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NARRATOR: From New York City--
the only city in America--
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it's the show that
invented news.
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This is The Daily Show
with your host, DL Hughley.
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[cheering, applause]
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What is going on, everybody?
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How you guys doing?
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All right.
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Welcome to The Daily Show.
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I am DL Hughley, and this is
my last night guest hosting.
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And thank you, guys.
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I had a great time, met
a lot of good people.
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And Happy Black History month.
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[cheering, applause]
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It goes fast.
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You got to mark them all down.
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That's it.
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I got to meet a lot--
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so this couple, you've
been married 44-- stand up.
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Stand up.
You've been married 54 years.
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- 55.
- 55.
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Ooh, look it.
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He got it right.
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Now, that is a long time.
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And you said the
key to it is, what?
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HUSBAND: Patience.
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Patience.
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That's the wrong-- she's
supposed to say that.
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You're supposed to say love.
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And you say-- and
you say it's, what?
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WIFE: Madly in love.
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Madly in love.
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All right.
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All right.
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I'm going to have something
nice for you guys,
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but only half of it
because-- you know.
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Thank y'all for coming out.
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I appreciate that.
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[cheering, applause]
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We have a great show
for you tonight,
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so we're going to get
into the headlines.
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This is a crazy story from
California, where a dad,
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he drove his whole family
off a cliff in a Tesla.
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So fortunately,
they all survived,
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but when the
paramedics arrived,
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the wife said that
he did it on purpose.
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Now, I've been
married for 38 years.
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I can tell you, I love my
wife and children very much.
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And I would never
drive them off a cliff.
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But I've thought about it.
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I've thought about it.
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[laughter]
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Anybody who's been in the
car with screaming-ass
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kids and a cliff available--
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either you have thought
about it, or you're lying.
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Look at him.
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I thought about it, yeah.
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But I was patient.
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[laughter]
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Kids will drive you crazy.
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You ask me about that
bathroom one more damn time,
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we're going off
the cliff, I swear.
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Even the judge would be
like, will the defendant--
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I mean, hero-- I mean,
defendant, please stand up.
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All right, what I
don't understand
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is how a Tesla can
survive going off a cliff,
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but it can't make
it down the street
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without blowing the [muted] up.
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I don't understand that.
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[laughter, clapping]
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But now we're going to
move on to the dumpster
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fire that is Fox News.
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Now, you have got
to hear the latest
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thing they're talking about
when it comes to police
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shooting Black people.
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Many on the left know
just who to blame and want
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to blame-- white supremacy.
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Here's something that Whoopi,
the ladies of The View
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apparently don't know.
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White people do get
beaten by the police.
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In fact, far more white
people are killed every year
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by cops than any other race.
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According to an online
organization that
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tracks this data, 374 white
Americans died during police
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altercations in 2022.
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If you average that out, a
little more than one per day.
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I don't know if the
ladies of The View
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know any of the names of
the people-- the 374 people.
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So based on both academic
studies and actual data,
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there is no systemic
racism in policing.
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It doesn't exist.
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Now, of course,
there are good cops,
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and I would say that's the
vast, overwhelming majority.
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And there is a small
majority of bad cops.
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He said it--
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small majority of bad cops.
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Now, that is a Freudian
slip for your ass.
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That is one.
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That is one.
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[applause]
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Obviously, it
wouldn't be surprising
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that police kill more white
people than Black people
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because there are
way more of them.
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Way more.
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That's like, more white
people die in NASCAR races
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than Black people.
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Of course.
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Somebody check
on Bubba Wallace.
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Make sure he all right.
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Make sure we got--
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[laughter]
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But Sean is right.
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The police do need to stop
killing white people, too.
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Welcome to the
struggle, my brother.
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You tell 'em.
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[cheering, applause]
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He's like the
white Al Sharpton.
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It's great.
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And finally, here's
a story about why
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you should always keep
your eyes on your children.
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REPORTER (VOICEOVER):
Meet Mason
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Stonehouse, the six-year-old
with a big appetite.
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This past Saturday
before his bedtime--
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I gave him the phone to play,
and I wasn't paying attention.
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I was watching my show.
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REPORTER (VOICEOVER): But
Mason wasn't playing a game.
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He was scrolling
through the Grubhub app.
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What dad didn't know is
that Mason was actually
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placing order after order,
and all those orders
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were being filled.
