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This is amazing.
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I can't believe we get
to hang with T-Pain.
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Hey, he invited us
to his studio to listen
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to some of his new music.
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That means listen.
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Yeah.
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I'm a grown up.
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You think I'm going
to ask T-Pain to check
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out my new jam or something?
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Come on.
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Roy, dude.
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ROY WOOD, JR.: Yo, what up?
What up?
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- Yo, how you doing?
- Man, good to see you.
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- Brother, how you doing?
- This is Michael.
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Hey, Mr. Pain.
I'm Michael.
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You got to check
out my new track.
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I got a sick track.
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I don't know if people
still say something's fire,
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but my track is fire.
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Fire's still an
acceptable word.
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I'm sorry, man.
We gonna go.
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I didn't know he was--
- No, no, no, no, no, no.
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It's totally fine.
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I'm not a crosser of dreams.
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This could be a good thing.
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This man could be
the next Eminem.
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You never know.
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Why?
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Because I'm white?
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That's not--
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MICHAEL KOSTA: That's a little
problematic, T. Do better.
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I'm going to go spit
fires in the booth.
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T-PAIN: Ooh.
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It's mostly because he's
got on Eminem's uniform.
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(RAPPING) Hey there,
like D. Give me some sugar.
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And sugar in this case
means let's smash butt.
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Oh, I got a lady with
some thick-ass knees.
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I don't know why
that's what I'm into.
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But them knees make
me super horny.
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I'm horny.
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T-Pain is horny.
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Roy Wood is horny.
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Kosta is horny.
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I'm sorry, man.
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That's not even my friend.
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For real, we just share
an office together.
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[laughter]
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T-PAIN: (RAPPING) Cause
I'm the super devil.
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This is the future of music!
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(RAPPING) Girls
like a guy who's 6
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foot 3 with a penis that's
crooked like an old oak tree.
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Woo!
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This beat!
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[laughs]
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Y'all done lost
your damn minds.
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[shouting]
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T-PAIN: (SINGING)
T-Pain Is horny.
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Roy Wood is horny.
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Everybody's super horny.
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[theme music]
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Coming to you from Atlanta, the
city from that show, Atlanta,
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it's The Daily Show.
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Tonight, political
violence in America,
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is Atlanta Wakanda, and T-Pain.
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This is The Daily
Show with Trevor Noah.
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[cheering]
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What's going on,
Atlanta, Georgia?
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How you doing, everybody?
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How you doing, everybody?
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Welcome to the show, night two.
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We're still here.
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Take a seat.
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Let's do this thing.
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Let us do it.
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What's going on, everybody?
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I'm Trevor Noah.
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Welcome to The Daily Show,
coming to you from Atlanta!
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We're here in the flesh.
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Oh, and I'm loving it.
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Can I tell you how much
I am loving it here?
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Last night-- last
night I celebrated
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my first Atlanta Halloween.
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I feel like I learned so
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Yeah.
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First up, we went to a place
called Virginia Highlands.
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[cheering]
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And I don't know if
I'm right or not,
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but those people must be rich.
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Yeah, because forget
full-size candy.
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They were giving
out king-size bars.
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It was just like, full--
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I was like, damn,
even with inflation?
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They were like, yeah.
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They're balling out there.
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We had a hipster Halloween.
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We were in Little Five Points.
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That was really cool.
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It was quaint.
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[cheering]
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We stopped-- we stopped at a
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That was cool as well.
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I think we got there late,
though, because there
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was like no women.
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We were ready.
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I don't know what happened.
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Oh, then we went to a
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That was really interesting.
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Decatur.
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I could tell,
like, that's where
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a lot of the white people live
because of all the Black Lives
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Matter signs on the lawn.
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I could tell.
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[laughter]
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Oh, my favorite
party of the night
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was-- my friend took me to a
Halloween party in Bankhead.
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[cheering]
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That was interesting.
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Yeah.
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I learned a valuable
lesson in Bankhead.
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Do not assume that the
people are dressed up
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just because it's Halloween.
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Yes, that just might
be how they dress.
