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John Cameron Mitchell
This is John Cameron Mitchell and my new fiction podcast series, Cancellation island stars Holly Hunter as Karen, a wellness influencer who launches a rehab for the recently cancelled. In the future we will all be canceled for 15 minutes, but don't worry, we'll take you from broke to woke or your money back. Cancellation Island's revolutionary rehab therapies like bad touch football, anti racism, spin class, and mandatory Ayahuasca ceremonies are designed to force the council to confront their worst impulses. But everything starts to fall apart when people start disappearing.
Holly Hunter
Karen, where have you brought us?
John Cameron Mitchell
Cancellation island, where a second chance might just be your last. Listen to Cancellation island on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts.
Damien Hirst
Do you remember what you said the first night I came over here?
John Cameron Mitchell
Ow.
NLE Choppa
Go slower.
Damien Hirst
From Blumhouse TV, iHeart podcasts and Ember 20 comes an all new fictional comedy podcast series. Join the flighty Damien Hirst as he unravels the mystery of his vanished boyfriend. I've been spending all my time looking for answers about what happened to Santi and what's the way to find a missing person. Sleep with everyone he knew, obviously. Listen to the hookup on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to your favorite show.
Vanessa Marshall
Welcome to Pod of Rebellion, our new Star Wars Rebels Rewatch podcast. I'm Vanessa Marshall, voice of Harris Syndulla, Specter 2. I'm Tia Sirkar, Sabine Wren, Spectre 5.
Taylor Gray
I'm Taylor Gray, Ezra Bridger, Specter 6 and I'm Jon Lee Brody, the Ghost Crew Stowaway moderator.
Vanessa Marshall
Each week we're gonna rewatch and discuss an episode from the series and share some fun behind the scenes stories.
Taylor Gray
Sometimes we'll be visited by special guests like Steve blum voices Zaborelio Spectre 4, or Dante Bosco voices Jai Kel and many others.
Vanessa Marshall
So hang on because it's gonna be a cue the music.
Taylor Gray
Listen to Potter Rebellion on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. 45 years ago, a Virginia soul band called the Edge of Daybreak recorded their debut album Behind Bars. Record collectors consider it a masterpiece. The band's surviving members are long out of prison, but they say they have some unfinished business.
NLE Choppa
The Edge of Daybreak Hours of Love was have been followed up by another.
Taylor Gray
App, Listen to Soul incarcerated on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts.
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Charlamagne Tha God
Wake that ass up early in the morning.
NLE Choppa
The Breakfast Club.
Charlamagne Tha God
Yep, it's the world's most dangerous morning show. The Breakfast Club. Charlamagne. Tha God, Jess. Hilarious. DJ Envy is not here, but Lauren LaRosa is filling in for him. And we got my guy, Nle Chopper. What's happening, my brother?
NLE Choppa
Man, nothing much. Nothing much.
Charlamagne Tha God
You got a new movie called Black Heat.
NLE Choppa
Black Heat.
Jess Hilarious
Yes, sir.
Charlamagne Tha God
Talk to me about that.
NLE Choppa
Black Heat. I shot this movie like two years ago out in Orlando.
Charlamagne Tha God
Okay?
NLE Choppa
Jason Mitchell, Dream dog me.
Jess Hilarious
Oh, Jason Mitchell, my guy.
NLE Choppa
Yeah, yeah, yeah. It's gonna be real dope. It's gonna be real dope.
Charlamagne Tha God
Let me talk to you about Black Heat. Now, I want you to know this ain't for me. You see this? This guy's name is Art. He works here. He at the other station right now. Read what he. What he said.
NLE Choppa
You want me to read out loud?
Charlamagne Tha God
Yes, sir. Yes, sir.
Jess Hilarious
Read it to yourself first. You know what it is.
NLE Choppa
And when I sat down, I said, it's never a dull moment. What's all about?
Charlamagne Tha God
I'm just saying he asked me to ask me that. But I'm a man sits. It's a grown ass man.
NLE Choppa
A grown ass man. Text Charlamagne and said pause, pause, pause. There's an alleged leaked picture of Nle Chopper dick circulating online. It's been a big topic of convo because of his size. I include it in the question if you're comfortable. Can you please ask him about it? This shit is huge. Unk. Email questions. You said Black Heat.
Charlamagne Tha God
I thought that was a good segue. I don't know.
NLE Choppa
The man said, this is huge.
Jess Hilarious
It's huge. Unc.
NLE Choppa
Pleased I saw this. What are you talking about? They were AI, though.
Holly Hunter
Oh, that's not a real photo.
NLE Choppa
Yeah, I mean, it's. It's. It ain't. It ain't wrong either, though.
Jess Hilarious
Yeah.
Holly Hunter
Wait, what you mean?
Jess Hilarious
It is huge?
NLE Choppa
I was just telling somebody. Somebody was just saying, like, oh, you. You. You a little shorter. I was like, well, they could My dick hold me closer to the ground heavy down there.
Charlamagne Tha God
Okay.
NLE Choppa
Yeah.
Charlamagne Tha God
Okay. I don't know why Art couldn't text that. The Jessa Lauren. I was like.
NLE Choppa
You are no son. I love how. How you showed me that message. So you didn't ask it?
Charlamagne Tha God
No.
Jess Hilarious
I ain't really gay. The last time you was here, you said you was gonna be celibate.
NLE Choppa
Yeah.
Jess Hilarious
How that journey coming along? You still celibate?
