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Ice Cube
Character. Not really. Just one. People that are funny, people that you can use that fit the mold of the character that you're trying to envision when it comes to shooting this film. So I'm putting my name in the hat. I'm putting my name in the hat early, you know, so if you get everybody.
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Justina Valentine
I got a long line, man. Come on, joint. Just jump in the line, man. Bring a lunch.
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Ice Cube
Well, listen, if you have, if, listen, if you have any, if you have any type of auditions, regardless of how long the line is, I'm better than the whole line. I'm not worried about that.
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Justina Valentine
I just need the opportunity, baby.
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Ice Cube
All right.
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Justina Valentine
I'll definitely have you come in and get back.
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Ice Cube
Oh, yeah, let me know. I got my sad call too. So, you know, I'm experienced. I. I know about. No, listen, hurry up and wait. I know about that all too well. So just let me know when.
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Justina Valentine
Got you, Cube.
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Warren G
You going on the headline tour. Your truth to power. Four decades of attitude. This tour celebrates your 40 year legacy as a rapper, producer, filmmaker, entrepreneur and a cultural icon. It kicks off September 4th. What made you decide to say, you know what? It's time for QB hit the road again.
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Justina Valentine
To him, I've always been torn, you know, I've always, you know, done dates, but you know, to do a fully production, a full production, so to speak, is something I haven't done, you know. And after being in the game for four decades, you know, it's time to really just focus on the career, you know, not only celebrate the music, but also show the influences what made me write this kind of music, you know, growing up. Coming up, the events, you know, we're gonna cover the 80s, the 90s, 2000s, and you know, up until the 2000s. So it's, you know, it's just, you know, for Ice Cube fan, you know, this is, you know, a way to get closer to me as an artist, to understand me as an artist, understand some of the song that I've done throughout my career and then jam out, you know, I mean, I got, I got a lot of hits over, over these 40 years and a lot all that and you know, do some of the songs that, you know, sometimes I don't get to on some of these other shows. But now we're gonna in the production. It's gonna be cool and fun.
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Warren G
I, I don't know, I don't hold it in this, Cube, but I don't know which is worse, the Raiders or that WI Fi. But they're both pretty awful.
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Justina Valentine
Man. Don't be saying it's my WI Fi, man. I don't ever.
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Warren G
Who WI Fi you think it is?
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Justina Valentine
Y', all, y' all in two different places. Y' all ain't in the same spot.
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Warren G
It's a thousand people.
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Podcast Host
I know.
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Warren G
And we got, and we got no issues. You mentioned, you mentioned Cube, that yeah, this tour is going to be about spanning your career 40 years. You probably are part of one of the most influential, if not the most influential groups because you ushered in something. The gangster rap era. You nwa, you Dre, Easy, Doc, Yellow. At the time when y' all put this together, did y' all realize that damn near 40 years from now that people was gonna pay, give you your due and pay you homage to what you guys had done? Did you, did you think about that when you guys were putting this group together?
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Justina Valentine
Not at all. You know, we didn't even think about, you know, so called ushering in the, the gangster rap era because at the time when we did our music, all rappers had their own styles. It wasn't, it wasn't a follow the leader type of deal. It was either you create your own style or you're not gonna rise to the top. So, you know, we created our own style out here on the west coast and we had no idea that the whole rap game would start to do the kind of music we were doing, you know. Yeah, because there was, you know, all kind of groups out when we first started in 19, in 85, 86, 87, 88, 89. It was so many different styles of rap, you know, from the Daisy Age to, you know, you had, you know, Jungle Brothers, you know, you had Fat.
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Warren G
Boys to grab, Master Flash and the Furious Five, Melee. Mel, you had Big Daddy Kane, you had Cool Modi, you had LL, you had KrF, one rock.
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Justina Valentine
You had. You had so many different flavors. Yeah. Nowhere in the world did we think once we do this, all the flavors would turn into this flavor, you know, because that was actually considered a no, no. You couldn't bite nobody's style and make it.
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Chad Johnson
And.
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Justina Valentine
And so, you know, it was kind of a domino effect after the. The music came out. But it was no way for us to say, hey, it's time for this now, because we were fans of all that other music, too. We was fans of Big Daddy Kane and epmd. And I'm saying dollars. Yeah. You know, so we fans on all that music.
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Warren G
Run.
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Justina Valentine
DMC was king.
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Warren G
Yep.
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Justina Valentine
You know, so Houdini.
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Chad Johnson
Yeah.
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Justina Valentine
You know, it was like. It was. It was a great time for. For hip hop, for sure.
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Ice Cube
Hey, Cube, man, you. You. You are a legend, man. You're a legend. You're an icon. And when I think about. And I sit back and I think about everything you've done, we took about 40 years, you know, between Hollywood Walk of Fame Star, Rock and Roll hall of Fame induction, Basketball hall of Fame recognition. Do any of these accolades hold a particular special place for you? And which one would mean the most to you or collectively? Do all of them kind of equal the same? Are they all equally yoked?
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Justina Valentine
We started off in music, so Rock and Roll hall of Fame is big because.
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Warren G
Yeah, okay. That's the crescendo.
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Justina Valentine
No, that's what all started.
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Ice Cube
Yes, sir.
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Chad Johnson
The.
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Justina Valentine
The Walk of Fame is cool if they keep. Keep it clean. You know, you got to go up there. Coming down a little bit here and there. Yeah.
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Chad Johnson
And.
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Justina Valentine
And look, you know, having an award in the Basketball hall of Fame is something that, you know, you cannot even. That couldn't even be in my dreams because I had no way.
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Warren G
Yeah, because you can't hoop.
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Ice Cube
Yeah.
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Warren G
How you get in the hall of Fame?
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Justina Valentine
You know, I could around get a triple double. Only you.
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Warren G
Any day.
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Justina Valentine
Any day. You know what I'm saying? So, you know, being in that, you know, it's kind of like a. A pleasant surprise. But the hall of Fame, you know, something every artist, you know, looks to. To achieve as far as recognition from the industry and in the music industry, a lot of mavericks, you know, A lot of. A lot of people on their own page. So, you know, when they all come together and say, you know, you wanted those top artists in history, you know, that means a lot.
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Warren G
Hugh. Every year we have this. There's this. The top 30 greatest diss songs. And normally within the top five, top ten. No Vaseline.
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Ice Cube
Yeah.
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Warren G
We just had a guy had. I don't know. People are saying Drake might have. Excuse me, Katie Dot might have had the greatest diss song considering who it went up against. When you look at what you know, Vaseline.
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Chad Johnson
Yeah.
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Warren G
You look at Hit Em up, you look at Ether, you look at Not Like Us, Sheatha, Remy, Ma, Nick and Nikki going at it. Where would you. Where would you rank no Vaseline as far as diss tracks? And did you know it was gonna. It was gonna land like it? I mean, it was a bullseye. It didn't just land. It was a bullseye. Perfect.
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Justina Valentine
Hey, you know, you can't take nothing from not like us. You know, won a Grammy is that super bowl is huge. When it comes to a feud, what's the most vicious feud you can get into? Vicious feud you can get into is a family feud.
