was that? The Cosmigo era No, that's Cosmigo That was 2020, 21, yeah Cosmigo man Yeah I was asking But that's not based off of actual fact No No Not based off of actual fact It's like the idea of You dealing with escorts Allegedly How many years is that? The Statue of Liberty? How many years is that? You gotta stop playing with me Allegedly, allegedly You have to stop You said it's not a deal You gotta stop at some point It's all allegedly though No, it's not a deal Because people in the world Not gonna understand this It's allegedly This is what I do No, you can't even say allegedly Because now when you say allegedly It's like that nigga did it Oh man No, I'm saying Because he talking about music Right Is in the song I was saying some shit like And plenty of songs It's more than one So if I said in the song Let's not go there Hold on, hold on No, no, no Let's go there Because in the song it said Most of my women is escorts Which record is this? Hold on, that's Slide Okay Me, you'll find me That's my shit 100% Most of my women is escorts Now what I'm saying is I'm not I wasn't even talking about No, but that's what you said Can I talk about that? I'm talking about another record But let's go on to this I don't know Did you mean that bar? I meant it in the understanding this When you come around certain people You be like What you Yeah, we've been kicking it for a minute What you do? What you say most of my women You never ran into a pack Of escorts? Yeah, like in LA They all selling it? In Vegas? Yeah, this is happening Everything's for sale What I'm saying is That's what they do for living And I'm coming in contact with them You understand? You got what I'm saying? What I'm saying? What I'm saying is This is the life of his coming in contact with them Here's the thing Like it's the aliens I'm coming in contact You got what I'm saying, right? I think it's like in interrogation room He drowning right now I don't like when these stories be going mad long like this Yo, you definitely had some escorts That's all you basically say No, no, no, no, no Right, but I just don't like the way he's Last long story N***a was definitely doing what was said So you definitely was on some escorts No more stories on the bar No more long stories Whatever I said, I did it Whatever you heard me say, I did it I thought I should work like Yeah, yeah, whatever Yeah, cause you try and convince me too much Yeah, yeah, yeah, I was just going to You know what, you know how You ended all my explanations I'll never explain Whatever I said, I did it Ain't nothing else to explain You? Yeah, I'm gonna leave it alone So you have dealt with escorts See Basically, that's all you That's what they do At the end of the, at the end of the room 100 million percent Basically But guess what, guess what Don't knock the naked hustle That's some sex worker That's what she does for a living That's what she don't knock it You're a sex customer No, that's the thing I'm not the customer You're not a customer I'm what they like You're a customer No So you get this counsel or it'll be free I'm who they like You get this You're not listening That's like saying a stripper like you Drag cats like drag too No, you gotta listen If the girl, if the girl, if you meet a girl And she like you and you're kicking it And then all that And then y'all start the You know what I mean, whatever And then her occupation is that You're not the buyer You the niggas she like But that's what she do So that's what's attracting to you So she's selling it all day And then bringing it to you for free I don't understand what's going on Basically You have an escort attraction I don't want to say what that sounds like You got them 100 percent You got them I'm special I'm special This is what I'm trying to say So if I'm saying most of my women As far as I'm saying I'm not the one that's out there purchasing I'm who they like Main special is a different special That thing been sold That's a different kind of special You got me? You got me? This is what I'm trying to say I'm out of it The game is to be sold man Not told You get it I get it It is what it is man You don't know what it is Let's rap about some hoops What's your brother homie's at Prize picks Y'all know what's going on Is Brooklyn first Harlem No No, absolutely not Brooklyn versus New York Harlem is Harlem is a small little section In Manhattan Sound like you mad I'm just saying that I can feel it I can feel it I can feel it I'm out of it I'm coming off that couch over here Sound like you mad cause you're going to lose And all of a sudden Harlem is this That was all Brooklyn versus New York What you making it about Harlem is not if it's the whole Manhattan It's low east side, it's midtown Well let's get to some Let's get to what's going to happen On this day that Brooklyn plays New York Cause you're Brooklyn and we New York New York is the whole older boroughs No I don't know Harlem got the globe charters They got the globe charters The Harlem globe charters They try to squeeze it The next could be the globe charters New York means the whole New York You know how that's about to go They trying to claim the Knicks like it's a Harlem Like the Knicks being Harlem The Knicks in the city Knicks don't be in Harlem We in the city I ain't never seen the Knicks on 