#thecrisdavidshow E303

The Cris David Show is back with a brand new episode! We’ll talk about the Michael Jackson Movie, The Luther Vandross Documentary, Pap, Remy, and Joe Budden, the fires, and your crashout cousins who don’t know how to act right in public! I’ll drop some science too.

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Episode Transcript

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I don't put music on this show because I don't want to get what they call a strike on YouTube.

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But I'm gonna tell you, for Luther, I'll take that strike and I will take that strike like
the grown-ass man that I am. You know, I mean it's not like, you know, I stole the whole damn
record. Anyway, Luther, yall like that when I do that. Carey stole the whole damn record!

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Luther was a mainstay in our house growing up. Every Saturday, my mom played that double disc
while she was cleaning or cooking or doing crossword puzzles. It was that and it was The
Whispers. But here's the thing, Patti LaBelle is angry and heartbroken over how she was depicted

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in the documentary. Yeah, they showed a clip from Watch What Happens Live from 2017, where she's
talking about Luther not wanting to come out because all his female fans and how he didn't
want his mother to be upset and “although she might not have known he wasn't going to come
out and say this to the world”, listen, a few things. Those women, Luther's true fans,

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could not have cared less about how he got down in his personal life. As long as he was singing
to them like they liked and putting out those bops, it did not matter. Maybe some of those staunch
church ladies did, but then again, they weren't listening to Luther. They were listening to

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Walter Hawkins and the Reverend James Cleveland. I mean, look at some of the other male R&B singers
of our time who've done way worse. They might not even get airplay, but someone's bumping them in
their Jeep. As far as Luther not wanting his mother, Miss Mary, to be upset over his sexuality,

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you know, Miss Pat, you're a mother. Mothers, know. My mother knew I was for everybody. I mean,
ho, ho, ho. You the ho. No, I the ho, no you the ho. Anyway, you will watch. But I'm sure Miss Mary

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accepted Luther regardless. Patti said she was interviewed at her Pennsylvania home for the film,
but her scenes weren't included after she refused to sign release forms when producers denied her
request to view the film's final cut. According to Page Six, “some of the producers felt
like it was reasonable for her to see the final edit, but they were overruled. And some of the

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producers were not comfortable including that clip of Patti.” Here's the thing with that. That movie
is an hour and 41 minutes. And we live in an era where people can barely sit through a damn YouTube
short. Perhaps when the DVD comes out, they'll put her in scenes and, you know, in like the bonus

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features or something. If that's if they're planning on releasing a DVD. And it's not like
Patti isn't in the film at all because she's in the photos. She's in the clip I mentioned earlier.
You know, she's singing at Luther's funeral too. Luther's niece, Seveda Williams, who also runs
his fan club, Fandross, was executive producer. And Dawn Porter, who did Good Trouble, the John

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Lewis documentary, and Power of the Dream directed. She said, “it was really, really important
to me. And I hope the viewer senses I'm trying to honor how he lived because it's important to not
out people when they do not want to be outed and when they did not choose that. I'm going to let

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him have the last word.” Luther died July 1st, 2005 from complications of a stroke. He had suffered
a couple of years earlier and Never Too Much, beautifully done. So congratulations to everyone,
you know, involved. And I don't want to give too much away, you know, but Any Love, you know,

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everyone needs a love no doubt. That was one of his most personal records. And, you know, it got me
thinking how many of us have everything we want, career, house, friends, money, but we don't have
that one person. And how many of us convince ourselves that we don't need or want anyone

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because we're ashamed of something inside of us, or we don't want to be judged. So we take on the
task of filling our lives with other things that distract us from what we really want. And I
remember people would say when Luther was big, he was in love. And when he was small, he was single.

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Just ignorant, yall, just ignorant. And if you know, like I know, you know, it's really the other
way around. And, you know, he came up at a certain time. And you guys remember when Freddie
Penda’vis was on a few, you know, a couple of years ago, what he said about how men had to be back
then, you know, how you all are out and fluid now, but people couldn't do that in the 70s and 80s.

