The Sweaty & The Swollen

Summary

The Read — Episode: "The Sweaty & The Swollen"

Date: July 2, 2026
Hosts: Kid Fury & Crissle

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Episode Overview

In this vibrant, laugh-out-loud installment of The Read, Kid Fury and Crissle bring the classic blend of sharp pop-culture insight, personal anecdotes, and withering shade. This week’s main event: a detailed, hilarious rundown of the 2026 BET Awards — from performances and tributes to hosting misadventures, showstopping moments, and all the emotional outpourings in between. The duo also delve into listener letters covering relationship icks, messy family dynamics, and friends who forget their wallet (and attitude) at home, before wrapping with their signature Reads targeting media colorism, public foolishness, and a scorching House of the Dragon review.

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Key Discussion Points & Highlights

1. Opening Energy: NYC Wins & Elephant Plushies

[01:24]

• The show bursts open with celebration for the New York Liberty’s WNBA Commissioner's Cup win, with Kid Fury in full party mode:

  "It's like God do not want me to stop partying...you’re gonna be non stop partying from May to October."

• Crissle and Kid Fury share a playful admiration for Liberty's mascot, Ellie the Elephant, with plushies and braid hairpieces winning their approval.

2. Black Excellence Spotlight

[02:56-04:45]

• Black Excellence is awarded to Shaquan Lewis, newly named CEO of Crunch Fitness — praised for his Howard lineage, strong values, and vision:

  "Go black man." — Kid Fury [04:45]
  "At the top of the fitness food chain." — Crissle [04:35]

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3. BET Awards 2026: The Rundown

Show Structure & Hosting

[05:01-08:38]

• Both attended/watched the BET Awards; Kid Fury was recovering from Chicago Pride, noting the show was a "good time but long."
• Immediate discussion about Drewski’s rough job as host:

  "Not a fan for the most part." — Kid Fury [07:06]
  "My word...these things bad!" — Crissle [07:28]

  • Crissle cringed through Drewski’s "Christian church" opening sketch, longing for fresh material:

    "It was making me want to claw my skin off." — Crissle [09:00]

Memorable Performances & Tributes

• Kehlani/Jamie Foxx Collab (“Folded”) [09:29-12:43]:

  • Both awed by Kehlani’s voice and the performance, but unpacked the song’s message:

    "Of all the songs for this artist...for this to be one of the ones that breaks you out...OK." — Kid Fury [11:41]

  • Hysterical riffing on breakup etiquette (folding vs. trash-bagging an ex’s belongings).

• MC Lyte, Van Van, and generational memories [13:10-16:56]:

  • Side-splitting tangent about Crissle’s grandmother calling SpongeBob "Bob Squeeze."

    "No, I'll never recover from 'Bob Squeeze.' Are you joking?" — Kid Fury [14:34]

• Ray’s Emotional “Nightingale Lane” [17:12-18:34]:

  • Both hosts heap praise on Ray’s artistry, barefoot aesthetic, and anticipation for Grammy nods:

    "This little biracial girl sings her ass off." — Kid Fury [17:43]

• Tems Getting Universal Admiration [19:21-21:48]:

  • Comedy ensues over how "goddamn fine" Tems is, dissecting internet claims that “all Nigerian girls look like Tems."

    "Come on now. Be for real. You need to be for real." — Kid Fury [21:06]

Show Structure Critiques

• Both bewildered by Album of the Year announced mid-show, won by Clipse:

  "I had no idea Clipse had an album out, much less that it was...Album of the Year." — Crissle [22:35]

• Keke Palmer upstages Drewski hosting, drawing loud audience agreement:

  "This should have been my gig." — Keke Palmer (paraphrased by Kid Fury) [23:58]

Tributes & Musical Highlights

• Lauryn Hill, D’Angelo, and others honored:
  • D’Angelo Tribute [32:40-34:58]:
    • Ari Lennox, Ray, Durand Bernarr, BJ The Chicago Kid, and George Clinton lead a soulful tribute.

      "You niggas really got up here and did your good singing. Yes, thank you." — Kid Fury [34:33]

  • Lauryn Hill Tribute [35:12-36:51]:
    • Multiple hosts and kids participate; Crissle admits, "I cried three times when her kids came out."
    • Classic Sister Act memories evoked.
  • Doja Cat, Lizzo, and Rapsody Performances [38:17-43:33]:
    • Mixed reactions: Doja’s talent acknowledged, but presence questioned; Lizzo and Rapsody praised (with caveats about duet rapping format).

Other Standout Moments

• Touches on the inclusion of industry legend Sylvia Rhone ("fierce Ultimate Icon Award tea dress"), admiration for Kelly Rowland, and a shoutout to house vocals in dance music.
• Hysterical interlude about Bob Marley’s grandchildren performing, with some online confusion about their lineage, and tender reflections on generational tribute performances.

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4. Listener Letters: Messy Breakups, Family Drama & Broke Friends

A. Sweaty & Swollen: The Dating Ick

[67:13-75:55]

• Coco asks how to break up with a nice guy who caught "the ick" after getting sweaty and swollen at a concert.

  "If you caught the ick at a concert, seeing that man on a boat in the middle of the summer, sweating with swollen legs...you're gonna have the ick then, too." — Kid Fury [70:36]

• Advice: Be honest and direct in a public place, don’t string along, don’t make it about trivial flaws.

B. Sibling Squabbles Post-Pandemic

[75:55-87:21]

• Jeffrey writes about a bipolar sister disrupting household peace after job loss.
  • Kid Fury and Crissle discuss compassionate but firm boundary-setting, the need for accountability, and the struggle to remain calm despite disrespect:

    "Who are you talking to? You can't pay nothing!" — Crissle [81:05]
    "As long as you're working toward taking care of yourself, I'll help, but I'm not doing it for you." — Kid Fury [82:14]

C. The Perpetually Broke Friend

[87:56-101:02]

• Mary writes about Brian, the friend who never pays but always complains.
  • Both hosts agree: it’s not about being broke, but about the attitude—projecting discomfort, dry-begging, and ruining the vibe.

    "Like, Amy does cover him sometimes. But the real issue here is his attitude...it sounds like he's dry-begging." — Kid Fury [96:50]

  • Advice: Have an honest, non-confrontational group convo; if he can’t respond maturely, the friendship may run its course.

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5. Further Pop Culture & Social Commentary

A. Protecting Black Girls in the Spotlight

[55:31-66:12]

• Reflecting on North West's public appearances and lack of parental protection, with grown men seeking photos/hugs:

  "There is no reason for strange men to have physical access to your daughter. This is disgusting." — Kid Fury [58:18]

  • Compares Kardashian practices to Smith family’s tight security; calls for more responsible parenting.

B. Colorism & Media Disrespect

[104:11-108:25]

• Kid Fury lambasts US Weekly for cropping D'Angelo’s dark-skinned son out of BET Awards tribute coverage:

  "Did US Weekly deliberately crop out the dark skinned, fat black man...who was by his father's side as he died? Y’all knew exactly what you were doing." — Kid Fury [106:47]

C. The Knicks Parade Trash Can Debacle

[108:33-116:28]

• Angie Baez, a high-level Chase employee outed for stealing and hugging a custom Knicks trash can after dumping its contents on the street:

  "It’s just so disrespectful...to just act like he isn’t there or doesn’t exist..." — Kid Fury

  • Humorous disbelief and disdain at her actions and public embarrassment.

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6. The Read: House of the Dragon Drag Session

[117:24-135:12]

• Crissle delivers a hilariously detailed, spoiler-filled Read on House of the Dragon Season 3, Episode 2:
  • “Big Emmy” (Emma D’Arcy) lauded for heart-wrenching grief scene:

    "I don’t think that I have seen grief portrayed on camera that's made me emotional and felt so real in a long time." — Crissle [122:27]

  • All major characters, Targaryen mess, and family drama are roasted.
  • Celebrates seeing “black people, specifically with dreads that look real, flying on dragons and saying dracarys...It doesn't feel super tokenism." [132:27]

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Notable Quotes & Moments

• "No, I'll never recover from 'Bob Squeeze.' Are you joking?" — Kid Fury [14:34]
• "I don't like the idea of letting niggas come back." — Kid Fury on Kehlani’s “Folded” [11:56]
• "She makes me want a glass of whiskey...and something to smoke on, even though I can't smoke no more." — Crissle on Ray [17:14]
• "BET will have the most entertaining, like, overall show...you can’t fuck with the hive." — Kid Fury [55:06]
• "Who in Clive Davis's family was like, make sure the BET Awards honors our dad or whatever?" — Kid Fury [28:10]
• "You got the ick at a concert, imagine the cruise? You're gonna have the ick then, too—and you can't escape!" — Kid Fury [70:36]
• "I was bawling. I called my mother." — Crissle on the Lauryn Hill tribute [45:27]
• "It's easier for people to be nice to you when you're nice to them." — Kid Fury [99:41]
• "They have been doing it for some years now and have to give them their props." — Kid Fury on BET [53:30]

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Timestamps for Key Segments

| Segment | Timestamp | |------------------------------------|------------------| | NYC Liberty win & Ellie plushies | 01:24–02:54 | | Black Excellence: Shaquan Lewis | 02:56–04:45 | | BET Awards: Hosting & Structure | 05:01–08:38 | | Highlight performances/tributes | 09:29–43:33 | | Colorism/US Weekly Read | 104:11–108:28 | | Knicks Trash Can Debacle | 108:33–116:28 | | House of the Dragon Read | 117:24–135:12 | | Listener Letters: Sweaty/Swollen | 67:13–75:55 | | Listener Letters: Sibling Drama | 75:55–87:21 | | Listener Letters: Broke Friends | 87:56–101:02 | | North West/Parenting Concerns | 55:31–66:12 |

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Tone & Language

The hosts’ naturally irreverent, informal tone powers the episode’s energy, delivering smart, sometimes biting humor, deep pop-culture knowledge, and genuine emotion. Dialog is peppered with classic Black cultural references, plenty of cussing, riffs, and affectionate mockery — always quick to shift from sharp social commentary to playful personal stories.

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For Newcomers

This episode is a quintessential sample of The Read — masterfully blending pop culture critique, personal confession, and shade. Whether you crave BET Awards recaps, advice on navigating messy relationships, or just want to laugh at the ridiculousness of modern celebrity and “real life,” Kid Fury and Crissle serve tea with flavor and wit. The episode’s thorough, loving breakdowns mean even non-viewers of the BET Awards or House of the Dragon will find plenty to enjoy and relate to.

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Note:

• Ads and promos are omitted.
• Spoilers for House of the Dragon S3E2 are present.
• Quotations are retained in hosts’ original style/language.

Transcript

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[Crissle West]

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[Crissle West]

Welcome back, you slur. It's July and we've returned with more program.

[Kid Fury]

I'm Eddie Griffin and I'm your 2026 Commissioner's cup champions, the New York Liberty. And this is great. Yes. We just won last night. It's like. It's like God do not want me to stop partying. Honestly, it truly feels that way. It was like God said, you know what, Actually, you're gonna be non stop partying from May to October. And so. Yeah, we keeping the good vibes going. Another one. Thank you, girls.

[Crissle West]

Thank you as well. I'm assuming it's the elephant.

[Kid Fury]

It's. Yeah, it's Ellie's team. Yes, Ellie. Ellie won.

[Crissle West]

Boosted morale.

[Kid Fury]

And I just got. I just saw. I don't know how I missed this, but I just saw a video of her popping pussy in the stands. Like on a fucking hand. Something wrong with that elephant. I adore her.

[Crissle West]

Do they have plush? Plushies?

[Kid Fury]

They do. They have Ellie plushies and they sell her braid in the gift shop. So you see kids with the Ellie braid in their ponytails all the time. It's so cute.

[Crissle West]

Okay.

[Kid Fury]

It's so cute.

[Crissle West]

All right, well, now I feel like maybe we can calm down.

[Kid Fury]

No, no. She takes pictures with the kids swinging their Ellie braid and everything is so precious.

[Crissle West]

Yeah, that is pretty adorable.

[Kid Fury]

Yeah.

[Crissle West]

Well, let's get our festivities rolling with Black excellence this week. Black excellence is Going to Shaquan Lewis, who's been named the CEO of Crunch Fitness.

[Kid Fury]

Oh word.

[Crissle West]

He was president of of Crunch for a while. I believe he became president in January 2024 and he just got a big baby promotion CEO as of June or as confir a June press release, he said to Yahoo Finance that through good family brought upsy or home training. My grandma says brought up. See. But I've mentioned that he's been on a quote, mission to do all that I can with all that I've been given. AKA black, raised to know it and respect it. So he's first of all Howard University alum, graduated 2005 period. Shout out to y' all four years an industrial supply company at McMastercar in Atlanta. And as far as moving forward, as the chief executive officer educated. He said as we enter this next chapter, our focus remains clear to support our franchise network, invest in innovation and grow the crunch community in a disciplined way while staying true to the culture, values and no judgments, no limits experience that define this brand. Shout out to you, sir, at the top of the fitness a food chain.

[Kid Fury]

Exactly. Go black man.

[Crissle West]

I think I see a ring on his finger. So tough for you.

[Kid Fury]

So the rest of you who were automatic or gentlemen, if you ever getting excited, go ahead and pipe down. No, it's a no.

[Crissle West]

He's good looking.

[Kid Fury]

Of course he is.

[Crissle West]

All right, folks, let's get into the pop culture segment of the week. Hot tops. All right, so first, let's start. Did you watch the BET Awards?

[Kid Fury]

Mostly. I was in Chicago with some friends and Sunday night, I mean, I had been partying. Right. I didn't know it was pride in Chicago. Child. We stumbled, right? We stumbled into a gay event. I was like, wow, it's around the corner.

[Crissle West]

Pride.

[Kid Fury]

Yeah.

[Crissle West]

Well, not anymore, I guess.

[Kid Fury]

But yes, we were exhausted Sunday after partying Friday and Saturday, so that's fair. We sat down and looked after the Chicago sky game. We looked at that and it went on for a very long time. I.

[Crissle West]

Two and a half hours, baby.

[Kid Fury]

Sometimes I just like. I'm actually tired of sitting here looking at this like it's still on. That's crazy. But overall, not a bad show. Did you see it?

[Crissle West]

I watched the entire thing.

[Kid Fury]

Oh, wow.

[Crissle West]

Yeah, I took notes.

[Kid Fury]

Oh.

[Crissle West]

So let's start with. Okay. The opening ti. As far as an opening choice,

[Kid Fury]

I guess. Right, Right.

[Crissle West]

Felt like it was in Atlanta. I don't. Fine. I'd like the cool little crown platform. It was fun. I thought that the son that viciously dissed 50 Cent being in the car, I thought that was fun. I also wrote thank God for dancers.

[Kid Fury]

Well, yes.

[Crissle West]

Cause my God, were they the glue.

[Kid Fury]

Yeah. Rappers really need dancers. Cause they don't hardly be doing shit up there.

[Crissle West]

Okay, so Drew Ski's hosting overall. Oof.

[Kid Fury]

Yeah. Yeah, man. Not. I was not a fan for the most part.

[Crissle West]

I'll say this. I generally don't enjoy award show bits. Little jokey jokes, bringing in a celebrity that can't act. Barely want to do this to then join in on a joke. Teleprompter banter. It just almost never lands for me.

