The Real Report - Rip Micheals on life-changing heart attack, T.I. booed off stage, 20 years of Wild’n Out & the Kevin Hart collab

Summary

Joe and Jada Podcast — “The Real Report: Rip Micheals on Heart Attack, T.I. Booed Off Stage, 20 Years of Wild’n Out & the Kevin Hart Collab”

Date: March 23, 2026
Host: iHeartPodcasts and The Volume
Featured Guest: Rip Michaels (comedian/promoter)
Co-hosts/Panel: Uncle Murder, Turbulence Tony
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Episode Overview

This episode of Joe and Jada’s “The Real Report” features an in-depth and unfiltered conversation with comedian and promoter Rip Micheals. The discussion ranges from Rip’s gritty rise from the Chicago South Side to New York homelessness, the evolution and impact of Wild N Out, the reality of promoting without big corporate backing, surviving a life-changing heart attack, and behind-the-scenes stories involving hip-hop and comedy. The crew also dives into epic moments like T.I. getting booed during his stand-up set, lessons from touring with legends like Kevin Hart and Nick Cannon, the mixing of comedy and hip-hop in arena events, and reflections on legacy, health, and resilience.

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Key Discussion Points and Insights

1. Rip Micheals’ Beginnings: From Chicago to the Comedy Grind

• [04:00] Rip shares his upbringing on the South Side of Chicago, describing both the danger and community:

  “Chicago’s a great place. It could be wild. But I grew up in an era where they was taking starter coats and Jordans…” — Rip Micheals

• [06:38] His move to New York was a leap of faith—he arrived homeless with his daughter, sleeping outside Bryant Park and the Fashion Institute until he found his break:

  “I met Dave Chappelle in a club and he was like, man, if you ever want to find out if you’re funny, you gotta go to New York…” — Rip Micheals

2. The Wild N Out Phenomenon: Behind the Longest-Running Urban Comedy Show

• [07:35] Wild N Out now has 26 seasons—Rip helped start the tour version in Queens, going from small crowds to sold-out arenas:

  “I used to sleep outside of 1515 Broadway… one day I’m gonna be on that network. I started off as the warm-up guy, making people laugh in the line.” — Rip Micheals

• [08:19–09:41] He credits Nick Cannon for mentorship and betting on arena shows when others doubted:

  “Nick put me on the show and took me under… If that’s your dream, I got you. We gonna be selling out arenas in six months, bro.”
  “Next thing you know, six months later, we was on every single arena there was.” — Rip Micheals

• [09:44] Rip still holds a record in D.C. for selling out two arenas in one night (14,000 + 17,500):

  “We did Show Palace Arena… police escort… 17,500… a 7 o’clock show and a 9 o’clock show.” — Rip Micheals

3. The Promo Hustle: Creating His Own Lane

• [10:09] Facing rejection from NYC’s comedy scene pushed Rip into promoting his own shows—eventually, he ran over a dozen rooms across NYC, directly supporting comedians:

  “Being told no so many times, I was like, you know what? I’ma do my own rooms. Next thing you know, I literally had 12 rooms. At one point I ran New York.” — Rip Micheals

• [11:52] He organically built “April Fool’s Comedy Jam” into arena-sized events:

  “Comedians doing Chris Brown/Drake numbers… performing in the round… Sold out the Garden in three weeks on a Wednesday.” — Rip Micheals

4. Comedy Institution: Wild N Out’s School of Hard Knocks

• [12:06] Wild N Out operates like a bootcamp, able to break or make comedians:

  “You have to find your own voice… Just ‘cause you’re funny on your phone, doesn’t mean shit. People be walking out crying… but if you make it through… you find out who you are.” — Rip Micheals

5. Perseverance & Failures: Getting Booed and Bouncing Back

• [13:06] Every comedian faces bad nights; Rip’s worst boo came in college, but these setbacks made him stronger.

6. Top Five & Comedy Inspirations

• [14:18] Rip’s personal faves: Tony Roberts, TK Kirkland, Deon Cole—salutes Def Comedy Jam era and legends like Bernie Mac:

  “Back watching Deon Colton… at 10 years old going like, wow… One day, I want to be like this.” — Rip Micheals

• [16:30] On tough NY crowds:

  “They would throw pepper pot on you. They would throw oxtail and gravy. I seen a comedian get a mop bucket thrown on them.” — Rip Micheals

7. T.I.’s Comedy Flop: The Arena Boo Heard ‘Round the World

• [17:03] The crew asks about T.I. getting booed as a stand-up:

  “He went around the country blaming me for getting him booed… The crowd listened to him for about seven minutes… Boo. And they couldn’t take no more… It happens, bro, you get booed.” — Rip Micheals
  — [18:28] “You can have whatever you like, but it ain’t comedy.”

8. Crowd Work, Sensitivity, and Purpose

• [20:17] Rip discusses “roasting” vs. meaningful comedy, advocating for empathy toward audiences:

  “Some people, this is their last $25… They come just to laugh and escape… If you could take ten minutes and make them not think about what’s going on, that’s a blessing.” — Rip Micheals

9. Building Arena Tours Without Corporate Backing

• [23:14–27:52] Rip has sold out every major US arena independently (Barclays, Garden, etc.), explaining why he’s rejected deals from promoters like Live Nation/AEG:

  “I’ve already done it. So when someone is offering me a deal… a loan against your ticket sales. It makes no sense. I’m already selling out 18,000 seats… I don’t need your marketing… How you gonna come to me and offer me something… to give you half the money and do more chores for half price?” — Rip Micheals
  — [27:52] On how venues profit off food, parking, ticket resale:
  “Ticketmaster takes $19 on a $30 ticket… they pull the ones that are selling and resell them for higher, and you still get the original price. Gangster.” — Rip Micheals

10. Comedy & Hip-Hop: Fusing Cultures on Stage

• [28:24] Rip mixes comedians and hip-hop artists (like Fat Joe & Jadakiss, Brandy, DC Young Fly, etc.) in massive events to celebrate Black culture and independence:

  “Look what we can do as a culture without the big machines behind them…”

11. Writing for the Greats

• [30:18] Rip has written for Nick Cannon’s show, Wendy Williams, and more. He emphasizes it was never about money, but about impacting people.

12. The Heart Attack & Mortality on Tour

• [36:02–41:47] Rip recounts his two heart attacks (one after a show at the Apollo), his near-death experience, and how it changed him:

  “I thought I was gonna die… now I promise God I won’t stand in the background anymore. I’m gonna step out and raise my stock… show people you can do this.”
  — [38:50] On what went through his mind:
  “I hope everyone enjoys the rest of the show and that I don’t stop it so it can continue… What do I leave my kids behind?”

• [39:46] He’s currently on a heart transplant list (“waiting for a heart is weird—every ambulance siren, I wonder, is that my blessing?”).

• [41:49] Uses his platform to support heart health advocacy and the American Heart Association.

13. Legacy, Humor, and Giving Back

• [43:56] On giving back:

  “Don’t let these Europeans have your money, give it straight to the black man with the blanket.”

