 Yeah, we on boss talk one-on-one. Yeah, we gonna talk. We're gonna have fun. We'll be on fire. We'll be lately Check it check check it is unique house. It's your boy. You see over there with the lovely amazing official Mr. Maker mr. Maker well gone. You know my dad on tell y'all like subscribe follow us in all social media platforms I'm talking about tiktok snapchat YouTube Instagram Patreon as well if y'all never heard about patreon That's where we have our all-earth full-length interviews and also on our YouTube membership y'all want to see those those Drop before the even even before the clips so y'all need to check that out subscribe follow do all of that. Thank you Wow, man. Hey, man. This is another day man another day another dollar man another way man This is a day that the lord has made our rejoicing be glad in him. Hey man. Listen, man We got a guy here today y'all he's been on the show before now man. It's the second time man He don't need no introduction man. This guy right here. You can't miss him Hawk the comedians in the building. Hey, what's going on family man? Thank y'all for having me back, bro Man, you've been busy man. I know you've been busy because you were a comedian So I know y'all be moving a lot everywhere everywhere, man We just started the shows back up in vegas and moved to a new location planted hollywood and of course You know got everything going on, you know the shows during the week Weekends and stuff like that. So it's just non-stop man. We know we grinding hard 2023 Wow, man. It's just a delight man to have you back in texas, man It's your second time this year in texas second time But y'all out now y'all interviewing at uh, I'm gonna interview y'all doing the show at uh, the impromptu in allington Yeah, the impromptu in all adison In adison, okay, y'all was all in some last time It was all in some last time, okay, adison this time So so man, like how like how is it man? Like when you is it any other city that you guys come to twice a year? um to be honest with you This kind of like the first time autumn came back twice like as fact We was kind of like just here, you know, maybe like what what it was like a one and a half two Yeah, about two months ago And we coming right back again here in uh, september september eight tonight that the uh, uh, Houston, right? Texas is big you you gotta hit all cylinders. Yeah Do you guys ever go down to san Antonio, austin any of those other places in texas? Uh, not this year. It ain't on the schedule this year. Just know it was just all into adison and uh, houston this year All into adison houston man. Look out man These guys this my boy hooked the comedian with eddy griffin man. This show is crazy man And they're hilarious. They have me laughing every time I see them and this guy right here Hey, man, I was telling me remind me of mike blister because mike came out on me in houston like he do So it's the same thing. They just up there getting to it too big guys everywhere man. It's like, hey, yo, you know mike blitz Yeah, I'd be like, yeah, man. That's my big brother. So That's who mike blitz is man. My big brother man. We actually connected man Just all that and everybody else saying we looking like man. I find this road I was like, bro, you know, everybody always be saying I look like you and he was like, man You know, I'll be hearing that and you know, we exchanged numbers and man So we cooking up some stuff together, you know, hopefully soon man So y'all be on the lookout for that man That's gonna be hilarious because both of them funny as hell and that's crazy and they cut man Man, so you looking good, man So how do you keep yourself up when you be on the road and all those like the snacks and stuff all around and how do you How do you see how you eat healthy man? Let me tell you so I go to walmart make sure I get my protein shakes and stuff like that So I drink for four protein shakes a day and I just try to get four of them a day because you know Okay, but hold on with the protein shake because I know some people who tell me that protein shakes make them constipated Is that true? It depends which ones you get, you know, you have all the different brands and stuff like that But it just depends on you know, which one you get you you actually supposed to get your body weight in like protein You know a day most people only drink like one or two Right, you trying to you know build muscle and you in the gym all the time Then you gonna have to drink, you know, but if you just wanted to eat also eat a lot of protein But if you don't want to build muscle like for me, I just want to tone and you know cut up a little bit So when it comes to that tone and stuff like that, you already know I mean it's all in the carbs and the sugars and stuff like that. That's the biggest thing You know getting that water and take flushing your body out constantly getting all that bad stuff out the system And you know just I mean you ain't necessarily got to go to the gym all the time You can go on like little daily walks, you know, I'm saying I mean that does help But you got to you got to really walk not just take your time You know, you got to be out there going in, you know, like you got some place to be You know and just keep it going. Yeah, okay, so but You said you work on a previous interview said you were scrawny You were little when you were growing up. So when did you really feel like okay? I know you said the military is when you started But I know off area told me you you actually took it to another level and really started doing bodybuilding When did you start doing this bodybuilding thing? I started doing the bodybuilding. It was just like people started For one when people started calling me the hope because like when I started I was 142 pounds when I first started and then once I got to 200 That 200 looked real good on me. So I was like, let me see how far I can go and then my strength and everything kept going up Kept getting stronger and I was like, you know what? Let me hop on stage. Let me You know, let me get this bodybuilding side. So the biggest I ever got was up to 285 I was 285 and it's all muscle. It was all muscle. It was crazy. So you really look like the hook at that point I can I can post a video and put a picture of you but like hey dead. It's not the same dude You know that guy, hold on. You know that guy. He be our instagram. I don't know his name You wouldn't know he'd be walking around looking like this and he'd be bumping people What's that guy? I can't think of his name, but I know who you're talking about. Because he's huge. Were you that big like him? Yeah, it was big like him. Yeah, it was pretty big like him And what was the purpose of doing it? Was it a time you had to act in or you just wanted to see how big you Now to be honest with you I got tired of seeing all the big guys walking around. I was like, I was kind of getting jealous I was like, damn man. I'm dudes walking around with all the muscle and stuff like this So I was like, let me get something too. And I was like, you know, my wife was like, okay You can't bitch you grabbing them all the stuff so that you know motivated me even more, you know I'm saying she started loving so I was like, you know, let me keep going but it developed into not only Like a passion like but it just it was it started getting like therapeutic and stuff like that to where like Whenever I would have like issues and stuff like that. I'll be addicted. I'll be in the gym two three hours Just living working out But I mean it it turned into something good which turned me, you know doing the body guard stuff It turned into me, you know building a name for myself As you know in the