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I walked up to a gentleman,
and I was like, wow, man.
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I was like, you look dope.
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Are you Shakespeare?
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He's like, no, I'm a pimp.
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[laughter]
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I was like, well, here's
your king-size Snicker
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bar, my friend.
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You did well.
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Pleasure meeting you.
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We're back, people, night two.
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I'm so excited.
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I'm so excited.
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Everything's going
on right now.
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Midterms are happening.
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The world is still happening.
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You know, the news-- what's
happening in the news?
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What's happening in the news?
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Oh, well, let's kick things off
with the big news of the day,
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right, starting with
Elon Musk, the guy
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who always looks like a ghost,
whether it's Halloween or not.
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For months now--
for months now,
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Musk has said that he wanted
to own Twitter, right?
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And the reason he
wanted to own Twitter
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is because he wanted to make
sure that it became a haven
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for free speech, right?
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He wanted to change it to that.
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Because let's be honest up.
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Until now, you
know, people have
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really held back on Twitter.
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[laughter]
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And I always find myself
scrolling and thinking,
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but what do you really think?
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Why are you so reserved, sir?
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So, anyway, on Thursday, the
day Elon officially took over,
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right, we got a taste of this
extra free speech, right?
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Because in the first 12
hours under Elon's ownership,
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the use of the N-word
on Twitter shot up 500%.
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[booing]
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500%, which, no,
you don't know.
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You don't know.
Who knows what it is?
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It could be racist.
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Yeah, it could be,
could be, right?
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It's just you feel free
and feel emboldened
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to say it now, right?
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Or it could be Black
people watching Elon
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take over like, this nigga.
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[laughter]
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You don't know which one it is.
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You're not sure.
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You're not sure.
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Because he's going crazy.
Here's my question.
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Here's my question.
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I really want to know this.
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Why is it always when
the free speech people,
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right-- all those people are
like, we want free speech--
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why do they never want
to use their free speech
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to say words like
perambulate or pusillanimous?
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Like, it's never
stuff like that.
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Have you noticed?
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They're like, we
want free speech!
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We want free speech!
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You're like, OK, what
do you want to say?
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Nigger.
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[laughter]
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Like, really?
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All the things you could have
said in the world, every word,
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everything you could
have spoken about,
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all the issues,
what do you want
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to say than any other word?
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Hmm, niggers.
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Feels like he doesn't
want free speech.
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You just want to hate
on people, right?
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So, yeah, it looks
like Elon is--
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he's scrambling.
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He's scrambling to
figure out, you know,
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how to make this
whole thing work.
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Because, remember, he
spent $44 billion--
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well, he was forced
to spend $44 billion
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because it was a troll
that turned into a real--
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he used his free speech,
and he paid a big price.
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And it's going to be hard to
make money from this thing,
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you know?
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Twitter has a lot
of debt, right?
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They're not profitable
as a company.
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And so today, to try
and mitigate this,
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Elon Musk came out, and he said
he's going to start charging
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people $8 a month to be
verified with a blue check
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mark next to their name.
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Yeah, $8 a month for the blue
checkmark because I guess
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he's hoping that
everyone else on Twitter
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will also make terrible
financial decisions like
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he did.
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[laughter]
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No, because I'm sorry. $8?
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What are you-- what are you
spending $8 a month for?
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Like, the blue check--
you realize what you--
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with $8 a month,
you can subscribe--
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you can get, like, Netflix.
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You can get Paramount+.
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You can get Hulu.
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Or-- or can pay so that
people verify that they
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actually shitting on you.
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It's just like, oh, this
is the real Trevor Noah.
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I hate this guy!
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Yeah!
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Oh, what was even
funnier was the reason.
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This is the reason
Elon Musk gave.
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He said the reason he's doing
this-- the reason he's doing
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it is because he's sick
of Twitter's current lords
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and peasants system
for who has or who
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doesn't have a blue checkmark.
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And then he ended it
with power to the people.
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Blue for $8 a month.
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[laughter]
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So here's my question.
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If you're trying to create
equality on Twitter,
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why charge anyone
to be verified?
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Huh?