[Kid Fury]

Mm.

[Crissle West]

That said, my word were some. Were these things bad? Like first of all, the opening. I get that he has poked fun at the organization of the Christian church. And a lot of it I find very funny.

[Kid Fury]

Yeah.

[Crissle West]

Doing it to open up the award show didn't feel fresh or funny. I had to. To speed through that one a bit.

[Kid Fury]

It was just a live version. I want to claw myself. Yeah, it was a live version of the TikTok. It's like we've already seen this though. Like, I would have loved to see something that we had not already seen. Like you're just doing it live on stage. But we've. We know this one. It was funny. The hilarious the first time, but I don't understand why it's happening now again. Yeah.

[Crissle West]

Was the Stevie Wonder bit in it the first time?

[Kid Fury]

Oh, maybe. I don't know. But I. I mean, I felt that

[Crissle West]

he put some celebrities.

[Kid Fury]

Okay. Yeah, I felt that same way.

[Crissle West]

Come up on the screen. Oh, oh, your net worth.

[Kid Fury]

Oh, right. No, that was so corny. That was so cheesy. Like, ugh.

[Crissle West]

When the Stevie Wonder one came up and it was in braille, I giggled.

[Kid Fury]

That was. Yeah, I mean, it's.

[Crissle West]

Will niggas get over Stevie Wonder blind jokes? Never.

[Kid Fury]

Probably not.

[Crissle West]

And I'm fine with that. But then, yeah, I had to speed through it. It was making me want to call my skin off. I was, I. It hurt.

[Kid Fury]

That secondhand embarrassment where it's like, ooh, wrap this up, please, God, hurry up with this. Yeah. I felt that quite a few times. I said, yeah.

[Crissle West]

Breath. And I just. From him.

[Kid Fury]

Some people are better in pre produced sketches and skits and you know, hashtag content. Hosting live is a different skill set.

[Crissle West]

Yes. And then sketch too. I wrote Congrats, Leon Thomas. I thought the award was. Was well deserved. And I also love when black mommies go to award shows and then they see their baby win. Warms my heart. Love it. Jamie Foxx coming out to open Kehlani with his daughter. Fierce daughter ate the guitar. Jamie Foxx new album, please. What was the last Jamie Fox? I was like, can we have another album, please?

[Kid Fury]

Because you are so talented, sir. And that rendition of Folded was so good. At first I thought it was just like, oh, they're just gonna do fold it. And I was like, oh, my God, Kehlani's gonna shit. And then it was like, oh, she's part of this.

[Crissle West]

No, she's not.

[Commercial/Ad Voice]

Right?

[Kid Fury]

But I did love that rendition.

[Crissle West]

Yeah, me too. It was gorgeous. Kehlani. I wrote voice T, body Tee, Wardrobe tee.

[Kid Fury]

Yeah, she looks good.

[Crissle West]

Love the song. Although, you know something, and I'm sure this has been said, I really just kind of sat with the lyrics of Folded for the first time for some reason. I'm sure this part has been said. I'm not folding her clothes. I realized that it was like, I just got to realize, like, oh, you're asking this nigga to come get his shit.

[Kid Fury]

Well, you telling him that the door is not completely shut on Yalls relationship. Like, you can come pick up your clothes. I folded them up. And maybe we can have a conversation. And maybe this isn't fully over, but if it is over, you can come pick up your clothes, but they are folded because I folded them. Like, it's not a message I can personally co sign. I believe in letting them nigga go. I do not believe in having a revolving door for these n. But, you know, it's just one of those situations where I'm like, of all the songs for this artist that I've loved for years and years, for this to be one of the ones that, like, kind of breaks you out and gets all this mainstream attention. It's like, this one of all of them. Okay.

[Crissle West]

Man, getting Folded broke Kehlani out.

[Kid Fury]

No, no, no. But it's one of not broke her out. Like, people know who she is, but folded is a huge hit for her, and it's like.

[Crissle West]

It's like one of her biggest, right?

[Kid Fury]

And I'm like, this. No shade.

[Crissle West]

It's a beautiful song.

[Kid Fury]

It's a cute enough song. But I don't like the message behind it. I don't like the idea of. Of letting n come back.

[Crissle West]

I think that's very specific.

[Kid Fury]

Yeah, it is.

[Crissle West]

To us. And so we shouldn't strike points because many people can't relate.

[Kid Fury]

And that's fair. And that's fair.

[Crissle West]

I think we just need it. And I can even relate to that part of it. Like, I don't. Well, I'M just not folding your clothes. I don't like folding mine. Right. Your clothes are if we locked in and you live here. I'm still not.

[Kid Fury]

Hello. Right. They're in a giant trash bag that I will have double knotted at the front door.

[Crissle West]

I will get a laundry bag for you.

[Kid Fury]

Oh, and that's nice. A real laundry bag. That's nice.

[Crissle West]

A real laundry bag.

[Kid Fury]

Yeah. Not me.

[Crissle West]

See, I care.

[Kid Fury]

No, you getting whatever heck is left rolled up under my kitchen sink. Baby, you getting all them wall. Every time I go someplace with a Walmart, I take hella plastic bags back. Cause they illegal in New York City. So you might get some. You might get some of my plastic bags. My Walmart bags. And that's it. Baby, come pick up your strap.

[Crissle West]

Your sports bra is in this publix bag.

[Kid Fury]

Yes. Yo, yo. Basketball shorts are in this Morton Williams bag.

[Crissle West]

Fierce. So MC Light being on camera and then they have her. They gave her this giant three ring binder. I mean, when is the disrespect going to stop, you know? So like at this point.

[Kid Fury]

Oh, I don't even think I noticed that. She did look good.

[Crissle West]

Yeah, she always looks amazing.

[Kid Fury]

Yeah, she does.

[Crissle West]

And what's the little girl's name that came up with her to do the dove thing?

[Kid Fury]

Fanfan. Oh, what is her name? Little rapping girl. My name is Damn. Now I wanna say Fanfan and I know that's not it, but she was on Abbott elementary too. No, it's not fan fan. Little girl on Abbott elementary rapper, is it? No, it's not. It's not Fan fan. Oh, Van, Van, Van, Van, Van, Van. Yeah.

[Crissle West]

Young lady, I'm so sorry.

[Kid Fury]

She's so adorable. She's the cutest.

[Crissle West]

My grandmother called spongebob Bob Squeeze. So. Grandma miss you. Rest in peace. You know, we get things wrong. We get things wrong.

[Kid Fury]

No, I'll never recover from Bob Squeeze. Are you joking?

[Crissle West]

Neither have I. Neither have I. What bring it up to this day? No clue. I'll tell you why. Cause she knew it existed. But she didn't give a.

[Kid Fury]

She said a sponge. Yeah, you squeeze sponges. And his name is Bob.

[Crissle West]

Yeah. Therefore, there you go.

[Kid Fury]

Bob Squeeze.

[Crissle West]

I will never.

[Kid Fury]

Oh perfect.

[Crissle West]

Ever let it go. It is a so good showing.

[Kid Fury]

I have tears in my eyes.

[Crissle West]

But baby Van, what I'm saying is she didn't even care, right? I do. And I was closer than Bob squeezes to SpongeBob. I think I'm just gonna name this episode Bob Squeeze in my Grandma's eye. Are you okay?

[Kid Fury]

No, I Told you. I cannot breathe. Oh, God.

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[Crissle West]

She was just like, shit. And, you know, when she said it to me, I'm so glad that I heard her say it the first time.

[Kid Fury]

Oh, my God.

[Crissle West]

I think my younger brother heard it too. Cause I have to give you the context.

[Kid Fury]

Okay.

[Crissle West]

She wanted us to do. She wanted us to do work. She was a teacher, Right. And so she would always, especially in the summer, make us write a five paragraph essay every weekday.

[Kid Fury]

Yeah. Oh, I love that. Good.

[Crissle West]

During the summer. Good. Yeah, I did it.

[Kid Fury]

Okay.

[Crissle West]

I didn't.

[Kid Fury]

All right, well, I mean, five paragraphs. Come on. Oh, my God.

[Crissle West]

I appreciate it now. Yeah. Five paragraphs. I actually loved writing essays.

[Kid Fury]

Right.

[Crissle West]

And five paragraph wasn't a big deal.

[Kid Fury]

Right.

[Crissle West]

So the context was she said something like, you know, you can go finish the homework or whatever, and then you can go and watch Bob Squeeze. So it was already very, like, throwaway, like whatever that bitch name is. Bob Squeeze. And I. Thankfully, it was one of those situations where you laugh at what a grown person say. And they don't get mad. Cause they realize it's funny. Right?

[Kid Fury]

Cause it's like.

[Crissle West]

Cause I was crying.

[Kid Fury]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Crissle West]

Went home, told my mom and daddy they were crying. It is an important memory of mine. I'm so glad that I got to share it with y' all today. Woo. Moving on, Ray. Exceptional, gorgeous.

[Kid Fury]

Obsessed with her.

[Crissle West]

She makes me want a glass of whiskey. Not too much, just a little tiny bit.

[Kid Fury]

Yeah.

[Crissle West]

And something to smoke on, even though I can't smoke no more.

[Kid Fury]

Yeah, she's just. She's so good. I'm. I'm so happy she did Nightingale Lane. It's one of my favorites off that album. And it's such a sad song that's so beautifully sung. And yes. I was just pointing out to niggas, like, oh, y' all don't know Ray. I know y' all don't know Ray, but this little biracial girl sings her ass off.

[Crissle West]

So she's so. The composition of her music is so. It's just so well done. It's so, like, consistently amazing. And I think we've mentioned it before, but the storytelling of this particular album. Yes. The themes, the Just everything. It's exceptional. And this felt like, similar to you, Sid. Some of you niggas don't know Ray. Fine. It feels like the girls are getting to know.

[Kid Fury]

You're gonna. Yeah. When. When the Grammy nominations come out and she's up there for nine of them hoes, including Album of the Year. And y' all are like, who the fuck is Ray? Remember when I showed you?

[Crissle West]

Yeah, that's true.

[Kid Fury]

Little light skinned girl with no shoes on. Cause that's her thing now. Fierce no shoes. Love it. Ever.

[Crissle West]

Love it. I don't know why. I don't know why. I saw her with no shoes on and I was like, you know what worked? I don't.

[Kid Fury]

Absolutely diva. I don't care. When you can sing like that, I don't care what else you do. Like if that's. You need to be connected to the stage or whatever, you need to feel the stage beneath your feet in order to sing your ass off, then you go right ahead and do it. Shit. It's like Fantasia when she.

[Crissle West]

I was just about to say that. I was just about to. Not only will Fantasia get barefoot, she might kill you depending on where you're sitting.

[Kid Fury]

Yeah, it's gonna be a projectile. Yes. Put up the net while she takes somebody eye out. Yeah. Love Rachel.

[Crissle West]

Love her Thames. Is she an angel? Is she from this planet? No. Why is she so fine? Why does she sound so good?

[Kid Fury]

Why is she.

[Crissle West]

Why her songs so great?

[Kid Fury]

I said, God damn, Tim's is fine. And my friend's wife. And my friend's wife popped up and was like, she damn sure is. And then my friend turned around like, bitch, like, not too much like, yeah, you calm yourself. But look, she's Tim's. Look at her. Yeah, it just. It's gonna happen. It's gonna happen. Beautiful girl.

[Crissle West]

Did you see this post on Threads where somebody was like, you know, all this talk about how fine Tims is, but when I was in high school, we all look like this and you know, it's just a Nigerian girl thing, something like that. I'm paraphrasing. Oh, this. The black girl responded with this. This clip of Fun Master Flex. I forgot who he was talking to, but he said, so the crack happened when did the coke. Or maybe he said, so you have the coke, you're doing the coke. When did the crack happen? Some shit like that.

[Kid Fury]

I've seen that and I'm pretty sure

[Crissle West]

he's talking about selling it, right? But that crack, like, girl, when I tell you I was diced, that shit was so fucking funny. Fuck you.

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Me.

[Kid Fury]

People be very generous in the retelling of their youth. Like, I'm sure maybe there were a lot of people shaped like Tim's, I'll give you that. But that combination of face and body and talent. Come on now, come on now. Come on. Be for real. You need to be for real.

[Crissle West]

That girl like Calm down.

[Kid Fury]

That girl is.

[Crissle West]

I'm sure lots of you were before, right?

[Kid Fury]

Yeah, but a high school, everybody looked like that. Then how come I don't see a lot more people walking around here looking like that?

[Crissle West]

I mean, it's just like if you put two next to another two.

[Kid Fury]

Right, Right.

[Crissle West]

It becomes four, So I don't know where you're getting.

[Kid Fury]

So. And I'm in New York City with the niggas. Like, I'm around the niggas. Black American, and immigrant niggas all day, every day, and it's just not. It's just not that common to see somebody that damn fine. Sorry. It just isn't. She is stunning.

[Crissle West]

Okay, Clips. What? First of all,

[Kid Fury]

I love that you actually watched this. This is great.

[Crissle West]

Why did they put album of the year in the middle of the show?

[Kid Fury]

I think they wanted to leave early.

[Crissle West]

They didn't.

[Kid Fury]

Oh. Oh, you know why? Because they had to do all them legends.

[Crissle West]

Oh, Big tributes.

[Kid Fury]

Yeah, they had to do all the tributes and stuff. And they were like, we know that shit is gonna run long, so let' us.

[Crissle West]

Yeah.

[Kid Fury]

Do the awards.

[Crissle West]

And the clips won, so don't know why they ain't even here. So let.

[Kid Fury]

Right. And they weren't even there. So it was like Kiki being like, oh, we accept this on their behalf. Like, all right, well, y' all could have did this in the pre show then. Really? You didn't. You didn't have to do it during the regular show at all.

[Crissle West]

With all due respect, as like, a minimal fan and more so a respect to Respect. Having respect for their contribution to the genre of hip hop, I had no idea that clips had an album out, much less that it was. What? I haven't listened to it.

[Kid Fury]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Crissle West]

It was album of the year.

[Kid Fury]

Wow.

[Crissle West]

So, okay, that stings.

[Kid Fury]

Love that. For.

[Crissle West]

I think, like, I knew that they were making music together again. I don't think I knew that they had an album.

[Kid Fury]

Wow. They did a whole press tour and everything.

[Crissle West]

Oh, yeah, I know about that.

[Kid Fury]

Love that. Yeah.

[Crissle West]

I don't.

[Kid Fury]

Let God sort him out.

[Crissle West]

Speaking of Keke, hilarious bit where she took the microphone and introduced Cardi B. Because why didn't they let her host?

[Kid Fury]

It was such a good question. It really was. How did you get this gig?

[Crissle West]

I screamed, how did you feel when everyone gave thunderous applause when everybody started cracking up to Kiki's sentiment? You like a brother that. Spin that.

[Kid Fury]

No, my bad, my bad.

[Crissle West]

I've been drunk.

[Kid Fury]

This should have been my gig. Why the hell would they have you ho. And this is the problem. This is the problem with Bet they be tripping. Cause this should have been me. I got it.

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I got it.

