
Loading summary
Kal Penn
Hey, everyone, it's Kel Penn. I'm inviting you to join the best sounding book club you've ever heard with my podcast, Hearsay, The Audible and iHeart Audiobook Club. Every episode, I nerd out with amazing guests and dive into the best new audiobooks available on Audible. It's the book club for your ears. Listen to Earsay, the Audible and iHeart audiobook club on the iHeartradio app or wherever you get your podcasts.
Joe Crack the Dawn
Spring into deals with stay green premium 2 cubic foot mulch. 5 bags for $10 plus stay fresh with up to 35% off. Select major appliances and save an additional $100 on select laundry pairs. Our best lineup is here at Lowe's. Lowe's we help you save valid through 5, 6 mulch. Offer excludes Alaska and Hawaii.
Commercial Announcer
Seeloes.com for more details, visit your nearby Lowes.
Jada
This is Daniel Cormier from the Daniel Cormier Show. This podcast is sponsored by Total Wireless, the official wireless partner of UFC. Power doesn't wait in the octagon or outside of it. You either make the move or you miss the moment. That's why you need a network that's just as powerful as you are. With Total Wireless, you get unlimited 5G data keeping you in the action from the walkouts to the knockouts. Now that's a total power move. Make your total power move today. Visit total wireless.com or stop by your neighborhood Total Wireless store. Additional terms apply. See total wireless.com for details.
Amazon Advertiser
Amazon presents One vs Baby Drunk on milk and power. This bundle of sheer chaos only comes with three settings. Crying, pooping, and crying while pooping. But Juan shopped on Amazon and saved on pacifiers, diaper cream, and a colossal bag of coffee beans.
Jada
Hear that, baby? Juan just rocked you to sleep.
Amazon Advertiser
Save the everyday with Amazon.
Remy Ma
I say it. It's like one of my mottos. People don't want what you give them. They want what you got. It's so funny because I hear people say it now. They probably don't even know that it came from me. People don't want what you give them. They want what got. So you can give them a new house.
Joe Crack the Dawn
Yeah. Yeah. What up, y'? All? This is Joe Crack the Dawn.
Jada
You know who it is. Your boy, Jada. It's the Joe and Jada Show. Every show legendary. Every show iconic.
Joe Crack the Dawn
Pow, Pow.
Jada
When you think of today's guest, you gotta think of bars. You gotta think of Rest in peace, my brother Pun. You gotta think of a great mother. Always gotta put that first. You Gotta think of somebody that's very outspoken but has a good heart. You gotta think of somebody with resilience. You gotta think of somebody that they counted out and doubted and she came back even stronger. Gotta think of somebody who has her own network. You gotta think of somebody that's very passionate about a certain cloth of hip hop, and she makes sure that she represents that very well. Gotta think about somebody that's been in the tabloids for the past few months just going crazy.
Remy Ma
Like two years.
Jada
Years. Excuse me. Two years. Ladies and gentlemen, make some noise for
Joe Crack the Dawn
the Queen, Remy Ma.
Remy Ma
Glad I could be here, guys.
Joe Crack the Dawn
What's up, sis?
Jada
A lot of people was like, yo, we thought REM would have been here. We wanted to get closer to the hundred episode milestone before we started bringing the locks and bringing you. Cause that's just the cheat code. We actually was gonna do you. Yeah. You and the locks together.
Remy Ma
I know. I was waiting for the smoke.
Joe Crack the Dawn
I got super smoky sounds.
Remy Ma
I had it all mapped out.
Jada
Yeah, we was going. We had.
Remy Ma
We.
Jada
That's. What was the original plan, was the brain.
Joe Crack the Dawn
I was stuck in Miami for something. What was it?
Jada
Yeah, you were flying. Snowstorm. The snowstorm messed everything up.
Joe Crack the Dawn
You seen the plane crash in the. You know, I was in LaGuardia that same day, driving through the plane.
Jada
Tell me you jumped through the fire. He was the only one. To me.
Joe Crack the Dawn
It. It's going, no, no. Calling Cap on the real one. Come on, let's go.
Remy Ma
Don't let this guy. Because I be watching y'. All. I watch y', all, you know, And I feel like my brother gets a lot of. He gets a lot of flack because people just don't be understanding how he tells stories. We. We spoke one time right in the beginning of the show. Jada Kid, he's a Gemini like me. So I had to.
Joe Crack the Dawn
Yeah, I noticed.
Remy Ma
Explain to him how I've been able to maneuver with this guy and get a word in, you know, throughout the year. You notice he's able to talk a little bit more now. He picked it up. I said, you have to. First thing you have to do is understand Fat Joe Mac. If Joe sex. He was at the club, he came out and it was a hundred niggas out there. It was like 7N out there.
Jada
She verified. I like this.
Joe Crack the Dawn
I think 14. 14.
Remy Ma
But it was only. But it was only him. So it appears they was all really a lot bigger than him. So in his mind, it's like, yo, they basically add up to about 100. Understood. If Joel comes and he Says we smack the niggas cheek off. The guy probably is not with us anymore. Smacking. He like he is. You gotta understand the way he exaggerates. He just smacked the cheek off. He's being nice. Like you understand? And a lot of these stories I was there for. And I'd be like, nah, it really happened. Or in the beginning, there were times where he would tell me stories about people that were this big and they could hide behind a bag and forth. And then you be with him. I'm with him at a party and the guy walks up. Bad Joe. I'm sitting there like so.
Joe Crack the Dawn
My God.
Remy Ma
Is so. Some of the.
Joe Crack the Dawn
His name was Nelson.
Remy Ma
Dominican.
Joe Crack the Dawn
Nelson.
Jada
Joe.
Remy Ma
Matt. It's never a lie. Maybe a little gladiation, little sasson, a little. Just a little dobo. Because he's a storyteller.
Joe Crack the Dawn
At the same time, I appreciate you breaking down.
Remy Ma
He doesn't lie.
Joe Crack the Dawn
He don't.
Remy Ma
He don't lie. He does not lie.
Joe Crack the Dawn
So I was in the airport. Your wrist player. You always in the background. Dynasty, Commodity. Was we not on that Runway? So we pay for a concierge service that the minute we get off the plane and take us off, I want
Jada
to tell the story.
Joe Crack the Dawn
They put you in the Porsche and they drive through the airport to your car with your bags. Delta. We was on that Runway that same day we landed from Miami.
Remy Ma
Boom.
Joe Crack the Dawn
And then we was gassing the girl. This girl was driving us. And she was like, you know, they very careful. And we was like, yo, cut the shit off. She was like, you see that plane's gonna move. And I was like, yo, come on, just swag around. She was like, oh, we can't do that. We gotta wait for the plane. And that's what the fuck happened in LaGuardia. The plane was landing, somebody was in the middle, right?
Remy Ma
We could have been having a different, you know, interview today.
Joe Crack the Dawn
A different interview. Could have been the Rest in peace Joker. She probably come out with the Fat Joe's greatest hits. And yo, I got the album. I got the verses. Where's it at? Yo, sis, you looking beautiful. You shining this Remy Network.
Remy Ma
Yes.
Jada
It's the biggest shit in the world.
Joe Crack the Dawn
You got the lawyers and everything, right?
Remy Ma
Joe calls me at least once a week. You sure the paperwork is good, sis? You sure everything is. You know, people wait. When it start blowing up, people. I'm like, yo, I'm. It's cool, I think. All right, cool. Five days later. Yes, sis, I noticed the Ribby network. I see you guys in the top apps. Your paperwork is good. I'm just like, you got to appreciate friends like that because now I'm calling them like, yo, that better. That paperwork good, right?
Joe Crack the Dawn
No, your lawyer is a great lawyer.
Remy Ma
I have to tell him that. Something that crazy, it's not gonna. No, it'll be good. But it's been really, really. It's been an experience that I was not really expecting to enjoy and to like. I'm just like, oh, I got a network. I was trying to start my own talk show. You know, we were doing the Wendy Show. We loved it. Everybody loved us on daytime tv, that shit up.
Joe Crack the Dawn
We was killing them seeing that shit we on Wendy.
Remy Ma
We.
Joe Crack the Dawn
Boy, that daytime. That shit feels so good. The lights are different, James, and the cameras is different.
Remy Ma
Giving them the pain that day. This shit is different.
Joe Crack the Dawn
We was giving them pain with the
Remy Ma
bits we started there afterwards. I'm like, you know, I was working on my solo show and I was taking it to these different platforms and the percentages that they was asking for and the portion that they was. It was just ridiculous because I'm like, I'm me.
Jada
I'm doing everything and I'm me.
Remy Ma
It's not like you're building a new artist. Like, you've seen me on. When you see me on State of the Culture, you see me like, you know, and the real I've done so, you know, I can do it. Why am I giving? So I was talking to my partners and I'm like, yo, can I just put it on my own situation? He was like, you mean like your own network? Yeah, I'm like, no, I don't mean like my own network, but what you mean, like, on my own network? Like, what you talking about? We start talking and we going through the discussions and just kind of like, you ever, like, had an issue with your car or something? Because it was so crazy. By the time you finished, you know, everything about the car, like, it was like one of those type of situations. By the time I was done figuring out how the network works and how everything is needed and to just make it be what it is, I'm like, everybody has the same problem. You have all of these great, young, constant creators, people of color that have podcasts. They have this people out here shooting whole movies on their own, whole series. That's fire. But they don't have a platform or they were just putting it on a tube. And yeah, it's the tool, but unless people know to go to it, you're not going to get the view. They got to know already. So now I have this platform, everybody's going to it because it's Remy's network. And I'm giving you a spot where you can just come and bring a talent. And that's.