comedian world is hope the comedian but can it be bad to be in a gym too much? Yeah, yeah, it can be. Yeah, you you're not supposed to work out two and three hours I was just I had nothing to do. I you know, I got retired at an early age I ain't had nothing to do. I ain't got no kids. It's just me and my wife So I just stayed in the gym all day and just did as much as I can do But I was eating a lot also, you know, I'm saying even now like I have like stretch marks on my arms Where like my arms are just stretching, you know, it's so much so You know, I just what You in that damn gym like that, man, and and and I'm trying to figure out like How do you do does it make you feel is a point where you have to be careful because you can hurt yourself if you do The wrong exercise. So I'm already hurt, you know, I said, so I'm already hurt. I already got back injuries and stuff like that So I have to bodybuilding know from the military So I have to wear my belt all the time no matter what it is I do Because I hurt my back real bad. So I have to compress my vertebrae and my um nerves and stuff together So I don't really feel the pain because I have pain that shoot down my right leg a lot Um, so I just I just take my time. So that's how you're retired. You're tired from the military Yep, medic retired the military. I got hurt doing the jump getting paid for the rest of your life. Yep You're doing jump out of what? I was helicopter helicopter. I ain't jumped out far enough And I came no and I came back and hit the side of the helicopter. Oh Yep hurt my back hurt your back. Yeah, her back real bad. Yep. Did they have to do surgery? Oh, they wanted to do surgery, but I heard so many bad stories about surgery So I said, you know what just give me some medicine and um, I'ma just thug it out Because I ain't about let y'all cut my back open then plus I hear a lot of people can't walk for the rest of your life You know, I'm saying and then they go and cut your back open. They hit a nerve now Instead of me just having leg problems back problems. I ain't I can't use my legs at all You know, so I rather just deal with the pain and you know, just thug it out, you know surgery I was going to say it's so crazy that I was watching upside the movie with kevin heart And that's the one where that um, the guy he was taking care of he flew out He jumped out of uh, um, no, he was what you call a parasailing Okay, and landed bad and that's how he lost the the movement from his neck down a lot of guys laying bad A lot of guys laying bad a lot of people don't realize like when you see them jumping out of the plane Like there is no court like, you know, when you see people, um parachute and they pulled the court down to slow them down And they ain't got nothing in the military You just fall and you see the ground and they say brace it, you know I said you got to brace yourself and you just boom and you fall on your side You know what I'm saying so a lot of them guys like they be they begin injured doing that stuff And since we're talking about it a little further, um, when you when you came on you hit your back Now you are you out there you got a land and you got you got so so I was um in aerosol So I wasn't um in airborne school at the time I was in aerosol So aerosol is when you jump out of the helicopter, you know Like the swat when they jump out of the helicopter and they got in the rope and they extend their way down Yeah, so we're about about 200 250 feet in the air So I jump out so I didn't extend my arm out far enough. So, you know, when you're staying your arm They give you slack So when if I would have stayed in my arm out, I would have dropped down further But I didn't I just put my arm out just a little bit and I came back in and he decided helicopter And I started falling because I'm screaming like I ain't paying attention because my back is like going in right now So they have three people on the ground They pull down on the rope and that stops you that puts the tension on that little clamp and it stops you That already hurt you. Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. That was a nice little jerk But and then the helicopter started to come down and got me on the ground and you know, we just went from there Wow, that's crazy, you know and and to go back to the surgery a little bit, you know, um I've been to surgery a couple of times But surgery is not something to play with, you know When I think about you a comedian DC young fly comedian. Um, and his he just lost his Baby mom, but I think it's his baby mother. I don't know if they was married or not, but She had had surgery the the baby mama makeover or something. Yeah, but the thing is, um Surgery is not something to play with like like I think a lot of time the way today's times is in society is They've made it okay to say it's not it's not life-threatening It's not anytime you go up under the needle and you go under that knife and you go into Unconscious and they're working on you anything could happen man. How detrimental is it that? We have self-love and motivate each other to say everything's okay. Yeah, man That's that's you know prayers out of my dog DC on fly first off man. Yeah, man That's I couldn't even imagine man that like I tell people all the time like, you know Going up under that knife You never know how your body gonna react because you I mean you sleep, you know I'm saying so You don't know what type of stress your body is on and then plus when you're going to surgery I don't care what type of man what type of woman you is you stressed out before you going in and then you know They gotta you know you think and all kind of stuff going through your head and then when they finally put you under As they cutting on you it ain't you can't say nothing You can't be like oh, I'm stressing out doing this then the third and then your body got to take over and do the work for you And they got you know things just happen man. It's not even just that because I know some women who Are addicted to surgery because they want that perfect body Right. Um, I know women personally who say I won't work out if I get too fat here I just go to the doctor and they'll cut it off Right and I'm like just like some people are addicted to the gym some people are addicted to the table and in my mind I'm like those women like that they don't get nervous going to Do surgery because it's like a walk in the park for them Although anything can go wrong because It's a human being that's doing the surgery on you and it could also be that person could have been In an argument right before they came in here and mine isn't there. You know what I mean, right? It's I'll just be I'll just to be honest with you. I just think like, you know I'm trying to figure out, you know, the right way to put this I just think that society has deemed Just the world and just on how you're supposed to look how you're supposed to act if you're a certain person You know what I'm saying? But regardless of the simple fact is like Like you said when we go under that knife, it's like you never know I mean, you never know regardless of what you're doing it for you know, I'm saying like You know, if I had to get rid of something or if you know, I felt uncomfortable about something You know, I would go under the knife if I you know felt like I needed to but at the end of the day, I know that There's a possibility that I might not come out of that regardless of how simple it is or how major it is So, you know, I just I just couldn't even imagine that situation man. That's It's hard breaking. Yeah And he's such a good dude man. He worked hard Beautiful wife beautiful kids man That really broke me down and it