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Warren G
Yeah.
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Justina Valentine
So when it's a family feud, don't get more vicious than that.
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Ice Cube
So, yeah.
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Justina Valentine
Just because the fact that it was a family feud and we weren't close proximity and we ran in the same circles and knew the same people. No, Vaseline is hard to be because.
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Warren G
You know, you did your thing on it now.
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Chad Johnson
Yeah.
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Justina Valentine
You know, this is somebody that's far away from you is one thing, but, you know, this is somebody you can run into the next day or any day is another thing. So I just, I gotta.
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Chad Johnson
I got.
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Justina Valentine
You know what I'm gonna say, man. No. Come on now, Chad.
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Warren G
Hey, it's.
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Justina Valentine
Hey, you know how I go it.
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Warren G
It is. Hey, it is. Hey, I ain't gonna fight you because like I said, no Vaseline. Hit him up with Tupac going at Biggie Classic, Nas with ether.
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Ice Cube
Yeah.
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Ocho Cinco
Sniffing griffinsbarbecue.com. okay, coming up. Please go get it. Oh, gee, I gotta. I got a music question for you. So after. After last summer with the Kendrick and Drake, Drake beef, I know it got a lot of attention. Got the west coast with more eyes and more attention that it's had in a really long time, if we be honest.
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Chad Johnson
Yeah.
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Ocho Cinco
What advice would you give to young west coast artists about longevity in the industry? Like, and what's your takes on that?
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Podcast Host
On that.
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Chad Johnson
On that beat? As far as the Kendrick and Drake Beef. I just looked at it just like how it was with NWA and Easy, you know, or any other like Nas and, and Jay Z. Just like a battle. I looked at it like that. But you know the court stuff and all that, that ain't how we used to get down. We used to just go at until somebody just declared the winner. But I mean it's, you know, it, it, you know, they did, they both doing their thing right now. They both successful. Drake has actually got some, a really good record out that's, that's tearing up the charts. Kendrick still tearing up the charge. Yeah. So I mean it's, it's, it's a, it's, it's cool you know, that, that they, it kind of died out and they back to doing what they doing and selling records and, and, and being who they are. And as far as like the young generation, I just, I just try to tell them, you know, just, just don't, don't ruin your relationships with, with the industry or people in, in the industry. Just always be solid and carry yourself in a cool way. Don't be one of those dudes that's all over the place getting in trouble and all the time and doing crazy stuff. Just be, just be cool and be yourself. You don't need to do all of the, you know, the gun toting and all that extra because it make, make us look like animals. You just keep good relationships, have a great manager, keep some great lawyers and a great team around you that can, that can tell you when, you know, when. Okay, you know, tell, you know, you got, you got to have somebody to tell you like, man, that ain't, that ain't working, you know, and you, you gotta be able to accept the criticism from your team and not down them because they looking out for your best interest. And if you got two or three different people saying the same thing, then you got to take a couple steps back and look, say maybe they are right. Let me change this up. So you got to have a good support system as well. And just, you know, like I said, from hip hop to the NFL to basketball to baseball to soccer, whatever it is, all the young guys invest. Yeah, that's the main thing. Invest. When you get your bread, make sure you invest so you can keep that money going. So when you done with this, you still got that bag, but then you got this over here that was quietly building, right? And then, you know, it gives you it's longevity and you can relax and just, and, and be able to put all your family on and put Everybody on and. And be able to provide them with jobs and just a lot of good things.
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Ocho Cinco
I heard you keep saying this word, and you emphasized it when you said it. Team, team. You said it probably three or four times. At what point or what age or what time in your career did you realize or you have a team that really excels you? Like, how soon did you know that it had to take a team? And was it just Warren G putting.
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Chad Johnson
It together and going, No. I had a team from the start, you know, from doing my first album to getting put on by Def Jam. Just the. The support system I had with Leo and Russell and Kevin Lyles, Mike Kaiser, Julie Greenwald, Chris Lighty, Wes Johnson.
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Podcast Host
Yeah.
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Chad Johnson
They gonna be like, damn, this negative. But I had a support team. I had a support team that really. That helped me, you know, get that, get that, Get. Get to that extra steps and. And get the music out there. And at the same time, what it did was, was help a company that was going on in bankruptcy that I didn't even know about pulled it. It pulled them out of bankruptcy and saved that company. Then it opened the doors for Jay Z, dmx, Method Man, Red man, and everybody else. So that was like, what I did.
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Ocho Cinco
For them, you know, in return was going under. Going in bankruptcy.
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Chad Johnson
They was going under. They was going to bankruptcy.
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Ocho Cinco
Oh, man.
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Chad Johnson
Yeah.
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Ocho Cinco
Right around that time.
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Chad Johnson
Yes, indeed. And I saved the company and. Yeah.
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Ocho Cinco
Wow.
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Chad Johnson
And they. They a huge company now because of that. And they. They cool. You know, everybody that. That was there. I had a really good team and. And, you know, I had. I had a support system that. That believed in me. I didn't. I didn't have. They didn't have to say, well, Warren, we need you to do this. They said, do what you do, and we're gonna back you. We're gonna be behind you 110. And I was like, okay. Because some artists, they, you know, some artists, the company, to make them do what they. They want, you got to do what we want you to do, you know, and that's. That's. That's why a lot of artists go in and out.
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Ocho Cinco
You know, when you first heard that, when you first heard that Regulate Be. How quickly did them bars write themselves? Or was you able to just jump right in, get straight to it? How was that process?
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Chad Johnson
Yeah, well. Well, that. That day that I. That I had, I found the sample. I. I was out record shopping because that's what I do. I produce just as much as I. I'm an artist. I'm more. I'M a producer just as much. So I was out record digging and just digging for records. At the end of the day, I was. Went to go grab me a bite from Roscoe's. Seen a cat out there with a Crater Records. You know, he looked like he needs some help. So I was just like, man, how much for the whole crate? So he's like, you know, just give me what you want me to give. So I gave him like, I think it was 500 bucks and took the whole crate. It was about at least like 60, 70 records. And once I got home, got in the pad, started relaxing, and started listening to records to see if I could find samples or ideas that I could do for the album. So ran across Michael McDonald and the doobie Brothers. I keep forgetting that that soon as I played, brought me back to my parents, because that. That's who. Who raised me on it. So when I heard it, I was like, damn, this would be dope if I sampled this and redid it. So I sampled it, chopped it up. I still got the discs and everything that I used to in the drum machine, everything that I used to do, that's fire.
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Ocho Cinco
That's fine.
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Chad Johnson
So I. I did it, chopped it up, you know, sampled it, and had the beat going boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom. And then I put the drums behind it, added some keys, and it. It just. It was banging. Yeah, it was. It was banging. And so I was just like, who could I get on this record to. To get down with me? Because this was gonna brought us to.
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Ocho Cinco
The legendary Nate Dog.
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Chad Johnson
Yes, indeed. I called Nate. I said, nate, I got one for me and you right now, man. Let's do like how Snoop and Dre did when they went back and forth. Let's do it like this. And so I freestyled that whole first verse that it was a clear black knight, a clear white moon. Warren G was on the streets trying to consume some skirts for the eat so I could get some phones rolling in my ride. Chilling all alone.
