The Mystery Guest Episode

Summary

Friends Keep Secrets — The Mystery Guest Episode

Podcast by Perfect Strangers (benny blanco, Lil Dicky [Dave Burd], and Kristin Batalucco)
Date: August 11, 2026

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Episode Overview

In this playful and offbeat episode, the hosts take their show's signature premise—spontaneity and real-life connections—to the next level. Armed with hidden cameras and their signature curiosity, benny blanco, Lil Dicky (Dave), and Kristin set out onto the streets of LA to find a "mystery guest" to bring back to their home for an unscripted hang. After a string of (sometimes comically awkward) rejections, they connect with Natasha, a producer and musician, who soon becomes the episode's star. What follows is a deeply human, candid, and often hilarious exploration of music, chance encounters, and personal history.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. The Search for a Mystery Guest

• [00:00–05:10] The hosts wander LA’s streets, riffing on who and what they’re actually looking for in a guest.
  • The group debates the ethics and oddity of “judging a book by its cover” when picking someone off the street.
    • benny blanco: “If we’re really not talking to these people first…aren’t we judging a book by its cover?” [00:37]
  • Kristin points out the inherent challenge: “It’s hard to just pick somebody off the street.” [02:56]
  • They experience a series of polite rejections and joke about gendered language, street vibes, and their own standards for “interesting.”

2. Meeting Natasha: The Chosen One

• [05:11–07:02]
  • Natasha, a friendly and open woman waiting in her car, agrees to both drive the trio back and become the episode’s guest—after much lighthearted nervousness about the odd situation.
  • She jokes: “Never get in a car with strangers…But, you know…” [06:47]
  • A quick, humorous trust test ensues about which host she trusts most or least.

3. Natasha’s Musical Journey

• [08:03–14:14]
  • Natasha opens up about producing music with her close collaborator, Bex Grimes:
    • “Me and my best friend make music…Her heavy thing is songwriting, singing, artistry. Mine’s just, like, producing.” [08:07–08:29]
    • Both friends attended LA Film School, where Natasha honed her skills: “They have the film side, and they have the audio side…sometimes they kind of, like, infuse it.” [10:19]
  • Describes their creative process and searching for “her sound.”
    • “We’ve been…just trying to find her sound, find what fits her. And finally we’re, like, in this spot right now that’s...just been, like, we’re finding it.” [08:48]

4. Life Stories: Perseverance and Foster Care

• [11:27–13:40 | 26:36–32:32]
  • Natasha shares her passion for music, sparked at 13 when her dad gifted her a keyboard—she learned to play songs by ear and attended a performing arts high school.
    • “My dad bought me a little keyboard and I labeled the keys… I learned how to play by ear.” [11:36]
  • She recounts a difficult chapter growing up in foster care, being separated from her adoptive parents, and later finding them again:
    • “A social worker came and got me and just, like, put my stuff in, like, this black bag and just, like, took me away from them…These are my parents that took me in when I was, like, a baby.” [28:05–29:02]
  • Discusses family, moving between LA and Oklahoma, meeting her siblings through ancestry research.

5. Music Debut: World Premiere

• [15:31–24:09]
  • Natasha FaceTimes Bex Grimes to introduce her to the hosts, then plays two unreleased tracks—“Blessed” and “Dirty Dishes.”
    • “We just made the demo last night, and we’re still figuring some stuff.” [16:44]
    • The group reacts enthusiastically, complimenting the production and songwriting.
      • benny blanco: “It’s so much more elevated than I… so highbrow. I thought we were gonna have to be so nice…” [19:29]
      • Kristin: “It sounds like I’m obsessed. I’m already, like, I want to listen to it. It’s my favorite song!” [19:48]
    • Natasha shares her pride in “playing raw music for the first time” in such a setting: “I can’t believe…the balls to play this so in its raw form…” [24:54]

6. Plans, Fate, and Serendipity

• [25:10–27:01 | 47:19–48:32]
  • Natasha and Bex plan to roll out “singles,” hoping to build towards a tour.
    • “Our game plan was we’re going to roll out kind of like singles…Her end goal is touring.” [25:14]
  • The group reflects on the serendipity that brought them together.
    • Natasha: “I guess anything can happen. Literally, I was literally sitting there just waiting for…another order, like, day just took a turn.” [46:44]
    • benny blanco: “Do you believe in fate?”
    • Natasha: “I do…I feel like there’s, like, something that’s, like, pulling you.” [47:25–47:38]
  • Natasha recounts how chance Lyft encounters led to music industry connections.

7. Musical Nerd-Out and Career Evolution

• [32:37–43:08]
  • The hosts and Natasha discuss curly hair, music influences, and the evolution of creative identity.
    • They share stories about hair disasters, first rap voices, and the growth of confidence during their careers.
    • Lil Dicky (Dave): “Only now do I feel like I have evolved to a place as a rapper where I feel confidence.” [42:59]

8. Celebrity Acknowledgement Aspirations

• [33:38–34:38]
  • The hosts and Natasha riff on which celebrity’s public validation would mean the most. Natasha’s pick: Erykah Badu.
    • “If I had to pick one…Erykah Badu.” [34:33]

9. Affirmations and Closing Thoughts

• [45:49–49:32]
  • The hosts express their admiration for Natasha’s energy and positivity.
    • benny blanco: “You have such an amazing energy. We walked by 35 people, we talked to so many people, and we couldn’t land on one that we all liked.” [45:49]
  • Kristin: “You have a good future ahead. And I’m already your number one [fan]…” [46:13]
  • Natasha: “Thank you guys. This was the best day of my life.” [49:25]

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Notable Quotes & Moments (with Timestamps)

• benny blanco on selection bias:
  “[Aren’t we] judging a book by its cover immediately? Inherently, with the whole premise of this thing?” [00:37]

• Natasha admits:
  “Never get in a car with strangers and never…But, you know.” [06:47]

• Natasha on making music:
  “We go back and forth and we ping pong off of each other. But her heavy thing is songwriting, singing. Artistry. Mine’s just, like, producing.” [08:25]

• On trust (after being picked up as strangers):
  Kristin: “Who do you trust the least?”
  Natasha: “I do the least. The least.” [07:02]

• On spontaneous opportunity:
  Natasha: “I guess anything can happen. Literally, I was literally sitting there just waiting… day just took a turn.” [46:44]

• benny blanco’s reaction to debut music:
  “It’s so much more elevated than I… It’s, like, so highbrow. I thought we were gonna have to be so nice.” [19:29]

• Kristin supportively:
  “You have a good future ahead. And I’m already your number one [fan].” [46:13]

• Natasha on best and worst life moments:
  “Best day of my whole life…hearing Kehlani’s song pre-release…felt like confirmation…Worst day: being separated from my foster parents as a kid.” [27:01–29:02]

• Natasha on fate:
  “I do [believe in it]… I feel like there’s, like, something that’s, like, pulling you.” [47:25–47:37]

• Natasha’s final message:
  “I guess anything can happen…day just took a turn.” [46:44]

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Noteworthy Segments & Timestamps

• The Street Search for Guests: [00:00–05:32]
• Meeting Natasha and Trust Test: [06:47–07:59]
• Natasha’s Musical Backstory: [08:03–14:11]
• Natasha FaceTimes Bex Grimes: [14:15–15:35]
• World Premiere: “Blessed” & “Dirty Dishes”: [17:12–24:09]
• Personal Stories from Foster Care to Music: [26:36–32:26]
• Celebrity Acknowledgement Game: [33:38–34:38]
• Reflections on Fate & Affirmation: [45:49–49:29]

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Tone & Style

• Casual, unscripted, and intimate—laughter, playful teasing, and gentle vulnerability.
• The hosts’ chemistry is apparent, with spontaneous tangents and genuine curiosity about Natasha and each other.
• Moments of sincerity, especially as Natasha shares her life experiences, interspersed with signature quirky banter.

