You, Me & Tuscany

Summary

The Read – "You, Me & Tuscany"
Release Date: June 4, 2026
Hosts: Kid Fury & Crissle
Network: Loud Speakers Network

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Episode Overview

In this lively pre-summer episode, Kid Fury and Crissle return with their signature blend of shade, insight, and pure comedic energy. Against the backdrop of Pride Month and a sweltering music and pop culture scene, the duo catch up on the latest in hip-hop and celebrity antics, dramatic personal letters from listeners, and moments of unfiltered honesty about everything from Jay Z’s new look and Megan Thee Stallion’s comeback to wild family houseguests and dysfunctional relationships. Highlights include deep dives into Black Excellence, viral music moments, and the influx of hot girl anthems set to rule summer.

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Main Topics and Discussions

1. Pride Month & Rainbow-Washing

Timestamp: 02:00–02:41

• Kid Fury voices exhaustion with corporate "Pride merch": "They're out here selling Dr. Bronner's gay soap and gay Zephyr Hills…which one of you queens is going out there and buying a rainbow bottle of Dr. Bronner soap? It’s the same soap." (02:00)
• Crissle jokes, “That’s for the mama who wants everybody to know she’s down and cool.” (02:41)

2. Black Excellence: Celebrating Kid Fury’s 20-Year Career

Timestamp: 02:46–03:56

• Kid Fury reflects on his own journey, launching his blog in 2006, which led to viral videos, YouTube fame, a move to NYC, and eventually The Read:
  “Which little bullied gay boy found his voice, maintained his voice, created something, and still out here, thriving and surviving. I'm very, very proud of him.” (03:49)

3. Hot Tops: Summer of Female Rap Anthems

Timestamp: 04:44–11:13

• The hosts celebrate Megan Thee Stallion’s “Hot Girl Summer” resurgence:
  • “She has been the fuck outside...promoting her brands...out on a yacht with some homegirls taking shots” (05:42)
  • Kid Fury and Crissle praise new teasers and the "Motion Party" remix, longing for music for “hoes who is trying to be outside and having a good time.” (07:36–08:28)
• The pair contrast this with Lotto’s more settled vibe, noting, “It’s hot mommy summer for her, and that’s great for her, but…we need something for the hoes.” (07:36)
• Crissle: “Ain’t nobody trying to go through no phones. If a nigga cheating on me, it's deuces. You want a begging ass bitch or a rich one? Ah, yes…Thank God, here came Megan.” (08:13)
• Brief shade for Caresha’s latest song (“It still sounds better sped up.” – Crissle, 08:51), but Kid Fury admits it’s grown on him.

4. Beyoncé, Jay Z, and Blue Ivy Watch 2026

Timestamp: 10:45–14:18

• Crissle teases the “Lulu Hive” (Beyoncé fans) being in “despair” as Beyoncé didn’t drop new music:
  • “Have you heard of this lady? She does what she wants.” – Kid Fury (10:57)
• They discuss Jay Z’s new afro (“I see it. How…when I saw him, one of the first things I thought of was Blue [Ivy].” — Kid Fury, 11:35), sparking widespread social media debate over whether he combed out his locs.
• “People had to really…[argue] the opposite most were like hip hop fans…wanting to find a reason to shit on this performance…Mostly because the moment…was this lengthy freestyle where Shawn Carter basically swept everybody ass up.” — Kid Fury (14:51–15:59)
• The duo break down the backlash about Jay Z’s hair, his freestyle, and people’s obsession with hip-hop legends’ every move.

5. Jay Z’s Freestyle Drama & Internet Discourse

Timestamp: 15:59–22:50

• Recaps of Jay Z’s pointed freestyle (“I have something for you, Drake, I have something for you, Tanya…Damon Jaguar Panther…Tory Lanez, a line or two for you. It was great.” – Crissle, 15:59–16:08)
• The hosts mock online reactions and clarify loc detangling misconceptions, chiding people for pettiness and ignorance.
  • “You talk to your mother fucking ho ass fuck boy homeboys who go over to Washington Heights and have one of the cousins install a unit and fade it out like we can’t tell…” (23:04)

6. More Pop Culture: Ray J’s Boxing Saga, Boosie’s Arrest, and Internet Mess

Timestamp: 28:17–41:31

• Ray J plans 5–10 more fights after being hospitalized following a celebrity boxing defeat. Kid Fury and Crissle question his “perfect record” and motives: “You got five to ten more visits with a cardiologist before they say, yes, you can get your black ass back in the ring.” – Crissle (30:36)
• Boosie is arrested for alleged assault with a hookah bottle. The two question his self-destructive behavior and reflect on consequences: “If you know you do dumb shit when you’re drunk, why would you continue to drink?” – Crissle (35:25)
• Broader commentary on fame, messy careers, and hip-hop’s cyclical scandals.

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Listener Letters: Real Advice, Real Mess

1. The Gaming State of Play

Timestamp: 45:46–48:48

• Kid Fury gushes about the new Wolverine video game and Deborah Wilson’s participation. He highlights his fandom for God of War spin-off announcements and new Tomb Raider content.

2. Family Overstaying Their Welcome

Timestamp: 49:03–58:13

• Bonita writes about a nephew she’s housed for nearly two years who’s destructive and inconsiderate.
  • Kid Fury: “You need to make a plan for them so you don’t have them in some sort of dire or unexpected situation when they get here. Now I’m happy to help you plan that because I want you to leave.” (54:07)
• Crissle suggests laying out clear boundaries and expectations: “After two days, after two nights, I want you out my home.” (58:05)

3. Left in Italy: A Shocking Breakup

Timestamp: 61:47–74:21

• Ariel’s boyfriend left her in Italy after a fight related to her OCD, despite supposedly planning to propose. He books a last-minute flight, moves out of their shared home, ends the relationship.
• Kid Fury: “He left you in Europe. That is…for what. I mean…” (61:52)
• Crissle: “Mental health aside, OCD aside, that is just genuinely a despicable thing to do to someone.” (63:58)
• Both hosts firmly advise Ariel to let the relationship go and prioritize her healing, not reconciliation.

4. Is This Too Much Kink? (Cuckolding Fatigue)

Timestamp: 74:21–85:16

• Fiona’s fiancé is obsessed with fantasies about her with other men ("cuckolding"). It’s his only turn-on; she’s exhausted.
• Kid Fury: “It’s not kink shaming to say you don’t want to do it. If you’re not turned on…that’s something to communicate.” (76:51)
• Crissle: “Do not marry this man until y’all have this figured out, please…that would be one hurdle. But he seems to require it for sexual gratification.” (81:09–81:41)
• They advise therapy, communication, and serious reconsideration of marriage without sexual compatibility.

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The Reads: Rants, Reflections & LOLs

1. Ticket Resellers Are Out of Control

Timestamp: 89:12–93:54

• Kid Fury’s read: Summer Games Fest resellers charging $2,000–$5,000 for gaming event tickets, while official prices are ~$200.
  • “I was like, so is Beyoncé in a video game this year?... Even me, the video game princess, I looked it up…was like, girl, now when I can stream it at home, right?” (91:47)
• Condemns the entire industry of “third-party ticket sites… fronts and all of the reselling shit.”

2. The Killing of Cyrus Carmack Belton & America’s Disregard for Black Lives

Timestamp: 93:54–102:30

• Crissle somberly addresses the acquittal of Rick Chow, who killed a 14-year-old Black boy over suspected shoplifting of water:
  • “You just had every reason to not kill this child and you did it anyway.” (96:29)
  • “I don’t want to start an Asians versus Blacks thing. I don’t want to, but I might. Certain communities…signing up for the White supremacy 2 package where you don’t get to be white, but you get to be close enough as long as you hate niggas.” (98:59)
• The pair slam American systems that allow such violence to go unpunished and stress the devastating impact on Black communities.

3. Comedy Gold: NYC Knicks Fans and Finals Mania

Timestamp: 103:18–110:04

• Crissle vents about sudden Knicks fandom and harassment after years of peacefully wearing Oklahoma City Thunder apparel: “Y’all have been playing the mute challenge for 14 years. Don’t pipe up now with your fake fan asses.” (107:42)
• Kid Fury: “Remind me of Jennifer Lewis in Dirty Laundry when she was like, ‘You smelling yourself today.’” (107:52)
• The hosts gleefully anticipate NYC chaos if the Knicks win: “This city is going to melt down. Like, I’m almost scared.” – Kid Fury (105:53)

4. Outro: Personal Plugs & Announcements

Timestamp: 110:04–112:56

• Kid Fury thanks fans for supporting his 20-year journey, announces new Link (his dog) plushies and current content on Patreon and YouTube.
• Crissle plugs her interview with the Poor Minds podcast and reiterates hot girl summer energy: “Break up with a nigga. Break up with him in the middle of the night. It’s hot girl summer. The wifey shit is dead.”

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Notable Quotes

• “Women telling niggas, I do what I want, you do what I want, and I’m gonna take all of your things…It’s what I thrive off of.” – Kid Fury (06:33)
• “Y’all keep doing this with this man. I legit don’t get it…we have seen his hair gradually grow over the years. We saw how long they got…You can search it on Google or YouTube and see countless people who have done it.” – Crissle on Jay Z’s hair (21:11)
• “Leaving me in another country in the middle of the night…it’s so disrespectful. You don’t give a shit about me or what happens to me.” – Crissle (73:21)
• “You continuing to do this or take part in this fantasy of his that you don’t like will lead to resentment, arguments, which it sound like y’all already have.” – Kid Fury (79:02)
• “If I wouldn't pay $5,000 to see Beyoncé and Blue Ivy, why in the hell would I pay it to see a video game?” – Crissle (93:25)

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Key Timestamps for Reference

• 02:00 — “Pride month”/rainbow capitalism rant
• 03:49 — Kid Fury claims Black Excellence for 20-year career
• 04:44–11:13 — Megan Thee Stallion, female rap, Hot Girl Summer
• 11:13–26:19 — Beyoncé, Jay Z’s hair, Blue Ivy, Jay Z’s freestyle
• 28:17 — Ray J’s boxing plans & Boosie incident
• 45:46 — Listener mail: video games, housing drama, and relationship disaster
• 61:47–74:21 — Left in Italy breakup letter, in-depth discussion
• 74:21–85:16 — Sex, kink boundaries, and “cuckolding” fantasy overload
• 89:12–93:54 — The Read: ticket resellers
• 93:54–102:30 — The Read: police violence and Black mortality
• 103:18–110:04 — NYC Knicks chaos & fandom comedy
• 110:04–112:56 — Announcements and outro

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Tone & Style

• Funny, biting, and real.
• Generous helpings of shade and pop culture references.
• Mix of humor and deep social commentary.

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For New Listeners

This episode is a perfect snapshot of The Read: unfiltered takes on hip-hop and celebrity, heartfelt listener advice, laugh-out-loud personal stories, and unapologetic Black perspective on society’s mess. If you need community, catharsis, and cackles, join Kid Fury and Crissle each week—unless you’re Beyoncé or Blue Ivy. Then you’re safe.

Transcript

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[Kid Fury]

Welcome back, niggas and friends. We're happy to have you. My name is Lillius White.

[Crystal]

And I am Gladys Bentley. And this is the Read. Thank you for joining us.

[Kid Fury]

It is. It is the Read indeed. Here we are now in June, officially in Pride month. I'm already tired of it and going about this business and it's mostly because, you know, they're out here selling Dr. Bronner's gay soap and gay Zephyr Hills or whatever else. Just.