Joe Crack the Dawn
So. Let me show you my version. What we've been doing, you already know when it's a real moment. You need a real bottle. That's why we rock with 1800 tequila. These people been making tequila for 11 generations. That's a legacy. That's the OG status. They were the first to introduce Anejo. Set the standard before most of these brands even existed.
Jada
And you could taste the difference.
Joe Crack the Dawn
For real.
Jada
The 1800 Cristilino and Resposado is what we've been on lately. Smooth, clean, elevated, no rough edges. Just a premium pour that speaks for itself. You know, when something is just built, right? That's what this is.
Joe Crack the Dawn
Real talk. That's just what it is. It's always around for the best nights. The wins, the celebrations, to remember that night. Stories.
Jada
Whether you're keeping it low key with the crew or you pull up to something big. 1800 fits every sentence. It ain't trying too hard. It just is that. 1800 to killer. Real legacy. Real smooth. That's the move.
Joe Crack the Dawn
Pow, pow. I'm in la, okay? I'm in the Waldorf Astoria. I bump into Charlamagne Garde, okay? Now, no disrespect, but besides the Breakfast Club, I don't know what he got on his network, but they said he sold the shit for 200 million. Now, when I did the Terror Squad deal, they said 20 million. It was more like 10 million. Then it was like, you know, in time, you know, they all got these, like, projected numbers. What, it's gonna be like the Fat Joe numbers? You know the Fat Joe numbers?
Jada
Yeah.
Joe Crack the Dawn
No, no, they got the Chinese, Max. They got some other shit. I sit down, I see, yo, Charlamagne, what's up? God, he's eating breakfast. I just invite myself and shit, order some breakfast. I said, yo, man, you know, they said 200 mil. I know it really ain't 200 mil. The man looked at me and said, oh, no, they gave me 200.
Remy Ma
It's 200.
Joe Crack the Dawn
I said, it ain't projected. It ain't supposed to be. It ain't worked its way out in 10 years. This. He said, no, they gave me 200 mil. The minute he told me that, my whole brain said, remy, network better fucking die. Like, don't play that shit. Cause you be a bet. Where's Remy? Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Walking around in flip flops, talking about they sold that shit for 200 mil. She wasn't lawyered up. That's why I keep telling you, it'll
Remy Ma
be like Bedford Hills. She's back in Bedford. That's why I always keep in contact with the bottom.
Joe Crack the Dawn
What I tell you. I speak to a lot of people. I know how this industry work. I know how everybody inflate the numbers. They be lying. This. I looked at the man in the eyes and I was like, yeah. You know, I'm thinking he got 20 million. He's saying 200 million. I'm really thinking he got 20 million like fat Joe in his house drinking a coffee, saying he caught 20. Know what I'm saying when I say, yeah, you know, because the numbers don't be the numbers.
Jada
He said,
Joe Crack the Dawn
oh, no, it was 200. I said 200. I don't know nothing on his network.
Remy Ma
I said, no Remy network, though, right?
Joe Crack the Dawn
I know Remy network. We constantly play it in the house, and if you ain't got it, go get it.
Remy Ma
I'm just saying, this Remy network, she giving everybody.
Joe Crack the Dawn
So what you gotta understand is you're giving everybody a chance. You're giving everybody an opportunity. Everybody who don't have the platform to put eyes on it.
Jada
I got an independent movie. I could put it on Remy.
Joe Crack the Dawn
Yes.
Remy Ma
If you make a movie and let's say the movie's about a rapper that used to be a co and now, you know, he wants to be a rap. And you come to me and you just give me the move. That's your movie. It's not me. Like, I don't listen to, like. So whatever your movie is.
Jada
Yeah. You know, you don't tell people what kind of movies.
Remy Ma
Yeah, I don't even watch all the ones.
Joe Crack the Dawn
Like, I just got a platform.
Remy Ma
I'll be over there and I'd be on my own network, like, oh, this movie, Fire. Oh, this series, crazy. But I don't. I'm not in charge of. I don't curate the playlists or, you know, whatever's. Whatever's there. So any movie that you have, whatever we give the artist, the creator, the director, wherever it is, a platform and somewhere where they can display their product.
Joe Crack the Dawn
You know, before the Remy network came out, I was. I was kind of fucking with Tubi for that. I seen this show called Me and the Lesbian, something. He was sleeping with all the legends or some homeboy was hit.
Remy Ma
Nah, he was looking through and he
Joe Crack the Dawn
was like, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. And this guy, he was so lucky. He kept hitting that, knocking down the
Remy Ma
tough girls gotta get me and the lesbians on Remy network. Let's see if.
Joe Crack the Dawn
Oh, no, you gotta get that one.
Remy Ma
We're gonna. We're gonna list it as the lesbian homie.
Joe Crack the Dawn
We're gonna put smash on lesbian homie. All of them would say that's the proper way to say it. But not just that, you know, like your friend from up north, what we call that, like, legit, full of tough girls, right?
Remy Ma
Ag.
Joe Crack the Dawn
So he knocked down one. And then she told her friends, like, yo. They said, yo, but you're not gay if you hit slept with a man. Now they always be like, well, you're gonna know if you gay or not if you sleep with somebody. They all kept coming to my man. They was like, bing, bing. You, John, Come on, press your luck. I want to see if I'm fully gay or not.
Remy Ma
So now.
Joe Crack the Dawn
Now he was getting.
Jada
How you find that move while I'm
Remy Ma
sitting on the couch? I realized he's telling a regular random story that nobody asked for, was not solicited, nothing.
Jada
Now you see, like your friend from
Remy Ma
up north, you know, like, why? What? Like, why would you. Why would you do that to my friend?
Joe Crack the Dawn
No, I love her.
Remy Ma
She was like that. What?
Jada
She tried to
Joe Crack the Dawn
see the real deal. She like, she proud of who she is. That's.
Remy Ma
I'm not.
Jada
All right, we don't gotta say her name Crazy.
Joe Crack the Dawn
I didn't say her name.
Remy Ma
Jake, my regular friend know the way the Internet. Oh, her friend is my regular friend. She got her old girlfriend. Like, she's cool. Like.
Joe Crack the Dawn
So, Rem, you locked up and I know you not pussy at all. Was there like.
Remy Ma
Like cop Diesel girl with somebody, like, she. She had more facial hair than you. Everyone, every Friday, hair.
Jada
They got chicks in there with bits, goatees.
Remy Ma
They connect them.
Joe Crack the Dawn
No.
Jada
How they made them.
Joe Crack the Dawn
They.
Jada
You can buy hair.
Joe Crack the Dawn
They drew this shit on the same way that they have, you know, got your breath. Holla at me. We going in yard.
Remy Ma
So now, here was my thing, right?
Joe Crack the Dawn
I swear to God, I was that.
Remy Ma
Listen, I'm gonna tell you, I was. Some of it was just a little bit. Me just being me a little bit was just a hating because in prison, in a women's prison, if you are a female, that. That likes other females, but you look more like a guy, you more lit. Like, so the. All the aggressors was lit. These girls was having a family send a whole package to them. They go in the commissary, coming in, get here, fill up the commissary sheet so they sitting in there like kings. They like this. And I'm sitting here like, first of all, they're not even really into girls like that. They only mess with the. If a girl only messages you because you look like a guy, she's really not into girl. So that's one, two. I really beat you the fuck up. I don't care. All that face, you hear. You really not a dude. You really not a man at all. You probably got on panties right now. Like, I'm talking to them crazy. And they used to be trying to talk like they was real men. And I had a problem with that. Like, who talking to?
Joe Crack the Dawn
So you had mad fights with them?
Remy Ma
Every fight I had every fight, except for probably one was with, like, a Ben, my regular girl. Everybody else was like, because people. I smack the shit out of everybody at this table. Oh, not me, though. Why you always gotta say something? Because you just said you gonna smack the shit outta everybody at the table except for me. I just want the record to show that I'm not gonna get smacked. That's it. I don't want no problem. No smoke. She's not gonna smack me. That's it.
Joe Crack the Dawn
You know what's crazy? They be trying. They be trying dudes inadvertently, like, they'll be like, you know, like, yo, homeboy say we doing the joint. Yo, Jada, ain't you know what that mean? If you know I'm rocking with him and you gonna. Then you trying me. You trying to try me. Like, yo, my man, how about, that's my man, what's up?
Remy Ma
Cause you feel you gotta say so. So here be the thing.
Joe Crack the Dawn
We're shaking. Like, they try people like that with
Remy Ma
me, right with me. I feel like people think that I think that I can't be beat, or I think I'm so tough. It's not that. I just know that I'm willing to take it to the levels that some people are not gonna take it to. Like, I'm not saying that you can't beat me up. Beat me up. But when I come, consequences, repercussions. Like, it would be one of those things. You're like, no, I'm just let her wash me because I'm tired of her. I'm tired of her pushing my grandmother in front of the buses while she was. I'm tired of her. Like, sending kids to beat up my God. Kid that's only 4 years old in daycare. I'm tired of her. I'm sick of her.
Joe Crack the Dawn
Like, I'm not gonna lie to you. I know some guys okay, well, I'm one of them.