250 Downtown the city They being 34th street What's my hand? So you're not claiming Brooklyn's but you're saying When I say I'm going to the city I'm going to the city Where you going? That's not the city, that's Harlem You know the difference Two different places Alright Okay, let's be technical now Knicks are going to win though The Knicks are going to win Ain't from Brooklyn Knicks man Who you got? Let's talk about it I'll fuck with the Knicks But they in a rebuild I'm a lawyer dude I'm a ride in the car Off the cliff man You understand I'm going with Brooklyn Put your seatbelt on And I hope it got airbags You definitely going over the cliff That shit is going over the cliff Shout out to the Brunsack They got one person getting busy over there And he going to get busy He's going to need more people Jim it's a rebuilding year You know what I'm saying? You know what I mean? They rebuild They was building the stadium They rebuild it They have rebuilding years The kid Jose He playing in his hometown How was he from Brooklyn? You really think the next one? I don't think he's from Best I think he's from Bushwick right? Or Flatbush We going more or we going less? I'm going to go less Yeah I'm going to have to go less I'm going more for Jose I think he's going to try to show up Because he in Brooklyn He's going to have his family there You got to get a couple buckets His family is probably going to be at the garden too They will be at the garden This one in Brooklyn I'm going more It's a big deal to be playing at the garden They got to go to the top to the next bar They right in the hometown They pulling up for him Last game he had 28 points though He's cooking Nah Brunson has 28 Brunson has 28 Brunson That's Brunson We always going more on Brunson He just cooking I'm going more with Jaylon Brunson the leader of the team I'm going more I'm riding with Brooklyn just because I'm riding with Brooklyn Regardless of what It may not be the best choice You going more on rebounds or less on rebounds Brunson I'm going to go less I'm going to play unpause I'm just going to go less I think he could get three rebounds though I don't got a tie I'm not eating He can get more He's five He got to get more than five He got to get more than five rebounds That's his career stat His last game Right now he's less Yo big shout out to Prospix Coming in clutch for all my New York hoops Download the Prospix app today And use code LESSRAP To get $50 in lineups After you play your first $5 line up That's code LESSRAP To get $50 in lineups After you play your first $5 line up Prospix is good to be right The biggest challenge is the reason The song goes viral Should the creator get a percentage Of the record Percentage of the record is a lot I think they That's wild Definitely show love To check whatever Percentage of the record that you created It didn't make the song Or even this dance thing was even I feel like Understand that we have a time where influence Really helps records in a sense But I think that's a lot Percentage of the record is a lot If the song wasn't already doing with If you didn't like the song that the artist made You wouldn't have made a dance to it No, what if you make the song and go to the influence And say, yo, I got this hot record man And you do that You usually go on with them to give them some I have nothing against looking out But now if you have a Why do you have a percentage of the song You didn't have nothing to do with making the song You paid them to do the dance already Because that's how When you came to them you said listen But you didn't have nothing to do with the song So you shouldn't have a percentage of the record If you paid them already you shouldn't have to Right Double back and give them anything But then that song take off And then that was like The person dancing might feel like Well, damn, we got 10 million views Off the dance But they might be confused Thinking the dance is the reason the song is hot You know what I mean Some songs that do go that way Some songs you know the dance of the record But I'm not going to say that for every record Does that make you obligated to give some The dance or that because he going to Tick tock and dance to your record No, you already paid them so But if that's the case the dancers When you pull up and be like, yo, I need you to do this dance for my record They should have a contract like, nah, this is what we want to want If we dance for that record If that is discussed and you look out for them And the song blow up They can't come back saying we need a percentage of that song I feel like that's a narrative that Is going to be pushed for like Influencers to Get more Of something like, you know, influencers They already getting offered just being influencers Right So now it's like a next level of Nah, we need a piece of the song that we influence Like, nah, it's too much bro They didn't sat with somebody Somebody and told them that you need To pull that record What if you know that Hooking up with this influence Then you can get a percentage And we created it, the song that Say we in the studio, you create the dance And we create the news and we, that's how marketing That makes sense, but me putting out a song And you start dancing doing Tick tock and dance to it, you got to dance, catch