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Deontay Kyle
Yeah, woke up in the morning and to God be the glory Thankful for another day to tell my story Put my opinions in the universe and let them orbit I'm from the dirty south with a dirty mouth my knee orbit miss things things on me like a Norbit had to refuse them cause my no rest fusion she gorgeous as I dab my sons up and kiss my daughter forehead Tell them we gonna get this money to my POC morbid remember living in apartments now we playing mortgage you ain't gotta like a regardless baby I'm blessed and I keep that blick with me we like as you sip your coffee, flick your cigarette and let a van yeah, we back.
Big Ice Cup Cat
Oh, we back. Grits and eggs podcast, episode 62. I'm your host, Deontay Kyle. But who's behind the camera?
Suki the Saint
Big ice cup cat.
Big Ice Cup Cat
Uh huh. What do we say? AAMBC BIA award nominated podcast of the year. Hey, we gotta keep reminding you.
Suki the Saint
Who better than us?
Big Ice Cup Cat
Who better than us, nigga? Huh? As always, deontayeontechile.com for advice, music submissions. Look, speaking of advice, last week my father slapped the racist. She needs help with some legal representation. She has a fundraiser, like a crowdsource fundraiser, and we'll post that. But we did help her get legal representation. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. We did help her find an attorney that's gonna work with her and figure out what her needs are. So even if he's not the guy for it, he knows the people who would be the right people for it. So, you know, I'm not gonna put him on front street because he still works for a firm and things like that. But yeah, man, if you have. If you're having some issues and you need some legal representation or just some advice from an attorney, holla at me and I'll get you in contact with him because he just told me that he's trying to be more open to some pro bono stuff so he can help the community. So shout out to him, same thing, advice, submission. Young lady in STEM got her degree trying to figure out, like, how. How her degree can be applicable to the field that she tried to be in. A wealth of women in STEM reached out with resources for her and, you know, we're gonna get her, right. I have her contact information. I got everything. So we having a back and forth and I'm directing her to all the women that have reached out to help. So thank y'all for that. Thank y'all. Thank y'all. Thank you. Deontay Kyle.com for merch. We Just did a spring merch drop. The. The new. The. The embroidered spring logo. That is crack, man. That fire. We having a good time over there. Yeah. Shout out to Suki man.
Suki the Saint
So get the saint. Su.
Big Ice Cup Cat
Suki the Saint. Also, we have some voicemails today. Those. I'm looking forward to some of these. A lot of good. Y'all really starting to give it up with the subject line. That's what I'm starting to like, like, yeah. All right. We know this is gonna be good. This gonna be. This is what we looking for right here. All right.
Suki the Saint
This our type of stuff.
Big Ice Cup Cat
Exactly.
Suki the Saint
All right.
Big Ice Cup Cat
Six, five seven, two three four eggs. That's 657-234-3447. If you would like to call in. Okay, let's just do a quick little run through of what we got. Coming up, Memorial Day Grizzen eggs Breakfast Kitchen, Grizznex meet and greet. Now, we have made some changes. We were going to do 100 people per event because it was going to be two events from nine to 12 and then from two to five. After being in that space and understanding how we want things to flow in that three hour window, I decided to bring it down to 50, because 50 is manageable. 50 is a good flow. And this is also like our first time doing something like this. And we need like a proof of concept. We want to give people a quality experience. Like, the parking is free, the food is included. We're gonna have trivia with. With a chance to win $250 worth of grits and eggs merch. We have also have like, some exclusive grits and eggs trivia specific to the show.
Suki the Saint
Okay.
Big Ice Cup Cat
So if you win that, that's how you enter in to get the merch giveaway. But also we're gonna have some like, black trivia. Like just black culture trivia. And if you win that, you gonna get gift cards or like gift certificates that you can go directly to the merch booth and use. We got a great dj. It's gonna be a very millennial vibe in there. We're gonna be living it up.
Suki the Saint
Yeah.
Big Ice Cup Cat
It's gonna be a little more superwoman gonna come on.
Suki the Saint
Yeah.
Big Ice Cup Cat
Then we're gonna mix in a little bit of future. It's gonna be for us. So it's gonna like, the vibe is gonna be a cook. There will be interactive things to do at the tables while you sitting down waiting. Because we want this thing to be seamless, want people to have a great experience, and we want people to enjoy their. Their time there and not feel like, oh, I just went in there and got jug. You know what I'm saying? Like, that be the worst shit. Like when you go somewhere and you feel like niggas judge you. So I feel like having the capacity at 100 doesn't allow for us to create like an intimate environment. It made me feels like it's going to be too congested and we don't want that. So we're going to dial it back on how the capacity, for the purposes of qual and for the purposes of us understanding, like, this is how you run things. This is how things should be done. And people leave and they have a great experience and they leave with something in their hand.
Suki the Saint
Absolutely.
Big Ice Cup Cat
You know what I'm saying? He gonna leave with a signed Polaroid. You know, you was there. You know what I'm saying? And then also too, like, they have great food there. So we want to be mindful of the kitchen staff and that they're gonna be serving and doing things like that and want people to have a great experience. I don't like the worst thing you can do is have too many people.
Suki the Saint
Yeah.
Big Ice Cup Cat
Because it overwhelms everybody. And we want this to be an intimate experience. Like this a meet and greet. But like we, we kick it like family. So we wanted to have like a familiar. You wanted like a family reunion type vibe. So we're gonna dial that back. Tickets are available on Eventbrite in my link in the. At the link in my bio. I will also post the direct link to the Eventbrite tickets in the Description that is May 26, Monday, Memorial Day. And we're gonna have a blast. We're gonna have a good time, bro.
Suki the Saint
Great time.
Big Ice Cup Cat
We're gonna have make sure that you. Y'all leave. No, like, yeah, bro, you gotta go one of them grits and ass meet and greets. Like, that's where it's at. It ain't just about the pictures. It ain't just about like, you know, like going in there and meeting deontay. Like, nigga, we finna vibe like family. You see what I'm saying? Me and Big K, we gonna give it up. United we Hill hosting Juneteenth weekend, Philadelphia Underground Arts. Huh? Come to United Hill Film Festival.
Suki the Saint
Right on Kensington.
Big Ice Cup Cat
Right on Kensington. Huh Huh? We're gonna have a good time up there too. It's already a lot of people planning to come out. I'm excited to see everybody that's going to be there, man. I'm excited, bro. Like, we got a lot of things cooking. We're going to, we're going to pause the things to come there. We got some things further on down the line, but we going, we're going to keep it tight. You know what I'm saying? All right, all right. We got ad reads.
Suki the Saint
We got ad reads.
Big Ice Cup Cat
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Suki the Saint
You should just did the show in the boxes.
Big Ice Cup Cat
Yeah.
Suki the Saint
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Big Ice Cup Cat
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Suki the Saint
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Big Ice Cup Cat
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Suki the Saint
That's it.
Big Ice Cup Cat
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Suki the Saint
Oh, okay.
Big Ice Cup Cat
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Suki the Saint
Huh? Look at that.
Big Ice Cup Cat
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Suki the Saint
Put it in the briefcase.
Big Ice Cup Cat
He put this in the brief. Put that in his safe.
Suki the Saint
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Big Ice Cup Cat
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Suki the Saint
Yeah, oh, yeah, yeah.
Big Ice Cup Cat
I mean, this is, it's affordable.
Suki the Saint
Okay.
Big Ice Cup Cat
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Suki the Saint
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Big Ice Cup Cat
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Suki the Saint
Okay, okay, okay.
Big Ice Cup Cat
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Suki the Saint
Uhhuh.
Big Ice Cup Cat
Sipping on that coffee black.
Suki the Saint
You know it, huh? You know it. Good coffee black.
Big Ice Cup Cat
You see the, you see the candle that's burning?
Suki the Saint
Great.
Big Ice Cup Cat
Circle sense.
Suki the Saint
Shout out to Circle Sense.
Big Ice Cup Cat
Shout out to Circle Sense. Man. Man created to customize US account. Ow. Good coffee. Black.
Suki the Saint
Great Ethiopian coffee bean in there from the motherland.
Big Ice Cup Cat
Yeah, we got a little micro dose of mushrooms in there too.
Suki the Saint
From the Garden of Eden.
Big Ice Cup Cat
F to see a talking snake. Hey, it's. It's okay. All right, hold on. Let's talk about something else too. Let's talk about black owner, black brands and. And black sponsorship.
Suki the Saint
Okay.
Big Ice Cup Cat
Hold on.
Suki the Saint
We back.
Big Ice Cup Cat
Let's talk about Kings. Kings Brand Wellness Market. Okay, I get a. I get a. I get an email. What's up, man? My name King. I own Kings Brand Wellness Market. We want to sponsor your 420 podcast with all things infused.
Suki the Saint
All things infused.
Big Ice Cup Cat
All things infused.
Suki the Saint
He didn't lie about that.
Big Ice Cup Cat
No, that nigga wasn't lying. Listen, let me tell you, I had this much of a damn lemonade. I'm walking on the moon all day. I'm gone to the moon.