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For Listeners: Why This Episode Stands Out

This is a quintessential “Friends Keep Secrets” experience: unpredictable, funny, and heartfelt. Natasha’s story brings depth, the music is genuinely exciting, and the hosts’ comfort with each other—and strangers—reaffirms the show’s premise: life’s best moments are often accidental. By the end, you’ll be rooting for Natasha, relishing the possibility of fate, and maybe hearing future stars before anyone else.

Transcript

[A]

Hi.

[B]

How are you doing?

[A]

Are you super busy?

[C]

I am.

[A]

Oh, you are? Okay. Are you really busy right now?

[B]

Yeah, I'm sorry.

[C]

I haven't.

[A]

Because. Okay, okay, okay.

[B]

Would you ever do an interview?

[A]

No English.

[C]

Oh.

[B]

Are you interested in being interviewed?

[A]

We're trying to interview someone.

[B]

You do a podcast? Like an interview podcast? It's not a podcast. Anyway, Old lady.

[A]

Old lady in the pink. No, you're the one.

[B]

What if we paid you? What if we paid you?

[A]

No, no, no. This man in this car. Yes.

[B]

You're exactly who we've been looking for. So, guys, what kind of human being are we looking for right now?

[A]

I don't even know what I want. I'm not gonna know until I see it.

[C]

I'm an older person with experience.

[B]

Let me ask you guys this question. If we're really not talking to these people first and we're just kind of looking at them, aren't we judging a book by its cover immediately? Inherently, with the whole premise of this thing?

[A]

No, I think we gotta say something to them. I think we're like, whoa, cool house windmills.

[B]

Funky ducky. Now, what if I told you, in about 20 small steps, you have a front row peek at exactly where season three was conceived, written, documented and explored. And turn the camera now. Turn the camera now. Here, just show it.

[C]

Oh, thank you.

[B]

Don't do anything illegal. Don't do anything illegal.

[A]

Now turn the camera now.

[B]

Turn the camera now over here.

[A]

No, turn the camera now. Right there.

[B]

Yeah, you should. It's cool. It's like, it's inspiring. The way it looks is inspiring. And then that looks like parasite to me, that, oh, my God, there's people. Oh, God. Oh, my God. Humiliated.

[A]

I'm humiliated. I'm embarrassed.

[B]

I'm just a guy who works for Benny, Benny Blanco.

[C]

Pretend that we're doing, like, a 60 Minutes interview. And so, Benny, after you did that hit song, Teenage Dream, did you feel like your life really changed? Hi.

[B]

This guy's a star.

[A]

How you doing?

[B]

This guy's a big, big star.

[C]

Did you feel like your life really changed after Teenage Dream?

[A]

Okay, so what do you want?

[B]

That guy's cool.

[A]

That guy looks cool. What do you want to say?

[B]

What do I want to say? I don't have much to say. I mean, I kind of want to hear what they have to say. There's a woman walking out of the building.

[A]

I want to say, hey, we want

[B]

to get a good life story.

[A]

We're trying to do. We're doing interviews on people we think could be interesting. We Think you could be interesting? Would you do.

[B]

I would not do that.

[D]

No.

[C]

Here's what we're going to say. Say, hey. Hey. Do you have a second?

[A]

What do you mean? That's perfect.

[C]

Are you really busy today? Whatever their answer is. Then you say, do you have an interesting life story or do you have anything interesting to say that you'd want to come back to our house and tell us?

[B]

We don't have to see that one commit. On the house.

[A]

Now.

[B]

Let's just keep walking. Well, we can circle back. I think I want to find a guy with a unique voice.

[A]

Why does it have to be a guy?

[B]

Oh, you know, guy. Like one of those guys. Yeah, I work with those guys. That means like the whole company. You know what? Guy doesn't have to mean man when you say guy.

[C]

No, when you say guy, it's sexist.

[B]

We could find a girl. Shoot. We could find a girl. No problem.

[A]

We might have to do this on a slight different street.

[B]

Well, this street is, you know, it's pretty dead. Odds are it's not him.

[C]

Although it's hard to just pick somebody off the street.

[A]

Well, we haven't found a human being.

[C]

To your home. He's working.

[A]

Hey, are you in the middle of something?

[B]

He's going.

[A]

Oh, you are? Okay, I understand. Okay. Nice to meet you. No, he's on hold with the company. Wait, wait, wait, wait.

[B]

Go, Mochi.

[A]

Hi.

[C]

Hi.

[A]

How are you doing? Are you. Are you super busy?

[D]

I am.

[A]

Oh, you are? Okay. Okay.

[C]

I actually can't.

[B]

You can't?

[C]

I can't. I can't deal with a sort of rejection.

[A]

What are you.

[D]

I can't be rejected like this.

[A]

Yeah, she said she was.

[C]

We're experiencing a heat wave.

[A]

We just really, really got to find someone soon.

[C]

We could just stand and wait for someone to pass by, like on the bike.

[A]

Chuck, I want to interview that man in that suv. Chuck. He's far. He was like. His name was like Sal Saladino.

[B]

I wouldn't mind, like, this guy right

[A]

here in the red.

[B]

Where, where, where?

[A]

Oh, I love this guy.

[B]

You wanna get interviewed, Chuck?

[A]

I think there might be a machine gun.

[B]

Hi. We do a podcast, like an interview podcast. Okay. It's not a podcast either. I was just trying to make it clear initially. Are you interested in being interviewed at all?

[C]

Okay.

[A]

Okay.

[B]

All we're doing is meeting people and interviewing them. Just saying hi and.

[C]

Oh, nice.

[B]

What's your name? One more time. Isaac. Isaac. That's Benny. Oh, they're not even. Yeah, they're doing so they're just doing their own thing. You live in the area? Just moved here, actually.

[A]

Oh, from where?

[B]

From Connecticut. Okay. What part? Ridgefield. Ridgefield.

[E]

No.

[B]

Really?

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

Isn't that a crazy guess? Wait, how'd you know that? I have one friend, one of my best friends. He's from Ridgefield, Connecticut. He went to, like, Ridgefield High or what's that? Is that where you live?

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

That's crazy. Dude, that's wild. How the fuck. Richfield High in the house. Thanks for meeting us. Yeah, we'll see you later, dude.

[C]

See you later.

[A]

Hi.

[B]

Hi.

[A]

How you doing? Would you ever be interested in being interviewed for something? Yeah, we just want to know about you.

[B]

Do you have time right now? I'm fabulous, but I don't have time. What if we paid you? What if we paid you? Hi.

[A]

How are you?

[E]

Good. I'm sorry.

[C]

Go ahead.

[A]

No, no, no, no. Music partner.

[B]

What do you think right now? Do you want to get interviewed? Perfect. You want to get a ride? Yeah. Can you drive us home, though?

[A]

Do you want to be entered. Do you want to be interviewed for.

[C]

With us?

[A]

Yeah. Okay. She's getting interviewed.

[C]

Okay, well, explains it.

[B]

Okay, so here's what we do. It's like, it's essentially. No, no, we're making a podcast. It's essentially a podcast. It's not a podcast, though. It's much, much cooler.

[D]

Got you.

[B]

And we have, like, all these cameras in a home, and we just hang out with people and just like. Like you don't see microphones. It's not like a typical podcast.

[C]

I'm there, so it's safe. It's not just two men asking to take you home.