[Crystal]

Yeah.

[Kid Fury]

Which one of you queens is going out there and buying a Rainbow bottle of Dr. Bronner soap? It's the same soap.

[Crystal]

Somebody's ally mama.

[Kid Fury]

Mm.

[Crystal]

I don't even think half that shit is for us. We don't even want that shit.

[Kid Fury]

That explains it.

[Crystal]

Yeah, that's for the mama who wants everybody to know she's down and cool.

[Kid Fury]

Well, shout out for trying. This week's Black Excellence is going to me. It's going to me. If you're listening to this on the day that it comes out. It's just June 4th. June 4th, 2006, I started a blog called the Fury where I was writing about pop culture and hood rat things. After that, I started a YouTube channel where I continued to do so, but with my face. This led to all sorts of, like, me skating around in a publix and throwing all kinds of random things into a shopping cart. Me talking about that black gays say twice. Me discussing this, how I almost got fired from a call center for doing the absolute most. All this and more. And obviously those shenanigans led me to New York City and starting a podcast with my friend. It's called the Read. I don't know if you've heard of it, and so on and such. Which little bullied gay boy found his voice, maintained his voice, created something, and still out here, thriving and surviving. I'm very, very proud of him. And so excellent. Black Go me 20 years. You're all welcome. All right, you did it. Slaughter. Kinda. Let's get into black excellence this week. Nope, did that. Let's get into the hot tops this week. Okay. I want to start with something that makes me feel good. Wait, how many of these are kind of like this? Like this? Okay, I'm cool with most of this. All right, so we're going to start with the fact that I think this might be the hottest girl summer of all.

[Crystal]

I'm so happy.

[Kid Fury]

I think this might be the hottest girl summer.

[Crystal]

I'm so happy.

[Kid Fury]

Scorching, in fact, I think so. Sweltering.

[Crystal]

It's looking like it.

[Kid Fury]

I'm really happy that Megan, you know, when she said that, you know, she was gonna need like a real break or something after that, I fully expected that she would reasonably just shut it all off and say, fuck everybody. I need to just be locked in with the people who actually love me. We're gonna watch Naruto or One Piece. I don't care if you bitches don't watch it, you're watching it this weekend, right? I thought that's what was gonna happen. And I would have fully supported that. Megan has been the fuck outside.

[Crystal]

Like, oh, God, it's so big.

[Kid Fury]

Maybe she just meant a break from niggas. I don't know. Or I don't.

[Crystal]

Ooh, yes, that's smart.

[Kid Fury]

Maybe because she has been, I mean, Mime swim week. She has been outside promoting her. Her liquor, her brands. But this clip that I saw yesterday on her Instagram with her out on a yacht with some homegirls taking shots, and there's a new song there's a new song on here that she teased and it's pretty much everything that I was hoping it would be. It's kind of like the, like the antithesis of what's that other song? Love a Girl.

[Crystal]

Oh, yes, indeed it is. I mean, it could not be more opposite.

[Kid Fury]

Oh yeah. All that white.

[Crystal]

All that. My man is dead, bitch. Get that bullshit out of here.

[Kid Fury]

Get shit to bed. I'mma make him big when I want some head. And I said, you know what? I'm happy, Megan P. This is exactly what I first and foremost enjoy out of my hip hop. And it is women telling niggas, I do what I want, you do what I want. And I'm gonna take all of your things and you're going to thank me for it. And then I'm never gonna speak to you again because you ain't shit and every nigga you know ain't shit. It's what I thrive off of.

[Crystal]

Yeah.

[Kid Fury]

And so I'm really happy to see not only is Meg outside with a big smile on her face, she's got new music coming out. It's top of the summer and we're leading with fuck these niggas, Wifey dumb. All that other shit that you start talking about. We're out on the water driving that boat again. We are like,

[Crystal]

I'm so happy. Did you hear the. The motion party remix her verse?

[Kid Fury]

Yes, yes, I did that actually.

[Crystal]

That's actually out this new song that, you know, whatever she's teasing, that's not actually out yet. But that motion party remix, I said, oh yes. We're getting the season started, my girl. Oh, yes, thank God, cuz. Big lotto over there breastfeeding or whatever. She not having no hot girl nothing. You know this, that. It's hot mommy summer for her and that's great for her, but like, we need something for the hoes who is trying to be outside and having a good time. We not in love. We ain't trying to hear all that about our baby. No, no, no. Ain't nobody trying to. There you go here. I ain't going through no phones because that is stupid. If a nigga cheating on me, it's deuces. You want a begging ass bitch or a rich one. Ah, yes, that's what I need. Like, oh, thank God, here came Meghan. Really came to save the summer. Her. And I know you mad, but I

[Kid Fury]

know you're going to say. I know what you're going to say and just say it.

[Crystal]

Okay, great. I'm glad you know because that terrible Ass Caresha song.

[Kid Fury]

Yes, everywhere. Fine, whatever.

[Crystal]

Everywhere. The people love it.

[Kid Fury]

It has grown on me.

[Crystal]

I can't spin that shit.

[Kid Fury]

Spin that shit where all my skin is. Great.

[Crystal]

It still sounds better sped up, but.

[Kid Fury]

Yeah, it does sound way better sped up, but I even found myself just enjoying it halfway the other way the other day just as it is. Creesha, I didn't expect it. I'm not gonna lie. When I first heard that song, I was like, are they dead serious? It's still not great. But now you passed her out in

[Crystal]

front of a live audience. You were like, this is garbage.

[Kid Fury]

Well, it wasn't for her. It wasn't for her. It was for the men in the room who are acting like it was the greatest song they'd ever heard.

[Crystal]

Okay, yeah, you're right. Well, I mean, it may be they saw the vision. Yeah.

[Kid Fury]

I thought I was still wrong. I think they just saw the vision. Yeah.

[Crystal]

Yeah.

[Kid Fury]

Well, I'm welcoming all of this with open arms. Even you ladies, who maybe just popped one out or just super in love still or whatever. I guess you can go listen to Lotto's album. I listen to, like, half of it. I'm not gonna lie. It's not my favorite.

[Crystal]

No, I just really didn't listen to

[Kid Fury]

a Lotto album so far.

[Crystal]

Yeah. And I. I also could not get through it. Like, I'm happy for you. And I know she. I saw a clip of her saying that, you know, when she said she was retiring, she was going through postpartum, and so, you know, her feelings was all over the place, but.

[Kid Fury]

Oh, I didn't hear that.

[Crystal]

Yeah, so she's not really retiring. She was just, you know, going through postpartum, which. Right. I didn't take. You serious? No way, girl.

[Kid Fury]

But she's so young.

[Crystal]

I'm glad you're. You know, I. I hope you're getting the support you need as a new mommy, because postpartum is nothing to play with, but, you know, you be in that season of your life, and that's great. Yeah, that's great. I'm like, I'm happy for you that you happy, you know, with your baby and your man, but.

[Kid Fury]

Right.

[Crystal]

I want to hear the. Shake that ass boosting ass bitches. Put that shit, y'. All. I want to hear that ghetto shit. I do. Sorry, girl.

[Kid Fury]

June 3rd day. Let's get started.

[Crystal]

Right?

[Kid Fury]

Let's get it started.

[Crystal]

And it ain't no Beyonce. The Lulu Hive is in despair. They can't believe Beyonce didn't drop nothing.

[Kid Fury]

Have you Heard of this lady. She does what she wants.

[Crystal]

She does. And I mean, in the middle of her man performing at the Roots Picnic, and he got these shows at Yankee Stadium coming up. Y' all thought she was gonna drop an album in the middle of her man doing all this.

[Kid Fury]

Let's talk about him. I was gonna leave him for last, but let's talk about him.

[Crystal]

Blue Ivy's, first of all, completely fine. Oh, Blue Ivy's look. I said, wow. Blue can't have nothing. How dare you. Like, he. He really got up on that stage looking just like her, though. I was. My God. I see it. I see it. How.

[Kid Fury]

Okay. So many. So many. Okay. First of all, when I saw him, one of the first things that I thought of was blue, specifically because I remember when Jay Z told Gayle King, I believe, that he wanted to cut his hair, his dreads, and he said blue was not for it. Who's like, this is, like, your look.

[Crystal]

Right.

[Kid Fury]

It's perfect for you. It's working. No, thank you for not doing that. So I saw the change of hair. I fully expected him to cut all his hair off.

[Crystal]

Same, because that would have been easier.

[Kid Fury]

And that's what he's done a lot of times in his. His career. Like, he grows his hair out when he cuts his hair. You know, a Jay Z album coming out.

[Crystal]

Yep.

[Kid Fury]

So I guess now it's when he changes his hair. So he came out there with this big, healthy Afro. My God, the niggas are still

[Crystal]

watching. It's just gorgeous.

[Kid Fury]

Confused. The girls in the streets. Is it a wig? Everybody knows that you can't do this. You gotta cut your dreads off. Like, it was actually a sizable number of niggas that did know that you can detangle and comb out locs.

[Crystal]

That's crazy to me. But you don't know what you don't know.

[Kid Fury]

I guess you don't know what you don't know. You know, I thought it was understandable that many people don't know that, but I also feel like, do you not know or do you not want to know?

[Crystal]

Cause did you look it up?

[Kid Fury]

Did you? Did you look it up? Cause me, I would go, oh, wow, this man just had dreads. Now he has not dreads. Let me look up information. Like, I like to learn things. What is.

[Crystal]

Y'.

[Kid Fury]

All?

[Crystal]

Yeah. You okay? Yeah. Mm.

[Kid Fury]

Anyway, Sacred posted some shit. Like, the person who's supposed to be in this post but ain't used, like, our detangling spray. Something, something. They was very much online doing their marketing Due like excuse me.

[Crystal]

And I knew they would and I knew they would. Soon as I saw him on that stage, I said by tomorrow morning Sacred will have a post up with a link to that detail. Cause I knew it was the work of that detangling spray immediately. And I even thought about Blu. I'm sure Blu was like, yeah, cut your. I know you've cut your hair before, but give me a few more years in the lab. Cause right now I'm working on a protection line and I will be able to detangle what you got going on. And then even the stylist who did it said it took four days and four bottles of detangling spray. So they setting expectations now. They said this ain't no one bottle job. It did take a lot. Yeah, it took a lot. And I was working around the clock. But yes, you too can comb out your locks and have a fro if that's what you want to have.

[Kid Fury]

The amount of people who I also saw posting clips of their own comb outs combed out.

[Crystal]

Yep.

[Kid Fury]

Were like, okay, example exhibit be like people had to really. But I. The people who I saw arguing the opposite most were like hip hop fans and people finding or wanting to find a reason to shit on this performance. Mostly because the moment from it that everyone was discussing was this lengthy freestyle where Shawn Carter basically swept everybody ass up. He was just like, okay, let's just discuss every one of you bitches ass. I'm gonna say, yeah, I personally loved it and I'm gonna tell you why. Most of it, I think all of it I agreed with. And then he don't say nothing. He doesn't say anything. All of these people have had shit to say numerous times for many years, right? So he came out and was like, I have something for you, Drake, I have something for you. Tanya, I have something for you. Damon Jaguar Panther, whatever you call yourself, I have something for you as well.

[Crystal]

Tory Lanez, a line or two for you. It was great.