Suki the Saint
Yeah.
Big Ice Cup Cat
But I'm feeling great. So he gave us some brownies, edibles, right? First of all, 9:00, I start dipping down off the lemonade. I'm like, it's time for bed. I'm finna sleep good. You know how the weed have your joints tired?
Suki the Saint
Yeah. You had to stretch it out.
Big Ice Cup Cat
Yeah. Well, you feel like you can't stretch it. You damn near want to break your.
Suki the Saint
Arm to stretch it out.
Big Ice Cup Cat
It's like your joints like. All right, it's time for bed. Yeah, Unc tired. Time for unc to gonna lay it down.
Suki the Saint
You got unk joints.
Big Ice Cup Cat
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. It's time to gonna lay it down.
Suki the Saint
Yeah, yeah.
Big Ice Cup Cat
Why did I get a bright idea? I say, man, before I go to bed, I'm gonna just bite a little corner of that brownie. I just wanna see what it tastes like.
Suki the Saint
Bad decision.
Big Ice Cup Cat
First of all, great brownie. A nice chunky, moist brownie. White icing, Oreo cookie in the middle of it. Ooh. All baked in baked goodness. Real baked goods, but infused. I eat the corner, I go to bed. I wake up 4:20 Easter Sunday.
Suki the Saint
That you did.
Big Ice Cup Cat
At 1:30 in the morning.
Suki the Saint
That you did.
Big Ice Cup Cat
Like Jesus Christ, he is risen. I was buzzing like a goddamn iPhone. I know, like, physically, like. Like that's my body. Like, what the fuck? What the fuck? I was like, damn, this nigga set me up. Niggas out here calling me Malcolm. I let a n send me an edible. I'm never coming back from this. Damn. They got me.
Suki the Saint
They got me, son.
Big Ice Cup Cat
They got me, son. They wiped my memories, son.
Suki the Saint
First the shade room.
Big Ice Cup Cat
That is. That is. I'm on the radar.
Suki the Saint
Fuck.
Big Ice Cup Cat
You can't eat Kings brand Wellness brownie. I will say this, though. And then I went to. So that I called you, what, like, 151, 45 in the morning. Big cat, niggas. It's a lot of visibility.
Suki the Saint
I'm like, what the fuck is going on?
Big Ice Cup Cat
Big Cat, we are. I'm actually famous.
Suki the Saint
I was like, I know that.
Big Ice Cup Cat
So he's like, this what this nigga gonna say? This what you wanted, right? I was like, bye, man.
Suki the Saint
Bye.
Big Ice Cup Cat
Get off my phone, bro. Get off my phone. I'm panicking right now. N called me. I woke up high.
Suki the Saint
You woke me up talking about, nigga, I'm famous right now. We know that.
Big Ice Cup Cat
Listen, dog, to be woken up out your sleep high is crazy. Like, how hard is the fucking edible Punching the bronze bomber. That shit woke me up out my sleep, nigga.
Suki the Saint
They gave you a Mike Tyson uppercut.
Big Ice Cup Cat
Yeah, yeah, yeah, for sure, for sure. But I mean, if you like edibles, if you like CBD infused products.
Suki the Saint
Yeah.
Big Ice Cup Cat
Go to the Kings brand wellness market. We'll plug everything for me. You know, I don't really do the weed.
Suki the Saint
Yeah.
Big Ice Cup Cat
Then I'm out there with Slink Johnson and Ronnie Jordan. Just puffing weed yesterday. Just smoking weed. Great.
Suki the Saint
420.
Big Ice Cup Cat
You had what? He is risen. He is rising. Was high all day. All day, bro. Then we got down, went to the. The. We went to funny shop. Shout out to funny. This funny bandana is my man's. We want the funny shop. They done changed the whole store into, like, what? This called swirls, right?
Suki the Saint
Yeah.
Big Ice Cup Cat
Dog just handed us the. We like, let's go try it out. You know what I'm saying?
Suki the Saint
Good pack. Great pie. Great pie.
Big Ice Cup Cat
I mean, swirl. Hey, man, we in the damn crew. Crew Ghettos motherfucker crew. First of all, we walk in the Escobar. We not serving alcohol, bitch. What? What do you think we here for?
Suki the Saint
We ain't having no food.
Big Ice Cup Cat
Yeah. We ain't coming here to eat. We came here to get drunk. Trying to get fucked up. I'm trying to balance this weed out.
Suki the Saint
Trying to get back right. My equilibrium off.
Big Ice Cup Cat
Right? Yeah.
Suki the Saint
Yeah, you're right.
Big Ice Cup Cat
Yeah. I'm over here worried about how I'm holding my hands.
Suki the Saint
Yeah.
Big Ice Cup Cat
Yeah. Like, do I look cool? Do I look crazy right now? Yeah. Do I look nuts? Do I look like I'm losing my fucking mind? Cause I am.
Suki the Saint
I am.
Big Ice Cup Cat
And I hope nobody else can notice the good weed. Great weed. The good weed you up, me and Big Cat looking at each other like, damn, bro, I'm high as. We just in crew smoking. We just there smoking. Like it. Like it's legal for one.
Suki the Saint
Well, they said we can smoke in there.
Big Ice Cup Cat
They said that? They did say that. They took 15 fucking minutes to bring me down, man. Tequila and then brought me two. Talking about I charged you double.
Suki the Saint
They did bring a long time to bring the drinks, man.
Big Ice Cup Cat
I don't like wait no long time for no drink.
Suki the Saint
I had one modelo.
Big Ice Cup Cat
Listen, man, if I ordered a drink, I want that shit at my table in five minutes exactly. I came to drink now. Don't let me. Don't give me time to think about it. Right now. I feel like I'm making a bad decision. Fuck you making me wait so long for a goddamn tequila and lemonade.
Suki the Saint
That's it.
Big Ice Cup Cat
But I think overall, yesterday was such a great day. Great day. Slink Johnson was black Jesus at the Uptown Comedy. It's just. It's like, crazy to see in person because that nigga's like six, nine.
Suki the Saint
Yeah, Just playing Jesus, I think up there with Jesus.
Big Ice Cup Cat
But he is. He's tall as a. He's tall as a. Yeah.
Suki the Saint
He can play the cross and Jesus.
Big Ice Cup Cat
Let's talk about black comedy. Sling Johnson, of course, is funny. He's an og. He came out and did his thing. Ronnie Jordan, of course. Fucking hilarious all the time. These women be shopping ass jokes y'all be doing. Like, black people have increased our quality of life so you can't get on stage talking about chick fil a is too expensive. Like, niggas eat Chick fil a so standard now every day. Yeah. This whole idea of, like, we gonn talk about. And poverty, that's out. We've been listening to them jokes since the early 2000s, okay? Black people have a different. A wealth of different experiences than the. Than our, like, aunts and uncles and our fathers and mamas that thought that shit was funny 25 years ago. That shit ain't funny, all right? You ain't never been so. Where they had roaches. It's 2025, okay?
Suki the Saint
If you still got roaches in 2025, it's just.
Big Ice Cup Cat
It's time to condemn you.
Suki the Saint
Yeah, yeah.
Big Ice Cup Cat
We condemning that house and you. It's just this whole thing of, like, we're gonna play on. We're gonna play on black people not having money. Like, this is Atlanta, bro. That's not like, really a reality for a lot of. Listen. People are struggling. Yes, yes. But. But the. The standard of quality that Black people have risen to is way above making chick fil a jokes.
Suki the Saint
Yeah.
Big Ice Cup Cat
You know what I'm saying? Way before, like, we not making like, it's just the old ass. Like you ever been so broke. Shut your ass. Shut up. Shut up.
Suki the Saint
We've been broke.
Big Ice Cup Cat
Yes, we've been broke. We get it. We heard that joke 25 years ago. We can't still keep talking about the same jokes and just want to talk about sex and poverty like that shit. Oh, what's your experience? Who are you? Why are you up in front of me right now? I get it. You're funny. Now what about your life experience makes you funny? Like Ronnie, he. He going to the thing about his son having autism, you know, his weight, his. His. His marriage, all these different things. Like, his comedy is about him. Yeah, he is a funny ass nigga, but his comedy has an identity. Right? Right. Sling Johnson. We already know black Jesus, you know what I'm saying? So him getting into character and it being 420 and Easter, it just makes sense, right? The rest of you niggas, I don't know who you were or why you was up there, because you just up there trying to make people laugh, but it's like, black people deserve a standard of quality, bro.
Suki the Saint
Absolutely.
