Grits and Eggs Podcast
Host: Deante’ Kyle
Episode 83 - Unhinged & Immoral ft. Mecca & Jamila
Date: August 29, 2025
Episode Overview
In an unfiltered, laughter-filled late-night session, Deante’ Kyle is joined by rising content creators and podcasters Mecca and Jamila (of the "Unhinged & Immoral" podcast). The trio deep-dives into Millennial Black nostalgia, pop culture commentary, their trajectories as digital creators, the wild world of social media, colorism, hustling on the internet, black regional slang, and the realities of creative entrepreneurship. Their candid, tangential conversations blend serious insights with relentless jokes, dark humor, and a palpable friendship.
Key Discussion Points & Insights
1. Introductions and Early Jokes
- Starts with banter about mustaches, childhood teasing, and roasting family members. Mecca shares how growing up, bullying helped her build thick skin.
- Quote (Mecca): “I grew up 250 pounds with a mustache in Black middle school — like, you can’t really roast me.” [01:53]
2. Banter on Hairlines, Roasting, and Childhood Trauma
- Roasting tales culminate in a darkly humorous reflection on bullies and karma.
- Quote (Jamila): “Let me tell you something about it. That karma, my God. On today, biggest bitch I know. And she's good to me.” [04:34]
3. Dog Breed Stereotypes & Blackness
- Animated debate about “nigga dogs” (pits, rottweilers vs. “Karen” dogs like Yorkies and Shih Tzus) as markers of racial identity.
- Quote (Jamila): “Pits are Black! These are nigga dogs!” [05:47]
4. Colorism, Dating Preferences, and the ‘Dad Lookalike’ Theory
- Self-deprecating humor about dating people who look like family (“Steph and Ayesha” effect), and confronting colorism in dating.
- Quote (Mecca): “Girls all go through the phase where they date their dad. Some of them marry him.” [10:04]
5. Beauty, Plastic Surgery, and Bald Men
- Support for hair transplants for men; discussion on standards for men’s grooming.
- Quote (Mecca): “If women can get plastic surgery and it's normalized, shit—get your follicles!” [11:47]
6. Gen Z and Millennial Nostalgia: Tattoos, MySpace Era, and Slang
- Dive into old-school tattoo trends (“famous F,” the Millennial ‘S’), MySpace background aesthetics, and cringe y2k fashion.
- Quote (Jamila): “F is for funny, hey!” [13:34]
7. Origins in Content Creation
- Both guests recall their viral YouTube moments, MySpace profiles, and the rise of their online personas.
- Viral legacy: Jamila’s meme face, Mecca’s TikTok rants during lockdown.
- Quote (Mecca): “TikTok came around during the pandemic… I was just bored in the house, going through a breakup, got on the internet and was like, ‘Fuck Nigerians…’” [08:17]
8. TikTok, Virality, and Cancel Culture
- TikTok as both career launchpad and existential trap; importance of diversifying platforms.
- Quote (Deante’): “There has to be something tangible off TikTok, because if you just live on there—like with what happened in January—it just went away.” [65:30]
9. Roasting Hebrew Israelites, Doxxing, and Toxic Online Communities
- Guests’ history with online arguments, resulting in being doxxed and targeted by groups like Hebrew Israelites.
- Quote (Jamila): “They’re the first people that doxxed me... they hate me!” [23:44]
10. Black Regional Slang and Humor
- Spirited breakdown of Baltimore “dummy,” Philly’s obsession with “dicking,” New York’s “suck my dick,” and the southern “on my dick”/“on my puss” expressions.
- Quote (Mecca): “We need to have our lady bits talked about more… Big pussy face, I’m on my puss today.” [38:19]
11. Sex Work, Pimp Culture and Setting Rates
- Complex conversation about sex work: from high school acquaintances “on the blade” in California to joking about setting market “rates.”
- Quote (Deante’): “If I was a girl and was selling vagina, it would be expensive. Tricking is real!” [44:32]
- Segment on market rates, joking about “pussy stocks” and inflation for comedic effect.