NLE Choppa
I mean, if I ain't celibate, I'm semen retent. So, like, I'm always in good graces. So if I'm having sex, I ain't releasing. You know what I'm saying? I just keep it bottled up.
Charlamagne Tha God
You in here telling that lie, that Kevin Gates lie. Nobody does that, my brother.
NLE Choppa
I swear. We be on the same. You hear me? We be on the same type knowledge. So what I do is if I'm finna, you know, release. You hear me? Nah. You feel me? I keep it in. And they go up the spine. And this uses Kundalini energy.
Charlamagne Tha God
You believe that?
NLE Choppa
I swear to God.
Charlamagne Tha God
Y'all really believe that?
NLE Choppa
No, it's real. For real. And then, like, you know. You know how you'll be having sex and you will come and your ass get tired? I don't get tired. She'll get tired.
Charlamagne Tha God
What's the health benefits of that? Or spiritual benefits?
NLE Choppa
All right, so, boom. All right. Boom. That little. The. The shit you released can make a whole child.
Charlamagne Tha God
Yep.
NLE Choppa
So just imagine if you keep it in.
Charlamagne Tha God
You got babies. You got babies in your stomach.
NLE Choppa
I'm trying to imagine it, too. You gotta look it up. Look it up, though. Like, look it up. You can. You can look it up.
Holly Hunter
The girls that like. Or the girl, whoever it is, she don't ever.
Charlamagne Tha God
What you mean?
Holly Hunter
I didn't want to say girls. Like, I didn't want to make it seem like it's a bunch of girls. Yeah. I just. Yeah. I don't know. Whoever.
NLE Choppa
Thank you for the respect.
Holly Hunter
Yes. You know what I mean? I was trying to put you out there as I go, but when this is happening, she never says, like, dang, you not gonna finish like that. I feel like sometimes women wanna conquer.
NLE Choppa
And, yeah, what that be the devil. Why you want me to con so bad? Why you want me to release something that keep me powerful? So bad? It was funny as hell. I did it one time. I did it one time, and she was so shocked that none came out, and she just kept going. She was just like, I ain't gonna do what she was doing. But, like, she just kept trying and, like, kept trying and kept trying. You giving you a head or you having to say so she would. She would basically. I don't want to say exactly what it is, because let's just say she was doing something with her hand, a hand job. But let's just say I'm not the type nigga in the bedroom where it's like a hand job situation. It was another circumstance where the hand job came in handy. I don't know if just put it that way, but was it? Huh? No, no, no, no, no. I don't want to say it, because.
Charlamagne Tha God
I tell y'all off, your mama's sitting right there.
NLE Choppa
Oh, she cool.
Jess Hilarious
She's great.
NLE Choppa
She's been hearing me since I was okay. So, boom. So she's doing the john. I ain't. I ain't. I ain't kidding. So she's steady yanking at that not coming. And I keep telling her, and I'm just looking at her, this don't work it. And then I had to stop until I was like, you know, you good. I said. I told her, you good, you good. And she was like, oh, you done? He was like, no, I'm done. I just told you I wasn't finna do. So, you know, she was amazed, though. She thought I did a magic trick.
Charlamagne Tha God
That is a good question. How do you know when you're done?
NLE Choppa
You just gotta see it. Cause they just don't know. They just keep trying. Or they either. I think she knew, but she just was like. Couldn't fathom the.
Charlamagne Tha God
How do you know?
Jess Hilarious
So you purposely shoot blanks?
Holly Hunter
No, he don't shoot.
NLE Choppa
I don't shoot.
Jess Hilarious
He just don't shoot. So you just need to stop. You can literally stop yourself from. You've mastered that. Like, not coming but still being pleased. Like, you still.
NLE Choppa
Yeah, because so what happened there? Like, it turns into, like a. Like a orgasm type of sensation. It feels like, all right, boom. Let's just say when you come, it's more like a release. That's a release, but when you hold it in, it's more like a boom. It's more like a. Oh, it's not a sound.
Holly Hunter
You gotta do the sound so I can understand the difference. And then what's up?
NLE Choppa
I mean it sound weird, but it's like, it's like self love.
Jess Hilarious
It's like I'm gonna keep like. Like you. Like you came in yourself.
NLE Choppa
Yeah, okay. I got you.
Jess Hilarious
I got you.
Charlamagne Tha God
I don't believe none of this you talking. I just don't feel like that's possible.
NLE Choppa
You can ask everybody around me. I say it all day. I be trying to get them on the way with it.
Charlamagne Tha God
Nah, there's some ladies out there like, he lying. He nutted on my face last night.
NLE Choppa
Now some might say that because some, you know, some don't got that type treatment, but some know what's up. They'll be like, nah, he ain't lying. Then you had this person say he lying. Well, that just means you got a different experience than the other one.
Holly Hunter
How do you pick and choose who gets the on the face and who gets the retention?
Jess Hilarious
You ripping some off, yo.
NLE Choppa
No, no, no, no, no. I hate that. I hate that. What they call that favoritism. Not that what they call it when they be like a misconception. I really don't be be like doing that. Like there'd probably be something that I. I promote. But a lot of my music, when I make like freaky type music, I be celibate sometimes and it just be like I be having to something. I'm a the beat. But like a lot of people feel like I'm just slanking straight meat all around the. I don't have that much time to. I really don't. I had to wake up at 7am right now. Then after this I gotta do this, do that. I really don't have time no more for sex like that like how I used to.
Charlamagne Tha God
But when'd you decide that you wanted Black Heat to be a porno?
NLE Choppa
What? When did I decide I wanted black he to be a porno? When was it?