• [44:53] Upcoming April 1st comedy show will feature Marlon Wayans, Bruce Bruce, Bill Bellamy, Justina Valentine, and more; Wild N Out cast members, and special music guests.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments (with Timestamps)

• Chicago memories: “I grew up in an era where they was taking starter coats and Jordans….” (04:19, Rip Micheals)
• Wild N Out bootcamp: “Just cause you’re funny on your phone, doesn’t mean shit.” (12:13, Rip Micheals)
• Comedy flop reality: “Any given night it can happen. Like, the crowd looked at him… They listened for about seven minutes. They couldn’t take no more. Boo!” (18:28, Rip Micheals, on T.I.)
• On independent promotion: “I didn’t know I was probably one of the only comedians to sell out arenas by himself.” (25:23, Rip Micheals)
• Venues & ticketing: “They have the ability to pull the tickets, sell them for a higher price, and give you the original price.” (27:53, Rip Micheals)
• On the heart attack: “I thought I was gonna die… I’m here. I’m not supposed to be here—but I’m supposed to be here.” (36:21, Rip Micheals)
• Ethics in crowd work: “If you could take 10 minutes of somebody’s day and get them not to think about what’s going on…and make them smile, that’s a blessing.” (21:39, Rip Micheals)
• Comedic willpower: “What Pac say? That doesn’t kill me—it only made me stronger.” (39:46, Rip Micheals)
• Waiting for a heart: “Now every time I hear an ambulance, I’d be like, ‘Is that my blessing?’” (41:16, Rip Micheals)
• On being a role model: “If I keep it to myself, then I’m not creating a legacy for anyone to come behind me…” (37:16, Rip Micheals)
• Giving back: “Don’t let these Europeans have your money. Give this shit straight to the black man with the blanket.” (43:56, Rip Micheals)

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Segment Timestamps

• [03:30–06:38] – Childhood in Chicago, coming up on the grind
• [06:38–08:18] – Homeless in NYC, breakthrough story, meeting Chappelle/Nick Cannon
• [09:44–11:52] – Wild N Out’s arena shows, promo grind, building from nothing
• [12:06–16:30] – Wild N Out “institution,” comedian bootcamp, tough crowds
• [17:03–19:53] – T.I. and crowd expectations—navigating a booed performance
• [20:17–23:11] – Comedy with empathy, reading the audience, crowd work ethics
• [23:14–27:52] – Behind the curtain: touring without a corporate machine; why big deals don't always make sense
• [28:24–30:32] – Comedy x hip-hop event creation; mixing music and laughter
• [30:32–31:18] – Writing for others; betting on himself
• [36:02–41:47] – Heart attack story, mortality on the road, and lessons learned
• [44:53–49:02] – April Fools comedy show lineup & call-in from Justina Valentine
• [46:57–47:49] – Rappers beefing with comedians: reflections and funny anecdotes

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Tone & Style

The vibe is honest, irreverent, and sharply humorous, embracing both the grind and the vulnerability of life in entertainment. The crew trades streetwise barbs, deep reflections, and technical insights into the business and art of comedy.

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Final Thoughts

Rip Micheals’ realness, resilience, and entrepreneurial spirit shine throughout the episode as he underscores the power of persistence and self-belief. He offers valuable lessons for artists battling for independence, balancing art with health, and turning adversity into opportunity, all while keeping the room—and arena—laughing.

Transcript

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[Uncle Murder]

What that Louis. To let people know you could do this, too. Without these big companies, you could do it. That's why you went and got the Louis after you made it, man.

[Rip Michaels]

Yep. The dude was outside your studio with the blanket. Get the out of here. I got the. I got the it. You got the chain.

[Uncle Murder]

He didn't get stabbed.

[Turbulence Tony]

Shut the up. Yeah, yeah.

[Uncle Murder]

It's the boy L. Jet Lenny.

[Turbulence Tony]

And it's your boy Turbulence Tony.

[Uncle Murder]

And it's the real Report show.

[Turbulence Tony]

Yo, y' all make some noise and tell them who you are today. We got the one of the biggest comedians in the world here, man.

[Rip Michaels]

And Rip Michaels, man. It's hot to Rip Michaels.

[Turbulence Tony]

Make some noise for Rip Michaels.

[Uncle Murder]

Rip Michaels in the building.

[Rip Michaels]

Thank you very much for having me, man. I appreciate it. Love the studio, man. Love you, staff.

[Uncle Murder]

No, we appreciate you coming in, man.

[Turbulence Tony]

That's what I'm appreciate you being here. I heard you from Chicago, south side.

[Rip Michaels]

Oh, 86 racing. Yes, sir.

[Turbulence Tony]

So tell us your story, what it was like growing up in Chicago.

[Uncle Murder]

Are you good on 63rd? I'm just trying to.

[Rip Michaels]

Yeah, I'm going on 63. I'm going on south side.

[Turbulence Tony]

What part of Chicago?

[Rip Michaels]

86 and racing. 86 and racing. So, yeah, it's just been a journey, man. You know, Chicago's a great place. It could be wild. But I was always.

[Uncle Murder]

Of course, I said I'll be weird.

[Rip Michaels]

But I grew up in an era where they was taking starter coast in Jordans back in the day when they was getting. Getting dudes so they triple fat goose.

[Turbulence Tony]

Yeah, I got robbed from my startup coming from school.

[Rip Michaels]

Right. That's the generation I did.

[Turbulence Tony]

That's my generation right there.

[Rip Michaels]

Okay. We the same type of.

[Turbulence Tony]

Hell, yeah.

[Uncle Murder]

That's that era. That's that era right there.

[Turbulence Tony]

I still don't think y' all got the best pizza, though.

[Rip Michaels]

Of course we got the best pizza. Cause you know why?

[Turbulence Tony]

Come on, man, tell me.

[Rip Michaels]

We don't do cold reheated slices. That's what I can never get used to. I can't never get used to the fact that y' all are willing to

[Uncle Murder]

walk in, walk in a pizza pot

[Rip Michaels]

and take pizza that's been all day, all day long and let it warm it up.

[Turbulence Tony]

Oh, y' all got us deep dish pizza in Chicago.

[Rip Michaels]

We got regular slices, too, but the deep dish is.

[Turbulence Tony]

Y' all keep talking that deep. Just shit is all right. Mad tomato sauce that shit is.

[Rip Michaels]

I don't eat healthy, that's all.

[Turbulence Tony]

See, the whole thing is, when you come to New York, you can't judge the pizza off. The dollar slices in the city don't judge it off of that.

[Rip Michaels]

So who got the best pizza in New York?

[Turbulence Tony]

To me. I'm gonna go with Jamaica Southside. Jamaica, Queens. We gonna eat it on the show, too. I should have brung it here, too.

[Rip Michaels]

Margaritas over Gabby's, though.

[Turbulence Tony]

Yeah, Gabby's is Ja Ru. Shit.

[Rip Michaels]

Okay, but I'm just saying Gabby's north side. But Gabby's is good.

[Turbulence Tony]

No, Gabby's is good, too.

[Rip Michaels]

I would have said pizza, but when

[Turbulence Tony]

you think about Queens, margaritas, man. Yeah, not Gabby's. Shout to G. Gabby's, too. Gabby's is like north side. Like, I even think they got pictures of Ja Rule in there. But Gabby's is good, too. Cause like the barber, go to Gabby's. But margarita's is south side. But that been open since n was kids.

[Uncle Murder]

Gotcha.

[Turbulence Tony]

We talking about 30, 40 years in business. You want pizza? That's way better than Chicago, go to margaritas. I've had margaritas.

[Rip Michaels]

I have. I have margaritas.

[Uncle Murder]

And that's better than.

[Turbulence Tony]

That's way better than Chicago.

[Uncle Murder]

Know what he talking about?

[Rip Michaels]

I have had margaritas. Cause I be out there, like, when it comes to Queens, big shout out to everybody in 40 baseley.

[Turbulence Tony]

Oh, shit.

[Rip Michaels]

Oh, yeah. Mook Diamond. The whole.

[Turbulence Tony]

Oh, shit. Shout out to Mook Diamond.

[Rip Michaels]

Those are my cats.

[Turbulence Tony]

Oh, okay. Queens in the building, baby.

[Uncle Murder]

You don't know nobody in Brooklyn, my man.

[Rip Michaels]

We going Brooklyn. I'm gonna say I don't know. Everybody I know in Brooklyn is Jamaican or Haitian, so I don't really know. Oh, man.

[Uncle Murder]

Oh, man. It's all good.

[Rip Michaels]

All my Jamaicans. Because I used to have rooms in Brooklyn. I used to do squads. I used to do Venus. I used to do footprints. I used to do all those rooms.

[Uncle Murder]

Okay.

