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Thank you for coming back. Part two is underway. Streaming? No, absolutely not. Should so should rappers take their music off stream to get it back to where people got to pay real money to get it? Yep, I would. I remember when it was 99 cent to listen to us. Yeah, what's up? You know what I mean? Yeah. Like so here's the thing like it costed us so much money to make those albums. It costs so much to pay a producer. But now, you know what? I think producers may make a beat for $200. Now, I'm not lying, but I know back in the gap, you know, a Dr. Dre beat was 250 grand. You know, Timbaland beat was 150. $200,000. Wow. As the Neptunes and all of them, that shit was high. Yeah. So it would be shameful to get a beat from these top notch producers and then have to put your shit on a stream and wait for it to stream. Right. You know, 4,000. A million streams is $4,000. What? Yeah. One million streams is $4000. Wow. So you gotta get so Brady in order to get some money. You gotta do like a billion streams if you want some money. Yeah. So like Drake and Kendrick, they doing billions. They doing billions of streams, so they getting money. Yeah. Beyonce, Taylor Swift streams, you know, but it's too much red tape, man, in between that, because you don't never know. It's kind of like the record selling too. You don't know how many records you really sold. Right. You know what I mean? What they tell you, it's just go by what they tell you, you know. But the streaming, I still. I'm still not hip to how this works. Right. And that's why I'm not putting out any new music. I'm not releasing any new music because it would just be all done in vain. Because those people have come up with something so slick to cut us all the way out the money, you know, the mom and pop saved hip hop, the mom and pop saved our lives. Because if we couldn't do anything else, we could sell 100,000 records and make a million dollars. God forbid. You sold a million records and made $10 million. You know. But you used to go back in the day, you looked forward to going to the shop and getting the vinyl. You did. And you read the credits. Yes. And you can roll the square on the record. You say yes. Yeah. You know, you pop the cassette in. I introed my album, the fix. I got this brand new face tape. I'm about to pop in the deck for you. Turn up the radio. You know what I mean? Yeah. Like we had jams, man, and they sold. Not just listening to shit, man. And I'm gonna listen to this and I'm gonna pay him half a penny, but after this, I want to hear something else and pay them half a penny. No, you had to buy that Body of work? Yeah. Like, you can't. You can't. Like a real artist, man, you can't judge their body of work by one song. Okay? I would prefer way more if someone would just listen to an album from front to back. That's why all my shit jam from front to back. Because I had a chance to listen to my album from front to back. Right. And it jammed. You had Def Jam South. You was running Def Jam south when you discovered Ludacris. I can't say I discovered Ludacris. He fell in your lap. A whole lot of shit fell in my lap. Ludacris was already doing numbers, you know, he was already. He was on the radio. Yep. And he already. 30,000 records sold already on that what's yous Fantasy. Yep. So he was like a hands off artist to me. And he just fell in the lap. Def Jam picked it up and pushed it a little further. But you gotta think about all of the other artists that slipped through the crack. You had an opportunity. What, you tried to get TI Tried to get Ross. Yeah. David Banner started naming him. I tried to bring him over there. But back then, the music that was coming from down south was so iffy to them. Like the music from down south was so iffy to them. They wasn't on it like they on it right now. You know, at first you never. You didn't hear that right. Coming from the east coast of California, now, that's all you hear. Even if you're not from down south, your music still sound like you from down South. Correct. That's crazy. Yeah. But it is what it is. What have you learned about money, Face? It's only. Money is like religion, man. It's only as good as the person who has it or who believes in it. You know what I mean? Cause you could be. You could be a very, very rich person and create a facade, you know, for everybody else. Like you're the best person in the world. Right. But when you're elected and the lights get put on you, then they realize what kind of piece of shit you really are. Or you can be just a regular person with no money and be the greatest person in the world. So it's only