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Warren G
I freestyled that whole.
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Chad Johnson
And then Nate came in, and Nate came in, he wrote his part, and then from there.
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Chad Johnson
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Greg Rosenthal
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Warren G
Mahomes is into the end zone. Touchdown, Kansas City.
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Greg Rosenthal
He's on it. How about Lamar Jackson?
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Podcast Host
Jackson takes it himself.
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Warren G
Look at him dart back and forth. Oh, he broke his ankles and he's got a touchdown. He is Houdini.
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Greg Rosenthal
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Chad Johnson
I started writing my parts and I freestyle started. I freestyled the, the, the last verse where I said, I'm tweaking into a whole new era. That was crazy, bro. I was straight freesty. Yeah, I freestyled that, right? Writing apart, I wrote a lot of. After the first verse, I freestyled, I wrote the rest of that and then I wrote the while freestyle, the ending part where I said, I'm tweaking. And so we did that. We did it and we, at that time we had a saying, we'd be like, man, we got to regulate that. Let's regulate this, let's regulate that. That was our word around that time. So some, I don't know, I don't know how it happened, but I, I was watching, I, I put on Young Guns. I'm watching Young Guns. And the dude on there, the one of the cats, he said, we work for Mr. Tinsdale as regulators. When he said that, I said, oh.
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Ocho Cinco
He said regulators like you really, you going about, you trying to find a Title. And. And then that time it happened.
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Chad Johnson
Yeah, that was. That. That was crazy. Definitely. Definitely. And when he said, regulators, we work for Mr. Tyndale's regulators. And then he said something, and he said, we regulate any still in this property. We're damn good, too. I took. I cut different pieces out of that whole scene. If you hear the scene, you'll be like, damn, where did that. This is way different. But I took different pieces out of what he was saying, and then I pieced it at the beginning of Regulate, and that's where I came in, where I said, regulators, we regulate. And he's still in this property. We're damn good, too. But you can't be any geek off the street. Got to be handy with the steel, you know what I mean? Earn your key. So I took all of that. That was different pieces in the. In the.
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Ocho Cinco
This is. This is different, bro. I appreciate you.
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Chad Johnson
Yeah. For real.
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Ocho Cinco
Like, you.
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Chad Johnson
Sure.
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Ocho Cinco
You sharing some real historian, too, like you. This is. Oh, this is crazy. This is crazy to hear how that. How such a classic masterpiece came to life.
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Chad Johnson
Like. Yeah.
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Ocho Cinco
And the timing of everything, too, how these pieces came through. And was Nate Dog your first call as a. As a feature? Like, did you automatically think, nate Dog.
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Chad Johnson
That'S my guy, my go to. That was my first call because that. We was. We was a group 213. You know what I mean? We was a group. Me, Snoop, and Nate. We was a group. So Snoop was doing this thing with Dre, so I'm like, let me get Nate. Let us. Let's do us one. So that's what we did. And from that point on, me and Nate was the. The perfect combination on that, and nobody does it better. Every record we've done together has been. Been really, really, really big records. And, you know, that's my go to right there.
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Ocho Cinco
You know, what's your most. What's your most memorable Nate Dog story? What's your most. The one that just.
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Chad Johnson
Just keep. You.
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Ocho Cinco
Keep close to you.
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Chad Johnson
Yeah, we was in the studio, and we got into it with each other, so he said, can I cuss?
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Ocho Cinco
Oh, yeah, go off.
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Chad Johnson
Okay. Okay. So he was like. So we. We got into it. He was like, you a. And so I said, you a. So we get into it, and.
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Warren G
Hey, I don't know. Real quick.
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Ocho Cinco
I don't know if we can cuss or not, but this is Ocho and. And Shannon Sharp show is. So go ahead and cuss. I'm cussing, too.
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Podcast Host
So go ahead.
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Chad Johnson
It's all good. So he was like, you Will, you know, you will be. And I was like, no, you will be. And so he left. And I was like, yeah, you know, I was like, f you there. Get up out of here. You know, like, tripping. So the next day, you know, he called me, you know, talking like this, woofing, so. And I'm like, you was tripping on me. No, you tripped. You was tripping. I'm like, man, I ain't got time for this. So I was like, man, I'm getting off the phone. So. So I said, I'm. I'm. He said. He said. Talking. He said, well, what time we're getting in the studio? And I was like, after all that, you talk. Three o'. Clock, let's go. So we went right back in and we went right, right back in. And was that your relationship or. Or.
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Ocho Cinco
It never really got to that before. That was the first time I got.
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Chad Johnson
We always.
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Warren G
We are. We.
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Chad Johnson
We got into it when we first was hanging out. We used to get into it a lot, but it was all. It was all good, man. That was. That's my brother, man. My best friend. Brother. All of that.
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Ocho Cinco
Him and Snoop, real legends, man. Yeah, real legends. Two, one, three. All three real legends.
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Chad Johnson
Oh, yeah.
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Ocho Cinco
I got. I got another one for you. What's. What's your favorite verse? What's your favorite Warren G verse?
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Chad Johnson
Yeah, let me see.
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Ocho Cinco
And if you can. If you got like eight of them for me, if you gotta. If you got eight bars for me of that verse. Like, if you could.
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Chad Johnson
Yeah, I'm gonna tell you that. Oh, wait, I gotta. I did a bird. Well, this one ain't. Ain't nobody heard it yet, but I got a favorite verse. I don't wanna.
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Podcast Host
Exclusive.
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Chad Johnson
Exclusive. Let me see. I'm gonna. Yeah, okay. You see that? It's the best. Warren GM Wheezy I looking straight to the scope Hair trigger East side west better take it easy Hand been put to the test Itchy trigger finger I'll be in my fresh fitted Nothing less with it if it ain't money Miss me with that funny business me and we do Wi fi We connect that fly guy off that regulator Cush till my eyes dry I'm a canine I need some with nine lives so walk a samurai I see it in her eye she got that energized I make her fantasize you looking for your lady I just left with her no regrets get it off your chest I'll be minding mine until it's time to address Feel like I am legend I'm the last left. And that's the record me and Wheezy got together. Yeah, we're working on that. That. That's. That's one with me and we. Me and Wheezy. That's coming up last. Me and Lil Wayne. We got a banger that's in the works right now. That's we. The record is done. We just getting all the clearances and stuff.
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Ocho Cinco
Come on, man. We need it. We need it. We need good music, man.
- [28:23]
Chad Johnson
I have him send it to you. I have my guy send it to you.
- [28:25]
Ocho Cinco
All right.
- [28:26]
Warren G
Please.
- [28:27]
Ocho Cinco
I love it.
- [28:30]
Chad Johnson
Yeah.
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Ocho Cinco
Great music.