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A parade of food delivery-- the
total damage, nearly $1,000,
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helped by Mason's
generous spirit.
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And then he tipped 25%
on every single order.
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[cheering, applause]
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And that is why you drive
your family off a cliff.
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That's why.
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Only a father would leave
a kid unattended that long.
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That would never
happen with a mother.
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He ordered $1,000
worth of food.
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He should be glad
that he didn't
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open your browser history.
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Ooh.
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[laughter]
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I'd have gave him $1,000
just to keep that quiet.
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[laughter]
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You can have all
the food you want.
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Just don't tell your mama.
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For more, we're
joined by Dulce Sloan.
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Dulce, what do you--
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[cheering, applause]
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What do you think about this
whole Grubhub history thing?
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Well, I'll tell
you one thing.
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This would never happen
with a Black family.
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[laughter]
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If a Black child spent
$1,000 on his father's phone,
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there wouldn't be
any heartwarming
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news story about it.
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That $1,000 worth of
food would be served
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at that child's funeral.
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[laughter]
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You never hear from
that little boy
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again, unless there was some
white woman talking about him
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on a true crime podcast.
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Little boy dead. $1,000 on
my phone where I pay rent?
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He's dead.
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He's dead.
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So why do you think
he was so lucky?
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I mean, listen, he was lucky.
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But also, he needed to
learn not to be so greedy.
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He was lucky because
he was a white child.
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And the thing is, he
didn't have to order $1,000
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worth of food all at once.
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No, little man.
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You're supposed to order it
a little bit every night.
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And then you keep the
scam going for years.
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Like, you don't walk into
your local grocery store
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with guns blazing.
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No, no, no, no, no.
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You just "forget" to scan half
the shit at the self-checkout.
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[laughter]
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[applause]
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But you got to admit,
this had a happy ending.
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Grubhub refunded all the money.
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AUDIENCE: What?
AUDIENCE: What?
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What you mean?
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[laughter]
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Grubhub gave them all of the
money back, refunded it all.
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Grubhub gave
them $1,000 back?
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The hell?
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They wouldn't give me
$7.00 back when some
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driver ate my French fries.
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[laughter]
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[cheering, applause]
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Do you know how hard
I'd have to work to get
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$1,000 back from Grubhub?
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I'd have to start a hashtag,
be trending on Black Twitter,
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call the NAACP, have a sit-in
at the Grubhub headquarters
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with the ghost of
Martin Luther King.
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[laughter]
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$1,000 back.
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But listen-- wait a minute,
I ain't got to do all this.
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I just need to have a baby.
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Yeah, just have a baby.
It's perfect.
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Yeah.
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Why do you need
to have a baby?
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Well, one, because I've
looked like a mother of three
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since I was 15.
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Two--
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[laughter]
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Hey, man, listen, I
started high school
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with D-cup titties.
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I should've been
way more popular.
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Stupid boys respected me.
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Listen.
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Two, because kids are
the ultimate loophole
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for stealing shit.
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DL HUGHLEY: Ooh.
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Just pretend the baby did it.
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You're going to
get it for free.
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Like, oh, no, did my sweet baby
boy crawl across my keyboard
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and order another Chanel bag?
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Ah.
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[laughter]
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You little scamp.
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Oh.
Somebody come get this baby.
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He's wild.
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He's wild.
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What if the baby
snitches on you?
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First of all, my baby
going to know better, OK?
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What I look like having
a snitching-ass baby?
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You crazy?
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Two, who's going
to believe him?
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He's a baby.
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It's his words
against mine, and he
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only knows three of them--
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Mama's not home, OK?
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[cheering, applause]
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They won't know shit.
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Mommy didn't do it.
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Come on.
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Plus, babies don't
have object permanence.
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How is he going to snitch
on me after I stop existing?
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[laughter]
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[cheering, applause]
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Ooh.
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Where's Mommy?
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Mommy's not home.
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Who got Mommy a Chanel bag?
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That would work
for a little while.
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But obviously, the baby's
going to be an adult,
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and so then what would you do?
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Then they get their own
baby, and then that's how
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you build generational wealth.
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[laughter]
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[cheering, applause]
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Now, that-- that's a plan.
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Dulce Sloan, everybody.
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All right.