Big Ice Cup Cat
So it brings me to, like, Wallow. What Wallow was talking about, like, Tristan, play the clip. Yeah, so while that comes across crass, it is true that we. We. We consume too much media and entertainment to have a standard of low quality. And we also shouldn't expect niggas to expect low quality. We also can't make excuses for poor quality and bad service. Yes, you got the business, but trying ain't enough. I came in here to spend my money. I don't want to leave feeling like I got got. You want to put together last minute, you don't want to take care of it. Like. Like, that's why we dialed back on. On our meet and greet. I want this shit to be quality and care. I want you to feel like for what you spent your money, you got your money's worth and more. I don't want you feeling like, damn, I just went in there and got God. Because you. If you pay for this service up front, you should get what comes along with that service. And if you so happen to still feel like supporting us and shopping with us when the merch booth is there and all that, that's great. But if you don't lift a finger, if you don't touch your goddamn credit card, you got your money's Worth. That's where I'm at with it. I don't want like, it's like niggas be doing this whole thing of like, they get you in the building and then they upsell you on everything. They overcharge you for the alcohol, they overcharge you for the food. Like, dog, we cannot keep having this expectation that it's okay for us to get low quality, black owned. Don't mean you get to me over because we black. Like, look at this, look at the presentation in this man's shit. Look at the great presentation. There's thoughtfulness going into this, okay? Your aesthetic, you listen. Once you open up a business, it ain't about you no more. I don't care what you like. Okay, you want me to come in and you want me to see the grass wall and the neon lights and the seating arrangements and all that? Yeah, but what, but what about the flow? Okay, great. Grass wall. I'm waiting 15 minutes to be for somebody to speak to me. What the fuck?
Suki the Saint
Terrible.
Big Ice Cup Cat
No, your business is about the people who patronize the business. The business is about customers, customer service. And just. Cause we like this, the nigga shit, like, we treat each other like we all family and shit, right? But the thing is, like, when you went to Greenie house when you was younger, you felt like loved on, like the food was bomb. You ate first. They make sure that you eat enough, right? You ain't gotta wait to be greeted. As soon as you walk in the house, everybody giving you hugs and kiss, it should feel like that. It shouldn't feel like, damn, I came in here and now I gotta wait for like, I'm not doing you a favor. We're conducting business. And we have a lot of flaws in our business practices. And we gonna reiterate again, we have to stop doing business like crack dealers. We gotta stop doing it like it's for the flip. No, it's for the experience. Your restaurant is an experience. And I shouldn't have to come in here and be like, well, I know they gonna take long and I know they gonna do this, but I'm support black owned business. Like, no, that's not enough. Up your fucking standard of quality and up your priority. And the priority is the customer. The priority ain't you. And you get to walk around and tell niggas, oh, I own a business. Who gives a fuck if you're not operating it like a business, you can't throw shit together last minute and call it a business. You can't have not have the customer in mind that there has to be a, like, seamless flow. And there's a psychology to this shit, too. When I walk in visually, right, how am I greeted when I'm walked in? How long does it take for somebody to come holla at me when I sit down? You know what I'm saying? Don't tell me, oh, just sit wherever you want. And I'm just sitting here for 10 minutes. Ain't nobody said to me, like, there needs to be order in that. There has to be order in, like, how we do things. Because one thing about me, I'm gonna spend my money with black people. But if I come to your business and I feel like I got got, and I feel like I just got jugged, I'm never coming back. I won't leave a bad review. I won't put smut on your name. The review is gonna be in the experience. And then in six months, when your shit shut down and you talking about, nobody wanna support black business. No, you don't wanna support black customers. You don't wanna support the black consumer. You don't respect the black dollar. You think. You think you're entitled to our money because we gonna support black business. You ain't entitled to this shit, nigga. I work hard for this shit, nigga. Been dealing with the man all week. Dealing with the goddamn man all week.
Suki the Saint
You want my money?
Big Ice Cup Cat
You want my money for some bullshit? No, we not doing that. We not doing that. We have to up our standard of quality in comedy. We gotta update the jokes. We can't. Hey, if I seen the joke on Comic View, I don't want to hear it. No, keep that. I don't care. If you ain't updated your material in 25 years, that means you ain't even really trying to do comedy for real. You just want to get up there and be seen just getting by. You just getting by. How you. How you nickel and diamond your career? Make some jokes that were reflective of you and your experiences. Everybody there black? You don't have to prove blackness. That's another thing we'd be doing. It's like we're trying to prove how black we are. You already black, nigga. We see you. We're at Uptown Comedy Corner. I know you black. I didn't come in here for black jokes. I came in here to laugh. So tell me something about you. Like, make it personal. How am I gonna remember you? You know what I'm saying? You just starting out. Put something custom in there. You can do the cultural connecting thing. You could do it. And you could do it uniquely. You could tell it in unique ways. Like Gigi lafleur, she. She doesn't just pander to, like, them same old jokes, but she has, like, a wealth of cultural commentary and cultural knowledge where she knows how to connect certain dots. But then she makes it personal. That's what it's about. Like, yeah, talk about the city. Like, Cat Williams do it every time when he go to a new city. The first, like, 10 minutes is about that city specifically. So people feel like they're connected. Yeah, we're connected. Like, he's here, he sees us. Boom. And then he gets into his material. Alisa D. He's done six specials and hasn't repeated the same joke twice. And you niggas is here telling me jokes that I heard in 2001 when I was listening to El Caliente Comic.
Suki the Saint
View when was in Miami N with salsa.
Big Ice Cup Cat
Yeah.
Suki the Saint
On the intro, niggas had the salsa.
Big Ice Cup Cat
Oh, Kayunka did that.
Suki the Saint
Yeah.
Big Ice Cup Cat
Women was. This is what. This is the peak. Peak, like 90s. Fine black women.
Suki the Saint
Yeah. Good women, Great women. Yeah. Nope, not a BBL in sight, man.
Big Ice Cup Cat
It wasn't an injected nothing.
Suki the Saint
Nothing, huh? All natural.
Big Ice Cup Cat
Shorty's in there drinking Alize. God damn, that was a hot drink.
Suki the Saint
Yeah, those are like orange juice.
Big Ice Cup Cat
I don't know what it was, man. It's just red. Know orange.
Suki the Saint
Red.
Big Ice Cup Cat
Yeah, red. Same thing. Hypnotic. What that is? Blue. Blue, baby blue. Just blue.
Suki the Saint
One of the things we be drinking.
Big Ice Cup Cat
That I'm like, like, cooling.
Suki the Saint
She could keep your engine cool.
Big Ice Cup Cat
Yeah, he's Macy. Throw something hypnotic in. Your gonna be free. She gonna be frozen in that great AC for hypnotic. You get in your car like, damn, boy, the AC hit, man. Hypnotic.
Suki the Saint
A good hypnotic.
Big Ice Cup Cat
So, yeah, we said mixing with Hennessy. I went in the engine.
Suki the Saint
This shit was cooling.
Big Ice Cup Cat
Wait a minute. We have to up our standard. We gonna do that here at the Grizzly Niggs podcast. Fuck what y'all talking about? We ain't gonna wait for y'all to do it. We gonna do it here. That's why when we put our merch, we put out quality merch. We put thought into it. We think about how it's gonna be presented. And you know what I'm saying? We not undercharging, but we not overcharging. We not trying to. Jug niggas, you come to the meet and greet, you going to get a meet and greet and a real experience, and we going to vibe. It ain't going to be no standoff. Just come Take a picture and then get the fuck on. No, I'm here to vibe with y'all too. We going. We going to kick it. If we're going to kick it, you're going to spend your money to see me and I'm going to act like I'm doing you. I'm doing you a favor. No, it's about the people.
Suki the Saint
Yeah.
Big Ice Cup Cat
What part of that don't niggas understand? It's because a heroin addict is physically dependent on heroin. A crack addict is mentally and physically dependent on it. You can spit on them, you can push them down, you can kick them. You are just standing in between them and their drugs. Right? Honestly, there's a hundred of you out here. Just cause y'all niggas want to be disrespectful don't mean you gonna stop me from getting my fix. Nigga, them lamb chops ain't that goddamn good.
Suki the Saint
That's a fact.
Big Ice Cup Cat
I'll go get my own goddamn lamb chops.
Suki the Saint
Yeah. I cook up some lamb chops.
Big Ice Cup Cat
What? I'll fire the grill up right now.
Suki the Saint
Yeah.
Big Ice Cup Cat
Huh? I'm not coming in here to get flipped.
Suki the Saint
Right?
Big Ice Cup Cat
This is some. And. And you can't. How you gonna be mad at a. For calling you out? Cause you, you, you serving up some. I thought we was in goddamn wind turbine type of engine they got on the fucking garbage truck. First of all. Good mic.
Suki the Saint
Yeah, Great mic.
Big Ice Cup Cat
Picking up outdoors.
Suki the Saint
Yeah.
Big Ice Cup Cat
Damn. We. We can't. We consume way too much media and entertainment to have a standard of low quality. You have to be thinking about the customer every step of the way. This is the thing about Ryan Coogler. We've never seen somebody give us in depth, an in depth look at like what that IMAX is what it looks like to be shot like that. And also for somebody to be so passionate about his process and his craft. He takes his career seriously. He's providing a standard of quality and he always has.
Suki the Saint
And he takes his time and he.
Big Ice Cup Cat
Takes his time and he's. And he's. And he's. He's put himself in a position of ownership now with his films.