[Kid Fury]

But Kiki said, this should have been my. And everybody was like, yeah. Did you think, damn, okay, so ain't nobody with your skin like, wow. My feelings would have been a little hurt. No shade.

[Crissle West]

I want to believe that that was part of the big.

[Kid Fury]

I definitely think cardiovascular. I definitely think so.

[Crissle West]

But they didn't have to do him like that.

[Kid Fury]

I mean, he all right.

[Crissle West]

Yeah.

[Kid Fury]

Big dude. But it was. I mean, and it was valid. Like, I think Drewski's. Like I was saying earlier, I think Drewski's talent really shines on social media. Doesn't necessarily translate to live hosting an award show. Kiki, though, she is the exact type of weird, performance arty comedian, just kind of jibber jabberer type. To do this type gig like it is. It's right up Kiki's alley. She could absolutely kill.

[Crissle West]

And she's an actor, Right. She could probably do a. A sketch or do some little onstage bit. Mm.

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Well.

[Kid Fury]

Right. Something that doesn't feel so awkward.

[Crissle West]

Let me tell you what else chopped me.

[Kid Fury]

I know what you finna say.

[Crissle West]

Tell me.

[Kid Fury]

When he was doing the auditions for Coulda Been Records.

[Crissle West]

Yes.

[Paramount Plus Announcer]

Yep.

[Kid Fury]

Goddamn, that was hilarious. Duran stole the show.

[Crissle West]

Why would you sing while Durand is singing? Are you cool?

[Kid Fury]

Yeah. Yeah. I was like. I mean, you actually. He don't sound too bad, but it's also like, let Duran sing. Let Duran sing.

[Crissle West]

Durand is singing.

[Kid Fury]

Right, Right.

[Crissle West]

No one should be singing when Durand is singing. Unless you, Chaka Khan or, I mean, Eric Bennet. You're a singer.

[Kid Fury]

Duran invite you to sing. Sing with him. Just because you can kind of hold the note do not mean you need to be. But with security, it picked. Picked Duran up and he threw that little tantrum.

[Crissle West]

I screamed, yeah, that was funny.

[Kid Fury]

He is so hilarious. Yeah.

[Crissle West]

Yeah, he is. Variety show. Variety show. I can see it.

[Kid Fury]

Absolutely.

[Crissle West]

Also, I forgot they're making a Varnell Hill show. For real.

[Kid Fury]

Yeah, they are. They promoted it.

[Crissle West]

I forgot.

[Kid Fury]

Yeah.

[Crissle West]

That chopped me. I will say the little Jay Z. I didn't know he could do a Jay Z impression half well. Like, he sounded similar.

[Kid Fury]

Yeah.

[Crissle West]

The bit I didn't. Okay, we'll move on. Erica Campbell. I. I love that song. I love the Lord.

[Kid Fury]

Yeah.

[Crissle West]

Didn't really enjoy the. That they reminded me so many niggas were dead. I promise you, I forgot about, like, four or five of those people passed. Major note here. Why Was Clive Davis on screen?

[Kid Fury]

Now you know why?

[Crissle West]

I don't care. Why was Clive Davis on the screen?

[Kid Fury]

You know why? I know.

[Crissle West]

And she actually reminded me of what you mentioned last week, I think when she was like, I'm gonna sing one of his protege Whitney Houston's favorite songs. I was like, me and Chris was just talking about how that lady died at that party. He kept it going.

[Kid Fury]

Right. But I think Richard Smallwood also arranged that version of I Love the Lord. Or wrote it or wrote the music, the lyrics, something like that. So it was appropriate because, you know, Richard Smallwood is one of the people that we lost this year. But, yeah, the Clyde.

[Crissle West]

I was like, oh, I love that song.

[Kid Fury]

Oh, no. Everybody, right? No, I think everybody does. But, yeah, I was like, now y' all know that demon is responsible for so many artists getting played out of their contracts and ripped off and zero respect for people outside of what they can do to line his pockets, like.

[Crissle West]

But, you know, it's the only white man up here.

[Kid Fury]

The hashtag industry. I don't even know, because who in. Who in Clive Davis's family was like, make sure the BET Awards honors our dad or whatever. Like, I really doubt it. Like, you went out your way, right? Y' all went out y' all way. We. We would have been just fine without that.

[Crissle West]

Probably a. An executive high up on the bike.

[Kid Fury]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Crissle West]

Paramount totem pole.

[Kid Fury]

Yeah.

[Crissle West]

I wrote, why does Drew Ski keep putting on his mater d outfit? Why didn't they have, like, you did outfit changes for the costumes? I mean, for the little sketches and stuff?

[Kid Fury]

Yeah.

[Crissle West]

Why did he keep putting on that? Is there an inside joke? No.

[Kid Fury]

If there was, I missed it.

[Crissle West]

Sylvia Rohn, fierce Ultimate Icon Award tea dress.

[Kid Fury]

Oh, my God, she looked so good. Cunt. When you Google. When you Google her, a little golden trophy comes up and it says, like, BET Mogul Award or something like that.

[Crissle West]

Really?

[Kid Fury]

Yeah. It comes up on the screen. BET ultimate icon. Yeah. With her little championship. Right. But I was actually ashamed that I was like, not me just now finding out about this woman and who she is. Like, I 98% of what they said about her. I was like, wait a minute. What the fuck? So I said, good job, BET for actually awarding somebody who is overlooked and overly deserving and giving us some information about her and the lives she shaped and the career she has helped launch. So I actually did learn something at the BET Awards. Thank you so much, bet, for that. Yes. So Sylvia Rohn. This is somebody that I should be aware of. And, yeah, looked incredible. Amazing.

[Crissle West]

That dress was hot.

[Kid Fury]

It.

[Crissle West]

I love when folks behind the scenes who are instrumental in the success of all of these people that we love that their flowers on a good. A big old stage while they here. And everybody has amazing, amazing things to say about Sylvia all the time.

[Kid Fury]

Right.

[Crissle West]

So work.

[Kid Fury]

Absolutely.

[Crissle West]

But, yeah, it is crazy to be like, yeah, I'm responsible for Metallica and vogue and also 21 savage and feature, baby.

[Kid Fury]

We were gagged. We were like, who?

[Crissle West]

Yeah,

[Kid Fury]

Tyla and Missy Elliott and Travis Scott. And it's like, well, damn, who don't you know?

[Crissle West]

I think Missy's my. Maybe.

[Kid Fury]

Why Kelly Rowling up here presenting the award? I said, oh, this lady know everything.

[Crissle West]

Standing ovation. The doll just had to walk on stage.

[Kid Fury]

She knows she look good. God damn, Kelly, please, can we breathe? Fuck, she is so pretty.

[Crissle West]

No,

[Kid Fury]

no, she's so gorgeous. Yeah. Look amazing.

[Crissle West]

I'm ready for another album. I want another. Ooh, I want a big old housey.

[Kid Fury]

I knew you. I knew you was gonna say it. You want something gay and black.

[Crissle West]

Because, listen, Kelly has made house records, dance records, and she's good at it.

[Kid Fury]

Yeah.

[Crissle West]

And I just mentioned, I think last week, I miss big black voices on house. Her in like the 80s and 90s when it was always a big black voice.

[Kid Fury]

Oh, yeah.

[Crissle West]

A big old loud black voice on this house record. And it gave it.

[Kid Fury]

Yep.

[Crissle West]

It gave it soul.

[Kid Fury]

It made niggas want to listen.

[Crissle West]

Yeah, right.

[Kid Fury]

Yeah, exactly. So, yeah, I. That's. That's definitely a lane she could occupy if she wants to, but she's like, you know, I could also just be over here with my kids and my man selling lotion on Instagram or whatever.

[Crissle West]

Can't argue with that.

[Kid Fury]

Yeah.

[Crissle West]

I said, yes. Miles Caton. Know the doll. Understand the. The diva. He looked adorable. Love him coming out. Know the name. Yes. Sinners nominated. Talented. Breakout. Get to know me. Not going nowhere. Lived for it. D' Angelo tribute,

[Kid Fury]

man.

[Crissle West]

Girl, let me tell you something. Tell me what I'm about to say.

[Kid Fury]

I don't know. Duran chewed that up. I don't know.

[Crissle West]

Close.

[Kid Fury]

Okay, what is it?

[Crissle West]

When they brought out or they introduced this band.

[Kid Fury]

Oh, okay.

[Crissle West]

I was like, if Durand is not a part of this tribute, I am cutting the shit off.

[Kid Fury]

You knew it. I said, I am.

[Crissle West]

There's no way that I know Durand is present.

[Kid Fury]

Right.

[Crissle West]

And you have a d' Angelo tribute and he's not singing.

[Kid Fury]

Right.

[Crissle West]

There is no way I will cut this off.

[Kid Fury]

There is no way. Correct, Correct.

[Crissle West]

So when they introduced Ari Lennox and I saw Ray was sitting up there and Duran was there. I was like, okay, we are good.

[Kid Fury]

Yes. Here we go.

[Crissle West]

What did you think?

[Kid Fury]

Oh, I loved it. I actually thought this was one of the best years for tributes across the board. It was. And the BET Awards, overall, like I said, it was a good show. It just went on for a long time, but it was a good show. And this. And I do have an issue with some of the media outlets and how they reported on the d' Angelo tribute, but we'll get to that at the end of the show, however, the performances themselves, baby. I said, okay. Yeah, you niggas really got up here and did your good singing. Yes, thank you. It was the same for the Lauryn Hill tribute. And the. Who else was. Oh, I don't remember who else. They was there. Another tribute tributed, but Ari Ray, bj, The. Yes. Bj, The Chicago kid. George Clinton.

[Crissle West]

Oh, when George Clinton came out, I said, I'd wear that.

[Kid Fury]

I said, oh, y'. All. Y' all are. Y' all said, yeah, the legends and the youth. That's what I loved about it. It was a good mix of artists, of sounds, of talentability and people, you know, putting their unique spin on. But, like, d' Angelo shit, you know, just, ugh. It's actually crazy that that man is gone. But, yeah, that was so good, isn't it? That was so good. Yeah.

[Crissle West]

I'm glad that his kids got to introduce the thing and all that, too, so that was sweet. Let's talk about this Lauryn Hill tribute and how I cried three times when

[Kid Fury]

her kids came out.

[Crissle West]

Let's start with the Warren Treaty. Let's start with Big Tonya the Blount, the Trotter.

[Kid Fury]

That was actually too much for me. I said, now I am a old bitch. Okay? And I remember when these girls were like.

[Crissle West]

I remember 20 right at the piano.

[Kid Fury]

Oh, no, it was too much for me. It was actually too much.

[Crissle West]

I immediately got emotional.

[Kid Fury]

And she still sounds so good.

[Crissle West]

Sounds amazing.

[Kid Fury]

Yeah. Her and her husband.

[Crissle West]

First of all, the War on Treaty work, right? And yeah, I see her immediately get emotional. Then she starts singing Joyful, Joyful, which already makes me emotional. Y' all know what Sister act and Sister Act 2 specifically means to this particular program, correct?

[Kid Fury]

Correct.

[Crissle West]

So wept.

[Kid Fury]

Yeah.

[Crissle West]

Sza and Dochi. I want them to record that.

[Kid Fury]

Yeah, that was. It was actually really good. It was.

[Crissle West]

It was amazing.

[Kid Fury]

I was like, I don't know what I'm gonna do out here. Then when I realized it was ready or not, I was like, oh, that's actually perfect. Yeah. It was so good.

[Crissle West]

They sounded so good for that song. I'd love for them to record it.

[Kid Fury]

Tarawaq Tee that Tierra Whack and Tim might have been. That might have been my favorite of the night. Ooh. It's hard to say because every time Duran touches the mic, I just lose it. But God, that was good.

[Crissle West]

Yeah.

[Kid Fury]

Mm.

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[Kid Fury]

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[Crissle West]

So Sayla comes out weeping. I'm crying again. I'm crying again because I didn't expect for her kids to be performing or whatever. So when she comes out and she says something like, only for you, Mom.

[Kid Fury]

Yeah,

[Crissle West]

she sounded good. She looks so gorgeous. I'm crying again.

[Kid Fury]

Right.

[Crissle West]

What were your thoughts on Doja Cat?

[Kid Fury]

So the thing about it is she's a talented girl.

[Crissle West]

Yeah.

[Kid Fury]

And I don't think she did a bad job. I just was a little confused at having her do it. I don't. And, you know, I guess the argument could be made that somebody else could have done that instead of her. But I don't think her performance was bad either. I was just. I think I was just thrown off. I just did not expect that from Doja Cat. But I mean, I. But I. Yeah, I was not disappointed in her delivery there. What about you?

[Crissle West]

I agree.

[Kid Fury]

I was like, what's happening here? Is this what I want to see? I don't know. Because

[Crissle West]

I was saying to myself, because I'm watching it and I'm like, the delivery is great. She sounds great.

[Kid Fury]

Yeah.

[Crissle West]

So I'm like, what's.

[Kid Fury]

She can sing and rap.

[Crissle West]

What is missing?

[Kid Fury]

You know? Right. So it's like, what. What am I not fucking with?

[Crissle West]

I said to myself, I think it's because I. She's so eclectic and quirky, and she experiments with so many different sounds. Alth. She raps and sings on pretty much every album. She does all kinds of stuff, so I feel like I'm. Anytime. Like, I feel like when she's a part of something that's very genre specific, I usually go, hmm. Like, I don't know what to expect. Does that make sense?

[Kid Fury]

Yes, it does.

[Crissle West]

So, like, yeah. Having her come out for a Lord Hill tribute was similar to when I think she performed at the Oscars. That was more confusing.

[Kid Fury]

Well, that was. That was actually not good. This was good.

[Crissle West]

Yeah.

[Kid Fury]

That. That Diamonds Are Forever was hard. Laney was pissed. Laney was, like, cut off. And normally she don't pay attention to humans on tv, but, boy, she was irate. So that's how I know. I was like, damn, is this bad? And Lainey was like, turn the television off. So I was like, okay, it's good.

[Crissle West]

Lainey said, there's one thing I don't play about is diamonds.

[Kid Fury]

She was really pissed. But this was.

[Crissle West]

I Love our children.

[Kid Fury]

This wasn't. Yeah, I. You know, it's like there's an intangible here that I can't really put my finger on. There's something about it, but it's also not like it's real. It's genuinely not bad. It really is not. So. Yeah.

[Crissle West]

And that can be unfair.

[Kid Fury]

Right. And doing if I Rule the World with Nas, that was also not bad.

[Crissle West]

So it's like, it was really good.

[Kid Fury]

You know, I can't. I don't want to hold this girl's previous performances or, you know, racial chat rooms, showing feet or whatever against her forever, you know? Like, I know she been through a lot.

[Crissle West]

How is Nas? How is Nas? I just wrote, how is Nas? Because how is he so fine?

[Kid Fury]

He's so fine.

[Crissle West]

How is he not aged, right? How is he personally? Does he want me to come over? How is Nas?

[Kid Fury]

I bet he don't drink a lot. All the niggas who look good in their 50s and up, they don't drink a lot.

[Crissle West]

Yeah, you're right. Yeah, that's true.

[Kid Fury]

Probably very rarely drinks. That nigga looks good as.

[Crissle West]

Amazing.