Nah, no, how about this though You should have no percentage of that record How about this, how about this, this devil's advocate You make the song And you go to that influencer And you say, I need you to dance on this I need you to do whatever Right, but then you offer whatever you could Offer there, you might offer them equity Or something, if you don't have the money If you had the money, you might say, yo, I got 5000 for you to do, so influencers going to take The 5000 and do it? No, but no, he say, yo, I want A upfront free fee And I want 5% of a publisher's Spit I like to dance the fuck out the room Dance the fuck up out of here But you may not, but he might You're not dancing to this one But that publishing spit is not going to be Worth more Without him as it is with them Bro, you have nothing to do With the making of this song You don't know if the dance Going to pop your shit off either It ain't automatic, it's pity people It's labels that pay that for that And it don't work sometimes That should be organic Or sometimes it be paid, you can't even really Tell in a certain sense They pay for it and don't do nothing It's no guarantee And you got shit that's little Online and it ain't let outside You got shit that's looking Like everything out online and then you go to The club and see that person and be like Oh, what the fuck, you know what I mean? I'm gonna scrap telling Big Daddy Kane, yo, we need 10% Bro, because they was dancing to his records But they been dancing for 30 years And they gave them a portion Of something somewhere down the line This sound more like the first song You doing with a person, like It don't sound like he was locked in with nobody For no 30 years This sound more like you did a record Wait a minute, wait a minute, I don't know I don't know, yo Where did the scuba scrap come from, bro? This is how you be getting in the gym In the gym beefs Where's scuba scrap? Why you threw them Why you threw them I'm trying to say how these Why they're the influences though But I'm just saying, so imagine They actually and Big Daddy Kane It's the same shit, bro They're not at the same shit because they Actually go on the road and they been on the road They been 30, 40 years So they did not even did that Axe for a percentage of a record Don't undermine scuba scrap, bro I didn't say that, this is not what we're talking about They just undermined the scuba scrap for 88 They ain't even got two dancers They never do that I got an 88 Here we go That's when I landed I was scuba scrapping I don't want no scuba scrap Me neither You never did that one Ben, you never did that one 100% Scuba scrap won a dance battle You better be ready, bro Get your moves together, couple They can't fuck with me They go back to 88 What the fuck are you talking about What are you talking about You got out there scuba scrapping You can't fuck with scuba You got more moves I'm a break dancing animal You talk about the dances they do I watch every video No, he said right He get out dancing I get busy You used to get busy You think you can get out dancing You think you get more busy than a nigga That's a professional That dance for the last 35 years That's what they do Just cause you know how the car will You can't bitch That's what got you acting like that That's what got you acting like that That's what got them acting different like that Sticking crazy, man We about to end this shit, man This shit is just getting out of hand They got to choose You just tried to challenge Scuba Scrap to a dance floor But it's crazy Where the car will come from The car will came from you Shut yourself up What That was a setup Shut yourself up, beloved We still got time to Time is running Just shoot the game Game is now over Believe that You saying that like your dad Like you like that Don't worry Try to pull us into a beef with Scuba Scrap I see them going I know I know Scuba I ain't want to I ain't want them to be like That's a fact Bikes and all that Bikes, you niggas ride mopeds Fuck you talk about They got a seat you on the mopad You got to stop coming on this On this fucking hardcass lion You never seen them on the mopad coming up there You ever seen them on the mopad With a bunch of niggas on mopads There's a whole mopad gang That's what you going with this Pull them on that K.L.Law K.Law 650 You on the island You on the island You know what Cause they going What they going to do is going King They going to go on the internet And go go Google Main open up on me On the fifth ass You be lying And they going to say ease up they lying I got to speak I got to speak This is a fucking question for Elliott This is a fucking question for Elliott You get negative now The motorcycle got a basket on it bro You see we got three in fours And he trying to help us They be having baskets They carry a new bag And do an Uber Eats That's the Uber Eats delivery shit They think it's a straight thing Let them talk Let them talk Man you pull them on me fifth You pull them on me a few times Everybody already know what kind of bag I got right That's the shit That's for traveling Uber Eats You can't do that on a motorcycle So that just Throws your whole Your theory out the window That's for traveling I don't like what's going on I know It's so good This is why they in drama now Because