Suki the Saint
Yeah.
Big Ice Cup Cat
Warner Brothers. Like, damn. We never asked enough for nobody to have the IP, but shit, you bring in $40 million in 48 hours. Yeah, you could probably get the. You could probably get the ip.
Suki the Saint
Yeah.
Big Ice Cup Cat
The thing is, is this where you are when I walk in there? When I walk in your business? Where you are in life is not my problem. I understand. Sometimes we just had a job to get by, but get by with pride. Have some pride in what the fuck you do. When I was waiting tables, I wanted to be the best waiter on the fucking planet. If you washing dishes, be the best dishwasher on the planet. Because regardless of what you going through, you gotta do that job. We say our first event is from 9 to 12, nigga, be there at 8:30. Be there. Let's have a good time, get there early. It's it. We have to have a. We have to raise our standard of quality. Because the fact is, is like we let get by with giving us low quality. Where they think take anything, we give them no more. No more. You want to call yourself a black owned business, operate that shit. Black owned. And for the customer. For the black customer. Respect the black dollar. Respect them. These people expect quality, they should get quality. Not just some shit you threw together. And it's just a, hey, well, shit, hey, I'm trying. Well, try harder. Cause we ain't coming back. We let these niggas get away with this shit too much out of an effort to be supportive. But you supposed to support us too. How you not gonna support the people that's providing your lifestyle? How. No, Wallow said regardless of his delivery and regardless of how you feel about it now, niggas trying to call Wallow a tether and all this weird shit like that Ados FBA shit. Don't call me, Don't DM me talking about that. Because y'all niggas are finding new ways to be divisive. Get the fuck go. Get the fuck on. I don't care. Okay? It's a distinction that need to be made. If we starting to have a conversation about reparations. And you niggas ain't doing that. You niggas just want to call people tethers. This y'all coon 2.0. Yeah, I don't. I don't get down with that, man. I with period. All of them. Until you show me otherwise. If you. If you from the diaspora, I with you. Until you show me otherwise. I don't got time. I don't got. I don't got time to be having problems with who going through the same. They went through the same everywhere else. They put the playbook play down on everybody. You sitting here arguing with about who got culture or not in English.
Suki the Saint
Language. Oh, cheerio in English.
Big Ice Cup Cat
You having an argument with a. About who got culture. Say it in a language I can't understand. Yeah, hey, you. You want to win the coach, you want to win the culture contest? Say something to Me, I don't understand.
Suki the Saint
Yeah. Besides your name.
Big Ice Cup Cat
Then you go to court, got powdered wigs in that.
Suki the Saint
Yeah.
Big Ice Cup Cat
And who got culture? It's British ass culture you talking about. He's in there with powdered wigs on.
Suki the Saint
Their head and makeup on.
Big Ice Cup Cat
Yeah.
Suki the Saint
Crazy.
Big Ice Cup Cat
I don't want. You know, this is the thing. We try not to get into the diaspora wars, but we have to also understand, too. Like, y'all not gonna keep coming at bro. Like, the black American be cooling. And then y'all just come at us for whatever.
Suki the Saint
And you know what's crazy about that? We can trace our lineage back way farther than they can in this country.
Big Ice Cup Cat
Right?
Suki the Saint
In this country.
Big Ice Cup Cat
Yeah.
Suki the Saint
We can trace our lineage back way.
Big Ice Cup Cat
Farther than they can also, too. I just want to say one thing. This is just for the record. I want. If your country that you represent has ever had an issue with skin bleaching, we're out of the conversation. We're not. We can't have the same conversation. Are in your. Are in your community trying to transform.
Suki the Saint
Their skin is peeling off this.
Big Ice Cup Cat
Peeling off their skin, getting rid of their melanin.
Suki the Saint
Yeah, but y'all got culture.
Big Ice Cup Cat
The anti black culture. That's why you coming at. I'm just saying. We with you. Stop talking crazy.
Suki the Saint
Damn. Yeah.
Big Ice Cup Cat
Like, why we trying to kumbay y'all with y'all niggas? And y'all trying to, like, one up us all the time.
Suki the Saint
I mean, they trying to just beat up big brother.
Big Ice Cup Cat
Yeah, they trying to big bro us. Like. No, we big bro.
Suki the Saint
Yeah, we big bro. We big bro for a long time now.
Big Ice Cup Cat
We gonna let you wear our. Wear our old clothes.
Suki the Saint
Yeah, that's what y'all niggas do.
Big Ice Cup Cat
That's what you do with your big brother. You wear his old clothes. They can't fit no more. Sorry, guys.
Suki the Saint
Just, you know, we love y'all.
Big Ice Cup Cat
We do love y'all, but y'all be talking a little too spicy for me.
Suki the Saint
Too reckless.
Big Ice Cup Cat
A little too reckless.
Suki the Saint
And that English accent and good English. I hate it.
Big Ice Cup Cat
Niggas thinking proper English. Yeah, the king English.
Suki the Saint
The queen. Ain't that motherfucker dead?
Big Ice Cup Cat
Yes, big cat. Yes.
Suki the Saint
Yes, she's dead. Okay.
Big Ice Cup Cat
I just think that, you know, 19 keys had brought up something. I like it. I like the way he said it. Narrative warfare. So we have to. We have to always understand that we're in a. In a war of narratives. Right? Like, we talk about these things in this aspect of war, because it is. Right. Absolutely. Carmelo Anthony Case. That's a narrative Warfare. They're trying to win that through narrative. Some of these news outlets are saying killer. Carmelo Anthony, like killer in quotations. Narrative warfare. It's narrative warfare. They're already convicting him. This is thing is going to go one of two ways. First of all, the boy family had money. They was up.
Suki the Saint
Yeah.
Big Ice Cup Cat
Already they was up. If you could just up and move to a gated community, 72 hours notice. Listen, nothing closes that fast even with cash. You can't wire no money in three days. Nah, nah. It take a little while. A little process.
Suki the Saint
Yeah.
Big Ice Cup Cat
No, that was already in the family.
Suki the Saint
Yeah, yeah.
Big Ice Cup Cat
We was already in the gated community.
Suki the Saint
Yeah.
Big Ice Cup Cat
Understand something. And then also too, it is a part of us upping our standard of quality. Black people have raised their standard of living, their quality of life. Right. We still have people that go through struggles and things like that, but we also have to adjust for the people that are doing better. And we should all. We all want to do better.
Suki the Saint
Yeah.
Big Ice Cup Cat
When you do better, you up your standard of quality. And businesses and comedians and entertainers need to up their standard of quality. Okay. Gone are the days of we're not doing no more. We love that.
Suki the Saint
We do.
Big Ice Cup Cat
Let's do some in a very organized and quality way. Right? Huh? Let's put together a family reunion that's seamless. Let's have a good time doing some. Let's present it well.
Suki the Saint
Yeah.
Big Ice Cup Cat
Huh. There ain't nothing missing. No stone left on turn. And the customer is the first person that we got in mind. That person walking through the door should be treated like royalty.
Suki the Saint
Absolutely.
Big Ice Cup Cat
Every. Because it's not even about the money. It's about the experience. You ever been a waiter and then somebody be like, hey, where, oh boy at?
Suki the Saint
Yeah. Yeah.
Big Ice Cup Cat
That make you feel good?
Suki the Saint
I was a bartender doing that in the dome in the Mercedes Benz, bro.
Big Ice Cup Cat
Yeah.
Suki the Saint
I had season ticket holders that came to me because of how I made their drink, how I made them feel. And they would tip me good, bro. Every Sunday.
Big Ice Cup Cat
Every. You gotta take pride in what you do because you're doing it anyway.
Suki the Saint
Yeah.
Big Ice Cup Cat
What you gonna not be? So you're gonna be miserable doing your job and you gonna make everybody else miserable too. Then when you get fired, you're gonna be like, well, I ain't even do shit. No. You're stinking up the place. Yeah.
Suki the Saint
Huh?
Big Ice Cup Cat
It stinks in here. Yeah, it stinks. Yeah.
Suki the Saint
You know how many times I wanna go to work, but I went to work with a smile on my face.
Big Ice Cup Cat
You gotta work and you do your thing. Because when you do things with pride, when you create that ethic, it spills over into how you do everything. The reason why our show has constantly upped its standard of quality, because we take care of what we got. We wasn't trying to present it like we had it all figured out. No. But we focused on how does. How do we shoot it, how does it sound? You know what? We're constantly focused on what can be improved to not only enhance the effort that we're putting into it, but to enhance the customer experience, to enhance the experience of the listener and the viewer. You want it to look good aesthetically. A lot of black art on the wall, a lot of black brands being represented in here. We doing it for ourselves. But there's a standard of quality. So it's a part of the narrative warfare. How do you change the narrative? How do you change the narrative about black people not tipping well if you get, if you have a good experience? First of all, from the customer standpoint, stop going somewhere. This is where we fucked up at. See, when you drop the standard of quality, now people are going places expecting to have a bad time. They're expecting some bullshit. So they microscope is on looking for any fucking problem. Don't have people come in like that also as a customer. Stop giving niggas a hard time. Like, be cool. This is a two way relationship. You provide for me, I'll provide for you. Stop giving me a goddamn hard time. Okay? These people is trying. Now. It ain't always all on the business owner. See, this is a two way street here.