[Kid Fury]

Yeah.

[Crissle West]

Amazing.

[Kid Fury]

Yeah.

[Crissle West]

Liz on Rhapsody. So here's the thing.

[Kid Fury]

Don't do this. I did. I. I Did not dislike this either. I have to tell the truth. I thought Lizzo looked good, and I thought she sounded good. I did.

[Crissle West]

I loved the reference in her outfit.

[Kid Fury]

Yes.

[Crissle West]

Reference. Reference.

[Kid Fury]

If you know,

[Crissle West]

I thought Lizzo was perfect for the singing part of Doo Wop.

[Kid Fury]

Yeah. Yep.

[Crissle West]

And again, Lizzo is talented to me in both singing and rapping. In fact, my introduction to Lizzo was her rapping on Clean Bandit's album Moons Ago. I just think that she was really suited for the singing part. When she came out and she started singing, I was like, perfect. Yes.

[Kid Fury]

Absolutely perfect for that. Yeah. Yep.

[Crissle West]

Rhapsody. Rapping. I'm like, yes. Choices.

[Kid Fury]

Right.

[Crissle West]

But then the going back and forth on the rap part, to me was when you lost me.

[Kid Fury]

Yeah, I agree. I do. I think that is a solid and fair critique of the performance. But she. I mean, she looked great, and she did sound good. Like, she's another one who can really sing.

[Crissle West]

Yeah.

[Kid Fury]

So, yeah. And then, I don't know. You probably gonna get to her son coming out, too. But I was like, oh, Lord.

[Crissle West]

Oh, yeah.

[Kid Fury]

Zion

[Crissle West]

first. Yg. YG Marley.

[Kid Fury]

YG Marley. Get out my face.

[Crissle West]

That's his name.

[Kid Fury]

Wait, is it really?

[Crissle West]

Yes, that's her name.

[Kid Fury]

Don't bullshit me.

[Crissle West]

Google YG Marley. He's the one who's saying your life.

[Kid Fury]

Oh, oh, oh, okay. I thought you meant yg, the other yg. I was like, now you bullshitting. Yes. Yg, her son. Okay. Yes. And way too many people think that these are Bob Marley's kids. I need y'. All.

[Crissle West]

That's unfortunate. That's really unfortunate. That's super unfortunate. Because if you think about it.

[Kid Fury]

Cause that man has been dead for 40 some years, and I really need y'.

[Crissle West]

All. Jesus. They have to be super young people.

[Kid Fury]

Yeah, yeah. Young people. They hear Marley and they just think Bob, but they don't. I don't think they know when Bob Marley died. Or maybe even that he is dead.

[Crissle West]

So that's what happens when iPad and ChatGPT do y'.

[Kid Fury]

All. Yep. Yep. That's what happened when iPads raised these kids.

[Crissle West]

I don't even have homework. I think you told me something. I mean, Lord, when YG Marley came out and started singing turning your lights down low, I was bawling. I think this was the hardest. I was crying during the program.

[Kid Fury]

Yeah.

[Crissle West]

So I cried four times.

[Kid Fury]

Look at you.

[Crissle West]

Cause I cried with Zion came out, too. Okay. So this is, like, the third time I cried. And this. And I was weeping because he sounds exactly like his granddaddy. Like, it sounded like his grandfather was singing the song.

[Kid Fury]

Yeah. I said, oh, the Jamaicans are losing it.

[Crissle West]

I was balling beautiful. I called my mother.

[Kid Fury]

Oh, of course you did.

[Crissle West]

Because afterwards when he said, yes, Mummy. Like, that's how we would say it in our accent. We would say, mummy. I was bawling. I was all over the place. I was on the ground. He could have killed me dead. Zion.

[Kid Fury]

Oh, yeah.

[Crissle West]

Coming out to the song I grew up listening to that's dedicated to him and being big and grown.

[Kid Fury]

Right.

[Crissle West]

And also sounding good.

[Kid Fury]

Yeah.

[Crissle West]

And also screaming, ja. Yeah, Rastafari. I was like, this tribute means so much to me. Why does it feel so personal? I don't know these people.

[Kid Fury]

Right? Yeah. What?

[Crissle West]

Okay. Lexia J. Amazing choice. Beautiful voice. Sounded delicious. Let's talk about, how did you feel about your dad performing with Comet?

[Kid Fury]

Oh, you know, that's when I wept. I was like my actual father on stage performing like this. Like, you just gonna have to give my. My mommy Poppy her props. Every fucking time she did a TikTok or a reel or something. Being like, y' all always wanna know who do my hair, who keep my shit laid. Here she go. I was like, thank you, dad. Yes. The girls have been begging, but, you know, anytime my dad and stepmom hit the red carpet, I'm locked in. So, yes, I said, oh, Common have to remind y' all that he do more than date every woman in the industry. He does more than be everybody's ex boyfriend. Like, he really do be rapping his ass off.

[Crissle West]

Common does have a famous rap sheet. I mean, like, a famous girl rap

[Kid Fury]

don't have no type. Like, they all over the place. Yeah, yeah, just black. Which, you know, right? Not mad, but yeah.

[Crissle West]

Because how many of these women have been like, let me tell you something about this piece of shit, right?

[Kid Fury]

They don't do that. They just be like, oh, it didn't work out. Which, you know, who knows really what happened? But yeah, they did lost ones

[Crissle West]

last. Oh. Then obviously Lauren performs twice.

[Kid Fury]

Now, this is where I said, bet.

[Crissle West]

Yeah.

[Kid Fury]

You know, it's just like, we do have time constraints, you know, And I get. You know, it's like icon of a generation or whatever award and not living legend award. And she's the first one, so I get it. But this is part of what, Like, I zoned out because there was a part where it looked like she was finna wrap up, and then she came back with even more energy and I just kind of zones out, right? And then it was like, oh, I'm not Supposed to sing, but, you know, warm up the band. And it was like, wait, what?

[Commercial/Ad Voice]

Yeah.

[Kid Fury]

Don't care about your time. They don't care.

[Crissle West]

They absolutely don't.

[Kid Fury]

They do not care. She finna sing her song.

[Crissle West]

She said I wasn't supposed to sing. But I heard they weren't doing this. I heard they weren't doing this.

[Kid Fury]

How y' all not gonna do this one? Shit.

[Crissle West]

Keys.

[Kid Fury]

Find me. I'm right here.

[Crissle West]

Fierce. So, yeah, that was that. She got her award. Did Nas give it to her? Who came out and gave it to her? I think it was Nas. It doesn't matter. And the last thing I wrote was, is that girl named Teyana Taylor for real?

[Kid Fury]

I don't know if it's Teyana or Teyana. I really don't.

[Crissle West]

I always say Teyana. But I heard two people, Janet said Teyana and Mc Ly said Teonna. And I. Mc Ly said it first, and I was like, did she say Teyana Taylor? And then Janet didn't.

[Kid Fury]

I was like, I heard Janet say it. Then Teyana had tears pouring down her face. I said, what is the setting spray? What is the setting spray? The fact that your makeup is all over the fucking place and weeping, girl, what is on your face? I need to know facts.

[Crissle West]

Thank you for climbing, because. What a point.

[Kid Fury]

Immediately, please let us know. Because anybody else would have tear tracks all in their skin. And Teyana just looked gorgeous. But, yeah, if Janet fucking Jackson gave me the bitch you had a great year award, I also would be shitting bricks. And she could call me Teyana, too. I'm going up there, bitch. You know, she's talking to me. I don't care if that's how you say my name or not. But yeah, that was a beautiful. When Janet came out was like, okay, you guys in the. Standing up in the back, you don't have to sit down. Cause I can't see that prompter. It was so cute.

[Crissle West]

Your impression, fantastic. It was cute. And she was up there looking like a black Stevie Nicks.

[Kid Fury]

Yeah, she was the ghetto Stevie Tupac shirt on.

[Crissle West]

I loved it.

[Kid Fury]

Yeah, that was great. Teyana's speech and everything was really sweet. You know, she has had an incredible year, and it's good to see her be honored by, you know, the people who have helped get her career where it is now. So, yeah, it was quite nice.

[Crissle West]

Those are my thoughts of the BET awards overall. I would. Out of 10. I'll do it. Out of five. Out of five? Five. I'd give it a.

[Kid Fury]

You know what?

[Crissle West]

I'm feeling nice. I'll give it a 4.

[Kid Fury]

That's what I was thinking. Like a 3.9 or a 4. Yeah. And I honestly think the biggest issue was Drew Ski. Yeah. Damn. And I really was excited for it because I'm like, drewski's so funny, but everybody's Internet humor don't translate to real life hosting abilities. That's two different jobs.

[Crissle West]

He can grow. Give him some more shots.

[Kid Fury]

For sure.

[Crissle West]

He can get better at this. Because I think Drew Ski's hilarious, and I think that he has. Assuming he's at the core of a lot of the comedy bits. He does his TikTok sketches and stuff. He's a really. A really impressive and delightful comedic imagination.

[Kid Fury]

Yeah.

[Crissle West]

So I think that could translate to being a great award show host. I just don't think this was the time.

[Kid Fury]

Right. And I won't be shocked if Keke Palmer gets it next year. I will not be even remotely surprised if they're like, you know what? Yeah. Actually, points were made.

[Crissle West]

There's no way you don't go back to your dressing room with a little bit stuff.

[Kid Fury]

Right.

[Crissle West]

It's just a tiny bit of a stuff.

[Kid Fury]

Like, even if y' all rehearsed it that way, it's like the fact that the whole audience was gagging, cracking up,

[Crissle West]

like, wait a minute.

[Kid Fury]

Hooting and hollering. Everybody was like, yeah, why she don't have this job?

[Crissle West]

Like, oh. And you know, the Internet was ripping, too, because then they reminded me that these niggas had her hosted in the back in her backyard.

[Kid Fury]

Oh,

[Crissle West]

they're on threads, frying mandevas. Like, yeah, why wasn't she hosting? And furthermore, why did you have her host one time in her backyard?

[Kid Fury]

Was that like the COVID year or something?

[Crissle West]

I think so.

[Kid Fury]

Yeah. When everybody was, like, on zoom. Oh, damn. I didn't even think of that.

[Crissle West]

But you right. She probably will host next.

[Kid Fury]

She probably will, right? Well, yeah. But overall, a very enjoyable award show as far as, like, entertainment awards go. BET is right up there. I don't think it gets better than, you know, I prefer the Image Awards, Oscars, Emmys, stuff like that. Like, act no shade. Actual awards. I don't want to make it seem like those are, like, better somehow, but coveted. Yeah. Maybe the more coveted awards for performance and that sort of thing. But as far as, like, entertainment and a good time goes, bet, y', all, I mean, they have been doing it for some years now and have to give them their props. It was a good show.

[Crissle West]

They often chew tributes.

[Kid Fury]

Yeah.

[Crissle West]

Like when they announced, like, oh, we're doing this, that's the first one that came to mind.

[Kid Fury]

Prince said, try songs.

[Crissle West]

That was rough. That was rough.

[Kid Fury]

Get this, bitch. Fuck. Oh.

[Crissle West]

I think we were all mad for him, and then we had to see him respond to it. Ooh, that was rough.

[Kid Fury]

His whole face was like, y' all have got me fucked up.

[Crissle West]

So who do you think is gonna eat the Beyonce tribute? Better Grammys, bet, VMAs?

[Kid Fury]

Um, I think Grammys will have the edge as far as, like, quality of performances. Yeah, BET will have the most entertaining, like, overall show. And, you know, we gonna get some. And we're gonna get some, you know, little extra. Some sprinkles of nigga tree in there that you won't see at the. At the Grammys. But I. I do think when. When that day comes, I will enjoy whatever BET does for Beyonce the most and. Cause I think they know completely you can't fuck with the high. And they have really been tightening up, like you said on these performances and tributes and stuff like that. So I can see them. Yeah, really killing that.

[Crissle West]

I think BET will also. BET will also grab people that Grammys wouldn't think to grab.

[Kid Fury]

Yes, yes.

[Crissle West]

That make a whole lot of sense.

[Kid Fury]

That make a lot of sense. Right, so we shall see.

[Crissle West]

Well, that's really. I mean, are Lando Brown supposed to fight Ray J for Zeus? Because of course, he apparently slapped Ray J across his face. Stack of cash. Why would Drew Ski say that they thought he was dead?

[Kid Fury]

And the whole running bit about Ray J check bounced, or Ray J never gave them a check or whatever it was, it was like, what is happening right in front of that man's face? Like, what is. Is this part of the joke? I don't really get it. Yeah, there was quite a bit of that.

[Crissle West]

My second husband, Skeptic, was on Twitter and said he spoke out about these niggas taking pictures with North. Oh, grown man.

[Kid Fury]

What did we just say? What did we just fucking say about Northwest going on tour? Who's going to be buying the tickets? Who's going to be standing in line? Who's going to be trying to record that little girl from all kind of angles? And zoomed up, right? Grown nasty men. A 13 year old girl feeling like she has to hug a stranger.

[Crissle West]

Growned man, newly 13.

[Kid Fury]

Absolutely not. Kim, Kim, get your child away from these people.

[Crissle West]

Skepta said, my fans know I try to stay out of people's business, but damn, the way grown men, complete strangers, try to use north makes me sick.

[Kid Fury]

Yes.

[Crissle West]

1, 2, 3, 4, 5. 5. Vomiting emojis.

[Kid Fury]

Oh, thank you.

[Crissle West]

When some idiot said, is hugging a social offense now? Skepta responded, what are you talking about? She's 13 years old. She put her hand out for a handshake. You don't ignore that. I can't believe some these replies to my tweet. He's responding to a video of some guy. Many people obviously coming up to try and take pictures with North. There's one in particular where north, like, reaches her hand out to shake this guy's hand and he instead hugs her and then goes to, like, take a picture.

[Kid Fury]

Whatever.

[Crissle West]

Here's. This one's rough. This one's rough. Someone then said, with all those piercings, she's only a child by age, not outlook. She's based. She basically skipped being a teenager. Oh, my God. Now I want to believe that was rage bait because. Are you okay?

[Kid Fury]

Has to be.

[Crissle West]

Big smoke. Skeptic just said, wow. Protect your kids, people. Protect your kids, literally.

[Kid Fury]

Because what?

[Paramount Plus Announcer]

What?

[Kid Fury]

She skipped being a teenager. She literally just got here. Like, yeah, a month ago maybe. She just got here.

[Crissle West]

So not only did she not skip,

[Kid Fury]

she literally just started being a teenager. Everybody calmed down.

[Crissle West]

I don't like this.

[Kid Fury]

No, I don't like it. And I said it. I just. We said it as soon as this was announced. This does not sound like a good idea, Kimberly. Kanye vias. Get that child away from the public eye. It is no reason for strange men to have physical access to your daughter. This is disgusting. I don't like y' all are setting herself anyway. Anyway, then people responded to Skeptic need to be on a list. The fuck are you talking about?

[Crissle West]

1,000%. How do we arrest these people,

[Kid Fury]

Grok? Arrest these niggas.