Jada
Gotta push your grandmother in front of.
Joe Crack the Dawn
Nah, I just can't get beat up. I'm not living with it. Guys, I'm sorry. Y' all can hear Fat Joe got pounded out. Y' all could come to my house. Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey. Fat Joe lost in the physical altercation.
Jada
There we go. He's turned into a scholar. Orange scholar.
Remy Ma
I don't care if somebody called me, was like, yo, Ram, I just heard Joe just lost a fight. Like, it was that. Like, I'm literally gonna be worried I'm going to the house. Like, I'm gonna go.
Joe Crack the Dawn
No, no, you can come with the mariachi.
Remy Ma
I'm calling everybody, calling the lawyers, like, y' all ready?
Joe Crack the Dawn
I know guys who can't get beat up. I know guys that got beat up, disappeared for six months, came back, and, man, it's a bad day for you. So you gotta even be careful on who you beat up. Cause there's some guys.
Remy Ma
Yes, that's somebody that you can't beat up.
Joe Crack the Dawn
They not take an L. They can't take an L. That's a lot of problems with the young kids, too. They can't take the L. They don't
Remy Ma
even want to fight.
Jada
So.
Joe Crack the Dawn
But if they do fight and take
Remy Ma
the L, I don't even think it's about taking the L. Everything is for social media. Before it was everything. Money's the root of all either evil. Now it's attention everybody. They don't care if it's good attention, bad attention. And then, God forbid they get a taste of it. Something happened. They go viral. Now they're sitting there every day thinking of, what's the next dumbass thing that I could do? Because I have nothing else really going on. So I can go viral again. You know what? Let me just say something stupid like, hey, I'm gonna be. What do you guys. I'm gonna be an astronaut. What do you guys think I should be an astronaut? Bro, you're dumb. No, you're not gonna be an astronaut. No, but they know people are gonna say that. And it keeps. Keeps it going. So if you have these younger kids, grown man, you gotta just keep talking. Don't let him get in. You have these younger guys and these younger girls that they get into an altercation. The first thing they're thinking, like, yo, it's gonna be all over the Internet. I'm gonna be on whatever blog, and it's gonna be the video. It's gonna be people saying this. So now I have to up it even for all. I'm not even gonna let it go to that point. I got the switch soon as it get crazy. And now your whole life is thrown away because you for your fear of being the butt of the joke on the Internet, man.
Joe Crack the Dawn
It's crazy because I seen this one guy and I'm not trying to disrespect you. Cause you probably know who you are.
Jada
Who?
Joe Crack the Dawn
No, no, I don't know his name or nothing. But he's a guy. He danced like the old school dance. And one time he did it. He went viral, bro. I don't need to watch this guy. Breakfast, lunch and dinner doing the same dance. He's at every party doing the same, trying to get viral again because he got viral the first time. This guy's dancing at every bar mitts.
Remy Ma
He don't even get no money for that. You don't get money for it. You get that. You get the.
Jada
Oh, that's like.
Remy Ma
Well, that's the guy from. From like.
Joe Crack the Dawn
It's bad out here.
Kal Penn
Today's show is brought to you by our presenting sponsor, Hard Rock Bet. What a year they have had. Florida Sportsbook Springs in the air. That only means one thing. Baseball's back, baby. In full swing. Hard Rock Bet makes it easy to bet on America's pastime in just a couple easy taps. It's not just picking winners. You can bet on home runs, strikeouts, whether there's a run scored in the first inning. Quick fast paced action right out of the gate. If you miss the first pitch, no problem. You can live bet every inning, every at bat, all the way to the final out. But maybe you're more into the NBA that's heating up the playoff pushes here. So Hard Rock Bet every night there's a shot to build the same game parlay score. A major bucket. You might like the hot hand to drop from 30, you know, double double from your big guy. However you draw it up, Hard Rock Bet gives you tons of ways. They have epic same game parlays. So if you're ever late to a tip off, don't worry. Hard Rock Bet lets you bet live all game long. So sign up today. Double your winnings on your first 10 bets. Maximum $50. That's right. Double your winnings in your first 10 bets. So if you would have won a hundred bucks in your bet, now it's 200. Download the hard Rock Bet app today. Get the party started.
Jada
Payable and bonus bets. Not a cash offer. Offered by the Seminole Tribe of Florida in Florida. Offered by the Seminole Hard Rock Digital LLC and all other states must be 21 and over and physically present in Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, New Jersey, Ohio, Tennessee or Virginia to play. Terms and conditions apply. Concerned about gambling in Florida? Call-88-APPROVED in Indiana. If someone you know has a gambling problem and wants help, call 1-800-9 with it gambling problem, call 1-800-gambling that's in Arizona, Colorado, Illinois, New Jersey, Ohio, Tennessee and Virginia.
Amazon Advertiser
Support for the show comes from public, the investing platform for those who take it seriously. On Public, you can build a multi asset portfolio of stocks, bonds, options, crypto and now generated assets which allow you to turn any idea into an investable index with AI. It all starts with your prompt. From renewable energy companies with high free cash flow to semiconductor suppliers growing revenue over 20% year over year, you can literally type any prompt and put the AI to work. It screens thousands of stocks, builds a one of a kind index and lets you back test it against the S&P 500. Then you can invest in a few clicks. Generated assets are like ETFs with infinite possibilities, completely customizable and based on your thesis, not someone else's. Go to public.com podcast and earn an uncapped 1% bonus when you transfer your portfolio. That's public.com podcast paid for by Public Investing Brokerage Services by Open to the Public Investing Inc. Member FINRA and SIPC Advisory Services by Public Advisors, llc, SEC Registered Advisor. Generated Assets is an interactive analysis tool. Output is for informational purposes only and is not an investment recommendation or advice. Complete disclosures available@public.com Disclosures
Kal Penn
hey everyone, it's Kal Penn. I'm the host of Irsay, The Audible and iHeart Audiobook Club. This week on the podcast, I am sitting down with Ray Porter, the narrator of Andy Weir's audiobook project Hail Mary, Massive sci fi adventure about survival and science and what happens when you wake up alone, very far from Earth.
Ray Porter
I really had to make a decision because I caught myself getting that frog in my throat and starting to get teary as I'm narrating some of these sections and it's like, okay, yo yo yo, is this indulgent? And I really thought about it.
Jada
I was like, no.
Ray Porter
At this point it would kind of be betraying the trust the author and the listener have in telling this story if I don't go through it. But there's places in this book that that deeply emotionally affected me and I left it on the mic. That's great cause it served the story. People will say like oh my God, I cried at the end. It's like, yeah, dude, me too.
Kal Penn
Listen to Irsay, the Audible and iHeart audiobook club on the iHeartradio app or wherever you get your podcasts.
Commercial Announcer
Your pet is your bestie, your therapist, your perfect match. It's easy to love them. It's easy to protect them, too, with pet insurance coverage from Pets Best. Because it's all fun and games until they chew on something they shouldn't and you get a vet bill to match. With perfect timing, Pets Best helps protect your furry friend and your budget from this imperfect world. Get up to 90% cash back on eligible vet bills. From less than a dollar a day, Pets Best has plans to cover accidents, injuries and more, from puppies and kittens to seniors. Find your perfect match plan and get a quote@petsbest.com Pet insurance products offered in administer by Pets Best Insurance Services, LLC or underwritten by American Pet Insurance Company or Independence American Insurance Company for terms and conditions, visit www.petsbest.com. policy products are underwritten by American Pet Insurance Company, Independence American Insurance Company or Ms. Transverse Insurance Company and administered by Pets Best Insurance Services, LLC. $1.00 a day premium based on 2024 average new policyholder data for accident and illness plans. Pets age 0 to 10. Wasn't that delicious?
Remy Ma
So good.
Jada
Your bill, ladies.
Remy Ma
I got it.
Jada
No, I got it.
Remy Ma
Seriously. I insist.
Commercial Announcer
I insisted first.
Remy Ma
Don't be silly. You'll not be silly.
Joe Crack the Dawn
People with the Wells Fargo Active Cash
Ray Porter
credit card prefer to pay because they earn unlimited 2% cash rewards on purchases.
Remy Ma
Okay. Rock, paper, scissors for it. Rock, paper, scissors. Shoot. No.
Ray Porter
The Wells Fargo Active Cash credit card. Visit Wells Fargo.com ActiveCash Terms apply.
Joe Crack the Dawn
The clout is all the way bad. But let me tell you something. The clout always been the clout. You know, these cops, they locked me up one time. They came to my house, six in the morning. It was all a setup, by the way. I beat the kids, right? So they come. No, no, I'm just being honest with you.
Remy Ma
I know they set you up. I know.
Joe Crack the Dawn
No, the guy got beat up by a bunch of Spanish dudes.
Remy Ma
Had nothing to do. She wasn't.
Joe Crack the Dawn
I'm in the VIP with my wife. Somebody comes see me the day before and says, yo, the guy. Remember the guy who got beat up at B.B. king? You was a sucker, too. Whoever you is. You a sucker, bro. Like a prime time sucker. So they say, yo, he want 50,000 in the brown paper bag. He says, you beat him up. I had nothing to do with it. I'M with my wife and her friends in the VIP. They come six in the morning, my door. Boom, boom, boom. Jersey, Mr. Cartagena, come with us. You robbed the guy at BB King. You beat him up. This when I tell you I had nothing to do with it, Jada. So I go to the precinct. So the cops come. This is how I'm. This is why I'm explaining it to you. The cops come. Regular boy meet hoodie detectives. So I'm in the thing, you know, obviously, he pointed me out. He had a girl point me out.