[Rip Michaels]

And a big shout out to my. What we gonna do Brooklyn? We got a big shout out to Rasheed, man. One of the funniest comedians to ever do it. That was Poppy. Ain't no ship. Remember The Jamaican dude in Jamaica Store. And Poppy ain't no snitch. That was him. Big shout out to him. That was Brooklyn. That was Brooklyn.

[Turbulence Tony]

You working, man?

[Rip Michaels]

Yeah, I mean, it's just been an interesting journey. Cause when I came to New York, I came to New York homeless. I had never been here in my entire life.

[Turbulence Tony]

Serious.

[Rip Michaels]

I literally, I met Dave Chappelle in a club and he was like, man, if you ever want to find out if you're funny, you gotta go to New York. And I was like, you know what, I'mma go. I got off the Greyhound bus with my daughter and I was like, all right, New York, let's see what we got to offer. And I was homeless for about a year. I used to sleep outside, like Bryant park and the FIT Institute and big shout out to the FIT Institute. There was this Haitian security guard that would let me sleep there every night by the vents because it was warm. And he would tell me, just be out by 6 o'. Clock. And that's what we would do, me and my daughter. And I just constantly started doing comedy and more comedy and it just led to me doing other things. And I think the funniest thing about it is I used to sleep sometimes outside of 15, 15 Broadway. We all know that's MTV. And I was like, one day I'm gonna be on that network. You know, I start off as the warm up guy, making people laugh in the line and just taking that and elevating that to the next level. And then went from being warm up guy to being on Wild N Out and a whole bunch of other TV shows.

[Turbulence Tony]

Yeah. How'd you get to Wild N Out? Cause Wild N Out is, you know, a big syndicated show. Shout to Nick Cannon. Shout to everybody that's on Wild' N Out. Extremely funny. How many years was it? 10 years now. 10 years.

[Rip Michaels]

Wild N Out has been on for 26 seasons. So it's been on shit. Yeah.

[Turbulence Tony]

I didn't even realize that. You never get tired of Wild' n out.

[Rip Michaels]

Like 2026 season. The longest urban running comedy television show history. Yeah. 2016. Coming up on 27 now. So we about to do a whole new season and we doing it live, man. And if you want to talk about Queens, man, I actually started with all this queen. No, but I'm just saying it. It's just funny that he said queens.

[Turbulence Tony]

We ain't going to do that today.

[Rip Michaels]

It's just funny because he said Queens. Cuz I actually, you know, I started the Wild now tour in Queens. It's Just funny that I actually.

[Uncle Murder]

Oh, look at that.

[Rip Michaels]

Because it started from Nick. You know, I used. I was writing for Nick's Stand Up Don't Shoot, and. And I wrote for a lot of comedians and write with comedians, and we were doing that. I was writing for him, and he was watching Katt Williams, and we was at. I think it was on Ontario at Anaheim, and he was watching Cat, and he was like, yo, man, one day, I want to do that, man. I was like, what are you talking about? He's like, I want to sell out arenas looking Cat. He's just sitting there in front of, like, six, 7,000. And I was like, that's what your dream is. And I got to give Nick his flowers because Nick put me on the show and took me under and, like. And took me on his wing and let me write for him and let me do all these different things. I was like, man, if that's your dream, I got you. We gonna be sitting down arenas in six months, bro. And he was like, really? And he just looked at me like, ah. So I went ahead and I started and I booked it, and I did it at Amazura in Queens, and I had 1500 people show up, and Nick thought it was a joke. So Nick was like, man, what are you talking about? We got a show. I was like, remember you told me you want to do this? And it's the day you said you was free. So we got Amazura. And he was like, look, man, I got a show in Chicago that's paying me way more than that. And I was like, listen, I promise you, I can't give it to you now, but when you. Before you step on stage, I'll have $10,000 more than you was getting in Chicago. And God blessed me, and I hand out flyers every day, and I promoted the hell out of it. And it went from just one show with 1500 to two shows back to back. And then we did another show in Patchog at the Soundgarden. It was crazy, which is crazy. Yeah. And it started right there in front of a room of 1500 people. And the next thing you know, six months later, we was on every single arena there was. And we was doing, like. I was number two on Polestar that year for promoting it.

[Uncle Murder]

Yeah.

[Rip Michaels]

Like, pushing it together. I sold out two once.

[Turbulence Tony]

You. You talking that.

[Rip Michaels]

Oh, my God. I still hold a record in Detroit. I still hold a record. I mean, not Detroit. I still hold a record in D.C. for selling out two arenas in one night. We did show Palace Arena. We did I think 14,000. And then we went over to Capitol One, took a police escort and did 17,500. We had a 7 o' clock show and a 9 o' clock show.

[Turbulence Tony]

So how does a comedian turn into slash promoter. How do you transition to that?

[Rip Michaels]

People not allowing you on stage, people and big shout out to all the New York comedians. But they got this like hazing thing where it's like, they'll put you on when you're not funny, they'll make fun of you, and then when you get funny, they won't book you no more. And being told no so many times, I was like, you know what? I'm gonna do my own rooms. I'm gonna do my own grind. And I started doing like little bars, like Squads and Venus and like Footprints. And then next, before you knew it, I had had like six rooms. And then Rasheed passed away. And I remember his brother in law coming to me and said, hey, they about to lose the rooms that Rasheed had. Cause Rashid had like five rooms. And I was like, well, I won't let that happen, man. You know what? I'll do the rooms. I think the budget was like $800. I was like, take 600 and give it to his kids. And y' all take that. And I just do it for the $200 and I'll book one comedian. So I was getting $100 and I was like, I'm gonna keep this so his family could do it. And then that turned out crazy. Overnight, I literally had 12 rooms. At one point. I ran New York. You couldn't go to a borough that I didn't have a room in. I used to have two shows every single night. And when you came to New York, you had to say, Rip. Cause Rip could put you on for two weeks straight of just doing comedy. And then I turned that into just like promoting myself like any other artist. And I'm like, you know, I'm gonna promote myself. I'm gonna do this. And everybody kept coming around me like, hey, Rip, can I be on the show? Can I do this? So then I just tried to start uplifting us all. And then just next thing you know, I was doing. That's how the April Fools came about. I was like, all right, cool. You know what? Instead of doing it by myself and pushing myself, I'm gonna take all my friends and we gonna go ahead and sell out the Westbury Music Fair. We gonna do something that nobody ever done. 5,000 people just to see us. And 10 years later, now I'm doing 18,000, 19,000 people. I mean, we got regular comedians doing Chris Brown Drake numbers. We performing in a round. Like this has been a phenomenon. Sold out the Garden in three weeks on a Wednesday.

[Turbulence Tony]

Yeah. Cause it seems like everybody from Wild N Out, like took their success and did other things. Like, it wasn't like, yo, we just gonna piggyback off of Nick Cannon. Yo, look, we gonna do our own thing. Like everybody off that show was kind of doing their own thing.

[Rip Michaels]

Yeah. Because it's an institution. I look at Wild Nut as the best institution you could ever be on for content. And big shout out to Niall and Nick because they put you through like a boot camp. Like, you come in as one thing and you leave out as another. You have to find your own voice in that show. And they'll be screaming at you. You'll see some of your favorite streamers and Instagram famous people that just can't hack it. They'll be crying because they'll tell you are not funny. Just cause you're funny on your phone. It doesn't mean nothing. Doesn't mean shit. And people just be walking out crying and they be hurting feelings. But if you make it through that other side, you make it to and you find out who you are and what your voice and your strength is. So that's why you see the Rip Michaels, that's why you see the 85 South. That's why you see the Matt Rifes. That's why you see the Kevin Harts and the Mike Epps. Cause everybody came from the institution. The D Rays and the Corey Holcomb, we all come from that wild out there.