Jess Hilarious
It's a movie.
Charlamagne Tha God
Oh, it's not a porno.
Jess Hilarious
It's not a porn.
Charlamagne Tha God
Oh, okay, okay, okay.
Jess Hilarious
And if it was a porno, Jason Mitchell would not belong in the porno. Come on.
NLE Choppa
That is true. So.
Jess Hilarious
But what is it about? Just give us a brief synopsis on what Black Heat is.
NLE Choppa
So Black Heat is something I'm extremely proud of because I'm a father. So the whole story is about how Jason Mitchell and Dream Doll is pretty much trying to protect their daughter. And you Know, every day, that's what's happening in the world with people that's, you know, fathers, mothers. We're trying to figure out ways to protect our children. Beat up for them emotionally, physically, mentally, whatever way we can. And I feel like that's what brought clarity to me, wanting to really be a part of the project. Even though I played a role that wasn't the best role, but I feel like it's still a representation of what's going on every day in life. So I still. Even though my role wasn't the most positive, I still come to the table and serve purpose for the overall gist, which is protecting our little ones, protecting our loved ones and our babies, which I love my kids.
Jess Hilarious
Are you in Elite, my man? Are you nle chopping the movie?
NLE Choppa
No, no, no, no. I'm. My name is King David.
Jess Hilarious
Okay.
NLE Choppa
Yeah.
Holly Hunter
And what's the. You said you don't play the most greatest character. Like, what is the. What's his storyline?
NLE Choppa
I'm pretty much like, in the. In the movie, my character is. I'm young, but I kind of take advantage of girls. That's not as. How you put it, that's not like, not underage, but not as mature. Not as, like, street smart. Still young. You know what I'm saying? You know, you got some girls that's still real young, and it's like green.
Jess Hilarious
It's easy.
NLE Choppa
Green. Yeah. Easy to control them and get them. And like, pretty much I'm selling the dream.
Jess Hilarious
Manipulation. Narcissist. Autistic.
NLE Choppa
Yeah, yeah. But at the same time, still a gangster with it, though. So, like, certain I could. I could. I could. I could really channel, but certain I couldn't. You know, I'm saying certain I was like. Like, for instance, it was a moment where I had to do something physical to. To the. To the actress on camera. And like, after every scene, I had to, like, my conscience couldn't let me walk away without apologizing. I'm like, I'm sorry. Like, I'm sorry. She was like, no, we're just acting. But, like, one time, like, she did. What I love about acting, though, is, like, it creates real things that has went on with people. Because, like, it was one time where when I did it, I think it was the first time I did what I did. She, like, genuinely, like, cried. Like, it really, like, brought a trigger to, like, something she. She had went through. And she played the role so well. And then I played my role so well. I. I feel like people was looking at me like, yeah, like what you be doing? I'm like, I'm like, bro, when you.
Jess Hilarious
Play a role too good.
NLE Choppa
Yeah. I was like, oh, no, man.
Charlamagne Tha God
What did you channel, though? What did you channel to play King David?
NLE Choppa
So my thing is with acting, when I, when I had to channel something, I want to figure out the why. Why is King David like this? How was he brought up? So I'm always talking to the director, the script writers. I'm like, what is the reason of why he was like this? And you know, the main reason was, the main reason that my character was like that is the main reason why a lot of us are the way we are. It's just about how we was raised, what our upbringing was, who were our parents, what traits did they have, what curses did they pass down? So with me knowing King David's backstory, I knew what I was inheriting and what I inherited was just a boy that needed love. And so, you know, as a boy that needed love, I just did what a boy that needed love would do and that's what. And, and the best thing they do is reject it. Like when they need it, they, when they really need it, they reject it because they don't know how to receive it. So I felt like that role was easy. I deal with a lot of people in the youth. I done been in the streets, I done been to the jailhouse, I done been to juvenile. I already know what. Oh, that need a hug. Look like he just need a hug. His mama ain't breastfeed him enough, ain't cuddle with him enough and hold that boy.
Charlamagne Tha God
That's absolutely true. You know, we talk about guys, I mean, women having daddy issues all the time. It'd be like that with men too.
NLE Choppa
Sons need their fathers, sons need their fathers, their mothers. And sometimes, you know, I feel like, I feel like my character. What was crazy though, what was crazy was I had my father. And I feel like this also happens in our community. We have our dad, but our dad won't really be shitting either. So like, so like my father, he was a, in the movie, he was like a stand up guy. He was a king. Like he. That's where I got the name King David from in the movie. Like my father was a high ranking king in a movie. Like he was this big dude, big this big that. But he didn't teach me the stuff that was valuable enough to carry me with humility. He more so taught me how to be of greed, how to gain territory, but he never taught me how to uphold it. Upkeep it in a professional manner.
Jess Hilarious
So yeah, this movie's gonna be in theaters too.
NLE Choppa
Yeah, it's gonna be.
Charlamagne Tha God
It's not gonna help you beat the Illuminati allegations. I thought you responded to some lady. The young lady said you sold your soul and you said she was just mad you ain't giving none of that 15 inch dick.
NLE Choppa
Damn. You said that?
Charlamagne Tha God
Yeah.
Jess Hilarious
You said 15 inch.
Charlamagne Tha God
I don't know.
Jess Hilarious
I think I thought now you. It's huge.
NLE Choppa
Hey Unc, for so added inches on.
Jess Hilarious
You know what I'm saying?
Charlamagne Tha God
But why would she say you sold your soul?