[B]

Yeah, exactly.

[A]

Put a camera in the car and I'll walk and I'll meet you there.

[B]

Okay.

[A]

We're rolling down.

[C]

You know how I can show you how to get there? Yeah. We really caught you off guard. Who thought we would all be in your car? Or they were.

[D]

You guys have no idea.

[C]

I'm not.

[D]

It's a good. Caught off guard. But it was just like, what is going on right now? If that makes sense.

[B]

I'm so happy I'm not walking back. And welcome.

[D]

Why, thank you.

[C]

Welcome to.

[B]

Welcome to home.

[D]

Oh, why, thank you.

[B]

Yeah, come on in.

[D]

This is really cool.

[C]

Yo, you know, Benny, that's crazy mochi.

[A]

This is insane. I've never seen a human being leave leftovers like this.

[B]

Why aren't you saying hi to Natasha?

[A]

Hi. Well, first, look at this. This is.

[D]

Sorry. I would have did something. Cause, you know, you don't leave Me.

[A]

But what is there?

[C]

That was my dinner.

[B]

Yeah. What else do we have? Are you hungry? Do you want a snack?

[C]

We do have snacks. Not like some chips.

[B]

Are you hungry?

[D]

I'm good.

[B]

Okay.

[E]

I've done two things.

[D]

Never get in a car with strangers and never either. But like, you know.

[B]

But don't you feel like you kind of know me a little bit?

[E]

Yeah.

[D]

I mean, yeah. She doesn't know me.

[B]

She doesn't know you.

[D]

What's crazy is I trust you the most.

[C]

Awesome.

[A]

Do you trust me?

[B]

You trust him the least.

[D]

I do the least. The least.

[A]

Okay, who's the three?

[D]

Do not do.

[A]

You have to. You have to.

[D]

You can't do.

[A]

Who do you trust most?

[D]

The least.

[A]

It's okay.

[D]

You can't do that.

[A]

Okay. Who do you trust the least?

[B]

It's gotta be you.

[A]

No.

[D]

Is that you trust between the two of you? That's hard though.

[A]

Oh yeah. Just do the two of us. Who do you trust more?

[C]

Really putting her on the spot.

[D]

You know what? Because I've seen more of. But I've seen some of your.

[A]

You don't. We don't have to play this game.

[D]

Yeah. To trust. To not be put in a weird situation. I really don't know.

[C]

Yeah, but who she trusts the most.

[B]

But don't you think he looks kind of sleazy?

[A]

What?

[B]

Like the way he dresses is like kind of sleazy.

[D]

I think I look great.

[A]

What do you think?

[D]

I like the outfit.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

This is a broad.

[A]

What do you think about his outfit?

[D]

Well, it's very small.

[A]

It's not his best outfit.

[D]

I love this shirt.

[A]

Thank you.

[C]

I'm gonna pee. And if you have to go after, you can.

[A]

Oh, you have to pee too?

[C]

I don't know.

[D]

No, I'm good.

[C]

I'm a good host.

[B]

Do you have to pee?

[D]

I'm good.

[B]

Okay.

[D]

I'm good.

[C]

You never know.

[A]

Well, I guess while we wait. You have any hidden talents?

[D]

Me and my best friend make music.

[A]

Tell us about it.

[B]

Artist name?

[D]

Bex Grimes is her name. Yes, we met at LA Film in our math class. Only class we ever had. But we just linked. We heard each other's stuff and we linked up and just started making music.

[B]

Do you make like the music like that she sings or raps on or anything?

[D]

Basically, yeah. So I basically I produce and then she writes and she sings. But we kind of like we co produce everything together. So like we go back and forth and we ping pong off of each other. So it's. But her heavy thing is songwriting, singing Artistry. Mine's just, like, producing. So. Yeah, but we've been just kind of working for the past three years just trying to, like, find her sound, find, like, what fits her. And finally we're, like, in this spot right now that's just been, like, we're finding it, if that makes sense.

[A]

Wow. It's so crazy. We all met.

[D]

That's what.

[B]

I'm so happy.

[D]

I don't think you understand.

[B]

Yeah.

[D]

Like.

[B]

Yeah, that's amazing.

[A]

So. Yeah, it is great. It is cool.

[B]

Yeah. This is what people move to LA for.

[A]

Yeah. This is, like. This is like a quintessential la. No, like, she makes music.

[D]

You say, move to la. I'm from la.

[B]

Oh. I thought you said you were from Oklahoma.

[D]

No, I lived in Oklahoma for, like, four or five years from, like, 1924, but I'm born and raised Compton.

[B]

Got it.

[D]

Yes.

[C]

It was 1924.

[D]

No, I'm kidding.

[B]

Domino. S' mores. Lava cake.

[A]

Go, go, go. Christian. Go, go.

[C]

I'm the one that's eating it. Oh. I was gonna say my favorite part about camping is the s', mores, but when I do go camping.

[B]

Oh, yeah.

[C]

I don't really like to sleep in the tent or really camp. I prefer to be in a car to be covered. I'll come out for the s'. Mores.

[B]

I don't like camping, but honestly, now that these s' mores lava cakes from Domino's exist, I might like camping a little bit more than I did yesterday.

[A]

Well, you don't even have to go camping. We're camping right now. We have all the perks of camping without having to get all stinky and sweaty and dirty. No mosquitoes, no little critters coming by.

[B]

You can get three Domino's lava cakes when you mix and match any two

[C]

or more menu items.

[B]

Is LA film school not for filmmaking.

[D]

It's for both. So they have the film side and they have the audio side.

[B]

Interesting.

[D]

Yeah. So. And then sometimes they kind of, like, infuse it. So, like, we have to do scoring, all that stuff.

[A]

Wow.

[D]

Yeah. But they have the recording side. That's for music.

[C]

Do you play the instruments?

[D]

I play piano. Oh, cool. Yeah, I play a little guitar and stuff, but I'm not like.

[A]

She plays piano, too.

[D]

Yeah.

[B]

No, she does.

[D]

I love it.

[C]

She doesn't.

[D]

No.

[C]

I can play Jolly Old St. Nicholas. I know, like, C. They don't believe, but I know the keys. I know C, D, E, B flat.

[B]

But she had. She has to label the keys.

[C]

I don't want to Read some.

[D]

That's how I started. I was, like, 13, and I labeled my keys, and.

[B]

She wasn't 13 anymore.

[C]

No, it was just. I only labeled the keys. We got to start somewhere so I could, like, do it faster.

[D]

Yeah, I get that.

[A]

Her voice is. So.

[C]

Do you sing in the. In the group?

[D]

No, I. I have. I'm not gonna lie. Like, when it comes to, like, singing in front of people, I kind of clam up a.

[A]

Your speaking voice is so good. Like, if you did an ad on Sprite right now with that. Like, with your speaking voice, I would. I feel like I'd buy it, right?

[B]

Yeah. I mean, if it's. Now that we know her personally, I

[A]

feel like we would.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

You're very inviting.

[C]

Are you comfortable telling us about your life? How you even got to the LA film school? Did you always know you wanted to do music stuff? Yeah.

[D]

So when I was, like, 13, like, growing up, I went to, like, I was always in Glee club, choir, all that stuff. When I was about 13, though, my dad bought me a little keyboard and I labeled the keys, and I would listen to, like, songs like Unfaithful by Rihanna. Like, one of my favorites. Like, I learned how to play that by ear, and I just kept learning stuff. And over time, it kind of, like, I started to know where they were. And then I went to performing arts high school. And did you have to, like, apply

[B]

to get into that, or you just got in?