of this shit right here Mr. Jimity You just tried to come over here With all this made up story We all know what made up story You said I was riding on the moped They gonna google it I had to speak the facts If you ask a nigga If you ask a nigga from Harlem What y'all came up riding on They gonna say them niggas definitely was on the moped You're a liar because the Harlem niggas know what we ride When we get up there they come meet us The bikes we ride this tall That's a car law 650 Yeah I think he's a legendary Shit starter He's in that You in that category with my man That's the whole story about It's footage man Uptown, me, summer nights It's footage me coming up in Lennox With one wheel like come on man I don't know about that You fronting This is fronting I was seeing it It's crazy What happened You was going with I was seeing it That's when he gasped I was seeing it You was there But they know when I come through Harlem I come through but I do when I do come through Harlem I'm coming 30, 40 deep They know that I'm done with it Read the next subject The new segment Let's do it man let's wrap letters What credentials do you need Or level do you have to reach To distinguish a rapper from just A bull that wraps And bull we mean that's like a Fully term so you know what I mean So what level do you have to be To be considered a real rapper Or just that bull that rap Is it the consistency The passion, the sales, longevity Reputation, etc What's your thing guys Fans help you Become a distinguished rapper Fans Definitely one of the components of becoming A distinguished rapper Because I seen Gilly talking about it And he was like nigga you ain't Rapper until you made Money off rap then you're not really a Rapper I think if you can feed your fans You ain't making no money off rap Fans have to be a part of it But I think if you can Cover your bills Feed your family And live the life you You aspire to live off of Wrapping You should be considered a rapper You can't do that without fans Not fans is going to make all of that possible But I think once you can Say damn I didn't cover all of that Off rap That's the difference in you out here just rapping What do you think Spezo I think it changed over time I think like Back in the days when you had to Get signed to feel like you was an actual Rapper You know what I'm saying? You might rap until You crossed the line Of professionalism Then you just was somebody who rapped Once you got signed but now Like the deal was the It was yeah it's like It's like the lead Being a basketball player and then now you A professional basketball player You could go to the gym and play You're not in the 80's But if you go to the NBA They look at you like he's a ball player So that's how I think it was But I think once we got to the point With the internet And YouTube and Social media And you not having to be signed and be independent Anybody could turn Theyself into a rapper I think that's what Blurred the line of it Because you don't have to Be a rapper You just have to Start rapping you gotta Record you and you make a song You go to the studio You rapping But are you really a rapper? A distinguished rapper is the actual question Not just to be a rapper What does it take to become a Distinguished rapper? Distinguished rapper I think you have to have Some accomplishment Of success as a rapper For you to say that I kinda agree with Gilly You know what I mean Because everybody Can just say they're a rapper Because pro tools and social media They made things the way Anybody can just be a rapper You can go in your basement one day And just say fuck I'm a rapper But there's no bars No rights to passage There's no level In order for you to be a lawyer More school But I can't assess it just to Finance you because there's a lot of rappers Who have successes Without fully being rich yet Or having a lot of money to move You might have make money But you still can do shows But you ain't doing it It's still living in the hood But they making a couple dollars But being out the good Of success Is one of the things that makes you A distinguished rapper As opposed to having the most money You know what I'm saying Because of the faves All started rapping first and they had no money You might have to rap to a certain point Before you start even getting some money It still has to be a consistent thing Because there's so many wonders Or people that came with one album And now we don't see them no more No matter how big that album was Does that make them a distinguished rapper Because they had one album But they got signed Got a deal Maybe a Nate world to the rest of the world And then later on got dropped We didn't really hear from them Or maybe we heard from them a little bit And then he blew that money that they had So he made some money Because he didn't got his 40,000 Invance or whatever And he was semi hot in the hood But now we don't hear from him Is he a distinguished rapper? No, he's not He's not a distinguished rapper He's seen rappers fall from grace Or when they see a rapper working a job They remember him from being a rapper And be like He was my uppercut rapper Whatever It's almost a joke to them now Because at some point you was Looked at as a rapper That's real though Because nobody tells that story of what it looked