[Kid Fury]

I enjoyed it. The girls were upset. Many of them are the outlets. I don't remember who said that first, but thank you, outlets. Yes ma'. Am. I saw one nigga say some shit like this was on threads. This young man, I think in Nigeria was like, oh, if Roc Nation wanted to sign Drake, they would, they would just buy Jay Z out of his whatever stake in the in ROC Nation and sign Drake. I just responded. I rarely respond to that stuff. Like I just read the funny parts of discourse like this. And then I moved on. I really engaged. That was so Stupid. I. I responded, and I was like, sweetie, whatever helps you sleep at night or during the day, since y' all nocturnal. But I. This isn't what's gonna happen.

[Crystal]

Absurd. Like, come on, just everybody be for real, man. That's not, you know, niggas just be talking. You have to remind yourself of that all the time. People literally just be running their mouth, running their fingers on these keyboards. They do not care about whether what they saying is correct or makes any sense. They just be yapping.

[Kid Fury]

But then you put yourself in a position to look foolish and dumb and ignorant, and they don't care. And delusional.

[Crystal]

They do not care. That's not a problem.

[Kid Fury]

Yeah, I saw a clip of Mal from Rory and Mal podcast. Say, because, you know, he's good. You. He's with Drake. And he said the reason he found out. He said he found out about the freestyle because Drake texted him about it. He said he was watching the spurs game. He said his game.

[Crystal]

Oh, I know that's right. He was. I don't wanna talk.

[Kid Fury]

Worried about shit else. I thought that was so funny. That man was like, my eyes are on the real prize. I don't know what's going on in this rap shit.

[Crystal]

He said, basketball is on. And you texted me about a grown man on stage.

[Kid Fury]

I'm trying to see where this playoff shit going.

[Crystal]

Oh, man.

[Kid Fury]

But he said that Drake had texted him and. And was like, yo, what's up with the hair? And then N were, like, laughing about that, I guess. But interestingly enough, Rory was like, well, they gonna eat him up for that. Like, they gonna eat him up for that. If that's true, they gonna eat him up for that. And then Maul, kind of like, he kind of stabbed it back in his head. So it was like, well, that's what the Internet was saying. That was what the Internet was saying. It wasn't even necessarily the. Drake said it. And so the Internet said nobody understood the hair. And I was like, no, male. Many, many people understood the hair.

[Crystal]

What do you mean? What's up with the hair? What? His natural black hair. Is this coming from Drake? I've seen that. I've seen that. Put barrettes and balls and all kinds of beads and in his hair.

[Kid Fury]

Do a show together because. Exactly.

[Crystal]

There's no way Drake said that about Jay Z's hair. Like, what do you mean? His hair looks amazing.

[Kid Fury]

Did you just have some bobos?

[Crystal]

Like, I'm sure. And in the full context of things, it is a. It's a little strange. Why are you As a grown man wearing little girls hair things, accessories. I don't really get that. But you just had your hair done

[Kid Fury]

like lady of Rage.

[Crystal]

I'm really confused though, because that's Jay Z's. That's his. The natural afro that he had. You've worn a frozen. You wear cornrows all the time. What are you talking about? I don't. What do you mean? What's up with the hair? I'm gonna need you to clarify.

[Kid Fury]

You had lady of Rage Afro puffs two days ago. What's up with what? Hair, Right. What are you doing again? I'm assuming it's just niggas have not seen dreads turn into an Afro. Especially like, nice meaty dress, you know,

[Crystal]

they have not seen it for a while.

[Kid Fury]

Yeah, but then again, like a cane crystal, like you just said, rather than text my homie, who has a podcast that's gonna tell people I said this, right? I would have asked Grok or something since that's. Y' all like, Grok, what's up with the hair? You know, Ms. Musk is half dead about that. That Grok shit she's plucked.

[Crystal]

Is she?

[Kid Fury]

Because it's. It's late. Nobody wants OpenAI and all the other girls. Oh, yeah, Amazon's or Google or whoever, all they're.

[Crystal]

I mean, they're everywhere. Everybody got an AI.

[Kid Fury]

Yeah, they're the big girls. Grok is like the Jocelyn's cabaret of the.

[Crystal]

Why would I go on Twitter to ask Twitter's AI about any fucking anything?

[Kid Fury]

Don't ask anybody's AI about a fuck name.

[Crystal]

That is so. Okay. So. All right.

[Kid Fury]

Yeah. A lot of people were confused by the hair and alleging that it was a wig and so many things. Let's talk about. Let's talk about the possibility of being a wig, right?

[Crystal]

Y' all said it was a wig when it was the lie. I don't want to hear this. Y' all keep doing this with this, man. What? No, I legit don't get it. Like, if it's Internet jokes to be like, ah, Jay Z and his wig, that's one thing. But if y' all are really going back and forth debating this, I have to wonder what the fuck is wrong with you. We have seen his hair gradually grow over the years. We saw how long they got. It is very possible to comb out locks. You can search it on Google or YouTube and see countless people who have done it. And that is. And you are gonna lose some hair. That is what I would expect his fro to look like if he combed out his. Like what? Why don't y' all believe it? That's the question. The question isn't why do I believe it? The question is why don't y'? All?

[Kid Fury]

I was also. It's. They trimmed it, of course, because it's been much longer than this.

[Crystal]

I mean, you're gonna put some anyway. Yes, because we're combing it out and it's locked up like you're gonna lose some hair in that process. What?

[Kid Fury]

It took them.

[Crystal]

All right, all right.

[Kid Fury]

Four.

[Crystal]

Four days.

[Kid Fury]

Days.

[Crystal]

Four days. And that's actually not that long of a time considered like some people, you know, going at it by themselves without professional help. And they have smaller locks, you know, it could take a month. These were pretty big. Kind of free formish looking. I don't want to say exactly what he did, but it's just not beyond understanding or the realm of possibility that that is what Jay Z's hair would look like. I don't know why you niggas are being so weird about. I guess because it's him. But this is just.

[Kid Fury]

Yeah, it's because it's him.

[Crystal]

I cannot believe y' all are dissecting this man's hair like this, but I should believe it because y' all did this exact same shit to Blue. And so it tracks. It tracks. It does indeed.

[Kid Fury]

Also, you go talk to your mother fucking Collins, Collins Avenue Strolling bike week. Fuck nigga ass bitch friends who fly to Turkey. You talk to your mother fucking ho ass fuck boy homeboys who go over to Washington Heights and have one of the cousins install a unit and fade it out. Like we can't tell. Since we're talking about wiggies. Since we're talking about wiggies, y'.

[Crystal]

All. Mac is. Jay Z is 58 years old and still got a hairline you could go buy. You could go right over to sacred.com right now and get yourself the exact same products that that man has been using. If you're jealous, Temple Oud. And the Temple Oud is in all of them.

[Kid Fury]

Thank you, bitch. Yeah, I think it is because Jay Z. Jay Z is incredibly iconic and powerful.

[Crystal]

Yeah.

[Kid Fury]

And is like a hip. Like a hip hop goat or whatever. You reach a certain height. I mean, Drake is. Is similar. When you reach a certain height and you're celebrated.

[Crystal]

Right.

[Kid Fury]

For a certain amount of time, a lengthy amount of time, many people just can't wait to see you trip and bust your ass and fall. So yeah, that's true reasons Drake. People like Drake make it easier, right?

[Crystal]

Because this is just so stupid. Like, criticize him over something real. This hair debate. Like, this is the dumbest possible thing y' all could focus on when it comes to Jay Z. The hair is an ad for sacred. What is what?

[Kid Fury]

Right.

[Crystal]

You know how many people went and bought that detangling spray, bitch?

[Kid Fury]

Beyonce said, okay, since you popping out, going to Yankee Stadium, you're getting ready to drop another album, and I have to push this Act 3 back. You're going to get out in the field and promote this brand, baby.

[Crystal]

You will. Blue said, yeah, gonna put the. Gonna put the capo because it's gonna get messy. It's gonna get messy, and I will be taking photographs. Father, thank you so much.

[Kid Fury]

I legit was just picturing her, as you said, at standing. He's got like three people in the bowl with him.

[Crystal]

Yeah.

[Kid Fury]

And she's just standing by with her arms crossed, like, overseeing the whole thing.

[Crystal]

So far, so good. Correct. Correct.

[Kid Fury]

I'll be back in 15 minutes to check again.

[Crystal]

Obsessed with.

[Kid Fury]

I love this performance. Jay as a hip hop artist, you know, grew up listening to him and stuff. So where this goes, we'll see. New album. Interested to hear what he has to say because I think Jay is one of the rappers of a certain age who is more interested in rapping about shit around his, you know, he's not. I don't expect him to come out and make, you know, some bop about, I don't know, hellcats.

[Crystal]

What do the young even be talking about? I don't think I know really.

[Kid Fury]

Still. Same stuff. We just don't. They cars, jewelry, all that stuff. We just don't know what they. Which ones, Right. The same shit. Liquor, cars, money, Guns. Guns. Guns. Guns.

[Crystal]

Guns for show. Guns.

[Kid Fury]

Yeah, for sure. Guns. Even the ones who don't like. If you don't have a gun.

[Crystal]

Here you go. You was going to say something crazy. You would. Why say something crazy?

[Kid Fury]

And with the rates. With the rates, like, for what? You don't have to perpetuate it. Yeah, I didn't even. We didn't even really get into the details of what Jay Z said because, I mean, just go listen to it. The. The Ken. The Ken one.

[Crystal]

Yeah. I said, oh, is. Is Onika conscious? She's not gonna like that.

[Kid Fury]

No, she's not. All these.

[Crystal]

I mean, the Kanye stuff. You said Kanye not crazy. Wait till he get around a real nigga. All of a sudden, he straighten up and know how to act. I said, oh,

[Kid Fury]

Forgot about that one.

[Crystal]

Yeah, that was pretty good. I mean, it was pretty funny. I should say.

[Kid Fury]

I mean, y' all must have forgot about summer. Summer Jam, maybe. The children have to open their encyclopedias and read up on something. Yeah. Their screen.

[Crystal]

They have to. The people who were born after, like, 2005, they really have to look up. They really do not. And I'm being generous with that. 2005, it's really. If you. If you don't come the 1900s like the rest of us, then you really don't know. But y' all have to look it

[Kid Fury]

up to the 1900s, because 87, that has nearly nothing to do with me. I came in like, I'm right at the end. So everyone calm down. Everyone calm down. The 1900s.

[Crystal]

You tell those children you were born in 1987, and they're going to ask you if cable TV was around then.

[Kid Fury]

And I'm going to ask them if they would like their vocal cords, because I can flush him out from the fridge.

[Crystal]

Oh, the youth.

[Kid Fury]

The youth. Ray J. After spending, I think, three days in the hospital after getting knocked out at a Adin Ross promoted fight.

[Crystal]

Right, right, right, right.

[Kid Fury]

Remember we talked about that? He apparently says he's got about five to ten more fights left in him. He's already getting ready to book him.

[Crystal]

Oh. Oh, no, wait. That's not what I thought you were gonna say at all. Oh, yeah, brother, you were just hospitalized. How can this big.

[Kid Fury]

Hospitalized? Yeah.

[Crystal]

Is your heart okay?

[Kid Fury]

On August 23rd, he says he'll be stepping back in the ring for an event called the Back to School Brawl. Now I'm gonna stop there. What?

[Crystal]

Why? Oh, no. And he's headlining this fight.

[Kid Fury]

That's how you know.