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Some people still can't do that today. Not everyone has the luxury of coming out, which is
honestly something you do for yourself. Not, you know, messy ass family members who keep, you know,
bugging you. You need to come out. You need to free yourself. I always knew. You better do it ‘for it’s too
late. When they need to come out their damn selves, instead of bullying someone because they want

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drama to pop off at an otherwise demure family dinner. Quick PSA too. When someone who's queer,
or you suspect is queer, loses weight. Please stop assuming that they have HIV or AIDS. It's very
messy and unmindful to do that. And it says more about you than the person you're accusing.

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But my only question with Never Too Much was where were some of the other artists, you know,
that he worked with? Like, you know, did they interview Stevie Wonder? Where was Beyonce?
You know, I know, now here's, I know I'm not crazy. I remember the both of them doing that duet,

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you know, The Closer I Get To You, live. And I've looked all over the internet. I can't even find
that. I have no idea what happened. It would have been nice to see, you know, some of the other
people. But again, you know, there may be a DVD or something like that that comes out. And

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Luther always embraced younger talent too. Like something, something I noticed artists today just
can't be bothered with. Like everything is a beef or everything is, you know, some artists turning
their nose up at another, you know, another artist, you know, a lot of insecure people
in the music industry. But Luther wasn't on that type time. Look at him and Foxy. Look,
the Ill Na Na. Bad gyal number one. Look at Foxy. Foxy was that girl.

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But the next step in all of this is a biopic. So here's my pick.
Marcel Spears. You see it. And Marcel can act down. He was the lead in Fat Ham on Broadway.
And I always say this, if you can do theater, you can do anything. Shout out to all of the

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theatre actors. Now, as far as the singing goes, you know, Marcel has a great voice,
but he doesn't sound like Luther. So I guess, you know, maybe AI, some dubs, you know, they'll do
stuff like that, but good pick, right? And he can play Luther at any stage from singing background

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to Change to Give Me The Reason, The Power of Love, all of that just wait even up to the end.
Marcel, that is your PEGOTKCH. He's a Columbia grad from New Orleans. You know, theatre.

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But um, yall like that, huh? Theatre
Biopic's a... I'm having fun. Like this is... I'm having fun, guys. It's been a minute.
So biopic's are tricky though when it comes to casting. Remember that Whitney biopic? Remember the

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Whitney one, the Aretha one, they had everybody upset. And then this wasn't a biopic, but it was
a play. Deborah Cox did this Bodyguard play. And Deborah's a powerhouse. You know, she can sing you
up, down, all the way around. She will sing you from Canada to Mexico, but she was worn out singing

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all of those songs. I mean, she was singing all those Whitney records from The Bodyguard,
line by line. And Whitney didn't even sing her own songs line by line, you know, live. Stop fighting yourself!
But Chadwick Boseman, and rest in peace to him, he was such a great actor that

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we didn't even care that he didn't look like the people he was portraying. Theatre.
While we're talking about documentaries, did you see the Chris Brown?
So it's called Chris Brown, a History of Violence, and it's on MAX, but originally it aired on ID.
It chronicles the history of Chris's first documented assault incident involving Rihanna

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back in 2009, up to recent incidents involving women who met him at parties and through social
media. It is extremely graphic. So if that's not your thing, don't engage. Sunny Hostin,
you know, from The View, Skee-Yo, my soror. She had an after show after the documentary,

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and she's talking to experts and different women about domestic violence. And she had a few
advocates on there as well. And this woman right here, her name is Alexis Smith, Miss Kansas,
she's Miss Kansas 2024. And she said that her abuser was in the audience when she went up to
accept her crown. If you as someone you know is experiencing domestic violence, text START to

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88788. And listen, domestic violence isn't just physical abuse, it's financial abuse,
verbal abuse, you know, any kind of red flag that you could think of. If your man is taking your car
while you're at work to go pick someone up and then bring them to your house, you know,
somebody negging you about your appearance or your personality, blowing up your phone,