actually made me think and I hope that it made a lot of people think man You know about their relationships and just stuff and they had like to me. They had the perfect relationship I ain't never heard nothing bad DC I never heard nothing bad about dc heard like they always had smiles on their faces and stuff like that So when that happened, I you know, I called my wife and I was just like a look Whatever it is we go through or whatever it is we got going on man. It don't even matter It just it just don't even matter and I don't know what put me in that state of mind But it just had me thinking for a long time and that really messed my day up You know, it really messed my day up man. There's big prayers out of my dog It made a lot of husbands and wife or people relationships have that conversation like, you know, you're perfect However, you are, you know, I'm not gonna risk losing you. You know what I mean? I know Granted you could walk out of house and God decided to take you that day You know, but at the same time if there is any way that you can so-called prolong it And you know, let's stay together. Right. Right. Most definitely. That's why I tell my wife all the time If we are gonna whatever the case is you been not leave out that dough without telling me you love me I ain't gonna let you know, I ain't walking that dough because you can go get in your car and go to a light and pull out And here come a semi or something like that and that was it I don't never want to be one of the people that be like I wish I wish I would have said this I wish I would have said that so I just try to go about things the right way man. It's just That's all you can do man. I I like I said last time you was on here. You talked about security for I believe it was Chicago, I think you said and when you did that it was some comments that came about That there was upset about the fact of how you handled the situation What's up with that? Like like why do people choose to feel a certain way? When you know and I know that your profession is that and you've studied on how to deal with that How how could somebody have the nerve of some people, you know, right? Well, I think it just got a lot of the do it because people A lot of the men there was a lot of the men It wasn't really the women a lot of the women was like, yeah, you yeah, you made the right decision or whatever You know I'm saying you were smart, but I think it was like the men ego like oh, I never let a man do this Well, I never let anybody do this then and third. Okay. Well, when you end up in the box, then That's it. You know I'm saying and I'm not about anyone, you know in no box I'm gonna make sure that I'm you know going back home to my wife and you know If I feel like something is putting me in danger or if I feel like I'm uncomfortable doing certain things Regardless of how big I am regardless of how tough I think I'm you know, I might be I ain't stopping no bullet And for those who I didn't see the first interview Um, you were talking about the fact that when money bag yield was on stage And you saw some people walking towards the stage and the way in which they were walking towards the stage They was coming there was coming. They was y'all said, you know what? Let's go we getting out of here and put him in the car and left And a lot of people in the comments were like, you know, that's what you signed up for your coward or your you know Stuff like that because you don't know if they might have they might have been coming to shake your hand Or they might have been coming for you know, what are the reasons they weren't coming to shake, you know And you know and I seen you know a lot of people, you know talking about you know Him being in the gang and gang and stuff like that. We all know about chicago Whatever the case is but you know, I'm just there to do my job My job is to make sure that he gets out of there safe and He's not hurt and that's exactly what happened He got out of there safe and he wasn't hurt and I wasn't hurt and nobody else was hurt that night But I just think a lot of people they they they want to see something they want to see violence They want to hear about their favorite rapper The security getting shot or a big brawl in the club. I mean, it's 2023 I don't want to be famous on facebook for 24 hours because that's all you're gonna get And when y'all did that um because you had to turn around and tell him exactly because He wasn't seeing all of that that's going on. Y'all were the ones with the eyes In the ears of what was going on and when y'all made that decision, um, y'all eventually had to tell him the reason why He was cool with with that as well. Yeah, he didn't I mean like I said, even you know, if y'all go back and watch the first interview I clearly said he did nothing wrong. He didn't say anything wrong. He didn't It just it just I know but I'm talking to y'all, you know, because if I'm on stage I don't think we say it was a man. We got to go right. There was nothing else said after that and we let and you know So he didn't ask you. So why did we have to go none of that stuff? Nope In the middle of the okay, and that's a good person to me because if you Go on, you know, put your life and trust into our hands and when we say it's time to go Hey, no questions. Was that in the middle of the whole concert or what did y'all finish? We was at the club and we was at a hole in the wall at that Oh, okay. We was at a hole in the wall. That's what made it even worse So and everybody know about them holding the walls. Oh, it's some pistols in there Okay, there's some pistols in there and I'm like, nah, we that's not about to happen I didn't know if it was like in the middle of his performance and you took him off stage or anything like that No, I mean he was performing one of his songs and then um, I mean it just happened and it didn't get too crazy But before it get too crazy. Let's ride, you know, I'm saying, you know, it ain't worked It ain't worked and if you feel like it's worth it, then you're gonna stay that by yourself I know you'd be on social media looking around and um, just like all of us see what's going on in the media And stuff like that and we saw what happened to um, Jamie Foxx, right and um What you think about because we haven't heard anything about Jamie Foxx recently, you know, he's from tarot Texas He's right down the street. You know, we can't wait. We've been praying very hard for him Because we know something is going on because he's not coming out in the media, you know Let everybody know that he's okay and stuff like that. But we pray for a speed of recovery and stuff like that Um, but what do you think about the media the way how the media I remember at one point they try to smoke him out and say all sorts of stuff about him to try to get him to come out Like he was dead already. I think I think the media needed to shut their mouth man and let the man Be in peace like, you know, like they put in stories and all the stuff out there And then it starts to make everybody else gonna already put their own little two cents into it So not everybody, you know, you know, like they was thinking like, oh, yeah, he about to die He on his last his last leg and no man, I mean We don't know where it really is going on but we do know that, you know, he's back home And he's with his daughter and you know with his family and stuff like that When stuff like that is going on like regardless of who they is just give them They peace like don't put it too much out there because if you see that they already stressed out They're going through something what you think that that might do to them even more, you know Add more stress on top of