[Crystal]

They must be paying him in. They are paying him insane money for this.

[Kid Fury]

They have to headlining the card. Moving to £215 to compete for a light heavyweight title. Somebody honestly, somebody should go get him. Yeah, maybe with a jacket.

[Crystal]

You got three months to train again. Is a medical doctor going to clear you to do this? I'm really concerned. I. Hopefully the next time they're actually gonna have a doctor. Okay, maybe I'm being crazy again, but I feel like, honestly, in the state

[Kid Fury]

of California, you probably could just get you a Cheyenne Bryant to just come through and be like, yeah, all right. And then, all right, you're fine.

[Crystal]

Chris Brown to do it. He got.

[Kid Fury]

Of course

[Crystal]

I did see that. He said I had a perfect record. Oh, and I took a l. So now I'm 010. We don't really call never having fought a perfect record, but. All right, you got it. I don't know that you have five to 10 more fights in you. I feel like you got five to 10 more visits with a cardiologist before they say, yes, you can get your black ass back in the ring. But three months from now, when you just spent three days in the hospital. It feels like a bad idea, Raymonte.

[Kid Fury]

Joseph.

[Crystal]

It really does. It really does.

[Kid Fury]

So bad.

[Crystal]

I suggest you don't do this. You gotta get a job. You've got to find a job.

[Kid Fury]

I mean, after the scooty bikes and the invincible glasses, I don't know, man. What about Raycon or Ray Buds? Raycon.

[Crystal]

Oh, all that fakes versions of like AirPods and the right. I think, you know, that shit probably all overheated, melted down, couldn't sell it no more. The unsafe, you know, the Sheen Teemu bullshit that he just rebranded. I don't think those were ever like, quality products that a person could rely on. So I'm not shocked if all those little business have fallen apart. But also, you know, the economy's terrible, rich people be in crazy debt, so that's true too. Yeah. It this princess want her child support. You got to go make some money.

[Kid Fury]

You got that lady tried so many times.

[Crystal]

You got to go take care of them kids.

[Kid Fury]

Well, Boosie was arrested on May 24 in Houston after allegedly smashing a glass hookah over the head of a security guard. Okay, so, okay. According to documents in the charge, a woman allegedly asked to use a restroom at a nightclub and the security guard denied her entry to the club because he said that they were closing. This led to the woman allegedly being upset and hitting the guard and dropping her belongings on the floor. Statement says that when the guard bent down to pick up her items, he was allegedly struck in the head by a hookah bottle.

[Crystal]

Oh, my God.

[Kid Fury]

And allegedly, the person holding the hookah bottle was one Boosie of the badass.

[Crystal]

Why would you do that, Boosie?

[Kid Fury]

Why does he do any of the things he does?

[Crystal]

They.

[Kid Fury]

Okay, security guard has to go to the hospital, get eight staples in his head.

[Crystal]

Oh, my God.

[Kid Fury]

Jesus. Boosie was. He was booked, taken in, released on $85,000 bond and as. And promptly hopped on social media to call the entire thing a money grab. Because of course he did.

[Crystal]

Is it a money. I mean, I also would sue you, so.

[Kid Fury]

Yeah, slow like. Because why Follow what you want, babe.

[Crystal]

Stupid ass be hitting. First of all, when the club is closing. Yeah. They don't let you go meander around. You have to. Especially if you've already exited the club. You're not going back in to do anything, right? The bathroom or anything else. The fact that. Why would you hit the security guard over the head with a hook of anything? Like, why. Why would you do that, Boosie? It don't make. Because the security guard said old girl couldn't go to the club to the bathroom. Is that a reason to commit aggravated assault? Who is still behind bars that you miss? Answer that question. Cause this don't make no goddamn sense. He cannot shies.

[Kid Fury]

Yeah.

[Crystal]

Who is back there that you just like, I got to. I gotta go back. I got. You don't like being free.

[Kid Fury]

My heart hurts.

[Crystal]

I don't. I really don't understand it, but okay. Boosie's a fucking idiot.

[Kid Fury]

It's just like maybe when you're a certain type of person, you have certain certain horrible, violent and or toxic traits embedded in you. It only takes a couple of shots for you to, you know, get back to that place. Because I'm like, okay, obviously you weren't sober, but still, why, right? Would your mind under the influence of anything, say, not only am I gonna hit this person for no reason, I'm gonna strike them with a weapon, with

[Crystal]

a hookah, base, glass. So that means bloods every like eight staples. You're 43 years old, though, so at one point, if. And this is not the first or thousandth time you've been drunk. If you know you do dumb shit when you're drunk, why would you continue to drink?

[Kid Fury]

Hmm?

[Crystal]

Hmm. I mean, at the age of 43, do we not especially not just dumb stuff like, you know, flash people on the highway. You get violent.

[Kid Fury]

Yeah, you do.

[Crystal]

You do things that can send you back to jail. As somebody with a lengthy record, are you not on probation or just got off or like, you stay. Weren't we just talking about him and having a check in with his parole officer and he had to get permission to go somewhere. And I was like, we. I feel like that wasn't that long ago. Like, you always end some shit. So at what point do you say, damn, I gotta change the way I act so that I don't keep getting wrapped up in dumb shit? Like, when does that thought occur to you? At any point?

[Kid Fury]

No.

[Crystal]

No, I guess not. That's why I said, who is back there? You just really miss that prison Mac and cheese. Like, what is it? I don't get it, right? I feel like one day in jail would be enough to set me straight for the rest of my life.

[Kid Fury]

Cause I be joking. Like, ooh, I could do a couple months in County. If I just really. No, it would be the moment that that food comes out. Oh, I gotta get outta here. I gotta get a fruit cup on a piece of white bread. No, it's not gonna scooch out the toilet. Get me out.

[Crystal]

This is what I'm saying. And you have no control over basic shit. When you wake up, when you go to bed, when you can go outside.

[Kid Fury]

Yes.

[Crystal]

That's not up to you. No, that. No, I can't. I don't want five hours in jail, much less five days or weeks or months.

[Kid Fury]

Are you not even just outside your cell block?

[Crystal]

Right.

[Kid Fury]

Outside your cell.

[Crystal]

Outside your cell. Right. No privacy. Anything you need to do on the toilet, anybody can see, like, okay, all right.

[Kid Fury]

It just doesn't sound like a blast.

[Crystal]

It just. You know, to me, somebody who's been free all of her life, it doesn't sound fun.

[Kid Fury]

Yeah.

[Crystal]

But, you know, maybe for Boosie is different because you too old to still be like, oh, I got drunk. I did something dumb. You've been getting drunk and doing something dumb for 20 years. When are you going to grow up?

[Kid Fury]

I mean, he also. He also loves to eat childish things like Rice Krispies. Treat stuff. Chicken. Hot thighs. And.

[Crystal]

Okay. Doritos. Stuffed chicken thigh.

[Kid Fury]

Yeah, yeah, absolutely.

[Crystal]

Dorito dust on the Capri. Sun instead of water. Sunny D instead of eggs.

[Kid Fury]

Yes.

[Crystal]

Yeah. So. But okay, I mean, enjoy jail girl, because it looks like you're going right back.

[Kid Fury]

Happy pride.

[Crystal]

What if that gets upgraded to attempted murder? Then you're doing real time.

[Kid Fury]

Okay.

[Crystal]

Eight stitches in the head. Okay. Staples. And even if you don't get real jail time, you coming up off of some real money. That civil suit's gonna be something terrible. Dumbass, man. You don't like money or freedom? Okay, well, don't worry. The people will take both from you.

[Kid Fury]

And you're completely right. It's like, okay, I know when I do this, bad things happen. Let me not. Like, the first time I took a Percocet, I was like, well, I almost went to jail tonight.

[Crystal]

Yep.

[Kid Fury]

No more from ethe me.

[Crystal]

When I tried coke, I said, I won't be doing this again. No, thanks. This was a one and done for me, girly pops. I will not be doing cocaina again.

[Kid Fury]

The cop looked me up. He said, you know what? You don't have a record. I'mma let you go this one time. That was enough.

[Crystal]

That's all you need. So I really don't get why it's not clicking for Boosie. Like, but, you know, that's for him and his therapist to figure out, remember

[Kid Fury]

when he was about to get out or when he was locked up and everybody was like, watch, when he comes home, he's gonna like, take over rap again. Remember that? He was waiting for him to come out to make music.

[Crystal]

I mean, unfortunately, Boosie was gone too long for that to be. I mean, not that he ever though, as. As much as I have been a fan of some Boosie songs, we don't have to sit here and act like he was ever the king of rap. Okay? That's just what we don't have. This is.

[Kid Fury]

This is kind of like regional icon.

[Crystal]

Right, Right, exactly.

[Kid Fury]

So just kind of like when what?

[Crystal]

Well, I was thinking. I was about to say Fetty Wap, but that's not the rapper. I was thinking of the one who had that one hit song and then he got caught up for talking about killing niggas on the record. And I guess he actually had killed the niggas. Bobby Shmurda. Oh, niggas was like, when Bobby Schmurda get out. Blah, blah, blah. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, girl. No, you had your moment, your time. It was great. We'll never forget it. However, those heights that you were at before probably, you know, it's just not a good idea to go get locked up when you're in the middle of a generational once in a lifetime opportunity. And I think that time has passed for both of these niggas.

[Kid Fury]

The Bobby Schreider thing, I enjoy his music too. That one felt a little premature. Like, Boosie has been around for.

[Crystal]

Right. It was like he went off early.

[Kid Fury]

I'm still kind of getting to know what's going to happen here, period.

[Crystal]

Right?

[Kid Fury]

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[Crystal]

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[Kid Fury]

it is time now to listen to your letters.

[Crystal]

Yes it is. Send your Questions to AskTheRead Gmail.com we may read them aloud on the show. Oh man, where to begin this. Oh you know what? We have a nice short one here. Have you, have you played or seen the State of Play? Do you know what that is?

[Kid Fury]

Yes.

[Crystal]

Okay. Yes. So CF said I wanted to ask Kid Fury his thoughts on the State of Play on Tuesday. I thought it was decent overall, but Wolverine got me incredibly hyped. Also voice acting and mad TV queen Deborah Wilson is playing Callisto in the game and the God of War spinoff with his wife looks like it's gonna eat. Would love to hear your thoughts. Thanks.

[Kid Fury]

Oh my gosh. Thank you for asking. I love talking about video games. Yes, I too was checked for the Wolverine footage mostly. That's kind of the only thing that was confirmed that they would show us. Overall, the whole show was better than I expected it to. I don't put too much, too many eggs into these gameplay or game showcases anymore. I'm just happy that I got the third Kingdom Hearts and I can just put my put that to bed. They announced four years ago they ain't got nothing to do with me. They won't break my heart again. I got the third one. I'm fine. Yeah, Wolverine looks amazing. I was thrilled when I saw Deborah Wilson in it. She's actually been in a lot of video games recently, so getting to play an X Men game. Well, yeah. Wolverine game with her in it. Awesome. If you haven't seen it, I won't say anything. If you have not seen the trailer and you are interested in playing the Wolverine game or I just go look at the trailer. It's pretty long. The God of War spinoff. I'd heard rumors of It. I didn't expect it to be real. It looks amazing. What's the girl's name? Deborah Ann Wool from True Blood, from Daredevil. She's playing the lead character. I think Jack Quaid or something is in it. It looks awesome. Santa Monica does great work. Can't wait to play it. Tomb Raider, New Tomb Raider. Can't wait for that as well. Lara Croft, the original doll baby. And honestly, I kind of missed the rest of the showcase. I wasn't paying attention. I was writing. But thanks for asking. It looks awesome. Can't wait to play them.