[Crissle West]

I was going to say. I also would argue, and you could loop in here, have an education. I would also argue that the idea that north is kind of maturing fast through piercings and edgy music or whatever might have a lot to do with the environment she's growing up in. The fact that both her parents are a hot ass mess and both. You know what I'm saying? Fame whores, you know, the fact that all her business been out in the streets and she was crying front row at Prada or whatever. I want to think that a lot of this rebellious punk rock stuff, while there's nothing wrong with being rebellious and having piercings and being punk rock, but at 12 years old, I feel like there might be this aspect of, I don't know, just like finding an Edge or looking for an edgy personality as a way to just, I don't know, fight, rebel, be your own person, not feel neglected. Help me out.

[Kid Fury]

All of that is extremely normal teenage behavior. Like, that's the. Are you talking about, like, the kids wanting to, like, have blue hair and put spikes in their ears or whatever? Like.

[Crissle West]

No, I'm saying, like, just the idea that it's like, I'm 12 years old, I'm piercing all over the place, and I'm making rap music and I'm going on tour. I'm thinking, like, how much that have to do with Gotcha. What she's growing up when. And your grandmother, I mean, your mother basically being your grandmother now, Grandma is the baby.

[Kid Fury]

You know what I mean?

[Crissle West]

Yeah, well, grandma is the baby.

[Kid Fury]

North specifically is doing some of those more extreme things like piercings, or more specifically going on tour, doing meet and greets and stuff like that. Because it is what her parents allow and.

[Crissle West]

Right.

[Kid Fury]

That is. So that's why my, my issue here is fully around Kim and Kanye. Why? Y' all know how famous you are individually. Why in the hell would you subject your minor daughter to this? Like, I'm really not getting it. It's. It's. It's just not enough protection around this girl. And it's starting now. You know, we've seen the videos of it now. And so I just would hate for August to get here in a month or so when she's on stage and it's. Grown men camped out as soon as, you know, before the gates open so they can be front row to get a look up northwest skirt or whatever, you know, it's. No, it's gonna be pedophiles. Yes, it absolutely is. It's gonna be the worst men. It is. It's gonna be the worst men lining up to see that little girl. So I' understanding why Kim and Kanye are putting their child in that situation. So, yeah, at this point, this is 100% on her parents and what they are allowing her to do. She doesn't have that kind of control over her life.

[Crissle West]

I guess I'm just thinking of, like, what her auntie decided she wanted to be 30 when she was 15. You know what I mean? She was like, oh, I'm grown, right?

[Kid Fury]

Yeah.

[Crissle West]

And I always thought, well, okay, you grew up in this messy ass house with your mama who essentially pimped out all your older sisters who have a different daddy and look a bit different than you. And so, like, I wanna mature quickly because I wanna be like them, I guess. That was kind of.

[Kid Fury]

Well, I mean, it's all kind of. It's a permissive sort of family environment. Because I've heard the two little. Not little. Hell, Cli and Kendall. I've heard those two talk about how they mama was so obsessed with the older girls, especially Kim, that they just kind of did whatever. And Kendall was like, yeah, I lost my virginity right here in this house. And Chris was like, what? Where was I? She was like, where were you? Yeah, great question. You didn't give a shit. I was out here doing whatever I wanted to do. Like, me and Kylie was out here fending for ourselves. I'm like, God damn. So this is just. This is the way y' all parent, but is it gonna take a tragedy for y' all to tighten up Kim? Didn't Kim already have that, like, that home invasion or whatever in Paris where niggas came in?

[Crissle West]

I forgot about that.

[Kid Fury]

Right? And you would just think that at this point, you truly. I cannot understand why they're allowing north to have access to these strangers. Child, I really don't get that. You not gonna walk up to Blue Ivy trying to shake hands or hug or shit else. Like, you're just not going to do it. That's not gonna happen for you. So I'm not understanding why Kim and Kanye don't have that same kind of protective spirit over their child.

[Crissle West]

I don't know. I just thought of that time that I hosted that Jhene Aiko concert way back when.

[Kid Fury]

I remember that.

[Crissle West]

And when it was in Times Square and Willow was one of the openers. She was a minor at the time. Jada Pinkett Smith was right there to the side of the stage. Sharon being cool. She was super nice to me and all that stuff, like I mentioned. But I will never forget that young lady went on that stage. She got there. She went on that stage. She performed. She got off that stage. Her mama took her phone.

[Paramount Plus Announcer]

Correct?

[Kid Fury]

Correct. Cause you don't have no business at the Sony Theater in Times Square backstage with all these grown niggas smoking weed and drinking and God only knows what else. You came here to whip your hair and go home and no shade.

[Crissle West]

It really wasn't even nobody back there at that point.

[Kid Fury]

Oh, probably that early in the show. Yeah.

[Crissle West]

But people mostly in their dressing rooms, wasn't no milling about. But either way. Either way, it wasn't like, oh, we gonna come back here and take some pictures, or come say hi to this record executive. She was like, you did your song. They lived.

[Kid Fury]

We're going home and you know why? Because everybody already knows who Willow Smith is. You want to book Willow, you know who to contact. You know, this is not some little girl chasing a dream and needs mommy and daddy to hustle to make her dreams come true. This is already an extremely privileged child doing something because she wants to. So it's all the more reason. That's all the more reason why it does not make sense for Kim and Kanye to be so lax about the security around Northwest. What are y' all doing, Charl? Pray for North. For real? Cause goddamn.

[Crissle West]

Yeah, goddamn. And that's on Bob Squeeze. Well, that's it for all the hot tops this week. We're gonna take a break and then get into your mess. Cause I know you've got it.

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[Kid Fury]

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[Crissle West]

welcome back folks to the show. It is time for your listener letters.

[Kid Fury]

Indeed it is. Send your letters to askleritmail.com we may read them aloud on the show. Our first letter this week comes from Coco, who says, I finally realized, oh, I finally freed myself from a four year long relationship and I'm starting to put myself back out there. I'm a 32 year old college educated straight black woman with no kids in Fort Lauderdale. So the pickings are. Oh, word. This year I've dated two guys who fell, who fell head over heels for me quickly and I felt the same way for them for about a month. I live the first guy made it easy to break up with him because he was sorry as hell. But the second guy I've been seeing since April and he's super sweet and cool. We get along very well, but he's just not the one for me. I got the ick when I saw how much he sweats when he gets hot and his legs got swollen. We were at a concert together. Plus, he got two kids.

[Crissle West]

Oh, let's be friends.

[Kid Fury]

At first, I was kind of open to being a Brady Bunch stepmom because I love kids. But I don't think he makes enough in this economy to court me the way I want to be courted. He's in school, so I know he's doing his best like the rest of us. But going back to the sweating thing, I think the ick just has not subsided.

[Crissle West]

Damn.

[Kid Fury]

Part of me knows I need to work through why I be falling for people so fast and leading these niggas on. But my question is, how do you break things off with a good person who didn't necessarily do anything wrong, but they just aren't the best fit for you? This man wants to plan a cruise next month, and part of me really wants to go on a vacation and then break up with him afterwards.

[Crissle West]

I love this bitch, but that's kind

[Kid Fury]

of fucked up, so I know I should do it sooner than later. Please help. Coco. Coco. I'm obsessed with you.

[Crissle West]

Yeah, I kind of inspired because.

[Kid Fury]

Me too. What you mean? You doing a bunch of sweating and your legs got swollen at the Brandy concert? Yeah, I got the ick, and I'm not getting over it. I love that.

[Crissle West]

Here's the condition.

[Kid Fury]

I mean, maybe so, but the thing about the ick is that it just happens. You think I want. I don't wanna. I don't wanna catch the ick. I don't want to. But then something happens, and it's just. It has come over me. I thought this was a Virgo problem, but maybe not.

[Crissle West]

How do you break things off with someone over something that might seem trivial?

[Kid Fury]

Well, I mean, this is just part of dating, but it is my least favorite part. I hate breaking it. I hate breaking it off with people who didn't do nothing wrong, where it's just like. Especially because it's like, I'm feeling like we're not aligned. But you're not feeling that way. You're like, oh, no, this is great. You know, we having a good time, blah, blah. And I'm over here like, damn, when. When should I let you know that this is not finna happen? So you. You really just scrounge up the courage to just kind of spit it out? It might be you've been seeing him since April. Okay, that's not that long. Actually less than three months.

[Crissle West]

Yeah.

[Kid Fury]

So do it before he plans the cruise. Do it before he books the tickets and all that. Because, let me tell you, if you caught the ick at a concert, seeing that man on a boat in the middle of the summer, sweating with swollen legs, you gonna have the ick then, too. And you're gonna be like, damn, why did I bring myself on this trip knowing that this man turns me off? Right? And you're on a boat. You can't escape. So what I found useful is doing it when we're out, not, like at a show or even at dinner, but at a bar or something. And, you know, I'll just be like, so you know, about the rest of the summer, what you finna be doing? You know? Like, I'll say something like that. Be like, you know, we've had a good time, but, you know, I'm just kind of out here seeing what really is aligned with me and what fits, you know, blah, blah, blah. Or if they bring up the conversation about, like, going to the next level, it's like, just. That kind of gives you an out to be like, huh? I'm glad you brought that up, because I actually don't see a next level. But no matter how you approach it, it is hard to say. It is. It's hard to be like. Because people always want to know why. And sometimes it's genuinely, I don't feel that spark with you. I don't feel the chemistry with you like I thought I did. We've been getting to know each other, and the feeling has been fading instead of getting stronger. Like, these are all signs that you are not the one for me. So it doesn't mean there's anything wrong with you. I just don't. We are not aligned. But it is a hard thing to say. You just. You kind of just gotta spit it out.

[Crissle West]

Okay, so let's say you. You spit it out, and they're like. They wanna know why. And your response is like, I don't really know. I'm not really sure. It just feels like it's not working. And then that person, like, gets upset with you. Then what?

[Kid Fury]

Oh, well, I mean, you're entitled. Yeah.

[Paramount Plus Announcer]

Yeah.

[Kid Fury]

You're entitled to have your feelings, but not to have them around me. So I'm gonna go ahead and pay for my drink. That's okay. Yeah, that's what I was looking for.

[Crissle West]

Ooh, this is getting tough. Oh, I should just.

[Kid Fury]

This sounds like a conversation for your group chat, right?

[Crissle West]

You seem like, you need some alone time.

[Kid Fury]

I think maybe you oughta call it a friend. Call one of your friends and. Yeah. See if they can help talk you through this, because this is. Again, this is just a regular part of dating.

[Crissle West]

But, yeah.

[Kid Fury]

Yeah, sometimes you do hurt people's feelings, and it sucks. Hopefully they take it graciously. I've. I have been very fortunate. Every time I've done this, the other person. They've all been women. They have all taken it very graciously and been like, I get it. Yeah. You know, we had a good time together. Wishing you the best. You know, one even sent me two dozen roses on my birthday, like, three or four weeks after I ended things with her. She was like, yeah, you know, I know we're not seeing each other anymore, but still, happy birthday. You know, just nice shit.

[Crissle West]

Yeah, that's so. Yeah.

[Kid Fury]

So I've been very fortunate to come across people who handle that well. But otherwise. Yeah, if that's why I say, you know, do it at a bar or something. So if he start getting all in his feelings, well, I did this. I bought you Applebee's thing two times. Like, okay, I'm going home. Like, I don't have time for all that. Yeah, take care. It is over. Take care. You know, see you around. But it's not an easy thing to do. You know, nobody wants to be the one to hurt somebody's feelings, but better to let you go now so you can go find somebody who feels the same way about you than that you feel about them than me sitting around pretending that I like you and wasting your time and having your feelings get deeper, and then you just end up even more hurt when this inevitably ends, when I could have saved both of us the time and the heartache.

[Crissle West]

Like, I mean, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, completely. But you know something else? What is her name again? What you think of Coco?

[Kid Fury]

Coco.

[Crissle West]

You actually don't sound too shy, bashful, or unafraid, so I agree. You just go ahead. I would also do it like a nice public cash place. The bar feels appropriate. Maybe even a coffee shop, depending on how the drinking works. So if that nigga start whining, you can be like, okay, well, let me just go ahead and take care of my tab, right?

[Kid Fury]

Bartender. Ooh, Uber's throwing its way.

[Crissle West]

Yeah.

[Kid Fury]

Gonna go wash my hands before I leave. Bye.

[Crissle West]

Yeah, breaking up with it. I think we say it all the time. You can break up with somebody, just. You don't have to have a reason, right? Besides, I don't want to do this

[Kid Fury]

but it is hard. It is.

[Crissle West]

Yeah.

[Kid Fury]

You feel bad and you probably try to make it work longer than you should because you're like, I don't want to. Yes. I don't want to end things. This is a good guy. I don't want to end things over something stupid or, you know, the vibe's not being right.

[Crissle West]

Just sweaty and swole. Sweaty and swole.

[Kid Fury]

Oh, but good luck with. With practice, Coco, this will get much easier. Yeah. All right, next up is Jeffrey, who says did care Dear Kiff Hearing crystal, I'm a 36 year old black queer man living in Houston. When my father passed away in 2024, I had been living with my parents for a few years due to a layoff and an extremely long job search process. Once I got a full time job again, I stayed with them to help with expenses and to help take care of my dad. I started my house search and purchased my first home last February and moved my mom in with me. We discussed this in advance and she decided to cover half of my mortgage and a few of the other household expenses. This has worked well and it continues to work well to this day. My issue in stress stems from my 34 year old sister who unfortunately had to move in with me and my mom last fall after she was laid off. My sister isn't the easiest person to live with or be around sometimes. Mind you, we have not lived under the same roof since before I left for college in 2008. I love my sister and try to be understanding, supportive, and all those things big brothers should be for their younger siblings. We once had a family meeting to discuss some of her behavior issues and she then disclosed to us that she had been diagnosed with bipolar disorder. She can go from 0 to 100 at the drop of a hat, and there have been several instances where I would calmly and plainly ask her something and she would respond with an elevated tone that would lead to us arguing. She has made comments such as, well, that's why you can't pay all of your bills by yourself. Which is first of all something that is totally between me and our mother and does not in any way involve her and number two, my sister don't pay any of the bills in the house anyway. Day I'm at a point where in order for us to maintain some sort of relationship, I think she knew she needs to move out. My and my mother agrees. Ideally it would be best if my sister got her own place again, so I'm hoping by the end of the year she will have enough money saved up to leave. I'm quite over it. And the discord she has brought disturbs my peace and stirs up my anxiety. What is a healthy way to approach having a conversation with her when she is constantly on the offensive and deflects when she doesn't want to face accountability? Love you guys. Thanks so much, Jeffrey.

[Crissle West]

Thanks for the letter, Jeffrey. I feel like we get a lot of letters about family members moving back in with each other and getting on someone get on somebody else.

[Kid Fury]

The economy is bad, laid off, everybody's getting late. Everybody, everybody. It's just non stop.

[Crissle West]

So, yeah, I can't wait for this to be gone.

[Kid Fury]

Sure. He's got to go. He has got to go.

[Crissle West]

It's just like the rot is expanding. Is it a supernatural rot?

[Kid Fury]

It feels that way, don't it? Like the rot is multiplying faster than what anybody can do about it. Like, yeah, it's spreading like it do in comic hero movies.

[Crissle West]

Right. Like the curse is bad. Like the time. Oh, God, you ran out of time before the curse began.

