 What's up, this is Chico Bean. Hey, I am Carlos Miller. And I'm DC Young Fly from the 85 South Show. Hey, when you're on the move and you can't check out show out on YouTube, you can still check us out on the ApplePodcast app, our heart radio app. Or wherever you get your podcasts. What about Spotify? Yep. GooglePodcast. Absolutely. Alexa? Hell yeah. Hey, tune in every Friday. Listen and subscribe to the 85 South Show. Ah! Put it on the next. It's coming through tonight. Oh, Chuck, Memphis. OK. Tell me, T. All right. You don't like Birmingham? Birmingham. How about Houston? I did eight shows in Birmingham. It was love down there. Houston, bro. Yeah. I like to use the improv of Chuck, man. Ain't nothing like you. Baltimore, DC. Yeah. Yeah. But only with my life. You like to tell me, T. Them motherfuckers up there. I ain't never been to Tommy T. That's San Francisco, Marvin, that beard, man. Listen, man. Your niggas come out in 80s, half 80s. I ain't never been to Tommy T. I want to go. Them folks got me confident in doing that. You know what? All the bad guys come to the club. They just don't like that moment. See, that's a part of the game that you probably have more insight into. He got that real big story. You know the game from that perspective. But us, as just young niggas coming into the game, it's just that energy that y'all can get it. I mean, I got the question about the show. I heard these bro niggas. Oh, yeah. We can't get it. Oh, yeah. I don't know that Improv Cocoa Beach with Miami. Yeah. The coconut grove. Coconut grove. Yeah, with the front porch on that motherfucker. The actual dog. You know, I did Houston come to the club one time. I made a hull about it. How many shows you did? How many shows? How many shows? I think I did 15. 15. Yeah, they'll drop it off in a minute. They'll drop it off in a minute. They'll get it. They'll get it. They'll get it. Let go. Let go. Speaking of let's go, welcome back to the 85 South Show. Oh my God. Oh my God. Bruh. See, we got a real true OG in here with us today. Talk, yo talk. I'm talking about he really laid the blueprint out for a whole lot of this comedy shit. Yo, OG? OG. My OG's OG. Uh huh. I'm talking about it. And put it down from the real Def Comedy Jam to the real comic beauty. Real comic beauty. I'm talking about real comic beauty. The real shit. Yeah, not real. Come on, man. Had one of the most historic comedy clubs ever. Talk your shit. Atlanta native. Keep going. Money is hell every time you see him. Your auntie want to give him some pussy. The skinny girls used to let him hit it. None other than Mr. Bruce Bruce. Let's go. Let's go. What's happening, baby? Now get your ass up. See, that's exactly why we want to use our platform. It's to show love to the people that we love why they can hear us giving it to them. I like that, man. And for the shit that you did, the stories I heard before I actually ran into you, and then when I ran into you, you was exactly what they said they were. And he was like, young nigga, they ain't gonna fuck with you. That's the first shit he said to me. I been hearing your name, you funny. Niggas ain't finna fuck with you. But when he had his room, and the niggas who didn't fuck with me didn't show up and he said, Los, I got a few dollars for you. I'm coming all the way from Marietta to the Southside. One of the only niggas I've ever seen. You do the whole show by yourself in the crowd. Don't say a motherfucking thing. 559. Yeah, that's the one I heard. Before we even get to 559, I got a whole bunch of questions I don't know what. Cause it's a lot of questions that people don't ask the OG. I always heard this name coming up in Atlanta, in the comedy game, but I only may have seen a picture of two, once or twice on Facebook. Disco Duck. Disco Duck, man, he was funny. He talked to the duck boys like a duck. Yeah, he'll come up together and talk to them like a duck boy. No. And they fall for it. But they say this nigga used to... He used to be up. He lived in Bunsville, Georgia right now. By Griffin. I gotta find him, bro. There's so many Disco Duck stories. You know how the game is. Man, man. So like, being as though you started, like you were one of the pioneers of the game that we are able to benefit from now. Like, who are some of the guys that, you know, you came up with that you knew. Once you got into the position that you was a headliner and the man, who are some of the guys that you got your hands on that became superstars? Okay, let me close something up about the hitman thing. Come on. When I started, they made me headliner. You know what I'm saying? They would never, ever let me feature for, like, no, no. He needed headliner. He needed headliner. Because I would bring them to know us too. I would do them funny stuff. I used to do stupid stuff. Like, I'd call my partner, say, pick me up at the corner and walk and don't walk. You know what I'm saying? Everybody, what did he tell me? They didn't get the joke. Walk and don't walk. That's any corner. But headliner, I've always headliner since I started. Even the guys that was paid to get to headliner show when I get to the show, they put me up last. And I wasn't even getting the money, but they was getting money. I was loving the game so much. I didn't even care. Right. Let me get it. I've been doing this professionally for 32 years. You know what I'm saying? Yeah. So what, so what, so what draw you to the game? Like, you know, because where am I taking me? What draw me to the game? My ex-wife. You know what I'm saying? Really? Yeah, man. She told me I couldn't make it. I'm like, what? I said, I looked at her and I said, I see you on TV. Okay. And they would see me and say, hey, I'm talking to you. You know what I'm saying? Yeah, yeah, yeah. But now I went through a bad mess. I'm like, I'm a lot older. People don't realize how old I am. But my oldest son is 40. My baby boy is 37. My daughter 35. You know what I'm saying? So they've been fucking forever. Oh, I was like that. That's it. Oh. Like it's in the south. What's up? Damn. Like it's in the south. What's up? Damn. What's up? You know what I'm saying? But that's over there. Right, right, right. My wife might get. Right. Right. But yeah, man. But it just, you got to love it, man. It's a little, I've seen your time, man. I never, ever thought about walking away. I just kept doing it, man. When I first started coming, I used to open up. They give me $50 a week. Come up, introduce the hosts. Hey, y'all coming to the stage to host Rex Garvin, Cole Funk, I'm Bruce Bruce. Look here. Y'all check it out. We're going to have a good time. They pay me $50 a week to do that. I was loving it. I was there on time. I wasn't late or nothing. Then I started featuring. And then people started calling me. They used to be clubs. They called Club Vegas. Do some Aggie. $100 a show. I'm doing three shows tonight. I'm like, for real? So I'm thinking, you're going to give me $100 a show and I'll make $300 in one night? Yeah. I can do that. You know? And I was working for Frito Lay Potato Chip. You know, I was selling a bag, eating three bags. You know what I'm saying? And I thought about it, man. I'm working 15 hours a day. But this dude gave me $100 a show for about 15 minutes per show. It didn't balance. Comedy is where I went, man. Right. And I love it. You got to love it. And the key thing is, man, when you do comedy, when you entertain and get your business together with your taxes, everything, because they're waiting and they're looking. Right. You know what I'm saying? Keep all that straight and don't trust nobody. They need to show you what they're doing on your tax. Show me what you're doing with this paperwork so it won't be a problem at the end of the year. You know what I'm saying? But they're coming at you, man. Right. You know what I'm saying? If you're making money, you're a young man. These clubs want to add. Let me tell you a secret. Now, you guys doing clubs. I know you are because I hear you out there. And if you're scheduled to do five shows, you sell out five shows, okay? Now, they say they want to