like When the lights cut off Me and you was talking about that What's working on that What it looks like after that So you all still, especially if you Had some success in the eyes of people You may not have a lot of money You could never cut that off Wow, so now if they see you You got a certain level of success You could cut money off You could know who you are Now you working at Walmart You can't cut fame off Even if they saw you for one year Say you was the hottest nigga on earth For one year, one summer There's going to be a million motherfuckers That remember you for that So you can't go work at Papas will be a door-dash That's the curse and the blessing And what you going to do just because of that And you need that job of papas Right, because everybody not going to be able to Maintain what it is That's the gift and the curse of this shit though Especially with the cameras on everybody's face now They'll catch you now And it was like niggas had the head about it Now a nigga going to pull up on you At Burger King like yo You had the hottest fucking freestyle It was a rapper like that, what's the kid name That's nasty work You got to change your look though You can't be in a coffee shop just looking like the same nigga That they just seen on like MTV That's a fact, that's a yes You got to push your whole shit If you have braids cut them shit off You got to blend into the coffee You got to change your whole vibe That's a rapper and shit Fact tools on your face and all that Backpackage like this real Maybe move to another city You got to get out of that They going to know who you guys over there Maybe move to Dakota Bro, with social media you can't We going to move to Dakota Nah, I think it's life after that man You just got to you know, maintain It's a chapter of life too honestly You know what I mean If you fall from grace If you go in these directions If you pivot into something else Whatever that is, that's your journey Of life and of course the public They may not always understand that Or respect that But you have to find You know what I'm saying You're cool in that And this is life at this point That's real How long are you obligated to be a physical or financial source Financial resource To a friend's family after death So Pop Smoke's brother Rest in Pop man Yeah, RP Pop Smoke man Rest in Peace Pop Rest in Pop So he's still expecting People to do what To what, look out for his family right now I personally, I never met his brother I knew Pop God bless his soul Who he wanted to check in But even beyond, I'm not even going to speak on This situation, I just think in general Because I've heard that With different artists that That have passed on I feel like The artists The artists might have been cool with who they was cool with So that doesn't obligate That person to know the family Or to know anybody else That may feel like You know what I'm saying? Some of those relationships wasn't as deep as they may be When the person was alive You wasn't saying What's up with your brother That might have not been the vibe That was going on I don't know, I feel like it's more A personal thing when it comes to artists That pass on With their family because you don't know How cool that the people they may be talking About or might be expecting something from They might not even know them They might just know the artists Some of those relationships were surface Not speaking on that specific situation But you know what I mean? For that situation As far as like Because what you're saying is that some of those relationships Is surface, it's a lot of people that Know that you know when you go out They don't know your family And I don't want them to know my family That's not the dynamic of the relationship I was at Pop Smoke Film Room And It was really nobody from the industry there There was no rappers really there I saw Pusha T And Steven Victor I was there and I can't remember No other prominent Artists being at the Film Room So I mean six years later I don't, you know what I mean I don't know if that's a real Lichin Pop was my nigga, I never met his brother I never met his mother I knew him how I knew him We didn't get to the point where it was a family Alright, let's flip the situation You know what I mean? You're obligated if that's the question You're not obligated but if that was your man Like that And you know if he was still here What he would be trying to do for his For his And you in a position where you got it I would always look out Till I leave this motherfucker You know what I'm saying? I would always look out If they came to me now a lot of times With how life goes That might not even be on your mind For his family, whatever But if it ever was a situation Or they needed I feel like that should be a Until you die type of thing If that was really a man like that You know what I mean? I would say Not being obligated but like Dave said If that was one of your partners like that And if you got it and the family does need it Look out The dope thing to do is The honorable thing to do is Look out as much as you can Without putting you or your family In any type of financial burden That's a whole nother side But I do believe that if that's your man And then some people use that Knowing that you had a relationship With somebody and they