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When we come back,
we're going to talk
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about how rapping can
land you in prison,
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so you don't want to go away.
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[cheering, applause]
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[cheering]
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Welcome back to
The Daily Show.
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Now right now in Atlanta,
the rapper Young Thug is
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on trial for gang activities.
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And it is not
without controversy.
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REPORTER 1: Atlanta rappers
Gunna and Young Thug,
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responsible for dozens
of chart-topping hits,
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they find themselves
at the center
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of a controversial
debate in court.
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Should rap lyrics be used as
evidence in the courtroom?
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The rapper's lyrics, one
piece of evidence prosecutors
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are using in the indictment.
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(RAPPING) I never
killed anybody,
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but I got something
to do with that body.
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REPORTER 1: The
prosecution citing lyrics
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like that in the indictment as
proof of criminal conspiracy.
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The district
attorney believes he
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is the ringleader
of the YSL gang,
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and his lyrics are fair game.
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I think if you decide to
admit your crimes over a beat,
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I'm going to use it.
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[laughter]
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That sounds like every mama
I've ever seen in my life.
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[laughter]
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FYI, young people, when your
name is Young Thug or Gunna,
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you're going to go to jail.
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That's--
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[laughter]
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You mumble rapper,
but they heard
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him clearly on that wiretap.
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I know that.
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The issue is, should
prosecutors use
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rap lyrics in criminal trials?
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That's what I want to talk
about tonight in our segment,
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Long Story Short.
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[cheering]
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Well, since the
'90s, prosecutors
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have used lyrics as evidence
against defendants in more
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than-- over 500 trials.
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But don't get me wrong.
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If you rap about
something you did
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do, well, that's a confession.
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If you rap about
something you didn't do,
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that is artistic expression.
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And here are just a
few examples of ways
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rappers' lyrics
get used in court.
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REPORTER 2: A
rapper named Torence
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Hatch, known as Lil Boosie, was
tried for first degree murder.
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Prosecutors argued that a few
cryptic words of one rap song
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were, in fact, a confession.
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REPORTER 3: Rapper
McKinley Phipps
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was sentenced to 30 years
in prison for manslaughter.
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Prosecutors presented
spliced-together lyrics
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from two different songs
as evidence at his trial.
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REPORTER 4: Police say
Antwain Steward, a rapper who
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goes by the name Twain Gotti,
made a big mistake when he
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recorded the song "Ride Out."
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Police believe Steward
brags through his lyrics
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about how he killed Brian
Dean and Christopher Horton.
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Listen.
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REPORTER 2: Some of the
details match the shooting
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happened on a porch.
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No witnesses immediately
came forward.
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But others don't.
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The time of day is wrong.
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There wasn't a stabbing.
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The caliber of
the gun is wrong.
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And there's only one
victim mentioned, not two.
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Based largely on that rap
and on the accounts of two
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witnesses given years
after the shooting,
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the rapper was arrested and
charged with double murder.
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OK, they got the gun wrong.
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They got the stabbing wrong.
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They got the number
of victims wrong.
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The only thing they got
right was the porch.
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And every Black person I
know got a goddamn porch.
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I mean-- and, by the
way, not everything Black
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people say in songs is true.
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Like, Bob Marley-- he didn't
actually shoot the sheriff.
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[laughter]
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He just wanted you to think he
did so y'all wouldn't [bleep]
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with him.
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That's it.
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Sir Mix-a-Lot-- he
don't like big butts.
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Nope, he's more of a boob guy.
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Trust me.
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[laughter]
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And I'm a comedian.
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I ain't never in my life seeing
a rabbi and a priest walk
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into a damn bar.
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I've never seen that.
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Art is an expression.
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They use this to reflect
Black life in America.
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And now they're being
punished for it.
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But some prosecutors
say, too bad.
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REPORTER 2: David LaBahn is
a former gang prosecutor.
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He's now the CEO
of the Association
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of Prosecuting Attorneys.
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I would say you can't
have it both ways.
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Cannot say that I'm rapping
about stuff because this is
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what I live in, and this
is what I see every day,
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and then come into
court and say,
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everything that I said in
that rap is completely untrue.
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Yeah, you can
have it both ways.
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It's called fiction.
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And they--
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[applause]
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They have a whole section
in Barnes and Noble's.
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Read a book, bitch.