as good as the person who believes in it or has it. It's like religion. I think Fat Joe said on his podcast Joe and Jada that rappers live paycheck to paycheck. You believe that it's possible. It's possible. Cause you gotta think about it. You get paid. Well, I don't know how to get paid now. I don't know how to get paid now. But you got paid twice a year. That's it. So you had to make that money last. Yeah. Oh, you had to do a lot of shows, right? Yeah. You got paid in September and March. Oh, the game is. The game is all the way around. Crooked right? You know, and. And. And. And, nah, you sold all of those records, and you get paid twice a year. And then they got something they call reserves. They put some records in reserves in case they come back. And it's like, damn. Then you never see that. And then it's like, wow, they got a cold system going on. But it is what it is, right? You know, that's the way they designed it. And I'm looking at all of the older artists that's, like, older than me. I'm looking at George Clinton get all his shit back. You know, they got it to where. So your thing's gonna revert back to you after what, 25 years? 35. 35. So you ain't got but, like. You ain't got but, like, 10 to go. 10? Yeah, you ain't got much longer. You think I'll be here that long? Yeah, you'd be here. Okay. Yeah. I mean, come to Houston, man. You copyrights. Exactly. I'm not kicking it with you, bro Face. No, sir. Same age. I mean, we. You just talk age. You say same age, we close in age. I said, you didn't say the same close. Bruh, you almost 60. Well, damn, Face, why you giving out my info, bruh, Ain't nobody ask you that but you. I got the cards. Why you get. Hey, but you know what, though? You just talked. We talked about snitching early. You remember you mentioned snitching. You mentioned. Hey, but you know what, though? When you walked in the building, I say, man, that man walk like, don't nothing hurt. What they do. I got artificial hips. Fake. Yeah. And then you don't feel none of that pain, huh? No. Boy, when I get up, man, I be everything hurt. Man, you get your hips replaced, man. I mean, I've been there. I mean, hurt sitting down, hurt walking, hurt sleeping, hurt standing hurt. Everything hurt, Man, I might need to get a new hip. They put. You got two hips. Got both of them. They put two hips in? Yeah. What they look like? Perfect. I mean. Cause you gotta realize your hips. No, I'm just. No, I'm not arthritic. Your hips are. They call probably arthritic. And so they go in. So you got like some hips that came off a horse or they made you some hips. They're a ball. Cause the hip socket is a ball. So they just took the old hip out. So a hip is a ball? Yes. Ball socket. Yes. Face, did you see the. Did you actually see the actual hip? Yes. I could have kept it. I was like, nah, I'm good. You don't ever wanna remember that shit no more, huh? That was a bad cheers. Yeah. I got up out the chair, man, and channel like, damn. Face. Yeah, man, what's wrong with you, man? That shit hurt, man. I play golf every day and I'm hurting right now. Look like you played football every day. Hey, shit, I'm gonna bake your ass, man. You better leave me alone. My bad, my bad, my bad. Leave me alone. Can we just tell the story we told talking to Face off camera? Face got kids. Six, seven. Who cares? Hey, this sound like a. He sound like a. He sound like a. He sound like an old ass nigga that coached Lily T ball. Everybody get over there. Everybody get over there and pick them balls up. Daniel, get your glove off the ground, son. What's wrong with you? I. But I read you where you said you would. You terrible. You bad father. You weren't. You were. Yeah, no, I'm terrible. Have you gotten better? Because you got. Have I gotten better? Chris. Damn. He all right. Chris say he all right. I missed the question. Oh, he said, tell. I ask the question again. So Faith said he. He didn't do too well as a father. No, he. He better now. Chris. Yes. I say, yeah. He said, yeah. Chris wouldn't lie. Shit. Chris lying. Now, I. Whether it happened because you were so young, because your oldest. I mean, you had your oldest, like 17. Yeah, I didn't really. I didn't really look at fatherhood as, like being a father. I just figured you'd throw money at it and cover it up. But watching my children with their children, it made me a better father. I was like, oh, shit. So this is what it is. Yeah. You know, you're a better grandfather than you are a father, than you were a father. I can say that for sure. Yeah. My grandson come by the house the other day, man, and that. That chump. That chump walking and, you know, my other grand