feel entitlement So now they put that on you Like yo you ain't even doing that for your man Like that comes with a lot of that Also on shit like that So it's like how long are you obligated To even do that I don't think you're obligated But if it's somebody that you absolutely love I agree with both of you What you think Spizzle? I think it's honorable Again but I don't think it's obligated I don't think I don't think it's obligated I think you got to take it with grace I would feel the same way if it was the other way around Whatever you could do For my family And while you know my kids and that You can do that's cool too It doesn't sign up anywhere that Yo if I'm your friend Or I'm your you know what I mean That's not even a conversation you ever Really probably had with your friends If I died with you You never had that conversation So I think it's an honorable thing to do And honorable to be there And support sometimes not even financially You know what I'm saying Sometimes we were just talking about Like say your man died But you know he got a son You being there to just help him Grow up and see him Showing up go away Sometimes not to cut your off Spizzle But sometimes showing up Be more than money A lot of times I had to come on my pocket But I pulled up And the time when niggas was like Nah he probably busy or he ain't gonna make it And I figured out a way to get there Even keeping a community around him And his lady like a Text us stuff with the kids Just to keep the community You know what I'm saying She knew that we were All really good friends and stuff like that So we always check in from different Points to it might be you one week It might be you another week Maybe you next month but Just to keep that community there So that's why I said it's all just honorable You know what I'm saying to do that I don't feel like anybody's obligated To take care of my family After I pass away You know what I'm saying Is chasing still a man's responsibility Or are we in a different era now Chasing what Chasing nothing Poo-dee-tang Should never chase that Can't chase nothing my legs is broke baby Chasing escorts Yo bro turn this fucking mic off Chasing escorts is crazy Nah turn this mic off Man this niggas say you chasing escorts Yeah it's up now They be in the school to the round The niggas the game ain't over man We trying to come through We in the fourth yard But they cheap shots though They not even like real shots Those cheap shots bro Stop it He's pulling up He's pulling up He was a dirty player He was a dirty player You not dirty macgin here dirty player Over there sitting over there look Yeah niggas The leg cross got it Yeah he boggin listen That nigga look like Spike Lee over there right now Y'all better do the right thing Yo On court side of the niggas No I don't believe in chasing anything I believe in attracting Less chasing, more attracting What's meant for you will find you absolutely I believe in alignment I'm gonna align with what What's supposed to look at You can't chase nothing unless it's running from you You know what I'm saying That means it's going the opposite direction of you anyway Mmm Blue Chew Gold is the newest innovation From the number one Chewable E.D. brand Remember them blue pills your grandpas used to take With the same thieves baby This is the four in one B setting The gold standard for performance baby Support blood flow to keep that pistol Ready to fire And help to turn up the arousal And connection in your brain and in your body Make life easier by getting harder And discover your options at bluechew.com And we've got a special deal for our listeners Get 10% off your first month of bluechew gold With the code LESSRAP That's promo code LESSRAP Visit bluechew.com For more details and important safety information And we thank bluechew for sponsoring The podcast go get after it Listen nigga we're thinking of more cheap shots Listen nigga we're thinking of more cheap shots Boy you see it You see it bro what I think it's still real Listen nigga we're like this Look at that me like Me like yeah man He waiting for a pool or anything He was any type of smoke right now He like tread I'm not even the one that I ain't even the one that I ain't even bring him that cartwheel But I write it's all good I'll be a huckleberry it's all right You know You be his what? His huckleberry I'm all right That's crazy I'm all right I said all right man I'm letting you live this episode You never heard that? You don't know that That saying you don't know that? Nigga never told me he be my huckleberry So you don't say that's what I'm saying just This is crazy I've been here 37 years Nigga never told me that But you know Now let's talk about it Huckleberry Finn Whoa Whoa Yeah direct the whoa You don't know where that comes from Stop You niggas is getting the way It's no way in the world You niggas got Speed bump in front of you There's a Popular movie I never heard it man I'm young in it y'allicken It's up What's in it What's in it unlimited budget on escort crazy man, that's crazy fuck are you talking about What they take PayPal cash abs out. What's the What is it's a limited budget for that score? Now, you know now you know everybody got everything Stop playing with me You're listening. Oh man, I gotta stop bro for real capital. You're