NLE Choppa
I don't know. I feel like on some real. On the real, bro. I feel like what's to be perceived online it's always gonna not hit with what's reality in my life. Have I sold my soul? I have yet to compromise. I swear to God I've yet to compromise. And I've seen people compromise. And I don't even get offered to compromise because my energy too strong when nobody even know how to come to me for a compromise because I don't give inviting energy to it. So have I sold my soul? Only thing I see on my soul too is the most high. I love to live free. I love to keep everything intact with what I believe in. But I also came to a space to where I wanted to drop certain things I was holding on so deep.
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Dylan Mulvaney
Is this a good time? It's me, Dylan Mulvaney and my dear friend Joe Locke from Heartstopper and Agatha all along is my very first guest on my brand new podcast, the Dylan Hour. It's musical mayhem and it is going to be so much fun.
NLE Choppa
I like a man.
Dylan Mulvaney
You like a man. What do I like, Joe?
NLE Choppa
You like a man too.
Dylan Mulvaney
We often. There's quite similar. There's some cross pollination happening in here.
NLE Choppa
Not like. No.
Charlamagne Tha God
Have we?
NLE Choppa
No.
Dylan Mulvaney
No, not yet. Never say never. I cannot wait for all you girls, gays and they to join me on this extremely special pink confection of a podcast. There is so much darkness in this world and what I think we could all use more of is a little joy. Listen to the Dylan hour on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to your podcasts. Love ya.
John Cameron Mitchell
This is John Cameron Mitchell and my new fiction podcast series, Cancellation island stars Holly Hunter as Karen, a wellness influencer who launches a rehab for the recently canceled. In the future, we will all be canceled for 15 minutes, but don't worry, we'll take you from broken to woke or your money back. Cancellation Island's revolutionary rehab therapies, like bad touch football, anti racism, spin class and mandatory ayahuasca ceremonies are designed to force the council to confront their worst impulses. But everything starts to fall apart when people start disappearing.
Holly Hunter
Karen, where have you brought us?
John Cameron Mitchell
Cancellation island, where a second chance might just be your last. Listen to Cancellation island on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
Damien Hirst
Do you remember what you said the first night I came over here?
John Cameron Mitchell
Ow.
NLE Choppa
Go slower.
Damien Hirst
From Blumhouse TV, iHeart podcasts and Ember 20 comes an all new fictional comedy podcast series. Join the flighty Damien Hirst as he unravels the mystery of his vanished boyfriend. And Santi was gone. I've been spending all my time looking for answers about what happened to Santi and what's the way to find a missing person. Sleep with everyone he knew, obviously. Mmm. Pillow talk, the most unwelcome window into the human psyche. Follow our out of his element hero as he engages in a series of ill conceived investigative hookups. Mama always used to say God gave me gumption in place of a gag reflex. And as I was about to learn, no amount of showering can wash your hands of a bad hookup.
Charlamagne Tha God
Now take a big whiff, my bruh.
Damien Hirst
Listen to the hookup on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen to your favorite shows.
NLE Choppa
Deeply too, to become a new version of myself. So if that look like I sold Out. I mean, that's probably what she's trying to get at. But in reality, I wanted to free myself from things that I've been brought up to be important, like, you know, gangsterism. Like, I know who I am. I know I'm a hold myself. And I know anybody play with me, anybody cross their line, I promise you gonna stay there. Like, I swear to God. But I'm not seeing that happen. Like, how it. You're not looking for it, I'm not looking for it. And I also think God has put me in a new atmosphere to stay above it so I don't have to carry that. That tough guy shit with me no more. Because I feel like God has renewed my life and. And gave me more life to the point to where I don't even gotta. Before I even tote a weapon or something. I'm already mentally not putting myself in that predicament to have to use it. That's what I realized. Like, if I'm. If I'm putting myself in a predicament to where I gotta use something, then that's why I went wrong. But I'm trying to be away from it. I'm trying to be positive. I'm trying to be clean. I'm trying to be a better example for my kids because I got children. Like I said, I'm just trying to live, and I'm also trying to be there for them. So when mom say I sold out, hey, listen, I sold out for the most high. I sold out for my mother doings my pops. I sold out for my kids. That's who I sell out to. So whatever way I can sell out to them, I'm gonna do it.
Holly Hunter
Well, speaking of positivity in your kids, you did something on Valentine's Day, and I thought it was so dope. The apology, the song, Crescent Moon.
NLE Choppa
Yeah.
Holly Hunter
Just back up for me and just talk to me about, like, your decision to make the song, and then your. Your decision to release the song to apology to your kid's mom.