boy, that chump walking and talking. And every time he see me go, hey. That's what I say to him. I'll be like, hey. When he see me on the face, I'm like, hey, what'd they call you? Grandpa Face G. G. Yeah, but. But Chris. Papa. Yeah. They called me papa. Yeah, he started that shit. That's all right. I'll get him back. That's what my grand called me. My grandson called me papa. I want to be papa. Man. That's too bad. What you thought? What you are you fucking 60? Bro, bro, you are 60 as close. I'm 36 months older than you, man. That man counting, I would have been like, that's why I should have stayed in school, huh? Man, I can't remember, man. I can't remember nothing, man. I can't remember nothing, man. Are you cool? Are you. You cool with the parents, with their mom? I think so, yeah. Cuz you ran into a parent. But you know what? At this point, it ain't even about being cool with the moms no more. It's about being cool with the kids. But you had a situation where you was giving cash to one of the moms and not through the court. Yeah, I mean, everybody's gonna go through that shit. Yeah, everybody's gonna go through that shit, man. And I think that that is probably the most unfair thing that you could do to a man. As a matter of fact, that creates a strain in parenting. You know what I mean? You be like, man, I wanna spend time with my dad and be like, you was a. You was a token. You was a check, you. Wasn't that Right? This ain't that. You know, you was a pawn for a bigger scheme. I don't. And it's sad, you know, that that kid has to suffer like that. Yeah. Because the lady want to drag the parent, the other parent through some shit, and it's all on us. You had to go through this shit too. I have. Yeah. So everything fall on the dude, you know, when. But we were young. I think the thing is, face, like, when you young, you don't really. It's not like, you know, if you have kids like in your late 20s, early 30s, but when you having kids as a teenager in your early 20s, y' all don't know how to be no parent. And you're not doing what's in the best interest for the kid. I. I get mad at you. I'm trying to punish you, but I'm actually hurting the kid. And it wasn't till you start to realize, like, look, come on now, it's about them. It ain't about us. And then once you realize that, you're like, okay, okay, okay. Yeah, well, in my case, big brother, and in a whole lot of cases, and I can speak for a lot of men out there, like, in that situation that had a lot of money, it's guys that don't want to parent them kids. Some kids. Because the mother used that kid as a payday. He like, here, I'm just gonna pay you off. I don't want nothing to do with either one of y'. All. And that's some bad shit, too. Yeah, it is. Absolutely. You know, but it is what it is. If mama would have been, you know, straight up in the beginning, then that wouldn't have been the result in the end. Right. And don't do bad shit to everybody else because you know the shit didn't work out with you. Right. You know, don't be bitter at him because it didn't work out. You know, just take that. Yeah. You have to do. Sometimes you just have to bite your lip and do. You know, hey, I understand. You don't like me, but hey, I'm still gonna come get the kid. They going to the super bowl, they gonna be with me during the summer. They gonna do all that stuff, all that shit, all that. I get it. Yeah. Yeah. And it works like that. In some cases. You have to. Chris just left, but Chris is your son and he gave you second chance at life. He gave you a kidney when you found him. I gave him the first chance. Nah, I'm messing with you. Go ahead. Nah, you found out because obviously you gotta go to Match. It's not a match. That's not. That's not true. No. If me and you. Yeah. We'd have to see if we match. Right. But he come out my nut bag, right. So I know that's my kid. You know what I mean? Yeah. So how do you ask a son? I did not really. He asked me. You broke down crying, didn't you? No, not then. I probably could now, though. Cause he saved my life. Yeah. You know what I mean? I said, nah, I need a Ferrari. That's what you woulda said, rotten motherfucker. That's why I ain't call you. That's the main reason why I ain't call your ass. Cause I knew what you was gonna say. Chris. Hey, Chris. You should have held out, Chris. You could have gotten. And then just this past, I think it was, what, October. You had the heart. August. August, yeah. Yeah. Were you short. Were you having shortness of breath? What was going on? So I had an aortic hernia back in 2014. And when they scoped me, they noticed that I had an aneurysm on my aorta, a small one. And they