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back to back texts, isolating you, alienating you. Pay attention. But Sunny’s husband,
Dr. Manny might have a whole recall charge. It’s wild. Congestion pricing. I know! New York City
congestion pricing, our first in the nation tolling program began January 5. The system

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set up to charge most drivers driving below 60th Street Manhattan $9 during peak hours between 5
a.m. and 9 p.m. on weekdays and from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. on weekends. The toll costs $2.25
overnight. Drivers coming into Manhattan via the Holland or the Lincoln will get a $3 rebate,

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oh whoopty freakin woo. During peak hours only, taxis pay 75% per ride and Uber or Lyft pay
$1.50. Lyft is crediting that $1.50 toward a future ride during the month of January.
By the way, because I know we get all kind of people who watch, if you thought you were

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going to take the Triborough into Astoria and then
Come off at that first exit, go down 31st to Queens Plaza and then over the Queensborough.
Nope. That's $9. You still getting violated. But since they started this, I'll say there's way less

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traffic in the city. But to hell with Midtown and Downtown. I mean, what is this, the 90s?
There are so many great places Uptown and you can always go over to The Bronx. The Bronx is the new
Brooklyn. All the good restaurants in The Bronx and Queens, now anyway, all the decent clubs and

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bars in Brooklyn. Baby, baby. Who's it is? Mayor Adams doesn't care. His son up in the mansion rapping.
Look at Jordan. Look at the young lady shaking it like Bacchanal Time. Look at her.
Whoa. Roll it, gyal. Roll it, gyal. Ho. Control it, gyal. Roll it, gyal. Oh, oh, oh. Roll it, gyal. Roll it, gyal.

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Control it, gyal. Roll it, gyal.
This is what the Tri-state thinks of congestion pricing.
You know, you go into the bank with this, they're going to say, oh, we cannot help you.

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You go into a store, yo, wait, real quick. And I'll tell you all where this came from.
I have to shout out my braider. Who braids my hair. Last time I was there,
her son came in, you know, from school or whatever, and he has this $5 bill and $5 bill was ripped.

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So he tried to pay for, you know, his food across the street, you know, at the store. And they tell
him, oh, no, you can't use this it’s ripped. So they take cheesesteak tape. And if you're from Philly,
you know exactly what I'm talking about when I say cheesesteak tape. They take the tape,
they take his bill, and they send him back across the street to his mom. And she's trying to braid

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like literally my last braid. And she goes off. It's the funniest thing anyway. But
this is something I got for my birthday. So I've been feeding my inner child lately. And part of
that is doing things that I did as a kid. So if you're watching, you know, and you've known me
since way back then, thank you for riding with me. But you also know I like magic tricks and

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science and taking things apart and putting them back together. So like, you know, like so. So,
you know, thank you. California Governor Gavin Newsom says the wildfires will be one of the worst
natural disasters in US history. Saturday, Governor Newsom told NBC News’ Meet The Press,

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“I think it will be in terms of just the cost associated with it, in the terms of the scale
and the scope.” Newsom also called for an independent investigation into the local water
supply. After firefighters said some fire hydrants ran dry the first several hours as they were
battling flames last week across Greater Los Angeles. Newsom went on to ask,

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“was it just overwhelm that you had so much that was used? We drew it down. Was it pipes?
Was it electricity? Was it a combination of pipes, electricities and pumps? Was that
drawn down impossible because you lost 7,000 plus structures right here anyway? And every single
structure we lost had a pipe that was leaking. And would we have lost that water pressure anyway?

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Did it contribute in any way to our inability to fight the fire or were 99 MPH winds
determinative and there was really no firefight that could have been more meaningful?”
Nearly 40,000 acres have burned and tens of thousands of structures have been destroyed.
There are over 100 wildfires total and dozens of people have since passed away.

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Several fires continue to burn and have displaced thousands of residents. And lately, more and more
of the fires are, you know, being considered arson and people are being taken into custody.
Did you see the one suspect? Stop fighting yourself! This video here is from KTLA,

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the CW affiliate in Los Angeles.