add some shows. That's fine. Do the added shows. But with the five shows, the club have already made their money. You know what I'm saying? So the added show should be for you. Exactly. You should get 100% of the door there because they have made their money with the five shows. You follow what I'm saying? So get the money. You know what I'm saying? Yes. They're going to do it. And if they say we can't do it, they say I can't do it either. But 10 minutes later, they're going to change their money. They're going to change their money. Because if you're selling a club out, they're making money. Exactly. Before you even get that. Right. Hell, that's bonus. Because like you said, they all made their money. Exactly. It should be. And that's what it should be. And if you're a young man, get that money, man. How long did it take you to learn about the aspects of the game? How long were you doing it? Oh, man. Oh, I got pimped off for about the first five years. Oh. You know, I was going to Chicago for 14 hours a week. I thought I was getting it until I talked to one of my boys, Joe Turry. You know, Joe Turry. Yes, sir. Yes, sir. And I asked Joe, I said, man, what do you pay in Chicago? He said, man, I got $20. I said, what? Wait a minute. I was doing wins through Sunday back in the day. Damn. You know what I'm saying? 14 hundred. I thought I was getting it. Man, I wasn't doing nothing but getting pimped. Right. So when I went back, I had to get some Caucasian people to represent me. Represent? You know what I'm saying? Representation is important. I hate to tell you, man. It's hard to deal with us. Right. On the business side. Yeah, on the business side. I know you don't have a brother. Come on, man. I don't want to deal with your agent, man. You don't want to deal with me. Exactly. You know what I'm saying? You got to have a little business. I need a friend. I need something. I don't need no friend. I need to get this money. Right. And if you sell tickets, get that money, man. You know what I'm saying? Right. I don't do it. I will not complain. Don't. So in a common view situation, how that came about? Because I used to lay in bed and just sit there and watch your whole day. Now, see, one thing we got to understand about the way God works. Uh-huh. It's just for you. It's just for you. Yeah. And when it's your time, it's your time. I supposed to host the year after Samoa hosted. Right. And they'll always introduce a new host, but they gave it to Don Kerry. I'm pissed off. But it wasn't for me. Right. But then, the year that I did host, I got the most money to anybody. I had the best year to anybody. They paid me half a million dollars. When they was paying everybody else, $50,000. I got half a million, plus $50,000 extra to buy clothes and shoes. Oh. You know what I'm saying? You know what I'm saying? So what I'm saying? What's for you is for you. Nasty. Nasty. Nasty. Nasty. I'm telling you, they're going to pay me this much money to host. Are you serious? Yes. And I came, you know, I had the suits made. I was a lot of preachers, you know. Yeah. I was everything, you know. They seen the suits, so I had to get a lot of them away to preachers. The old niggas smoking the song players. When the old, when you did the joke about the old player, the cigarette killin' his ass. I had a problem like that. But he walked up like that. You need to cross with that. That ain't one of these. Yeah. Yeah. The cigarette about to kill it. And then you need to stop smoking. That ain't one of these. That ain't one of these. You know what I'm saying? Yeah. But, yeah, man, it was the best year for me. Then I came back, and it was a BET Comic View, and that's what I was doing. Then I came back and did the caliente the next year. Yeah. And then after that, I did BET Coming to the Stage. Yeah. Remember when I was hosting that? Yeah. It's almost like Sunday's best now. Right. It was the exact same platform. And I did that and I did well. But, amen. I did Def Jam twice. I did Apollo five times. I mean, it's been good. Yeah. Tell me about the 559. The 559. Let me tell you something. You had every hustler, every pimp in the city to come to the club. Right round the corner from there. Right round the corner from there, too. So it didn't start at midnight. You get to the club at 11 o'clock. Nobody's there. 11-45 is packed. You can't get in there. Show was over at 2 o'clock. We leave that and go straight to the blue flame and watch the girls box. Oh, look, you say, you get there at 11 o'clock. Ain't nobody. Nobody in the parking lot. 11-45, you can't get in there. That motherfucking swole. You can't get in there. I'm talking about on a Tuesday night, you got 600 people in the club on a Tuesday night. Yeah. You know what I'm saying? Every hustler and pimp in there. And this was a year straight. Yeah. I heard that ten years. Ten years straight. Ten years straight. Throw money at you. Oh, my God. And I'm talking about it was, you know, everybody wanted to do everybody. So they get six bottles. I'm over at six bottles. I was there over here. Everybody wanted, how many did they get? They want to get, and we just, I mean, it was just seven. And this is at peak, it let them. This is at peak. On a Tuesday night, the bar did $60,000. On a Tuesday night. That's crazy, man. And this in the 90s. In the 90s. Came out in 90s, 96, 97, 98, 99. We done had everybody there. Snoop Dogg, 8-Ball, MJG. Everybody been there, man. Let me ask you this. Yourself removed. There's a lot of careers that got made at Five Fighters. Oh, yeah. Yourself removed. Who had some of the best sets that you saw personally? I done seen people come and had great sets. I done seen them bomb. Right. I was going to get to the bomb. I done seen a lot of niggas. I'm going to hurt a lot of niggas quick coming. After the Five Fighters. After the Five Fighters. Uh-uh. That was right before my team. Yeah, man. Right before. Before Five. I seen Rick and Smiler coming in destroyed. With Ladara. And I seen him come back into the zone. This is before we got on TV. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, he died a great death. You know what I'm saying? That's my boy. I love him. He died a great death. I'm talking about, he was like this. He was like this. I seen J.B. Smoog come through there and rip it. They went around to hit him. J.B. Smoog. I'm talking about when you in the county club, it's like everything coming and you don't want to see J.B. Smoog kill this motherfucker. J.B. Smoog. And then, you know, a lot of comedians like from New York and everything, they come up, oh, ain't no problem, man. I did Peppermint in Jersey. They said, man, I said, bro, this is not Peppermint in Jersey. Right. This five, five, nine, you did, they ain't got nothing to do. Right. I seen them bomb, bomb, bomb in this comedian named J. I don't know if you know J. He's from Jersey. Oh, J. Thank you. Thank you. No, no, no. Hell no. Hell no. He says, uncle count the money. 100. 100. Yeah, 100. 200. 300. Now, what I gave you? What I gave you? 200. 