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[laughter]
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I don't even think
that prosecutors think
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their lyrics are a confession.
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They just do it
because it works.
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And it works because
juries are made of people,
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and people are kind of racist.
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As a matter of fact,
in a recent study,
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people were given
identical lyrics
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and told that they either came
from country artists or rap
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artists or heavy metal artists.
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And, surprise,
surprise, people were
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more likely to think
that rap lyrics
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were written by a criminal.
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Clearly, rap is just
code for Black person.
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Country is code
for white person.
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Heavy metal is code for,
who the [bleep] knows?
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I don't know what that is.
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[laughter]
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But there is violence in
almost every art form.
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But the one with
young, Black rappers
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is the only one that
gets treated this way.
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And this isn't
even hypothetical.
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There was a white
woman on trial
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for murdering her husband.
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And she had written
an essay called,
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"How to Murder Your Husband."
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And guess what-- the judge--
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he wouldn't allow
the essay to be
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read in court because he said
it could prejudice the jury.
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[groaning]
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She lucky Dr. Dre didn't
write the foreword.
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[laughter]
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And I agree with that judge.
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It does prejudice the jury.
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The worst part
about all of this
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is that rappers have to
listen to their lyrics
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get butchered in court by
people with no flow at all.
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Hey, this is that slime shit.
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Hey, YSL shit.
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Hey, killing 12 shit.
416
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Murder gang bitch.
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YSL until we're dead and pale.
418
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I never killed anybody,
but I got something
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to do with that body.
420
00:16:14,775 --> 00:16:17,010
Ready for war like I'm Russia.
421
00:16:17,110 --> 00:16:20,080
Slimeball [bleep]
like ya, ya, ya.
422
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Would I lie?
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I got mob ties.
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[laughter]
425
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And y'all thought Nick
Cannon couldn't rap.
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[laughter]
427
00:16:32,159 --> 00:16:34,661
So, look, there are a whole lot
of problems with the justice
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system in America.
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But this is an easy fix.
430
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Long story short, just
stop using lyrics in court.
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[applause]
432
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That rhymed, but don't
use it against me.
433
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I was just kidding around.
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Stay tuned because
when we come back,
435
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I'm going to be talking
about this issue
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with a rapper whose lyrics
got him sent to prison.
437
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[cheering]
438
00:17:05,631 --> 00:17:10,870
[applause, cheering]
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Welcome back to
The Daily Show.
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Now, my next guest tonight
is a rapper whose lyrics put
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him in prison for 21 years.
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But he recently put out a new
album called Son of the City.
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Please welcome Mac Phipps.
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[music playing]
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[applause, cheering]
446
00:17:31,857 --> 00:17:32,758
All right.
447
00:17:32,858 --> 00:17:37,296
New York, New York.
448
00:17:37,396 --> 00:17:39,932
It must be weird to see
the very thing you were
449
00:17:40,032 --> 00:17:42,435
convicted of a long time ago
being in the headlines
450
00:17:42,535 --> 00:17:43,736
again, huh?
451
00:17:43,836 --> 00:17:46,572
Yeah, and this time
with another rapper.
452
00:17:46,672 --> 00:17:48,140
DL HUGHLEY: I know you're
glad about that part.
453
00:17:48,240 --> 00:17:49,775
That's pretty--
[laughs] it ain't you.
454
00:17:49,875 --> 00:17:52,111
Yeah.
455
00:17:52,211 --> 00:17:54,580
You remember what the lyrics
were that they used to send
456
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you to prison, to send you?
457
00:17:55,982 --> 00:17:56,882
Yeah.
458
00:17:56,983 --> 00:17:58,384
So they used two
different songs.
459
00:17:58,484 --> 00:18:00,419
It was a song I had
called "Shell Shocked"
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and one called "Murder Murder."
461
00:18:02,388 --> 00:18:05,124
So what they did was
they took the chorus part
462
00:18:05,224 --> 00:18:06,459
from "Murder Murder,"
in which I say,
463
00:18:06,559 --> 00:18:07,860
"Murder, murder, kill, kill.
464
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It's real on the battlefield."
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So they took "murder,
murder," and they took a line
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that I used from "Shell
Shocked" about my father,
467
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where I said something
to the effect like,
468
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"He gave me his name,
he gave me the game,
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and if you F with me, he'll
put a bullet in your brain."