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This looks like a movie set. Unfortunately, this is real. LA County Fire, they have to do what they
have to do. They need to clear a path. So literally, they're moving the cars, the SUVs,
we're seeing Mercedes, very nice vehicles, Tesla's up here. But that's because the car owners,
they took their keys and they just started running. They left the cars here as the

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firefighters were trying to clear the pathway, clear the roadway. This is an emergency situation
where they need to get up to the homes. They want to make sure people are not trapped up there.
But this line of cars probably goes about 300 feet deep, at least as long as I can see from this bird's eye view.
So we're kind of staying back. They're in a situation here where they are literally moving these vehicles out of the way.

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Yes, it is causing damage as you can hear from the screeching noises, but that is what they have to do.
I have an announcement wonder if I could just make here. Mahoney! Oh, wow. And they leave the car, leave the keys in the car.
He doesn't even realize who he’s interviewing. So that we can move your car so that these fire trucks can get up Palisades Drive.
What's happening is people take their keys with them as if they're in a parking lot.

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This is not a parking lot. We really need people to move their cars. So if you leave your car in
Palisades Drive, leave the key in there so a guy like me can move your car and get them up there so that these fire trucks can get up there.
It's really, really important. Hey, Pete, thank you for talking to us live. Sir, what's your name?
My name is Steve Guttenberg. Steve, you live in this area? I live in the area. I live right up the hill.

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And thank goodness everybody, but I have friends up there right now and they can't evacuate because it's stuck on Palisades Drive.
Yeah, and you're an actor. Yeah, I'm an actor. Okay, now you look familiar to me now.
Yeah, after your producer fed it to you. I was just talking to that gentleman. He has a mom who's stuck up in the hills.
Yeah, there are people stuck up there. So we're trying to clear Palisades Drive and I'm walking up there as far as I can moving cars.

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But people leave their keys with them as if it's a parking lot. There are families up there. There are pets up there.
There are people who really need help. And you told us that this is one of those situations. We have seen this.
People are not able to move. We were in our live truck. We couldn't even move. They told us to bust a U-turn.
I've never seen traffic this slow. Well, of course, you know, we've got a huge fire up there. We got huge winds right now.

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And it's really important for people to help each other. It's really important for everybody to band together.
And don't worry about your personal property. Just get out. Get your loved ones and get out.
I have friends up there that can't get out right now. Oh my gosh, I'm so sorry to hear that.
They've been given evacuation orders. Have you been? Could you call them? Did you talk to them?

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I spoke to everybody up there. It's starting to move. But we're seeing the cars. OK, so we're seeing the cars that he's talking about.
But they're moving very slowly. If you notice this, they're trickling in, coming from the top of the hill, car by car.
There's people leave their cars right there and they have not left the keys in there.

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So all these people have trouble getting down. So I'm just trying to tell everybody if you leave your car anywhere during a fire, make sure.
Key in the car so guys like me can move the car.
Worry about your friends. We're worried about people.
Loved ones up there. Are they actually trapped?
Well, they can't get out, you know, and thank goodness most of the areas up there, some areas actually do have a lot of fire around them.

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Some some don't.
So they literally cannot get out of their homes?
They can get out of their homes. They can go to the gates of these gated communities or these communities, but they just can't get down.
Palisades drive up there, so that's what the problem is. The people aren't either. It's really it's really incredible traffic.
Well, people, you know, leave their cars and they don't leave a key in there.

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Anyway, I'm just trying to say everybody's got a band together now. Don't worry about your personal property.
Take your pictures and everything, but just get out.
We've noticed that we've noticed people with their dogs like a lady over here, Armando, as you see, she just has.
I think that's a dog or a cat that she's holding and just a bag.
So they're just trying to get out of here and some people are saying, forget it.
We need to be very careful. We got to get going guys.