Remy Ma
She was like.
Joe Crack the Dawn
To think I was a fan. Like, now, this shit was all a setup, right? The moral to the story is about six hours later, they go to take me to central booking. The same cops walking with fresh haircuts, suits, brand new badges. That's when I knew. I said, oh, shit. The police want the clout. They walking like you. You got a famous picture like you walking out the precinct. Them n couldn't wait. They still jerking off to the picture 20, 26.
Remy Ma
The police wanted like, yo, this is
Joe Crack the Dawn
when you got the cops trying to
Remy Ma
get the clout walking you out. But. But you have to. You know, this is crazy. You have to understand the. The climate, the level of cloud out here. The president of the United States is tweeting that he's happy people are dead. Like, literally, like, he's tweeting that.
Joe Crack the Dawn
What?
Remy Ma
Yo, the. One of the guys, he was like, the head of the FBI or something, he died. And even he tweeted like, yo, yeah, I'm glad he's dead now. He stopped harassing innocent people. Like he was investigating him at some point.
Jada
Innocent sake.
Remy Ma
Like, I was sitting there like, yo, his Gemini knows no bounds. Like, he just.
Joe Crack the Dawn
Well, Trump is a Gemini, too. Like, y' all guys.
Remy Ma
Yeah, I never knew that. Yeah.
Joe Crack the Dawn
Every time I try to figure out
Remy Ma
Jadakiss, I think he do make a
Joe Crack the Dawn
little bit of money. I go into the Romney package. You know that shit. Every time I try to figure out Jadakis. Cause he's some work. Don't think I'm just some work. He's some fucking work. I go into the Remy catalog. I said, why he's acting like that? Maybe you know why Remy would act like this right now? Okay, let me figure this out.
Remy Ma
I'm changed. Thankfully, I have changed. I'm going into my mogul era. I'm tired of paying people. I'm tired of getting sued. I'm tired of going to central bookings. Like, no, they do it a little nicer than that. I don't go through the bookings like I used to. But they come and get you. Like, they'll say they walk you through the side. Either way, you're still in the booking. Don't be confused. You're still under arrest. And I just. I just don't. I felt like they taught us wrong. You know, we. We all grew up. To me, we all grew up thinking like, oh, you gotta be the toughest. You gotta be the hardest you got. And when it comes to the matters that actually matter in life, the people that you need to be cool and to get certain doors, they don't want the toughest person. They don't want. They. They meek. They. They. They. They're little sheep. They don't want to let a wolf in here. And if you come in there, nine times out of 10, even when I come to now to the day, people like, yeah, that's ramshee. We see it, but we know Remy Ma somewhere in there.
Joe Crack the Dawn
Nah, she ain't in there no more.
Remy Ma
She in there.
Joe Crack the Dawn
She's a mom. She's in there.
Remy Ma
In there for sure. For sure.
Joe Crack the Dawn
Your Ram just said you don't like that no more.
Remy Ma
Just because I don't like it, just because I don't like it. And just because I don to be, that doesn't mean you always got to stay on point. You could drop me off. Anything could happen today, tomorrow. You drop me off in the hood, I'm gonna be good. I'm okay. One, I'm not that far gone. Wherever I'm at, jail, prison, Beirut, Africa, South America, I'm gonna figure it out for sure, 100%.
Joe Crack the Dawn
I do not know where I was at. I think I was in Miami. Bell harbor, something. I took the elevator door open. It looked like a guy that it could go down with. Like, you know, it looked like he could be a problem. In Bell harbor, the nicest place in the world. The door open. I'm by myself. I see the guy. Something rubbed me wrong. I said, oh, shit. And then I realized, he walks in, I walk out, I said, yo, this shit could get popping anywhere. Anywhere. Like, you know, I'm in Bell harbor, you know, about to eat some steak and sushi and shit and chill. And the door opened, and I said, okay, this guy meet me, you know? Cause you could tell when people don't like you. You know what I'm saying? You got that. Nah, real talk. You could tell when people got a vibe. Like, it's a vibe about them that you just like, all right, you know, how about I Don't like you either.
Remy Ma
I'm about to say I be okay when people like, I can't, I can't. Go ahead, I'm waiting. I'm sitting here this little nice. Hehe, ha ha. What? Why am I here?
Joe Crack the Dawn
What are we doing?
Remy Ma
What's going on? What are we talking about? Tell me something. Jada got the nice nails all polished.
Joe Crack the Dawn
You got something to ask this woman that she.
Jada
I'm here for the people. Y' all over here promoting violence.
Remy Ma
I'm never promoting violence. I never promote violence.
Joe Crack the Dawn
All I can say is with you,
Jada
because you got everything going on. You're capitalizing and conquering land and having your network and doing, doing shit. I call it doing shit. You get money and you living life beautifully. And you know what I mean? Handling business. How you gauge when to make music and release music? Is it when you get pissed off? Is it just when you hear something you like? Is it when you hearing a bunch of shit you hate or.
Remy Ma
So when it comes to music, and it's sad because music is like, that's my baby. That's how I got here. I tell people all the time, like, hip hop is the most amazing stepping stone ever. You stand on that drone, you be an actor, you be a owner of a network, you have a hair company, you have coffee, all this just because you know how to rap good. Because let's be clear, the ones that don't really know how to rap that good, it don't really never really pan out for them. I had a conversation with somebody when they was like, I don't know, I always thought rappers are dumb. I was like, not the good ones. All the good ones, I know not only they're extra smart, they're funny, they have a, they could be borderline comedians. And they're really smart. The whack ones, yeah, they're dumb. They're not too intelligent. But I feel like when I realized I just used to want to be the nicest, I used to. I grew up listening to you, listening to X. Listening to the answer right then to
Jada
cut you off is the answer. That is the perfect answer. And if you ask these so called MCs, they will never give that answer.
Remy Ma
Yeah, I just, I just wanted to be the best. I just want to be the nicest ever. Like once people was like, yo, run really got. I was cool. Anything after that, I was cool with it. If I make some bread off of it, cool if, if I, if I'm able to put out another project, cool. But when you start doing other Things and. And be clear. I know my pen go. I am the nicest. None of these chicks and smooth. Most of these dudes can't touch me when it comes to the draft thing. But it's a gamble. And when you know you nice and you gambling with your talent, it's frustrating when you start doing other things and seeing how much more money you can make, guarantee money. Like, I know for a fact my check is going to be there. I know for a fact it's going to clear. I'm not worrying about sales. I'm not worrying about getting on the road. It's going to be there when you start realizing that you can take your other talent and make just as much, if not more money. Unfortunately, your love and the music, it takes a backseat.
Joe Crack the Dawn
I think it might have fucked up the game, though, because me and him, you know, other than we doing this, I don't know what he's doing. Right? But this is my job.
Remy Ma
You're a fucking liar. Cause I just spoke to Dre yesterday. He told me you got a fucking boy. Why you lying? You're lying. Listen. What. What you was about to say. He was about to sit here and tell me, this is my. This is my job. This is what.
Joe Crack the Dawn
This is my job.
Remy Ma
I just sent him a beat the other day. I just sent him some shit the other day. That's crazy. So he's about to rap, and Dre just told me 24 hours ago, yo, crack ain't let you. I said no. I said, oh, he hiding. So outside of the one, I got a date off.
Jada
This is secondary.
Remy Ma
Now he has a day off.
Jada
I think that's why they get this
Joe Crack the Dawn
is secondary for you.
Jada
It's my job. I call it 1B.
Remy Ma
I like calling it.
Jada
Call it 1B. But rapping 1A all forever after they mail me to the 1A.
Joe Crack the Dawn
1A.
Jada
But like she said, after people like us find out you got all.
Joe Crack the Dawn
But that's what I'm trying to say. Everybody. Juice, Rum.
Remy Ma
I just seen. I just seen a TS sweatsuit.
Jada
Yeah, I need my TS sweats. When you.
Joe Crack the Dawn
I told Slow yo could happen, though, if it.
Jada
If once people start realizing that the real bags is elsewhere, then you don't want them to.
Joe Crack the Dawn
If you think about it's not necessary
Remy Ma
that it's elsewhere because you have some people who have been equal to category, and then you did both. But there's this other particular group of people that they don't get it. I don't care how nice you are, how spiritual, lyrical miracle put them all Together like when you get to the point and it's not creating income, it's not creating revenue, you are in your 40s, maybe 50s, and it has not hit like now what do you do? And you sometimes when it comes to those people, they don't know how to take it. Like, you see how you like. Yo, it's 1A, 1B. Because you have the option to have that. Joe has the option to sit here on this couch. He could go do rewind, he go sitting up nyc, he could go worry about some other property shit he got going on. And then if he decides to have one of the biggest producers in the game that happens to be our brother, send him something, he go in the studio, then, then he can, he can do it as he, as he choose. Some people, they don't have that liberty. They really in that studio every day, every night, trying to make a hit, hoping that it changed their life. And some people's life is just never going to change. Unfortunately. No, I'm not even trying to be funny. Everybody can't be a superstar in music every single, everywhere you go. Not many times I sit down.