[D]

No crazy thing at the time. Cause this is, like, 2004. So after. Yeah, yeah, I was starting high school, and that school was like a continuation school before, and this year they changed it to a performing arts high school. And so they had got grants and everything. And so I was going to a Catholic school in downtown Long Beach. And I guess somehow they got, like, my grades and stuff. So he called, and I was able to, like, just go look at the school and see if I wanted to go, and I got to go there instead.

[B]

Oh, wow.

[D]

Which was dope because, like, I was in Long beach at the time, but we moved to Compton, so it was kind of like I was either gonna have to go to Jordan High School or Compton High School, and so I got to go there instead, in downtown Long Beach. So there I met my mentor who, like, definitely took me in and taught me more and everything. It always was just a thing. I always loved music and then life. And then, so school, I started working, and then eventually, some years later, I was like, I gotta get back into what I love. And so finally I was like, you know I have the confidence. I feel like I know what it takes for me to just keep going until 2019. I bought a little MPK Mini and a circus, and I just started tic tapping away. I already knew, like, theory and piano, so that was. That part was easy. And so eventually just kind of like Covid happened. So I was able to, like, really lock in. I had some buddies who had a space that let me just kind of like, build up a little makeshift studio.

[B]

Yeah.

[D]

So I was just in there figuring it out. Then once Covid ended and LA Film opened back up the campuses, I went,

[B]

okay, let's go sit on the couch. Let's sit on the couch.

[C]

You haven't even had a chance to open the drink yet. We're grilling you. You're good. You're good. How did you meet Bex?

[D]

She was working at Benihana's at the time, and she's like, I'm quitting Benihana's. So after I quit Benihana's, she's like, I can be in here every day with you. And we just somehow just locked in.

[B]

So you're each other's anchors artistically?

[D]

Yeah, big time.

[B]

That's amazing.

[D]

So. And it just. It's been.

[B]

Did she respond, Bex to your text?

[D]

She did.

[B]

What'd she say?

[D]

I told her, just be ready. She said, okay.

[B]

Should we call her? Yeah.

[A]

Wanna FaceTime her? Yeah. Yeah. And then I have two important questions for you.

[D]

Of course, of course. Hey, guess what? I have some people that wanna say hi to you. Friend. Who should go first?

[B]

Hello. How are you?

[D]

I'm good.

[B]

How are you? We're hearing all about you.

[C]

Yeah, we've heard great things about you.

[B]

Yeah, we love your name, Bex Grimes. Which, you know, is really based off your actual name, but we think it's a cool abbreviation.

[A]

Thank you.

[B]

And we just met Natasha on the street. Actually, we don't even know her. So basically we're filming this thing that's. It's like, you know, I guess to simplify it, it's like a podcast, but it's really not a podcast. It's just people hanging out right here. I don't know. There's Benny.

[A]

Hi.

[D]

Told you. Okay.

[B]

Hi.

[C]

Sorry.

[A]

How you doing?

[C]

Don't be too shocked when you see me.

[B]

That's my wife, Kristen.

[C]

I'm not known yet, but maybe one day.

[D]

She's the coolest one, friend.

[B]

Honestly, we were walking around just looking for people, and it was really hard to find anybody that we trusted enough to bring back to our house. But then we saw Natasha sitting in the driver's seat of her car, and she actually drove us home.

[D]

What? Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[B]

Do you care if she plays some of your music for us?

[D]

Not at all.

[B]

Okay, cool.

[A]

How crazy is this la, huh?

[D]

This is probably the craziest thing that's happened to me ever.

[A]

We're right here.

[D]

Wait, can I just say that I'm, like, completely obsessed with your show?

[B]

Thank you, Dave.

[D]

Like, I'm completely obsessed.

[B]

Thank you so much. That's so sweet. We found the right people. This is good.

[C]

It was fake.

[B]

This is good.

[D]

Literally.

[B]

Thank you. That's very sweet of you. All right, well, look, this could be the beginning. We know that you guys live in the area, so, you know, maybe it's the beginning of a new friendship.

[D]

Yeah, I'm cool with that.

[B]

Okay. It was so great to meet you. Nice to meet you. Okay, bye.

[D]

Can you ask her what song she's playing?

[B]

What song do you want us to play? What songs do you want to play?

[D]

Blessed first. Blessed. Yeah. Can I play could you be mine even though it's not done? You mean Dirty Dishes? Yeah, that one.

[E]

Yes.

[D]

Okay, cool.

[C]

I love the name.

[B]

Yeah. I'm so particular about, like, what I play, what order I play it. Like, I totally understand all that.

[A]

Yeah, please.

[B]

Yeah.

[D]

We just made the demo last night, and we're still figuring some stuff.

[C]

Oh, wow.

[B]

I appreciate that.

[E]

Wow.

[B]

So fresh. I could never play a song. I never have confidence in a song.

[D]

No, no, no.

[B]

I'm just me.

[A]

My music, it takes me.

[D]

He's like, you shouldn't be doing.

[B]

No, no, no. You should be. You should be. I wish I was this kind of artist where, like, I'm so excited about the thing that I made the night before that. That's like. I love that. I think that's great. Okay, well, it was so great to meet you.

[C]

Nice to meet you.

[E]

Bye.

[D]

Bye, bye, bye.

[C]

World premiere. Remember the MTV thing?

[D]

This is crazy.

[B]

This song is called Blessed.

[D]

This is crazy.

[A]

Wow, that's so much cooler than I thought.

[E]

Juicy fruity, chewy ooey gooey need to wake up now Body got me drooling, fooling moving on, baby, did you come down from above? When I need to de Stress you're my drug Please let me please take grace, please? For you bless my face, yeah Drunk in an Escalade Spike, tiny lemonade. Cause it was over when I saw you I couldn't help what? Want to take all that dream and shit I want you everywhere that I go. You know exactly What I crave? Cause it was over when I saw you I couldn't help but scream your name Better clean the plate like mama tie you don't let this body go well, baby, slow it down Take a second there's no need to rush I got ample time and this wine Pair it with the blood Feel me letting go under your control? See my buckets O every time you moan? Please take grace, please for you bless my face Drunk in an Escalade. Spike. Tiny Lemon,

[B]

Who's playing the horn?

[D]

Our friend Tatiana Tate. She's dope. So dope.

[C]

I love them.

[D]

Oh, thank you.

[B]

So much. Not that I. It's so much more elevated than I. It's, like, so highbrow.

[A]

I thought we were gonna have to be so nice. Yeah. Yeah, that was nice.

[B]

You never know.

[D]

See, and I would have been mad if I sucked and you guys were nice.

[A]

Yeah, it would have been mad.

[B]

No, you never know.

[D]

I mean, I know, but I would have been mad, so whatever sucks. Especially the next one. Please let me know. That's why I want to play it.

[A]

It's so well done.

[C]

It sounds like I'm obsessed. I'm the number one. I'm already like, I want to listen to it. It's my favorite song.

[D]

Aw, thank you.

[A]

And, like, the drum production,

[C]

I found

[D]

a loop and I just chopped it up with the base and made it, like. Yeah, Yeah.

[B]

I really liked her when I talked to her, too.

[A]

She's so funny.

[D]

Yeah, she's super dope. Like, yeah. That's why we're like, who do you least trust? Honestly, I don't know, because, like, that's my best friend, and she's on the line of how you guys are, like, if that makes sense.

[E]

Yeah.

[D]

Yeah.

[C]

Wait, who is doing the horns?

[D]

Oh, no, the horn. It's our friend Tatiana Tate. She's really dope.

[C]

It's so good.

[D]

Yeah. She just got off tour with Macklemore.