- [28:32]
Chad Johnson
But let me see. I say this. Can I get in where I fit in? Sit in, listen, let me compensate. Better yet, regulate, Shake the spot with my knot made fake. Cause I don't like to dream about getting paid. I played ball through the halls of CIS With Snoop Dogg's big brother, call him dirty left, rack him up, crack them up, stack them up against the gate. The homies trying to catch me but they can't wait, wait, damn. The street lights just came on and my mama's in the streets telling me to come home? I hit the gate and I hops on my schwinn and I tell my homies all right, then. Yeah, it's kind of easy when you listen to the G pioneers on the pound. I got the sound for your wax. Did you see that? This DJ be Warren G. That was. That's. That's. That's the one right there. That's one of my favorites. The. The float.
- [29:24]
Ocho Cinco
The cadence. So fire, dog. Like, it's so original and.
- [29:29]
Chad Johnson
And.
- [29:30]
Ocho Cinco
And organic. That is fire, bro. It's fire. Not for real. No, for real, bro. Much love. You're a true legend. I love it, man. Hip hop historian, like, we miss that in music, you know? I mean, yeah, like, a lot of people got the same sound or using the same tempo.
- [29:52]
Chad Johnson
I got some records coming. I'm telling you. This record I got with Lil Wayne, I got one with Wiz, Wiz Khalifa, a smash one with Wiz. I got. It's a smash. You. It's coming. I got a record with. I got records. You know, me and Snoop that we always. We work together, but we got a really dope record. Me, him, and corrupt. It's. That ain't no fun combination again, but it's not the record. Ain't no fun, but we did a really, really, really dope record. We got some nice stuff. I got. It's gonna be. It's. It's a. Ep, but it's gonna Be an eight song ep. So it's gonna be action packed with some really good.
- [30:38]
Ocho Cinco
I'm gonna hold it down. I'm not gonna be. I'm not gonna drop that one.
- [30:43]
Chad Johnson
I'm gonna shoot the one to you. I'm gonna shoot that record to that. That. That's a really good one. I'm gonna have my guys shoot it to you. Just, you know, for you to vibe out to and have a good time with it. Really good record.
- [30:55]
Ocho Cinco
Yeah, please do. Yes, please do, man. That'd be fire.
- [30:58]
Chad Johnson
Oh, yeah. Yes, indeed. But it's all good, man. I mean, you know, I'm still at it. I love doing it.
- [31:12]
Ocho Cinco
You just tapped into so many different components of music. You was talking from a producer space, how you made the regulator beat. And you talk from an artist space, from freestyling. Writing this part like it's you just talking. So many different components. That. That's bro. That's fire.
- [31:25]
Chad Johnson
Oh, yeah.
- [31:26]
Ocho Cinco
How to listen to a beat and.
- [31:28]
Chad Johnson
Know who to who to.
- [31:29]
Ocho Cinco
Go get like Wayne. Perfect for this one.
- [31:31]
Chad Johnson
Wiz.
- [31:32]
Ocho Cinco
Perfect for this. That's bro. That's a talent, too. Because you hear some songs, it's like, man, he didn't need him on that.
- [31:38]
Warren G
One or he should have been on a different.
- [31:39]
Chad Johnson
Yeah. Yes.
- [31:40]
Ocho Cinco
Let him mess up a whole song. You feel me?
- [31:42]
Chad Johnson
Yeah, yeah, yeah. I go through that. Yes, indeed. Oh, yeah, man. But this, I love doing it. I ain't gonna stop. I'm gonna keep at it until I can't walk or something. I don't know.
- [31:57]
Ocho Cinco
Keep dropping that music.
- [32:00]
Chad Johnson
Yeah, you keep cooking up.
- [32:02]
Ocho Cinco
One more time. Let us know where we can find your. Your barbecue sauce, your dry rubs. Let us know.
- [32:07]
Chad Johnson
It's sniffing griffinsbbq.com all right, guys, we.
- [32:11]
Warren G
Got a very, very special guest joining us. She's a rapper, actress, host, freestyle extraordinaire, Justina Valentini.
- [32:21]
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Chad Johnson
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- [33:49]
Warren G
Mahomes is into the end zone. Touchdown Kansas City.
- [33:55]
Greg Rosenthal
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- [33:57]
Podcast Host
Jackson takes it himself.
- [33:58]
Warren G
Look at him dart back and forth. Oh, he broke his ankles and he's got a touchdown. He is Houdini.
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- [34:20]
Warren G
How are you doing?
- [34:21]
Podcast Host
What up, Unc? What up, Chad? What up, Joe? What's going on? How's everyone feeling tonight?
- [34:26]
Warren G
We're feeling.
- [34:27]
Ice Cube
That's what's good, man.
- [34:29]
Warren G
I am. This is look for us.
- [34:31]
Ice Cube
I'm trying to battle.
- [34:36]
Podcast Host
How much, how much money you got on it? Because you know, I'm not cheap.
- [34:39]
Ice Cube
Oh, oh. How much I got? Hey, I got 5200.
- [34:47]
Podcast Host
I'm a lot more expensive than that. 5200. Come on now. Come on now.
- [34:52]
Ice Cube
Hold on. Give me a chance. I'm gonna give you 5200 to battle. Right?
- [34:56]
Podcast Host
Got it.
- [34:56]
Ice Cube
Whatever.
- [34:57]
Podcast Host
I'm gonna post on my story for 5200.
- [35:00]
Warren G
There you go. Talk to him, Justine. Let's talk to it.
- [35:04]
Ice Cube
Hey, it sound like you scared. It sound like you said, baby, I'm not.
- [35:06]
Podcast Host
Oh, baby, I'm not scared. I just know my worth. That's one thing.
- [35:10]
Warren G
Yeah.
- [35:11]
Justina Valentine
Hey, she trying to get to the money.
- [35:13]
Podcast Host
Yeah, definitely.
- [35:14]
Chad Johnson
That's what I like.
- [35:14]
Warren G
That's what I like.
- [35:15]
Podcast Host
So. No, but, but you know, uncle, I did actually just shout you out in a, in a rap I posted on Instagram.
- [35:22]
Warren G
Did you?
- [35:23]
Podcast Host
Yeah, I did. And it's crazy because my boy, you know, Charlie Clips Battle, rap legend, he just hi me and yeah, I3 owed him already. What?
- [35:33]
Ice Cube
I3 old Charlie already.
- [35:34]
Podcast Host
Come on now, you3. Oh, Charlie clips.
- [35:37]
Ice Cube
I promise I3 old Charlie clips.
- [35:40]
Podcast Host
I'm call him right now. I'm gonna call him. I'm gonna call him and ask him.
- [35:43]
Ice Cube
All right, I will ask him.
- [35:44]
Podcast Host
So, look, he just FaceTimed me, unk, and we were talking about the show we got coming up, and I said, oh, I'm about to, you know, jump on Shay Shay and everything. He said, oh, man, you gonna tell him you just shouted him out in a rap? I said forgot. Yeah, just last week. Hey, Clips, look, I'm on here with. With, you know, un Shay Shay. We got our show Sink on here. We got Joe Johnson, and Chad right here said that he beat you in a rap. He said he three old you.
- [36:13]
Warren G
I smoked him really bad.
- [36:14]
Podcast Host
Oh, you. Oh, you smoke him crazy on YouTube.