- Quote: “I’m gonna start a segment on the podcast where you dressed up like one of the news… ‘Today, pussy is plummeting!’” [46:12]
12. Cult Leaders and Skepticism about ‘Woke’ Health Gurus
- Critique of grifters leveraging Black community trauma—Dr. Sebi, Brother Polite, and cults, especially regarding health misinformation and fake empowerment movements.
- Quote (Jamila): “The Breakfast Club… is good for inviting a nigga out there without vetting.” [52:02]
13. Realities of the Creative Hustle
- Money, taxes, burnout, building a team, necessity of learning every skill in content creation.
- Quote (Jamila): “Being in the creative space is not for money… The majority of musicians, actors, creatives are broke for most of their career.” [72:15]
14. Live Shows, Intimate Audiences, and Community Building
- Reflection on the power of small, intimate live podcast events and building connections with a core audience.
- Quote (Mecca): “You really felt the love in the room—you was like, these niggas fuck with this nigga.” [87:55]
15. Looking Forward: Future Endeavors
- Both Mecca and Jamila share their personal goals, including acting, TV, comedy, music management, and more live events—emphasizing multidimensional Black creativity.
- Quote (Mecca): “I want to be like Queen Latifah—never boxed in! She acted, rapped, sang, was a cover girl—she did all the things.” [92:14]
- Patreons, merch, and transition to more in-person podcasting and production.
Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments
- “God sprinkling mustaches on light-skinned women. It's his favorite.” (Mecca) [02:09]
- “Rest in peace. Now that's a dark joke.” (Jamila) [04:05]
- “My dog is a shih tzu. That's a cracker. That's a Karen.” (Deante’) [05:59]
- "If we ever gonna slap a n***a, it gotta be Chris Rock." (Deante’) [40:53]
- “Politics—y’all have made it a cult. Next time you say you’ll never join a cult, think about the things you’re interested in…” (Mecca) [32:28]
- “If you have something important to say, then silence is your best friend. If you up there telling jokes, silence is an enemy.” (Deante’, quoting advice before first live show) [88:01]
- “Let that bridge—can’t get rid of me, bitch!” (Jamila) [69:12]
Timestamps of Major Segments
- 00:44–07:04: Roasting, mustaches, trauma, origin stories
- 07:04–10:56: Region, colorism, dating, hairlines
- 13:08–15:07: Millennial tattoos, MySpace, nostalgia
- 15:51–19:03: Origin stories: YouTube/viral fame
- 20:19–22:58: TikTok skepticism, transition from Instagram
- 23:12–24:54: Going viral—what matters, Hebrew Israelites
- 27:41–29:30: Trump supporters & Black politics
- 31:20–33:11: Politics, cults, bio identities
- 36:04–37:15: Black regional language
- 38:06–39:52: “On my dick,” female equivalents, “pussy face the world”
- 41:12–41:46: Will Smith/Chris Rock Oscar slap analysis
- 44:31–46:49: Sex work, rates, economic reality
- 52:07–56:45: Dr. Sebi, cult leaders, health scams
- 65:06–67:23: Live events, in-person vs virtual content
- 72:15–77:57: The real work of creative careers
- 86:13–88:45: Power of intimate live shows
- 90:03–93:41: What’s next for Mecca & Jamila
- 94:10–96:07: The importance of in-person podcasting/creative energy
Tone and Style
The tone is unapologetically Black, rowdy, and honest with a heavy dose of inside jokes, regional dialect, and cultural references. Dark humor and raw honesty are the episode’s calling cards. The hosts alternate seamlessly between roasting each other, reflecting on life's hard lessons, and collectively clowning on topics ranging from sex, politics, and Blackness to their individual hustles as creatives. Their chemistry is infectious, often punctuated by “you had to be there” moments—making the episode feel like a late-night kitchen-table conversation among friends.
Final Thoughts
This episode is an animated hangout and a master class in Black Millennial friendship, resilience, and hustle. It’s both wildly irreverent and surprisingly insightful—a real-time snapshot of Young Black content creators navigating digital fame, authenticity, and community in the era of “going viral.” If you want to understand the current energy of Black pop culture spaces online, and laugh way too hard, this is an episode you can’t miss.