Joe Crack the Dawn
How hard is it for you to see stuff online and all that and just stay quiet and just because you've been a real, like, you've been a real adult.
Remy Ma
Well, it depends.
Jada
It depends because she's growing, she's growing.
Remy Ma
I'm at the house, I'm sure I'm calling Joe on the way. Like, Joe, you gonna be mad before they call you and tell you I'm telling you where I'm going. Bye. Hang up. Like now it's more like for me, when I know the truth, when you know the real somebody's sitting there talking lies about you, saying that you're a certain type of person and you know that's not you. I'm not arguing with you about who I am because I know who I am. And not for nothing, you know who I am. You could lie to all the people that all you want now when it gets to the point it's fair.
Jada
I don't like when it, when it's, when it's displayed on the cyber world.
Joe Crack the Dawn
What you mean like relationship people, they don't care.
Remy Ma
So here's the thing.
Jada
But it's uncontrollable to control it.
Remy Ma
And also you can't, you can't want people want the praise and the love when shit good and then when shit shit bad, you gotta take it.
Joe Crack the Dawn
You gotta go to the hospital for flu and throw the camera on your face.
Remy Ma
But here's my issue.
Joe Crack the Dawn
Prayers up. Like, yo, my man, get the.
Remy Ma
I don't.
Joe Crack the Dawn
If you don't get the up out of here, my man.
Remy Ma
I don't know how to argue on the Internet. Like, I don't. I'm not. I'm not arguing with nobody on the Internet. I'm not going back and forth because I. I am going as soon, as soon as you say, though, or post the one thing that I'm at your doorstep also, nine times out of 10, I probably won't do something to you anyway. And I don't want to track record. So I'm talking to you about. Talk to yourself. Say what y' all want. Create whatever navigation.
Joe Crack the Dawn
Man, they on me all day. Everybody in the world, in real life,
Remy Ma
I'm not sitting here acting like I'm the toughest or because I went to prison. I'm just. When I tell you nobody disrespects me. Like, in real life. I have. I have a great life. But when I tell you nobody. And it's not because I never get disrespected. It's not because of my brother. No, no. It's not because of who my brother is. Not cause of who my. Who I'm with. It's. I've always got respect because of me. People respect me because of me. And not just because I'm saying you should respect, but I give respect. I'm not just a disrespectful person. I don't just like this. This. I realized it took me years to realize what people think you are is what they go by. So there's times where perception. Yeah, perception, where people think. Think you are. They'll. That's what they go. It's been times I walk into situations and I felt the energy when I walk in the room, like, oh, okay, I see what's up. By the time I'm going, everybody loves me because this is. No. Why would you not love me? I'm.
Joe Crack the Dawn
I'm.
Remy Ma
I'm actually fire.
Joe Crack the Dawn
You got that terror squad DNA.
Remy Ma
I just. I just feel like when
Joe Crack the Dawn
I die ain't fuck. By the time I leave, they're like, damn, that was a people lie on you.
Remy Ma
Your natural reaction is to be like, that's not what happened. This is what happened. But I realized if you just do this, Wait a little while, people start saying for theyself, you ain't you. You don't even say nothing. I don't want to talk. I don't have to talk. I don't have to say nothing. And Those who can't understand the government, then maybe it's not for you can't fool all the people all the time. You can fool some of the people some of the time.
Joe Crack the Dawn
And I got one of my.
Remy Ma
Not all the people all the time.
Joe Crack the Dawn
I got one of my man's jewelry.
Remy Ma
Yeah, you can fool some of the people some of the time. You can fool some of the people all of the time. You cannot fool all the people all the time. It just doesn't work like that.
Joe Crack the Dawn
I got one of my best friends came to me and he's like, yo, one of our other best friends is talking about him. Or former best friends talking about him. He's like, yo, all I did. No, no, I'm talking about family shit. I'm just speaking in general. One of my mans, one of my best friends came to my house the other day. First of all, if he comes to my house, he's one of the beyond close ones, right? So he's sitting down. Yo, you believe such and such is talking about me and this and this and that. And, you know, after everything I did for him and how I looked out and this and this and that. And I hear him struggling with it, and I'm like, yo, bro, listen, it's gonna get even uglier. Like, you know, I've looked out for people and they dead ass don't went on camera. Like, he never gave me what I tell you.
Remy Ma
And I'm like, joe called me out. We be on the phone, mind you, we only face. We only talk on FaceTime. Joe calls me on a regular call. I'm worried something's happening. Why are you calling me regular? We only talk on FaceTime. Bonnet, chest, hairs out. That's how we talk, right? So he's on the phone, right? He said he was like, sis, I'm the only one you, like, call your body, right? Yeah, that's right. But anyway, so you have. He would call me and he'd be upset and like, yo, I gave him this and I bought a new house and I got a new car. And he was behind in the child support. And I used to. My favorite line, I tell, I say it. It's like one of my models. People don't want what you give them. They want what you got. It's so funny because I hear people say it now. They probably don't even know that it came from me. People don't want what you give them. They want what you got. So you can give them a new house. But you go, you. You go, you go Get a new car. The same person that you just bought a house, they sitting there like, well,
Joe Crack the Dawn
I ain't get a new car.
Remy Ma
You pop out with a new Jerry on. Just change your setup. I cool. This nigga walking around with New Jersey. I got the same old. It's mine. So you have to come to a point. I had to really tell him one day. We sat down, he was. I said, joe, you don't owe nobody nothing. You don't own nobody nothing. Your kids are grown. Everybody who's coming to you are grown. With kids that are grown, I don't ask my brother for anything. I don't come to borrow no money from him. I don't come to help you. I got this crazy people always got the craziest ideas that involve your money and their idea. I don't come there for that. You don't owe nobody nothing. Don't let nobody make you feel like you owe them. Don't make. Let nobody make you feel like you don't deserve what you have. We don't know how long we gonna be here. We have one life.
Joe Crack the Dawn
What's the. What's the craziest shit, friend or family member idea they had they wanted you to invest in? What's the craziest idea you ever heard?
Remy Ma
I go, I had. Somebody wanted me to invest in a gambling spot. I said, you mean gambling? Word of it being gamble? Yeah, I'd rather not now. You could be like the house. Oh, you want me to be the bank for your gambling? But yeah, okay, yeah.
Joe Crack the Dawn
What was one of the.
Jada
All type of shit, food trucks, gambling spots.
Remy Ma
Insane.
Joe Crack the Dawn
Okay. You don't go in the middle and be like, yo, I don't think you should ask him for that right now. God, no.
Remy Ma
You know, the. You know, here's my thing. I think when. So here's. I feel like us. You know, where we come from, that's the thing with us. Because I don't see somebody who goes to work 9 to 5. I have this argument like, yo, you had. You went to such and such concert. You ain't take me or you. I'd be like, so if I had a regular 9 to 5, right? And we had an office Christmas party, you wouldn't come. You wouldn't come. I'm not gonna be at work in my office. You're sitting in the coffee break room. You're not gonna. So let's treat. This is my job at the end of the day. So, no, you're not coming. It's not a big party. We're not Doing that. But you have people that be upset. I had a. A former friend tell me, you know, you ain't never take me, you know, I was never at no video shoots. I never, you know, went to any of the parties and this and this like that. That's. That's crazy to me.
Jada
You really wronged them.
Remy Ma
But listen to me. I said, right? She had never been in any video shoots. Never been in the studio with me. Nothing. I said, but you were invited to my baby shower. You were invited to my wedding, my housewarming, like the regular barbecue that I have at my house.
Joe Crack the Dawn
Real shit, real love.
Remy Ma
Things that matter and they don't care because that doesn't matter because they're somewhere telling somebody else, I know Jadakiss. I know Fat Joe. Well, why you wasn't at his party then? Why you wasn't on Joe and Jada then? If you know him or if you know him, why you working two jobs? That's your friend. He working two jobs. I had to explain to somebody, like, one of my friends that I. Like, most of my friends that I have that's not in the industry are my friends that I did time with. Like, those became my real friends because they were my friends when I was all in the same. We was in the same boat. You know what I'm saying? So one of my friends, she had came to me. She had got into an argument with somebody that we was in. Just like, yo, you be going mad hard for her. She don't even fuck with you like that. You got two jobs. She should put you in position to this. And she was like. I said, you want me to get. She's like, I didn't really know how to explain, explain it to them. But I was just like, she's on some. Like you. I don't care. That's my friend. That's it. I said, explain it to them like this. I met you when we incarcerated. I was 26 years old. You know how many friends I had before I got to you? You know how many family members, cousins, nieces, this, this. Before I get to you, if I'm saying nobody has to work because you know me, you don't gotta work. You don't gotta do nothing. You get to drive the best cars, living in the best neighborhood. Before I get to a girl that I met was when I was incarcerated, I got so many other people to get to before I get to them, like, it's just never gonna happen like that. It just doesn't make sense. And you got people that's out here that really think like that. They feel like if you are a celebrity and if you make money or you rich, anything that happens to you, you deserve it. If somebody attacks you, oh, well, you shouldn't want to be famous. Oh, every. Like it's a.
Joe Crack the Dawn
It's horrible.
Remy Ma
You get penalized for being famous.
Joe Crack the Dawn
It's horrible.