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So they put them
together, and they said,
471
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"Murder, murder, kill, kill.
472
00:18:25,511 --> 00:18:29,448
If you F with me, I'll put
a bullet in your brain.
473
00:18:29,548 --> 00:18:31,484
This is the words
of this young man."
474
00:18:31,584 --> 00:18:33,152
And then they pointed
to me in court.
475
00:18:33,252 --> 00:18:34,286
And yeah.
476
00:18:34,387 --> 00:18:35,721
That made me scared to
finish this interview,
477
00:18:35,888 --> 00:18:38,257
I'mma tell you that.
478
00:18:38,357 --> 00:18:40,059
But interestingly
enough, because--
479
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here's the thing.
480
00:18:41,293 --> 00:18:42,595
I think-- I'm an artist
like you're an artist.
481
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I think that art
should be protected.
482
00:18:44,030 --> 00:18:45,097
MAC PHIPPS: Absolutely.
483
00:18:45,197 --> 00:18:46,699
I think that there
should be no limits on art.
484
00:18:46,799 --> 00:18:47,900
I shouldn't necessarily
know if you mean it or not.
485
00:18:47,967 --> 00:18:48,901
MAC PHIPPS: Right.
486
00:18:48,968 --> 00:18:49,902
That's the purpose
of art, right?
487
00:18:49,969 --> 00:18:50,903
MAC PHIPPS: Right.
488
00:18:50,970 --> 00:18:53,306
But ultimately,
there are a lot
489
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of people who say a lot of
things they actually did,
490
00:18:56,509 --> 00:18:57,610
and that's the problem.
491
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There's a difference
between artistic expression
492
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and a confession.
493
00:19:01,113 --> 00:19:03,849
And I think that some
people are so determined
494
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to prove how hard they are or
where they came from that they
495
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telling on themself.
496
00:19:08,521 --> 00:19:10,690
And the whole street code--
snitches don't get stitches,
497
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they get immunity
from prosecution.
498
00:19:12,091 --> 00:19:13,426
That's what they get.
499
00:19:13,526 --> 00:19:16,262
Right.
500
00:19:16,362 --> 00:19:18,364
And I guess-- and
if you might--
501
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and to add to that, I think
that even if there are
502
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people that's doing
what they're saying,
503
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I speak for the majority.
DL HUGHLEY: Right, dead on.
504
00:19:26,906 --> 00:19:28,607
And for the majority,
it's straight fiction.
505
00:19:28,708 --> 00:19:30,376
I mean, most of these guys--
506
00:19:30,476 --> 00:19:33,379
I mean, not the more well
known artists, but let's
507
00:19:33,479 --> 00:19:34,914
talk about some
of these artists
508
00:19:35,014 --> 00:19:36,382
that don't have
as big of a name.
509
00:19:36,482 --> 00:19:37,750
DL HUGHLEY: Right.
- In this song, he says--
510
00:19:37,883 --> 00:19:40,519
and I think prosecutors don't
get the right to cherry-pick
511
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what is fiction--
- They do.
512
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--and what is not.
513
00:19:43,389 --> 00:19:44,657
That's specifically the gig.
514
00:19:44,757 --> 00:19:46,525
What they do is they don't care
about being right or wrong.
515
00:19:46,625 --> 00:19:47,626
They care about
if they can win.
516
00:19:47,727 --> 00:19:48,627
Right.
517
00:19:48,728 --> 00:19:50,296
And I think that
what-- we have
518
00:19:50,396 --> 00:19:52,598
this conflation
with words and what
519
00:19:52,698 --> 00:19:53,766
they mean and their impact.
520
00:19:53,899 --> 00:19:55,334
And we just showed
you an example
521
00:19:55,434 --> 00:19:57,770
of the kind of biases
that can-- like, I write
522
00:19:57,903 --> 00:19:59,972
an essay called, "How
to Murder Your Husband,"
523
00:20:00,072 --> 00:20:01,307
that isn't admitted.
524
00:20:01,407 --> 00:20:02,541
Right.
525
00:20:02,642 --> 00:20:04,443
You write, "Murder, murder,
kill, kill," and it is.
526
00:20:04,543 --> 00:20:05,845
Right.
527
00:20:05,878 --> 00:20:08,547
And it is unfair, but I think
the whole thing is that we
528
00:20:08,648 --> 00:20:11,117
have to protect art in general,
whether we agree, like it,
529
00:20:11,217 --> 00:20:12,218
or not.