it. So I basically said the same thing Man, that's crazy, you know, but he's doing it the right way He's keeping his mouth shut his family keeping their mouth shut and we know whenever he good and read it and he's back, you know, healthy And keep loved ones aware of what's going on because that's the part I think about because you know how we have loved ones But we have extended loved ones in the family that we don't really talk to all the time And when they see stuff on social media, oh, he's dead or he's dying Then it caused them to be panicked and some of these panicked people are older people that can't deal with a panic You know what I mean? So people don't realize how much harm you can create by this that falls news and falls narrative I basically told him, you know, I went on my news you can use I have a state a deal that I just started and I went on and talked about jamie You know what he would have thought even if he if he was unconscious during this time It was in the first start and I was like I went back and looked at some of the you know Some of the videos and interviews he done and just the way that he put God first And I posted that and told people, you know, like, you know, you should be having hope and faith instead of fear because that's what That's what jamie would do because when he would speak and he would talk about different instances He always brought up his grandmother second, but he brought up god first And i'm telling you right now. I'm not gonna forget that i'm gonna ride with that And i'm gonna ride with him to the end even if he was a past no matter any of us can go But I want to make sure That I represented in the right way and knowing that he was a believer in a person who really strongly felt good about God no matter what he done so many people try to figure this thing out from a physical standpoint But it's a spiritual standpoint that we need to be tapping into right And once you're still here no matter what you're going through you're here for a reason god Left you here for a reason because I remember the trauma that you went through right and it took a minute And they thought that you weren't going to pull through right but look at you right now You pulled through you're speaking. You're great. You know what I mean? So it just takes time and people need to stop cutting people off where Oh They're done. Yeah, they don't know what miracles left to come And and like you said, you know, like you know, like you were saying that does put stress on the family and all that So because i'm pretty sure a lot of the family they want to come out and say like not necessarily what's going on But go off on the right who's actually doing it. So like hey, yo give us this privacy Give us like like let him heal let him let him get himself together You know when he's good and ready he'll come out and let you know But everybody they they just want to know everybody gotta know everybody's gotta know everything man So I just think people just need to sit back relax Mind your business and make sure they choose straight and send them prayers up to jamming fox man because Like we just don't know what's going on, but we'll we'll know soon. We'll know soon when he good and ready Wow I'm gonna jump off that subject for man. We pray in for jamming fox speedy recovery, but As far as you when it comes down to the way that you approach in social media With the way things are we've seen a somewhat of a I see the way that the algorithm is changing somewhat the way they do things whether they be banning your own life Or coming up with ways to make you to where your page is not is noticeable Ice tea spoke strongly on social media when I interviewed him He talked about how they only let people see a little bit of what you're doing And it's just designated people's to who they they are choosing pretty much. Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah Basically because of the money that being spent. That's the driving force of social media. So what are you going to do to kind of Maneuver your brain in the second that well the third the fourth third and fourth quarter and and coming into next year I just kind of I just kind of pay attention to the algorithm and when they be sending me like little notifications On stuff that I post I just you know just try to stay away from it But I try to create my own thing I watch what everybody else is liking and posting and stuff like that and I just kind of ride with that So if you've been watching my social media lately, I've been Everybody been gearing towards like sex and stuff like that on social media stuff like that So I just make stuff about me and my wife and everybody's liking it They sharing it everywhere So whenever I jump off of that whenever they start a new wave I'll just go along with that but I was making so much money on instagram at one point Like I was like, hey, like, you know, maybe, you know Comedy internet tick tock all this other stuff. I'm about to bring in rex and then they started They just stop like out of nowhere. Just stop and that's what I'm kind of referring to as well Because when you build up something and and and you think you have somewhat of an agreement with these people I think It's something when they just stop like you just stop like I'm talking about one day I made probably $200 the next day. It was no more monetized. No, nothing. It was gone And how do you readjust when they do something like that? Beyond switcher. I really want to get off of instagram beyond switcher I wish that somebody would create like another another channel and it ain't got to be just for black folks or whatever case is But I will say that they do Target black people on there. I don't you know, I don't like to try to make stuff about race But I but I watch it. I see that and I watch it all the time The same stuff that we do They won't post it But if another race does it it's all over they've blown it up and everybody's trying to get part of the train and stuff like that But it's like they didn't give us that same opportunity to own social media because Everybody's talented on there regardless of what ratio is everybody deserves an opportunity to make money on there A lot of people are using social media to build their careers and stuff like that up I'm a young comedian. I need the internet, you know, I'm saying it's not like back in the old days where You had to go around everywhere the newer generation We're social media. We're internet and you know, some people like it, you know, like it some people don't but it's just the way it is Like, you know, whenever the social media stuff stopped and I get older It might be something new and then I'm gonna just be the social media guy, you know what I'm saying? So I don't I just wish that they would just stop and just give everybody an equal opportunity Just like with tick tock everybody was on tick tock tick tock had took over instagram for a while And then they was trying to ban it for what? Wow, tick tock still paying though. So not like how it was though. They still paying but not like how it was You see they could decrease it now especially since there's no competition At least they're paying compared to all the platforms who's not paying anymore But since instagram stopped paying Did it make you feel like like why am I even posting right now? Like it don't make you feel like you just like well don't post as much as you used to well, no, I Even though I kind of just want to start with instagram But I get a lot of messages from people who be like, yo, I needed that this morning. I needed that laugh Thank you for that laugh. I was going through a lot. So that's why I keep posting on instagram You know