[A]

Oh, really?

[D]

Yeah, she's from la. Yeah. Yeah, she's really dope.

[C]

I love how jazzy it feels.

[D]

Yeah. Yeah.

[C]

I never know what to do with my body when I listen to music.

[B]

Me neither. Every rapper, when I go to the studio, like, they're like. They're standing and they're, like, doing, I can't do that. I like. Yeah, no, I have to.

[D]

How are you?

[A]

Are you just.

[B]

I sit, like. And I can't even sit there like this. And I, like. I look down. I can't make eye kind of. I don't look up to see those faces. A few people That I really care about. I'll just kind of like, glance and see how they're nodding.

[D]

Yeah.

[B]

One time I almost hired an engineer just cause I liked the way he nodded his head to the music.

[D]

It made me feel cool. I love it.

[B]

Nodding.

[C]

I love that. I really love that.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

I want to hear another song.

[D]

So this next one.

[B]

This was last night?

[D]

This was last night. There's some, like. Because I respect you so much as a producer. There are some hits in here that I'm trying to figure out. I'm not a drummer, but I am trying to figure these out. I forgot they were in there after I sent them.

[A]

Okay.

[D]

This is like a once in a lifetime thing. And to be able to, like, get some. Maybe if you guys have feedback, you know.

[A]

No, no, I respect. I have zero feedback on the first song. Except that it's perfect.

[C]

I love the first song.

[A]

Like, I just love it. Don't you ch?

[B]

Yeah, it was great.

[D]

Appreciate it. You guys aren't just being nice right now?

[B]

No. It was so clear that it was so great right away.

[A]

Yeah. Right. When the first noted, I was like. And then when I found out that the sax wasn't a solo or a sample or something. Yeah, yeah.

[D]

It's her friend, she's playing.

[B]

Okay. What's the second song called?

[D]

The second one right now. Dirty Dishes. Right? Yeah. And, like, she's still writing, so you'll hear some. Na na na na like it's fresh now. I'm like. I don't know if I'm not sure.

[C]

No, just do it, do it, play it, play it.

[A]

I'm so intrigued. I already love it. I love it.

[C]

Wow.

[E]

Keep it moving slowly Got a lot to say to you you're my one and only so why you acting like a fool? Bitch, get out the bed now you know you got shit to do Stop living with dreadloud baby got something to prove get out the bed Go ahead and roll up instead Motivation to get dressed, grow a new gut make sure the dishes is done so that your mama can rest this is no fun, not for anyone. Notice the patterns? You said you were not done Know that you're doing it wrong Everyone going through Stop being lazy Stuck in a daydream

[D]

like stacks are gonna be all. Do that, like.

[A]

Oh, cool. This is like through the. It's not ready.

[E]

Yeah.

[A]

Do you see what's happened? They haven't finished it yet.

[B]

Yes.

[A]

Oh, I love that part. You didn't like that?

[D]

There's a way to make it. The first one was cool. Yeah. Yeah. So I might do that, but I still feel like there's something that make it accentuate a little bit more.

[A]

Go get it, go get it Go get it, girl Go get it, Go get it Go get it, girl Go

[E]

get it, Go get it Go get

[D]

it, girl and then next part is empty and it kind of repeats. And then we add all that together in the last chorus. But, yeah, I like it even more

[B]

than the first one.

[D]

Yeah. Really?

[A]

I love all that.

[B]

Yeah.

[D]

That's crazy.

[B]

It's just such high quality.

[A]

Yeah. And the production is so, like. It's not like, boring. It's not like stupid. Like, it's like.

[D]

That's crazy.

[A]

You know, like, when it's. You could come in here with just like bad trap hats and like, same lube that everyone has. Like, all this stuff sounds so, like, alive.

[E]

Yeah.

[A]

It's so good. But not like, old sounding in a bad way. Like, it still, like, sounds so contemporary.

[D]

Why, thank you.

[A]

I love it.

[D]

That's crazy. Thank you. Respect it.

[B]

Yeah. I would never even give, like, notes or advice because you guys are more musically talented than I am.

[C]

I, like, I want to. I already want it.

[B]

I can't believe.

[A]

I really can't believe, though, that you had that you had that you really had the balls to play this. So in its raw form, I would never have.

[D]

But see, for me, on my end of it, it's okay. I'm in a once in a lifetime kind of space. And so it's like, you gotta go for it.

[B]

So what's the game plan? Like, the rollout?

[D]

So right now our game plan was we're going to roll out kind of like singles with everything. And then her end goal is touring. So that's why we're. It's like the project is kind of like what we right now are envisioning. This would be like the touring set, basically. And then we're creating right now we're thinking of singles, but she also is like, maybe we do do it as a project and we could just drop some singles.

[A]

But yeah, you didn't realize you'd be rolling it out on national.

[D]

Yo, that's crazy.

[B]

Can I talk to you about ebay live? I would love if you talk to me about ebay live, because this is a live event happening right now and every day it's live. Yeah, look, look, look. Yeah, actually let them see.

[A]

That's fun.

[B]

EBay Live. This is live auction type stuff where you can really, in real time, you don't have to wait for a date.

[C]

Yeah, that makes sense. For ebay. This is, like, where ebay belongs.

[B]

I agree. Live auctioning, interacting, fitting. Yeah. And you're a part of a community when you do this. They got playing cards, they got shoes, they got watches. I don't wear watches, but some people. Yeah, you do.

[C]

You could get me a new one. We can't afford everything, but we will

[B]

be able to one day. If we keep working hard for real, we can. Honestly, Kristen, in 10 years, I will go on ebay live and I'll get

[D]

you whatever you want.

[C]

I'm gonna go on ebay live tonight.

[B]

Ebay live is live interactive shopping on the ebay app. Watch live shop live.

[A]

Okay, I need to know two things.

[D]

Yes.

[A]

I wanna know what the best day of your life is or was. And I wanna know what the worst day of your life was. I wanna know both of the things.

[D]

Okay. Best day outside of today.

[A]

I was gonna say you can't say today of your whole life.

[D]

Best day of my whole life.

[A]

What's like, the first thing?

[D]

I guess the first thing. So music is, like something really big to me, and, like, I've been, like, working towards it, and so there's one day that always pops out. Kehlani is one of my, like, favorite artists. And so I was interning and somebody that was. I got invited to do take video at one of, like, behind the scenes at a song camp for a week. And one of the producers came in, was working with her at the time, and I got to hear her song, like, before it was pre released. And for some reason, like, that just there. It's like one of those things where it's like, oh, my gosh. But at the same time, it's like, yo, I'm like, doing what, like I said I want to do, and I'm getting into these spots where it's like, things are like, you know, of course. So it's like, it's something that's kind of like, I guess more so just like in here is like a confirmation of, like, doesn't matter what you came from. Like, go do what you got to do.

[A]

Yeah. Pivotal moments.

[D]

Yeah.

[A]

Okay, now the worst.

[D]

Worst. Oh, man. You know, I guess I'll say just because, like, the contrast, I guess. But I guess one of the worst days of my life was. And this is like a long, long time ago. I was like a kid. Just the feeling of, like, if I can remember feelings of days in my life was there was a day because I grew up in, like, the foster system and stuff, and so there was a day where I Was with, like, my parents, who I call my mom and dad. And at the time, I didn't know what was going on, but, like, a social worker came and got me and just, like, put my stuff in, like, this black bag and just, like, took me away from them. And I think I was away from them for, like, six months, I want to say. And these weren't my biological parents, but these were my parents. These are my parents that, like, took me in when I was, like, a baby. And. Yeah. So that is, like, probably one of those. The heaviest moments of my life.