400. That was J. He ripped it. Yeah. Ripped it. When they listened to me, they would smash it. Right. But if they don't listen, they arrogant, they bomb every time. You know what I'm saying? Chris Tucker been through that, man, Mike else. You know, of course, Mike else, my boy started in the business right back in the day. You know, Mike used to open up for me. Right. This is what I was about to get. Since you brought that up, you know, tell me about your crew. You had a crew. You come up with your young crew. Oh, man. I had small, you had a small friend. Small friend? I did a small friend open up for me. Mike else, man. Mike else came to me and he said, look, man, I watched every comedian. You the baddest dude in there, man. He went on a roadway. I'm the one to make Mike audition for Friday. What? Yeah, he was here and moved to New York. He's like, man, he won me an audition. Yeah. But Mike a bad dude. He's a good dude. And that's my little brother, man. Yeah. You know what I'm saying? Yeah, yeah. But small fry, black wine. She used to fuck shit up. Who that? Small fry. Oh my God, yeah. She, I used to write for her. She went Christian. She started doing all that. Clean comedy. Clean comedy. But the Christian, I don't know why they do that. They drinking, smoking. Oh, did? They fucked up. They fucked up. No, they fucking, oh, they fucked up. I'm just a preacher. Look at her. I'm just a preacher. Well, show the host of anchor cards. You know what I'm saying? Yeah, man. Oh, man. Oh, my goodness. Show the host of an anchor card that the name of Jesus. You know what I'm saying? Well, come out and get it to you, too. Oh, my goodness. You know what I'm saying? See, it's just a small fry. Small fry. Small fry. Chocolate. Chocolate. You know, chocolate. She went Christian. Also. Yeah, she went Christian comedy. Yo, yo, yo, man. What's happening? She boy DC Young Fly. And it's that time of the year again, y'all. The bubble teams are missing their final push for a bid while the top teams are preparing for what they hope is a long run. Now, DraftKings is giving all customers a free shot at up to $100,000 in total prizes. All you have to do is head to DraftKings app and make your picks right now. Download the DraftKings app now and use promo code 85 South to get a free shot and a share of $100,000 in total prizes with DraftKings tournament seating pool. 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Man, that shit really do smell like black love though. Like after black people been holding hands with some cocoa butter. That's love. Use my personal discount code so you can get you some of these nice ass candles and have a good day with a good day sent. 25% off. L-O-U-S. Black love. One of my favorites because I love you and you're black. Even if you're not black, the code still works. That's the beautiful part about it. It's crazy. I'll see you next time. Christian, I get to read it. Oh, yeah. That's a whole different lane of comedy. But you got to understand the church is probably the easiest to make a nap than anybody. I don't know if you ever did Christian, but I have. It's so easy. I mean, it's like, you can go out there and say, ooh, I'm so tired. Ah! Oh, he's a genius. You know what I'm saying? But you know. From 559 as the heathens. Oh, 559 as the heathens. That's the real deal. We're gonna make a demon's lap. So what was your, I know you say you've learned it, but what was your motivation? What was the reason? When I went on stage and I saw people, I could make people laugh. I've always made people laugh in school, class clown, all that. But when people just start loving you, man, if I had social media back in 88, 89, oh my God, it'd be crazy. But you just got to love it. You can't stop. You know, I asked Denzel Washington on time. I said, what made you just keep on? He said, I never stop. He said, so if you stop, you'll never know you can make it. So just keep going, man. You got to love it. Because I'm telling you, the platform that you guys got right now, it's on the chain. It's actually better than the blue collar card. You know, Larry Cable Guy. Runway. It's actually better. I wish it was actually better. So use it right that way as long as you can. I'm gonna ask you this. What's been your experience with the quote unquote mainstream rooms or the mainstream side? I'm gonna tell y'all something about that. Don't change up your style because you're doing a mainstream or you got a white audience. One thing you got to understand, funny is funny. I don't care who it is. Black, white, Latino, Asian. If it's funny, I can make a baby lamp. I don't care who it is. It's a nigga at my show with no ears. But you never know his people. Oh my God. How do he work like this? He got no ears. How do he work like this? He got contacts like a book. You know what I'm saying? That's a good book right there. How does he work like this? Don't switch up. I have seen guys shift gears because it's a white audience. You know what I'm saying? And they go out talking to them. Hey guys, how you doing? What the fuck is going on? You know what I'm saying? And I know there's a lot of white people when they come to a show and the comedian is black, they want to see this show. They want to see if it was a black crowd. Yeah. Long as you're not disrespect. Right. You know what I'm saying? Boy, look at all these crackers. No, you can't. You can't. That's the first thing I'm gonna say. Yeah, you can't. Crackers, crackers. Dude, do the brownies. Dude, he's a cracker. Crackers, crackers. It's just clear as my side. You know what I'm saying? But, you know, just go out and just do your thing. Read yourself, because that's what they want to hear. And that's who you are. That's why they came to see you. So you a legend. And, you know, we talk about this amongst each other all the time, but, you know, the motivation, like he said, to keep doing it. Have you ever had that show where you was like, man, this ain't it? Yes, but they didn't know it. Oh. See, you know, I'm not worst as critic. You're probably the worst as critic. Yeah. You know when your show hit, right? You know, people love you, but you're like, yeah, I know I couldn't do it better than that. You know what I'm saying? So it make you go back to the drawing board in a bit, you know? And that's okay. But once you get where you so comfortable, you're going on stage to get a lostie. Hold on. You should always have fear. Right, right, right. You should always be a little scared. I say that all the time. I get nervous every time before I go on stage. And the day I get nervous is the day I retire. The day you're not nervous no more. You done. Yeah. You know what I'm saying? You too. That's too confident. You always got to have it. So many women out there and it's so... I mean, how many women out there. You go out there and do your best, dick and pussy jokes. That ain't what it's about. It's about being front. Because the ugliest dude in the world got money, got a woman. Tell them what I'm saying. You got to be a mic. You got family dollar take. What happened? Family dollar take. Even the mic nervous, the mic. Like I want to hit this shit. This how I hit. It's cat folk. Mm-hmm. Cat-nerving, man. His tape ain't shit. Shit, wet. Wet-ass finger, man. Wipe your fingers off, man. He got on long pants today. His body don't know how to react. Ain't never seen bruises. He got on in, got his shorts on, his legs confused. This is making his body warm up. It's making a finger sweat, and he... His legs got to breathe. There we go. He changed it. Hey, man, welcome back to another edition of the 85's sound show. Beauty. Come on, man. I don't know where you been or what you doing in life, but we got none other than Bruce Bruce. Yes, sir. Yes, sir. Putting us up on game. I got a real question, right? Yeah. Now, we all compete in air. They own different lanes in general. That's right. Uh, what's the process of when you're coming up with a drill? You know, a lot of community members, like, I remember that shit. That's great. I do. Now, a lot of people can write a joke. Right. I do it. Right. I freestyle it and go on stage and do it. But the key thing is, make sure you record it. You know, if you're going to do some new stuff and just try... That's how I write. I go on stage and just do it. Like one time, I went on stage and slipped up almost fair. You know, big joke like, me falling. I did 30 minutes and it's on me falling. You know, almost falling. So always, some people can write. When I done DC Curry, one of the best writers I would say, he can write jokes out on paper and go up and do it. But I'm totally the opposite. I go on stage and just freestyle. It's two things going to happen. Is he going to work or is not? So and if he don't work, work on it and make it for him. You know what I'm saying? Sometimes it's better if the shit don't work. Sometimes it is. Because you can come out of that. It's all in about how you come out the joke. Right. Like to me, I like to see the comedy that happens between the jokes. You know what I'm saying? Well, Dionne Cole is the best at it. You know, he got the paper he had on stage. When the joke don't