NLE Choppa
So the song, making a song, I. Man, it was. Something happened, and it, like, reached like, a. A breaking point for me where I just needed to sit down and write my wrongs. I never forget it. I was in San Diego. I just sat down, I booked a studio session because I was kind of, like, just fed up with the situation we had at hand. But, you know, I sat down and the whole time, like, for a year or so after we. I thought after everything happened hit the fan, I had been, like, in denial that I did Wrong just because I felt as if I was being honest, but in the same sense of me being honest, that doesn't take away from what hurts you may cause just because you blunt. So in that space, I started to sit down, I opened up my journal, I started to jot, write down all my wrongs where I felt I was wrong at and just take accountability. And once I looked at them and read over them, it don't matter, because I always felt my good outweighed my bad. But, you know, I say when I wrote everything down, I realized some of the bad, some of the broken promises, the gratitude, how much weight it carried can overshadow the good. So I took accountability for that. I put it in a song. And music with me is my way of releasing music is the best way I can communicate to a person. So I made it. I played it for my mom. She cried. I was like, dang. And I was listening to it, listening to it, and I ain't never played for my baby mother. I just kept it as, like, you know, part of. And one day, I built the courage to play it for her, and I played it for her. She cried hard. She cried hard. Played it twice. She cried. And I was like, this is my way of just trying to apologize to you. And a few months go by, I still didn't release it, but I wanted to make the moment real in person before I could get on social media and say, like, hey, this is what we doing. And one day she hit me. She was like, I feel like you've done everything but publicly apologized to me. And I feel like I was like, you know, I apologize to you in private all the time. Like, what's real with what we got going on is in person, she said. But I felt embarrassed publicly. And I was like, you know what? I said? It makes a lot of sense. So I felt I owed her that. And I felt like the most perfect time to do it was on Valentine's Day. And I, I. After that, I felt like a lot of the relationship become. Become. It's not. It's not the most perfect, but it's a work in progress, and it's keep moving up every day. I feel like. So, you know, I'm grateful for, you.
Charlamagne Tha God
Know, the best apology is change behavior.
NLE Choppa
Yeah. Yeah, that too.
Charlamagne Tha God
How do you plan on being, I guess, more present to correct that?
NLE Choppa
I mean, my. My. My behavior is. Is changed, but I also feel like. I also feel like at the end of the day, the healing womb. I mean, not the healing wound. The healing wound. And like, how timing works with it is also of the other essence. You know what I'm saying? Like, I work towards myself every day. I feel like I'm a great guy just simply because I pray for guidance, I look for guidance, I seek it, and I try to figure out how I can be the best version of me every day, you know, regardless of if somebody's sitting there and seeing it every day, everybody ain't gonna see your shadow work. But I know I'm putting it in, so I'm cool with that. But sometimes, you know, it's just about time. And, man, you could be. You could be the most polished version of yourself. But, you know, everybody got to be able to receive it. The person you're trying to go to got to be able to receive it. And if they're not ready to receive it yet, that's just something that's probably your karma you got to deal with, and I'm cool with that, too. Now. Just wait till you able to fully receive it.
Holly Hunter
How has the communication with you guys behind the scenes changed? Like, even before you publicly apologized? Like, what was that? What was it like prior to you playing the song for her? And what is it like now after prior to.
NLE Choppa
I feel like it was a situation to where it was like, it reached a point to where for, like, a month straight, like, a month, month and a half straight, it was like it was kind of cold because she was telling me that she needs that apology publicly. She needs it. She needs it. But I was just telling her, like, she felt as if I was trying to brush her off, but I was really just trying to plan it for Valentine's Day because I thought it was sweet. Like, so the toughest part of that whole month process was, like, trying to keep her in a good graces, but she thought, like, I was playing with her because I told her I was like, I got you. I promise I got you. And the whole time when I'm saying I got you, it was like it wasn't trusted enough. But it's understood why I wasn't trusting. Probably. I ain't kept my word a lot of the times, so I'm cool with you not trusting my word. But in the back of my mind and on my heart and between me and God, I knew I had her. So I feel like when she seen it, it was like a big burden was lifted off her back, and she smiled, you know what I'm saying?
Jess Hilarious
So you got a song in a film, too? In Black Heat, Hard Life featuring Kerry Washington. That's the actor or that's the singer.
NLE Choppa
So that's Kerry Washington is my artist. Kerry Washington. She's a singer? Yeah, yeah, she's real dope. Brilliant talent. And that song is pretty much about, you know, protecting kids. How are we going to protect our kids growing up? How we gonna show them how to be better individuals, be a man, and how to be the best diva? The humblest diva is what I try to get my daughter to be. And I write letters to my kids in the song. It's pretty much something deep that I share to them. So it's gonna be a real, real dope, dope song, really. A dope project from the movie and the music coming together.
Charlamagne Tha God
I know they say you got to go because you got to go do the today's show, but I do want to ask you a couple more questions real quick. Why did you tell Kaiser now you want to nut on his butt?
NLE Choppa
I did not.
Charlamagne Tha God
You said you told Kaiser.
NLE Choppa
I did not.
Charlamagne Tha God
On his butt.
NLE Choppa
I did not. I was singing my song Let me not on your butt.
Charlamagne Tha God
But you tweeted. It.
NLE Choppa
I did not tweet.
Charlamagne Tha God
It was a tick tock. It was something. Let me pull it up then. Hold on, I'm looking at it on X right now.
Holly Hunter
So what?
Damien Hirst
You.
Holly Hunter
Okay, Wait.
Charlamagne Tha God
Analyt chopper. Hey, let me nut on your butt. Kai said not stops the music. Okay, okay, okay.
Holly Hunter
Did you not warn them that the song like that was the lyrics?
Jess Hilarious
Crazy, ain't he?
Charlamagne Tha God
Because I ain't hear it, but I saw this. I'm like, what? Okay, he was singing your lyrics?
Holly Hunter
No, he was singing the lyrics on the stream and Kai would stop the song like, what was happening.
NLE Choppa
I was with him, though. Like, I. I was. I was singing the lyrics, but I was looking at him and he felt uncomfortable.
Charlamagne Tha God
Yeah, you can't look a man in the eyes while you're doing that song. You know, just at the lyrics.
NLE Choppa
I knew he was gonna do, you know. You know how play, bro. You know how you joke with your big people?
Holly Hunter
Oh, him and envy all the time. Yes, yes, he do. Yes. He big gay over there.
NLE Choppa
Yes.