[Crystal]

All right. Yes. Video games and controllers and buttons as well.

[Kid Fury]

They didn't show anything, Bluey. But. Oh well, there is a new blue game on Switch. A new one. Blue in the pen of some. Some pen. I don't know.

[Crystal]

Excuse the fuck out of me.

[Kid Fury]

Yeah, it came out like two weeks ago. A week ago. Bluey and the magic pen. Pen. Pen of the gold pen. Yeah, I guess that's it.

[Crystal]

Okay. Oh, the hand drawn worlds that they do. Okay. Anyway, yeah, I just got excited. Let me focus, get back to my job.

[Kid Fury]

Games and buttons.

[Crystal]

All right. Bonita, Last week I said we was gonna do your letter and then I changed my mind. So let's do it now. Bonita says hi. Chrislyn Kiffury. I'm 38 and living in a four bedroom house with my husband and two preteens. We bought a four bedroom house so that we can have an office slash guest room for when family comes to visit. In January 2024, my older sister had to sell her house due to some financial issues. She also had her daughter with her who was 23 at the time. I love my sister, but she definitely has undiagnosed adhd, talks a whole lot and has weird habits. My niece on the other hand, was fantastic. I was able to help her get her first apartment. After about a year, my sister finally sold her house, got the money and moved out. However, my 30 year old nephew, who is my sister's son, contacted me around that same time asking if he could stay with me while he looked for work and to basically restart life for him and his family. I told him my spare room is always open for him. And in April 2025 he came to stay with us. He found a job at his sister's employer, but through no fault of his own. I have been extremely annoyed by his presence since he got here. My nephew has sleep apnea, so he snores a lot and very loudly. When he first moved here, his mom was just moving Out. So he had to sleep in my leather recliner downstairs for a couple of weeks. And I noticed that it immediately started to sag under his size. When my mom left that. When my mom left, that bed became available, but due to his sleep apnea, he would sleep sitting up on our pullout couch instead of the bed. That pull out couch is now also sagging and is basically destroyed to the point that he might as well take it with him whenever he moves out. There are other small things he does to annoy me, like drinking the kids juice and using my laundry detergent. Considering that he's 30 years old and has a job, I figured he would just buy his own stuff. He did find an income restricted place to live and he's been on the waiting list for about eight months. He claims his wife and daughter are supposed to come and live with him in November and already told him that they cannot live here. Since he got on the list for this place, he has stopped looking for other housing options. I feel like my patience and tolerance for having people in my house has definitely waned. Not because of who they are, but because it's going on. Two years of just having somebody living in my. In my guest room, which was supposed to be my office. My question is, am I the. For wanting to kick my nephew out even earlier? There's no telling when he's gonna get off of this waiting list. Thanks, Benita.

[Kid Fury]

Benita.

[Crystal]

Child. It's a hard one.

[Kid Fury]

It is a hard one.

[Crystal]

My. The way my senses sensibilities are set up, I do not want nobody in my home, much less four years. I don't. So I'm empathizing with you. Cause what are you supposed to do that's family.

[Kid Fury]

And it's like little things that's already getting on your nerves. Drinking the children's juice, using laundry detergent. Well, I'll be happy the niggas using laundry, you know, washing clothes, I guess.

[Crystal]

Yeah. But you know, that's also a grown man with a job. So if he was replacing the kids juice and the detergent, you wouldn't even know he was using them. So it's like he's also inconsiderate in that way.

[Kid Fury]

Yes. Yeah, I. And I. And I'd add irresponsible just in from the thought of you staying at somebody else's house, you know, inconveniencing them, destroying a couch with your weight or whatever. She said.

[Crystal]

Yeah, like you just.

[Kid Fury]

And yeah, I would. Oh, and then like being on a waiting list for a place and being like we Good, huh? You're not. You don't have a place to live, and that place is no problem.

[Crystal]

Right, Right. That could take. Cause like, in New York City, if you on the NYCHA waiting list or whatever, that could be years, baby. Like, so. No, mama, let's research and how you plan.

[Kid Fury]

Okay. So you have a wife and you have a kid. Do they know that you don't have a place and that, like, so you're. They're planning to come out here and live with you. You say it in November. You don't have a place to live, so you don't have a place for

[Crystal]

them to live because Bonita said they not coming in this house. So do you think you're going to move your family into my home? Like what I'm imagining that the wife, you know, they still have a lease in whatever other place.

[Kid Fury]

Yeah.

[Crystal]

And so that lease will be up, I'm imagining, in October or November. So it's like, okay, y' all gonna come out here, but hopefully off the waiting list by November. What if you not right?

[Kid Fury]

What if you're not right?

[Crystal]

Yeah.

[Kid Fury]

You know, I love a good old black and white, you know, paper trail, a little documentation.

[Crystal]

Yes.

[Kid Fury]

I love a good physical representation of a plan.

[Crystal]

Absolutely.

[Kid Fury]

And so I would sit down with him and I would slide across the table a graph.

[Crystal]

Okay, all right.

[Kid Fury]

No, I would sit down with him and say, we. We need to make a plan for you to get the fuck out of here. I wouldn't word it like that, but you get the idea. We would come up with a plan. Plan together. Probably lead. Definitely leading with how that is beneficial for him and his family. Your wife and kids supposed to be out here in like, less than six months. You have to. You in here drinking my kids juice, sleeping on the couch. So you need to come up with a plan for them so you don't have them in some sort of dire or unexpected situation when they get here. Now I'm happy to help you plan that because I want you to leave. So let's start. Let's start jotting shit down and coming up with a plan for you to get up out of here. That's where I would start, is literally sitting him down. Pen and paper. Here's what we're going to do. Here are some milestones we'd like to reach. Like, go through all of it and hang that bitch up somewhere. Give him an extra copy. Like, I am dead serious about this. We're going to check in periodically because you are family and I want the best for you especially, because you have a family of your own. But I also want the best for me, and that's you getting the fuck out. That's where I would start, yes.

[Crystal]

Because after two years, you done had three different niggas living in your house. It makes sense that you're over it. I. I don't think you're an asshole for these feelings. It's just all about how you approach this situation. I think if Fury gave you some great advice, but also, like, I know you're his auntie, but, you know, remember that you're only eight years older than him. You 38. He 30, so. Right. This might really be more of like a big sister, little brother type dynamic. I'm not entirely sure. But, like, you, you know, 30 is still. Still grown. And I. I would not be in a rush to kick nobody out because the economy'. I know how bad things are for everybody. But he's also not making things. Like, there's nothing he can do about, you know, if you are tall or heavy or whatever, you. You done ruin the couch. That kind of is what it is. But you could be buying juice. You could be paying for your own groceries. You could be replacing my Tide or whatever. Like, yeah, why I come in here to pack my kids lunches. And ain't no more Juicy Juice and ain't no more Gummy Bears and ain't no more lunch meat because you done ate like, you. You can replace that shit. Nigga, where the Cheetos?

[Kid Fury]

How dare you leave a swallow in this Welch's white grape juice.

[Crystal]

Yeah. Yeah, that. That is what would make me want to put you out. So in addition to the paperwork, I would say, you know, maybe nobody has ever taught you how to be a houseguest. I don't want you to feel like you have to tiptoe around here. Like, I want you to be comfortable, make yourself at home. But you are an adult, and so you are expected to contribute to this household. Okay, like, this is. We all.

[Kid Fury]

All these.

[Crystal]

All the adults here work, baby. We all work. So, you know, help. Ain't he help you basically not leave out the part about get out my fucking house.

[Kid Fury]

Yeah. You gotta paraphrase. Paraphrase all this. You do you know what I mean?

[Crystal]

Yeah. But the feelings are completely understandable. After two days, after two nights, I want you out my home.

[Kid Fury]

So this girl.

[Crystal]

So y'. All. Yeah, the. The patience here is. Is to be commended. But best of luck to you, bonita. Our next letter comes from Ariel. This one is a doozy. And Ariel says I've been with my boyfriend for four years. We live together and have been through a multitude of trials and tribulations ranging from life threatening health conditions to financial uncertainty and everything in between, but we've always found our way through it all. We have a very loving relationship and we've always been super respectful to one another and I think this is the healthiest space I've ever been in. I'm 33 and I want to have kids one day and we've been talking a lot about marriage in the future. I've expressed this a lot and he seems to understand and also be aligned with me because obviously if we're gonna do this together, then our window is getting shorter with each passing year. He said multiple times that he wants the same thing and is getting ready for us to transition into that next chapter. However, one of the biggest issues in our relationship has been my ongoing struggle with mental health. It's affected our dynamic a lot and it's been very hard to manage at times. In February I was diagnosed with OCD and it felt like the breakthrough I've been waiting for my whole life. I started receiving ERP therapy and most recently started on an ssri. It's hard to explain to people who have never been on this journey how a medication can change your life, but it's really like waking up with a new set of eyes to see the world. It sounds dramatic, but for those who have finally gotten the treatment they needed, I know they can understand where I'm coming from. We recently went on a two week vacation to Italy. I've been more present than ever and without the crippling anxiety of my thoughts. It's like I'm experiencing the world for the first time and it's been incredible. But five days into our vacation the mood started to shift and I noticed my boyfriend being really quiet and standoffish. I tried not to let it freak me out because I know that I can get into a space where I hit folks with a barrage of questions when I feel uncomfortable. At one point he didn't even want to hold my hand, which was definitely strange and out of the ordinary. I asked him what was happening and he says he cannot live a life where he has to respond to the same question over and over because I don't trust him. I started panicking because I know what he means because I tend to ask questions over and over. It's a compulsion and it doesn't mean that I don't trust him, but I am working on it. He said he's not sure that I'll ever get better. And I tried to explain that I've only been on my meds for three weeks and I need some time, but I'll definitely improve. But the conversation continued to devolve and we ended up in a full blown argument because I can't reassure him that I'll get better in the ways he wants. He told me that he had an engagement ring for me in his backpack, but he's not going to give it to me.

[Kid Fury]

Are they still in Italy?

[Crystal]

I felt like the earth was opening up and swallowing me. I literally had no clue about that ring. But this is something I've been yearning for for years. He then told me that he wants us to separate. And in the next 15 minutes, he had already booked a flight back to the United States. He left in the middle of the night with me still in Italy. I'm so heartbroken. My neighbors told me that he's moving out of our home and I just can't wrap my head around it. After all these years, I finally start getting better and this is when he decides to leave me. What do I do? I don't want this relationship to end. Thanks for your help. Ariel.

[Kid Fury]

Ariel. I think it's ended. It sounds done, sister.

[Crystal]

He left you in Europe. That is.

[Kid Fury]

For what I mean.

[Crystal]

Okay, you want to break up? Why would you need to leave right now? Like, why would you need to.

[Kid Fury]

The 15 minutes later you booked a flight, baby. And just left in the middle of night and left me in Europe.