to keep people watching they keep them You know stand on point to what I got going on because whenever people do see my posts and they see my name They're like, oh my god, what is what is he doing next? You know I'm saying so it makes people want to watch it makes people day and stuff like that Because it's a lot of stuff going on a lot of people going through stuff and even sometimes I go on other people page and watch stuff that they post Like my man, ha ha davis and all them and I'll be having a bad day and I go watch one of their videos and Be cracking up, you know, it's right in my day. So it ain't just about me, you know, that social media stuff It really helps people. I love it. Well, I just um I started this podcast right like a couple of years now. I've been an edit and I interview a lot of people I've interviewed people yourself Mike bless country when I country Wayne but uh, um All of them from Like I like say I've done a lot phase on I could keep naming a comedian a lot of people And a lot of times I look at the internet and I'll be like man It's crazy how we ask questions and how we get answers and how we communicate with the people that we interview I've seen uh tyrese and um Vlad going back and forth at each other because Vlad Had offered him $10,000 to come on his show But when he didn't his really tallyation was to talk about him in a down sparrow to boosie And to try to get boosie somewhat to interject into this conversation, but boosie Uh, uh must have great a and r even though you be asking the damn fool because he didn't know what to say He knows he's been doing it too long. He knows Boosie know what the people want man boost is boost. That's what they boosted though with the people want man Boosie ain't got to go into all that crazy. But he ain't trying to um, matter of fact I watched one interview with boosie when he was talking about um, that him in a ti situation And I had watched him talk about that and I said man boosie is growing growing man He is growing like, you know as a as a man, you know He's talking about his son and how they kids are friends and stuff like they was like, man We can't break that up man. You know what I'm saying? This is stupid. You know, I'm saying, you know, he admitted I was wrong. You know I'm saying so All that stuff man like for you to offer somebody $10,000 and then if you gonna talk bad about him or try to get some Start, I mean that's the internet. That's just that's just what they want Well, he said he didn't know nothing about it You know, like I don't know anything about I didn't hear about the ti research which I seen a little bit on it The fact that the you know media was going in on him But then Tyrese come back and says that Vlad is a culture vulture and that he's pretty much taking You know, basically black uh blacks and exploit them and that's how he come up to be worth five million and the thing is It's like but he just doing interviews. He's been in the culture a long time too. You know, he's not He's not He's not one of us. Right. He's followed the hip hop era for a long time. You know what I'm saying? So it's a tough situation when you in in the box. I call this the box You're in the box and you trying to figure out how not to be critical and still trying to maintain like I interview We had a white lawyer this coming this evening like I don't discriminate when it comes down to who I interview but Just the way that this whole interview and process go What is the goods and the bads that you see when it comes to podcasting and going on certain people platforms Well for one, I don't think that some people even know what a podcast is Let me just get that out. I'm just and and that's them from a comment that me and you had talked about But somebody was like, well, y'all just talking What else are we supposed to do there? No pool tables right here? Like what are we supposed to do shooting darts or something like that? I don't think that a lot of people understand that a podcast is a conversation. It's all it is. You know what I'm saying and some people, um They ask good questions and you know, they get into you know The need to greet and stuff like that and some people they just they just want to talk about just nonsense Like it ain't even like a podcast. It's just Just some bullshit. Like why did you bring me here? You know, you could have text me. Do you know this stuff right here? You know, I'm saying, but you know, that's them cloud chasers Yeah, you know I'm saying you support, uh, you know when you go on a podcast It's supposed to be fun and energetic, but people When you know when they watch it, they supposed to learn something about you. That's hard They supposed to learn something about you, you know, I'm saying to me That's what a podcast is. So when you watch an interview You know with me or whatever the case is Like the first one, you know, where I'm from, you know, I was in the military, you know, I was a bodyguard, you know A lot of different entertainers. Yeah, you know, so it just so you you know a little bit about hope the comedian Is this like some people they don't even ask you none of those questions They don't care about where you from they don't care about this. Hey, um, have you ever been in a fight? Have you have you ever did this? Do you like chicken? Like what like bro, like what are you like? What are you doing this? Like this is I think that was so funny because you were watching, um, cookout You remember that part where wendy williams. She was the interviewer. She kept throwing stuff in there. She kept asking. Um, Um, do you what what what she said? Like did your mom kid? Did your mom have issues with your dad? Yeah, was there any violence? Did your dad not help you? She was doing that to make it she was showing a point to she was acting Yeah, she wanted that cloud she wanted those type of questions that there was some sort of mess I mean, it's cool to throw a little bit of mess in there. It's fine But like you also have to do your homework too and like be prepared and have your questions and stuff ready and stuff Like that you can just tell that some of these people don't be they don't know what they're doing They just go into it. I definitely uh, like I said, it's it's not a It's easy for me because I talk about different things I will bring in because the thing is to bring someone Into this conversation it a have to be something that's a Topic that's going on and everybody is talking about it And and it can't be too close to something to where you might Hurt somebody's family by what you say, right? That's not what But the thing is how do we feel about it is a thing that I look at is if we tell how you feel about a certain situation It may help somebody else on a positive level. It don't have to be negative It can be something about something like Vlad for instance bringing that up, you know I'm not here to bash Vlad. I basically have had people come over here that's had didn't too much rock with him because of Some he might have done but I will Talk about certain things that he say or do because he talked about my stuff Right, so it's basically an open playing field. You know what I'm saying? And I mean that's gonna happen, you know, I'm saying when people create different platforms or whatever it is that you're doing Comedian Podcasts like playing football. I mean whatever it is you do you're gonna have people that's gonna be trying to go back on for it It's just part of the game with a case is but it's really how you go about it Are you doing it because somebody did something to you or are you doing it just because you're just trying to get Some you know I'm saying something is starting to understand