Holly Hunter
That's Queen Mother. Look at him call him Queen Mother.
Charlamagne Tha God
I'm telling you, one thing I did see with my own eyes and heard with my own ears was D1 said that you have a serious calling on your life. I love D1, by the way.
NLE Choppa
Yeah, He's a great guy.
Charlamagne Tha God
And he wouldn't say that to you if he didn't really feel it.
NLE Choppa
Yeah, man.
Charlamagne Tha God
So how did that. How did you receive that?
NLE Choppa
I received it well. I received it very well. I'm glad he spoke it over me as well. I'm highly aware of it. I feel like I'm tested every day. I'm still one of the youngest thriving people in the game. So I know it's. I know the anointment on my life. I know how big it is. In the same token, I still don't know because I know, like, when we think big, God thinks your penis.
Jess Hilarious
Jesus Christ. I don't know.
Holly Hunter
Y'all let me go look up this picture because I need to figure out how. I need to see how big God is thinking for you.
Charlamagne Tha God
But to your point, you just don't know who you can end up being in life. Like Malcolm Little. Malcolm X was Malcolm Little first. You know what I mean?
NLE Choppa
Yeah. I feel like, I feel like I know, I know the magnitude. I know what I come here to do. And like, I feel like as long as I know that and I know it's gonna be gigantic. Like, a lot of people may look at me and be like, oh, it's just this guy or it's just this kid that we saw grew. But it's like going to be in a way that you can't even explain. I know the purpose of my life and it humbles me every day. And sometimes I'm not a person that live in fear, but it low key. Like, it doesn't scare me, but it frightens me a little bit just because I know the burden that I'm carrying is something that the most I assigned to me. And it's also the reason why I feel my path isn't as easy as a lot of people. I'm driving, I'm getting a lot of success. But my path, my path is. It's different because like I said earlier, I ain't compromised. It ain't none that I'm doing to. To get further by quick game. I'm taking a longer road and I'm trusting God throughout it. And I'm listening to the whispers and the wind and I'm going about my day. But no, I know it's big. I know it's huge because everybody around me, all my peers, they either beefing with somebody, they dying or they going to jail. I'm not doing none of that to stay relevant. I'm just being me. I pull up as me. I be in my lane. Don't nobody post in elite music but me and my team. And I just still thrive in a solo space. And I wake my ass up every day and I make sure that I'm doing what I'm doing. I stay on my prayer, I pray for, I touch my phone, I pray for, I eat, pray for my plane land, pray for a takeoff. I pray throughout the day, I fast, I put the work in, I be with my kids, I glorify God. That's all I speak about all those things. I see why people feel threatened when my aura come around. So, I mean, listen, some people say I'm this, some people say I'm that. Some people say I'm gay. Some people say I sold my soul. But hey, let's go into the Kevin Gates Revelations. Find a nigga I told on. Find a nigga that stuck they dick in me. Find a nigga I stuck my dick in. I'mma add to what he said. Find a nigga I put my mouth on. Find all of that. Find me being a devil worshipers. Find me doing rituals. Find me preying upon kids like these people doing. Find all that shit and then come talk to me and pull up real receipts.
Jess Hilarious
And you also really grounded. You keep moms with you, keep your family with you. You know, you. That's one thing I always adore about you. Like, you're very grounded and you're intentional about what? Everything you do.
NLE Choppa
So he don't. He don't see me walk in this room for what, seven years now?
Charlamagne Tha God
I feel like it's been longer. When you first signed United Masters, how long ago did.
NLE Choppa
16, 16, 18, 19, 21, 22. Six years. But it's going on seven.
Holly Hunter
So, like, does it ever get annoying having to address stuff like that, though? Like the gay stuff, that. Gay baiting, all that stuff.
NLE Choppa
You want to know something? What I realized was, like, with the greats, everybody thought it was something with them.
Charlamagne Tha God
That's right.
NLE Choppa
They said Prince was gay. They said MJ touched kids. Some people thought he was gay. They bro, everybody. That's great. Especially there's like melon in color.
Charlamagne Tha God
That's right.
NLE Choppa
We get crucified the most and it's really by our own community a lot of times. And it is sad as I don't see that going on there. Other communities, these get allegations and shit, and they stand with their people. I don't believe that. Tom never did that. He didn't touch those kids. But when. When it happened to us, they. It's just like, I knew it. I knew that. It was like. It was like, we ain't innocent until proven guilty no more. We guilty off real. And that's like something that's been instilled in us since slavery. I guess it's just like something that we ain't really broke out of. Like, I feel like would have been hating on me for shit back in the day if I got promoted to house nigga. Like, how's you mad at me? Cause I'm finna be in the house chilling.
Charlamagne Tha God
Jay Z was up here years ago, and Jay Z said that the reason people do that, especially people from our community, black people, is because they want to justify their failures. They want to be able to say, I didn't make it because I didn't sell my soul. I didn't make it because I didn't join the Illuminati. Instead of just, no, you didn't make it because maybe you just don't got the talent.
NLE Choppa
You didn't make it because maybe you.
Charlamagne Tha God
Didn'T put the work in.
NLE Choppa
Yeah.
Charlamagne Tha God
So people use that to justify their failures.
NLE Choppa
Yeah, man. It's a conversation that can go on for a long, long time, man. But it's, like, disheartening, man. Only thing you could do is smile at it. You know what I'm saying? And just keep waving by and keep going the way you gotta go. But God bless. I pray for people that ain't found God. Because when you judge me, you just let me know you ain't found God. I never judge nobody around me. I say, hey, that's some shit I wouldn't do. Or like, hey, that's with her wig.