Suki the Saint
Yeah.
Big Ice Cup Cat
Stop going in places looking for fucking problems. If you like to go out so you can complain, you stay your ass at home and you start a guilt page and you just go in there and you go complain about all the places you want to complain about. But stop going in people places and giving them a fucking hard time. Somebody give you quality service with quality food and you leave feeling satisfied about your experience. Give them folks a proper tip. They working for it.
Suki the Saint
Yeah. And if you see like a young lady or a young man overwhelmed, waiting tables. Yeah, Give them some grace.
Big Ice Cup Cat
Give them some grace.
Suki the Saint
At least put them to the side. Hey, man, you trying. Thank you.
Big Ice Cup Cat
You know, bruh, encourage them, make them. Because the thing is, those times where I'm overwhelmed and it's clear, it's the customers that was like, hey, you doing good, right? Like people be new. It's 10 things going on at once and they want to make sure everybody's taken care of. And your fucking attitude ain't helping. That's a narrative. Hopefully if we increase the narrative of black people having a better standard of quality for their customer experience, then we need the customers to have a better standard of quality about how they tip. It's all inclusive. It's a narrative to be movies. What do you expect when you see a to be movie? A low standard of quality.
Suki the Saint
Yeah.
Big Ice Cup Cat
So how much more does your, how much better does your film perform if it's of quality and it's on tubi because it's free but it looks great and it's well written and the actors are doing their thing and we not rushing. What you in a rush for? There is an air of perfectionism that goes into creativity. You have to be putting out a quality thing. We have to amplify the right voices too. Because fools have no shame. A person that just wants attention, going to do anything for attention. The people that should be speaking, the people that do have great like perspectives and can add nuance and can add a shift in paradigm to these certain topics and the way we feel about things. These like really have an impact culturally are often people that don't want to say anything. We need the people that's too afraid to speak up but know they have something to say to have courage and speak up. Because a fool has no shame. They always gonna have something to say. And then we're bombarded with foolish voices, foolish mentalities, foolish presentations. Just a whole bunch of goddamn foolery niggas just fucking around. No, we need the right people to get courageous. You a author. Why aren't you on here talking about your book? You need to talk about the book. Do a reading. Get out of whatever your idea is, whatever your fear of perception is. Whatever you talking about. You shy, but we need you. You shy because you care. A fool don't give a fuck, so they don't care about what they saying or what they put out. You shy and you nervous because you actually give a fuck. So I'm going to need you to get some reps in. I need you to get some reps in. I'm going to need you to don't post it, just record it and play it back to yourself. Give me a 30 second video. Give me a 60 second video. Give me your opinion on something. Quality matters. Quality matters. Now make sure that video crisp. Don't, don't come in here and give me the shit that you record on a dreamcast.
Suki the Saint
God damn.
Big Ice Cup Cat
Quality matters. I need to see it. I need you to be intentional about what you have to say. These Things matter. We can't just get to a place where we just throwing shit together no more. No, no, no, no, no, no, no. We have resources. We have experience. The average millennial has taken in so much fucking media. You can say what you want about these white establishments. They have a standard that we can duplicate and increase the value of. So just take it. It's readily available to you. It's been in front of you your whole life. Take the blueprint, take the quality and the standards that you see that work and improve it. Put your voice into it, put your identity on it. Jordan Peele does that. Donald Glover does that.
Suki the Saint
Absolutely.
Big Ice Cup Cat
They've taken things that have already been established, quality standards that have already been established, and they put in their own stories onto it. And it performs well. It does great. Because that quality is a standard of quality, and we need that. As much media as we consume, we need quality media. As much food as we'll consume, we need quality food, as much clothing and shit that we like to wear. Don't just tell me you've got no clothing brand and you just slapping them fucking logo on a T shirt. That's not a clothing brand. That's a T shirt. Say it is what it is. I know you trying to come up. This is why when we say merch, it ain't just T shirts. We got mugs, we got coloring books, got stationary kits, hats, all these different items for what you like. You like stickers, we got stickers. You like pens, we got pens. You like to read, we got bookmarks, big ice cups. There's a standard of quality here. You have to operate out of a standard of quality. I'm going to keep saying it because I wanted to be drilled into your fucking head. Raise the standard of quality. This is the narrative. This is how we combat bad narratives about ourselves in practice. Because narratives are more than just talk. Narratives are compounded by action. If I say this and then I do this, that creates a real narrative because not only are you saying it, but you're doing it. That makes it real. That makes it something that I could like, oh, no, no, no. I can actually point to this and say what he say it is. That's what it is. We got to. We got to get right. We gonna get it together. We're gonna get it together, huh? Grizzly is gonna be an example of quality. A standard of quality always. And, you know, just continue to support Carmelo Anthony and the family because they got a lot going on over there. That's. This is going to be a Polarizing case. This is going to be one of those type of cases that they try to use to divide America even further because it's already started. You already know niggas are drawing lines in the sand, in the street.
Suki the Saint
It's either gonna be two ways. Rodney King or O.J. simpson.
Big Ice Cup Cat
That's the only way it's gonna end, so. But we've been here before. We've had those experiences.
Suki the Saint
My bad, dog.
Big Ice Cup Cat
You good. I think that we have to also understand, too, like, what our position is. We should not expect anything from the justice system. But what we should do is provide enough support and care to the Anthony family to combat what we expect.
Suki the Saint
Yeah.
Big Ice Cup Cat
They don't need the money for the home. They got money. So now the lawyer can get what. The lawyer can go in there and get that bag and do what he need to do or she need to do. The judge obviously saw something.
Suki the Saint
Yeah.
Big Ice Cup Cat
If you drop from a million to a quarter.
Suki the Saint
And gave him a bun.
Big Ice Cup Cat
And gave him a bun.
Suki the Saint
Let him go.
Big Ice Cup Cat
Let him go. It's something going on with that case we don't really know about.
Suki the Saint
Yeah.
Big Ice Cup Cat
And it's not favorable to the Metcalf family.
Suki the Saint
Some type of evidence has been.
Big Ice Cup Cat
Something. Somebody seen something.
Suki the Saint
Yeah.
Big Ice Cup Cat
God damn. Okay.
Suki the Saint
Yeah.
Big Ice Cup Cat
Man. What? You know. Love y'all, bro.
Suki the Saint
Absolutely, man.
Big Ice Cup Cat
We're gonna. You know, we get it. We. We. We have some things that we are working on. Very. I'm very excited about the things that are to come.
Suki the Saint
Hey, man. Good things.
Big Ice Cup Cat
And these things are going to be great.
Suki the Saint
Things are coming.
Big Ice Cup Cat
And these things are going to be operated with what care. A high standard of quality. We'll be right back after this commercial break. We back. Hey, look, friends of the show. What's the matter?
Suki the Saint
I can't hear nothing. What happened?
Big Ice Cup Cat
You good?
Suki the Saint
I can't hear nothing.
Big Ice Cup Cat
Is your headphones.
Suki the Saint
Yeah, everything is. Yeah.
Big Ice Cup Cat
I can hear you.
Suki the Saint
You can hear me. Hit it again. When you hit that cord, something happened. Yeah, yeah. Okay. Okay. You pulled it out. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Big Ice Cup Cat
We good?
Suki the Saint
Yeah. You good?
Big Ice Cup Cat
All right. Edit all this out, Tristan. Edit all this out. All right, Take two. We back. We are back. Hey, look. So something we ain't did in a while. Friends of the show. They dropped a song.
Suki the Saint
Oh, man.
Big Ice Cup Cat
Raking K. My main man. Ms. Jessica Akeem Ali. Ow. Damn.
Suki the Saint
Rachel, where'd you find this?
Big Ice Cup Cat
Premiering Ray Kincaid.
Suki the Saint
Eyeball Jackson, Mississippi.
Big Ice Cup Cat
Stand up, Jackson.
Akeem Ali
Okay, y'all boil up in that room. Room. Pull up in that 95 and I'm hopping out in that all white Got me feeling like moon Night I'm on the road I never lose like a loaded dice boil up in that poacher dice young from the south side with a bad chicken she bonafide hell yes she top 5 upgrade for my old girl cause she won the one she the prototype 3 stacks on my left hand with that big boy on my right side to drop bones over bad dad so hey dawg I wouldn't try I just really want peace though I just want to have a good time so I'm walking up in the strip club now I'm throwing bread like a fool fight hell yeah Set the move right hell yeah It's a cool night I don't really drink too much but I might sip on a smooth night next day man I boy love to the function with a bad chick head down she got a couple kids but it don't matter she still thick Every time we kick it people out in her business I say baby don't worry about it might as well get used to it baby Cause I bow, I bow, I bow.