was like, you Know, we ain't gotta do nothing now, but we gotta watch it. And I was like, okay, cool. And I was like, well, y' all might as well go on and fix it if he can, you know. He said, nah, we gotta cut you off. And I was like, no, thanks. You're right. Yeah, no, thank you. And as time went on, man, time went on. We was watching. We was watching it. We was watching it. We was watching it. Caught the COVID Kidneys fell, you know, running the heart, you know, they didn't know what the COVID was. I was probably one of the first people in America to have this shit. Wow. Yeah. And they seen what it did to your heart, seeing what it did to your lungs and all this. And they noticed that the little thing was getting bigger, the aneurysm was getting bigger. Fast forward to kidney transplant. It's there. It's time to go ahead and get it done right? You know? But I pushed it off, pushed it off, pushed it off, pushed it off, pushed it off for years. And it kept getting bigger and bigger. It just wouldn't go. It's not going to go away. That problem is one of those ones that just don't go away. So my cardiologist did. He worked me up and looking at it and introduced me to my surgery. His name is Dr. Andrea Corte. Probably the most sought after, best heart surgeon in the world. He did babies, you know, he did their surgery, right? So he's really, really incredible. Long story short, man, he was like, man, he wanted to put me on a transplant list to get a heart transplant. Wow. Yeah. He said, man, why don't you do a CT scan so I can just see what I'm up against, Right. You know, so that Friday, well, that. Whatever day that was, we did the CT scan. He saw it or whatever. And then I say, well, I'm gonna be ready when I come off this tour. And I can't remember what month that was. I think it may have been February or something. And he insinuated to, you know, he said something to the extent of like, I may not have that much time, but I didn't want to have this shit done in the first place. So I was willing to run, Run the risk of dropping dad on stage if I had to. Right? That's real shit. It's real shit. When I came back off the tour, I had an appointment and he said, we're gonna schedule it. This was in April or June. We were scheduling it for August. Right? All right. So time kept coming near, kept getting near kept just coming, cycling, man. I go to the doctor and they wanna do another CT scan. And I opted out of it Friday. That Friday. I said, I'll come back Monday and do it. Cause I gotta be in here Tuesday to do the surgery anyway. So I went in there Monday morning and got the CT scan done. And they were looking at it and everybody looked nervous and worried, right? And I told him, take this shit out of my hand. I'm not staying here. I'm having surgery in the morning. I'm gonna go. And one of those doctors came in and told me. He was like, hey, man, you coming in in the morning to have surgery? I said, yeah. He said, good. Don't forget, right? I left. I'm having lunch with. With a good friend of mine and her bodyguard. And they called my phone and she said it was the surgeon coordinators that said, the doc said, you need to be back in the hospital now. You need to be back in the hospital right now. I say, well, I got a tee time. Tell the doctor. Tell the surgeon to call me and tell me that himself. So two seconds later, my phone rings and I say, damn, doc, it busted. He said, I don't know if it happened a week ago or 10 minutes ago, but you need to get back now. So I went and I got me a pint of ice cream and some butter pecan. No, vanilla from homemade vanilla. And I went to French's. Cause I knew that was it. So you said, I'm gonna have me some vanilla ice cream. What drinks you had? Some fried chicken. Fried chicken? Yeah. I went to the hospital, man. And I remember my mama saying that it's just a win win for him. If he live, he win. If he die, he win. And shit. I got up a couple of days. I didn't even know. I didn't even know it was. I thought it was like the same, right? It was like two days later. It was like a day and some change later. Yeah. Like, I was out of there. And when I woke up, they had the tube in my mouth and I could breathe, but I couldn't breathe right? So Ms. Felicia was like, put him back down. Putting it back down. Like I was trying to take that tube out of my mouth. But they had me strapped down and I couldn't breathe right? So they put me back out again. And then they put me. They put you in a coma? Had you. They put me back out, but the lady was trying to get me to do shit. And I was like, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh. And all of a sudden I just went.