[Kid Fury]

Right.

[Crissle West]

Or maybe he stopped sacrificing enough people,

[Kid Fury]

the clock struck midnight or whatever and it's just.

[Crissle West]

Yeah.

[Kid Fury]

The whole planet is getting covered in garbage because of this man. Yeah.

[Crissle West]

Sir, I'm so sorry. You have an excellent question. That's important. How do you approach this? Because I get the feeling, the sort of complication. I love my sister. I want for us to have a good relationship, which has already been rocky.

[Kid Fury]

Right.

[Crissle West]

But I fear if she don't get the fuck out of here, it's gonna be me or her.

[Kid Fury]

Right. And this is your house.

[Crissle West]

Yes.

[Kid Fury]

And this is your house. So, you know, I. This is hard because there's a part of me that's like, you know, oh, the mental health counselor answered versus the actual human being answer. And a lot of that patience and shit goes right out the window when you talk about. When I hear stuff like, you are living for free in my house, working my nerves and then got the nerve to be like, well, that's why you can't pay your bills by yourself, bitch. You can't either. That's why you're in my house. Me and mama taking care of everything in this bitch. Everything. You are here for the freesky. How you open your mouth to talk about what anybody can afford is beyond me. But then it's like, oh, she has bipolar. So, like, how do we have this conversation in a way that's not just like me being like, get your broke ass out my house then? Which is what I would want to

[Crissle West]

Say I respect the fact though, that like ass niggas. That would still probably be the first thing I said.

[Kid Fury]

The first thing that I said, who the fuck are you talking to?

[Crissle West]

To dial it back with

[Kid Fury]

the fuck you, bitch.

[Crissle West]

You can't pay nothing, right? Yeah, that's true.

[Kid Fury]

So who are you talking to? Who are you talking to? That. So, yeah, You know, and so for a lot of people, this is about, like, finding the line between supporting a loved one who really does need the support and also not letting them run you into the ground. So there's a lot of, you know, express your feelings by saying I this and, you know, not turning into a. Like, you do such and such. You piss me off. You this, you that. Especially because. Especially if what she's talking about has nothing to do with her disorder, like, just being like, oh, well, that's why you can't pay your bills. It's just kind of like, who again, who the fuck are you talking to? But what else is she doing? Is she on her meds? Is she seeing a therapist? Psychiatrist? Like, what other support does she have? Because if she's out here raw dogging bipolar, the chances that she's going to get her shit together enough to move out of your house by the end of the year are slim to not done. So I would come up with some sort of plan. Ideally, the three of you can sit down and talk about this and come up with some sort of support plan where we're holding her accountable, but we're also helping her do the things that she needs to do in order to get shit done for herself. So, like, if you don't have insurance, let's find government insurance or like free or low cost clinics in the area that can help you with your mood disorder. Let's find, you know, like, it might be harder, it might take more time, because of course in America, everything is easier when you have money. But, you know, let's find, let's work together. And as long as the three of us are on the same page about working together to help support you and, and help you meet your goals while at the same time holding you accountable for the things you say and do, then, you know, maybe the, this can work out in a way that everybody can feel like they can peacefully coexist. But if she's not willing to get help, if she's not willing to do anything for herself, if it has to be you and your mama to do everything for her, y' all gotta force her to go to the doctor. Y' all gotta remind her to take her meds. Y' all gotta remind her to fill out job applications and all this. And she just like, you can't. You can lead the horse to water. You can't make them drink. Like, basically, to put it extremely plainly. And so at that, I'm willing to help you as long as you're willing to help yourself. But if you're not willing to help yourself get to a baseline, then what the am I supposed to do? Because I'm not signing up at 36 to be your caregiver for the rest of my life. I'm not doing that. I'm not.

[Crissle West]

Yeah.

[Kid Fury]

So that's. That's. That would be my healthy way of approaching this conversation after I say, bitch, who are you talking to? Because you can't pay no bills and you wouldn't have a phone or shit else if it wasn't for me and mama right now saving your ass.

[Crissle West]

So duality.

[Kid Fury]

Keep the cunty shit to yourself before I change the locks in this bitch.

[Crissle West]

Yeah. But yes, I fully agree. There has to be a line.

[Kid Fury]

Right?

[Crissle West]

And the quicker and calmer that you address it and establish firm, firm boundaries, the better.

[Kid Fury]

Right.

[Crissle West]

Because it's gonna get. It's gonna feel harder, become harder. The longer it takes you to do something, the longer you allow it. And y' all already prone to big argument, so it best be. Be settled now.

[Paramount Plus Announcer]

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[Crissle West]

Especially because this is one of those things, like, you know, again, you let it simmer. Boy, when it blows like, girl, it's a mess when it Red walls. And that is a specific kind of bowl. You can't pay your bills. Honey, have you met you.

[Kid Fury]

Is anything in your name while you yapping bitch, you okay? And that's why you mentioned, like, having the conversation calmly is so important. It really is. And at the same time, somebody disrespecting you like that, the last thing you want to do is be calm about it. The last thing you want to do is be like, I'm going to put that to the side and approach this in a mature, loving, responsible. Most people are not thinking that. Most people are thinking, you got a lot of goddamn nerve when my bills. The average person, My bills are higher because you're in my home. Imagine how much money I would have left over if you got out of my house. See, See,

[Crissle West]

that was delivered in a calm way,

[Kid Fury]

but it was not a calm message.

[Crissle West]

It was not.

[Kid Fury]

You want to have a calm message in a calm tone and. And you might have to wait till everybody. You know, you can't do this when she's in the middle of an episode or whatever. But it is a challenge like that. Bipolar is a mood disorder and it is a very real challenge. But there is support out there if she wants it. If she don't want it, then we go. Then what are you gonna do with yourself? Cause my home is not available for you to freeload off of until you decide that you're gonna get your together in three, five, nine years, whatever. It's not. So what's the, what's the plan then? Because again, I'm willing. The more you're working towards taking care of yourself, the more I am going to be willing to help you, the more I'm going to want to help you. But I'm not going to do it for you because I already have to do it for me. Nobody's taking care of me in this way. Nobody's bending over backwards and to, you know, licking their own asshole to make sure that I can get shit done like it's not happening. So, yeah, we gonna. We gon. We gonna. You don't think I wanted other things?

[Crissle West]

You don't think I had dreams and aspirations? What about my life?

[Kid Fury]

What?

[Crissle West]

All right, Fences, man.

[Kid Fury]

Viola, you deserve so much better. That character

[Crissle West]

slavery worked with an Academy Award winning actor. You mean the Octavia Spencer?

[Kid Fury]

Yes, Octavia, I do.

[Crissle West]

I watched that of my at least three everything else. It is.

[Kid Fury]

It's great stuff.

[Crissle West]

Inexplicably hilarious.

[Kid Fury]

It is great stuff.

[Crissle West]

Yeah, completely agreed. You just said something a second ago that was so fierce I can't remember. You said something a second ago that was really, really fierce though. So that.

[Kid Fury]

Okay, good luck, Jeffrey. And hopefully your sister, you know, decides to really put the work in and, and take care of herself because again, this is hard, but it is manageable. So good luck. Yes. Going forward. All right. Our last letter comes from Mary, who says, hi, Crystal and Kfuri. I'm a black woman in her early 20s dealing with a friendship dilemma. Since I'm home for summer break from college, I've been hanging out with my high school friends, Brian and Amy more regularly. We talk and catch up and genuinely have a good time together. But there's one issue that keeps coming up anytime the three of us go somewhere. Brian never seems to have any money and usually has an attitude about it. He has openly told me that he don't like working and he isn't actively doing much to change that. I try not to judge people based on their circumstances, but this is where things start to get frustrating whenever we go Out. Brian complains that everything is too expensive. Our friend Amy is very empathetic and she often accommodates him. She'll cover his food and let him pay her back later. Or she splits meals with him or helps him out in some way. In some way. That's very kind of her, but I do feel like it consistently brings down the energy and the vibes. It's hard to enjoy yourself when someone is constantly complaining about money but still chooses to tag along. Recently.

[Crissle West]

I know.

[Kid Fury]

Recently Brian had two free tickets to an activity, so he suggested the three of us go together. We split the cost of the third ticket evenly, but the moment we arrived, Brian immediately started complaining about everything and had a bad attitude. We all still went in and Amy and I enjoyed ourselves, but it was obvious Brian was upset about having to spend money. Afterwards. We wanted to grab food because we were all hungry and there weren't many options nearby except for a burger spot. Knowing Brian's financial situation, Amy and I asked him multiple times if he was okay with eating there. And each time he said it was fine. Once we got to the restaurant, I ordered a burger and a drink. Amy ordered her food as well. And that's when Brian's mood shifted. He started saying things like this place is too expensive. And then announced that he wasn't hungry anymore. Amy reminded him earlier that he had been talking non stop about how hungry he was, but he doubled down while we were eating.

[Crissle West]

Amy ain't playing. She don't give a fuck.

[Kid Fury]

While we were eating, Brian repeatedly asked, how's your food? We told him it was good the first time he asked, but he kept on. It felt passive aggressive and it really irritated me. Eventually, Brian asked the waiter if he could get a free basket of fries. And when he found out the answer was yes, he ordered three of them hoes.

[Crissle West]

Brian is a trick.

[Kid Fury]

After lunch, Amy drove us home. The entire ride back, Brian barely spoke to either of us. I'm assuming because he was upset about the restaurant situation. Are Amy and I wrong for not accommodating Brian more? Do you think I should consider moving forward with this friendship? At this point, I'm starting to question whether this is even worth maintaining because of the constant complaining and because his constant complaining and negative attitude are becoming exhausting. Thanks, Mary.

[Crissle West]

The girls are bold. This week I My first thought is that Brian is big projecting.

[Kid Fury]

Projecting probably.

[Crissle West]

And if this person's like my true friend, there's a part of me that would sympathize, empathize with that. At the same time, pipe down, girl. First of all, like, I can have a burger and pieces. Are you cool?

[Kid Fury]

Right?

[Crissle West]

Um, so, yeah, I actually live for Amy being like, girl, you just said she was hungry. So what? Right. Cause it feels like it slightly opens the door to ask Brian what's going on. Why is it that every time we come out someplace, you start complaining and bringing up stuff, you know, about money? Like, we all want to have fun. We want you to have fun too.

[Kid Fury]

Right.

[Crissle West]

It seems though, like, whenever we go out, you are not having fun. So. Yeah. Care to share your thoughts? You know, I would think I would address it head on.

[Kid Fury]

Right.

[Crissle West]

And try not to be like, aggressive or combative about it, because it just seems to me like he complaining cause he know he ain't got money, but he's uncomfortable about it.

[Kid Fury]

Right. But, you know, and that goes back to what you said about, you know, depending on how close we are as friends. Because if we're close enough, you can say that to me. You can say, yeah. Well, I'm actually just really frustrated and it's not anybody's fault, and I'm sorry for taking it out on you. I'm just frustrated that I don't have the disposable income to, you know, it's easier for y' all to split a movie ticket or, you know, buy a burger and drinks or whatever. And I'm just, you know, I. I shouldn't have taken that out on y'. All. And I'm feeling frustrated about that. But also, Brian said he don't like working, which, I mean, girl, join the club.

[Crissle West]

Hello.

[Kid Fury]

I think most people get out of bed like, woo hoo. I get to go spend 8 to 12 hours at work today.

[Crissle West]

Wait a minute. I forgot about that early portion of the fun. Right? Okay, so Brian, super shut your ass up.

[Kid Fury]

Like, it's a wonder you can do anything with no job. Because in my early 20s, my mama would have been like, if you need pocket money, then guess what, you better go on down to the quick trip to the Walmart, to the cvs, to the Walgreens, to the family dollar, somebody. Yes. And get yourself.

[Crissle West]

My mom would give me a little bit of pocket money here and there when I was in my early 20s in college, only if I wasn't working, and only because I was not only time I wasn't working, is that I couldn't find a job.

[Kid Fury]

Yes.

[Crissle West]

Typically because I don't speak Spanish.

[Kid Fury]

Oh, yes. I can see how that would be an issue in Miami.

[Crissle West]

Even worse.

[Kid Fury]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Crissle West]

Like, it's. You have dark skin and you don't speak Spanish. Well, girl, why don't you just jump into the ocean? Don't come.

[Kid Fury]

Why don't you just die? Move to Tampa, actually.

[Crissle West]

Yeah, but I'm talking about. Here goes some gas money.

[Kid Fury]

Yeah, right.

[Crissle West]

Make this 20 stretch.

[Kid Fury]

And you know you can't even do that with $20 now. You can't even. $20 ain't stretching longer than a day. It's not.

[Crissle West]

So that's the fries, like, you're not even getting.

[Kid Fury]

And y' all got free fries. I feel like the waiter felt bad for him. Like, them fries are not free. The waiter was just like, damn, your friends all eating real food. And you just over here looking sad, talking about, is it good? Like, come on, nigga, come on.

[Crissle West]

I forgot that Brian had the nerve to be like, I don't wanna work. Unless that's projection too.

[Kid Fury]

I mean, I think it's. It's very. So early twenties is solidly Gen Z. And Gen Z, I think, is different from millennials in a way of, like, Millennials also don't like working, but we have just kind of resigned ourselves to, like. But you have to. I was like, you know, no, we don't like it, but what's the alternative? Like, you, You. I wasn't wealthy, therefore I have to work. That's capitalism.

[Crissle West]

Yeah.

[Kid Fury]

Whereas I think a lot of gen zers are like, I don't like working, so I'm not going to, like. And if my mommy and daddy don't force me out the house, then I don't really have to. You know, if nobody makes you work, then you really don't have to. Now, me, I couldn't get out them people house fast enough. So, baby, I started working at 15. I started working before I even had a car. I started working immediately, saving up some. Cause I knew I was gonna be getting out them people house. But, yeah, this is the downside to that, Brian. Like, yeah, you watching, you know, Naruto or whatever while the rest of us are at work. But the downside is that when it comes time to kick it with the homies on the weekend, we can go get a burger and a margarita and not make everybody else at the table feel uncomfortable. So I don't think y' all are wrong for not. It doesn't. It sounds. It almost sounds like he's dry begging. Like the. Oh, is your food good? Damn, I wish I had a bag of chips. Yeah, it kind of sound like that.

[Crissle West]

But, like, stank.

[Kid Fury]

Right, right. But then you got, like, an attitude that people don't just offer to pay for you. But we all work for our money, bro. Nobody's independently wealthy. Like, I don't. And it sounds like your friend Amy does cover him sometimes, you know, lets him Zell her back or whatever. Like. Like, y' all have been open to people having different levels of income. So it sounds like the real issue here is his attitude about not having enough money. And that's why. And so that goes back to. So either we're close enough friends where we can talk about it and you can be real with us about it, or we confront you about it and you just shut down or start getting more defensive and blah, blah, blah. And it's like, okay, so now we can't go nowhere. Like, now where are we supposed to go if you can't be open with us about what's really going on with you because your attitude is fucking up the group dynamic? So now what? Yeah, can we talk about it or no? What's going on, bro? What's going on? Cause if you need help getting over the fact that you don't like working, you can always text me in the morning and I'll be like, bitch, I'm on my way to work, too. Don't this suck? Like, we can commiserate if that's what we need to do. But yeah. Yeah, you want enough extra money to go out and do shit like this with your homegirls? Most of us have to work, baby. I'm so sorry. Who else is gonna fund it? Not my parents. So, yeah. No. Every weekend? No.