[Crystal]

OCD aside. That is fucking crazy. Like, you could have had. Both of you could have perfect mental health. That is an absurd thing to do with to somebody you have been in a committed relationship with for years. I can't fathom just leaving somebody like that out of nowhere. Like. And he went right back home and just started moving shit out. The neighbors texting her like, yeah, girl, he got a U haul out front. Like, what? Okay, I know you don't want it to end, but I think you should want it to end. Yes, I think you should. Because what kind of man would just leave you overseas by your fucking self after an argument? Like, okay, if you want to break up, like, okay, you having feelings, but why would you just in the middle of the night like that, Just wheel your bag right on out the hotel and go to the airport. Like, I. That is. I can't. I'm really having trouble wrapping my mind around that.

[Kid Fury]

What the hell is insane.

[Crystal]

Yeah. So what do you do when you get back to the States?

[Kid Fury]

You Immediately get the session on the book. You immediately talk to.

[Crystal]

Oh, yes, yes.

[Kid Fury]

Like, you immediately go and talk to the lady. Because I'm certain, first of all, that's where, you know, the licensed professional help and stuff is for sure.

[Crystal]

For sure.

[Kid Fury]

But also, I feel like they will tell you, wow, does this not have anything to do with you? And. Mm. Isn't that person awful? Like, I, I. Because like Crystal said, mental health aside, OCD aside, that is just genuinely a despicable thing to do to someone. Especially someone that, you know, has a compulsive disorder and who has admitted to you that this is a. I guess you could say a symptom of it or reaction from it. And there's.

[Crystal]

Yeah, I had to look it up. Mm.

[Kid Fury]

Like. And you're like, nah, it gives me that. It sounds. He was using that as an excuse. It feels like he had his. Had a foot out the door for a while and just decided to be a pussy. And also, man, just on impulse, be like,

[Crystal]

yeah, it's almost like he was waiting for one more argument, one more little thing, one more time for you to get on his nerves. One more something to be like, all right, that's it. Like, why would you even. Why would you tell me in the middle of an argument that you brought an engagement ring to Italy, but you not gonna give it to me and then be like, I wanna break up. When we've been having conversations about marriage and kids and, you know that I finally got diagnosed with ocd. You know, I just started my meds. And so, like I said, I did have to look it up. Cause I only know the basics about ocd. And apparently demanding reassurance is one of the symptoms or it can be of the compulsion. So I'm sure that, you know, y' all have been together for four years. Your boyfriend has probably dealt with a lot of undesirable stuff in that regard. The same way you probably also have. Like you said, y' all have been through trials and up and down and through all kinds of bullshit together. It may be that he's tired of providing reassurance, which happens because providing the reassurance is never enough. If it was, you wouldn't keep asking for it, Right? So I get being tired of it. Fed up at your limit, however, how fucking ever. That is not an excuse to leave your significant other in another country spur of the moment because you don't want to have to answer no more questions or. Or bids for reassurance. Like, at the very least, we can have this argument. You Know, maybe things. Maybe we don't solve it tonight, but we're gonna go to bed and approach it again in the morning after we've all had some sleep and some water, like, right this. I. I agree with Kid Fury. It sounds like he had one foot out the door and just didn't know how to break up with you and so pick the worst possible way to do it. I would be interested in knowing what his diagnoses are, because.

[Kid Fury]

Thank you.

[Crystal]

Who does this?

[Kid Fury]

Who does that?

[Crystal]

Yikes. Yeah. Call that. Yeah.

[Kid Fury]

Worst case scenario, we're gonna have a very long and very quiet flight back home.

[Crystal]

Right? Right. Right.

[Kid Fury]

It's gonna be an awkward half a day. Bitch. Or whatever, because we sit right next to each other. Yeah. But I'm not gonna leave you in another continent.

[Crystal]

Right, Right.

[Kid Fury]

Cause I'm in.

[Crystal]

My partner of four years. Yeah, right.

[Kid Fury]

Four years. You know how passionate I am about us taking the next step and having a family, and you gonna cut it off because of a symptom of my ocd and then also be like, well, I was gonna propose in this romantic ass, asking me too many questions, so never mind. That's evil. Like, that is a. A diabolical thing to do to somebody.

[Crystal]

That is a man who does not want to work it out with you. And I really hate to say that, because I know you care deeply for him, and it. It probably feels extra shitty. Like, why would you leave? As soon as I started getting help?

[Kid Fury]

Like, disgusting.

[Crystal]

As soon as I start feeling better, I start, you know, because I know even with adhd, the difference between me on meds and me off of meds, that bitch who's on her ADHD meds is the ideal me. That is amazing. She can focus. She gets shit done. She's efficient. Like, I. I love that girl. But so, yes, I, I. When you said, you know, once you're on medication, it feels like a whole new world, I got that immediately. So it can really feel like, wow, I finally am getting, you know, starting the process of really getting my shit together. And now is when you leave. That is hurtful. That's painful. But people are allowed to break up with us. It's the way that he chose to break up with you that is so shitty here.

[Kid Fury]

Exactly.

[Crystal]

And that is what. That is why I said, I don't even feel like you should be trying to save this relationship. Please let that man go. Please let that man go. If he'll disrespect you like this and. And. And pour salt in the wound by being like, oh, I was gonna propose, but never mind. You weird. And then leave you in Italy. Girl, please let that man go. He has to get out your life. I'm so sorry, but that is garbage behavior.

[Kid Fury]

My family would have took a Cutlass to his front door.

[Crystal]

Like, I'm calling my daddy and my cousins and them and they going over to the house, first of all, to make sure you don't take none of my shit. And secondly, to beat your ass. How you just gonna leave my daughter, cousin, sister, whatever, in a fucking. A whole nother goddamn country? Cause we had same child. Ain't no way. While you over there, pull up your email and email or text your mental health provider and be like, SOS, bitch. So sorry, we have to talk asap, because this is insane. But stay on your meds. Do your best to still take care of yourself. But, yeah, I see why it feels like the earth is opening up and swallowing you, because this came out of nowhere. Like, how. Okay, all right.

[Kid Fury]

I think a big part of the reason why you want the relationship or whatever you still dialed in is it doesn't. I would say it doesn't have as much to do with this nigga, as much as it does the potential that you saw in having this thing that you want and you feeling the, like, biological countdown of, I want baby, I want baby. So I feel like you're probably speaking for you here, but I feel like you. You're probably more heartbroken over what you feel like that could have been losing that person in general. Because coming up for air, you have to recognize that that person does not belong in your life at all. And sometimes when we acknowledge our mental health and make steps towards changing it and adjusting, it just shakes the shit out of people. Maybe it's like, oh, shit, I know. Or been knowing I needed to address my mental health and probably take meds, too, but I don't want to, or I'm not comfortable with it or whatever. And doing all this work and talking about it just triggers me and makes me feel uncomfortable. And so I want to get out here, but I'm going to be a bitch and just not say, like, how I feel. And sometimes it. You know, it. The stigma of it sometimes just warps the way that people look at you. You just have to kind of get. You have to acknowledge that some people are incapable of properly handling or respecting our. Our health and our, like, journey to treatment, recovery, things of that nature. You don't need anybody around you, especially now that you're learning more and doing more and trying more. You need people around you who are going to be ears open, you know, mouth shut often like. And heart in the right place. That was some of the most selfish, backwards, ridiculous, disgusting thing like. Like we keep saying. Even if you break up with me for whatever reason. Yes, you have the right to do that.

[Crystal]

Yeah.

[Kid Fury]

You could have sat your ass on this motherfucking flight. Even if we don't wake up the next day, you know what I mean? And go get some breakfast and talk it over and smooth it over. You could have sat your ass on this plane and shut the fuck up. Leaving me in another country in the middle of the night.

[Crystal]

It's so disrespectful. You don't give a shit about me or what happens to me. Baby, you can't be that mad. Like, you cannot be that mad at me.

[Kid Fury]

Bro.

[Crystal]

I get it was annoying, but God damn, you left the continent.

[Kid Fury]

No way you're going to that Chris Brown tour. I can tell you,

[Crystal]

Ariel, I'm wishing you the best in. In managing this, but I think once you get past the heartache, you are going to be better off.

[Kid Fury]

Yeah.

[Crystal]

Especially since you're going in the right direction now. Sometimes you start moving in the right direction and the people who not meant to come with you just start falling away.

[Kid Fury]

They just don't.

[Crystal]

That could be. That could be it as well. But yeah, you're going to have to allow your yourself the space and time to grieve. But please do not contact this man or say anything about trying to get him back because I. Baby, you have been disrespected in a fundamental way that is inexcusable as far as I'm concerned.

[Kid Fury]

Inexcusable.

[Crystal]

But good luck to you. Yes, I'm sorry. It does suck. Okay. Our last letter comes from Fiona, who says. Dear Chris Link, if you. I'm a longtime listener and I really need your advice. My fiance and I have been together for four years. Oh. And he has always been into watching and thinking about me sleeping with other men.

[Kid Fury]

Okay.

[Crystal]

When we first got together, I hooked up with one of my old flings and he let me record it so that my partner could watch. Since then, this fantasy of me being with other men has taken over our sex life. Anytime we talk dirty in bed or send spicy messages, it's always about that. He always asks me to tell him the stories about my previous partners. And when I ran out of real stories, I started thinking up fake ones with various different scenarios. The problem is that this does not turn me on and I don't really like talking about sex that I've had with other partners because I would rather leave all them niggas in the past work. I'm not one to kink shame, so I play into the fantasy for him. But it's come to the point where it seems like this is the only thing that turns him on, and he always finds a way to work it into conversations. I'm not the best at dirty talk, and when we're intimate, he puts me on the spot and asks me to tell him a story about me and someone else. Then he gets upset when I can't come up with anything. It's gotten to the point where now I'm getting turned off. I suggested we incorporate talking about the two of us to get in the mood, but he got frustrated and said, I just won't bring up my fantasy anymore, which we both know is a lie. I don't know what to do about this situation. I did have a therapist, but the copay with my new job is too expensive right now, especially since we're saving for the wedding. I feel like I don't have anyone to talk to about this. Please help. Thanks, Fiona.

[Kid Fury]

Wow.

[Crystal]

Well,

[Kid Fury]

forgot y' all was engaged till you said the one, right?

[Crystal]

Right?

[Kid Fury]

Yeah. I will say this right. I. I don't even think that the fantasy or kink here is a wild one, full stop. I. It sounds like he's taking it to wild places. Two things I don't think it is kink shaming to tell someone who you are exploring the kink with that you don't want to do it.

[Crystal]

Nope.

[Kid Fury]

If you're not turned on by the the king partake, partaking in it, and you're now turned off by it, that's something to communicate because there's nothing wrong with it. You know what I'm saying? If. Yeah, if he liked your toes and you just didn't see anything, you can completely be like, this doesn't do for me. And in fact, it makes me uncomfortable. It is a popular game, but I don't think that you're shaming this person by saying, I don't want to go there with my sexuality. I get it. It's cool. We've even had some fun there. But, oh, God, once it gets to the point where now we can't have good sex or finish. Are we arguing mid sex because the fantasy isn't there, or I'm not like, I'm coming up. I'm making fake niggas up and fake sexual experiences up for you. Okay. I'm not A freestyle writer. What do you. I'm not a slam poet. What do you fucking want? And I don't want to do this no more.

[Crystal]

Right.

[Kid Fury]

So here's. This is one of those things where it does get more complicated than, you know, who wants to watch what Bravo or Sports center or stars or whatever. Sex is a big one. Sexual satisfaction in a relationship is a big one. So that is something I would think you're probably going to have to sit down and, like, have a serious conversation with to start.

[Crystal]

Mm.

[Kid Fury]

And then from there, if you need to talk to someone together, maybe a couple's therapist, there's also sex therapists or people who handle, you know, that specifically.