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Our firefighter. Thank you so much.
Another actor, Brian J.
White, you know, from Stomp The Yard, him and his neighbors tackled and caught an arson suspect.
This headass was running around the neighborhood with a blowtorch. He deserved to get caught.
This is see, this is why when elected officials and experts get on the news and tell you to evacuate, you best evacuate.

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That bulldozer in that first clip was literally moving the cars that were parked beside one another parallel and diagonal in every which way possible.
So that the first responders could get up to the homes and get this situation under control.
I mean, they're lucky they didn't smash them up like Brave Little Toaster.

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Another guy died with a garden hose in his hand. He was talking about he's going to save his house.
And like I mentioned earlier.
Yeah.
Firefighters have been telling people stop using the water because the water pressure is too low for them to put the fires out.
It's like here on the East Coast, when we get these snowstorms and hurricanes and people just refuse to evacuate.

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When Helene hit back in September, people were just on the news. They were gloating.
I'm not evacuating. I'm going to stay with my things and protect my house.
Well guess what, Cletus? When the flood water rises, your 15 guns aren't going to save your things from being ruined.
And they damn sure won't save your ass from drowning.

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And instead of making everything political, listen to these folks. Save yourself.
But whatever, people are ignorant. They love ignorance. They turn their missing tooth, having noses up at anyone intelligent.
I mean, their leader is busy blaming the current administration for the fires.

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And also people only listen to the people they like, especially older folks.
They'll find something minuscule, one little thing to justify why they don't like someone and why they won't listen to them.
And they'll run with that.
Oh, I'm not doing it because she wears brown. Don't tell me what to do. You not a doctor.
I'm staying right here in my house because those people aren't Christian. Hmph!

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I'm not calling.
Yo are you a baby or a boomer?
Only two of the six large-named fires have yet to be fully contained.
The Eaton fire, which caused damage to Altadena, parts of Pasadena and Bailey Canyon, and the Palisades fire.

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Both fires have destroyed the most acres.
If you're watching in California, be safe and be mindful.
If you see something, say something.
Two men were caught trying to break into Vice President Kamala Harris' house over there, too.
But then they tried to say they didn't know it was her house.

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Exactly. Anyway, she like, yall motherfuckers know who house it is.
If we get another snowstorm where we are, it's possible that some of the smoke will end up here via the jet stream.
I know. That snowstorm down south was horrible.

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They try to say you southern folks aren't built for driving in that, but really it's your local government and local Department of Transportation's fault.
They had to send salt down there because you know how we have those big huts on the side of the Turnpike, but they don't have anything like that.
Everyone's down there wrecking out on black ice. Nervous times, man.

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Just nervous times. Congratulations to my friend Paula.
Paula, everyone just got a well-deserved promotion at NYPD. She's going to blast me for this, too, but I don't care.
Why is my picture on your show? Stop imitating me. I don't sound like that.
I call Paula the Mayoress of Brooklyn. Paula, I've told you for years that you should do real estate or run for councilwoman or, you know, Borough president.

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Or just do a lifestyle blog or something because you are in the know about so many things.
Yo, she explained the 2-3-4-5 train thing to me, you know, because I'm like with that, you know, okay, so it's express on Tuesday, but on the weekend it’s.
Anyway, congrats, Paula. I know you're watching.

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Oh, and thank you for my birthday present, too. I've been using it.
It's, you know, I've been using it, too. Look, it's purple!
Did you see this craziness at Chipotle?

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Thank you.
It's like something out of The Boondocks.

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Mayday! Mayday! Mayday! Okay. Okay.
All right.
He was asking for that. Anyway, listen, let me be rational. Let me be rational.
A, She should have certainly worked things out with Uber Eats.

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They process the order. They send it to the store, assign a driver, all of that soup to nuts.
Big Pun intended. So that's that. If Uber Eats was giving her a hard time.
Then just dispute the charge. I mean, they literally do everything what cook the food

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and put it in the bag. B, if you work retail, I'm leaning in.
That means, you know, food service, banking, rental car places, any of that.
Don't chase anyone.