[Crissle West]

Hell no.

[Kid Fury]

Absolutely.

[Crissle West]

I just can't imagine. I just can't imagine being the friend to be outed Fridays or whatever, and I don't have any money. I could just stop there, because why? I'm at Fridays with these niggas and I ain't got no money.

[Kid Fury]

I'm gonna tell y', all, I don't have money, so I'm not gonna order nothing.

[Crissle West]

Right. I've done that.

[Kid Fury]

I've done that. Yes. Cause sometimes you don't got it, but you still wanna kick it, and that's fine.

[Crissle West]

You still wanna kick it, and that's fine.

[Kid Fury]

Yeah.

[Crissle West]

And sometimes the camaraderie is worth it.

[Kid Fury]

Right? And, you know, and. Right. If I'm getting a steak and fries, then, yes, I will share my fries with you. Yes, you can have fries.

[Crissle West]

I was about to say that.

[Kid Fury]

Yes.

[Crissle West]

I've always had a. Do you want a fry friend? And that person is just vital. Yes, I would love a fry.

[Kid Fury]

Right? Sometimes you have the friend who orders the triple dipper for the table. And they be like, you know, if you want a southwestern fried egg roll, then dive right in.

[Crissle West]

And you're probably more likely to come across the. Do you want a fried bread? If you are not immediately walking into the establishment going, God damn, $7 for a. You know what I mean?

[Kid Fury]

You know?

[Paramount Plus Announcer]

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[Crissle West]

Like, you might just want to try

[Kid Fury]

when you're a nice person to be around, people kind of want to. It's all like the other person, you know, ladies and gentlemen, easier for people to be nice to you when you're nice to them. It's easier for people to want to be helpful and generous in that way. So Brian, whatever. Is motivating his attitude problem. Yeah. He gonna have to get a hold of that.

[Crissle West]

Needs to be addressed.

[Kid Fury]

Right. It does. Sooner than later. So I would bring it up maybe with the three of them, but maybe not. I don't. I don't. I also don't want him to feel like y' all are jumping him about this, being like, we know you broke, but quit acting broke and mad about it. You know, But I think you could

[Crissle West]

do it in, like, a hangout setting that isn't y' all all sitting with money you spent together. Like, you know, like, maybe when y' all go to the beach or like, some other hangout over at the crib together, then maybe you could and bring it up there. But I don't think I'd bring it up when everybody got a T bone

[Kid Fury]

in front of me. Right. Right.

[Crissle West]

But yeah, it sounds like. Sounds like Brian's got some shit on his mind that's bugging him, and it's coming out as like, well, everything else is the problem.

[Kid Fury]

Yeah.

[Crissle West]

And like Crystal said, when it's messing up the group dynamic, it's like, okay, girl, can I have my bacon cheese in peace?

[Kid Fury]

And exactly. Because again, if you want to vent about how capitalism is stupid, I can do that for weeks. We can do that.

[Crissle West]

And now's the time.

[Kid Fury]

We can do that for months when I. We can bitch about having to work so that we can go outside and enjoy our nice things with our tiny little crumbs of free time that capitalism decides to sprinkle upon us. We can do. Baby, we can bitch about that all day. But if I'm sacrificing to go to work, why shouldn't you? Like, you don't want to, and why should you then.

[Paramount Plus Announcer]

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[Kid Fury]

Right.

[Crissle West]

Make it ruin my burger time when

[Kid Fury]

I get so little burger time in the first place. Like, and this is summer break, you Going right back to school probably in six to eight weeks. So it's like, come on, Brian, I don't wanna. I don't wanna leave with shit being awkward between us or feeling like, damn, Brian, really not a real friend no more. So let's just try to have the conversation. But that's all you can do. You can't force him to talk about it if he really don't want to. And you can't force him to change his attitude if he's insistent on keeping it. So good luck with broaching the conversation though.

[Crissle West]

Do you remember the time that you gagged my set and put me onto the fact that burger time is a game?

[Kid Fury]

Oh, yes. What a fun game.

[Crissle West]

It's not a game, Chris.

[Kid Fury]

What the hell it is.

[Crissle West]

You're making that up. Yes, it was absolutely.

[Kid Fury]

Yes, the hell it is. Oh, man, I used to love that game. Oh, well. Yeah.

[Crissle West]

Let's get cooking.

[Kid Fury]

All right, so that is gonna wrap up the listener letters this week. If you have a question for us, send us an email. Askthereadmail.com we'll be right back.

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[Kid Fury]

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[Kid Fury]

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[Crissle West]

all right, folks, we have returned and it is time for the read. You can go first.

[Kid Fury]

Okay.

[Crissle West]

Mine is foolishness. And God only knows how long it's going to take.

[Kid Fury]

Okay, okay, love that. Two quick things this week. First of all, to what is this outlet called? Is it on style? InStyle, Us Weekly, INS. Ain't he just be saying shit. Okay, like a completely different publication. Right, right, right, right. And that's my bad.

[Crissle West]

It's fine.

[Kid Fury]

So as we were talking about earlier, BET had a really beautiful tribute to D the BET Awards. This was reported on by a lot of media outlets, including Us Weekly. Now, Us Weekly decided to take a screenshot from the program to promote it. And they posted this on, I don't know, Instagram, Facebook, whatever, with the caption. Soul icon d' Angelo's children let an emotional tribute to their late father at the 2026 BET Awards. They include a screenshot of two of D' Angelo's children. The younger two kids, kids. Imani and Morocco, they very conveniently cropped out D' Angelo's older son, Michael Archer Jr. And at first you might think, oh, well, maybe this was just some sort of accident. They weren't really thinking about it, blah, blah, blah. But then when you look at the full image, it's almost like, I do think y' all did this on purpose because DeAngelo's two younger children are lighter skinned. The daughter has long hair and, you know, smaller bodies, that sort of thing. Whereas his child, his oldest son, his firstborn, who he had with Angie Stone, that kid is a lot taller, dark skinned, bigger body, all this. So it's like, did US Weekly deliberately crop out the dark skinned, fat black man who is not only one of DeAngelo's kids, but his firstborn child who was by his father's side in the hospital as he died? Y' all cropped him out of the post about the tribute for their daddy at the award show. You know, it's. It's some shit has been going on for so long and in such insidious ways that I can't believe that it was done innocently or. Well, we just had no idea. No, y' all knew exactly what you were doing. And you showed the lighter skin, smaller people on purpose because you're US Weekly and. And you're garbage. Like, that is just so. There's been a lot of outrage about it and I think very rightfully so, because again, the. This is also Dangelo's child whose mother also passed away. Like, was that even two years ago at this point? I don't think so. Was it?

[Crissle West]

I don't think it was.

[Kid Fury]

I don't think. Right. I don't think Angie Stone has. Right. I don't think she's even been gone that long. So it's like the disrespect of this young man who is the son of two of the greatest neo soul artists. Like, period, like just period. You can put the cap on it right there. The disrespect of him because of his body and skin tone is really fucking disgusting, girl. Cropping him out of the picture about his daddy's tribute for what? What was it gonna hurt to acknowledge all three of d' Angelo's children, no matter what they look like? I want whoever is in charge of JP Morgan Chase to make that or JP Morgan Chase. I'm moving on to my next one. Whoever's in charge at Us Weekly. I want y' all to explain that to me and make it extremely fucking clear. Cause right now it's looking like. Right. Cause right now it's looking like colorism and fatphobia. So would y' all like to chime in and let us know what it was instead? Cause I'm not getting it.

[Crissle West]

Could you have cropped him out now?

[Kid Fury]

Right? Like, it's more effort to do that. Like, it's just. It's so disrespectful to this the only child of these two legends. Like, I just don't. God, y' all are such assholes. And I mean, this is. These are grieving people. Like, this is to. To just act like he isn't there or doesn't exist or doesn't matter because of the way he looks is so incredibly fucked up. But speaking of things that are fucked up, have you seen the video of the woman at the Knicks parade in head to toe Knicks gear who took the orange and blue trash can off the sidewalk and dumped the trash onto the sidewalk and then took the trash can home on the train with her? I hate New York. Anyway.

[Crissle West]

That is so fierce. So

[Kid Fury]

her name is apparently Angie Baez. She's apparently 40 years old and she was the executive director of Community and Industry Engagement for Card and Connected Commerce at JP Morgan Chase. Yes, she was also previously the executive director of DEI at the Infatuation, which Chase inquired or acquired. And so then, you know, they gave her a title that sounded less like Director of dei, but that's essentially what she was. She's caught on video taking this custom orange and blue trash can and dumping the sidewalks on the truck. On the. Dumping the contents on the sidewalk and getting on the train with it, stealing it, basically taking it home. And she has been fired from her position for this. Now, I mean, on the one hand, I cannot blame the girls. We cannot have you out here littering or. Or publicly dumping trash or whatever the legal term is for it, and stealing a goddamn trash can that you could have bought for $20 off of Amazon and spray painted your self. Like, the fact that you took it home. Angie, are you out of your mind. She's also apparently a Bronx native, so I don't want to hear nothing about transplants coming through and up the city. This was one of yalls. So on the. On the one hand, it's like, I get it, girl. You. You work for JP Morgan Chase. They can't have somebody stealing, breaking the law on camera, and representing at the same time. I want to cuss this out so bad because what made you think that even if you wanted to steal the trash can. Okay, let's say yeah. Although I have a hard time believing you didn't make a lot of money. Like, they sell the trash can online, girl, I just feel like you could

[Crissle West]

have bought one and had somebody else, right?

[Kid Fury]

Even if you wanted it, why wouldn't you dump the trash into another trash can? Why would you just kind of very ceremoniously do to do. Dump all that shit on the fucking sidewalk? Like we don't already have a roach and rat and mouse and infestation problem in this city. The city is not known for being overly clean. Why would you, as a New York native, turn around and fuck it up even, Even worse? Why would you do that? I actually think you would have got away with stealing the trash can and keeping your job had you not dumped all the goddamn trash onto the street.

[Crissle West]

Facts.

[Kid Fury]

You look like an entitled white woman who saw something she wanted and said, I'm going to have it no matter what. And so this video of her not just dumping. I don't even think she's white, but. But it's a video of her not just dumping the trash, but it's a video of her hugging the trash can on the train. It's like multiple people caught this bitch on video and you didn't think, hmm, I'm the Director of Community and industry engagement at JPMorgan Chase. Maybe I shouldn't do this. So now you are 40 years old and lost your job in the stupidest way possible. You got the whole city talking about what a dumb ass you are and the cherry on top. She ended up having to return the fucking trash can. And then NYC Sanitation posted about it. They posted a picture of the trash can, talking about, welcome home. I said, oh, my God, I hate this place. How is this a real city? How is this real life? You lost your job. You've been publicly humiliated, your family probably deeply shamed, and you gave the trash can back. What did we learn, Andy? What did we learn? What did we learn? I just love the coffee cups.

[Crissle West]

I love the picture.

[Kid Fury]

Duncan, did you Google it. Did you see her?

[Crissle West]

Yes.

[Kid Fury]

In her fucking braids and her fucking jersey while n are in the background looking like, ugh.

[Crissle West]

Right? Cause why are you hugging a trash can on the train?

[Kid Fury]

Why are you hugging it? Why are you dumping trash? Why are you, as a New Yorker, dumping trash onto the city so that you can take a trash can home that you could easily purchase for yourself. Why are you doing that? And why wouldn't you at least pour the trash into another trash can? Do you not love the city? I would never do New York like this. I would never litter on New York like this. This is insane.

[Crissle West]

So you doing crack? When did the cocaine begin?

[Kid Fury]

I don't even know how you gonna get another job. Cause as soon as they Google you, this dumb shit comes up.

[Crissle West]

That is crazy.

[Kid Fury]

Yes.

[Crissle West]

To lose. Like you said, a likely incredible job, right? Incredible job because you dumped trash. You're disposing of garbage, right? Right on the sidewalk and.

[Kid Fury]

Right.

[Crissle West]

And then stealing a Knicks trash can and then on the train, hugging it, looking all happy. Come live with us in the palace. There's what we're waiting for.

[Kid Fury]

And had to pay $175 in fines to the city for littering and impending department of sanitation operations. So you. You lost in every conceivable way. Angie, people been talking so bad about you, your body and all this. To me, that has nothing to do with it. It's more of. Of how fucking stupid do you have to be to see cameras knowing the job that you have and still commit this crime? As dumb as this crime is, why would you still do it? Like, yes, a parade is going on and they cleaning up anyway. But them sanitation niggas, they work hard enough. Okay, again, the city is disgusting.

[Crissle West]

Thank you.

[Kid Fury]

They work hard enough, so why add to the issue? Yes, child, NYC Sanitation posted the trash basket after she brought it back, talking about, we missed you. Welcome back.

[Crissle West]

Humiliated.

[Kid Fury]

And now they're selling them hoes online. It's like, damn, I could have just waited and not took an absolutely filthy trash can with my bare hands. Mind you, God only knows what all was on your hands and then carried that on the train all the way back home. Like, out of your fucking mind. Angie, I hate to be on the side of government and big, you know, Fortune 500 businesses and shit like that, but, girl, you gave these white people no other choice. They had to fire you. And I just. I really did not want to believe it was true. I said, there's no way this lady really has that good ass job. Probably making $300,000 a year and did something this fucking stupid. But she did. Long live Neil.

[Crissle West]

What a way to lose a job, man. Man.

[Kid Fury]

And to be. The whole Internet is talking about what a dumbass you are and how nasty you are. Just filthy. Yuck.

[Crissle West]

Anyway, someone has to do a piece on like, top five most fabulous arrests after the New York Knicks with. Cause I knew the girls were gonna go wild and crazy and do amazing things, but wow, stealing a trash can and making out with it on the way home is crazy.

[Kid Fury]

And. Okay, I just. It's hard to wrap your mind around. Cause it's like there's simply no way There's. You can buy this, you can make. It's just an orange and blue trash can. You can make this. Okay. Anyway, good luck getting another job. That's it for me. I'm all done.

[Crissle West]

Okay, well, for me, I would just like to take this time to recognize a couple of things from this past Sunday's House of the Dragon episode. So I have to speak to the girls. Rhaenyra, you're up first. So they bring another dead ass son home, right? You know, here he comes, smelling like seawater with, I don't know, three, four arrow wounds to the body, but they're carrying it, so that's nice. And you have the nerve to ask this dead boy, what have you done? How could you do this? No, let me tell you something. That it's the scene, okay? Emma Darcy better win all the awards. They on threads. They're on threads right now calling them Emmy Darcy because.

[Kid Fury]

Let me look this person up.

[Crissle West]

Oh, the acting that they gave in this scene was phenomenal.

[Kid Fury]

Nice.