messing up the show bad my bad My bad Fit to expect a man to have an unlimited budget on dates. Which state is it? I mean This girl named India love that's a name She said that she don't want a nigga looking for no discounts when he's out with her Just just pay the tad put it in the bag with my man fab say boys your You know this concept in anyway I'm just saying what are you at? Why are you mad at me? Why would you mad be mad at me if I got if I'm finessing the bill with the owner know you don't shit You had a spot on the board if I'm finessing the bill Credit cards game. I'm just trying to get a play on the bill. Why are you finessing the bill though? Jimity? I'm hypothetically speaking hypothetically speaking. You got the bills. It's this $400 You're huh I don't want to go. I don't want to go through assimilation Build on me saying merely If I'm saying merely bitch I say go to the car right now I Got it Go to the car. Oh, so you on the first day you send her to the car I Got it That's how you guys see if she down on the first day I Gave her the nod I say Yeah, listen, you This is why we all in this drama now. No, bro. This is why These niggas ain't got no these niggas don't take nothing serious man. I think I think the first date Jim No, I think mention going if you don't got date money don't go on Going to go to the car you don't got go to the car Solution is a fist not a salute. I didn't put in any harm's way. So that's how you finessing the bill She don't even know I'm finessing. I'm gonna go to the car go to the car is crazy Listen man, what are the car? In that moment who drunk? What you mean? Because you can't it's hard to tell a drunk if you if shorty bet you want to tell the go to the car No, ask him because he this is a scenario Was about how much you spent on a day Say that bill said Situation could flip Get too crazy with the joint is like y'all be right back. I go to the bathroom be right back I'm gonna go to dinner with you. Look, I'm gonna go to the bathroom. You go to the car This is what you need you need to watch this show right here They gonna give you the red flags right here. Don't make money. Don't go on dates. That's a simple But but women To get home from a date don't go on a date either because a lot of women get going on dates and they expect insurance So say if it go left now you Negation be responsible for getting you home now you got me What you mean You not You bother catching case this thing is nuts. I feel like to eat your zone something I mean, like I don't feel like it's not wrong with her feeling that way. Maybe she been around Restaurant date money if you ain't gonna be you shouldn't be She said no She said when she goes out you gotta be able to take care And you gotta just You ain't gonna spend nine grand and now you ain't clad and you might not you might not that have never happened This is where you're both going wrong. Look at me that had never happened to me We're not saying you ever he said me This is my scenario so what you mean like That is happening to you. Oh my scenario it possibly can happen to you. This is my scenario This is why we got the drama now because of your scenarios That's the problem your scenarios every time. This is what I'm saying. Couple scenarios Because of your scenarios, but it's all good me. Yes. Yes. Nigga your scenarios, but it's all right All this is because of me 100 but it's okay. Everything everything this is because of me. It is but it's all right It's cool. It's okay. Got a lot to do with you. I'm with you. It's all good 1,800 man. Oh that this nigga talk, please put the question No, you know so much that fucking thing Call this nigga call this nigga come back. I'm gonna build with this nigga I'm out of there. Yeah. No, you want here call me and connect me. No, no, no, no, listen to All star all star um All star in houston Maybe 2003 three years before we all go out after the club. It's like 40 of us smack a it was this uh Waffle house or something smack anyway, and I'm smack now. I'm smack. I'm just I'll put my head down for a second Bro, look up everybody's outside the window of the restaurant pointing at me and the niggas deal with the whole bro Oh The whole deal bro niggas stepped outside They look like they were going to tackle me like your bro. If you try to bust a move That was a nasty that was a nasty trick. You know what bills I hate the um Hey, um come to my girlfriend's dinner It's her birthday And then you get the bill then the birthday dinners get tricky because then you show up and it's like that bill Come nobody everybody looking around And then for some reason everybody started looking at you then you start looking under the glasses like like what the fuck? I just I just pulled up like I just pulled up. Well you I pulled up the shows the boy rich niggas in the building with the bitch said rich nigga in the building rich nigga I was having this dinner without me Now you're rich nigga here now you heard Those dinners get tricky though. So what do you do? How do you handle it? Do you duck out like I do? Now if I just pulled up to a dinner If it's my family if it's family i'm gonna i'm gonna i'm gonna I hold it down and I'll let them later. I can I help you late. I help I help out But if it's I'm pulling up to a dinner. I don't feel obligated