- [36:18]
Ice Cube
He can't deny. Is he lying? Tell him. Don't tell him. Don't lie like that.
- [36:22]
Podcast Host
Oh, not.
- [36:24]
Ice Cube
Hey, Clips, you can't do nothing with me, son. Don't lie to people like that, man. What you talking about?
- [36:30]
Warren G
Oh, listen, man.
- [36:31]
Chad Johnson
Yo, I.
- [36:32]
Warren G
Look, you retired on football on your own terms. I retired you in battle rap. You never battled again after that.
- [36:42]
Ice Cube
Hold on, I'm. Wait, hey, I'm from the battle. I'm waiting on Surf to get out. I'm finna3. Oh, him.
- [36:46]
Warren G
Yo, free to wave.
- [36:48]
Ice Cube
Surf go, smokes.
- [36:49]
Podcast Host
You actually definitely free to wave.
- [36:52]
Warren G
Yeah.
- [36:55]
Podcast Host
Oh, DNA too. Oh, this is great. I didn't know he bowed. DNA too.
- [37:01]
Ice Cube
Yeah, I'm really. I'm really liking.
- [37:03]
Podcast Host
He's not like that, bro. I'm gonna call you when I get off here. All right?
- [37:07]
Warren G
Much love to y'.
- [37:08]
Podcast Host
All.
- [37:08]
Warren G
Oh, you lost, un. Give it up.
- [37:12]
Podcast Host
You already lost the three of my comrades. That's crazy. What's up, Unk?
- [37:16]
Warren G
Let me ask you this, you guys. You kind of got your start on. On wilding out with Nick Cannon.
- [37:20]
Podcast Host
Yeah.
- [37:20]
Warren G
Did you expect to receive the love and the respect that you received when you went on that show? So what. What were your expectations when you went on Wild N Out?
- [37:28]
Podcast Host
You know, when I went and auditioned for Wild N Out, that was not my plan or trajectory at all at the time. You know, I was just out here in these streets like Chad. I was rapping. You know what I mean? I was making people's money, just like. You know what I mean? Just like, you know, Chad over here. And I just really wanted to be an artist, you know, or singer, songwriter, and, yeah, tv. I was not looking to be on tv, but a good friend of mine, Tonio skits. He came to one of my music videos, and he's really nice with the beatbox. So he started beatboxing. I started freestyling. Snapchat was lit at the time, and so he's posting out a Snapchat and he's like, yo, sis, you gotta audition for this show. I'm about to audition for while. And now I was like, oh, that's the one where they come up with the songs on the spot. I'm like, I'll kill that. So he's the one who connected me with the producers, and that's my always. Because, you know, most people won't really look out like that, especially when he wasn't even on the show yet. But he connected me with the executive producers. And I sent in a bunch of videos of me freestyling outside in New York at SOBS on B real's radio show. Just a bunch of different freestyles. They invited me to come audition, and I bodied it. You know, I knew I bodied it. I knew I killed the audition. So they brought me back, and then they brought me back again. And then I met Nick. And I remember at that audition, it was all the people from the tri state, New York, New Jersey, maybe even, you know, Connecticut, Boston, whatever else was close. It was all of us. And, you know, we did the audition and they had us do a bunch of different games. And when it got to wyld style, I just sat back a little bit. You know, it was like 15 on one side of the room. 15 on the other side of the room.
- [39:10]
Warren G
Okay. Yeah. You like? Okay, I'm vibing this.
- [39:12]
Podcast Host
Okay, yeah, I'm vibing. And then as soon as someone hit me, I just. Like a machine gun, I went down the whole other side. And then when everyone was leaving, shaking the producer's hand, shaking Nick's hand, I remember I was the only one Nick said something to. He was like, where you from? And I was like, jersey. And he was like, all right. And I just left audition knowing that, you know, if you stay ready, you know, you had it.
- [39:34]
Warren G
You knew you had bodied it. So you knew you was gonna get the call back, that you were gonna be a regular.
- [39:39]
Podcast Host
Yeah, yeah. So I got the callback, and then the rest was history. I shot my first season. That was season eight. And I've been on for 14 seasons now. I'm the longest running female. So I guess, you know, when you said, how did I think I was gonna be received? I really didn't know. I just knew. Being a female, being quiet, I just Knew I always had to really be that nice.
- [40:04]
Warren G
You had to be like that.
- [40:05]
Podcast Host
Yeah, I had to really be like that because nobody. People didn't want to give it up for me in general. That was just always my experience. I ran around to all these open mics throughout New York and you know, I always had to be like the nicest in the room to, you know, so I was just ready. I was ready, I was hungry and you know, once I got the opportunity, I just went for it and you know, the fan base loved me shout to them because they really make us who we are. And then everything took off from there.
- [40:39]
Warren G
Were you always good on the mic? Were you always quick witted? Were you always. Did you always. Is that what you always wanted to do? Were you that young lady that like people looking at you like, why are you trying to be black? You white, why you can't do. I'm sure you probably got a little bit of that. Like you said, you are a young lady, a woman now. And you were doing things that there were not a whole lot of white rappers, female rappers when you were coming up.
- [41:05]
Podcast Host
Well, you know what's funny? It's a lot of white rappers, men, because the industry of them, some white men. I could name you like probably 50 white rappers right now. Yes, it is a lot. It's a lot of white rappers, but yeah, not female. So, yeah, I definitely got a lot of everything. I got a lot of, you know, friction. I really had to grind to get where I got and I really had to cut my teeth and nothing was easy for me. Nobody wanted to, you know, let me in. I had no connection. Didn't know anybody who knew anybody who knew anybody. I'm looking at my mom like, you don't know nobody. Nobody know nobody. Like, you know, so you got no connect. Yeah, no connects. You know, it's. It's hard in Jersey. We don't have a radio station, we don't have a sports team. We don't have shit. We had nets brief for a fleeting moment. They took that right. Joe, you was with the. We had we, you know, so, yeah, I really, really had to work hard. And yeah, I was always nice with the words. I always had, you know, the gift of gab was always really good to put my words together. And I think when you just have a natural gift for something and then you use that gift a lot, you just get a lot better. So once people be like, yo, yeah, like this white girl, like, she freestyle, she's crazy with it. Everyone wanted to see me do it. So I was running around everywhere just, you know, freestyling open mics. And I used to go to the real ones in the city, EO Dub, where, you know, they would beat, juggle, they would slow down the beat, speed up the beat like crazy shit that people just don't even do anymore. Which is why when I went to Sway, shout out to Sway. I love him. One of my favorite people in the industry. And I did the Five Fingers of Death. I'm the first and only female to spit a real freestyle completely off the top. DJ Wonder was speeding up the beat and slowing it down, and they hadn't done that in years. Years. So I asked, and I went on Sway, bodied it. Wonder gave me the most trash beats. Speeding up the beat, bodied it. And. But I said the Wonder. After I said, damn, Wonder. I said, no, I actually said this way. I said, I'm surprised you guys were changing the, you know, the BPM of the beat. He said, yeah, we haven't done that in years because no one could do it. And this is people who come with written. So I said to Wonder, so why'd you do it to me? Because I knew he was trying to fuck me up. He said, because you were talking so much shit that, you know, he really wanted to test me. But it just, like, made me shine more. So I've always had to do that. Like, that's always been kind of, you know, the system.