- Right or not.
530
00:20:12,318 --> 00:20:13,319
I don't like
everything I hear,
531
00:20:13,419 --> 00:20:14,620
but art needs to be protected.
532
00:20:14,720 --> 00:20:15,621
And then I--
533
00:20:15,721 --> 00:20:16,856
[cheering]
534
00:20:16,922 --> 00:20:21,627
And I totally agree.
535
00:20:21,727 --> 00:20:25,031
I totally agree because in one
song this young man may say,
536
00:20:25,131 --> 00:20:28,100
well, I killed four people,
but in this very same song,
537
00:20:28,200 --> 00:20:30,670
he says he own a Bugatti,
a Learjet, a helicopter.
538
00:20:30,770 --> 00:20:31,971
Right.
539
00:20:32,071 --> 00:20:34,240
And he's sitting here with
a court-appointed attorney,
540
00:20:34,340 --> 00:20:35,441
so we know this is false.
541
00:20:35,541 --> 00:20:36,475
Right.
542
00:20:36,575 --> 00:20:39,378
So I mean, in hip
hop, we use similes.
543
00:20:39,478 --> 00:20:40,913
We use metaphors.
544
00:20:41,013 --> 00:20:42,615
We use hyperboles.
- Right.
545
00:20:42,715 --> 00:20:43,683
We exaggerate.
546
00:20:43,783 --> 00:20:44,884
Rakim said it.
547
00:20:44,917 --> 00:20:46,919
We like to exaggerate,
dream, and imagination.
548
00:20:47,019 --> 00:20:48,754
So I just think
that it's unfair
549
00:20:48,888 --> 00:20:51,290
when they get to cherry-pick,
OK, this part of the song
550
00:20:51,390 --> 00:20:53,659
is true, and this part
of the song is fiction.
551
00:20:53,759 --> 00:20:54,660
I just think that's wrong.
552
00:20:54,760 --> 00:20:55,928
Even now, you've
been through everything
553
00:20:56,028 --> 00:20:57,063
you've been through.
554
00:20:57,163 --> 00:20:58,364
The one thing I noticed
about you when I walked
555
00:20:58,464 --> 00:21:00,232
into your room, you still
got light in your eyes,
556
00:21:00,333 --> 00:21:02,301
so that's-- that
means-- and it's not
557
00:21:02,401 --> 00:21:04,570
just because of what you do,
it's because of who you are.
558
00:21:04,670 --> 00:21:06,372
And they're-- art does
that for you, man.
559
00:21:06,472 --> 00:21:07,373
So--
- Right.
560
00:21:07,473 --> 00:21:08,975
--the fact that
you go through that,
561
00:21:09,075 --> 00:21:11,310
have an experience that
could turn you sour,
562
00:21:11,410 --> 00:21:12,979
and you use it to
create-- guess what--
563
00:21:13,079 --> 00:21:14,447
more art, that says something.
564
00:21:14,547 --> 00:21:15,448
Right, right.
565
00:21:15,548 --> 00:21:16,449
And--
566
00:21:16,549 --> 00:21:17,683
[applause, cheering]
567
00:21:17,850 --> 00:21:22,288
And, DL, honestly,
just being here
568
00:21:22,388 --> 00:21:25,157
is a reflection of that hope
that I kept the whole time--
569
00:21:25,257 --> 00:21:26,158
DL HUGHLEY: Sure.
570
00:21:26,258 --> 00:21:27,994
--I was there for 21 years.
571
00:21:28,094 --> 00:21:29,395
I made a promise to myself.
572
00:21:29,495 --> 00:21:31,530
I said I was never going
to let this situation
573
00:21:31,631 --> 00:21:33,766
turn me black-hearted.
574
00:21:33,866 --> 00:21:36,035
I never wanted to be bitter
or mad about it, so--
575
00:21:36,135 --> 00:21:37,269
DL HUGHLEY: You
didn't want them--
576
00:21:37,370 --> 00:21:39,038
the situation, the terms
which you were convicted of.
577
00:21:39,138 --> 00:21:40,039
- Yeah.
- That's amazing.
578
00:21:40,139 --> 00:21:41,507
I wasn't-- I like to win.