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When someone wants to steal, let it go. Your company has insurance for that.
Also, that's not your store. Guess what? Miss Burrito Bowl over here.
She could sue those male workers who kept grabbing her for assault.

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And she'd probably win. I told you what happened on Black Friday
when those girls jumped that cashier, even though that was different.
You know, I feel like sometimes I just have to tell everyone how to do everything.

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This Chipotle, by the way, was in Washington, and it looks familiar too, hey, if you're from The District,
is this the Chipotle over by BET? No, where BET used to be.
DC people let me know. All right.
And I'm old enough to remember when that restaurant was in the lobby of BET.

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Remember? My DMV heads remember.
But I need these companies to tell their employees how to properly handle situations like this.
They had no business grabbing her, snatching her plate, you know, like getting in her way.
None of that. And, you know, stores, some stores have what they call a no-chase policy,

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meaning store employees are prohibited from pursuing active shoplifters.
Policies also prevent employees from flagging excessive returns, which, you know,
some stores have very liberal return policies. I won't name them, but there's one.
Someone I know worked at and a man returned his wife's wedding dress from the 70s.

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And they gave him a store credit.
The employee who got his Sonic rings knocked out of him said Miss Burrito Bowl has been threatening
him on social media. Now, that's true, young lady. You need to chill.
This employee also doesn't seem like he's used to being around so many Black people,
so he misses certain nuances. Don't look at me like that. It's a thing.

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Like not snatching something out of someone's hand.
There are things that you just don't do when you're used to being around us,
unless you are deliberately looking for trouble.
Chipotle has been slammed in the past for skimping all portions. And I mean, listen, at
almost $40 a bowl, they might as well let people come in and make their own food and just wait.

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Subway, too. Cava too. Everyone may as well just join in on the bigbackery.
But you know something? Miss Burrito Bowl is lucky she wasn't at Popeyes.
You know how they get down. Look at this.
I meant to say number three. I don't want this. And yeah, can you change that to a number three?

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Matter of fact, a number seven. Number seven? Or a number three. You pick one. What you mean I pick one
You just ordered the fucking food. Excuse me. You heard what I said brah we about to close brah I ain’t got time for your shit brah. What kind of customer service is this?

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I want a number. No, I want to know.
This is what you paid for. So this is what you're going to get here. I got your Fanta right there.
And I don't want Fanta. I want I want fruit punch, please. Oh fucking well you about to get what the fuck I made and what the fuck you paid for.
Oh, my God. What kind of customer service is this? What kind of customer are you? Oh,

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I just wanted. Well, no, I'm going to just give my money back. Your money back. Lady,
fuck your money here get this. Get this drink. Here you go. You have a nice day.
I know someone whose father got what shoplifting at a supermarket.

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Slipped and fell. Sued the store. And the security company. And won.
And there's a law firm that specifically handles cases like that. You know, the commercial,
I won't do it. It seems like people behaving loudly and wrongly at other people's jobs
is a theme this week. Ashley and the Lowes contractors delivering a refrigerator,

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Miss Burrito Bowl, smacking the rings out of dude at Chipotle. There's a young man I know personally
who crashed out at the Chipotle in Cheltenham Mall. I think he had gotten fired or something.
He was throwing chairs, then he's throwing napkins, straws, Sweet-N-Low on all this shit on the
floor. Then he just prancing around, you know, moving his hands all around like Saucy Santana,

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you know, throwing ice on the floor. I don't know what it is about fast food places, but
sometimes they just bring out the worst in people. Maybe it's the lighting. Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo.
Did you hear what happened with Joe Buddens? Yeah. So in Edgewater, New Jersey, aka Rapper’s Row,
according to Edgewater Chief of Police, Donald A. Martin, on December 4, 2024, at approximately

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7:21 a.m., police were dispatched to an apartment complex for the report from a resident that a man
was standing outside of their apartment door completely naked. The caller reckoned that the
man was a neighbor, Joseph Budden, Jr. 44. The caller was alerted to Budden by their doorbell
camera. The video depicted Budden attempting to enter a code into the door keypad several times