that and Like with me, I'm not gonna follow the mess. I'm not gonna get into the mess or whatever the case is I might reply back, but that's about all it's gonna be I ain't gonna be trying to look for you to fight you. I ain't gonna say hey come on I ain't doing that because that's somebody tricking you out to position. Yeah. Yeah, you're trying to get me out of character Yeah, I think that's crazy. So what do you what like? Like do you ever any of those people that you work with in the past for security or any other thing? Do any of those people ever reach back or oh, yeah, my dog my dog that was with me with uh money bag He takes me back. He said he just see oh you see the interview Yeah, he see the interview man and he he was laughing man. He was just laughing man. He remember that night He probably remember that night That's my dude. He's like he hope didn't come back after that But but I talked to a lot of people I still talk to the same people Um because I was actually doing security in the clubs and some of my guys who I was doing security within the clubs I told them I was like, hey man I'm about to uh You know get into the comedy game and they said bro do it Do it. I remember one of my dogs one of my dogs is named Benna Me and him was talking about it. I said, bro, I'm about to do this comedy thing and he write me all the time He'd be like, bro, you said you was gonna do it and look at you, bro You doing I'm proud of me. Those are the people who I talked to Period people who's like tell me that they proud of me that they just called it I can call for no reason just like bro I'm just checking up on you people that check up on me my security dudes man They they still grinding they still hit me up and be like, hey man, you got any of those contacts, man I'm trying to get on the roll you to you. I shoot them to contact, but I'm not going with you Okay, so when you was talking to those guys about guys about getting into comedy Did you ever in one? Did you ever ever in your mind thing that you'd be working night and day Day in every event with it with Eddie Griffith. Nope. Nope to be honest. You never thought about it I never to be honest with you I personally Thought that I would still probably be doing You know a lot of stuff trying to build my name book right now For me to be able to jump in and five months later and be on the road and be on tour is nothing but a blessing But even when I was doing security and stuff like that like this is me It's not a it's not just something that I just said. Hey, I'ma try it out I said hey, I'ma jump into it. But I've always been a comedian. I've always been a class clown I've always been a person that go in the room and make everybody laugh or You know not afraid to get in front of a bunch of people and just do something say something silly That's always been me. So it was kind of like it was my calling But I had to like, you know Get out there to it first, you know, I'm saying it just wasn't it just wasn't there yet because my mind was just focused on So much stuff. I was trying to do so many things Which is like in the back of my mind. It was like, no, you need to be doing this. This is you You know, I'm saying regardless, you know, and the money will come, you know, I'm saying ain't even about the money This is me. I'm having fun. You know, I'm saying like this throughout this whole process I've learned so much and Every time I step on stage, I'm becoming better and better and better. I watch every show I watch. Um, everybody's, um They reactions and certain stuff I say I just like I study myself because I do want to be the best that I can be I do have a lot of comedians that be hating and talking junk, but hey, it'll be all right. I mean I mean, hey, it's either you got it or you don't it's either you got it You don't but a lot of comedians they'll write me and say, hey man, I want to be on tour Okay. Yeah, that's cool. You want to be on tour? But what are you doing to get on tour? A lot of people don't know when I first started I was ubering and doing all that stuff to try to make money to get on the road and I'm out here, you know Taking little side jobs to make money to get on the road and stuff like that You know, a lot of people don't know the you know the struggle you really got to go through It's not just about being funny. You have to get a lot of stuff in place in order To be able to do this type of where it's not just gonna come And it's you know, it's just such a blessing and to be with Eddie. That's man, that's It still ain't hit me yet. Let me ask you this Okay, because you said still ain't hit you yet in the last show I've seen Eddie and he was he in his rare form and he said you could sue me. Whatever. I don't care. You could be mad I'm about me saying this or that. I'm I'm gonna leave the game. You know, I'm getting ready to retire Okay, fast forward, you know, that's the way I took it Eddie come to you and this hypothetical And he say I'm done I'm not gonna mess with this no more. I'm out What does what does a Hulk comedian do at that point? At that point I will ask him Can you give me any guidance on how I can take this further? You know with myself and on what other steps I need to take to be able to Continue doing this right here even though you stop and like will you still be my mentor? Which I know he'll still be my mentor But will you still like will you be able to give me any kind of connections anybody? I can let go with to where You know, I can start doing certain things as well because I know that he has connections that I don't have But I don't ask him, you know for that stuff right there. You know, I just keep it humble I do my job as you know as of right now because I know it'll come Um, I don't know how much time he got left to you know, he's going to continue doing this But right now, I mean, I'm just having fun with my dog managers and just and just enjoying this experience And if it was the end if he was to tell me, hey man, this is my last weekend. Hey man, look I appreciate everything you've done for me my dog. If you ever need anything I'm here for you and I'm gonna make you proud. Wow. Yeah, well, you think about that. Do you like that question? Because I just feel like you know, you have to be prepared for anything that could go a different way because It'd been doing this a long long time. I remember he told a story about when he first went to, uh, California and he was trying to get a gig and he Didn't have the right structure. He didn't have the people to structure it around him So they said can we call your manager or whatever and he would go out and get on the phone and act as his manager You know what I mean and talk to him in fake like he was a manager. He told me that way he said that I do that now I do that now with my wife not around and my wife not around I've been like, hey I actually have a business line and I'll say hey, you got to text my manager or whatever And it'd be me But I mean, um It's just one of things like I know Eddie be watching me and he gives me a lot of words of encouragement like We was in Atlanta last weekend and I had just just ripped the stage and when I walked back that he was like, hey, man You getting better and better and better and I said man I'm all right. He said look at you trying to stay humble. I try to keep it humble I'm going to stay humble because I'm not going to allow my head to get big because I'm still with behind the He is in this game even though I am with Eddie Griffin and you know, that's that's something very major something big and You know, it's definitely a blessing I'm keeping it humble because at the end of the day, like you said this can end at any moment