- [43:49]
Warren G
You had to be that much better in order to get just as far as someone that was average that was doing it. You had to be a step above, a cut above the rest.
- [43:57]
Podcast Host
Correct. But I really think, you know, God put me on TV for a reason, because, you know, tv. I got on tv and TV embraced me so much. I got on Wild' n Out, and because of Wild' n Out, I had great success. I grew this platform. And then from Wild' n Out, they, you know, made me a host on trl. They made me the host of How Far Is Tattoo? Far, Revenge, Prank the Challenge, the Justina Valentine Show, Basic, the Bougie. I'm the host now of Jersey Shore. Like, it opened up so many doors for me that music just wasn't ready to. So, like, TV and film. And then from there, I started doing film. Like, that was really the biggest blessing. And I think God just knew, like, nah, you know, go this way. A lot more money this way. Go this way. That's what happened.
- [44:43]
Ice Cube
Matter of fact. Matter of fact, your work ethic, obviously, with what you have going on, I mean, listen, the Proof is in the pudding. You got it out the mud. You've done it the hard way, and you put the work in. So you've been blessed with many opportunities. You worn many hats, though. Rapper, actress, writer, producer, and host, obviously. How do you decide which hat to wear on any given project? Is it. Is it a money issue, or are the products that are given to you? Do you always take things that fit you in which way you want to go and envision?
- [45:15]
Podcast Host
Yeah, I think it's always about what's the most important thing at the moment. Like, for example, in 2022, we shot, like, three seasons of Wild N Out. We did two tours, and I shot a movie that, like, I wrote, I directed, I starred in, I got my Eddie Murphy on. I play six characters. I financed. I did everything from A to Z for this movie. So it really monopolized my year. So that year I really didn't do. I didn't drop any music except for. I did the soundtrack from my movie. So that year is like, you know, music took a little backseat, and all my efforts and energy went into the movie, which was the most ambitious thing I've ever done, but also made me that one thing was my biggest payday, that. That one project. So it's like, you know, that year was all about tv, film, tour, you know, and so, like, music took a backseat. So for me, it's. I'm very fortunate to be able to do the. The projects and the. The things that I want to do. Of course, Wild N Out, I'm always gonna do. Nick could call me. No, I'm always pulling up for Nick. We'll be doing Wild N Out until the people don't want to wild out anymore, which they. They want to keep wilding out, you know, and it's like we used to say, every time Nick made a new pregnancy announcement, we would announce a new season. That was always like, a beautiful thing. But look, he hasn't announced a pregnancy in a while, and we're still shooting, so I love to see it. So I'll always pull up for Nick. I'll always pull up for Wild N Out. And Wild N Out is what gave me my platform. So I'm always beyond grateful to Nick, beyond grateful to Wild N Out. So I'm always making time and space for Wild N Out, no matter what's going on.
- [46:56]
Ice Cube
You know, I have one more question. When it comes to all the projects that you're doing, how important for you, based on your vision and what you want to do, that fit you in the Lane that you're in. How important is creative control on the projects that you're doing?
- [47:11]
Podcast Host
It's very important to me, especially because, like, you know, like, with the movie I mentioned and then myself and my cast member conceded. Shout out to con another battle rap legend. We just produced a TV show that we sold to Kevin Hart. Shout out to Kevin, the LOL Network. It came out on Peacock and Tubi and all these projects. Like, I'm producing, and I'm literally on the cutting room floor with the editor. Like, I really. Once I have the vision, I really have the vision. Sometimes I'm too hands on. They're like, all right, just like, chill. Like, give us the. We're not done yet. Like, it's not even color corrected. So I am very hands on. Sometimes too hands on. So my answer is I'm very involved in the creative from A to Z, because I think especially. And I know you guys can all relate because you have your own. All your own stuff going on, your own brands, your own shows, et cetera. So it's like you have a vision for it, and you really want to see it through. So, yeah, I'm very involved.
- [48:13]
Warren G
But the thing is, Justina, like, yeah, you're great at freestyling, but you can roast. And normally, you know, that's an art in and of itself. People don't understand that. We call it Joan, and I went to an hbcu, so we call it Joaning or ragging or bagging on somebody. Whatever y'.
- [48:30]
Podcast Host
All.
- [48:30]
Warren G
We call it roasting, whatever the case may be. But for you to rap and you can roast also, because to be great at roasting, you've gotta be off the cuff, because it ain't no. I'm gonna come back tomorrow and get you. I gotta get you. As soon as you done with yours, I gotta be firing right back at you.
- [48:47]
Podcast Host
Right?
- [48:47]
Warren G
How are you able to do that? So are you listening? Like, okay, so this. This what we doing? Oh, this is what we. Okay, go ahead, Go ahead. You first. So how does it just. Because it seems like it just comes so natural to you.
- [48:59]
Podcast Host
Yeah, no, it really does. And I think I just go into demon mode. Like, when we're in the. Almost rapping at me. I'm just. I'm listening. I think one part of my brain is listening to what they're saying to me, and. And then another part of my brain is just, like, really sizing them up. And it's so funny to me when people are like, oh, you know, do you guys have writers on Wild N out. I crack up because I look at them and I'm like, if you think I could buy a rap from. From someone like a writer. Come on. Like, they would first of all. Like, they would never give someone like me anything because they know I'm already like. It's people on the stage that are already lethal. Do you think we could get help even if we wanted to? We should. 30 episodes in 10 days. That means three episodes a day, every day. Do everyone on the stage has something for me? They have something for me. They have something for dc. It's just certain people that everybody has something for, from the guest to the other castmates. It's like, you know, there have been battles that I've done on the show when guests have came, celebrity guests, and haven't been aired because those people. Teams have requested for it not to be aired.
- [50:14]
Ice Cube
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. I like. Hey, hold on, hold on. Listen, can you do me a favor? See, on here, everything is a green light, right? Everything is a green light on here. And I'm not worried about being roasted because my grandma used to call me ugly. But can you give us an example of how good you are off the top of the head and roasted real quick?
- [50:33]
Podcast Host
All right, go ahead. Hit me first with something.
- [50:37]
Ice Cube
Yeah, let me hit you first.
- [50:38]
Warren G
Get it, Justina.
- [50:40]
Podcast Host
Come on, Chad. Let's go. Yes.
- [50:44]
Warren G
I'm with Justina. Team Justina should have got me a T shirt.
- [50:54]
Ice Cube
Okay, hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on. Let me think of something good. Okay, okay, okay, okay. Unc, you ready?
- [51:00]
Warren G
I'm ready, Uncle.
- [51:02]
Ice Cube
You gotta pay attention, man.
- [51:04]
Warren G
I'm getting ready to fall up my chair when she tear your ass up, but go ahead.
- [51:07]
Ice Cube
Whose side you on? Whose side you on? Whose side you on?
- [51:11]
Warren G
I'm on Justine. I just told you.