Jessica
I'm the one up on his mind that's why he calling we be courting like Spalding when we balling I hope you catch me can't be slipping but I'm falling you gotta get it if you don't then boy I'm hollin we be chillin lay me down and relax don't get no guilt that you gonna take back I throw it back and boy you can't forget that let's start a session press record up on the track Like a man buy me diamonds Cause he love to see me shining and we got matching grills Cause he love to keep me smiling Catch me in the field by my baller boy I'm wild and he put that I don't know that boy don't need no salad we ain't got him at the fit Cause they know that we together and he gonna cut that check Cause I marked him when I met him and I trick on my cause nobody do it better all four seasons we gonna ball in any brother.
Akeem Ali
I bow, I bow to.
Big Ice Cup Cat
Nigga we are we back we are back. I bought that shit was clean. You know Akeem with the vocals. Shout out to Akeem always coming through with vocals crisp. Yeah, and Ms. Jessica kind of got that old school like Lechat, you know what I'm saying? That good southern rap feel good, feel good yeah tell she got gold teeth.
Suki the Saint
Yeah yeah, yeah or one yeah, just one.
Big Ice Cup Cat
A single gold tooth that'll do it, that'll do it. Yeah, man. That's Drake and K featuring Ms. Jessica and Akeem Aling. Eyeball, go stream that. Go check that out. All right, let's get into some of these voicemails. All right.
Ebony
Hi, Deontay. I just wanted to let you know my name is Ebony. I'm originally from the Chicago, Illinois and I love your show. I usually watch your show after my kids are gone to school because I listen to church in the morning just to give them motivation. But this morning I actually turned on your grits and eggs podcast because I was hearing about the Carmelo Anthony and the Y situation and I wanted to listen to it. My son is 9 and he has autism and he really sts all day, all the time. He doesn't sit still and watch anything. But this morning he actually sat down and he was watching your show. He was really intrigued all of the information that you were giving. He was so enlightened and he asked me, can we watch this every day before we go to school? So now I will flip back and forth. One day we will watch you in the morning, and the next day we will watch church in the morning. But I just wanted to say that all the information that you give is genuine. It's really what we want to say, but we, when we say it, too many people don't understand because they don't understand where we're coming from. Like, I am from Chicago, Illinois, Englewood, Chicago, Illinois. Got out of there, put my kids in another place. Did not move them into all white community or anything, but put them somewhere where they don't have to duck bullets. And now they see the strides that I have made and the growth in them. My daughter is a sophomore in high school. She's actually in a nursing program. Just went to her first nursing nursing convention over the weekend. And also she's going to be graduating her junior year. My oldest daughter is 21 and she is a forklift driver. So I just wanted to let you know you are reaching a lot of people. Congratulations on all of your nominations and all of the blessings that's coming your way. You deserve it. And thank you for speaking for us as a whole and for understanding us. Thank you. Shout out to big cuz.
Big Ice Cup Cat
Hey, who doing it like that? Yeah, I got the got the kids on the spectrum sitting still. Hey, that's huge.
Suki the Saint
That's powerful, bro.
Big Ice Cup Cat
Especially for my son. That's what me and Ronnie was talking about last night. Like, damn, we the dads on the spectrum. But it's like, nah, it's real, bro. And you gotta love and care for your kids. Ah.
Suki the Saint
Made you feel good, didn't it? Yeah. Yeah.
Big Ice Cup Cat
That's major. Shout out to you.
Suki the Saint
Yeah.
Big Ice Cup Cat
Damn, we needed the love right off the rip.
Suki the Saint
Yeah. Shout out to you for being a great parent, too.
Big Ice Cup Cat
Great parent.
Suki the Saint
Yeah. All right, take it all in. Pause. Crazy work. It's crazy work.
Big Ice Cup Cat
We just gonna go to.
Suki the Saint
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Madison
What's up, y'all? My name is Madison. I'm 17. I'm from a little town, North Carolina, called Fidelia. It's right on the east side of Greensboro. And first, I want y'all to know the young people, they. They be listening. You know what I'm saying? Like I said, I'm 17, and I would like to say, you know what I'm saying? I'm pretty. I'm pretty. Pretty aware my age, especially nowadays. Niggas lined up for 20v1. I'm not one of those people. You know what I'm saying? So I think I'm doing pretty good. But my question for you is, like. Like I said, there are young people who have their ears open. We listen to you, and people like you, who's really sharing their knowledge with us? Sharing their. Sharing good things that we need to know? And I was. I was wondering, how do you think we could get more people like myself, who are young and have that. That change, but have that freedom spirit like the rest of Genesee has? How do we get them to listen and change their passion? I know you did an episode on it before, but me being a young person, I'm not as acclimated with the knowledge that you are, you know what I'm saying? Like, you know more than what I do, is what I'm trying to say. So from my standpoint, how do you think I could, you know, get people who are my age to. To wait? I wouldn't say wake up, but wake up. You know what I'm saying? Yeah, y'all have a nice one and keep doing what you're doing.
Big Ice Cup Cat
We.
Madison
I appreciate you, for real.
Big Ice Cup Cat
Thank you, young lady.
Suki the Saint
Yeah. 17.
Big Ice Cup Cat
17. Doing the knowledge.
Suki the Saint
Hey, I got one thing to say before you get into your thing.
Big Ice Cup Cat
All right?
Suki the Saint
When we were 17, we had this thing, you know, we call it just putting. Putting people on. We had to put them on. We didn't have. Well, we had Internet, but it wasn't how it is now. We didn't have the Instagram and all that, but it was, like word of mouth, so you had to put people on. So when you're around your peers and you're around New People, you say, hey, man, I know this great pod. If y'all want something to watch or something to listen to, I got a great. Something great we can listen to.
Big Ice Cup Cat
Right?
Suki the Saint
Put them on the grits and edge.
Big Ice Cup Cat
Put them on.
Suki the Saint
Just put them on. We gotta get back to putting people on.
Big Ice Cup Cat
We gotta put people on.
Suki the Saint
Yeah.
Big Ice Cup Cat
I think also, too, I'll say this back to circle back to raising our standard of quality. Certain things just can't be acceptable no more if a just doing anything. Like, we know how high school is. We have to make niggas that think they're being cool by being tough or being disruptive or being disrespectful. We have to uncool that. Like, n. Gotta stand up and be like, bro, that shit lame. Like, collectively, this you want is lame. Knowledge is power, bro. Like, knowledge is cool. We got to make being intelligent and articulate and. And smart cool again. Yeah, that has to be the standard. That's a part of us raising our standard of quality. Like, we can't. Like, oh, you got a f. I don't want nothing to do with you. No, no, yeah, this is. This coochie ain't for failures. No. So I. I think too, it's like, yeah, yeah, it's a narrative warfare. You gotta change the narrative. Niggas think they can get by and be dumb just because they got on nice clothes and shit like that. No, we gotta change the narrative. It ain't just about nice clothes. It ain't just about being funny. Like, what's going on in your mind? That's. The attitudes have to. We have to adjust our attitudes and accept a standard of quality, of intelligence as well. What comes out your mouth, Is it destructive? Is it divisive? Oh, well, I can't get down with that. Is it ignorant? I can't get down with it. If you funny and you intelligent and you on top of your books and you're doing. You charismatic good on you. We have to. We have to. We have to raise. That's. That's what this episode is going to be called, a standard of quality. We have to raise our standard of quality. And that's even in our interactions and the people we interact with. No longer can a nigga who's a fuck up be considered cool. No, you lame. Yeah, you're gonna go to prison. So we just don't have no. No conversation for you.
Suki the Saint
Just get back to calling lame. You don't call lame no more.
Big Ice Cup Cat
Don't call lame no more.
Suki the Saint
We was in school lame ass, Lame ass.
Big Ice Cup Cat
Trying to Be tough A that's gonna be in the street. Gonna be in the street anyway. Yeah, but I know plenty of street that was very intelligent, very smart in school. Yeah, they went in school being a fool. Nah. And we, we. And we got to start letting. Letting that's in the way. Know they in the way so they can get the out the way. You cause a lot of confusion when you just in the way. You just out here doing you on the block. You, you all day, you making this hot. Cause you don't even got no reason to be out here. You just in the way. You in the classroom being disruptive while trying to learn. You in the way. Yeah, get out the way.
Suki the Saint
We got to do.
Big Ice Cup Cat
We got stuff to do, man. Thank you, young lady. Yeah, thank you. Shout out North Carolina, home state. Shout out North Carolina Deontay Cal.
Caller from PA
You guys cut cat go calling out of pa. I appreciate y'all kicking the knowledge and all that. Just wanted to kind of come in here and talk to y'all real quick. Real rap. I think we need to talk to the young melanated folks about the opportunity that's in front of them. And, you know, I'm going to let you really, you know, do the knowledge on that. With the. With AI being where it's currently at, I think the dependence on it is real dangerous. And I think that it's a great opportunity for the young black men and the young black women in academia to really take this as an opportunity to build up some compounding interest on their abilities.