He can just a man. I've been doing this 40 plus years man. This is I don't you know I made another money. I got my kids stuff like that. I can see you being in film I would love to be in film. I see you know who um I put in mind when I see you because the way how you love to joke around and stuff, but you're big What's the guy's name? um and friday Terry cruise not Terry cruise. I'm thinking about the other one not friday. Oh my god He's a big guy and he always make his chest jump Um, Terry cruise do that all the time, but that's not him. Terry cruise. I'm looking for that dance battle By the way, I'm gonna just shoot that out there. Oh I'm seeing somebody else in my mind. It's not Oh, no, you talk about the one in No, you talking about in norbit. That's who it is. Norbit. Hold on. I'm trying to you talk about one of the brothers In I'm thinking you think about talking about Terry cruise. You think so There's two of them. There's Terry cruise and there's this other one that'd be acting silly But he's a big guy, but he's bigger than Terry cruise. No, he's not bigger than him, but he's still muscular Yeah, I don't I'm gonna tell you talking about but but I think you're not pinkie. No Pinkie was on on orbit with with Terry cruise. Yeah, but he was big though Yeah, but still you you say he ain't bigger than Terry cruise the other guy that his brother was bigger than him Yeah, the the guy. Yeah, I don't know who the heck you talking about. I'm gonna tell y'all, but I don't know why I see you doing a part like that where you know because of how big you are You know, you come across looking intimidating But then you turn around and break out dancing because just like how you doing a lot of your skits on instagram You always be dancing and you know cracking up and stuff like that So I see you doing stuff like that in a movie because it's it's the way, you know, how people look at people I know that people don't look at me as a comedian, but that's I love it I love it because it makes you wonder what is he about to do? What is he gonna say? Like I know every time I walk on stage and people looking at me like what? I know I ain't waste my money to come in and watch this big dude come up and you know when I open my mouth They be like, oh, okay. He really does got something to say, you know, I would love to be in film I would love to act because I mean I can I can play, you know all kind of roles I can do all kind of stuff um and I do all that in my skills Um my skits and I also do it the other movie scenes and stuff too I've gotten back into doing like certain movie scenes and stuff too, but I put a little twist to it Like I did the um the Django Raid um not too long ago where they had the bags on but I took some Kroger bags And put them and put little holes in them or I do like rush hour or I you know just all the movie scenes I actually about um I got some Terry Crews um scenes from uh white chicks that I'm about to I already got in the bag, but I put out so much content is just you know, I'm gonna get to it But I would love to act I would love to act and you know comedy I don't necessarily want to play like a A serious like a serious role because that's that's not me I mean, but I guess because of how I look and tattooed so like that I would get that part But it could be a bodyguard. Yeah. Yeah, I could be a bodyguard, but a goofy, you know What the internet say uh, I can be um I can be a coward bodyguard. I can run away So take that around with it Wow I think I think you you you Whatever you decide to do because of the way that you built the foundation for your your your social media your your whole brand I think um, it'll it'll do it'll do just fine when I asked you that question about Eddie Griffin It was basically because he could at some point go another way But he's he's got a litany of things that he've already accomplished right Malcolm and Eddie and all the stuff that he done The thing is like for you to even link up with him. You you truly right. That was a blessing Eddie is is one of he's a freak of nature when he come down to comedy He killed everything that he ever touched anything that he done. He was in orbit. I just thought about that, you know, like It's the guy I was thinking about that's Terry Crews. Oh, is that god? I knew that was your turn I knew that already No, because when you think when you say Terry Crews, you know who I was thinking about Debo, that's you It's the same reason I was putting when you say Terry Crews. I'm thinking about Debo That's why I was like you can say the thing with Eddie When he always talking about how Richard Pryor raised him 17 years in the game and stuff like that I always think to myself. That's how I want to be with him. Wow. That's how I want to be that's how I want to be with him like Every time I go on stage I always go damp the whole team up and I damp Eddie up and he'll be like go kill him hope And when he say that to me, I'll be like I gotta go make him proud. I gotta make my dog proud So I put my all into it and I have fun with it But it's just like when we dab each other when he's coming on stage He'll look at me and it just makes me feel like Dang bro, like thank you, man. Thank you for this opportunity, man And a lot of people they'll probably be like trying to like even in the videos y'all see when we do the promo videos it's like it's like Like like a genuine friendship and a lot of people don't get that and he'll never tell me know He'll never turn me down. He asked me am I good? Like it's just that's my dog man Like wow some you keep saying is humble. I've been hearing a few people from trio talk no pill talk Let me say because that's the first person I heard see it To wallow to this other guy. I don't even know his name But he was on the show in Atlanta. He said and these guys are turning it around and saying that To say you are humble is weak and and basically they don't want to be humble. They want to be Narcissists or whatever because of the way that definition is and I I see where they are taking it there But I also know that when you talk about different people like ellie griffin like Warren Buffett like uh, uh, uh Elon musk all like Steve Madden when I met him and over the years and been around him When guys have already arrived and they've they've done the things that they they pretty much set their goals to do And they still come across as genuine people and show you that humbleness Words can't explain the fact of how it makes you as a person feel to see one that could be a whole different way In a position of I'm humble. What do you think when you hear people say that being humble the thing that you you just was saying That that's not a good thing. You're gonna ruin your career. You're gonna ruin yourself People gonna be with you for a little bit and then as soon as it go left They're gonna be with you if you stay humble people gonna stay with you people gonna ride with you You know I'm saying and they gonna they're gonna encourage you to do better. They um I I just think it's just people they they just want to look a certain way They just want to want people to see them as a certain way as being hard or tough or like they don't cry Like you human just like everybody else you human just like everybody else man And if you remain humble your blessings will come wow I like I like the way you may be your blessings will come. Yeah, and I and I get it I just was I've been struggling with that cause I understand where they're coming from when they say it But I do know that the definition and the expression is kind of different. Right. Oh man, that's crazy the definition Right the way you define it out of a book and the way that I feel about