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Yeah, just give everyone
a blue checkmark then.
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Why are you
charging the people?
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[applause]
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Give it to everyone for
free, or give it to no one.
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Give it to no one, right?
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But it doesn't make sense
to offer it as equality,
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and then put a price on it.
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Do you get what I'm saying?
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Can you imagine if MLK was out
there like, I have a dream.
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I have a dream.
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And I'll tell you all
about it for 8.99 a month.
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[laughter]
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It wouldn't be the same thing.
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[applause]
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It's all about equality.
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No, you're trying
to make money.
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I get it.
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Yeah, so I think this $8 a
month thing is ridiculous,
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you know?
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If you ask me, if Elon
Musk wants to make money
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from Twitter,
what he should do,
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don't charge people
for blue checkmarks.
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No, you know, charge white
people to say the N-word.
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[laughter]
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Twitter will be the most
profitable company in history.
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Racists are going to
be taking out loans.
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I need a bit of extra cash.
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My neighbors are
so goddamn loud.
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I could use this.
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What else is going
on in the news?
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Oh, of course, of course, it's
the story of that crazy dude.
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I'm sure you've all
seen this by now.
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The crazy guy who broke into
Nancy Pelosi's house, and then
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attacked her 82-year-old
husband with a hammer.
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Now you would assume--
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I would assume--
probably all of you
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would assume that everyone,
regardless of their politics,
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would be against hammering
the elderly, right?
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You would assume that, right?
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But, apparently--
no, but, apparently,
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things have changed.
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[applause]
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Because it turns out there
are many Republicans who find
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this whole thing really funny.
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A lot of Republicans
have publicly
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condemned the violence.
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But some are actually
making jokes about it.
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Yeah, that's
exactly right, Wolf.
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I mean, instead of
this moment of unity,
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what we have seen is
Republicans actually mocking
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Paul Pelosi and the attack.
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In fact, Donald Trump, Jr.
tweeted out some really
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crude memes, making fun of
Paul Pelosi and the incident
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that happened.
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And then you have
Kari Lake, who
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is the Republican
candidate for Arizona
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Governor, who had this to
say at a campaign event
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earlier today.
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It is not impossible to
protect our kids at school.
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They act like it is.
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Nancy Pelosi-- well, she's got
protection when she's in DC.
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Apparently, her house doesn't
have a lot of protection.
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[laughter]
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But--
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[booing]
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I'm not--
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I'm not going to lie.
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MAGA comedy is weird.
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I don't get the-- you hear
the joke about the old man
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who was almost killed?
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Huh, that's it.
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That's the joke.
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That's the joke.
What?
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Like, who are these--
you know what's-- this
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is what's crazy to me.
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What's crazy to me is these
are the very same people--
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the very same people
who are devastated
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and appalled because
somebody was rude
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to Ted Cruz at a restaurant.
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Huh?
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These are the same people.
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They will be like, this
was at a restaurant.
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They were rude to Ted
Cruz at a restaurant!
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[cheering]
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Where people go to eat, and Ted
Cruz goes to lick the napkins.
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They were rude to him.
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This is America.
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And, look, I get it.
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It's like-- it's
not all Republicans.
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I'm not saying it's all.
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Some Republicans
think it's a joke.
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Many other Republicans are
not laughing, but not because
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they're being civil about it.
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No, they've chosen to turn
this into a giant conspiracy
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theory, right?
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Yeah.
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They've said, there's a whole
bunch of crazy conspiracies
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they've come up with for why
this has happened, right?
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And then some of them have
chosen to just dismiss it.
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They go like, oh, this
is not a big deal.
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This is just the random kind
of crime that happens if you
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live in a Democrat-run city.
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That's what they're
saying, which--
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which is weird, right?
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Because you're telling
me this is random.
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It's like a random, completely
random, everyday crime, right?
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You're telling me some
right-wing conspiracy theorist
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broke into Nancy Pelosi's
house screaming, where's Nancy,
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and you think that
was a random crime?
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Yeah, because we've all
experienced this, right?
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Yeah?
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You're just walking
down the street.