Charlamagne Tha God
Why you pointing at her like?
Holly Hunter
First of all, first of all, first of all, he didn't even point directly to me.
NLE Choppa
Yeah.
Holly Hunter
What happened is you're sitting next to a dark cloud. You're sitting next to darkness. Okay? That's what's happening, all right?
Charlamagne Tha God
Because she wear her jeans when you wear your durag. So I didn't know. I felt like I would never. I didn't know. I did not know.
Holly Hunter
We know.
Charlamagne Tha God
NLE Chopper new film Black Heat in theaters March 28th.
NLE Choppa
March 28th.
Charlamagne Tha God
Hey, continued success, man. Keep growing, keep evolving, man. We love to see it.
NLE Choppa
Yeah, man, go get your duck boost to factory lab. Look, somebody hand me that real fast, please, if you can.
Holly Hunter
You ain't gonna reach that.
NLE Choppa
You read that, please. Oh, Boot.
Charlamagne Tha God
Boot.
NLE Choppa
We just got a new colorway. We got this. Not now only. And we got this not only in yellow, but black, blue, gray, and red.
Jess Hilarious
That's what's up, yo. Literally, look, you know you gave me some, right? So my son was like, I want him to come up with some more colors. Cause I don't like yellow. And now you coming out with colors. All right, that's what's up.
Damien Hirst
Got him.
NLE Choppa
Got him up here. And like I said, support black people. Black people. Let's support each other. They ain't even that high. Let's stand for each other, stand together. Because I own this shoe. I don't. I'm not a slave to the shoe. I own it. And that's something that we need to keep instilling into the community. Rather, we're supporting someone with ownership or trying to create and gain ownership for ourselves. So, no. Much love. Thank y'all for having me.
Charlamagne Tha God
Thank you, Chopper. It's the Breakfast Club. Wake that ass up early in the morning. The Breakfast Club.
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This is John Cameron Mitchell and my new fiction podcast series, Cancellation island stars Holly Hunter as Karen, a wellness influencer who launches a rehab for the recently cancelled. In the future, we will all be canceled for 15 minutes, but don't worry, we'll take you from broke to woke or your money back. Cancellation Island's revolutionary rehab therapies, like bad touch football, anti racism spin class, and mandatory ayahuasca ceremony are designed to force the council to confront their worst impulses. But everything starts to fall apart when people start disappearing.
Holly Hunter
Karen, where have you brought us?
John Cameron Mitchell
Cancellation island, where a second chance might just be your last. Listen to Cancellation island on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast.
Damien Hirst
Do you remember what you said the first night I came over here?
John Cameron Mitchell
Ow.
NLE Choppa
Go slower.
Damien Hirst
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Taylor Gray
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NLE Choppa
Ezra Bridger, Spectre 6.
Taylor Gray
And I'm Jon Librody, the Ghost Crew stowaway moderator.
Vanessa Marshall
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Taylor Gray
Sometimes we'll be visited by special guests like Steve blum voices Zabarelio Spectre 4 or Dante Bosco voices Jaquel and many others.
Vanessa Marshall
So hang on because it's going to be a fun ride.
NLE Choppa
Cue the music.
Taylor Gray
Listen to Potter Rebellion on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. 45 years ago, a Virginia soul band called the Edge of Daybreak recorded their debut album Behind Bars. Record collectors consider it a masterpiece. The band's surviving members are long out of prison, but they say they have some unfinished business.
NLE Choppa
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Taylor Gray
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The Breakfast Club Podcast Summary
Episode: INTERVIEW: NLE Choppa Talks 'Black Heat,' Celibacy, Kai Cenat, Illuminati Allegations, Gay Rumors + More
Release Date: March 25, 2025
Introduction
In this episode of The Breakfast Club, host Charlamagne Tha God welcomes rapper and actor NLE Choppa to discuss a range of topics, including his upcoming movie Black Heat, his personal practices of celibacy and semen retention, various rumors circulating about him, and his journey towards personal growth and fatherhood. Joining Charlamagne are Jess Hilarious and Lauren LaRosa, who fills in for DJ Envy.
1. Discussing Black Heat
Timestamp: 04:11 – 14:43
Charlamagne kicks off the conversation by inquiring about NLE Choppa's new movie, Black Heat. NLE Choppa shares insights into his role and the movie's theme:
Charlamagne Tha God [04:11]: "You got a new movie called Black Heat."
NLE Choppa [04:13]: "Black Heat. I shot this movie like two years ago out in Orlando."
He describes his character, King David, as a young man who struggles with maturity and street smarts, often taking advantage of younger women. NLE Choppa emphasizes the depth of his character, reflecting on his own experiences and upbringing to portray King David authentically.
NLE Choppa [13:03]: "I'm pretty much like, in the movie, my character is... I'm young, but I kind of take advantage of girls. That's not like, not underage, but not as mature, not as street smart."
The discussion delves into the emotional challenges of acting, including a poignant moment where a scene triggered real emotions from a co-star, highlighting the power of storytelling.
NLE Choppa [14:43]: "I feel like people were looking at me like, yeah, like what you be doing? I'm like, I'm like, bro, when you..."
2. Celibacy and Semen Retention
Timestamp: 05:20 – 10:24
A significant portion of the interview focuses on NLE Choppa's commitment to celibacy and semen retention. Charlamagne brings up rumors about a leaked photo of NLE Choppa, which he addresses candidly.