[Crystal]

Sure are.

[Kid Fury]

Who you can talk to, probably separately, maybe together. I'm sure you could do both to kind of get down to the root of these different kinks or lack thereof and how to address it. Because I can't imagine that every relationship like this where someone has one thing they really like to do in bed, the other one doesn't. I'm sure that those aren't a huge red flag and, you know, sign of the end of the relationship. But you continuing to do this or take part in this fantasy of his that you don't like is going. Will lead to relation to resentment arguments, which it sound like y' all already have. And it does put a sourness on it to the point where, okay, now I don't want to fuck this man at all. Now I'm outside. I mean, I guess it's okay for you to be outside, but I don't know.

[Crystal]

He would love for you to be outside.

[Kid Fury]

Yeah, that's what he sounds like he's looking for. But it will ultimately put a strain on your relationship in and out of the bedroom.

[Crystal]

Right.

[Kid Fury]

So I think for that reason alone, I would sit down and be like, listen, I'm not even judging you for it fully. I'm judging how far we're taking. Yeah, Like you're getting mad at me while you're inside me because I can't think of something else to make up in this Malik story.

[Crystal]

Right.

[Kid Fury]

He's not real. This didn't happen. Can you just finish?

[Crystal]

Oh, God.

[Kid Fury]

You know what I mean?

[Crystal]

Now it's not just, hurry up, do your business. Yuck.

[Kid Fury]

I get you feel like you don't have anyone else to talk to about this, but I feel like you can talk to a professional about it maybe.

[Crystal]

Well, they're saving money for the wedding.

[Kid Fury]

All right?

[Crystal]

And so that's why I'm like, I. I would say first of all, do not marry this man until y' all have this figured out, please.

[Kid Fury]

Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah, for sure.

[Crystal]

Yeah. I would stop saving for the wedding and put that towards a therapist so that y' all can decide whether you have a wedding. Because this, like Kefiri said, this is a very common kink. The issue is that y' all seem to be incompatible with it as far as, like, not only does it not turn you on, that would be one hurdle. But he seems to require it.

[Kid Fury]

Yeah.

[Crystal]

For sexual gratification, which, I mean, if he was with somebody who loved doing that, then that would not be a problem at all. But you don't. And it's not like, you know, toes where you could just be like, okay, I don't know why you like feet, but yeah, I'll lay back and let you lick on my big toe. Like, okay, that's, you know, that's your life. That's what you like to do. But this is, you know, this is requiring you to put an effort into write. It's interactive. Right. This is requiring you to put stuff into it. You like, nigga, I'm not even telling the truth. No more. Like, how many partners do you think I have? You think I have enough stories to satisfy you sexually for decades? I don't. Am I supposed to just be regularly out here other men so that you can hide in the closet and watch or I tell you about it in great detail?

[Kid Fury]

Like, can we just read Eric Jerome Dickey?

[Crystal]

So, yes. A. If you can find a couple's counselor who's also certified sex therapist, that would be huge. That might be. That might be a real shot in the dark. But I. It may be that the two of you are just sexually incompatible.

[Kid Fury]

Could be.

[Crystal]

It could be that. Cause if he. Again, there's. There's not necessarily anything wrong with it. It just sounds like he needs it and you don't like it. That's why it's too like, yikes, you got problems on both ends here.

[Kid Fury]

And like you said, there seems to be no break. It's like every time we sext, every time we have sex together, it has to be incorporated somewhere.

[Crystal]

Yeah. It's coming up in non sexual conversations. Like, bro, I'm. I'm literally asking you about orange juice. Why is the orange juice $2 higher than it was last week? And you like, $2 worth of digging your ass or whatever? Like, whoa, whoa, whoa. Like, every time. Every time. Does he know that you're making shit up to try to satisfy him? He might not.

[Kid Fury]

Ooh, I wonder.

[Crystal]

He might not know that you're probably coming up with fan fiction, right, to try to satisfy him. So, I mean, I would. If a therapist is really just not in the cards, I would try to, you know, sit down and have a real conversation outside of a sexual context if he's capable of not being in a sexual mind and just be like, you know, I feel like, you know, the. What's it called, the cuck stuff.

[Kid Fury]

Like, yeah, it's.

[Crystal]

It's fun or whatever. Like, it was cutesy, but is. It's feeling, like, too much for me. Like, it doesn't turn me on.

[Kid Fury]

Right.

[Crystal]

Not. It's too much for me, but I don't enjoy it. So what can we come up with here? Like, is there a middle ground we can come to where, like, I, I, somebody else once a month and tell you about it and you get your rocks off that way? Or, like, is there a compromise that we can come to? But you need to be honest with him about the fact that you don't like it. You've been doing it even though you don't want to. Yeah, I think it's time to. It's time to cut that out. It's time. It's time to cut that out. The fact that, like. Okay, never mind. Because I don't want to judge, but, yeah, start there. And definitely, 100%, no matter what you do, do not marry this man until y' all have this figured out.

[Kid Fury]

1,000%. Couldn't agree.

[Crystal]

Yes. Best of luck, Fiona. I hope y' all are able to come to a healthy middle ground. But if not, hey, billions of niggas in this world, all right? That's all.

[Kid Fury]

That wifey shit is dead. Put this shit to bed.

[Crystal]

It's summer, baby.

[Kid Fury]

It's summer. It's the hottest of all.

[Crystal]

Ah, you want a stiff or one with some motion? Anyways, that is going to wrap up the letters this week. If you have a question for us, send us an email. Asktheread gmail.com. we'll be right back.

[Kid Fury]

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[Crystal]

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[Kid Fury]

and we're back folks. It's time now for the read. I'll begin because mine is very, very short.

[Crystal]

Same

[Kid Fury]

Summer Games Fest is this Friday in Los Angeles. I've always wanted to go. Crystal, just so you know, Summer Games Fest is similar to the State of Play thing that Letterperson was doing.

[Crystal]

Because, you know, I don't know.

[Kid Fury]

So it's just, it's a big live event. State of Play wasn't like State of play for PlayStation, Nintendo Direct. They usually just do like pre recorded like trailers and announcements and stuff. Summer Games Fest is like a live show where this guy Jeff Kiwi comes out. It's like a. It's like the big gaming showcase that takes place every summer where they announce new things, they show what's coming up, they show trailers, demos coming out, all of that. I've always wanted to go and yeah, it's this Friday in Los Angeles and I was like, oh shit, I should teeth if. If I can go and get like some tickets. So I Google tickets. The first thing that comes up is Step Up. So I went Step up reselling tickets in the mezzanine. 2000 no way dollars plus no way

[Crystal]

in the fucking world.

[Kid Fury]

Matter of fact, the closest seat was in the mezzanine was $5,000.

[Crystal]

Nope. There is no way.

[Kid Fury]

I was like, so is Beyonce in a video game this year? Is she going to be there with her children announcing their fucking. What in the world is she voicing in the new Sonic? Like absolutely not. Is Act 3 a video game? Like what the fuck are you talking about? But then I went to the official Summer Games Fest website. Found my way over to Ticketmaster reselling. Same ticket, same area, $200. So what's the truth?

[Crystal]

What is the truth? What's going on?

[Kid Fury]

How.

[Crystal]

Right? I'm confused.

[Kid Fury]

All that to say the third party ticket reseller things, the third party ticket sites fronts and all of the reselling shit. Wow. I know it's rough out here, but you ain't making it anything any easier. Thousands of dollars to go and sit down and maybe see Grand Theft Auto 6 or something. Are you cool?

[Crystal]

Nope.

[Kid Fury]

It's a video game show. Even me, the video game princess, I looked it up to Gazelle, was like, girl, now when I could stream it at home, right?

[Crystal]

I know times are hard, but you bitches have lost it. There's no way in the world. It's no way.

[Kid Fury]

No way. I was. I had to look it up over and over and over again. And I went to like numerous other places to make sure that I wasn't crazy or this was like a pre party or an after party or something. I don't know what's going on, but I know it's, it's shit like that. It's concerts obviously. It's pretty much any live thing now, especially ones that are like in high demand. The girls go grab the, grab those tickets first in line and then try to sell it back to you for your whole savings. Girl, eat my titties. Eat my titties. Not to mention, I'm like, if I wanted to go there for the first time and likely the last time, even if I had a blast, I want to sit nice and I want to be in a nice little section anyway. But what would you, would you want, Link? Would you want my child and a sample of blood for me to sit down here?

[Crystal]

Yes, actually they would indeed. Plus $2,000. Give me, give me your dog and 2K and your DNA because we will be cloning you. Thank you so much.

[Kid Fury]

I didn't even pay 5,000 like to go and see the queen and sit up front.

[Crystal]

And that's really it. And that's the first and the last of it. You could have said that from the beginning.

[Kid Fury]

Why would I ever.

[Crystal]

If I wouldn't pay it to see Beyonce and Blue Ivy, why in the hell would I pay it to see a video game? Whatever y' all doing, the presentation, whatever it is. Bitch, are you joking? Is. Is Beyonce here?

[Kid Fury]

Right?

[Crystal]

Nah, lost it.

[Kid Fury]

That's really it. The ticket reselling game is. It is wild. It's almost as wild as y' all going down to Target or Walmart or whatever and punching each other in the clavicle to get Pokemon cards and resell them shits for thousands of dollars. Yeah, that's wild. Oh yes, wild.

[Crystal]

I saw the stores are starting to do shit to the packages because people are being crazy about that. Like full on fighting, y' all over over Pokemon cards.

[Kid Fury]

Full on fighting.

[Crystal]

Y' all are not well. Yeah, y' all are not well.

[Kid Fury]

Wild. I'm done.

[Crystal]

Well, I do have a silly one, but I'll save it for after the more serious one, which is the case of 14 year old Cyrus Carmack Belton. If you didn't hear about this in 2023, Cyrus, who was a 14 year old black boy, was killed by a man named Rick Chow. Rick Chow thought that Cyrus was stealing bottles of water out of his convenience store. Cyrus was not. He and his 20 year old son chased Cyrus 130 yards outside of the store and then shot him in the back and killed him. That was in 2023. And this past week a jury found Rick child not guilty in that fatal shooting. And so he will now, I guess, go about his life like he didn't. Gunned down and innocent teenage boy. Yes. And they. So they claim that Cyrus pointed a gun. The man Rick said that Cyrus pointed a gun at his 20 year old son. Nobody else in the store. None of the witnesses say that they saw him point a gun. Cyrus did have a gun on him. It fell out of him, out of his pocket I think when he tripped and fell as he was running away from them. So it all just goes back to the fact that like, I don't think you were really worried about your life or felt like your life or your son's life was in danger if y' all chased this boy 130 yards away from your store and then shot him in the back. Consistent with someone running away. Like. Yeah, you just had every reason to not kill this child and you did it anyway. So yeah, this does that.

[Kid Fury]

He wasn't stealing water.

[Crystal]

And even if he was, if a person is stealing water, water, which maybe y' all don't know, this is a necessary resource. We literally cannot live more than a few days without it.

[Kid Fury]

Yeah.

[Crystal]

You know, this is. This is not Boosie stealing snacks. This is if. If he was stealing water, which he wasn't. I think I would just be impressed that a teenager was voluntarily drinking water.

[Kid Fury]

Thanks.