[C]

Heartbreak. Yeah, heartbreaking.

[A]

So do you know your real parents?

[D]

So my. I thought we. I don't know who my father technically is. We thought we knew who that was. Cause that was the side of the family that kind of took us in. But my sister did, like, the ancestry thing. Come to find out for her for sure, I still have to do it. Cause we're like, 12. And then my biological mother, I know of her, and she's around, but I don't really contact her.

[A]

So you were put up for adoption? Is that it? How did it work?

[D]

So basically, like, as a kid, because my sister, before our biological parents, they came up in the 90s or. Well, I was born in 90, so like 80s, you know, crack epidemic, all that stuff. Like, they came up in that. So I have, like, 13 brothers and sisters or so kind of like. Like, spread out by, like, with the same mom. And so my sister was adopted, like, taken in with the family that took us in before everything. And so I was a year after her, and they found out that she was pregnant with me, and they didn't let her leave the hospital with me. So, like, the other family kind of took in. It's kind of so blurry. I remember there's, like, some nurse that took care of me until she moved to Vegas. And then I went with, like, that side of family.

[C]

So.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

And this side of the family isn't technically your family. It's another family now, Possibly.

[D]

Yeah. I haven't done my ancestry. My sister did hers. And everybody said growing up, we had the same dad. We look just alike. Like, she has green eyes and my older brother has green eyes. Though, like, there's different similarities. And I've met all my other siblings. Oh, you all have? Yeah.

[A]

Are you guys friends?

[D]

Most of them, for the most part, yeah. Like, my brother, like, we're pretty, like, super close. But at the time, I was living in Oklahoma when we found him and stuff. And so when I got back out here, we met up and got super close and everything, and I've met all my siblings and stuff.

[A]

Oklahoma. Why did you go from LA to Oklahoma?

[D]

My family. So it started, you know, gm. Like, GM Motors. When they moved to, like, Oklahoma, basically my uncle and my aunt moved out there, and, like, my family just slowly moved out there. And so when my grandmother passed away, my cousin and everything moved out there, and it was just me, my mom, and my brother, and she let me finish high school, and then we went, too.

[B]

Thoughts on Oklahoma?

[D]

You know, I love it. It's slow. A little slow, but it's very, like, nice and everything. But I came back home. They love it.

[A]

Yeah.

[D]

Yeah. But it's a very vibe. Yeah. Yeah. I don't like the tornadoes. Like.

[B]

No, that's scary.

[D]

Like, the black ice. Like, I literally, like, literally almost lost my life.

[B]

Like, cold winters, hot summers. What's the. I don't even know much about.

[C]

Yeah, pretty much kind of like Michigan. I'm from Michigan. I feel like Oklahoma is, like, kind of.

[D]

And muggy. It gets muggy during. Yeah, we're in Oklahoma. Yeah. Oklahoma City.

[A]

I've been there.

[B]

Go, Thunder.

[C]

Yep.

[A]

I've been there.

[D]

Oklahoma City, too. And when I lived there, the Thunder were basically brand new and stuff, or whatever. Yeah.

[B]

What a great time that must have been.

[D]

It was. It was. It was crazy. Cause, like, out there, it's so chill. It's so different from la. Like, so different. So, like, there was one night, like, I'm walking to go meet my friend at a bar, and, like, I walk and I drop my keys, and lo and behold, someone picks them up for me. I look and it's Kevin Durant. It's him and one other guy. That's how chill it is.

[C]

You have good energy.

[D]

I don't know. I'm telling you, I have No, I

[A]

want to hang out with.

[D]

You have good energy.

[C]

I mean, you're a friendly. Like, people are attracted to you. They come to you.

[D]

I have no idea.

[B]

Like, Katie was the first celebrity to ever acknowledge my existence as a rapper. Kevin.

[D]

No way.

[B]

Yeah. I was so happy. I was just like, I.

[A]

Number one.

[B]

Oh, yeah. But come on. I got. Yeah.

[D]

Okay.

[B]

Okay, okay. Athlete. Okay.

[A]

I was a.

[B]

Didn't hit me the same. When you hit me the same.

[D]

I'm guessing you guys are, like, best friends.

[A]

We are.

[D]

Cause I felt like that was personal.

[A]

Yeah. I hit him up the first day he ever made music.

[B]

He did. But in my defense, he didn't even know who. I didn't know who he was, so it didn't hit me the same way. I looked up. And his resume was unbelievably impressive. And it was cool. And there was an early handful. Like, back at this time, I would be like, yeah, like, Kevin Durant tweeted about me. Benny Blanco hit me up. Like, he was in this short list of people.

[D]

I get you.

[B]

But I was backstage at this small venue and just, like, minding my business, eating pizza lunchables in my green room. And then Mike Hertz was like, no way. And I was like, what? And he was like, kd, what was yours?

[C]

I'm still waiting for that one.

[B]

Who would be your favorite to acknowledge you? Like, you had one celebrity be like, you know what? I like that girl. Who would you want to say that publicly?

[A]

Cracker barrel CEO.

[B]

Oh, Jay Z. Oh.

[C]

I mean, Jay Z and Beyonce as a unit. If they both did it together, you can't have both.

[B]

That's unfair.

[A]

Yeah. You can't have. They're not.

[C]

Their entire family acknowledged me and their mother and their sister.

[E]

No.

[A]

Not contacting you as a unit.

[B]

One person acknowledged you. And then you're gonna go next after that about acknowledgement. It's just like an interview of them being like, you know, Jay Z, I guess. Okay.

[C]

Or Eminem.

[B]

Eminem.

[C]

Yeah. Detroit, Michigan. That's cool.

[B]

If Eminem. One day, I think Eminem's gonna be like, I fuck with that girl in, like, some way.

[C]

Yeah, I hope so.

[B]

And I'm gonna say, em, shut your fucking yap. No, I love Em in the.

[C]

I was gonna say I love him.

[D]

I love him. He's so dope.

[B]

Who do you want to acknowledge? Who?

[D]

Oh, that's so hard. There's so many.

[B]

Can only pick one.

[D]

If I had to pick one. The person that's sticking out is Erykah Badu.

[A]

Oh, yeah.

[B]

Erykah Badu acknowledged me. Oh, this is the best. This is one of the best versions. She actually didn't acknowledge me, although she might have. But the way I know about Erykah Badu is Dave Chappelle came up to me in person. I was like, man, I fuck with you. And you know who put me onto you? Badu.

[C]

Oh, yeah. I think I was there for that. I was shocked. I was like, man, I can't believe she listens to you or likes you or watches your show.

[A]

One of my favorite things in the world is that I text with Andre 3000.

[D]

Yeah, bro, that's crazy.

[A]

He'll write me at like 6:30 in the morning and be like, hey, thinking about you. How's Your day. Aww. Wow. That's so cool.

[D]

I was literally just listening to I Like the Way youy Move and Roses last night. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.

[A]

It's gotta be the coolest thing in my phone. Cause he's, like, so unattainable.

[D]

Yeah, yeah.

[A]

This was a recent one. I like it. It says, thanks for coming through the show. Also, I think someone dropped a joint in case you guys were looking for it.

[C]

That's so nice of you.

[A]

That's what he said. And I said, down to earth, guys. I said, oh, my God, it could have been me. I like to leave a trailer. And then he said, it smelled like some good, good. And he said, I'm happy. We can vibe and inspire.

[D]

I love that.