NLE Choppa [05:24]: "This shit is huge."
NLE Choppa explains his practice as a form of spiritual and mental discipline, claiming to retain semen for its purported health benefits and to maintain personal power.
NLE Choppa [06:14]: "I mean, if I ain't celibate, I'm semen retent. So, like, I'm always in good graces."
He discusses the skepticism he faces regarding his claims and emphasizes his genuine belief in the benefits of his practices.
NLE Choppa [06:46]: "No, it's real. For real."
Despite the controversy, NLE Choppa stands firm in his practices, attributing them to his spiritual growth and personal development.
3. Addressing Rumors: Illuminati Allegations and Sexuality
Timestamp: 17:03 – 35:26
Charlamagne presses NLE Choppa on various rumors, including allegations of him selling his soul to the Illuminati and speculations about his sexuality.
Charlamagne Tha God [17:06]: "It's not gonna help you beat the Illuminati allegations."
NLE Choppa [17:20]: "Have I sold my soul? I have yet to compromise."
NLE Choppa vehemently denies these allegations, asserting his commitment to his faith and personal integrity.
NLE Choppa [18:22]: "I never judge nobody around me."
He also addresses claims about his sexuality, revealing that they stem from misunderstandings and miscommunications, particularly referencing a humorous incident involving lyrics about "nuttin' on your butt."
NLE Choppa [17:30]: "Find a nigga I told on. Find a nigga that stuck they dick in me... Find me being a devil worshiper."
NLE Choppa emphasizes that such rumors are unfounded and urges listeners to focus on his positive actions and contributions.
4. Personal Growth and Apology to His Ex
Timestamp: 23:33 – 29:16
NLE Choppa shares his journey of personal growth, particularly focusing on his efforts to make amends with his ex-partner through music. He elaborates on the creation of his song "Crescent Moon," which serves as a public apology.
NLE Choppa [23:39]: "I had been... in denial that I did wrong... but when I wrote everything down, I realized some of the bad... can overshadow the good."
He describes the emotional process of writing the song, playing it for his mother, and finally performing it for his ex on Valentine's Day to mend their relationship.
NLE Choppa [26:32]: "I feel like I'm a great guy just simply because I pray for guidance... I'm putting it in, so I'm cool with that."
Charlamagne acknowledges the sincerity of NLE Choppa's efforts, highlighting the importance of genuine apologies through changed behavior.
5. Fatherhood and Legacy
Timestamp: 29:04 – 35:26
NLE Choppa discusses the profound impact of fatherhood on his life, emphasizing his desire to set a positive example for his children. He reflects on his role in Black Heat as a representation of protecting loved ones and how this mirrors his real-life responsibilities.
NLE Choppa [29:12]: "It's gonna be a real, real dope, dope song, really. A dope project from the movie and the music coming together."
He expresses a deep commitment to his children, striving to provide them with love and guidance while distancing himself from negative influences prevalent in his community.
NLE Choppa [36:20]: "I'm taking a longer road and I'm trusting God throughout it. And I'm listening to the whispers and the wind and I'm going about my day."
NLE Choppa underscores the challenges he faces as a public figure within his community, addressing criticisms and affirming his dedication to personal and spiritual growth.
6. Community and Ownership
Timestamp: 38:03 – 38:38
Towards the end of the interview, NLE Choppa touches on his business ventures and the importance of community support. He mentions his ownership of a shoe line and the significance of supporting black-owned businesses.
NLE Choppa [38:14]: "I own this shoe. I don't. I'm not a slave to the shoe."
He encourages his community to support one another, advocating for ownership and self-reliance as means to empower themselves.
NLE Choppa [38:14]: "Support black people. Let's support each other, stand together."
Conclusion
The interview concludes with Charlamagne Tha God commending NLE Choppa for his growth and evolving career. NLE Choppa reiterates his commitment to personal development, faith, and his family, leaving listeners with a message of resilience and positivity.
Charlamagne Tha God [37:35]: "Hey, continued success, man. Keep growing, keep evolving, man. We love to see it."
NLE Choppa [38:38]: "Much love. Thank y'all for having me."
Key Takeaways
Authentic Storytelling: NLE Choppa's portrayal of King David in Black Heat reflects his personal experiences, adding depth to his acting.
Personal Discipline: His practice of celibacy and semen retention stems from a desire for spiritual and mental clarity.
Addressing Rumors: NLE Choppa firmly denies allegations related to the Illuminati and his sexuality, emphasizing his integrity and faith.
Growth and Accountability: Through music and personal efforts, he seeks to make amends and improve his relationships, particularly highlighting his song "Crescent Moon."
Commitment to Fatherhood: NLE Choppa prioritizes being a positive role model for his children, striving to instill values of love and protection.
Community Empowerment: He advocates for supporting black-owned businesses and fostering a sense of ownership within the community.
Notable Quotes
NLE Choppa on Celibacy:
"[06:14]...I'm semen retent. So, like, I'm always in good graces."
NLE Choppa on Allegations:
"[17:20] Have I sold my soul? I have yet to compromise."
NLE Choppa on Personal Growth:
"[26:32] I feel like I'm a great guy just simply because I pray for guidance..."
NLE Choppa on Community Support:
"[38:14] Support black people. Let's support each other, stand together."
This episode provides an in-depth look into NLE Choppa's multifaceted life—from his artistic endeavors and personal practices to his responses to public scrutiny and his dedication to personal and communal growth. Listeners gain a comprehensive understanding of his motivations, beliefs, and aspirations, making it a compelling episode for fans and newcomers alike.