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before re-entering his own residence across the hall. As a result of police investigation,
Budden was charged with lewdness, disorderly persons offense on a complaint summons.
Chief Martin states that these charges are merely accusations and that the defendant is presumed
innocent until and unless proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. Budden said on his podcast, too,

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that his neighbors had him kicked out of his apartment for recording episodes there. He also
said in the past that he suffers from somnambulism, which means he's a sleepwalker.
Budden's attorney, Nima Ameri, Esquire of Ameri Law Firm, said, “Mr. Budden is saddened by
police chief Martin's press release. Mr. Budden has been waiting weeks for his cross-complaints

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to be processed, which includes substantially more serious charges, include possible felony charges
against the persons behind these charges against the person who is behind these charges. The
chief has, in our opinion, sat on those, but instead uses his time to gain some free publicity
for himself. Chief Martin should seek publicity by doing notable policing, not inflaming disorderly

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person allegations. The allegations against Mr. Budden are a minor charge, not even resulting in
an arrest. A charge Mr. Budden is looking forward to beating in court for the first time in his
life. The chief's comments are reckless and, in our opinion, racially motivated. Our research has
not shown a single press release on a disorderly person charged on the police website this year.

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His choice to single out Mr. Budden, in our opinion, is self-motivated and based off of
Mr. Budden's race and celebrity status.” Sleepwalking, known as somnambulism
is more common in children than adults. Children usually outgrow sleepwalking by the
teen years. Sleepwalking in adults is more likely to be confused with or happen as a part of other

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sleep disorders. Medical conditions can also cause people to walk in their sleep. Sleepwalking often
occurs one to two hours after falling asleep. It isn't likely to happen during naps, but it is
possible. A bout of sleepwalking can occur rarely or often. A bout generally lasts several minutes,
but it can last longer. People who sleepwalk may get out of bed and walk around, have a glazed

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glassy eye expression, not respond or talk to others, be hard to wake up, not remember upon
waking that they sleepwalked. They may also have problems with their sleep, and they may be
aware upon waking that they sleepwalked. They may also have problems functioning during the day
because of disturbed sleep, and or have sleep terrors that cause screaming and waving of arms

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and legs. Sometimes people who sleepwalk will do routine activities such as getting dressed, talking
or eating, leave their home, drive, or take part in sexual activity without being aware of it.
They're also prone to injuries as a result of falling down stairs or jumping out of a window.
Some sleepwalkers may even become violent while briefly confused after waking up or once in a

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while sleepwalking. Budden's point date was scheduled for Thursday, but his charges ended
up getting tossed. Oops. That was the judge's gavel. As the judge found, the lewdness statute
didn't apply to him. In New Jersey, Lewdness title 2C:14-4A says a person commits a disorderly

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person's offense if he does any flagrantly lewd and offensive act, which he knows or reasonably
expects is likely to be observed by other non-consenting persons who would be affronted
or alarmed. More so, that refers to something more involved, if you get what I'm saying.

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In the videos submitted to into evidence, Buddens appeared as if he had to use the bathroom,
the bathroom, and he was trying to get back into his own unit. What this sounds like to me
is a classic case of, if you have what I have, then how will I know I'm special?

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I'll have to take what you have away from you so that I can feel special again. To sum it all up,
these white folks, who probably aren't even from here originally, saw a Black man living
in a very expensive luxury building. Because they think they're the only ones entitled to

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certain, such a lifestyle, they called the cops on him and filed frivolous reports in an attempt
to get him ousted or worse. This isn't someone just playing around. He has a legitimate medical
condition. I was conflicted with this because at first I was like, I know he likes this place.

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If you've watched his podcast, you see his house and the floor to ceiling windows and all of that.
He has a serious medical condition. Why not find a house somewhere in the woods, somewhere not far
from the city where he doesn't have to share walls and elevators and hallways with the neighbors?

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You got your own hallways, your own elevator, et cetera. Then I said, no, you pay your rent or
your mortgage to live in a place. You deserve to have enjoyment of that place. The fact that the
neighbors are racist shouldn't be a reason for you to just up and go and move somewhere else.