Remy Ma
You're not allowed to have real feelings. You're not. Oh, you respond to somebody else. She must ain't got no work. She got time. Nah, I seen yours. Because you the only one out of the 2,000 comments that's popping shit. So, yeah, yours stood out. Now I'm a bomb on you. And now you block. Took all of 10 seconds out of my life. I didn't. I didn't lose a contract. I didn't lose nothing to wow you out. See how I just turned into the regular memory right there? No, because it came right out.
Joe Crack the Dawn
I answer the bum. And then everybody get mad at me.
Remy Ma
Yo, but that's what, that's what the disrespectful bums of the world are banking on. They're hoping that they can disrespect you. No, no, no. They don't want a response. They're hoping that they can disrespect you, continue to disrespect you, and that either you or someone around you is going to say, don't respond to them. They beneath you. But in their world, they. They good. In their world and they world, they are big fish. Like, I really had somebody tell me who somebody who is nobody to me. Nobody. They more. They more lit. You more lit than me because you're a clown. You're a clown like me. I'm the type of person I'd rather don't talk about them. I've called blogs before. Like, yo, take that post down. They be like, but we were saying something good. I don't give a fuck. I don't want you talking good about me. Don't talk bad about. Don't talk about me, period. Because you think because you posted something good about me. Yeah, it's cool. So now when you come next week and post some fuck shit, you going to be like, well, you just say nothing when you posting that I know. Type of time. Take me off your page.
Joe Crack the Dawn
I don't.
Remy Ma
Before you run into me in a. In the bathroom somewhere.
Joe Crack the Dawn
I don't get it.
Jada
Joe and jadashow.com. we got new merch fresh off the presses. Go get it. Bam. Out of bam. Jo and J.show.com. you can get These little cold for a T shirt with a hoodies right there.
Joe Crack the Dawn
I need an extra large show with jadishow.com go there get it.
Amazon Advertiser
Support for the show comes from Public, the investing platform for those who take it seriously. On Public you can build a multi asset portfolio of stocks, bonds, options, crypto and now just generated assets which allow you to turn any idea into an investable index with AI. It all starts with your prompt. From renewable energy companies with high free cash flow to semiconductor suppliers growing revenue over 20% year over year. You can literally type any prompt and put the AI to work. It screens thousands of stocks, builds a one of a kind index and lets you back test it against the S&P 500. Then you can invest in a few clicks. Generated assets are like ETFs with infinite possibilities, completely customizable and based on your thesis, not someone else's. Go to public.com podcast and earn an uncapped 1% bonus when you transfer your portfolio. That's public.com podcast paid for by Public Investing Brokerage Services by Open to the Public Investing Inc. Member FINRA and SIPC Advisory Services by Public Advisors llc. SEC Registered Advisor Generated Assets is an interactive analysis tool. Output is for informational purposes only and is not an investment recommendation or advice. Complete disclosures available@public.com Disclosures
Kal Penn
hey everyone, it's Kalpen. I'm the host of Irsay The Audible and iHeart Audiobook Club. This week on the podcast I am sitting down with Ray Porter, the narrator of Andy Weir's audiobook project, Hail Mary Massive sci fi adventure about survival and science and what happens when you wake up alone very far from Earth.
Ray Porter
I really had to make a decision because I caught myself getting that frog in my throat and starting to get teary as I'm narrating so some of these sections and it's like, okay, yo yo yo, is this indulgent? And I really thought about it.
Joe Crack the Dawn
I was like, no.
Ray Porter
At this point it would kind of be betraying the trust the author and the listener have in telling this story if I don't go through it. But there's places in this book that that deeply, emotionally affected me and I left it on the mic. That's great because it served the story. People will say like oh my God, I cried at the end. It's like, yeah dude, me too.
Kal Penn
Listen to Earsay, the Audible and iHeart Audiobook Club on the iHeartradio app or wherever you get your podcasts.
Commercial Announcer
Protect your pet with insurance from pets. Best plans start from less than a dollar a day. Visit petsbest.com Pet insurance products offered and administered by Pets Best Insurance Services, LLC are underwritten by American Pet Insurance Co. Or Independence American Insurance Co. For terms and conditions, visit www.petsbest.com backslash policy, LLC. Products are underwritten by American Pet Insurance Company, Independence American Insurance Co. Or Ms. Transverse Insurance Co. And administered by Pets Best Insurance Services, LLC. $1 a day premium based on 2024 average new policyholder data for accident and illness plans. Pets age 0 to 10. Wasn't that delicious?
Remy Ma
So good. Your bill, ladies. I got it. No, I got it. Seriously, I insist.
Commercial Announcer
I insisted first.
Remy Ma
Don't be silly. You don't be silly.
Joe Crack the Dawn
Silly people with the Wells Fargo Fargo Active Cash credit card prefer to pay
Ray Porter
because they earn unlimited 2% cash rewards on purchases.
Remy Ma
Okay. Rock, paper, scissors for it. Rock, paper, scissors. Shoot. No.
Ray Porter
The Wells Fargo Active Cash credit card. Visit Wells Fargo.com ActiveCash Terms apply.
Joe Crack the Dawn
REM how many years you been with me? REM?
Remy Ma
29.
Joe Crack the Dawn
Have you ever seen a single human being play me pussy in your life?
Remy Ma
It was this one time, right?
Joe Crack the Dawn
Yeah. Yeah. Rem, it was this.
Remy Ma
I'm gonna tell you. The closest ever, right? The closest ever. I've never ever playing pussy. That one time when we was in Miami and we were surrounded by 300 niggas. For real.
Joe Crack the Dawn
Is it 330?
Remy Ma
REM okay, it was about 100.
Joe Crack the Dawn
Now it was about 150 niggas, at least.
Remy Ma
For real. It was a lot.
Joe Crack the Dawn
And the most notorious niggas to ever live in the United States of America.
Remy Ma
Joe's about 6, 4 or something. This guy's about 5 inches taller than Joe. He's about the color of this pillow. The only thing you see is the white of his eyes. And he's grilling Joe like this, right? And Joe's standing there. Joe, like this. In my head. All I'm saying is don't look away. Cause whoever look away first is pussy. Do not look away. You better not look away. This is what I'm saying to my head. Joe like this, nigga looking at him. This shit probably went on for about three seconds. In my brain. It felt like an hour we were standing there. I don't know where God sent these two police angels from, but I didn't know where these two cops just walking. All right, guys, break this up. Split it up. I was just happy because it was not going to end well for us. We were definitely outnumbered. But I felt good in my heart.
Joe Crack the Dawn
It wasn't gonna end well.
Remy Ma
My brother My brother, who. He thought he was a seven, didn't look away. I was like, that's right. We do not look away. I don't care. We got stairs down to the end. Like, they ain't blinking nothing.
Joe Crack the Dawn
So no, seeing that story I tell all the time, the guy was like seven feet cocked.
Remy Ma
Yeah, I was there.
Joe Crack the Dawn
No, I was in jail.
Remy Ma
Oh, that guy.
Joe Crack the Dawn
Dude was waiting for me. His arms was like a wrestler, like Jim D, this guy was. So I looked at him, he tried in front of me. I said, my man, are you. Do you know who you trying to.
Remy Ma
You're gonna need a hundred more of you.
Joe Crack the Dawn
Like, the nerve of you. Are you.
Remy Ma
Me?
Joe Crack the Dawn
Are you? I was actually shocked. I was like, yo, I'm shocked you trying to talk to me. But no, I thought you was talking about that night.
Remy Ma
That with the.
Joe Crack the Dawn
That was that night.
Remy Ma
EMF dudes. Yeah, in Miami. It was crazy. So his. But some people watch this and be like, that's dumb. That's how you get injured. That's me knowing my brother, and we're cut from the same cloth. The pain that I would be in knowing that I let somebody punk me. Me knowing, fuck, I don't care if nobody's there. It's me and the one for me. Me knowing that I let you get away with that. I can't sleep. So we might as well just. We might as well just shake this shit up.
Joe Crack the Dawn
Start moving the furniture. Now, your favorite rappers down the strip,
Jada
all over you heard, you keep talking
Joe Crack the Dawn
about, they were chasing all your favorite rappers.
Jada
They wasn't chasing Thousand sheep.
Joe Crack the Dawn
No, they wasn't.
Jada
Who the fuck was they chasing?
Joe Crack the Dawn
Man, it was bad out there. It was a sad day for hip hop. Let me tell you something. I had a couple of sad days for hip hop where I looked around and I was the only guy, I swear. Yo, I'll tell you a quick story.
Jada
He knows never a quick story. I don't talk about these kind of things. Cause I'm affiliated with some really dangerous people. And a lot of shit happened. And it helped all type of people. I seen all type of shit happen to executives, artists, so called gangsters, drug dealers, kingpins, ladies.
Remy Ma
You ever seen something happen to me?
Jada
No.
Remy Ma
You ever seen something happen to Joe?
Jada
No. Did you ever see anything happen?
Joe Crack the Dawn
But what we saying is what I'm saying.
Remy Ma
So we good and that and that. And. And there goes what I'm talking about.
Jada
Nobody ever did anything to me in this music industry besides words. So it's no example regular.
Remy Ma
But that's how I haven't had a physical.
Jada
Ain't it been so long I didn't even got.
Joe Crack the Dawn
That's how I feel.
Jada
Nah, but I'm telling you, I'm outside everywhere I'm outside.
Remy Ma
Yes.
Jada
See me. What we talking about and I don't see. Let's talk about the Yankees, let's talk about the Knicks. Let's talk about like.