579
00:21:41,607 --> 00:21:42,975
I like to win, y'all,
and you wasn't going
580
00:21:43,075 --> 00:21:48,214
to turn me into a miserable,
bitter person, you know?
581
00:21:48,314 --> 00:21:49,649
So when I came
out, I said, well,
582
00:21:49,749 --> 00:21:51,183
I got to get to
work because there's
583
00:21:51,283 --> 00:21:53,185
other guys who I
left behind that
584
00:21:53,285 --> 00:21:54,520
are in similar situations.
585
00:21:54,620 --> 00:21:56,589
Master P's brother, C-Murder,
is in a similar situation.
586
00:21:56,689 --> 00:21:57,590
DL HUGHLEY: Sure, sure.
587
00:21:57,690 --> 00:21:59,992
His image was used
against him and--
588
00:22:00,092 --> 00:22:01,594
DL HUGHLEY: C-Murder?
- Right, right.
589
00:22:01,694 --> 00:22:03,029
Yeah, so you know
what's interesting?
590
00:22:03,129 --> 00:22:04,997
You have a new album now.
It's called Son of the City.
591
00:22:05,097 --> 00:22:06,065
Son of the City.
592
00:22:06,165 --> 00:22:08,200
DL HUGHLEY: Now, did
you use any of them
593
00:22:08,301 --> 00:22:09,402
"murder, murder, kill, kill?"
594
00:22:09,502 --> 00:22:11,203
Y'all didn't use none of that?
- No.
595
00:22:11,304 --> 00:22:12,338
I bet that ain't an album.
596
00:22:12,438 --> 00:22:13,739
No, no.
597
00:22:13,839 --> 00:22:15,107
No.
598
00:22:15,207 --> 00:22:16,976
And I think much of that has
to do with just maturity and--
599
00:22:17,076 --> 00:22:18,844
DL HUGHLEY: Just growing up.
- I'm a grandfather.
600
00:22:18,944 --> 00:22:20,046
DL HUGHLEY: Right.
- You know what I mean?
601
00:22:20,146 --> 00:22:22,982
So I mean, ultimately, I was
going to mature as a
602
00:22:23,082 --> 00:22:24,517
musician anyway.
603
00:22:24,617 --> 00:22:26,285
A lot of these young men that's
rapping about what they're
604
00:22:26,385 --> 00:22:27,853
rapping about today,
they won't be talking
605
00:22:27,920 --> 00:22:29,488
about that in 10, 15 years.
606
00:22:29,588 --> 00:22:32,325
I mean, this album
is a reflection
607
00:22:32,425 --> 00:22:33,926
of a more mature, grown man.
608
00:22:34,026 --> 00:22:35,628
DL HUGHLEY: How many tracks
you have on this album?
609
00:22:35,728 --> 00:22:36,862
It's 10 tracks on it.
610
00:22:36,962 --> 00:22:37,964
DL HUGHLEY: What's
your favorite?
611
00:22:38,064 --> 00:22:39,732
My favorite track is
"Proverbs" because it's
612
00:22:39,865 --> 00:22:40,900
what I would tell the world.
613
00:22:41,000 --> 00:22:43,869
If I had the world's
attention for four minutes,
614
00:22:43,970 --> 00:22:45,438
those words are what
I would say to them.
615
00:22:45,538 --> 00:22:46,439
DL HUGHLEY: Well, I
ain't got four minutes.
616
00:22:46,539 --> 00:22:47,740
Give me 30 seconds.
- 30 seconds?
617
00:22:47,873 --> 00:22:48,741
Yeah.
618
00:22:48,874 --> 00:22:50,109
All right.
619
00:22:50,209 --> 00:22:53,145
May your tomorrows be filled
with promise and the opposite
620
00:22:53,245 --> 00:22:55,448
of sorrow, amongst
other things,
621
00:22:55,548 --> 00:22:58,451
for I know that it's a struggle
just to go with the flow,
622
00:22:58,551 --> 00:23:00,252
when feet will take
your many places
623
00:23:00,353 --> 00:23:01,620
you would rather not go.
624
00:23:01,721 --> 00:23:04,390
But fret not your soul and now
the fear of the things that
625
00:23:04,490 --> 00:23:08,027
you just might behold, but
cannot control, for in time,
626
00:23:08,127 --> 00:23:09,028
you'll know the reason.