[A]

Isn't that so cool? He's so cool. Every time I'm with him, I'm like. I'm like. It's like an atom bomb is going up. I'm, like, barely conscious. And he lives up to every cool thing. Like, even his backstage has the best cool fruits and chocolate, and he offers them in the coolest way. And he was sitting with a robe. It was so co. That's amazing. Everything's cool.

[D]

Yeah. Andre's a. He's a different being.

[A]

Yeah, he's so cool.

[D]

He's a different being for sure.

[A]

He's played flute for just me. Well. And a few friends.

[C]

Did he always play the flute?

[A]

I think he, like, eased into it.

[B]

He was, like, on the street with the flute for years, being, like, photographed. Everyone was like, he hasn't dropped an album in so long, but he's with that flute.

[A]

You have perfect hair.

[B]

Yeah.

[D]

Me, yeah.

[A]

Yours is like. Can't be frazzled in this weather.

[D]

It's bad right now. So it was longer and I cut it. Cause I damaged it, and now I'm letting it grow back out.

[B]

How'd you damage it? So you're transitioning. You're a work in progress. Hair, like, the hair is like.

[D]

It was so basically, like, sometimes, like, I would, like, want to straighten it, and I straightened it too long for too many times, and my curls just were not doing what it did.

[C]

How long was it when you cut it?

[D]

When it straightened? It was like, right here.

[A]

Yeah.

[D]

The curls were probably about, like, right here.

[C]

Oh, wow.

[D]

Yeah.

[B]

So one time I did a music video with E40.

[D]

I love that.

[B]

And they wanted to, like, put curlers in my hair. But to do it, they, like, basically curled half my hair and then straightened half my hair. It was like. The look was like. You know how, like, Snoop would Have like half curl. That's what we were going for.

[D]

I love it.

[B]

And when I was getting it straightened, I said to the woman, I said, there's nothing that would make it not curl back. She said, no.

[C]

Yes.

[E]

Yes.

[D]

Serious.

[B]

She did it. It didn't curl back for six months.

[A]

Yeah, it was crazy. His hair was like this, like wavy. It looked like you had like a woman's hair.

[C]

Was it a. Like a perm? Yeah, like a. Like a.

[B]

No, it wasn't the perm.

[D]

Sometimes it's just the, like depending on how curly your hair is. Like the flat iron or the heat just damages the curls and it's just hard to.

[A]

It looks like it might be happening now.

[C]

If I can have curly hair, sign me up.

[B]

Your hair is great.

[C]

It's not curly. I'd like to have curly hair, everyone.

[B]

Would you really rather have full on curly hair more?

[A]

You have no idea.

[B]

I want curly hair. I think it's easier for guys. Like long curly hair is you have curly hair. I like that. I like my hair.

[A]

I'm telling you.

[C]

I just like the way curly hair looks. I mean, I can't say I so much harder managing.

[D]

It is a lot of work, but

[C]

I think it looks.

[A]

Manage is so much harder.

[C]

But we also, like, when I was growing up as you were, like, it was like we all straightened. Like our hair would be like pig straight.

[D]

Yep.

[A]

How do they know if your hair's gonna be straight or curly? How do they decide?

[D]

Wait, who's they?

[A]

Wait, how does dad decide? Decide? No, it's. It's crazy.

[B]

I didn't even know I had curly hair until college.

[A]

Really?

[B]

Yeah. My hair.

[D]

What was your hair like before?

[B]

It was just like a short man's haircut. Like, you know, like a white guy with a short haircut.

[D]

I got you.

[B]

Like, unless it frosted to like Zuckerberg.

[D]

Kind of like his curl had more. No. Okay.

[A]

Like yours had no curl.

[B]

My hair had no curl. I had a short man's haircut.

[A]

Oh my God.

[C]

But it was super short, right?

[B]

It wasn't the buzz cut, but it was just like, you know, white male, short hair.

[D]

Gotcha.

[B]

Like nothing remarkable. And then I let it grow a little bit and then things started happening. Then let my beard out. Then I. That changed everything. And then I didn't. The thing that really took it over this half for me was I grew a beard and I didn't even know or consider that the mustache was a part of the beard. So when I started growing the beard, I would always just shave my Mustache.

[D]

What?

[B]

So for the first, like, three years,

[C]

I would do that.

[B]

I just had a beard. I just had, like, a beard with no mustache.

[A]

And then.

[B]

And then it grew in, and then it looked like a complete. Yeah, you just shaved. All came together at the right time for me. I remember, like, looking in the mirror, like, right when my music was dropping, and I was like, yes.

[D]

Like, it's like, physically.

[B]

Physically, you can pull off what you mentally are striving to do.

[C]

First.

[A]

You just had to fix your voice. His voice was like.

[C]

I love his voice.

[B]

My rap voice in the beginning of my career.

[A]

Like. Like, I don't know why you do it.

[C]

I don't want.

[E]

He's true.

[C]

It's. So why did you. Did you go to, like, voice lessons?

[A]

Like a little magnet?

[B]

This is why I. I think this is why it happened. Everything I was doing back then was so diy, and I had, like. I don't even know what the machine was called, but it was like, there was the microphone, and there was a box. I don't know. It was a box that, like, things went into.

[A]

What color was it?

[B]

Like, metal or blue or something?

[A]

Yeah, blue and white.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Yeah. Mbox, maybe.

[B]

Something. I don't think it was Mbox, but I think I had, like, some sort of limiter or something on it to where, like, I had to. For it to come in loud enough, just simply loud enough. I had to, like, rap at a certain volume. Like, I never could even entertain, like, rapping like this. Like, it was not an option. And I just wasn't aware enough or in a studio enough to even know that that was different. So I was just. I had to scream. And then I screamed. I felt cooler, but I can't even.

[A]

But then you don't know it.

[B]

Yes.

[A]

He's like, I want to listen.

[D]

I don't know how to do that.

[A]

It's great. Let me play two seconds, please.

[C]

Please.

[A]

I'm just gonna play part of Ex Boyfriend.

[B]

Okay, fine. This is the first song I ever put out.

[D]

Yeah. Okay. This is dope. Cause I had no idea, you guys, like.

[B]

So I put the song out.

[D]

Yeah.

[B]

I put this song out April 26, 2013. Like, without putting anything out. All my friends thought I was so crazy, and I put this song out that day. It got so viral that in the first day that he actually tweeted at me. The very first day I ever put something out. And this had a really good video. Like, my ideas were good, and they were funny, but my rap voice was just so good.

[A]

Okay. Ex boyfriend's. Not on.

[B]

Yes, it is. Lil dicky exploit on YouTube. On YouTube. Oh, it's not on Spotify? No.

[D]

You said. Heck no.

[B]

I don't even own the rights to any of those beats. I would just download a beat online, you know?

[D]

I love that. Cause that's like. That's what a lot of people do these days.

[B]

I didn't know any producers. This is like. This was like before.

[A]

Listen to how bad his voice,

[D]

The vibe.

[C]

I like it. It's different.

[A]

My favorite thing.

[C]

I like this part.

[A]

Wait, my favorite wish.

[B]

I was kidding.

[E]

Wow.

[A]

Hold on, let me get to the part. Oh, my God. I wanna.

[B]

This is embarrassing.

[D]

I know this. I know this.

[B]

Oh, really? I think I do.

[D]

I've heard this somewhere.

[B]

It went really viral.

[A]

How did you change it so quickly to let me freak?

[B]

Dude, it wasn't that quick. There's a lot of shit in between.

[A]

No, I know, but it's not really that much time. It's like a year.

[B]

Cause it was also. I was just evolving at a rapid rate.

[D]

Was like Bone Thugs. A little bit of your influence by that at all.

[B]

I think I love Bone Thugs and I think in that song you can hear it's like that kind of.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

What a compliment.

