I dohavethisthingwhereyou'reconsciousofthefactthatyoudon't wanttobeliketheoldguy, becauseyoucanfeelitbeinglikenoneofthisnewkidsdon't knowhowtorhymeforwhateverdumbtakeyouhaveonit.
Um, here's actuallytherealthingabout I thinkhiphopisthatitbecamesobigthatthereis a lotofgarbage.
A lotofbullshitbecauseit's sobig.
I rememberas a kidgoingtomusicstores.
Youkneweverybodybecauseitwaslike 18 people.
QueenLatifahrun D M C E p M d gangstarRockhim L L Cool J M.
I wasn't stillfuckNike, butNikeman 100% don't fuckwiththatcompany.
Areyoustillrideordieonthreestripes?
Yeah.
I mean, I wasinPortland, which I didn't know.
I alwaysknewNikewasupthere.
I didn't know.
Actually, theybothare.
Theroadupthere.
I haveheardthebestthingabouthowmuchtheyhateeachother.
I did a showupthere, andthisdudewhowasopening.
Theshow's emceeingtheshowwasdoing.
Therehegoes.
Yeah, I usedtobe a messengerhereintown, but, Dr, youknow, packagesaroundtownandNikeandAdidasAirsocompetitiveinPortlandthattheywouldknowthatLet's say a prototypefor a shoewasbeingputin a boxanddrivenacrossbecausetheyhavesomanypropertiesaroundtown, theywouldpayyoutostopandtakepicturesoftheotheronesprototype.
Hewassomad I couldgiveyoutheshittiestshoeswehave, Um, a littlebit.
I don't seeyoureturnthechocolatemilk.
We'restillgood.
Whatcitywouldyousay?
Hasthemostsavagehecklers?
Wolfman, Thatis a toughone.
There's a lotofanimalsoutthere.
I mean, oneofcrazyshows I'veeverhadisinMiami.
Miamirunsonsavagery.
Dude, theywouldjusttalktoyouinthecrowd, Likeasyou'reonstage, Like I don't knowaboutthat.
Andyou'relike, I'm not.
Thisisn't a pressconference.
I'm justdoingmything.
Andit's intwolanguages.
PeopleyellingshitinSpanishtoyou.
Mynameisprettycrazy.
Phillydoesn't fuckaround.
Um, yougotit.
Yougottocomewith, like, a littlemoreaggression.
I feellikeinthosecitiesandfuckit.
I mean, Houston, they'repsychos, too.
AndthenmyfavoritethingthatyoudoontheroadiswhenyoutrolltheselocalmorningshowslikewhenyouwentanddidRiverCityliveinJacksonvilletoannouncethatyou're a gendernonbinary?
Reaganasked.
I wanttomakeitlastyear, youknow, I cameoutasPolly, andbyandnow I'm proudtosaythat I'm nonbinary.
Whatisthat?
Isthereany?
Istheremoretothis?
What's thereactiontosituationslikethat?
Doyoufindthatthesehosjustsortofblindlygowithit?
Dotheyknowthatyou'rejoking?
Doyouevergetchewedoutwhenthecamerascut?
I'vehadthefullspectrumofreactions.
Thatone.
Thatladywasreallyupset.
I couldkindoftellshe, Yeah, there's oneparttowhere I waslike I saidsomethingaboutmygenderbeingfromouterspace.
Andifyouseeher, shegoeslikelikeshereallyiskindoflike a lookofdisgust.
Andwhenwecut, shewaslike, I don't knowwhat's happeninghere.
And I heardthesedadbonersbehindme, likeboringhimtotears.
Andthen I waslike, I gottotrysomeand I wentuptohim.
Hewasreallynice.
And I gavehim a DVDbecauseatthetime, thosewerethingandandthen I satbackdownandhecomesbackoveras I'm seated, putshishandonmyshoulder, andhegoes, uh, heleansintomyHerehegoes.
Therefore, I gettodecideiscompletenonsenseandalsotheideathat a lotoftimesyou'llseethesthinkpieceswritten, youknow, outragedaboutBaba, andthey'llgiveyou a lineortwolinesandyou'relike, Dude, thatisnotthecontextinwhichthatwasperformed.
Tommyjusthasn't aneightandinnateabilitytosensethatheat, Findhiswaytoitandfanit, makeitgrowlike a fatJohnnyCarson.
What I findfascinatingisthatinthisnarcissisticworldwhereeveryonewantstowantstooutputtheirmomentofgreatness, hopingforfameandinsistingoncreditforstufftheymayormaynothaveaccomplished.