Remy Ma
But I don't even. I think. I think we've all been blessed enough to make it to where we are now. I know I never thought.
Joe Crack the Dawn
But the reason I brought that up is what I'm telling you is I be looking sometimes very. I don't know more. I had a name for them too. And don't say it. You gotta use the bathroom. Sky Rizzy. No, no, they got a new one. Trim Fire. Y' all kiss Trent Fire. Moment. But I look at the blogs and dudes be talking mad reckless in the blogs like, like, yo, if I saw a homie, I just. This, I don't know where that.
Remy Ma
Once I see. Once I see. See anybody making any type of physical threat on social media, I automatically think, you pussy. And you're not gonna do nothing either. It's either two things. It's either you're batshit crazy and you wanna go to jail and you're just leaving a record of it. So when you do it and they come back, they can be like, you only gotta go try. Right here. You said you was gonna do it, you did it.
Joe Crack the Dawn
Or somebody did that.
Remy Ma
Or you don't plan on doing nothing because why, why would you do that? Why are you sitting here like, what, what possessed you? Like somebody got you so mad that you went on there and when I catch you and when I see you, I send something like that to your personal phone. But I would never put nothing like that on the Internet. It just doesn't make sense to me. And most of the time it never happened. You see the follow up video a couple of months over where they was in the same place and someone came and said, this is not worth it. And they squashed it. Like that's nuts all the time. Like all the time. I know people who literally was doing something knowing that they never had no interest. They, they, this person was the last person they ever wanted to run into on the quiet street. It was talking crazy, but they felt comfortable doing it because they knew nine times out of 10, if and when they ever ran into this person, it was probably going to be somewhere in a type of setting like this where somebody's going to have enough or A little bit of sense to be like, chill, don't do that. Yo, y' all could talk, come over here, whatever. Fortunately, you know, unfortunately, some people don't really be on it like that. Some people's like, yo, okay, you said that one. Stand on it. Don't. Don't think we could come later and piece it up. Because now unless you plan on apologizing or piecing it up the same way
Joe Crack the Dawn
you were disrespecting, gonna have to fight like 18 people or something.
Remy Ma
First of all, nine times I said, the people he be arguing with is never even gonna. They don't even. They're not even in the tax bracket to be in the rooms that he'd be in. That's one. And if they happen to be in the same place, he's. He's in there moving how he's supposed to move, like us, like a super rich mogul that he is. Yeah. Everybody talking all crazy, but they be running around with something. Do you see what's on my arms? Do you see? Why would I be standing in this hole in the wall waiting for you to come over here to. Because you. You can't possibly think you're just gonna come over here and do something to me. Yeah, they do all that and they be having security. That's. I encourage anybody. Anybody.
Joe Crack the Dawn
I don't think that's an issue no more.
Jada
Right.
Joe Crack the Dawn
Back in the day, used to say, no security, no people.
Remy Ma
People still be trying to pull that car. Yeah, you got security. You got. If you more. No, if you're worth anything.
Jada
Security than the seven million dollar bill
Remy Ma
or not even that. Because I just feel like if you have anything that you feel is worth anything, you are supposed to protect it. And in most situations, we are the brand. Why would I let your bum, Dusty, dirty, peeling back cuticle ass near me? You're never gonna touch me.
Jada
See that thing right there? Y' all just talking about what Styles had a big problem with what, What Stabbing, shooting, doing all that. It was costing them, allegedly. When you start eating plants, start figuring
Remy Ma
out, calm down, I don't even think you know what it is. And this. And I, and I, And I love Styles. Like, I went to. I went to his dispensary.
Joe Crack the Dawn
Yo.
Remy Ma
The problem with some of us, and I'm not gonna say, but someone like a Styles, we grew up different. We grew up where you can't just say you gonna do something to somebody and then see them and don't do it. You can't threaten people. You can't even. You can't even really come in my space and disrupt what I got going on here. Because who you talking to? Who you talking then? But we live in an era where people don't care. I know for a fact that there are people who know if you go up to Fat Joe and you say X, Y and Z, it's probably not going to end well. He's going to react. There's certain people that I know I might walk up to and I say this and they ain't going to do nothing. So they come hoping like, all right, I know he's going to do. I hope he do just enough so that I could get some money out of it. But I don't think he gonna kill me.
Joe Crack the Dawn
You know how many lawsuits Mike Tyson paid for Mike Tyson might have?
Remy Ma
Cause why are you playing with Mike Tyson? Like, why are you playing Mike Tyson? Just listen to me here. Listen to me. I tell people all the time, stop playing Rhinoceros Punching. Stop playing with real niggas. People be out here playing with real niggas. People be out here playing with people that really. They never. They not playing with you. They. They not used to the disrespect. They not used to the Internet, hehe, haha shit. And it's gonna be an issue. Like I believe I really be sitting in my Christmas time like, y' all should turn this up. And then I'll be like, you know what? All I' ma do is make another Nobody lit. All I'm gonna do is get somebody who probably wouldn't have been able to go on that trip. Now they on the trip. I don't literally paintings and watch them
Joe Crack the Dawn
every now and trip with my bread.
Remy Ma
Like I'm watching them.
Joe Crack the Dawn
If right now I have an argument with a dude coming outside this building and they film me, all of a sudden Pedro becomes famous. Somehow he's arguing with Joe. He's somebody telling his story. I did the 2 to 4 sing sing, banged out the guards. Yo, my man, you nobody, right? But we gotta be careful. Cause somebody could get us upset.
Remy Ma
So.
Joe Crack the Dawn
And you know.
Remy Ma
And before you know it run down the stairs that nobody knew who the fuck they was. They was living in they fucking corner crusty house, eating ramen noodles. Now they lit cause you said something to them.
Joe Crack the Dawn
I don't understand that.
Remy Ma
So crazy. It's happened to me before with music.
Joe Crack the Dawn
No, it's happened to you with music.
Jada
Right?
Joe Crack the Dawn
Let's get back to the regular schedule program with music. Where you at with your music? Are you ever coming out with music? Are you like Me though.
Jada
You listen to it.
Remy Ma
I mean. All right, so here's the thing.
Jada
I'm working right now.
Remy Ma
Here's the thing. I might be the. I. I used to clown Dre from Cool Than Dre for this because Dre had the most amazing award winning album for like 20 years. That's never come out. He keeps taking like, we were like, yo, put it out. It's fire. It's crazy. He'll take another song out, put a new one in, take another one out, put in. I've been doing that. But see, mine is a little bit different.
Joe Crack the Dawn
That's good.
Remy Ma
Prior to Covid, everything was lined up to go. I decided to have my daughter. I had my daughter. That pushed things back. I thought it was only pushing back a couple of months. It pushed it back about two years. Pushed it back about two years. And then Covid happened, so that added another two years. We come out of COVID and I just been doing State of the Culture in the crib online. Cracking them like, all right, hold on, wait. The music cool. But let's figure out how to get into this bag over here. I ain't even have to lead a crazy. So it's like we would do me and Joe. We will do. Or I. I have an urge. Like, I came here today, I was. And I was in the studio last night. I hear beat or something that inspires me or I just think of something like. I feel like as artists, sometimes something you like. Oh, that's fire. I gotta. I gotta put that down. And I feel like it's time. I feel like it's time. This year is the 20 year anniversary of my first and only solo album. 20 years this year, and I still step on that stage. Shake it with conceited. Shake it with whatever. Shake it like that feels so good,
Joe Crack the Dawn
you know, she gets a big. No, no is she gets upset when I start dancing at her shows, like behind her. Like, we all in it, apparently. You don't think I could dance. It's right.
Remy Ma
That it be. That it be. It's a lot. It'd be a lot of hips going on. He do this with his lips. Like it was only this particular song when this one, he does this little hip thing. He got the lips.
Joe Crack the Dawn
I'd be like, I'm in his box.
Remy Ma
You see the snap. You see him hit the snap. I feel like it's time a couple of times that I wanted to put music out. I feel like we, we were in a different climate. I felt like it's time to make. Make bitches rap again. Like, y' all gotta start rapping again. And. And who else better than me than to be like, yeah, yeah.
Joe Crack the Dawn
You know, I always feel like you're the best female rapper.
Remy Ma
Jadakiss doesn't feel like that. I'm not in his top five female rappers.
Joe Crack the Dawn
How you gonna say that?
Remy Ma
I saw the episode. I'm not in his top five female rappers.
Jada
I don't like.
Remy Ma
You don't like list.
Jada
No, because too many of you.
Remy Ma
That's. That's strange. I never found it hard to put you in my top five, so. I mean, yeah, I miss too many.
Jada
You in my top five.
Remy Ma
Nah, I'm gonna get top off. Cause I'm sitting here right now. Nah.
Jada
Watch the next show.
Remy Ma
Y' all don't notice my keep doing it. You know, My first single ever, Jadakiss was on. Like, it never came out. Like, it came out, but it didn't come out. It was when I was on Loud Records, right after I started my deal. Remember with Loud? Loud went under. I had a record. It's called Monster, and Jada was on it. It's my first ever.
Jada
Me and Rim got a. Me and Rim always been tight.
Joe Crack the Dawn
And you supporting the ladies, man, you just did. Angela Renee Simmons.
Jada
You forgot her name.
Remy Ma
Just. Just doing anything.