- [51:14]
Ice Cube
Damn, that's dad.
- [51:15]
Podcast Host
You taking a long time, I'm telling you.
- [51:18]
Ice Cube
Oh, no. Because I'm trying to make sure he on my side, but here we go. Okay, Here we go. Okay. If I holl at Justina, she better holler back before she got that bbl. That ass used to be solid, flat body. Look like she smoked a lot of crack. Now she got that red hair like Jessica Rabbit. So I said, I'm about to do a violin act. Hold on.
- [51:48]
Podcast Host
Okay, all right. You taking too long. All right. Don't get him.
- [51:50]
Warren G
Go, go, go. Get him.
- [51:51]
Ice Cube
I'm getting him.
- [51:53]
Warren G
Get him.
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Podcast Host
Justina, Joe, Unc, and Chad, all athletes. I will run with him. I will get with Uncle Shay. Shay. But after 22, he's done with them. And Chad, watch how I'mma leave you. I know you like it in the ass. That's why you was a wide receiver. You good or you want to keep going?
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Warren G
How did I get it?
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Ice Cube
You were supposed to get.
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Podcast Host
You just caught a straight. You standing next to me.
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Warren G
I did.
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Podcast Host
I know you right under him.
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Ice Cube
Hold on.
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Podcast Host
He finished.
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Ice Cube
All right, finish. I'm coming back. This ain't what you really want to do. Nah, you got it. I'm let you.
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Podcast Host
I'm not gonna lie, Chad. I'm glad you stopped there because the thing is about me, this second round is about to go crazy on you.
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Warren G
But. Cause you don't know.
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Podcast Host
Chad.
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Ice Cube
Look, I will three. I will three over you on here. I'm a. I'm a real bad.
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Podcast Host
Go ahead. What you got next?
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Ice Cube
Listen, listen. I didn't beat. I didn't beat everybody. Ask Hitman about me.
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Podcast Host
I'm definitely asking man about you because y' all got the same head. Y' all both look like a milk duck. I' ma definitely ask it out about you for sure. And I'm not gonna lie. You and Hitman have the same teeth. Y' all went to the same. Y' all didn't say medium. She mean y' all said just extra large. Doc. Do what you Apple iPhone chargers in your mouth. A bunch of airport ones in your mouth.
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Warren G
Yeah, that's what I'm talking about.
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Podcast Host
That's what I'm talking about. Honestly, I definitely. I mess with you. I love people that go off the top of their head. So if you and me one day in the same place at some time, somebody wanted.
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Ice Cube
Yeah, Double team.
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Podcast Host
Double team us? No, no, Diddy. Just like, you know, rap and stuff. I'm with it.
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Ice Cube
I appreciate missing it. Listen, honestly, I didn't have an opportunity to tell you because obviously we're doing the show and, you know, but I'm a fan of yours, always have been. I watch Wild N Out religiously. Some of the other projects and stuff you have going on away from Wild N Out, I've also watched as well. I just want to say I salute you and I wish you much success in all that you do. Sis.
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Warren G
Man, you're trying to butter you up. Justina.
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Podcast Host
No, but thank you so much and I really appreciate y'. All. And of course, I'm a fan of y' all as well. And, you know, I definitely gotta. One day I wanna sit on Shay Shay's couch as well, you know? I mean.
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Warren G
Oh, you wanna be on Club Shay Shay?
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Podcast Host
Yeah, we'll Definitely. We'll get the freestyle going in person. We'll set up the beat, we'll do all that good stuff, you know, have. Shay Shay.
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Warren G
Are you gonna have. Are you gonna have a drink? Are you gonna have a drink? Are you gonna have a drink with me?
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Podcast Host
I have a drink with you. If I start drinking, we gonna really be. You're gonna have to bring a few people in there to battle me. You know what I'm saying? Now I definitely have a drink with you. I can't come on Club Shay Shay and not have a drink.
- [54:42]
Warren G
Okay, that's what I'm talking about. That's what I'm talking about. Go ahead, Ocho.
- [54:47]
Ice Cube
That's it.
- [54:49]
Warren G
Let me ask you this, Justina. Like, when you go at the guys, do you ever. Do you ever feel. Do you ever feel bad going at the guys? Or do they. Or do they ever take it personal?
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Podcast Host
No, I would say as far as. Okay, so the inner circle of Wild N Out, which is, you know, those of us that go on tour.
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Warren G
Yeah, you, D.C. chico.
- [55:10]
Podcast Host
Yeah. Like, those are all my brothers, you know, and it's like, those are all my brothers and my sisters. Like, that inner circle that goes on tour. And we all know what it is. We have said everything to each other. You know what I mean? So that's all love. Now, there have definitely been guests that have came on the show, and I'm just looking like, had they not watched the show before, they've definitely probably been offended.
- [55:37]
Ice Cube
They came on Wild and now they.
- [55:38]
Podcast Host
Got offended, and it's just like, wow. Like I said, it's been some battles that I've done that have never seen the light of tv. And one in particular, one, the producer called me. She's like, yo, yo, Tina. She would call me Tina. She's like, yo, I'm watching the battle with so and so and yo, you are that bitch. And I was like, yo, I can't wait to see it. You know what, like, episode is that going to be the season? She's like, oh, no, you're not going to see it. I was like, damn. She was like, no. She was like, you destroyed that girl. As soon as we were done filming, her team came up to us and said, you cannot air. And I was like, damn. So, yeah, that never aired. There's been a bunch of. Bunch of battles I've did that, you know, have never aired. But to be honest with you, I usually. I never hit a girl first. I hit her back. I'll knock her out, but I don't hit her first. I. Oh, I beat up on the guys. I always hit the guys first, but with the girls, I don't hit them first, but if a girl hits me first now it's, you know, it's. It's.
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Warren G
It's on.
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Podcast Host
Yeah, it's on. Yeah.
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Warren G
I'm thinking you've been at this for a while. So what's. What's the next step? What's the evolution of. Of Justina?
- [56:49]
Podcast Host
So the evolution for me is definitely, you know, concentrating on this TV and film stuff. We just wrapped up season two of what's Cooking Good Looking? That's the TV show that me and Conceded do. Second season. Super funny. We had Michael Blackson, Jess. Hilarious. We had Lola, Brooke, Cash, Cobain, Maino. So we just wrapped that up. I just finished writing another script for a movie that I want to go into production with this summer. Super funny. Really looking forward to shooting this touring with Wild' N Out. We back on tour this year, so I'm definitely gonna be on the road with everybody and, you know, dropping music in between doing everything. I just dropped a record called Drip Drop. Super upbeat fly. Just feel good music and just keep working. That's the thing about me. I stay with an attitude of gratitude, and I never feel like, oh, I'm happy to be here. Like, oh, I got a lot of bread now. I could chill. No, I just feel like I worked really, really hard to do. I worked really, really hard to be able to do what I love and to be here. So with everything I do, if I'm walking on the set for my 14th season of wild N Out, I'm never here. Like, oh, yeah, they know I'm that bitch. I could chill. No, I'm working hard. Like, it's my first day. I'm hungry. Like, it's my first day. So that's just the attitude I keep with everything I do. So I'm working on a lot of projects between tv, film, and dropping music in between and just waiting really, to get to Shay Shay's couch. I'm one white bitch that don't talk. Shay Shay. I'm Italian, baby. So.