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Some random guy jumps
out with a weapon.
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He's like, where's your
wife, Nancy Pelosi?
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And you're like, what?
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I'm not even married.
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And he's like, oh, well, if
you do get married one day,
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you look me up, and you
tell me where you live.
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You're like, how
will I even find you?
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He's like, oh, look
me up on Twitter.
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I'll be verified.
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[laughter]
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All right, that's all the
time we got for the headlines.
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Stay tuned because
after the break
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we're going to answer
the big question--
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is Atlanta the
real life Wakanda?
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You don't want to miss it.
We're in Atlanta.
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We're having fun.
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We're on the road, people.
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We'll be right back!
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You guys are amazing.
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Thank you so much.
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[cheering]
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[applause]
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Welcome back
to The Daily Show
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coming to you all
the way from Atlanta.
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Now this city is known for
its history and culture
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of Black excellence.
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And sometimes-- sometimes,
it raises the question,
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is Atlanta the
real life Wakanda?
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Well, Atlanta's very own
Dulce Sloan went to find out.
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[applause]
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DULCE SLOAN (VOICEOVER):
Hello, friends,
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I'm Atlanta-raised
celebrity Dulce Sloan.
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Now Atlanta has been
called many things--
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the Black Mecca,
Wakanda, a Black utopia.
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It's basically the opposite
of Portland, Oregon.
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But does The A live
up to the hype?
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I'm at Pond City Market
to talk to fellow ATLian
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and cultural curator Bem
Joyner of Atlanta Influences
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Everything to find out.
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My name is Bem Joyner,
co-founder of Atlanta
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Influences Everything, which
is a civic-minded creative
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consultancy known
for our popular
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phrase and shirt in Atlanta.
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You said a lot of--
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it sound like a
very Atlanta thing
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because it sounds like you've
got a bunch of, like, slashes
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on your business cards.
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BEM JOYNER: Hell yeah.
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Like, do you also DJ?
407
00:14:29,268 --> 00:14:30,803
No, but there is
a DJ in the store.
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There's always a DJ.
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There's always a DJ.
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OK, we've been talking about
this question for decades.
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As Black people
who live in Atlanta
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or who are from Atlanta,
is Atlanta a Black utopia?
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I don't know if I
would say a utopia.
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We still in America.
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Black Mecca, Black utopia,
Wakanda, all of the things.
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It's a place where Black
people are comfortable.
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Right.
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Utopia makes it seem like,
you know, ain't no crime,
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ain't-- you know, ain't
no-- ain't no problems,
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you know what I'm saying?
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00:15:04,537 --> 00:15:08,107
Well, it is interesting
because where your story is,
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we're in The Pull Up and
we're at Ponce City Market.
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But you know and I
know for a long time,
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on this back
street, this street
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used to be very sketchy.
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00:15:18,317 --> 00:15:20,786
Man, it's crazy you say
that because the other piece
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of that-- remember
the name of the Kroger
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that was right here.
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00:15:23,289 --> 00:15:24,924
Yes, and I don't care how--
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I know y'all call
it Beltline Kroger.
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It's Murder Kroger.
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We don't care.
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And when they
tried to change it,
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we called it Murder Kroger.
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00:15:33,332 --> 00:15:36,369
So this is a
multi-layered thing.
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00:15:36,469 --> 00:15:40,539
Yeah, there are the
perceived streets
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paved with gold
for Black people
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to achieve whatever
they are trying
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to achieve without a barrier.
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Right.
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00:15:49,982 --> 00:15:53,352
But there's also, like,
multi-layered classism
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here, too.
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That's just how Black it is.
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You know--
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DULCE SLOAN: Right.
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It's aggressively Black
where it's tribal like Wakanda.
447
00:16:01,327 --> 00:16:02,294
Right.
448
00:16:02,328 --> 00:16:04,597
It's a safe Black
place to be Black.
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And you have a
fair shot to make
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it what you want it to be.
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00:16:08,768 --> 00:16:09,902
Do you think that
Black people here
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have a different experience
than Black people
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from other places because
we've seen generations
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of Black wealth,
and Black higher
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education, and just upward
mobility for Black people?