[Uncle Murder]

You ever perform somewhere and then have a good turn on how you wanted it? Like it was a bad night, man,

[Rip Michaels]

that I ever presented and how you

[Uncle Murder]

bounce back from that. Like have a performance and it didn't go as you planned?

[Rip Michaels]

Like, oh man, we all get booed any given Sunday. That can happen any night, man. Of course, man. Like coming up in the game. Of course. I think the worst boo I ever had when I was in college. Cause I actually started doing comedy when I was 13 years old. My auntie Jockey wasn't really my auntie was my daddy's girlfriend. But he made me call him. I didn't know that. I didn't know that wasn't my auntie. I had no idea. I really didn't know my daddy girlfriend. I didn't know. I was so happy I was doing comedy. I was like, mama, Mama, look what Auntie Jackie bought me. She was like, that ain't your goddamn auntie. That's your daddy girlfriend. I go outside, your Uncle Charles gonna take you to the. I had Uncle Charles, too. Don't get it twisted.

[Uncle Murder]

Got you.

[Rip Michaels]

My parents been together 42 years.

[Uncle Murder]

They've been cheating.

[Turbulence Tony]

41.

[Uncle Murder]

I had Uncle Charles, too.

[Rip Michaels]

I had Uncle Charles, too. And that's the true story. People think I'm joking, but that's the true story. I love my parents. Don't judge my family. I don't live with a. Nah, it's all good.

[Turbulence Tony]

All good. Listen, people go through shit. Y' all got the hardest job in the world to make people laugh. It's not easy to make people laugh and be in front of a crowd, you know, and we on a real report. So, you know, we gonna ask you, who are your top five comedians of all time for you, of all times.

[Rip Michaels]

See, that's a difference. If you gonna go all times, you always gonna go greats. But if you gonna go, who are my favorite comedians? That wouldn't be of all times' cause if you're gonna go all times, you're gonna have to. Eddie Murphy, you're doing the Richard Pryors, you're doing them. But if you like who my favorite comedian is, that's grinding and doing it, I would say I'm gonna give big shout out to Tony Roberts. I'm gonna give big shout out to TK Kirkland. I'm give big shout out to Dion Cole. Like, these dudes are, like, revolutionary. Because you gotta realize I watched Def Comedy Jam as a kid and seen

[Uncle Murder]

all these cats perform same, man, I love comedy jam.

[Rip Michaels]

You know what I'm saying?

[Turbulence Tony]

I was a little kid watching Def Jam comedy.

[Rip Michaels]

Back watching Deon Colton on him at 10 years old, going like, wow, One day, I want to be like this. This is what I want to do. And it's weird being the position I am because that was my only dream in this whole. Was like, to be just on Def Jam. I thought that was it. I thought once you got that, you was rich.

[Turbulence Tony]

Not rich comedy back then.

[Rip Michaels]

Yeah. They was only paying people $777.

[Uncle Murder]

That's crazy. When you find out what it is for real, right? That's crazy.

[Turbulence Tony]

I mean, we looked at it like, come on. That was the biggest. Yeah, that was like the biggest comedy show to watch back in the days on tv, it was jam comedy. All agrees, who went through, how many people, how many greats came out? Everybody.

[Uncle Murder]

Whoever you could think of. Everybody you could think of Bernie, Max, demar. And I remember everybody on defcon. Rest in peace. Everybody was on that, though, man.

[Rip Michaels]

Everybody. Like, I remember Bernie Mac.

[Turbulence Tony]

Yeah, he had. Go ahead, Go ahead.

[Rip Michaels]

No, no, go ahead.

[Turbulence Tony]

No, no. I was gonna say Bernie Mac had a style like, what's my. What's the father that played in kidding Robert Harris? That was the black father that was with that kid. Oh, my God. That's one of my favorite to me, him and Bernie Mac had that same kind of style.

[Rip Michaels]

Bernie was a beast, man. And I remember meeting Bernie Mac when I was, like, I think I was 12, going inside the Cotton Club, and he used to host it. And they used to bring me in through the kitchen because I wasn't old enough to come inside. And they would just let me perform, and they would sneak me right back outside and just watch him. He would always just tear that room apart, man. And him. And back then Diane Quarter and Tony Schofield and just like. It was just fraternity of just, like, people, just a brotherhood. Damon Williams, just so many dope comedians that just embrace you to be like, hey, man, let's do this. But if you wasn't funny, man. They don't play around, but New York don't play around. There, of course, y' all with Sydney clubs, they would throw pepper pot on you. They would throw oxtail and gravy. I seen a comedian get a mop bucket thrown on them.

[Uncle Murder]

I think they do mop water on

[Rip Michaels]

Gerald Kelly one time, and I was like, woo. And he looked at us like, what we gonna do? I was like, we gonna get you a towel. These niggas is killing. Get you some cotton L. Paper towel.

[Turbulence Tony]

New York is tough, man. Remember Showtime at the Apollo back in the days? Motherfuckers or throw everything.

[Uncle Murder]

Sandman get you the fuck up out of there.

[Turbulence Tony]

Yeah, man.

[Rip Michaels]

Yeah. It's just a time. But that don't happen anymore. There is no more booing now. Everybody just sits and watches, and they just go on your page and say, you're not shit later on. But they don't really boo like they used to. Well, sometimes they do. Sometimes in my shows that I put on, sometimes people can get it.

[Turbulence Tony]

How was it when. Cause I know you brought TI out to one of your shows and it was crickets.

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[Rip Michaels]

Okay, first of all, let me explain. First of all, TI Cause you think

[Turbulence Tony]

a rapper should be doing comedy.

[Rip Michaels]

Of course, of course. TI Is a funny, funny comedian and person. TI he has great stories. And it's just. I just think it's just that night and he went around the country blaming me for getting him booed first of all, I didn't set TI Up. TI Everybody knew you was coming. I didn't. I did. He tried to say that they thought he was doing music and they booed him. No, the crowd knew he was doing comedy. I promoted his comedy. I had his drops in comedy for the first time. That was the whole appeal.

[Uncle Murder]

The music you promoted is him coming out up to perform.

[Rip Michaels]

No.

[Uncle Murder]

So when he came out, it was crickets doing stand up comedy. They were like, what the is this?

[Rip Michaels]

No. He got an aurora. I did not. Man, y' all think y' all not

[Uncle Murder]

gonna put that on me.

[Rip Michaels]

Bobby J. He's not gonna put that on me.

[Uncle Murder]

Set him up.

[Rip Michaels]

I did not set him up. He came up and he went up. And the crowd was so happy to cti and everybody knew was doing comedy stuff.

[Turbulence Tony]

As a rapper, not. Nope.

[Rip Michaels]

As a comedian. That was the whole reason everybody bought tickets, because he had been doing comedy. It wasn't his first show. So they had been doing comedy across. And they changed his name to Tip Harry. So he'd been doing comedy for a minute. So when he said it that he was doing comedy. Cause my friend write for him. And he went up and the crowd. You watched the video yourself. The crowd listened to him for about seven minutes. They was like this. They didn't pull it right away. They was like this.

[Turbulence Tony]

I thought you was gonna say seven seconds.

[Rip Michaels]

No, no, no, no. They listened to him and they was like, T I. And then he was like, yeah. And then it was like, okay, okay. Mm mm. Boo. And they couldn't take no more. I think he did a joke about, like, something about heated seats in the gas station bathroom and the girl sitting down. That's when they.

[Uncle Murder]

The man who wrote the jokes for him wrote some bad jokes.

[Rip Michaels]

I don't think nobody wrote jokes for that. I'm just saying that he just. And he took it personal. Like, it happens, bro. Like, you get booed. It just, you know.

[Turbulence Tony]

How do you feel about comedians getting mad at people with the crowd?