work, he said, look, that ain't working man. So he knows exactly what he's doing. Right. He doesn't master it. He doesn't master it. I used to come on stage like when I first started, come on stage with a pen and pen. I was like, fuck no. This is a crutch. I'm going to get used to that. I'm not even training my mind. So now, even when I try new things, I see the new joke come off improv. So even though I record my set, I go back home and listen to it, write it down. But when I write it and think it, it's like, I continue. Add to it. Add to it. It becomes a huge joke. Right. Yeah. That's how you do it. Man, I got to ask you, get loose with it. Get loose with it. Mm-hmm. All the skinny hoes let bruise here. Bruise here. Come on. Come on. Come on. Now, you know, with us being, you know, we all are comedians, but we all love the music, too. We all intertwine. Like, what was that process like? Did you know the Yang Yang twins or was that just like you? I didn't know them. You know, I knew them very well. Like, Outkast, like, the group Outkast is like one of the best groups out. They come out to ATL. And anything Outkast ever did, I was always in it. You know, they did the movie. You all right, man? I'm so tired of your goddamn middle school haircut having that bum on your ass. We had a haircut in the entire school. Your parents don't love you, you know what I'm saying? Yeah, you got that sent through book. You can't go on a field trip. Let me see the pack. Let me see the pack. It's etiquette. Ugly. Okay, let's edit your pocket. It keeps cutting in the mouth. You can't put it in the pocket. Post the dress, put it in the stand. Ugly. Put it in the pocket. Put it in the pocket. We're wrong with it. Here you go. It keeps going in the mouth when you sit on it. Whoa. Hold up. Hold up. It keeps going in and out when you sit on it. Damn. That was wrong. We need to sit on it. Hold up. Hold up. Hold up. Hold up. That was wrong. That was wrong. That was wrong. You a fucking wild guy, man. See that man home, man. You need to leave. You need to leave. You need to leave. All right, move back. Ugly. Okay. What if you have to act? Yeah, but you know that, like, you know, with the music getting shouted out in the rap song, that's a lot of niggas that would love to have that happen. Oh, yeah. That was more than a shout out. That was like the reaction. Man, the niggas shouted y'all out and didn't even shout me out. Who? Who did it? I'll tell you about it. Okay. But would you say Alcatra? Yeah, Alcatra. And everything they did. Everything. Like, either while, you remember? Yes. Either while I was in there with Paddler Bell. And then they did Who's Your Catty? And I was the bookie. The video was so fresh and so clean. Yeah. You remember the video? So fresh and so clean. So fresh and so clean. So clean. So clean. So clean. That's crazy. Yeah, man. But in my... And then Yin Yang... Well, look, too short did the person shake that monkey. He's like, oh, the skinny girl, that bruise, bruise, hit it. Then Yin Yang came back with Lil Jon said, get crunk with it. Get loose with it. Like short said, that bruise, bruise hit it. That bruise hit it. So, you know, it's just love. ATL love, man. That's how it's done. I know you don't know me, but... All the time. I got some pussy for you. Well, it's always... It's always the big girl. I mean... I mean, 400 pages. Easy. You can't get them back. You can't get them back. No, no. He be like, what's up? Nothing. We can look at his workout tape or we can... You know what I'm saying? You know, but they be on me. What's up? Right. Trying to look sexy. And I'm like, no. Right. Ain't no offense, but I ain't nothing I can do with you, baby. Somebody need to be an athlete. So, it might as well be you. You feel what I'm saying? Most definitely. But I found that the most... The bigger girls are more confident. Most definitely. Like, like you get the firing gear. They... Most of them, I'm not talking about all of them, because I want them to get offended. But they be so insecure. You know what I'm saying? I was in... I had to open up for Fantasia one time. I think it was Greenwood North Carolina. I never heard of this. Greensboro. It was Greenwood. I never heard of it. I never heard of it. I get there. This girl, 500 pounds. Easy. You know what I'm saying? Easy. Easy. She come up. She sounded like... She said, bro, bro. You know, my old man got mad because I came to see you. I said, you came and wait. Yeah, but I'm going to tell you what I did. This is what she told me. She said, I fixed him some collard greens, macaroon cheese, canyons, poachers and fried chicken, cornbread. Then I saw that dead. You see I'm here, don't you? I said, well, I'll write that girl. And she bought a shirt for him, her, all her kids and everything. But she was just confident. She didn't let her size determine who she was. She was confident. Been with him for 25 years. Big girl. We had a pussy. Yeah? And then you liked the way it was. Yes. Woo. You just said, I want to ask you about... You said, I don't want to make nobody offended. How do you feel about the change that is happening from when you started and the shit that was offensive then versus what's offensive today? I can't say nothing. Oh, yeah. But I say it anyway. Fuck you, man. I just say it. You know, I don't go the gay route anymore because they sensitive, you know what I'm saying? But I do a set about old preachers. They use old words like punks and bull daggers. You know what I'm saying? Punks and bull daggers. Because the old bathroom preachers are doing what you have. I'm talking to every punk and little daggers. You know what I'm saying? And then I do stuff like that. And then, you know, because I'm like, who thought of the word bull daggers? Right. Right. What is a bull dagger? You know what I'm saying? Because the old guy said it. You know what I'm saying? Why is living with bull daggers? You know what is a bull dagger? You know? So I do jokes like that. Yeah, but he's got to go to get the bull daggers. But them bull daggers, you know, the old man, you know, he's going, you know, his wife goes with bull daggers. He's a punk. I'm like, what? What is a bull dagger? I be trying to figure it out. That's the old school saying, you know. Right. But I mean, like, I got grandkids and stuff, you know, and they love you guys. I mean, they love it. My grandkids are super smart. My daughter don't have it. No other way. Right. And I encourage everybody to learn everything you can about everything for us technology is concerned. You know what I'm saying? Because it changes all the time. But just learn, man. You got kids, right? Yeah, I got two of them. Eight more, one more. Eight more. You got kids. That's what it's all about. 12 years old. Yes, sir. Yeah. That's what it's about. And that's the way I try to, I kind of stay in tune with what the changes are because she is, she growing up with it. So I let her guide me when it comes to the social media and a lot of stuff. Because, you know, it's just, she embraced it. You know what I'm saying? So I learned like. And just how many of your business, even with the baby mom of you, not what I'm handling your business, take care of your job. You know what I'm saying? You got to do it. You know, and most guys, she over there with something to do so what? You over there with the bitch. There you go. You know what I'm saying? You should be if you're not. Yeah, there you go. You would have moved. My name's a fool sack. And I proved that message. But look, I appreciate the foundation that all the OG, even my brothers, you feel what I'm saying? Because I jumped off with the social media. But then I went back to go figure it out because this is what I need to do in order to be a stand-up comedian. You see, the thing is with old school comedians like myself, a lot of them are really bitter about social media comedians. So what? They're winning. So what you should do is jump on the bed, get on social media, and start doing your stuff. Because you're like, I've been doing this for 25, 30 years. It's okay. Nobody gives a fuck. Nobody