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00:16:20,646 --> 00:16:23,616
It is rooted in the Black
narrative kind of going back
457
00:16:23,716 --> 00:16:27,520
to W.E.B. Du Bois and Booker
T. Washington's debate
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on Blackness that took
place on the Atlanta
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University Center campus.
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So, yeah, and we want to tell
that narrative all the way up.
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But if you look, none of
these other Black cities
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have anything like the
Atlanta University Center.
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Right, so there
are four HBCUs,
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Historically Black College
Universities, in Atlanta.
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It's Morris Brown,
Clark Atlanta,
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Spelman, and Morehouse.
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00:16:47,940 --> 00:16:50,676
And so, you know, if
people grew up here
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to see, like, not
only one Black school,
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but four Black universities--
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Yeah, and so it's that
post-secondary education that
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Oakland, Chicago, Detroit--
they don't have the Morehouse
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and Spelman thing.
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And I think, along with the
consistent Black mayors--
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DULCE SLOAN: Yes.
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--that became the attraction.
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00:17:14,767 --> 00:17:18,904
Is the fact that Atlanta
has had Black mayors for 40
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00:17:19,004 --> 00:17:20,306
some odd years--
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00:17:20,406 --> 00:17:22,808
has that made a significant
impact on the city?
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00:17:22,908 --> 00:17:23,943
Most definitely.
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And the mayor that kind
of set everything off,
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Maynard Jackson, he put
forth those policies
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and took that risk.
483
00:17:29,548 --> 00:17:33,018
He understood that police
chief, police force,
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00:17:33,119 --> 00:17:35,554
superintendent,
teachers, everything
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00:17:35,654 --> 00:17:37,656
that the public
sector could touch,
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00:17:37,757 --> 00:17:42,528
that that also had to be on
mission like what he saw.
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00:17:42,628 --> 00:17:47,166
And if he couldn't get
buy-in from the working class
488
00:17:47,266 --> 00:17:50,469
people in those sectors,
that this was the mission.
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00:17:50,569 --> 00:17:52,138
So everybody
got to get along,
490
00:17:52,271 --> 00:17:53,706
so we have to understand.
491
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So, I mean, that's a very
interesting thing for you
492
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to come-- for someone
to come in and just
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go-- especially a Black
man to come in and go,
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00:18:00,446 --> 00:18:01,380
OK, we got a chance.
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00:18:01,480 --> 00:18:02,415
Yeah.
496
00:18:02,515 --> 00:18:05,418
So compared to the
rest of the country,
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is it easy to be
Black in Atlanta?
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00:18:08,320 --> 00:18:10,856
So the way we
engage with Blackness,
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00:18:10,956 --> 00:18:13,459
the way we engage
with white people,
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we didn't know that it was
odd until you start traveling
501
00:18:17,596 --> 00:18:18,798
or you get these other stories.
502
00:18:18,898 --> 00:18:21,467
We're like, man, you talking
to white people like that?
503
00:18:21,567 --> 00:18:22,668
Like, yeah.
504
00:18:22,768 --> 00:18:23,869
Yeah.
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00:18:23,969 --> 00:18:26,138
You just have more
confidence, whether it's loud
506
00:18:26,238 --> 00:18:27,707
or whether it's
quiet confidence,
507
00:18:27,807 --> 00:18:29,375
than the average Black person.
508
00:18:29,475 --> 00:18:31,377
And we don't know
that that's odd
509
00:18:31,477 --> 00:18:34,447
until people start exposing
us to the rest of the world.
510
00:18:34,547 --> 00:18:37,316
It's like, oh, you don't move
like that where you from?
511
00:18:37,416 --> 00:18:41,787
I think white Atlantians are
unique in their experience
512
00:18:41,887 --> 00:18:44,857
with Blackness, for
better or for worse.
513
00:18:44,957 --> 00:18:49,261
Atlanta seems to have become
a safe place for that.
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00:18:49,295 --> 00:18:52,798
As somebody who grew up
here, is from here, what
515
00:18:52,898 --> 00:18:55,534
do you love about Atlanta?