[Rip Michaels]

I think that's wrong. Any given night it can happen. I just wanna say that. Any given night it can happen. Like, the crowd looked at him and it didn't end bad. Cause afterwards, I didn't make fun of TI I didn't go out there and roast TI like, we had comedians. We posted that for. No, I didn't go out there. I played his music and said, why would y' all do that to a legend? That's a legend. DJ Envy plays some music for. We played all his hits and we Rocked out for a few seconds and showed. That's the king. He tried something different, and that's what it was like. The crowd was just looking at him like, hey, man, you can have whatever you like, but it ain't comedy

[Turbulence Tony]

to me. Look.

[Rip Michaels]

And his wife was there on the other side. She was like, who can you run to? Cause she couldn't escape either, to fill that empty space. And it just happens. He took it too personal. He cut his hair off. He got the number one song. He back rapping now, like. Like, it's just. Maybe that was the. The thing for him to do, like. But go back. But he's funny. And listen, if TI Is watching, you are more than welcome to come back

[Turbulence Tony]

anytime and do comedy. Watch this. He don't.

[Rip Michaels]

You know.

[Turbulence Tony]

Oh, no.

[Rip Michaels]

Oh, I'm sorry.

[Turbulence Tony]

We just listening to the stuff and watching this shit.

[Rip Michaels]

Oh, yeah, I'm watching. Okay.

[Turbulence Tony]

But I just. I feel like. No, this is why. I feel like TI Was too big. Look, look, this is the purpose. No, we ain't too.

[Rip Michaels]

No, TI get you some tubies so you can watch this shit.

[Turbulence Tony]

Yo, look, though, the reason why I say that. Cause, like, when I see him, like, I seen another clip of him, like, arguing with somebody. You can't. For me, if I'm a comedian or want to be a comedian, because people say I'm a funny motherfucker. I don't want to go to the show and argue with nobody. And to me, a good comedian, you don't got to just pick somebody in the crowd to fuck with them. Like, I'm not coming. Look, I don't want to come to your show and get roasted, my nigga.

[Rip Michaels]

But that is real.

[Turbulence Tony]

That's why I never was on that.

[Rip Michaels]

That's a possibility. That's a new way. That's a new way of doing. That's called, you know, crowd work. So sometimes that is cool to do crowd work. And that's like. Because sometimes people sit there and you want them to have a good time. So you see somebody say, like, unfold your arms, man. Enjoy yourself, man. Why you looking like the last kid picked up bacon? No, I'm just saying. No, I'm not saying that. I'm not saying that.

[Turbulence Tony]

That's what he's saying.

[Rip Michaels]

I'm trying to make it home.

[Turbulence Tony]

Look, that's like, see, y' all are

[Rip Michaels]

smiling with me on. On the camera. They be like, rip, go downstairs and get you a coat.

[Uncle Murder]

Good.

[Rip Michaels]

You need to ride to Harlem. We got you, man. Go get in that car. And then be like, Rip had an unexpected heart attack on the way to the bargaining center. It be like, another one, another heart attack.

[Turbulence Tony]

No, Rip, like, it's cool when, like, somebody's doing something stupid. Like, you talking like, Aries Spears. I seen somebody walking by and, like, you, like, this motherfucker, like, going to the bathroom, doing your show. Now, you deserve to get guided. But if I'm in the front, I don't want to take that bullet, man. I don't want to. Cause y' all motherfuckers be roasting motherfuckers.

[Rip Michaels]

But it's all in fun. I think some comedians do it, and I think some comedians that, you know, do do it. But it can be a lot of fun. It can be. Crowd work can be a lot. A lot of fun. Like, that's, you know, I was the woman guy for so many years. And, like, crowd work now, thanks to a lot of people, is revolutionized. Cause it's. You make jokes for people in that. In that space, like, but just roasting somebody, no, I think that's wrong. But, like, enjoying a moment, asking a question involving their lives and bringing joy to it. I think that's. I think that's dope. Cause my name is actually Rip. Mike Heals. It's not Michaels. It's actually M I C H E A L S. So I try to heal with the microphone. Cause I know my crowd. Like, I bring out a lot of hood people, regular people, but people buy tickets. And I think a lot of comedians don't realize who buys your tickets or what they go through to get a ticket. Like, some people, this is their last $25. Some people just came home. Some people got going on. Some woman just being abused is so much. And they come just to laugh and escape that and escape that. If you could take 10 minutes of somebody's day and get them not to think about what's going in their life and make them smile. Because comedians, all we do is really turn tragedy into comedy. Because there's nothing funny when you talk about being beat as a kid. But you're able to laugh so you can overcome it and make it a good memory instead of something that's tragic and let go of it. So I think that when you have that ability, you should harness it. And just like, that's why I don't always stick to my material. Sometimes I'll just look at the crowd and be like, tonight, the crowd don't want this. Tonight, the crowd needs this from me. Because I want everybody to go home and feel the way I'm not selfish. I don't want everybody just to hear my story. You know what? Oh, my daughter's going through this. I don't use it as therapy. I use it as to make everyone else feel good. And I think that's why I've been able to do these 18,000, 19,000 seat arenas, because that's the type of energy I put into it.

[Turbulence Tony]

God bless. 19,000 seat arenas is big, bro.

[Rip Michaels]

And I've done it in every facet, man. Not only just with the Wild' N Out tour, creating that. The April Fool's Comedy Jam. And it's comedy and music. I take my friends with that. That's hip hop and comedy together. So I take. It's like Fat Joe and Jadakiss on that. And that's. And Kodak Black. That's how that is. Because those are friends of mine. I'm like, you know what? We gonna do the comedy. Y' all do the music, and we gonna have fun. And if you look at fall, that was me taking all my R and B friends and putting R and B together with comedy. So that tour was super dope. Cause it was fun. It was like, one minute you'll see Brandi, and then you'll see D Ray, and then you'll see Monica, and then you'll see DC on fly. It just took that rhythm of just sitting there when the band is playing while you're waiting for the next act and just make it a nonstop party. Wow. Yeah. And even if the offer rip, that's when I go in the crowd. And I'm super interactive with that tour. And it's just these platforms that I created just for my friends, just for everybody to have fun. That's for us to go and say, look what we can do as a culture without the big machines behind them. Cause I didn't know that. I didn't know that every comedian had some huge machine. I didn't know that every comedian signed to some weird Live Nation AEG deal. I didn't know comedians wasn't selling out their own arenas. I didn't know that. I thought everybody was doing it themselves. I found out the hard way. I was supposed to do, like, a weekend in Vegas with Kevin Hart, and we was gonna mix the brands and do like, he has a Kevin Hart weekend. And we was gonna mix with Wild Nap Weekend, and we was gonna do this huge collab. And he came back to me and he was like, yeah, AG Said they can't. And I was like, AG Wait. Wait a minute. I thought it was, oh, it's not you. It's. Oh, it's AG. You have to. Okay. I didn't know you had a boss partner. Whatever you want to say. I didn't know that. So when you ask me a question, it's me. It is not no Live Nation. There's no AG behind me. There's no. It's just me doing and you doing,

[Turbulence Tony]

and you're doing ball clays and big stuff.

[Rip Michaels]

I've done every single arena in this country.

[Uncle Murder]

At least you knew Kevin Hart was supposed to do something together.

[Rip Michaels]

You're saying we were gonna merge his Heartbeat Weekend. He had a thing called Heartbeat Weekend, and then we were gonna do the two brands, and that's what's gonna be Heartbeat Weekend, because that weekend, we. We did the Wild Out Live. So I had Wild out live at Caesar's Patterson. We was gonna make it. Do a pool party and make it a whole package because, you know, Kev did Wild N Out, right? He was on it for a while, but then AG said, you know, we don't really want to merge like that. I was like, oh, okay. But I didn't know that you. You had to go back. I didn't know people had that. I didn't know I was probably one of the only comedians to sell out arenas by himself. I didn't know that. I had no idea. I thought that's what everybody be. I was out here working too hard. I didn't know that

[Turbulence Tony]

everybody ain't doing that.

[Uncle Murder]

Cat probably just didn't want to do that shit, man.