627
00:23:09,128 --> 00:23:10,463
Everything has a season.
628
00:23:10,563 --> 00:23:12,632
I swear that not until it's
cooked do we start eating.
629
00:23:12,732 --> 00:23:13,833
DL HUGHLEY: Ah!
630
00:23:13,933 --> 00:23:16,902
I believe in the power
of us made in their image
631
00:23:17,003 --> 00:23:18,237
and in their likeness.
632
00:23:18,337 --> 00:23:20,906
The reason we write this is
what hopes it will inspire,
633
00:23:21,007 --> 00:23:23,876
others to take it higher and
further than those before us,
634
00:23:23,976 --> 00:23:25,077
because they're waiting for us.
635
00:23:25,177 --> 00:23:27,079
So your thoughts
make your reality,
636
00:23:27,179 --> 00:23:28,481
and I wish that
I can share with
637
00:23:28,581 --> 00:23:30,049
y'all all the formalities.
638
00:23:30,149 --> 00:23:32,451
But if I had to sum it
up in just a few words,
639
00:23:32,551 --> 00:23:34,220
it will only take seven.
640
00:23:34,320 --> 00:23:35,621
On Earth as it is in Heaven.
641
00:23:35,721 --> 00:23:36,622
DL HUGHLEY: Ah!
642
00:23:36,722 --> 00:23:38,858
[applause, cheering]
643
00:23:38,924 --> 00:23:40,226
[laughs]
644
00:23:40,326 --> 00:23:41,560
Thank you.
645
00:23:41,661 --> 00:23:42,561
Now--
646
00:23:42,662 --> 00:23:43,562
Yes, sir.
647
00:23:43,663 --> 00:23:45,998
--I'mma tell you what.
648
00:23:46,098 --> 00:23:47,466
I'm just saying--
- Thank y'all.
649
00:23:47,566 --> 00:23:48,901
Thank y'all.
650
00:23:49,001 --> 00:23:53,339
Look, I'm no
composer, but that's
651
00:23:53,439 --> 00:23:55,374
a damn sure a lot better than
"murder, murder, kill, kill,
652
00:23:55,474 --> 00:23:57,176
I'll put a bullet."
I'm just saying.
653
00:23:57,276 --> 00:23:58,177
I was 21.
654
00:23:58,277 --> 00:23:59,378
Mac Phipps, everybody!
655
00:23:59,478 --> 00:24:01,013
Thank y'all, New York!
656
00:24:01,113 --> 00:24:03,149
His album, Son of the
City, is available now.
657
00:24:03,249 --> 00:24:04,450
OK, we got to take a break.
658
00:24:04,550 --> 00:24:06,452
We're going to be
right back after this.
659
00:24:06,552 --> 00:24:07,453
Let's go.
660
00:24:07,553 --> 00:24:10,890
[applause]
661
00:24:14,969 --> 00:24:15,870
Well, that's it.
662
00:24:15,970 --> 00:24:16,871
That's going to hold me.
663
00:24:16,971 --> 00:24:17,939
That is my week.
664
00:24:18,039 --> 00:24:20,207
I've had a lot of fun
hosting this week.
665
00:24:20,308 --> 00:24:21,242
Thank you all for watching.
666
00:24:21,342 --> 00:24:22,643
Make sure you
tune in next week,
667
00:24:22,743 --> 00:24:26,013
when your new guest host is
going to be Chelsea Handler.
668
00:24:26,113 --> 00:24:28,883
Now, here is your
Moment of Zen.
669
00:24:28,983 --> 00:24:31,886
Knocking off your
big homie bitch.
670
00:24:31,986 --> 00:24:33,754
[bleep] [bleep] the police.
671
00:24:33,854 --> 00:24:37,124
[bleep] 'em in a high speed.
672
00:24:37,224 --> 00:24:39,260
Hundred rounds in a Tahoe.
673
00:24:39,360 --> 00:24:40,928
This that slime shit.
674
00:24:41,028 --> 00:24:42,496
This that mob shit.
675
00:24:42,597 --> 00:24:43,731
[bleep] the judge.
676
00:24:43,831 --> 00:24:45,299
YSL.
677
00:24:45,399 --> 00:24:47,068
This that mob life.
678
00:24:47,168 --> 00:24:49,303
(SINGING) MTV.