man. I don't I put a lot of my men my men my men I won't say what's a dinner to up a stand And they they just put the bill on everybody like everybody gotta pay like 800 Like yo bro, how does that work? You invite me to a dinner and then I gotta pay usually dinners is like 150 a man 200 a man You know, no everybody 800 a man 800 a man They went to the illus they want to even dinner I was a robbery that wasn't even a fucking dinner 800 They went to the bill they want to see sobbing niggas bill was 64 hundred Fuck that we put in so everybody sent the complexion played around I don't like that restaurant I don't like it I'm pretty fair at dinners when I'm with y'all no you all I will say I'm pretty I feel like you might run out now me no, no, I don't think he would do that. I think he'll do that like on a date You know go to the car. Yeah, go to the car And what do and then Chrissy? Anyway, I'm just over you not the not that you you ain't playing with Chrissy niggas You ain't you definitely ain't doing that. I definitely would have ran out. I'm gonna duck that on the That's why I'm saying he'll do it now because this is he Chrissy can't do it. So he might try with us. So you gotta watch him You ever get a bill is to start sweating like oh You never got that you never got a bill anywhere shopping anything like this just got a bill And it's a bill you gotta pay like got a bill that you that you wasn't expecting yo, bro The first time I went to what's that wasn't the numbers that you showed was about to come back My very early trips to Miami Snickers, oh first time going to Nikki Beach. I don't know if bro and y'all don't know how Nikki Beach is expensive, right? It's first time. I'm first time there. We in there busting up And did the night come bill come I'm sorry. I gotta go. Let's go out where we at That shit was like 17,000 almost fainted in that shit, bro. Fuck was y'all in that door? That was my first real Miami That was by y'all was old and Chris Bro, it's my it's my friend. Bro. This is this bro. I learned a lesson. That shit had me That should have sobered you up so fast. I should have humble you up Your life nigga wetting bro like yo what and I'm trying to be cool too. You guys fucking pass that Now forget you don't want to seem like you sweating and shit like that You ain't seem like you got everything together with it. My mind I'm like you have to fight one of your niggas after that One of us gotta get it on The bill was 17 racks. We gotta get it on Which one you niggas gotta shoot the fill one somebody come to the side of shoot We gotta start we gotta start to fight at the 17 racks where they bring it You might go start fighting right thing so they can kick you out It might be better to get arrested than to pay the 17 grand Lock me the fuck up baby bell off for 500 Lock me the fuck up Swing on security yo 17 000 Yo, that's the real You're fucking back at that car fucking happy What what happened to 1 800 man take me to the motherfucking preset man 1 800 man, oh I started dating a girl and she was honest and told me she's legally married to an old man for money And he needed the green card Okay, he needed a green card. He was trying to get to this country. Okay. She married him cool I still want to pursue her, but i'm very skeptical. They don't live together I see her often, but she has commitments and when she's and when she's with him She doesn't answer. How should I handle this? Bro, this is a very easy situation. Okay. She hasn't laid out for you. You you have less responsibility in this in this this this uh Predictment. Okay. You can be the side guy respectfully. There's nothing wrong with it, right? Don't always want to be the main character because when you're the main character that comes with a lot more Responsibility that maybe you either not ready for you don't want to handle so listen. It's easy Let her not answer her phone when she with her n***a man. Yeah, don't blow it up. What's wrong? That's all good. Don't blow it up. Let her not answer her phone when she's with her guy This one of them situations where the side piece is trying to step out Yeah, you're trying to be more than what you're trying to be more than your pay grade Playing possession beloved. She's with a n***a for money and he's getting his green card. She's that's his hot horse Don't fuck that up. He looked like he gonna have the boom box outside the window with the minute Don't fuck that up N***a get out of here That's that n***a that was on the ring that come up to the ring camera like i know i know i know you probably in there PYP my boy play your position Play your position man. Fuck that one with money. All right. Do not mess her hustle up. Don't fuck our situation Now the green card done and broke then broke out on her. Yeah, you ain't got nothing for a green card green This is for st. Patches day, but let that lady be great man And and you get to have some of the loving and the residue of her love and like you get to do that Yeah, the residue crazy. Yeah, it's wild With the residue being said we're gonna get that back at y'all next week. This is uh a playmaker situation Shout out to playmaker Yeah, uh spiz My n***a maniac. Yeah, and mr. David. March madness. We here baby. I'll let us see y'all next year Let's trap a body Let's trap a body