[Rip Michaels]

Nah, it's really. It really. When you look at it and when you look at y' all went on tour, that was Colin. That was Live Nation when y' all went on tour.

[Turbulence Tony]

Yeah, that's Live Nation.

[Rip Michaels]

That was Live Nation.

[Turbulence Tony]

When y' all went Live Nation. Aig.

[Uncle Murder]

Some things was without Live Nation, they

[Turbulence Tony]

looking at him like, without that company, they. They probably like, well, who's he with? You know what I'm saying? But he's doing it on his own.

[Uncle Murder]

He's proven. If they see, they could look up your receipts and see what the fuck you do.

[Turbulence Tony]

Yeah, but sometimes the corporate don't know until it's too. That's when they come. When they see him selling out Barclays in the garden and doing this, and then they'll come and snatch him up.

[Uncle Murder]

But till now, these companies tried to

[Rip Michaels]

holler at you, RIP oh, 1000%.

[Turbulence Tony]

Of course he wanted the money for himself.

[Rip Michaels]

No, I just felt like when these companies approached me, I just didn't think the Deals made sense to me. It didn't make sense to me because I've already done it. So when someone is offering me a deal and they got these deals, and I tell any person, I will never do a cross collateralization deal because that's just a loan, they're giving you a loan against your ticket sales. And if you don't sell it, then you don't get it and you pay the loan back, which makes no sense. And then if I'm already doing 18,000 seats and you're splitting my gate with me, but then out of splitting my gate with me, you're selling me your marketing, you're selling me your production, you're selling me all these different things that's coming out of my share of the money, not your share of the money. And then at the end of it, I'm splitting my ticket sales with you. But you're not splitting anything that you bring. You're not splitting. You own Ticketmaster. Why am I not getting any Ticketmaster revenue? You get food and beverages. Where's my food and beverage? Where's my part of parking? So what are we splitting? So how are you going to come to me and offer me something? I don't need your marketing. I've already proven this market. I'm already selling out 18,000 seats, so it added no value. So when I sit with these companies, they look at me like I'm crazy. Well, we could do more shows. So you want me to do more shows and get half the money? How does that make sense? Give you half the money and do more chores for half price.

[Turbulence Tony]

We know he shit when he starts talking about park. Cause that's that Live Nation. We learned that being on tour. Like they care about the beer sales, the parking.

[Uncle Murder]

Better believe the fucking.

[Turbulence Tony]

Just the little shit parking.

[Rip Michaels]

The smallest money ticket price. They don't care about your ticket price because on top of each ticket, Ticketmaster takes 19. It's $19 on a $30 ticket, right? It's a $19 fix on a $30 ticket.

[Uncle Murder]

The money is all natural.

[Rip Michaels]

So if you just think about it, if it's average is 19 to $20. On top of that, you get nothing about. And then once your tickets start selling, they have the ability to resell them. So they have the ability to pull the tickets, sell them for a higher price, and give you the original price. So you think you're selling your tickets for $150. They pull the ones that are selling when they see how quickly and they see the EDPs and they see the Ratios and they pull it and then they resell it for higher, and you still get the $100, but they sold for 300 on other sites. Gangster.

[Turbulence Tony]

What made you get so creative to put the music with the comedy?

[Rip Michaels]

Just my friends. It was just all my friends. Like, it's be no different. You say, hey, Rip, I'm coming through. I want to go up or, hey, Rip, I want to be a part of that. I want to do that. Like, Jacques was like, rip, let's go. And like, I met Jacques in the airport, and I was like, hey, man, I'm put you on Wild N. I think you dope. And he just came to one of my comedy shows and he thought I was lying. And I was like, man, watch. And then two months later, he was on one of the episodes and he was on tour.

[Turbulence Tony]

I was shook to get on Wild N Out. Cool, man. For that, man.

[Rip Michaels]

Big shout out to Rich Homie Quan. Rich Homie Quan. I was like, man, I hear Rich Homie Quan. And Rich Homie Quan was like, hey, man, I was like, man, I got you. You. I'mma put you on this. Wild out there and put you on this. And we gonna do all these different dates and. And we got him back popping. And when he passed away, I actually did the rem. The memorial for him at the. At the State Farm arena because his brother called me, and his brother was like, hey, man, you know, he passed away last night. I. I think I spoke to him the night before, and he's like this. He had passed away. And I was like, wow. And he's like, everybody just. It's just a bad space. I just wanted to tell you because right now, everybody's asking for your money, that money back, and we gonna get him the money and just give a second. I was like, but I don't want no money back. Keep the deposit. And on top of it, I'm gonna pay you the balance. And on top of that, I'm gonna raise money for you too, because I understand what you gotta do.

[Turbulence Tony]

Real nigga shit.

[Rip Michaels]

And then I had his family come up, and everybody was like, oh, you shouldn't do it. I had his family come up, I had the whole thing, and we rocked that arena. We showed him so much love. And in front of 20,000 people at the State Farm arena, his family was sitting there, his brother was sitting there, and we played his music, and it was just a huge celebration. I've always just looked out for my friends and people that. That they care about me, right on a while.

[Turbulence Tony]

And now, how many places y' all been around? Did they go overseas before?

[Rip Michaels]

We did Canada and we did London.

[Turbulence Tony]

That was the only two states, definitely.

[Rip Michaels]

But April Fool's, now it's gonna be in London. So april fools Barclay, April 4th, and

[Turbulence Tony]

then we OVO arena, baby. Shit going, definitely.

[Rip Michaels]

And big shout out to Daniel. Daniel been riding with me every day.

[Turbulence Tony]

Daniel Jean, that's my man.

[Rip Michaels]

Yeah. Crazy.

[Turbulence Tony]

Yeah, he's a good guy.

[Rip Michaels]

He's a crazy, crazy dude, man.

[Turbulence Tony]

Talk about some of the writing you did, because Daniel was telling me he did a lot of writing behind the scenes, too.

[Rip Michaels]

I write for a lot of people. I've written for a lot of people over the years on different TV shows. I was the head writer for the Nick Cannon Show. Rolling Wendy. A lot of different things. But then that's just way a way of, you know, continuing down your path and politicking with everybody so y' all can, you know, come together and create.

[Uncle Murder]

Is that how you was able to bet on yourself, like, from doing that? Stacking that money like that? I'm doing all this on my own, man.

[Rip Michaels]

It was never about money. To this day, you don't even hear me talking about money. It's not about money. I talk about how many people it is.

[Uncle Murder]

Got you. Got you.

[Rip Michaels]

It's about the people. It's not about. It ain't. Not one time am I going like, hey, it's gonna make this fifth. I'm going. We going to do 18.

[Uncle Murder]

But you got a Louis hat on. Louis boots, Louis jacket, Louis shirt.

[Rip Michaels]

This is all Daniels. This is all Daniel. This is all this is. I promise. You're spending the money. No, Daniel said to me, that ain't about the money. Listen, you're getting the money and you enjoying the money. You're spending the money. No, no.

[Uncle Murder]

Actually, that's what I'm saying.

[Rip Michaels]

No.

[Uncle Murder]

Well, that. You bet on yourself.

[Rip Michaels]

With the grind.

[Uncle Murder]

You bet on yourself, Rip. That's what it was.

[Rip Michaels]

Rip.

[Uncle Murder]

You bet on yourself, man.

[Turbulence Tony]

I want to.

[Rip Michaels]

No, Michael Blackson told me all this, so it's all fake. All right, Gotcha. Okay. All right. This come from a blanket on Canal. Sucker. Don't get me robbed out of here. You robbed me. You looking at me like I'm. You don't have me out there all hemmed up. I got you walking through Brooklyn.

[Uncle Murder]

I got you, Rip.

[Rip Michaels]

Yo, yo, here come Rip. He coming out, Canarsie. He getting off the L train. I got you, Rip.

[Uncle Murder]

I got you, Rip.