[Crissle West]

Phenomenal. Because she comes out with this like. Like she can already tell without even looking that something's happened to her son. And she sees him and she immediately responds in this calm, like, what did you do? For context. Rhaenyra was getting ready to fly her dragon out to go do some battle ships, okay? And shit like that, and fight for her side, right? She was really heading out there half cocked, feeling really, you know, bold and brazen and. That's my issue with you, right? So Allison's ass comes back over to, you know, to your little home, your little palace, your little castle. And it's like, look, I'm tired of all this dead shit. They killing babies or whatnot. I'm over it. So listen, you come over, I'm make sure they open the gates for you. You can go kill my son if you want to. Just let me and my daughter and my grandbaby go. I'm just like, let that be that. Let's just. No more bloodshed. Go. I'm gonna open the door. You can kill him, take your throne. I'm out a deal. I didn't believe the bitch.

[Kid Fury]

Deal is crazy.

[Crissle West]

Chase did not believe the bitch. So you getting out thinking like you're Miss Bag, not listening to your son's advice, which is mostly very sensible, and you getting ready to go fly this dragon out and get yourself killed. He had the sense to be like, look, lock this bitch up. Don't let her come out because she is tripping and she's the prize. We trying to get her the throne. What the fuck she want to go out there and get killed for? I will ride my own dragon out there and go deal with this. And I'm taking my black cousin with the white dreads with me. So they go out there to do it. I don't even have no notes for Jace. I knew you was gonna die, bitch. I think you knew you were gonna die. You said it was better me then my mama, the queen to be. And you took that one on the chin, right? So all of this hooting and hollering for me at first, you have to check yourself. If you would have been listening to him and a couple of your other advisors, you would have been sitting your happy white ass down somewhere and knowing that you need time. It's not all about you, bitch. You got 1800 dresses right now. This isn't Game of Thrones. This is not mystical. Bitches know dragons exist, and you have them. Let somebody else deal with this. Because as Jace was right, Jacaerys was right. If you would have flew your dragon out there, you would have got your ass beat. Because guess what? Here come Rhaena. Or as they're calling her on threads, Felicia Targaryen. Cause she looked a mess.

[Kid Fury]

Oh, my God. All right.

[Crissle West]

Flying sheep stealer, the dragon out because she's feeling her beat. Felicia, you're next. Again. I just really have to say, Emma Darcy's acting in that scene where she sees her son's body is astound. If y' all don't watch the show, at least just go look up this scene. Because I don't think that I have seen grief portrayed on camera that's made me emotional and felt so real in a long time. Probably when Tony collapsed. Probably Toni Collette and hereditary. So there's just this. She goes back and forth between grieving her son being dead and another son. And that's so beautiful and believable. But then she's also like, pissed at him because, like, how dare you lock me up and then go out there to get yourself killed. How could you do this to me? Chef's kiss. Don't even play in their face. Like, give big Emmy the awards. Thanks, Felicia Targaryen. So, first of all, you're not even supposed to be out here, okay? It's lucky that you even still alive. It's lucky that you getting to do what you want to do. So you find this wild dragon, you're feeling your beat because the bitch let you ride him, right? Personally, I think Sheepstealer is adorable. Underbite and everything, but obviously ashy, right? But the bitch is like, okay, you got the white hair, you got the Targaryen blood. I guess we could be cool or whatever. Cause that's the dragon thing to do. Let the bitch fly on. You brought some sheep over to you. You know, roasted them so that you could actually eat. Cause your ass was homeless and hungry. And then all of a sudden, you think that you're Xena. Did you think that you were Gabrielle? Like, now you're. You see smoke and fire in the distance. You're like, oh, I too have dragon and I will join in. You don't know that Dragon is dragon barely know you. And just because the bitch brought you some chipotle does not mean that you're a big bad fighting bitch now. So now your cousin did. And again, Rhaenyra, it would have been

[Kid Fury]

you

[Crissle West]

if you'd have left and Jace didn't have them lock your ass at home. Cause Sheep Stealer came in and said, I don't care who's fighting who. I'm killing everybody. So man, woman, child, boat, dragon. I'm fucking you up. So the fact that you would do that, get your cousin killed, probably a whole bunch of other people on your family side killed as well, and then go back to these white people. Like, I need asylum just for that white woman to cuss you out correctly. In your face, bitch. What were you thinking? And who was gonna retwist your dreads?

[Kid Fury]

Who?

[Crissle West]

Is Sheepstealer going to retwist them? Is he gonna condition and then heat it with his dragon breath? Are you moving on?

[Kid Fury]

You know what?

[Crissle West]

Well, let's just get into Alison, Big Ali. I don't want to hear no complaining. First of all, I'm glad that Rhaenyra chopped off your dead daddy's head, bitch. Fuck Otto Hightower and everybody that knew him, Everyone that loved him. I guess Raniera knew him too. But you know what I'm saying? Him. All this is his fault in the first place. I was glad.

[Kid Fury]

Oh no.

[Crissle West]

This is your read to posthumous. I'm glad when I saw them bring your handcuffed ass out. I was saying I know what time it is and I can't wait. And you're lucky. You're lucky Renera still has some heart that she didn't even wanna behead your ass. But her uncle baby daddy husband man was like, well, no, you have to kill this bitch. Either you gonna do it or somebody gonna do it for you. But it needs to be you. Cause these hoes need to know you not playing. And as much as I hate your uncle daddy, uncle baby daddy husband, he was kind of correct. But Otto, good for you, bitch. How motherfucking dare you. I don't care if it's two seasons later, bitch. Three seasons bit. We'll never forget the fact that you are the reason for the usurping of this throne. Usurped them usurpment. Because you played in everybody's face and then went and tried to do all this backwards ass politics to steal this girl's rightful throne. The throne in which she was the heir. So that you're fucking your family and bloodline could get some political power and stuff like that. Rhaenyra's dead ass daddy is basically trump. Oh, and you, everybody that loves him.

[Kid Fury]

Oh, damn.

[Crissle West]

Just with your hand out. And now look at you. Your head out. And I'm. And I love that she missed at first. I love that she swung that sword down with her eyes shut. Truly in sadness. How has it come to this place? I said there would be no more bloodshed. And she swung that sword down and hit like. Like the nape of your neck or something. Because she thought she was on attack on Titan. That bitch missed. It had to start over. Good for you, bitch. And then they bring in Allison. So let's. Let's address you, Ms. Green Allison. The one who went over to Rener and was like, look, look, I'll open the gates for you. You can go kill Aegon. Just let me and my daughter and my grandbaby leave. Deal. Before you opened the gates and left, you knew that Aegon wasn't there, bitch. You knew that he left. You went into the fucking into the throne room or whatever. And you saw Aemond and you knew that Aegon left. And you opened the gates anyway and tried to dip like you didn't know that old girl was coming here for that nigga's head. So tough. Now first of all how did you not have an escape plan? How did they catch you and bring you back? Now it's super up for you and you have to see your dead daddy's head in front of you and know that your ex best friend is the one that chopped him. I don't feel bad for you bitch because you also took this girl's throne. You knew it was her throne and you tried to play the political games as well. You'll never be Cersei Lannister. That bitch is truly evil. You're on the fence and so now you're daddy dead and you had to see it. I don't feel bad for you girl. Cuz again you were half assed about the motherfucking deal in the first place. You tried to play and hit the streets when you weren't really holding up your end of the bargain. So I don't feel like Rhaenyra really had to hold up her end of the bargain and not shedding more blood. I'm glad your daddy's dead, bitch. And your son is incestuous. Kissing you in the mouth so that he would follow orders. Yuck. The Targaryen incest continues Making out with your mother. What is this? Oedipus? Oedipus. And Eamon. You got fucked up. And I know, I know that you're coming back because you're a fierce villain. But more clearly because that one witch lady, Alice, Arlis, whatever her name is, your uncle, whatever Damon played in her face, she's pissed. And so now she's gonna use her witch powers or whatever to revive you and then probably fuck you and have your baby. Because Damon's dumbass. You come up. You're next. Damon, step up to the front. Why would you tell this Harrenhal witch lady that you're not gonna give her nothing when she asked to be to have Harrenhal? This lady kept you, advised you, inspired you, did all of the things for you. And all she said is when you get home, tell your niece, baby, mama, wife that I want Heron Hall. I think I deserve it. And you gonna tell this bitch to her face where you're not of a noble family, you don't have a husband worth shit, so that's never gonna happen. But she might give you some jewelry. Oh, so what, you thought you was gonna fly out here on your dragon and tell me to wait on my Van Cleef bracelet? No, no. Why wouldn't you just tell the bitch I'll work on it? You're a liar. Lie so now she's gonna resurrect this bitch and the bloodshed will continue anew. You're a dumbass. Amen's a dumbass. Alicent Duff. They probably go lock you up. Lock up your special daughter and your one grandbaby that's left. You're stupid. I don't know why you didn't hit the ba. The HID the ooh girl viciously killed the other one. It's been a mess.

[Kid Fury]

How many episodes of this show have I missed? I thought it just came on.

[Crissle West]

This is season three.

[Kid Fury]

No, but didn't the new season just start?

[Crissle West]

Yes, this episode two work.

[Kid Fury]

Okay girl.

[Crissle West]

They are wasting time.

[Kid Fury]

Bitch. What?

[Crissle West]

Okay girl. Now. Knowing the books, I don't know how you're going to respond to this. I'm pretty sure anyways. I don't believe she ever saw her dad dad's body in the books. So I'm interested to see how she's gonna respond to this. I. You bitch. You better not be tough. I mean, you better not be tight. Oh well. He's dead. It's all his fault in the first place. He got what he deserved. Ho. And if you wanted him to live so bad, he should have put him in the deal. Hey, let me my daughter, grandbaby and my daddy escape. You clearly didn't care. That bad. Cause you attempted to hit the dust poorly and left his ass there to die. So I don't want to hear no crying, no caterwauling and no complain,

[Kid Fury]

no gattle.

[Crissle West]

Now, judging by the teaser for the next episode, it seems like you're going to be kicking it with the homegirl again and being like, hey girl, you're losing your mind or you're doing too much. And I hope that's what it is. Because if you start whining about that beheading, I'm on your ass, bitch. Now, great episode. Lots of characters. I'm sure I forgot to read many people. And that's fine. I'll do it later. But what I will say is that it was lovely to see black people, specifically with dreads and dreads that look real. Flying on dragons and saying dracarys and breathing fire. Cause Corlys has a son that has like black dreads that look like a normal black person's hair. So seeing him flying around on the dragon was like, oh cool. We made it here. And it doesn't feel super tokenism.

[Kid Fury]

Gotcha. Hmm.

[Crissle West]

So that was nice. Black people riding dragons, being cool. Emma the doll Darcy. I mean, I'm talking about master class. I Was like, does she know this boy? Does she. Is he dead for real?

[Kid Fury]

Like, she.

[Crissle West]

This lady is distraught. Like, she's inconsolable.

[Kid Fury]

Hmm.

[Crissle West]

Great episode. Loved it. Smooch, smooch, smooch. No, no. I mean, there were some plot holes and things like that. Not a big deal. Loved it, entertained. Loved it so much, I started watching A Knight of Seven Kingdoms. Barely made it through the episode. The first episode. It was a little too jackass for me.

[Kid Fury]

Oh, wow. Okay.

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Yeah.

[Kid Fury]

But.

[Crissle West]

Oh, and I just started watching Game of Thrones from the beginning again.

[Kid Fury]

That show is such a ride from the first fucking episode. Boy, it is wild.

[Crissle West]

I'm on episode three of that now, and I was like, damn, I forgot about all you dead niggas.

[Kid Fury]

So many people die. So many people die. My God.

[Crissle West]

All right, hbo.

[Kid Fury]

Okay. Yeah. This makes me want to tap into this third season. Like, what am I missing?

[Crissle West]

Shit, this season's been tea.

[Kid Fury]

The girls are losing it. Okay.

[Crissle West]

I like season two. I didn't realize there was this big or. It seems like a common sentiment that season two was boring, but, child, they're living for these two episodes of season three so far.

[Kid Fury]

So.

[Crissle West]

Yeah, if you're a House of Dragon fan. Well, I guess I spoiled all that for you. If you didn't spoil already, or you

[Kid Fury]

just motivated people to be like, let me put this on my watch list. Because you are passionate about.

[Crissle West]

And there's a lot I did mention. I didn't talk about the Ballad of the Gullet, really, at all. I didn't talk about one or two people who died. Yeah. There's still plenty to see there.

[Kid Fury]

Got you.

[Crissle West]

Check it out. If nothing else, it is that scene with Aemma. I mean, with Rhaenyra seeing Jacaerys body, I was already like, how's she gonna respond to this? I know she's gonna be upset because, like, this is, what, the third. Her second or third kid that's died? It was perfect. It was perfect. Big act. That had to be one of those scenes where people behind the camera are crying, ooh. Or off camera. Yeah, it was. It was intense.

[Kid Fury]

Like, the crew.

[Crissle West]

Yeah.

[Kid Fury]

Damn. Okay.

[Crissle West]

I thought it was great.

[Kid Fury]

All right, check it out now. I want to see it. Okay. All right, guys, that is going to wrap up this week's episode of the Read. Check us out on social media at. This is the Read. I am back to answering more of your live calls this week on Chrysalis Couch. My advice show. You can check that out at Chrysalis Couch. I always, always. That's Always a ride. Having live chats with you guys. And I just want to say me and some of my friends from Oklahoma were in Chicago this past weekend and we had such a great time. Thank you to the people of Chicago for being so sweet and generous and warm and welcoming. You know, we say it all the time. Chicago, Detroit, them very black northern cities, they just feel so much like home solid. They really do. We went to a Chicago sky game, which, I mean, they were playing the Aces, so, you know. But it did make. I really value Barclays. I was like, wow, I'm not gonna take the energy of Barclays for granted no more because the girls, anyway, the fans were great, the mascot's great and we just had a great time. There's lots of great black owned stuff there and all that. So I. And how can I forget? We went to the Obama Presidential Center. That was like the main thing we went to go see. Incredible. The whole grounds is amazing. Most of it's free. The museum isn't. And I think those tickets are sold out probably for the rest of the year. But when I tell you, that museum is unbelievable. They have like a replica of the Oval Office where you can go in there and take pictures behind the desk. And there's just a lot. There's a lot in there. It's beautifully designed and they have a list of like their big donors. Right when you first walk in and there's somebody on the $50 million list who's anonymous. And I'm pretty sure that's Beyonce. I just feel like that's Beyonce. Or blue.

[Crissle West]

I knew you were going to say that.

[Kid Fury]

It might have been blue, this might have been blue. But I feel like it's one of them. It's one of them Carter girls.

[Crissle West]

But yes, I normally, at this point,

[Kid Fury]

I just always have such a good time in Chicago. And again, we stumbled onto a black gay party. I don't know how, but kismet. You know, some things are just meant to be. But yes. Had a great time and just wanted to say a quick thank you to the city of Chicago for that. Any news or updates from you this week?

[Crissle West]

I did not realize Flo J. Johnson looks a lot like Z way.

[Kid Fury]

She kind of does. She was at the BET Awards too. I said, I can't believe your coach let you go do this.

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[Kid Fury]

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[Crissle West]

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[Kid Fury]

Really?

[Crissle West]

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A real diva. I love that for me. Yeah.

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Anyhow, that's it for me.

[Kid Fury]

All right, guys, take care of yourselves. We'll see y' all next week.

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