gives a damn. Nobody knows your whole life. Go back and do your homework. Get on social media. Do your thing. You know? And I respect them. What keeps you embracing the new school? Like what keeps you embracing the new school? Like, you know, you know, being as though you are a legend, and you could just as easily be one of those guys who's like, man, fuck the evening. But my thing is always helping people. I always like Mike Epps, and you know, when we was coming up with Kevin Hart, so we talked with Chris Tucker. We always just encourage and stay prayed up. You got to pray. I don't care what you do. I don't care how you do it. You need to pray. I pray before every show. You know what I'm saying? Because you never know what happens. Just like he was telling me earlier, you see the dude get stabbed in the show, you know, I don't want none of that. Just stay prayed up, man. You got to stay prayed up. You know what I'm saying? And just stay focused. You know, don't focus on what nobody's doing. Why he get that way? It don't matter. What's for them is for them. What's for you is for you. And it's done. Man, I heard a lot of stories about you hitting the road. Them $100 show. Oh, yeah. $25 show. Oh, yeah, man. You used to get them, man. But if it don't make dollars, it don't make sense. Right. You know, before I started the comedy and before I started really hitting the road hard, I was in Atlanta and I was doing different clubs here. I was making $2,500 a week in Atlanta. Exactly. I'm like, what? Hey, what's up? It's Carlos Miller. 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So it was just, you know, I ain't doing the $400. I will. I do $500. Eight of the week, $2,500. If you don't make dollars, it don't make sense. But one thing you have to do is we have to stick together. We have to stick together. I did shows before. It was me, Earthquake, Sharon Wood, and other people. And the promoter tells us that he got everybody money, but he's not going to play Earthquake. And I'm like, hold it, play it. You're not going to have no show here. Because Earthquake has finished flying in. Did you tell him you're not going to pay him? He said, no. I said, well, you're not going to have no show. He had already paid us. So, you know, you're going to have to pay Earthquake if you want your show to go on tonight. You know what I'm saying? So, we always have to stick together with each other. Don't let nobody get you, man. And that theater is full. They got that money. Right. Don't let nobody fool you. Now, let me ask you this. Of all the time you've been doing comedy, what's your favorite joke of yours and your favorite joke that you've heard from somebody else? People like when I do this, the guy whistles when he talks. And it's a preacher, you know. And he talks like this. He's saying, he's trying to do this. Really big. Motherfucker, do you have a flute in your heart? You know what I'm saying? And another one I do is stutter. A stuttering joke that's not stutter like, but the guy hold his words when he talks. You know what I mean? So, that happened to me when I worked with Friddle. I have a service in a drug store and I walked in. I said, how you doing? He said, purr, purr, purr, purr, purr. I said, hey, if you play in stock because I laugh in your face, you know what I'm saying? He said, purr, purr, purr, purr. He stuttered, but he held his words. And that's like two of the main jokes people love to hear me do. And I do a lot of stuff on relationships and it's real quick stuff. Like I open up with a bang. Like James Brown always said open up with a bang. And I open up with something like, hey, you know, every seat I go in, you see crazy stuff. And it's the dude at that back with false teeth with braces. So people gonna think like, false teeth with braces. I say, you don't want his teeth to shift. Motherfucker, they false. You know what I'm saying? So you open up, always open up with a, get them, grab them. When you grab them, you got them. Right. You got them. You know what I'm saying? And then I end my jokes now. I don't do any joke in them. I used to, I just walk off stage. You ever hear me do that? So I don't have any joke. I tell real life stories and make them funny. So I'm not like the average comedian. I do piece that he got best to walk off stage. I don't do that. I just walk the fuck off. And then look at me and I just walk the fuck off. That's the joke. That's the joke, man. You think this entity has to leave. You think you got to leave. Get the fuck off. Get the fuck off, man. Just tell them goodbye, man. You ain't got shit else to prove. Yeah, that's one of the things that I know that you have always, that I learned from you when we first started. Because I was around. I was around. He didn't pull me to the side. He was like, don't, if you got him laughing and you got to just get the fuck off. Yeah. You got to know when to leave. Sometimes don't do all your time. You got to make him want you. That's right. It's a lot of shit. You got to know when to leave. You got to know when to milk a joke and when to stop. You got to leave. Just like most comedians back in the day, they used to say, hey, man, I got a show I want you to do with me. And if I ask you, if I come to you and say I got a show I want you to do, quite naturally I'm going to make sure you're taken care of. First thing they say, how much you paying? That's the only player. You ain't been seen walking by a TV. Much less on TV. You understand what I'm saying? So if I ask you about a show, I got you covered. I'm going to make sure you're straight. I make sure all my people are taken care of. I talk for them. Guys that host for me and feature for me, I make sure they money is straight before we get there. That's what I do. I'm old school. What's the longest time you ever done on stage? I did an hour and 45 minutes one time. That's too long. That's too long. I did my 210. I think I want to get the fuck on. Just do them 45 minutes, let them go. You know what I'm saying? Let them go. They scream and laugh and walk off. Please, thank you. That's what I did. Like I said, I picked that up from Carlos and knowing that he got it from you, he definitely don't keep the game away. But he was like, man, you got to know when to go if you got him. That's right. And they, ah, sometimes it's just like, that's it. You just wanted to know more. Another piece of game he picked up, he gave me a backstage. He said, don't ever talk over your last. Take your time. Take your time. When they laugh, just take your time. Let them laugh. Give yourself a laugh. Give yourself a laugh. Even if it's not the time and the joke. Then do your joke. Keep going. Keep going. Don't ever step on your laugh. Or the joke on the set up and all that. Just let them laugh. See, that's the thing you learn like in the comedy game is like, you get that applause break. You know, a lot of like new comedians don't know what that even is. Right. Like if you're ripping them on the motherfucking TV show, you ain't got to be fired, but if they give you that applause break, they're gonna fuck on the corner like this. Keep going. Well, cut it. Just keep going. Sometime they give you a sad innovation in the middle of your set. Exactly. I've been looking for them to drink moments. I'm like, yeah, that's the time for them to drink right there. They laughing. Let me sit. Because I've been on both sides. Amen. We brought up five, five, nine. But I've been hitting that backstage where you just had all, it was a spot. It was just all the old players in there. That was it. But not like the ones. All the night shit. Like these was the old players that had new Cadillacs in their own property and shit. But they would be up in there and really, really they'd be on some, you know, like the club pack. They ain't rushing the show. They waiting on him to get there. And the show don't start that he get there. Like if he be the only one, they don't give a fuck. It was like everybody else like, you must be one of the Bruce friends when they coming back. Right. But it was certain niggas who could come in there