Joe Crack the Dawn
Yo, this guy's crazy. Yeah, yo. No, no, I'm just saying anything.
Jada
20 something years with this guy's crazy.
Joe Crack the Dawn
Really crazy.
Remy Ma
Listen, really.
Jada
She did call me, ladies and gentlemen. Give me the tutorial kiss. This is how you gotta. This is what you need to do for crack.
Joe Crack the Dawn
You gave him the warning
Jada
when they was doubting, and they didn't think it was gonna happen.
Remy Ma
My Gemini brother was happening. I said, listen, you gotta get in. He not gonna let you in if you let him. He gonna talk all day. He gonna tell every story. It's never a short story. It's entertaining. So you'll get sucked in. He's very entertaining. Pause. Well, I don't know. I don't think. They said, girls don't have to pause.
Jada
No, you don't have to.
Joe Crack the Dawn
But girls don't got applause for what?
Jada
They're the ones. They're the opposite side of Paul.
Remy Ma
They, they, they, they. It's a great thing. You want to get sucked.
Jada
I don't work for girls. How does it pause for a lady? She said something about.
Joe Crack the Dawn
Look, man, I noticed the pause is only your guys.
Remy Ma
You want to pause somebody.
Joe Crack the Dawn
Okay. Just killing me up here.
Remy Ma
You will be scared, Joe. You say the most played things. I be sitting there. Soon as I be Sitting like, oh, my. Look at the throat.
Jada
You hear laying.
Joe Crack the Dawn
Sis, let me explain something to you. Before rap music, I used to tell dudes, no pics, no pics, no pics. I was the guy that wasn't jumping in people's pics. Cause that's how the feds was catching people. I tell our stories to us, but if anybody came up in that studio that we wasn't cool, we didn't know. This is that I would not talk in front of, right? This poor shit. I ain't never played this in my life. And I done got 20,000 flags stone because of the PO. Now I gotta be like a PO catalog. Now. I gotta watch everything. I. Huh. Excuse me.
Remy Ma
I want to say something, right? And this Timberland logo. Listen, Joey, Joey. I want to say that I'm happy. I'm happy to see you here. You get to. I call you. You doing your graffiti shit. You drawing. You chilling. You get to come here, throw all your fly shit on, tell your stories. His fa. His favorite thing is telling stories. Like, I want y' all to know it's. It's great here because we're in the setting where the camera's on. He tells these stories at home. You're not allowed to look at your phone. Nothing. He's like, ram. Ram. I'm like. I'm like. I'm just sending a text. He'll. He'll wait till your text is done. You better put the phone. Because he has to have your full undivided attention for you to be able to be in this space and just do something that you naturally do and get to your bag. I love that for you.
Joe Crack the Dawn
I love you more. But you know who I love? My goddaughter baby.
Remy Ma
That one there.
Jada
She's singing that ushering Wale song out fire.
Joe Crack the Dawn
I got four different in my room.
Remy Ma
Mad baby.
Joe Crack the Dawn
This one here, she comes in. She come to the room. Pop. Pop me at me, tell you something. I said, sorry. She said, you got four pictures.
Remy Ma
I think you're on five. No, but what he's not telling you is they sit on the phone on FaceTime and gas each other all day. Mama, you so beautiful. Oh, I love you. So pretty. You so. You're so sweet.
Joe Crack the Dawn
I'm a pretty good godfather, right?
Remy Ma
And then she goes right back, papa, you so fly. Let me see your sneakers. Those are the flies. Really, Mama? Yes, Papa. They don't even use their real voices. I'm in a side vomit like this disgusting. Like, I can't even talk. Like ser. I. When I threaten like that. People like, y', tell your father. I'm telling you, grandma. Like, I be like, you want me tell your godfather what you did, what you just did?
Joe Crack the Dawn
You know, she come in my house. She run the whole. They come in no bathing suit, no nothing. They got to go out and buy the bathing suit, come back. Cause she want to go in the pool, her and Lonnie, and they just run shit real bad. I keep saying that I want to be so rich by the time she gets 18, that when she about as
Remy Ma
he age, he's ruining my life, guys.
Joe Crack the Dawn
She could just walk in and be like, yo, pop, Pop, I'm taking the boat.
Remy Ma
This guy tells my daughter, I listen to mommy, but I promise you, you're not gonna have to work. I be like, yo, bro, why are you telling her that? She has chores. Go clean them toys.
Jada
Get the toys up.
Remy Ma
Papa said, I don't have work popping out here. Clean that shit up on me. A problem.
Joe Crack the Dawn
My family know that's part of my, like, yo, I want to get to the point of where she lived like that.
Remy Ma
She's.
Joe Crack the Dawn
She's a fucking pastor.
Remy Ma
One of the few real men in the world. He thinks the woman shouldn't work. She shouldn't have to pay bills. Like, he. He strongly feels like that. Like, I keep trying to tell, like, yo, hook me up. The, like, find the people that think like you. I'm tired of paying. I've been paying forever. I don't pay the war.
Jada
You shouldn't have to.
Joe Crack the Dawn
This ain't that.
Remy Ma
And that.
Joe Crack the Dawn
It's cracking. Kiss, God damn it.
Jada
Make some noise. For real,
Remy Ma
At cvs, it matters that we're not just in your community, but that we're part of it. It matters that we're here for you when you need us, day or night. And we want everyone to feel welcomed and rewarded. It matters that CVS is here to fill your prescriptions and here to fill your craving for a tasty and, yeah, healthy snack. At cvs, we're proud to serve your community because we believe.
Commercial Announcer
We believe where you get your medicine matters.
Remy Ma
So Visit us@cvs.com or just come by our store. We can't wait to meet you. Store hours vary by location.
Kal Penn
I'm U.S. transportation Secretary Sean Duffy. We all get distracted when we drive, whether it's from our phones or kids in the backseat bickering. But how we handle these distractions can
Joe Crack the Dawn
be a matter of.
Kal Penn
Of life or death. Before you get on the road for your next road trip, please put your
Remy Ma
phones on silent and take a mental
Kal Penn
note to focus on driving.
Remy Ma
Paid for by nhtsa.
Commercial Announcer
This is Sophia Donner from OK Storytime this summer. Find your next obsession on Prime Video and listen. We're not saying you need another obsession, but there could be a lot worse ones. Steamy romance, addiction, addictive love stories, and the book to screen favorites you've already
Remy Ma
read twice, so why not watch them a third time off campus?
Commercial Announcer
Elle, the Love Hypothesis and more Slow
Remy Ma
Burns Second Chances chemistry you can feel through the screen and it makes you
Commercial Announcer
wish you were actually in that movie.
Remy Ma
We've got binge worthy series can't miss
Commercial Announcer
movies perfect for when you're ignoring your own problems or procrastinating as one does.
Remy Ma
Your next obsession is waiting. Watch only on Prime.
Martha Stewart
This is Martha Stewart from the Martha Stewart Podcast. Ever wonder how to make hosting look effortless? Here's a secret Getting ahead of the mess with new Reynolds Kitchens Countertop prep Paper Just lightly wet the counter beforehand so the paper grips and stays in place. Then lay down the Reynolds Kitchen's countertop prep paper so drips and spills stay on the paper, not all over your kitchen counter. You can roll out dough, prep a party spread, or cook alongside family. When you're done, cleanup is as simple as lifting the paper and revealing that clean counter underneath. Effortless. You can use it for cooking and baking, prep and even crafting, especially when you need extra working space. Because when the mess is already handled, you can focus on what matters the food, the people, and the moment. It may look effortless, but now you know it's Reynolds Kitchens Countertop prep paper. Take a tip from me. Wet it, set it, prep it. Done. Make it easy. Make it with Reynolds Kitchens Countertop prep paper, available now in the Reynolds Wrap aisle in Walmart, Target, Amazon and Costco.
Date: April 30, 2026
Podcast: Joe and Jada (iHeartPodcasts and The Volume)
Guest: Remy Ma
In this lively and unapologetically real episode, hip-hop legends Fat Joe and Jadakiss welcome their longtime friend and iconic MC, Remy Ma, for a conversation that’s part reunion, part masterclass, and fully authentic. They break down Remy’s entrepreneurial leap with Remy Network, the wild world of hip-hop storytelling, the “clout-chasing epidemic,” their shared Gemini energy, and the complexity of riding out fame, loyalty, and personal growth in the culture.
[02:41–03:59]
[04:55–06:41]
[07:59–10:40]
[11:51–14:17]
[17:07–19:16]
[20:25–23:04]
[31:06–34:15]
[35:00–39:53]
[41:39–47:53]
[49:56–51:29]
[55:14–59:03]
[62:09–64:35]
[64:35–65:24]
[65:27–66:07]
[66:21–69:04]
[71:42–74:45]
The episode is deeply conversational, straight-talking, and hilarious in equal measure. The trio’s chemistry is palpable—they joke, reminisce, break down real-life lessons, and bring listeners into the world behind the scenes of hip-hop’s most resilient voices. Remy Ma keeps it raw, Joe keeps it comic, and Jada is the steady, no-nonsense observer.
This episode packs wisdom, laughter, and truth into a jam-packed hour. Remy Ma rises as a mogul and mentor, but never loses the edge and energy that made her a legend. Whether you’re interested in entrepreneurial moves, hip-hop history, or how to survive the clout-chasing culture, this is a masterclass—delivered with love, humor, and plenty of receipts.