[Rip Michaels]

Nah, it's hello, it is Ryan.

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[Rip Michaels]

Honestly, before I had a heart attack, I literally wouldn't care. Like, if you look at any old stuff, I didn't really care how I dress like or. Or really care to push myself. And I always stay behind the scenes. Like, I've done these things for years, man. Like, like. And I never really even thought about being in the forefront. I was just always happy just to do what I do.

[Uncle Murder]

Got you.

[Rip Michaels]

And then, like, I thought I was gonna die when I was in the hospital and I had a heart attack at the Apollo. Yeah, I had a heart attack twice. I had a heart attack in Atlanta. And then I thought I was gonna get better. And then when I had the heart attack after the show at the Apollo, I just, I've been in hospital. I was in the Hospital for like. Like eight months in the Mayo Clinic in Phoenix. And big shout to Daniel and Joe, and they came to visit me. And when I was in Lij, big shout out to Envy and Nick Hannah came to visit me. It just. I just thought I wasn't gonna make it. And everybody thought I wasn't gonna make it. And I'm honestly still not better. I'm on a heart transplant list. I still gotta get a heart. Looking for that. But that's why every day is grateful. So when I. When I came out, I started really caring. And I was like, God gave me the ability to even be here. Like, I'm here. I'm here. And sitting here. I'm not supposed to be here, but I'm supposed to be here.

[Uncle Murder]

But you supposed. I'm about to say you supposed, but

[Rip Michaels]

I'm supposed to be here. So now I promise God that I will. I will. I will. I won't stand in the background anymore. And I'm going share my story so other people can do. And now I'm gonna step out on faith and I'm gonna raise my stock and go higher than I was ever supposed to go. Because it's not about me. It's about me sharing my story so the next person can do it and it can continue keeping it to myself. Then I'm not creating a legacy for anyone to come behind me. So I'm gonna show people that you can do this. I'm gonna show people you don't need these deals. I'm gonna show people that you can take it from being a small comedian, sleeping on the streets of New York with your daughter, to selling out arenas and being number two on Polestar and having an Apollo special that did a million in, like, the first week, like, independently. And that's what I'm trying to do.

[Turbulence Tony]

You had a heart attack on stage,

[Rip Michaels]

right on side of the stage. And it was rushed to the rush.

[Turbulence Tony]

So what goes. Cause when we. When we interviewed Tracy Morgan, he told me and Murder we. I got the closest to God in this fucking room. And you're the second comedian that could say that shit too, right?

[Rip Michaels]

Yeah.

[Turbulence Tony]

So you're on stage and, you know, you. It's just, you know, you on the road. We all know the road life, it fucks up your body, you know, Murders.

[Uncle Murder]

You're not really getting no sleep.

[Turbulence Tony]

No sleep. Now, what goes through your mind? Like, what do you see?

[Rip Michaels]

You.

[Turbulence Tony]

Do you. When your eyes are closed, you have a heart attack. Like, what the. Like, what did you see when your eyes were closed? Like, what was it like having a heart attack on stage? It's just crazy to me because I think fat man school did. He died on stage. Rest in peace.

[Rip Michaels]

Yeah.

[Turbulence Tony]

So, like, what was going through your mind? Like, what's the mindset.

[Rip Michaels]

That I hope everybody enjoys the rest of the show and that I hope that I don't stop it so it can continue? Damn.

[Turbulence Tony]

That's just crazy.

[Rip Michaels]

That was the first thing coming to my mind because I put those people in those seats. They came out because I gave them a flyer, I emailed them, I text them them. And I know how hard it is sometimes to get the money up for that. So that was the first thing I was thinking. And then the second thing I was thinking was like, what would I leave my kids behind?

[Uncle Murder]

What would my.

[Rip Michaels]

My wife behind? What. What did I leave them? A whole bunch of behind the scenes stuff that nobody knows. Yeah, that's what I was thinking about.

[Turbulence Tony]

Damn.

[Rip Michaels]

That's all it was in my mind.

[Turbulence Tony]

That shit is deep, you know, it's great.

[Rip Michaels]

Yeah.

[Uncle Murder]

See, being that, that happened. So how do. Do you. Do you get nervous now? A little bit when you perform on stage?

[Rip Michaels]

Stage? No, Fearless now.

[Uncle Murder]

Got you.

[Rip Michaels]

I'm fearless. It's fun. It's fun, man. It's fun. What is what Pac say? That doesn't kill me. It only made me stronger,

[Turbulence Tony]

strong, bro.

[Rip Michaels]

That, that definitely I'm fearless now. And I'm just. Because I'm like, I'm back on stage, I have an opportunity to be funny. So now I took it for granted before. I'm like, ah. So now every show is. I treat it like it's my last show. So whether I got a million shows or 50 shows or one show, maybe the Barclays in it, whatever it is, I'm. I'm gonna live it and enjoy it to the fullest. I'm gonna give. I can't say give it with all my heart because then that's not that much. Yes.

[Turbulence Tony]

That's only 19% comedian.

[Rip Michaels]

That's only 19%. That's crazy, man.

[Turbulence Tony]

That's crazy.

[Rip Michaels]

Cause you're waiting for heart, man. It's a thing. You waiting for a heart. It's weird, man.

[Turbulence Tony]

What's the process with that?

[Rip Michaels]

It's just a weird process.

[Uncle Murder]

You gotta move a little easier, though. You can't be as energetic as you.

[Rip Michaels]

I, I keep EMTs now everywhere I go. I, I got a home health aide and a nurse that I gotta, you know, my readings are every day. I have doctors to constantly monitor me. And some days are good, some Days are bad.

[Uncle Murder]

Got you.

[Rip Michaels]

Some days I don't get out of bed, and some days I'm. Sometimes for weeks. I'm no good. So I try to make sure everything continue to move with or without me. And that's just a different pacing. Because when you, you, you looking for a life organ, you realize that someone has to pass away or someone has to no longer need it for you to live and survive. So it just puts you in a whole different mind state. Like, I ain't gonna lie to you now. Every time I hear an ambulance, I'd be like, is that my blessing?

[Uncle Murder]

Damn, that's crazy.

[Rip Michaels]

Is that for me, when somebody gets shot, I'll be like, don't shoot them in the chest,

[Turbulence Tony]

shoot them in the legs.

[Rip Michaels]

Please, just headshots only. I don't need a brain. I just need art.

[Uncle Murder]

Please, headshots only.

[Rip Michaels]

Oh, my God, no. Only on the real,

[Uncle Murder]

man went from being so positive.

[Rip Michaels]

No, I'm just happy to be here

[Uncle Murder]

saying, well, just hit somebody in the

[Rip Michaels]

head so I can come to you. If you gonna do crime, make no crime. Paper.

[Turbulence Tony]

No, I mean, yo, come on, you.

[Rip Michaels]

Now I'm just trying to make it lighter. Cause it's a real serious situation.

[Uncle Murder]

Definitely.

[Rip Michaels]

And every time I talk about it, somebody emails me or somebody DMs me and tells me thank you, because they're going through it. And my heart is congestive heart failure. It's congenital. Cause I got it from my dad, but it's congestive heart failure. So it's nothing that I did from eating. It's not from diet. It's just something that just over time, from not knowing that this was something inside of my heart that just caught up. So that's why I teach preventative. I teach tell people to go get checked out, find out what you got to do. Find out before it gets to that point. So that's. And then if you notice, I donated my last show. We donated to American Heart association. And I constantly have people like, at the Apollo, we taught cpr. We constantly. I don't want anyone else to go through this, because you don't have to.