and make them all fucking turn the TV down. Yeah. Talon did that. You know Talon out in New York? Yeah, I know Talon. He came in and ripped it one time. He just ripped it. That's the thing about that sports bar comedy. You can make them niggas stop playing pool. Yeah. Or watch a TV for them. Watch football games. Yeah. Oh yeah, that's what it is. Yeah. You recently lost a legend, man. Tell me your favorite Tyler Craig story. Tyler Craig, man. I remember when I first met him, man. Tyler was extremely funny. Tyler was a hairstylist. People don't know that. But he did hair. And he got into comedy full time, man. And his storytelling was excellent. And he was very creative. You know what I'm saying? Going from the dog to the doghouse. Oh my God, man. Tyler was, he was, he a laugh at his joke. And people thought, this guy be drunk. And I'm like, he really is. He is. But not like you think, but he's really drinking, but he's having fun doing it. You know what I'm saying? And the moral of the story is, that was his whole, that was the joke. And I miss him. I really do, man. He was good. And you know, a lot of comedians, I like Bernie Mack. And I've been gone about 13 years now. Bernie Mack. Give us one of your Bernie Mack stories. Oh, I worked with him twice in my life. Let me tell you, man. This was in 1999, and Bernie Mack was red hot. That's what he was doing. He ain't scared of you, motherfucker. You remember that? Right after that. And he came to make in Georgia. He had sold out 5,000 seats. And the feature couldn't make it. The dude was, hey, man, Bernie Mack couldn't, he opened up for Bernie Mack. I said, I'll be there in 20 minutes. I know it was an hour ride. You know what I'm saying? But when he said Bernie Mack, you know what I'm saying? I went down and I was on stage and I saw Bernie Mack with his arms folded looking at me. And when I come on stage, he said, Motherfucker, where you from? Motherfucker, where you from? I said, Atlanta, motherfucker, you're funny. You know what I'm saying? And he showed me a lot of love. And I worked with him one more time in Columbia, South Carolina. And he was hosting the show. And Bernie was a bad motherfucker. They can say where they want, but he stole that Kings of Comedy. You know what I'm saying? Everybody was good. DL was good. That's my boy. But Bernie, when he did the milk and cookies. He did the milk and cookies. When he did the guy that... What the hell? What? He said, I couldn't get nothing because him downstairs. Man, this is a joke. I know you don't do when you're sick because I saw you when you was hosting one night. You was talking about nigga them goddamn ribs. When the goddamn ribs went from 50 cents to 75 cents. Oh, my God. And that's a true story. I know it ain't so goddamn. I know it ain't even said, but I heard you when you were just riffing and talking shit. Back in the day, they said ribs sandwiches over in Byron City. Meat hanging off the bridge. You know, back in the day, meat hanging off the bridge. My uncle pulled up. How about the ribs sandwich? I said 75 cents. They were back in the day. My uncle said, you done lost your mother by the way. They got them all there in East Point for 50 cents. My dad said, let's drive by now. We drive way to East Point. They closed. Nah, you ain't got nothing real. By the time you get back to Byron City, they closed. Oh, man, let me tell you something. Y'all think I'm lying. Back in the day, man. This is 1960, 1965. My mama or two sisters and brother was living in an apartment. I was the only boy born. The rent was $49 a month. Good question. Right? They went up $20. My uncle called them meat. He said, he's got them cracking a long day back. He called the meat. Who he called the meat for the family? He said, we got to come up with $20. He said, it was $49 a month. They went up to $69 a month. He said, he's cracking a long day back. Right. Somebody got to get a second job. And they were dead serious. I was entertaining. I said, man, that's a lot of money. Right. And no job. Pants were out like that. I said, buy that boy a lot of money. Oh, shit. Money was long back then. Oh, God. You ever walked in on the parents' foot? Yeah. No, my dad was dead. So it was a... I don't care about the meat anymore. My dad never stopped fucking. Don't stop them. Call the door. Call the goddamn door. Did you get used to it then? I didn't get used to it. It's stupid. My dad didn't care. I don't know if it was about your daddy or somebody. I think it was like your son. You said your son came up to you and was like, daddy, what am I supposed to do? What am I supposed to do to him? My dick hit the water. He was like, yeah. Yeah, man. What the fuck? He was like this thing. After the show, I went, wake your son. I got that water on his plate. Oh, shit. Man, you said something else, too, that stood out to me. You said you do the whole show by yourself. Now, I only heard, like, of two people that did that. You goddamn... Can I get a snack? Y'all keep fucking up. Bruce, Mike. You got a bag. Let me chips on it, man. I can't think about it. Some chips or what? It's all good. It's all good, man. It's all good. Oh, shit. You good? You mean a comedy show by myself? Yeah, I mean, because I heard... It was plenty of nice. You were at the Firefly Night. What did nobody want to go up? I had to do it. Yeah, and I heard of earthquake during that uptown where he would do the whole show, like, coming by himself through the whole show. But what they were doing in the uptown, though, they was milking the bar and food. That's why earthquake did so much time to make more money on the food and drinks. Okay. You know what I'm saying? So, you know, in uptown, they had a host to come up getting featured in the headliner. And earthquake would be hosting. And then he'd bring the feature up. Then he'd come back up and do about 10 minutes in the headliner, come do an hour. And earthquake come up and do an hour behind it. But they were just getting the money for food and drinks. Okay. What's up, world? It's your boy Chico Bean. Last year showed us that you never know what life is going to throw at you. 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I remember I got threatened one night. You know, I was joined by a dude. You know, you couldn't walk to the bathroom with me. You know, you walked to the bathroom. I'm going to tell you a answer. You know what I'm saying? You walk past the bathroom. A dude said, I'll kill you for that. You know what I'm saying? And, you know, I'm from the west side. I'm from the bluff. I raised in the bluff. Two, three jokers. What's been it is? As a show, he was like, hey, man, ain't nothing below, man. Ain't nothing below. West side, we stuck together. We didn't play that. You know what I'm saying? I call everybody first cousin. They're like, hey, man, I'm playing first cousin, man. It's all in jokes. The dude said, I'll kill you for that. No, you won't play. Not in you? No. Brother got a trunk full of guns. You know what I'm saying? Right on the west end. In the west end. Right on Astro Street. No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. Yeah. Astro, you know. Two streets over. Two streets over. You didn't know that. They just recently turned down the building. Yeah. And the sound was out there for a minute. A family dollar there. I think that's what it is. Five, five, nine. Two family dollars. Yeah. Full circle. Yeah. Man. But I'm born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia. Graded baby. You hear me? Real Atlanta. See, I ask them all the time about that. This is my Atlanta considered. Yeah. Tell them. Atlanta question, not coming to help. This is the most Atlanta nigga you'll ever meet, man. Lay it down to him how it was before he got here. Like, give him some of the history on this city. Before Freight Nick, before this shit was legal. Right. Freight Nick was on the chain, man. Oh, brother was shipping cars in from different cities to do Freight Nick. From Michigan, New York, California. They were shipping cars just to do Freight Nick. I've seen five, five, nine do a million, million