Big Ice Cup Cat
Right.
Caller from PA
So as you know this, the mother ones continue to depend on it. I need our young black men, young black women, to really get up in here and do the real knowledge. Get that work, get that education, get all the information real way. So that when all of this AI stuff really takes over, they still we have the opportunity to get on top. So like I said, appreciate y'all kicking the knowledge, doing the knowledge whatnot, you know, expound on that, if you will.
Big Ice Cup Cat
Hey, man. A standard of quality in education. We're not going to take shortcuts while everybody else is depending on AI. We're not going to take shortcuts. We're going to do. We're going to do it the old fashioned way. Because guess what? 10 years after you graduate them don't know what they doing. And you do. Who gonna get all the opportunities? The person that who papers say they know what they doing, but get in there and don't know what the fuck they doing or the person that really know what they doing. Standard of quality. We can't take shortcuts just because they do. You know, that ain't how I work now. I don't like to repeat that. Twice. Twice as good to be get half as much. No, fuck that. Fuck that. We're going to be twice as good and get double. Let's change that. Let's change that narrative too. Yeah, let's change the narrative of us expecting to get half as much them. Because if we up our standard of quality, we can give ourselves opportunities.
Suki the Saint
Yeah.
Big Ice Cup Cat
See how it all is connected.
Suki the Saint
But still be twice as good, though.
Big Ice Cup Cat
No. Still be twice as good.
Suki the Saint
Still be twice as good. Yeah. Still be twice as good.
Big Ice Cup Cat
You heard? Sometimes you show up already twice as good.
Suki the Saint
Yeah.
Big Ice Cup Cat
Sometimes you just show up and you twice as good. But we had to up our standard. You should want to be better. Should want to be the best. Take pride in everything you do. I'm telling you, that pride, that work ethic, that shit is what opened up opportunities. Faith without works is dead. Right? Right. You have a dream and you ain't working. This ain't about hustling. This is about efficiency. Pride. Pride makes you efficient. Having a high standard of quality, that will make you efficient. And efficiency is going to win every fucking day. Quality over quantity.
Suki the Saint
Absolutely.
Big Ice Cup Cat
I. And I'm gonna say that. To say this. Are we gonna take email submissions and we gonna. And. And. And for music, we're gonna take advice submissions. As far as, like, booking inquiries, we off the books. We're gonna lock in on these things that we got going on. We got things going on from now until August, and we gonna. I'm gonna focus all my attention on that. You're gonna have to absolutely bring me a bag for me to. To. To take my focus off of what we got coming. Because the stuff we got coming for people is very important, and it's gonna be quality. It's gonna be fire. No shortcuts. We can't take no shortcuts. Because what's gonna happen when the real work got to get done? You ain't gonna know what to do.
Suki the Saint
Facts.
Big Ice Cup Cat
All right. My neighbor and his.
Suki the Saint
Oh, coming out hot, son.
Big Ice Cup Cat
God damn. Somebody's upset.
Suki the Saint
Yeah.
Big Ice Cup Cat
The question is at the end, if you want to skip all the details. Hey, Deontay and big ice cup cat. I did the knowledge, and I need help with my solution. My white neighbor is allowing his dog to. In his. In. In my yard. Well.
Suki the Saint
Oh, is he now?
Big Ice Cup Cat
Is he. Is he doing that?
Suki the Saint
You know what you should do? I got a solution already.
Big Ice Cup Cat
Ghirardelli. All Right.
Suki the Saint
I don't have the solution. No, but honestly, if the dog is in your yard, get a paper bag. It's not. Get a paper bag. I mean, not a paper. A plastic bag. Get this up and throw that on this front door.
Big Ice Cup Cat
No facts. Yeah, No, I don't even got to read all this. Yeah, just throw that shit on this front door. Yeah. That nigga's being disrespectful.
Suki the Saint
Yeah, so be disrespectful back.
Big Ice Cup Cat
Nah, Ghost, me, myself, Irene, go take a. In his yard. You.
Suki the Saint
Yeah, you take a. On this car.
Big Ice Cup Cat
Yeah, yeah, Just. Just drop a load off. Yeah, yeah, right in the driveway. Can't get rid of it. Can't power wash that out, Smear it. Yeah. Have some good curry the night before. Some hot.
Suki the Saint
Good beef patio.
Big Ice Cup Cat
Yeah, yeah, yeah. Really get backed up.
Suki the Saint
Take a laxative, a good dump.
Big Ice Cup Cat
I don't even gotta read the rest of that. Oh, no, we the solution.
Suki the Saint
Yeah.
Big Ice Cup Cat
Find a way to equal and opposite reactions. We gotta up our.
Suki the Saint
Yeah, up the.
Big Ice Cup Cat
This is warfare now. We in the World War II. We in the. We in the now. Hey, you gotta fight with.
Suki the Saint
Yeah, yeah.
Big Ice Cup Cat
Okay.
Suki the Saint
Thor, Grenade's front door, man.
Big Ice Cup Cat
What? Yeah, now we gotta start throwing at this house. Yeah, and make sure there ain't no cameras. First of all. That nigga's wild. Yeah, but don't be violent. Find subtle ways to fuck with him.
Suki the Saint
Yeah.
Big Ice Cup Cat
Let some air out of his tire.
Suki the Saint
Yeah.
Big Ice Cup Cat
Just subtle ways to inconvenience him. He want to play, let's fucking play.
Suki the Saint
Yeah. Fuck it. Flatten all four tires. Just flatten them.
Big Ice Cup Cat
Yeah, yeah.
Suki the Saint
Fuck it.
Big Ice Cup Cat
Just don't get caught.
Suki the Saint
Yeah, just don't get caught.
Big Ice Cup Cat
All right. Am I a sellout?
Suki the Saint
Oh, now we talking.
Big Ice Cup Cat
Now we talking.
Suki the Saint
That's what we like.
Big Ice Cup Cat
We back. That is so ignorant. Hey, Deontay and big ice cup cat. I wanted to first say thank you guys for what you do. Thank you for giving black people a safe space to belly laugh, learn and be held accountable for our roles in shaping the future of our people. I've been doing a lot of that on my. I've been doing a lot of my own knowledge, and I've been feeling more confident and motivated as a black woman than I ever have. However, this has led to an internal dilemma that I would like some advice on. My boyfriend and I have been back together for several months now. It's been everything we both could ever ask for. I mean, it's damn near perfect. We broke up around this time last year because of him using the N word.
Suki the Saint
Oh, okay, all right. I see where it's going now.
Big Ice Cup Cat
Damn it. God damn it. My boyfriend is Hispanic. He never knew his father was raised by a black man from the age of one.
Suki the Saint
Okay, okay.
Big Ice Cup Cat
All right, all right. That's good bail. Yeah, Great bail.
Suki the Saint
Good bail money.
Big Ice Cup Cat
I mean, that's good bail money.
Suki the Saint
Put that shit in the safe.
Big Ice Cup Cat
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. He is 31. I was raised around black people. Has never been a valid argument for anyone saying the N word ever. Good on you, sis.
Suki the Saint
Yeah, yeah.
Big Ice Cup Cat
Good standard of quality.
Suki the Saint
Yeah.
Big Ice Cup Cat
So I broke things off. I love my boyfriend very much, but I didn't actually want to end things because of that. But culturally, I feel like I had to. Great decision.
Suki the Saint
Yeah.
Big Ice Cup Cat
Reform that nigga. Nigga. At the top of this year, he reached out, we went to dinner, he apologized profusely. We talked, and it has not been an issue since. I think that kind of thing is certainly rampant in Houston, where we're from, with Hispanics. And he may genuinely have never been checked for it. And I knew there would be. I knew there would have to be some unlearning on his part. However, I cannot get over the fact that he is very grown and should be able to read the room, essentially. I love this man very much and our relationship is amazing. Otherwise, am I telling. Am I terrible for continuing to date him? I don't want to make excuses, but I wonder if I'm kidding myself. We're quickly getting to that point of him meeting my black ass family, and I'm worried they won't be as forgiving. Thank y'all in advance for whatever advice you might have. No hard feelings. Feelings. Hey, check this out. I think y'all doing the right thing. He apologized. Now the only true apology is changed behavior. So if we haven't had any issues, then he's effectively apologized. And maybe he doesn't understand. You know, we talking about Texas, and.
Suki the Saint
He was raised around. He was raised by a black man.
Big Ice Cup Cat
He was raised by a black man. You know, this is part of, like, his. His upbringing in his household. It don't make it right. But I. But it is understandable. Right? Right. So. And it's not like he hitting you with a hard R. Yeah. You know, he's just saying nigga, like, how. Cause he been around niggas.
Suki the Saint
How we talk.
Big Ice Cup Cat
That's how we talk. That's how we talk. But culturally, right? It is a red flag. Like, you. You cross the line, but it's like. It's like a red card.
Suki the Saint
Yeah.