[Crystal]

Or I would assume he was stealing it so that he could go fix a younger sibling's bottles or some shit. Like, but that's if he was stealing water, which he wasn't. Y' all said he pulled. You said he pulled a gun on your son. Nobody in the store saw this. That's interesting. Even the lawyer was like, only. The only people who say that Cyrus pulled a gun are people with the last name Child, nobody else. It's almost like when he tripped and fell, y' all saw the gun fall out of his pocket and you were like, oh, well, we're gonna get away with this. Yeah, you've had some issues with shoplifting. Okay. Unfortunately that happens when you have a retail store in times like in America. Like, unfortunately you do sometimes have. You're sometimes shoplifted from. However, this boy wasn't stealing and taking his life, a 14 year old's life. Why he had a gun, I don't know. But it's also. It doesn't seem to be relevant to the story because Yalls lives weren't in any danger. Nobody Else says that a gun was pointed in the store. You mean to tell me he was running away from y' all and then pointing the gun to the back to back of himself while he was also running away, but didn't fire any. But didn't fire it at all? Like, come on, come on. It's almost like you knew you could get away with it. And yeah, I don't want to start an Asians versus Blacks thing. I don't want to, but I might. Because there is a history of certain communities, certain immigrants, Asian and others coming to America and immediately signing up for the White Supremacy 2 package where you don't get to be white, but you get to be close enough as long as you hate niggas.

[Kid Fury]

And I grew up in Miami, so

[Crystal]

you know all about it.

[Kid Fury]

Word.

[Crystal]

This man, Rick Chow, is from Hong Kong. He is a US Citizen. Now, he's obviously been able to make a life for himself here. That's all fine and good. Killing a teenager for no apparent goddamn reason and then getting away with it. Like you, you. This was 20, 23, you went to trial. You. This, this played out. They, the jury saw the, you know, because I'm thinking when they said, oh, he pulled a gun. I said, oh, run the fucking tape. Because one thing I know about every convenience store, the CCTV is on, okay? The cameras are running. So nobody sees this child pull a gun. And yet y' all decide to say. And again, chasing him 130 yards outside the, outside the fucking store. It's like, it almost feels like y' all did this on purpose. It almost feels like this was incredibly deliberate. I can't believe you were acquitted for this. The. The family. The family don't look it up. But the family reactions in the courtroom were just heartbreaking because like, imagine your 14 year old didn't do nothing wrong. Like, didn't actually. Okay. Anyway, I'm very tired of the, the disregard for black lives. And even though it's like, yes, this is Columbia, South Carolina, it's not like I expect too much more out of South Carolina or any other US State. Like, this could have happened in New York City and I wouldn't have been shocked. It's just, how do 12 grown people review this information and say, yeah, this man shouldn't go to prison. That's really where I think, that's really where I get stuck. Because the boy didn't steal nothing. We have no evidence showing that any, either one of you, that your lives or your health or safety were in danger at any point. How Did y' all reach the conclusion that this man should suffer zero consequences for what he did? Of course, the family is filing a civil lawsuit, so we'll see if Mr. Chow is even able to keep his store open. I did see that a bunch of people looted it immediately after the shooting, which I said, work. Right? You. You probably won't be able to keep that story anyway, right? Y' all probably gonna have to go ahead and shut that down. But I hope it's because you ended up having to give all your money to this little boy's family, because. What do you mean? You shot a kid running away who didn't even steal nothing.

[Kid Fury]

And even if he did steal a bottle of water, would. How was the response to that? I'm going to shoot him. And that's fine,

[Crystal]

because you know that when it comes right down to it, you probably not going to be held accountable for that. This is America, and you can kill young black people if you want to.

[Kid Fury]

Yeah.

[Crystal]

So rest in peace, young man. I. This. They were showing pictures of him in court. Oh, my heart broke. Like, I just. God, this poor family. I can't imagine to be. To deal with losing your son like this, and then to have the man who did it be completely acquitted, like, it was just such bullshit. But another day in America. Now onto something that doesn't really matter. New York. New York City, you slurs. The New York Knicks are in the NBA Finals. They will be playing the San Antonio Spurs. I do not want to talk about what happened between the spurs and the Thunder. It still hurts.

[Kid Fury]

Great. I don't know.

[Crystal]

Wonderful. However, New York City is on one right now. The niggas have never been happier. And, I mean, the men are walking with a lightness in their step, a. A joy in their eyes. They buying drinks at the bar for everybody. Like, they. They are happy. They're generous because their Knicks are back in the Finals for the first time. Like this century. That's fine. I have been a resident of New York City for 14 years. I have been wearing Oklahoma City Thunder paraphernalia for those entire 14 years. It has never been an issue until now. Why did TSA at LaGuardia stop me when I had on a Thunder shirt last week? TSA stopped me and said, oh, you trying to get tarred and feathered up in here? I said, I know. I know. You are not coming for me right now. A nigga at the bar got into an argument with me. A man on the street saw me in a Thunder shirt and was like, not that shit. Everybody Calm down. Okay?

[Kid Fury]

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.

[Crystal]

How did we get here, you niggas? I have been wearing this shit for 14 years. Y' all have not said nothing. In those entire 14 years. I got a whole nother line of merch after we won the chip last year. I've been wearing that shit on a regular basis. Y' all have not said nothing. Your team finally made it to the finals, and now everybody is a real Knicks fan and got something to say. And go back to being quiet like you were six months ago. Why the fuck are you even talking to me? Be happy y' all made it. Like, just be happy y' all made it. I will be rooting for the Knicks because, number one, the spurs beat my team. Number two, I. I am a New Yorker. The city is happy. You know, it feels like. It feels like the Mamdani wave is continuing. If the Knicks win this goddamn championship, New York City is going to explode.

[Kid Fury]

Stay inside. I already know it is going to be.

[Crystal]

This city is going to melt down.

[Kid Fury]

Like, I'm almost scared.

[Crystal]

I'm almost scared.

[Kid Fury]

I'm brutally fascinated, baby.

[Crystal]

They won the Eastern Conference championship, and NYPD was like, oh, my God. They had to cut off the watch parties at the Garden. Cause Nick. Well, I don't know if they had to, but it's kind of like, you know, come on. Knicks fans have not had a reason to be happy in decades. You know, let them enjoy this. Especially because I don't know what the odds are against the spurs, but that wimby ain't nothing to around with, so don't know how long the joy is gonna last. I am rooting for y' all at this point, but me and my Thunder merchandise, I had already decided if the Thunder made it to the finals, I was not even gonna go to the Garden. I was not even gonna go. I said, me and my little SGA jersey trying to go down there. I'm gonna be. I'm going to be assaulted. Like, I'm not going. On top of the fact that the nosebleeds are 2,500 a seat, it's no way. It's no way. I had already decided, but now that the Thunder not even in it, I'm still wearing my Thunder shit. And y' all better leave me the fuck alone. Okay? I ain't said nothing. In all these years, I have not teased Nick's. Well, other than last year, even.

[Kid Fury]

I've done that.

[Crystal]

Last year when the Pacers, when Halliburton hit that night, night on y' all ass that was crazy. But other than that, I have left Knicks fans alone. I will ask that you do the same with me. Okay, baby, Go, New York, go, New York, go. Or whatever the y' all be saying, but the. The. The temporary fanhood. But leave me out of it, because, again, it's been 14 years, and you niggas have been.

[Kid Fury]

Shh.

[Crystal]

Y' all have been playing the mute challenge for 14 years. Every time you seen me in a Thunder shirt. Don't pipe up now with your fake fan asses.

[Kid Fury]

Remind me of Jennifer Lewis in Dirty Laundry when she was like, you smell it yourself today.

[Crystal]

Okay? And they are. And they are. And I get it, but leave me out of it.

[Kid Fury]

It shit.

[Crystal]

The tsa, man.

[Kid Fury]

Yeah, that's wild.

[Crystal]

I said, bro, at the airport. At the airport. Like, what if I lived in Oklahoma and I was just in New York and traveling back home? Like, he was like, nah, you trying to get tired and feathered at the tsa.

[Kid Fury]

No, I'm trying to put my shoes back on. That's what I'm trying to do.

[Crystal]

But I'm trying to smuggle these. These weed gummies through this. Excuse me, brother.

[Kid Fury]

He approached me, and I got nervous. You talking about sports, right?

[Crystal]

So now I'm raising my voice. I said, oh, my God. 14 years in this city, and here y' all go running. Because this. That was really the cherry on top. It had been, like, three fold. Say something to me on the street. You know, I just ignore men on the street.

[Kid Fury]

Yeah.

[Crystal]

In the. In the club or whatever, Right, tsa? I said, all right. That is actually. I. I'm fed up.

[Kid Fury]

Right?

[Crystal]

Y'. All.

[Kid Fury]

Quietly. I don't even like y'. All. So let's just.

[Crystal]

All y' all came crawling out of the concrete. Y' all are. Because this team finally gave you a shred of hope, you know, Just enjoy your happiness, okay? I'm not gonna wear no Thunder shit during this final season. I'll let y' all have that. But, girl, y' all not. And you know why New York is not real fans? Because they got other shit to do. True. Because they have other to do. You can't go to Oklahoma City wearing Nick's for 14 years and. And be left alone. Somebody gonna ask you why the you got that on? But that's because the thunder is the main attraction in Oklahoma. See, New York has got too much other to do, so they don't really care. So, yeah, I just. I couldn't believe TSA actually came for me.

[Kid Fury]

Like, bro, bro, that's wild.

[Crystal]

Let me Live. Come on. But yeah, go. You know, Nick Sin 5 or whatever. And I think that will wrap up this week's episode of the Read. Check us out on social media at. This is the Read. Our website is. This is the read.com. thank you so much to Lex P. Andrea of Poor Minds for joining me this week on Chris's couch. What a fun conversation we had. You can find that on all your podcasting platforms and YouTube to check out that conversation.

[Kid Fury]

I love their podcast.

[Crystal]

They are. I mean, they just country as too. Boy, we just got to yapping. I said, Lord, it's like being back at home. But yes. Any other announcements from you, Mr. Black Excellence? 20 years. Congratulations. 20 years.

[Kid Fury]

Thank you.

[Crystal]

Hurry.

[Kid Fury]

Speaking of furry, I would like to shout out my daughter link. She has official merch.

[Crystal]

Oh, Lord.

[Kid Fury]

Brand new link plushies available now. Oh, my gosh. It's probably my favorite piece of merch that I've. I've made or had so far. Worked really hard on it with an amazing company. You can go over to kidfury.com merch and grab one for yourself now. Link gets to be everywhere. My baby.

[Crystal]

That's so cute.

[Kid Fury]

Also, you can go to YouTube.com kidfurytv Check out episodes of Furious Thoughts, the podcast. You can also listen to it on all your podcast platforms and you can join [e-mail] kidfury if you would like more of me. We've got playlists over there. We've got monthly live streams over there. We've got shenanigans over there. I think that is it in a nutshell. By the time this comes out, my live show would have happened. So thank you to everybody who came out to the live show. Appreciate y'. All. It's Kid Fury's birthday today. Go get drunk. Break up with a nigga. Break up with him in the middle of the night. Break up with him in the middle of the night. It's hot, girl. Summer. The wifey should just did. We're gonna be outside with our titties soaked and that's really what I'm ushering in. So I think that's it for me.

[Crystal]

Amen. Amen. Take care of yourselves, y'. All. We will see you next week

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[Crystal]

Wow.

[Kid Fury]

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[Crystal]

I'm coming in for a hug.