- [58:23]
Warren G
Okay.
- [58:25]
Podcast Host
Damn. Shay Shay said, like, have a good night, y'. All. No, I'm just saying, like, you know, yeah, I'm different type of. Don't worry about that.
- [58:31]
Warren G
All right? We're going to get you all. Let me ask you this because I don't want you to divulge too much, because I want you to divulge it on the couch. Tell us something, because we see you on Wild N out. We've seen you in some of your other projects. What do you like? What do you like off camera? What do you like away from the set? What do you like to do?
- [58:49]
Podcast Host
Oh, what do I like to do away from the set? I'm very much into dogs. I work with a lot of rescues, rescue organizations. I feel like, of course, I don't never want to see anyone or anything abused, but I feel like when it comes to animals, we're really their voice. So I work with a lot of dog organizations, just in general. I like to help people. I do a lot of stuff behind the scenes. I'm one of those people. I don't post about, like, my good deeds and stuff. Yeah, it's kind of like a pet peeve of mine, like, you know, when people, like, do something good and post it. So I just work with a bunch of foundations and help people behind the scenes as far as dogs and humans go. And then in the meantime, in between time, you know, I like to study the things I'm trying to do. So, you know, the TV shows that I'm really into, from Raising Canaan to Snowfall, was my joint Walking Dead. I like to watch and see different camera angles and different TV shows and movies. And then, like, I kind of write that into my script. Like, oh, I want the overhead shot looking down on the bed. So I'm just a student of the game, whether it comes to music or whether it comes to film and tv. So. So that's what I do in between doing my other stuff, is just pay attention, watch and learn.
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Warren G
Well, that's amazing. Justina, thank you for your time. We appreciate you stopping by. Nightcap. We definitely gonna have you on Club Shay Shay. We don't. We haven't. I don't know. I'm trying to think. I don't think we've ever had a white woman on the show.
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Podcast Host
Well, Shay Shay, we know what happens with you and white women, but I'm a different.
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Warren G
Oh, there you go. I'm a different kind.
- [60:23]
Podcast Host
I'm a different. I'm a different kind, Unc. I got. I've been to cookout for a long time now. Don't worry about it. So much for having me.
- [60:34]
Ice Cube
Hold on. Matter of fact, before you go. Right, before you go. We done got round one out of the way. I need to make sure we get round two.
- [60:41]
Podcast Host
We gotta do two and three.
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Ice Cube
Yeah, two and three. I mean, we. Listen, we got to do three rounds. We don't have to do it today because we got. We got to finish Up, Right? But when I see you, I'd rather do it in person so you can.
- [60:52]
Podcast Host
Actually feel your energy.
- [60:54]
Ice Cube
Yeah, I need you to.
- [60:55]
Podcast Host
So now, we could do round two right now. And then we do round through.
- [60:58]
Ice Cube
No, no, no, no, no.
- [61:01]
Podcast Host
My man want to study.
- [61:03]
Ice Cube
Yeah, I need. I need. I need to finish doing my homework.
- [61:05]
Podcast Host
You want to study? That's one thing about me. I don't need to do my homework. You feel me? I don't even have to reach you yet.
- [61:11]
Warren G
You got that jersey? You got that jersey.
- [61:12]
Podcast Host
I mean, I don't have to do my homework. That's because I'm the teacher's pet, Chad. That's my motto. I'm still trying to figure out how the you by Evelyn Lozado. So let that take it down. I'mma keep it real simple. You must have been the one that was jerking off when Diddy put that shit up on his nipple. I got to go.
- [61:37]
Warren G
Justine.
- [61:38]
Chad Johnson
Hey.
- [61:38]
Podcast Host
Hell no.
- [61:38]
Warren G
Hold on, hold on, hold on. Just get a Valentine. I love you.
- [61:42]
Podcast Host
I love you, Chad. I love you, Dunk. Thank y' all for having me. One thing about it, Chad, when you're dead, just play dead until. Do your homework for next time, and then don't worry about it. You gotta come prepared. That's one thing about me. I'm not a bully. I don't like beating up on people.
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Ice Cube
You know what? Hey, Unc. Don't say nothing. Unc, hold on. You know, listen. We could have had a live date. Now, Justina Valentine, I'm about to have it my way. I usually give a woman flowers, candy, and cars, but this ain't gonna be Valentine's Day.
- [62:18]
Podcast Host
See, now that's why I told you to do your homework. Because you don't want to end on a low note.
- [62:24]
Ice Cube
See, it was very high until you interrupted me. I'm gonna let you have it, though. We gonna finish. We're gonna. We're gonna finish that.
- [62:31]
Warren G
Rapper, actress extraordinaire, host Justina Valentine, wilding out from wilding out, watch your own. She's on. Season. What's. What season are you guys on?
- [62:41]
Podcast Host
So season. Season 21 is going to be airing this summer, so definitely check out for that. We're coming to a city near you. Check out my brand new single, Drip Drop. And check out season one of what's Cooking Good Looking. Season two coming soon. Thank y' all so much for having me. Joe, Chad, Unk and Unk. Remember, I'm a white girl you could trust. We gonna talk more later.
- [63:02]
Warren G
Thank you. But some things I'M just gonna never live down there with. Look, look, y' all better leave Justina alone, boy.
- [63:13]
Ice Cube
Hey, hey, you gonna be. You're gonna be good, baby. You got your umbrella, baby. Just weather the storm. You gonna be good.
- [63:19]
Chad Johnson
Yes, sir.
- [63:23]
Podcast Host
Alone.
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Warren G
Ocho, you better leave that. Oh, she came. Oh, she came ready. Her word place serious, boy. No, she came.
- [63:30]
Podcast Host
She came ready.
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Warren G
She came ready.
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Ice Cube
She came ready, right? She came ready, right? But listen, my word play serious, too. I got the gift of gab, too. I've been a yapper before yapping was actually considered yapping. I've been talking for a long time. Ocho, we now you can't.
- [63:43]
Warren G
We more of a Jonas. I mean, like that battle rapping. We more Jonas. We more tell a joke.
- [63:48]
Ice Cube
Hey, listen, let me tell you, I got a mentor, right? I got a mentor in battle rap, right? Twerking DNA. They're my mentors. That's why I can hang when I'm on that stage and I'm in the presence of those that do that. So because of twerking DNA, I can get in there and I can do what I need to do. Now, see, she told me to end on a low note because she know I was finna turn it up a notch. I was gonna turn up the volume, and she's like, hold on, let me say something real quick so it don't keep going. So y' all ain't noticed that?
- [64:16]
Warren G
Like, like I said, somebody, when somebody.
- [64:19]
Ice Cube
Hey, in battle rap, when somebody's rapping, you never interrupt. So she interrupted for a reason, so I can't really give her that. Seasonal.
- [64:25]
Chad Johnson
Oh, foreign.
- [64:41]
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Podcast Host
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