it when I see you right. It's two different things right right, you see what I'm saying because When you seeing somebody act a certain way on social media internet or whatever the case is nine times out of 10 They ain't like that in real life. So why would you even want to put that out there? You know I'm saying why would you want to like let people know who you are let people know that you a look I'm humble. I'm human just like you are. I had somebody um write me yesterday and It was a lady and her husband and I was doing soundcheck at the club and they had started letting people in So I said, all right, let me get out of here and they shot me a DM and said, oh, I just saw you I was starstruck and I saw and I wrote back I said where you and your husband it and I went over there and spoke and it was just like and They were just like, oh man, you came over and spoke. I was like, look man I'm human just like you I came here to have fun and when you do stuff, you know, you do stuff like that You know with people when you come back whatever it is that you do they're gonna support you to you know to the max That's so true. But you know the funny thing that um You know how like are we the interviews right right? We have all different people who come in here when you meet people because we're who we are So we don't treat nobody differently. So when you're coming and you're a human being we just Hey, what's up? What up? Treat you like anybody else. I remember one day Because we don't listen to the radio as much. So I was driving on the road This is the radio and I heard someone's music who's been on the show And that's at the point when it dawned on me like Damn, these people are really like big. It's like it it don't dawn on me personally because when I meet you It's just like you I'm meeting my friend around here because You're just like any anybody else I know Yeah, you got you I mean you breathe same air I breathe you gonna you're gonna die just like I'm gonna die You're gonna you're gonna be in the ground or cremated or whatever how everybody else is So a look just be yourself and have fun But people put you on a pedestal when they don't know you or see you on tv or see you You know on the radio like man You see what I mean, you know, I You know, I see people like that where I put up on a pedestal But at the end of the day, I know that they're still human and when I get around them I treat them like they human like I'll be respectful and I treat them as if I want to be treated You know, we were you know with respect and if you come off as an asshole or whatever the case is That's fine. That's you. I don't have to speak to you. I'm not going to speak to you I'm not going to look at you any different, but that's just how you are if that's going how you're going to be Then that's how you're going to be I wanted Did you see two part got the star on the walk face? I'm like man, they should have been gated man. That's stars man. He needs to promote That man died 20 years 20 plus years ago that they should have been gated man that star That's a little my mind. I'm like then I thought about when you were walking out there. I was like damn I didn't see two box star there, but we didn't walk the whole strip and look at all the stars I'm like you they should have been When I seen it I was proud, but I was like I was kind of pissed off a little bit at the same time I was like what like why are y'all just not doing this, you know But then like I asked him because a lot of time when you think about two part the first next name you think about is biggie I'm like, that's biggie have a star You see what I mean You give two park one, you know, that's coming next if he don't have one. He's coming next they on section And the sad part about it is why beside each other I seen two box so stone there I seen my boy Malik you self on there. I seen a lot of people that I seen trench on there I ain't seen these guys in a while. So I'm pretty excited about that. You know, I mean to see And I missed my boy because I know he would have been there from digital underground A shock g past away r.i.p. But you know, it was stuff like that man to get those memories in there I've been posting a lot of people that been on the show and talked about them different people Because like man, it's the best time to just drop it. It's birthday coming up The 16th and it's like the next Friday. It was kind of it was kind of like martin when they gave martin He's I see just got here too It's crazy. I see just got here All the work that they've been putting I didn't I didn't know the process of like is that like what's going on with this process And nobody knows because when I ask nobody, no, I heard that one Bugs Bunny got one. Yeah, I heard something but I you know, I don't go about what I hear You know what people would say, but I heard that you got feel like applications I was like, I don't know if it's true or not whatever. I mean, but if that's if that is true Can I get an application? Do Eddie got one? I don't think so. Eddie Griffin don't have a star in the water. That's crazy Eddie don't have one. Y'all need to get my dog a star man No, that's getting serious But I can ask him as many actors and actresses and movie stars and everybody Singers because they do singers they do all these different genres on there Um, they're gonna run out of space. It's ludicrous. Got one. It's just got it. It's it's it's people who got stars who Who deserve they start everybody deserve they start Well, it's people who got stars that I feel like should be getting they start now because it's people way who them put A whole lot of work and before them, you know, all of them deserve they start, you know I'm saying they're in the acting and stuff like that. Wow Music and all that good. I'm upset like you about that park star. I think you should have been got it You know some of the songs that how long will your monument meal gives the world All these different and the acting man two already just two possible doing concerts Hologram hologram people pan to see the hologram that man ain't got no star. He's just not getting to start Come on now, man man Come on man, how can people get a hold of you if they try to reach out to your hope Hey, man, if y'all want to get a hold of me, man, y'all can follow me on social media Tiktok instagram. Hope the comedian h u l k t h e comedian You can hit me up on my email. Hope the comedian calm and uh, I mean hey, that's why my book is and stuff come from Man, so I mean, I hope to hear from y'all if y'all like my content, man, let me know I'm if y'all want to see more content. Let me know. I'm gonna keep it coming Um, and y'all, you know, I'm saying I'm gonna stay humble and stay true to the craft, man Man, this guy, man, they are like I said at the improv up in alison, man It's crazy, man. This this weekend is it's sold out. It's sold out weeks ago I tell everybody look when you go go on antigripping.com. Look at the dates. Look at the tickets Get your tickets now all shows will sell out and I repeat all shows will sell out Weeks in advance man weeks in advance. We've got a crazy tour schedule this year, man Coming to us sitting there you coming to us sitting near you, man. Thank you for coming on the show, man Always man. I'm always like I always did your justice here, man on boss talk 101 We're gonna as long as god give us room to breathe and being these we've been here 17 years going on now. So hey man, listen, man, we're gonna always invite you in and we love you, bro Thank you so much, man. Say man, we're gonna always do that. We're gonna get out, man Second man, it's been another great segment of boss talk 101 what a boss is talk