seven in one week on Freight Nick weekend. A million point seven? One point seven. Weekend. Damn. What the ticket was? Oh, man. It was a hundred. It was a hundred. Get in. It was $300 jumping line. Whoa. It was 90s. They was paying it. This is a big drug mill Atlanta. They were paying. Oh, they were getting money. When crack was... Yeah. That was 80s. That was 80s. Oh, man. They were still doing like that in the 90s. Yeah. A hundred dollars to park your car. A hundred to park. That's my father. Everybody getting money, baby. A hundred dollars, nigga. This Chico bean spot. Yeah, that's what I was telling you. Money in Atlanta ain't new. This shit didn't. Oh, they been doing it, man. They been getting money. So, being a staple like that in this city, like you didn't see so many transitions happen. Like, what was your favorite time in Atlanta? Every time I'm here, man. I mean, growing up in the bluff, you know, the bluff used to be really nice, but I was there. You know, I was a kid. I was... I fucked with everybody. We don't got it that before it got bad, man. Yeah, yeah. But I fucked with everybody. I was bad when I was there, you know. I mean, when I say I fucked with everybody, I fucked with everybody. Like, niggas be on the corner singing. I run between the slap all four of the motherfuckers. You know what I was like. I'm about ten years old. Because I want them to run at me. You know what I'm saying? Yeah. They be on the corner. Oh, God! I slap the shit out of them. And I used to have a pocket full of rocks. What does that sound like when you slap? Rock! They be like, what the fuck? By the time they look up, I'm gone. They run at me. So I used to keep a pocket full of rocks. Right. You know what I'm saying? You know what I'm saying? Hit a tree. I climb a tree and throw them at the motherfuckers. Because they catch me and they beat the hell out of me. Right. I didn't care that everybody beat the hell out of me. But I get in a tree. Pop! Pop the air with a rock. So you climb up tree with more rocks. Oh, man. Like a damn squirrel. I used to climb up like a squirrel. Great, man. So give us a real-life story. I'm 28, might be 29. I've been on the bluff, me and the bluff. That's probably the hoodiest part on the west side. It's always been the hood. You've seen the crazy shit you're seeing in the bluff. The crazy thing I've seen. I was raised on James P. Brod. It was chestnut then. It was chestnut back then. But it was James P. Brod. And I've seen the police pull a car over. And then pull another car over. And the dude they put in the police car, got back in his car and drove off. Because he was snitching. He set him up to buy the drugs. And then the police let him go after he got the real people they wanted. You know, they do stuff like that. I don't see him, I don't see him, I don't see him, I don't see him brothers, I don't see him brothers walk out with the police. And they're like, he fan of the fly. He pointed at Jocals, who's selling dope. I've been in the barbershop on Kennedy Street. And James P. Brod. Do walk in and say, hey man, y'all want to buy a tight ride over the TV? We're like, what? Tight ride over the TV. He done stole a desktop computer. What you on for, man? Give me $25. Brand new. Hey man, I've seen a dude. I've seen a dude with a little bit of video cameras. Crack head and say, man, I got one. Jella ain't there, but it big. He got a two on it. Two on it. He done stole the camera off the Channel 2 news truck. I see the white guy panicking. I don't know if this camera, I say, wait a minute. You get it back. Might cost you about $400. I say, he got it right there. Dude said, I sent it to you for $400. He done stole it off the Channel 2 news truck. It's the kind of stuff you see in the bluff. Brother walked out the bushes on it. You be at the bus stop, just come through the booth with that. Fuck you being, man. This is what you see, man. So you know, the bluff is like the hood hood. But now they... They're trying to get it right. They doing them edges. I see the white guy running out back here. I said, do you know yet? Okay. Two more blocks. You see how great it is. How many shows have you had that was just full of redness? Check this out, man. When I first started, years and years ago, I wanted to do some work. I had the agency to book me. It used to be called the Comedy Zone. The office in Greensboro. That's where I started my career. That's where I started my career. And I walk on stage, man, I haven't been doing comedy about maybe eight, nine months. What year you started? Oh, my God, 88, 89. And I walk on stage, and I'm telling my jokes, I'm doing all my face expressions. You know how you do your face expressions. And he's sitting there like a motherfucker. I'm like, y'all blind? The motherfucker said, yes. They don't send me to an all-blind show. I'm doing my face expressions and everything. I said, y'all blind? Yes, matter of fact, we are. I said, God damn. At the blue room one night, the blue room in blockhead, we had two shows on Friday night. First show. All blind motherfuckers. They got the whole bus outside. Second show, they had two bus. Who the fuck y'all call? The most redneck show I did was two shows. I don't know. What scared me one time went to an area in Bristol, Ireland. It's in the Carolinas. And I walked out and every guy had a big beer. You know what I got? It was easy talk. One guy said, go ahead and do your jokes, brother. Shit, we catch them. And they were good. But I thought they were redneck, but they loved it. That's why I say funny is funny. Have a good time. Do your thing, don't switch up. I think I went to Buffalo, New York one time. Buffalo, New York. I said, man, I probably seen about 10 brothers. I said, yo, yo, yo, yo, show me the right spot. I'm like, hey, give me the white people fuck with me. But I went out there and I said, man, nigga, nigga, nigga, nigga. Them folks were like, ha! I'm done. Like I said, I started at the comedy zone. I used to emcee on the weekends, every Friday and Saturday. And it was all white people. Now, when you used to start the comedy zone, was it in the brick building or was it in the Plaza? It's in the brick building. Two years ago it was in the Plaza. Two, it was a big pool room. It's still like that. It's still like that. So how it work is, you come to the comedy zone, and then after the comedy zone, they give you a free ticket to get in the earths on the peace. The earths on the peace, they over there. I'm talking about Cotteni Joe. Where did you come from? Where did you go? Where did you come from? Cotteni Joe. Them motherfuckers over there doing a white people electric slide. It's real, bro. So you learn that way for real. You learn like a motherfucker. That's crazy. What advice would you give to the up-and-coming comedians? Uh-huh, key thing. Do your own material. Stay creative. And work your social media. Because now managers, agents, they don't even want you now unless your social media is built up. But if my social media is built up, what do I need with you? You feel me? Chris Tucker was the smartest one ever. Chris Tucker got an entertainment lawyer. He didn't have a manager or agent. His lawyer acted as manager and agent. That's the only person he paid. And I took Chris Tucker in 1995 and 96. And that's when he did dead presidents and he did money talk. He ripped it. He got money. He got money. He is a Latin-native too, right? Decatur. He's from Decatur. Columbia Drive. Yeah, yeah. It's over there. Used to be over there. Yes, right? East Side got a lot of hoods. That would make them so big. West Side is Elana. But the West Side is Elana. The East Side is not Elana. You got a little bit apart of Elana. You got Decatur. What's the other shit? This one. They talking Georgia. All the negative. Conyers. See, back in the day when everybody was living on the West Side and they made money, they started moving to Decatur. Tell them when they were on the West Side. See, West Side, it was just all black. But when I was at Washington High, you know Washington High. She asked me. I graduated from Washington