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They're just going to have to deal. If they have such a problem with it, then maybe they can move.
Now, if they were hanging nooses on doors and burning crosses and things like that, okay, yeah,
like I think at that point, definitely time to move. But obviously they know who he is. They know

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he has somnambulism. So it's like they're picking with him. Again, serious medical condition.
Something that it's against the law to be discriminated against in the workplace over.
Because technically, if you think about it, that's his workplace.

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But I'm going to let Nima Ameri, Esquire handle that.
I know someone too, who used to sleepwalk, he would pee in the closet. Oh, wow.
Look at this. Look at this. So this is me and Buddens. Wow. I hadn't had my last

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growth spurt yet. Look at me. Look at the little chicken tender. He was my very first interview.
A woman named Theda Sandiford, who they used to call Theda Dot Com, set that whole thing up.
And this was freshman year of college. I had an internship at this Hip Hop website because back
then that was the startup everyone was doing. It was Hip Hop websites and urbanwear. Shout out to

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Miskeen. Every day after class, I'd be in this conference room and it was at the small business
incubator on Cecil B. Moore Avenue. And the guy who ran the website, he gave me this big ass book.
And this was the Donnelley Directory for record labels. And so I'd be in there, I'd be calling

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this label, that label. And this was back when there were probably close to a thousand labels.
Nothing like now where there are only five. But I was trying to get an interview with Musiq,
who at the time was still Musiq Soulchild, because the guy who ran the website, he had
this interview with Pharrell that everyone was giving him props for, dapping him up. But
it wasn't even that great of an interview. He was a horrible interviewer and arrogant for no reason.

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But it was Pharrell. So everyone ignored how bad he was and just focused on Pharrell.
I knew I was better. So I wanted to show him up, but Def Soul kept giving me the run around.
So finally I got Theda. She actually called me, which is huge. Still to this day, when people

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actually call me, that's like, okay, yeah, you were real one. That's a big deal. So she says,
I have this new artist who I think would be perfect for your site. He's going to be in Philly next
week. Come to Funk-O-Mart and you can interview him. Before I even hung up the phone, she emailed me

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over this very rough draft of his press kit. He was so new that they hadn't even finished his EPK
yet. And his single was gaining traction. I mean, it was a summer hit. And so they were
scrambling to promote him and get him just in and on everything. And so fast forward to the day of,

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I had a 4:40 class and it was May. So it was finals and I rushed through my final and I
headed down to the record store and they hadn't even gotten there yet. So I'm just in the back of
the store chilling with my notepad, just hanging out. And again, we didn't have iPhones or ring
lights or any other regalia your kids have today. So Theda calls and she goes, we're in some

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traffic, but we should be there in a few minutes or so. And when I tell you, not even five minutes
goes by and I hear those horns from Pump It Up. And this guy right here comes running up the steps
to Funk-O-Mart like he's at Draft Day signing autographs, which is crazy. So if you've ever

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seen Buddens’ EPK from when he first came out, I'm in it briefly, you just have to squint. And shout
out to Buddens’. Joe Budden, I still call you Buddens because that's what we grew up on. Just
like I had an issue earlier with this episode because I kept saying Remy Martin because I'm

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used to calling her Remy Martin. If you old school like me, you know that she had the day
they wouldn't let her use that name. Same with Bobby V. I still call him Bobby Valentino,
but you know, he doesn't go by that anymore. So I still call people, you know, their old stuff.
But anyway, shout out to him. Shout out to Buddens, the Godfather of Podcasting, and shout out to Theda

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who's an amazing mixed martial artist, mixed martial artist? Mixed media artist. Sorry Theda. She is a conceptual materials
social practice artist. Yes. That's my time for the day. Remember, don't internalize people's

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trauma, protect your peace, set boundaries and barriers. If niggas want to crash out, move out
the way and let them. I am your host, Cris David. Happy New Year! I'm blacker than mustarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrd.
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