Big Ice Cup Cat
It's not a red Flag. It's like, hey, nigga, go to timeout. Right? You put him in timeout. He came back. He apologized. If y'all have an amazing relationship, otherwise, I don't see any reason why y'all shouldn't continue to have a relationship. And people need to be understanding.
Suki the Saint
Yeah.
Big Ice Cup Cat
Okay. People let their spouses get away with a lot more than just some.
Suki the Saint
Yeah.
Big Ice Cup Cat
You know what I'm saying?
Suki the Saint
And I think he's.
Big Ice Cup Cat
Now, it was a white boy.
Suki the Saint
Yeah, that was a white boy.
Big Ice Cup Cat
Nah, we gotta cut that.
Suki the Saint
No.
Big Ice Cup Cat
Now, I don't give a who raised me.
Suki the Saint
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Big Ice Cup Cat
But who raised you?
Suki the Saint
Yeah.
Big Ice Cup Cat
Huh? You could have been raised by a named. And the. Could have been raised by the N, I G, A G, A.
Suki the Saint
Yes.
Big Ice Cup Cat
The nigga family. You could have been raised by them. And you better not say it. I think it's understandable. I'm not tripping on that. I think he's a good brother, you know, Good brown brother. I think.
Suki the Saint
Cause he was raised by black people, he even understands what she's saying.
Big Ice Cup Cat
Yeah. Now he gets it. He's like, okay, cool. I never been checked on it also, too. It's like his pops probably was letting him get that off all type of shit. So this. This is just behavior that hasn't been checked. And he possibly still do say. He just don't say it at home. And hey, hey, hey. Winners a win.
Suki the Saint
He's in the car. Listen to Gucci saying, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Big Ice Cup Cat
He's making. He's making it up. Yeah. He's not around you.
Suki the Saint
Yeah. He's getting all these.
Big Ice Cup Cat
You're not gonna take his cultural coin. You're not gonna take that inward pass.
Suki the Saint
He getting all the out. Before you come in the house.
Big Ice Cup Cat
A whole lot of being said on the way home.
Suki the Saint
Hulk Hogan, we coming for you.
Big Ice Cup Cat
Just running all gold. Everything.
Suki the Saint
Yeah.
Big Ice Cup Cat
Just so you can get in triples this. Thinks she gonna tell me what to do.
Suki the Saint
Yeah. But good job on you, though.
Big Ice Cup Cat
No, I'm glad you checked that. Yeah. Because that definitely can't go unchecked. You know what I'm saying?
Suki the Saint
For sure.
Big Ice Cup Cat
But hold on one second, y'all. Oh, no, no, no. Not that. Some business. Okay, good, good, good business. Good business. Yeah, yeah. Stay with that brown man. You know what I'm saying? Brown pride.
Suki the Saint
That brown man.
Big Ice Cup Cat
Brown black. He brown that he is Hispanic. Just make sure that ain't saying.
Suki the Saint
Yeah.
Big Ice Cup Cat
Sound like. Sound like y'all got it all figured out.
Suki the Saint
Yeah, y'all good.
Big Ice Cup Cat
I ain't got no qualms for me.
Suki the Saint
If you say again.
Big Ice Cup Cat
Keep that to the curve.
Suki the Saint
Let that go. Say and disappear.
Big Ice Cup Cat
Yeah, yeah, yeah. You just got let go. Let that go. This has been episode 62.
Suki the Saint
We on 62? Yes, we are.
Big Ice Cup Cat
Damn. We are on 62.
Suki the Saint
Wow.
Big Ice Cup Cat
Wow, man. Damn. 62. Just in the gym. Putting it on. Put them up.
Suki the Saint
Putting shots up.
Big Ice Cup Cat
Putting the shots up and watching them go in.
Suki the Saint
Yeah, man.
Big Ice Cup Cat
I love y'all, man. If you haven't already. Grizzly podcast on Patreon. It's getting. It's getting live over there. We just started. Discord. Y'all getting a lot for $8.
Suki the Saint
$8.
Big Ice Cup Cat
God damn. Two episodes a month. Hey, live stream. Hey, Discord.
Suki the Saint
Hey.
Big Ice Cup Cat
Huh? Early access to merch. Look. Hey, man, look. Come on over.
Suki the Saint
Good quality over there.
Big Ice Cup Cat
Bring you $8. Great quality over there.
Suki the Saint
There.
Big Ice Cup Cat
I love y'all, man. Episode 62. I'm your host, Deontay Kyle. But who's behind the camera?
Suki the Saint
Big ice cub cat.
Big Ice Cup Cat
Until next week, we'll holla at you. Going to go. I was going to say something crazy.
Suki the Saint
Going to go What?
Big Ice Cup Cat
I'm not going to say.
Suki the Saint
All right.
Big Ice Cup Cat
That would have just undid everything. We outside. All right. Yo.
Grits and Eggs Podcast: Episode 62 - The Standard of Quality
Host: Deante’ Kyle
Featuring: Suki the Saint
Release Date: April 22, 2025
In Episode 62 of the Grits and Eggs Podcast, host Deante’ Kyle, alongside co-host Suki the Saint, delves deep into the importance of maintaining and elevating the standard of quality within Black-owned businesses and the broader Black community. The conversation is rich with insights on cultural narratives, customer service, media representation, and personal growth.
Key Discussion: Deante’ Kyle emphasizes the necessity for Black-owned businesses to uphold high standards in their services and products. He critiques the prevalent trend of subpar customer experiences and urges business owners to prioritize quality over quantity.
Notable Quotes:
Insights:
Customer Experience: Deante’ and Suki discuss the importance of creating intimate and seamless customer experiences, moving away from the impersonal and rushed interactions that often plague businesses.
Business Practices: They highlight the need for businesses to treat customers with respect and ensure that every interaction leaves the customer feeling valued and satisfied.
Key Discussion: The hosts explore the concept of narrative warfare, focusing on how Black narratives are shaped and the impact of media portrayals on the community's perception.
Notable Quotes:
Insights:
Changing Narratives: Deante’ stresses the importance of Black creators producing high-quality content that accurately reflects their experiences, countering outdated and stereotypical portrayals.
Cultural Commentary: The discussion includes critiques of Black comedy that relies on repetitive and outdated jokes about poverty, urging comedians to infuse their work with personal and culturally relevant stories.
Key Highlight: The episode features heartfelt voicemails from listeners, demonstrating the podcast’s positive influence on their lives.
Notable Quotes:
Insights:
Educational Impact: Ebony shares how her son, who struggles with autism, engages with the podcast, finding motivation and enlightenment through its discussions.
Community Support: The hosts acknowledge and celebrate the positive feedback, reinforcing the podcast’s role as a supportive and educational platform for listeners.
Key Discussion: A listener shares her dilemma about continuing a relationship with her Hispanic boyfriend, who previously used the N-word, seeking advice on cultural sensitivity and relationship dynamics.
Notable Quotes:
Insights:
Cultural Understanding: Deante’ advises the listener on the significance of genuine apologies and behavioral change, emphasizing the importance of cultural sensitivity in relationships.
Red Flags and Growth: The conversation underscores the importance of recognizing red flags while also allowing space for personal growth and understanding within a relationship.
Key Discussion: The hosts discuss the importance of quality in creative industries, citing examples of successful Black creators who uphold high standards in their work.
Notable Quotes:
Insights:
Inspiring Examples: Deante’ highlights figures like Ryan Coogler, Jordan Peele, and Donald Glover as exemplars of Black creators who maintain high standards, blending personal stories with cultural commentary to create impactful work.
Call to Action: He encourages aspiring creators within the Black community to prioritize quality and authenticity in their projects, leveraging existing high standards as a blueprint for their own success.
Key Discussion: The episode includes announcements about upcoming events and initiatives aimed at fostering community engagement and supporting Black-owned businesses.
Notable Quotes:
Insights:
Memorial Day Meet and Greet: Deante’ and Suki announce a Memorial Day event aimed at providing a quality experience for attendees, including free parking, food, trivia, and exclusive merchandise.
Future Initiatives: The hosts hint at future projects and collaborations designed to continue elevating the standard of quality within their network and community.
Key Discussion: In the closing segments, Deante’ and Suki reinforce their commitment to maintaining high standards across all aspects of their podcast and community interactions.
Notable Quotes:
Insights:
Commitment to Excellence: The hosts reiterate the importance of quality in all endeavors, from content creation to customer service, as a means to change and improve narratives within the Black community.
Engagement Platforms: They promote their Patreon and Discord platforms, encouraging listeners to engage more deeply with the podcast’s community and access exclusive content.
Episode 62 of the Grits and Eggs Podcast serves as a powerful discussion on the imperative of raising the standard of quality within Black-owned businesses, media, and personal interactions. Deante’ Kyle and Suki the Saint provide thoughtful critiques and actionable advice, all while fostering a sense of community and empowerment among their listeners. Through impactful conversations and listener engagement, the podcast continues to be a beacon of motivation and change within the Black community.
Notable Quotes for Reflection:
For those interested in elevating their personal and professional standards, and supporting Black excellence, Episode 62 offers invaluable insights and inspiration.