High. Back in 77. You know, I'm keeping it for real stuff. Washington High had the baddest band in the city. 5,000 in the band. There used to be so many band members when we played a team. The band used to sit on the home side. We had to sit on the guest side because it filled up the whole stadium. Back in the day. Baddest band in the world. We played Southwest Cab in 1978 and it wasn't a brother in that school. Southwest Cab was really white. You know what I'm saying? But then everybody started moving to Decatur. They moved to Decatur. Now Southwest is all black. Now they got the biggest band. Probably one of the best bands. In 1978, it was all white. So, you know. So there were more folks starting to start. That's how we felt like. Especially like Lothon in autumn. They got big ass houses. And they got the baddest bitch. You know West Side. You got the hood. I hear you. Fucking each other. Get out of my face. West Side with the weed. Don't get me wrong. They got some little cubes around the way. We'll try and get to the East Side. But the West Side girls help you beat the child's system. You know what I'm saying? That's what you need. Run that mall. I got all alone. They been crazy. I ran out of feathers. They been crazy. Paper towels. She got everything. She'll tell you when she get out of the car. Keep the car running. Old Scandinavian West Side chick. You know how scary that'll be? You go on the first day with the bitch. You say, come on this story real quick. Keep the car running. She run out with a handful of shit. You know how scary that'll be? Run to your car. She ain't tell you. And she'll do the shoot. Get in the trap. West Side girls. West Side girls be more gangsta than nigga. Yes, sir. You got to be careful with that. Girl, tell you to pick her up over here. Keep going. That's every hood. That's good to know. West Side is the way to go. Meet you at the strange station. If you go on the East Side and you get the chick, bring it to the West Side. Don't stay over there. Don't stay over there. Bring over here and let her know. It's like East Side niggas can smell one of the niggas who ain't from the East Side over there. They can. You park your car and then you look at this. A hundred motherfuckers like ants or something. God damn it! But that's how I always used to be though until now it's starting to get like probably like a past eight years like motherfucka really just been kicking it. I ain't never had no East Side friend. I never had no East Side friend. That's what I've been telling you. West Side niggas don't go over there. Now I got East Side pundas. You know what I'm saying? Shout out to my boy Troll. We kicking it. But some East Side niggas still ain't got West Side friends. They just stay on East Side. I remember East Side doing something. He called me like, hey nigga, you straight? I'm like, yeah, I'm good. I mean, you on East Side. East Side with no joke. East Side get busy. I mean, they went no joke, man. You know what I'm saying? But then you had the Hollywood Road brothers, the back-head nigga, you know what I'm saying? You had a triple nigga, man. I had a triple Tipper nigga, man. The panelist here on. He got home. The panelist home. A pair at home. Across the door, nigga. That whole little area? Oh yeah, Vine City. They used to run me out of pair at home. You used to be a little area that had a bunch of plongs. We used to call it Plong Valley. We go over there and pick plongs. So a pair at home, what y'all doing over here, nigga? You know, we back here. Go ahead, I'm on. I started talking to y'all. Got on my bike and tried to run. Right after that, dude ran and caught me. I'm on the bike. I did your... Where you going, big boy? Did you run and catch me? Did you run and catch me, man? You got it. God damn, plong. Took my plong. Fuck all y'all, y'all still talking shit. I didn't even ride the bike. I pushed the bitch, y'all were over there. I did my fucking... caught me running. I'm on a bicycle. Peer on. For no joke, man. Man. This shit so cool. I know, man. Just being here and being able to talk that shit. You got to come back. This is your part. Man, I don't want to come back, man. I don't want to focus. Fuck what people say. Fuck what people say about you. Keep moving. Stay focused. When you're in this business, you got to have a ton of vision. Look straight. Fuck all that on the side. Look straight, because you're going to the top. That's what it's all about. Shadowed cheek, man. It took us a minute to get you in. I got to do a comment, man. Hey, man, drop me your social media. Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, that my Bruce Bruce. Tell me your likes and your dislikes. If you don't like me, tell me. I can fix it. You know what I'm saying? But if you like me, tell me your love, man. I love you, too. Hey, man, well, there you have it. Another episode of the 85 Shop Show. The Legend series. Hey, man. Yes, sir. Appreciate you. Thank you, man. Let's get it. Shake it up. Yeah. Damn, man. Yes, indeed. Got one. I got to find me a knockout, man. I brought you some storage t-shirts, too. Bad. I need a smile. Come on, time. Come on, get it. Don't stop, man. That's all, man. How you doing? Okay. Come on. Here you go, man. What size is this? Okay, this is me. All right. Oh, that purple. You say nobody got that purple. This is her. Mr. Green. Pleasure to meet you, man. Yes, sir. You missed it, yeah. What's going on, man? Pleasure to meet you, bro. Okay. Yeah, this is mine. Okay. Okay. I'm going to put these right there. Brother. Okay, bet. Wow, bro. Who was around when you started? Who you started? It took me out of the room. John Witherspoon. Ronaldo Rape. No, don't rape. That was my man. That was my man. I had some rest in peace. I had some haters, too, now. I know. I used to be the coming out theater here in Atlanta. You know, it was big. It was out of California, out of LA. And there was a host from Chicago named Chris Charles. He laid his eyes on me. He hated me from the job. Every week I come in and sign and go on the amateur night, he would never put me up. Never. That happened like six months. I could have easily quit and walked away. I went to him like a player. He put me right after the feature and the host one night. Then he brought me up and asked me, got this fat motherfucker coming up here, got high bars in his pocket. He's called him the chocolate hippie. You know what I'm saying? I said, you know, I'm from right around here. When I come, you look like a chocolate sister. Nobody never said that back to him. He ain't gonna try to compliment me. You don't like me. I don't like you. But I'm gonna keep it real with you. Did you like that? But now, where's he at now? Who knows? You feel. We talk about people like, Jamerio is just Jamerio. Before we even go on, tell these motherfuckers how cold Jamerio was at his prank. He was a bad dude, man. People didn't realize what he was, but Jamerio was bad and he never, never was scared. He was like, put me up last, put me up last. He'll do a song, he'll sing a song. He put the blue lights on me and everything. He was just that funny, man. And Rex Garvin, he was a concept cold fuck, come out with an Afro jumpsuit, platform, ain't tracking one pocket. Lil Debbie in the other pocket. Chica Wayne in the other pocket, you know what I'm saying? Real, real, real player. Nigga had a mean ass clip deal with all that shit all through that. Cold fuck, you know what I'm saying? OG. Oh, hell no. We're jumping straight in. I know, right? I don't want to leave. Fuck around with you, man. Your eye can eat, you straight. She never don't want that float food. You fish-eyed food. No, you can't play them damn ball. You quit them. Everybody out there can't play ball. Who the fuck am I trying to impress? A bunch of suckering niggas. Now they looking over you like, look at these fish-eyed food. Not a fish-eyed food. Watch and suck up. Watch and suck up when you talking to fish-eyed food. Okay. Alright, so we talking about the early part of the game. I gotta ask you this, because this is another Atlanta legend, but it's more like a