[Uncle Murder]

If you would have got checked out earlier, could have prevented it, I could

[Rip Michaels]

have lived a different lifestyle and I could have kept up, kept my own heart just a little longer. Just a little longer. Because I'm going in there thinking it's like, oh, you're gonna give you a stint, you know, oh, just because you ate too much. No. And then did that right hard calf. And they went in there and literally like, in seconds, they were like, stop everything. And all the cardiac arrest team came in, and it was like 10 doctors standing over me. And then they just took me out of the thing. And it was just like, you got to go to ccu. You gotta. And the nurses start changing from, like, being jokey, jokey. I'm just making jokes to. And prescriptions to, like, asking me like, who's your pastor? And, like, quoting. I went from prescriptions to scriptures and just a hard thing to take. And I did it. I was by myself during that time, and it just. It's hard, man. It is hard. But God got me through is really hard. When you. You faced with that. And you got to prepare yourself, your

[Turbulence Tony]

family, what you gonna live them. Cause we all know we programmed to die. It's gonna happen one day.

[Rip Michaels]

Yeah.

[Turbulence Tony]

It's part of the program. So right there. But it's when it comes and it's right there for you. That's crazy. On stage.

[Rip Michaels]

No, on the side. On the side of the stage.

[Turbulence Tony]

Stop. We're just, you know, doing what you do on the side of the stage.

[Rip Michaels]

On the side of the stage. Yeah. The first thing you think about is buy yourself a lot of fake Louis. Buy as much fake Louis Vuitton as you can.

[Uncle Murder]

Get the fuck out of here.

[Rip Michaels]

Don't let these Europeans have your money. You give this shit straight to the black man with the blanket.

[Uncle Murder]

He bought that Louis shit to let people know you could do this shit, too. Without these big companies. You could do it. That's why you went and got the Louis shit after you made it, man.

[Rip Michaels]

Yep. The dude was outside y' all studio with the blanket, and I was like, you know why? Get the fuck out of here. Get out.

[Uncle Murder]

Get the.

[Rip Michaels]

Out here. I got the. I got the jacket. You got the chain. Now this is real. Don't rub it. Your art, it's gonna fell apart. It's a show. You can't touch it. I can't move.

[Turbulence Tony]

That's why I'm like, this purses now. I seen they got, like, some. Two strings that they hold. Like, they could just. It just go.

[Rip Michaels]

Oh, yeah.

[Uncle Murder]

Damn, boy, they not playing with.

[Rip Michaels]

So you know my guy, then. Big shout out to Mama Dew.

[Turbulence Tony]

Now tell us who you gonna have on this comedy show, man?

[Rip Michaels]

April 1st comedy show. I'm gonna have a lot of dope people on it, man. It's got Marlon Wayans. It's got Bruce Bruce on it. It's got Bill Bellamy and a whole bunch of other people. Justina Valentine, she's calling me now she's like, why aren't we at the barking center?

[Uncle Murder]

So Justina.

[Rip Michaels]

Yeah, it's got so many different people. So it's like a lot of cast members from Wild now are making.

[Uncle Murder]

So I'll leave my wrap up alone.

[Rip Michaels]

Hold to call her right now. You want to tell her?

[Uncle Murder]

You go.

[Rip Michaels]

Here you go, Justina. What's up, man?

[Uncle Murder]

What's good, man? He with Uncle Murder. I said I'm telling him to tell you leave my wrap up alone.

[Rip Michaels]

Use your face.

[Turbulence Tony]

Hello.

[Rip Michaels]

Put on go FaceTime. It's Uncle Murder. No, you already know.

[Uncle Murder]

You my sis, man. I told him, I love what you do.

[Rip Michaels]

I'm never mad at you. I, I, I remember your cup up.

[Uncle Murder]

I remember the cup up.

[Rip Michaels]

You already know that, sis. No problem, sis. No problem. We got you. No problem. It feels good. You know the thing about you, you go ham on these. You don't hold back. Me, I do it a little cutesy. The PG version. You're the PG version. I'm ready to all.

[Turbulence Tony]

Yeah, it's all good.

[Uncle Murder]

All good, all good. All love, sis. We got. He gonna see you in a minute.

[Rip Michaels]

We gonna let him go in a minute. On my way, Justina. On my way. That's what I'm talking about, man. Come on. Love, sis. All right. See, Justina just call called.

[Uncle Murder]

That's right, that's right, that's right.

[Rip Michaels]

White man took your rapper. I don't care what you say. She, she looked like Tommy for Power in the face. And she got Gary Owens original ass. She got a black ass now. But before, if she stood next to you with Gary Owen, you would say they got the sound. That's my dude. That's my guy. That's my guy right there. Watch your mouth.

[Turbulence Tony]

Yeah.

[Rip Michaels]

Oh, man, that's my guy.

[Turbulence Tony]

Yo, how do you feel about rappers beefing with comedians? Cause you know Marlon Wayne's in 50. That shit was the crack up a little bit.

[Rip Michaels]

Yeah, I, I think he held it

[Turbulence Tony]

down a little bit.

[Rip Michaels]

I don't think no one stands a chance going against 50. I don't care who it is. 50. A different animal with that. Like, I don't know what it is. Like, I, I even got my own 50 cent store. He did a show called 50 Central on BET.

[Turbulence Tony]

Yeah, yeah, I remember that.

[Rip Michaels]

Right. And he was doing a comedy. He would come up doing comedy and I did the comedy on his show and I failed and I hurt myself cuz the floor was like shaky or some shit and I was like, I was like, oh, I'm about to get Paid. And I looked up and Finny looked at me and I was like, no, I'll just take a G. Size 11. Size 11. Listen, I'm all good.

[Kat]

Don't worry.

[Rip Michaels]

No lawyers. I was like, yeah, I'm. No, I'm good. He was like, you sure? I was like, definitely.

[Turbulence Tony]

We got to make.

[Rip Michaels]

And I'm here today.

[Turbulence Tony]

You come, cuz. Bill Bellamy was. He was in Shreveport.

[Uncle Murder]

He definitely was. Yeah. We got to get you out to one of the next events that definitely

[Rip Michaels]

I would love to be a part of.

[Uncle Murder]

But as y' all can see, Justina just called this guy because he got a. A a sold out event at the Barclays.

[Turbulence Tony]

But he came through the show.

[Uncle Murder]

What's some love?

[Rip Michaels]

It's gonna be crazy, man. It's gonna be. This show is gonna be absolutely phenomenal. At the Barclay Center April 4th, you got Marlon Wayans, Bill Bellamy.

[Turbulence Tony]

Bruce.

[Rip Michaels]

Bruce. Oh, my God. Michael Blackston, Luval. Justina. My guy. That's my guy. Girl, no, come on. You gotta marry your st. You got. And in building, you got. Performing live, Kodak Black with a blanket on his face, dancing in a circle. You got Joe and Jada Kiss.

[Uncle Murder]

Kiss.

[Rip Michaels]

Joe and Jada Kiss. Yep. They gonna be there. And I think he gonna finally show me how to cook crack on the George Foreman grill. I didn't know you could do that. That was like one of my favorite lines. He was like, first dude to cook crack on the George Foreman grill. How? Cause you gotta close it to heat it up.

[Turbulence Tony]

I don't know.

[Rip Michaels]

I don't think it's possible. When I see Jada, kids, I might have a George Warman grill. I'm like, please show me how you cook crack on this.

[Uncle Murder]

Cause I burned my hand off trying to anything' nowadays.

[Rip Michaels]

So it's going to be absolutely crazy. And then the fall Back in Love is coming back out. So you can see that tour coming up in the fall. Thank you so much for having me, man. And I'm way to Barclay center, man. It was a lot of fun, man. I hope y' all come out, man.

[Turbulence Tony]

Oh, no, we need some.

[Uncle Murder]

Appreciate you, man. We definitely need some chickens to pop up.

[Rip Michaels]

Thank y' all so much. Rip Michaels.

[Uncle Murder]

This the real report show. You know the vibes.

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[Rip Michaels]

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[Turbulence Tony]

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[Rip Michaels]

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[Rip Michaels]

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[Uncle Murder]

Really?

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[Rip Michaels]

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[Rip Michaels]

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