[B]

Only now do I feel like I have evolved to a place of as a rapper where I feel confidence. But I get you. None of that music's even out, so.

[D]

I get that. I get that.

[B]

Oh, let me take a rest now and talk about Helix.

[C]

Yeah, I love Helix.

[E]

Why?

[C]

Well, I like sleeping on them.

[E]

Yeah.

[A]

Why?

[C]

Because they're comfortable.

[E]

Yeah.

[C]

And they help your back.

[B]

That's what I was gonna say. Because I actually have back pain.

[C]

I know. I know you do.

[B]

Or I should say had.

[C]

Yeah. You're on the road to recovery. Not just because of Helix, because of a lot of things.

[B]

Hard work.

[C]

But I think colonoscopy.

[B]

I think Helix has something to do with it. You don't have to say that.

[C]

Okay, well, you know, that's okay.

[B]

I got a colonoscopy, but Helix can't fix those cuts.

[C]

Helix can't fix the cuts, but they can help you sleep better.

[B]

They can align my spine. Go to helixsleep.com fks for 20% site wide. That's helixsleep.com fks it's been a long 12 hours.

[C]

It's been a long. No, but you made it better. Aww. I was out there sweating.

[D]

How long were you guys out there?

[B]

Oh, my God. It was starting to get.

[C]

Literally, I was about to God for you.

[D]

That's crazy.

[C]

You really were the. If you. If you weren't there. I was about to be like, we have. Like, we have to go home.

[B]

I was almost gonna give up. Yeah.

[D]

That's crazy. Have you guys done it before?

[C]

No, this is the first one on the street.

[B]

On the street?

[C]

Really? Never, Like. Yeah. That's why I was like, what? We don't even know what we're doing. We don't know. Like, who knows?

[B]

But, like, we were in a glitch. The wind was blowing at such as the hair.

[C]

It was hot. It was like. And I was like, what'll happen if

[D]

I was hot this week? So I understand. That's crazy.

[C]

The universe aligned. We saw you.

[A]

It is crazy.

[C]

You saw them.

[D]

I did. Because, like, at first, I think I saw you first, and I was like. And then I looked and I saw you, and I was like, wait, what? Double checked it.

[A]

You were blown away that not only could one man be so strange looking, but another one could be equal handsome looking hands.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

I told her and I told Selena this also, that if you think he's handsome, you have to think I'm handsome. I think you're handsome because we're the same man.

[B]

I don't think you have to think that.

[A]

Yes, you do.

[D]

He's like, no, no, no.

[C]

I think you're both handsome.

[D]

You guys are.

[B]

We could both be handsome. We look like cousins.

[A]

Tuck, you look like the stretched out version of me.

[D]

You look like cousins look similar.

[B]

There we go.

[D]

But you have the very same vibe.

[B]

Yeah.

[D]

Like, very. Well, a little different, but like that. Yeah.

[C]

Infectious.

[B]

But he's a little sleazier for being a little.

[D]

If we're saying sleazy, sleazier. But you're, like, scummy. There we go. We can, if we have to change. Yeah.

[A]

You guys really think I'm sleazier?

[C]

No.

[D]

You guys have a scruffy vibe.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

But wholesome.

[C]

But sweet.

[B]

I feel like we're really sweet.

[D]

It's like, shaggy.

[C]

Yeah. But scruffy around the edges.

[D]

Yeah.

[A]

You know scruffy.

[C]

Yeah. Brought to you by scruffy around the edges.

[D]

But that's a vibe like, girls go crazy for that.

[C]

For the scruff. Yeah.

[A]

You have such an amazing energy. We walked by 35 people, we talked to so many people, and we couldn't land on one that we all liked.

[B]

Well, none of them wanted to come back with us either, if we're being honest.

[A]

I'm so happy we could listen to your music. And I'm so happy, like, we're gonna Be a part of this story and then, like, who knows what happens in the future?

[C]

You have a good future ahead.

[E]

Thank you.

[C]

And I'm already your number one.

[A]

If you need an extra piano player, she knows where the keys are. As long as she has her piano

[C]

that says, I'm a fan. I don't have to. I don't have to bring anything to the studio.

[A]

You don't have to upstage.

[C]

I'll just be a fan. I'll just be a fan. I'll be your number one listener.

[D]

There we go. I like that.

[C]

On repeat.

[D]

I got your baby. That's what we need.

[E]

That's.

[C]

I'm really good at that.

[B]

Do you have any final words for the people international, worldwide, that are tuned in?

[D]

I guess anything can happen. Literally, I was literally sitting there just waiting for, like, frustrated, waiting for another order. Like, day just took a turn.

[A]

So what would you do? My one question is, what would you do if you had the instacart order in your car?

[B]

Would we be eating it right now?

[A]

And we.

[C]

We would have gone with you to drop it off. Yeah.

[B]

You had to drop it off.

[D]

Yeah. I would have been upset because that would have been torn. Because, like, if I did that, no more instacart at all. But at the same time, it's like,

[A]

you know, we would have literally driven.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

We would have gone with you. We would have just waited for you to do it.

[D]

I love that.

[B]

Wow. I love that.

[D]

So cool.

[B]

But luckily she was in between orders.

[D]

Yeah.

[C]

And that just goes to show, you never know when life is gonna take turns.

[B]

Do you believe in fate?

[D]

I do.

[B]

What does fate mean, though? Does it mean that we have.

[D]

No. I don't know if it's. I guess it's like, I feel like there's, like, something that's, like, pulling you.

[B]

Yeah.

[D]

Cause I was about to park in the back. Cause it was like, it's hot. I need shade. And a car came out. I was like, you know what? Cause if I get an order, I can just walk in. So I went up there and parked there. It's been some, like, crazy stuff. Yeah. I used to do Lyft.

[C]

Oh, yeah?

[D]

Yeah, Lyft. I did. I met this one lady who also, like it ended up tying up. Her name's Angela Bibbs Simmons. She used to work for, like, Motown. She was, like, the VP of the Grammy something. But I took her home and she gave me her information. This was before I really started and everything. And come to find out, she was the head of. I can't Remember what? But the head of something at LA Film. And so I got to go do a meeting with her at the beginning. And she kind of laid me out to like, you got a rabbit's foot

[A]

shoved up your butt? You need to go.

[D]

I don't know.

[A]

You need to get.

[C]

I'm excited.

[D]

I don't know.

[A]

I'm excited. I can't wait to follow your future.

[D]

Oh, that's so. That's so awesome.

[C]

We're your number one fans first.

[D]

Oh, I appreciate that.

[A]

And maybe we'll have both you guys on at some point.

[D]

She would love that. Yeah, she would love. Grimes begs. Grimes.

[C]

I have her number.

[B]

Such a good name. She has a number.

[D]

She does.

[C]

After I put her in my photos.

[D]

When I saw you guys, like, my first initial reaction was like, damn, I wish she was here. It was her instead of me. Because the way that she like your show, like, is one of her biggest things. And you, like, she's production wise, she's like, one day I'm gonna work with Blini Blanca like, all the time. Like, so, like, that's just like, damn. But yeah, but I know that was.

[B]

Tell Bex we love her and we will see.

[A]

We love you back.

[C]

Love songs.

[D]

We really do appreciate it.

[C]

By the time this comes out, everybody else will love them too.

[B]

Thank you so much for coming and hanging out.

[D]

Thank you guys. This was best day of my life.

[C]

I love. I love it. Group hug.

[E]

Of course.

[B]

Group hug. A. Oh, my God.

[C]

Who is it?

[B]

I don't know.

[A]

Hello?