516
00:18:55,634 --> 00:18:59,772
The ability just to be
my Black self, you know,
517
00:18:59,872 --> 00:19:01,941
whatever I say that is.
518
00:19:02,041 --> 00:19:03,109
[applause]
519
00:19:03,275 --> 00:19:04,310
I like that.
520
00:19:04,410 --> 00:19:05,845
DULCE SLOAN (VOICEOVER):
So there you have it.
521
00:19:05,945 --> 00:19:08,714
Atlanta might not be Wakanda,
but it is a city where you
522
00:19:08,814 --> 00:19:10,182
can just be your Black self.
523
00:19:10,282 --> 00:19:14,820
[applause]
524
00:19:14,920 --> 00:19:15,821
Thank you so much for that.
525
00:19:15,921 --> 00:19:17,022
Dulce Sloan, everybody.
526
00:19:17,123 --> 00:19:18,491
All right, stay tuned
because when we come back,
527
00:19:18,591 --> 00:19:22,094
Atlanta's very own T-Pain will
be joining us on the show.
528
00:19:22,228 --> 00:19:23,095
You don't want to miss it.
529
00:19:23,229 --> 00:19:26,265
[applause]
530
00:19:36,408 --> 00:19:42,314
[applause, cheering]
531
00:19:42,414 --> 00:19:44,249
Welcome back to
The Daily Show.
532
00:19:44,349 --> 00:19:47,619
My guest tonight is a
Grammy Award-winning artist,
533
00:19:47,719 --> 00:19:50,622
who is also a pro
gamer and the CEO
534
00:19:50,722 --> 00:19:52,257
of Nappy Boy Entertainment.
535
00:19:52,357 --> 00:19:54,126
Please welcome T-Pain!
536
00:19:54,226 --> 00:20:01,233
[edm trap music]
537
00:20:03,602 --> 00:20:04,970
What's going on, brother?
538
00:20:05,070 --> 00:20:12,077
Welcome to the show.
539
00:20:17,416 --> 00:20:19,284
Oh, yeah!
540
00:20:19,384 --> 00:20:20,452
T-Pain himself.
541
00:20:20,552 --> 00:20:21,987
- Yeah, man!
- Welcome.
542
00:20:22,087 --> 00:20:22,988
Welcome to The Daily Show.
543
00:20:23,088 --> 00:20:24,790
Woo!
544
00:20:24,890 --> 00:20:25,857
Welcome, first of all.
545
00:20:25,958 --> 00:20:27,893
Second of all, thank
you for welcoming us.
546
00:20:27,993 --> 00:20:30,195
Obviously, we know you started
your career out in Florida,
547
00:20:30,295 --> 00:20:31,830
but you've made
Atlanta your home.
548
00:20:31,930 --> 00:20:34,666
And it feels like Atlanta has
fully adopted you as its own.
549
00:20:34,766 --> 00:20:35,667
Absolutely, man.
550
00:20:35,834 --> 00:20:36,835
Absolutely.
551
00:20:36,902 --> 00:20:40,605
There's no denying that
music today cannot say--
552
00:20:40,706 --> 00:20:42,374
especially hip hop, cannot
say that it hasn't been
553
00:20:42,474 --> 00:20:43,842
shaped by T-Pain as sound--
554
00:20:43,942 --> 00:20:44,876
I appreciate that, man.
555
00:20:44,977 --> 00:20:47,713
--the way you've
created everything,
556
00:20:47,846 --> 00:20:51,750
from how you used Auto-Tune to
the way you defined the music.
557
00:20:51,850 --> 00:20:54,386
You've also been really
vocal about the journey
558
00:20:54,486 --> 00:20:56,154
that you've been on.
559
00:20:56,254 --> 00:20:57,556
I found it interesting.
560
00:20:57,656 --> 00:20:59,157
I mean, it was
terrible for you,
561
00:20:59,257 --> 00:21:01,393
but people started
blaming you for music.
562
00:21:01,493 --> 00:21:04,029
Like, you came out with a style
of using Auto-Tune that nobody
563
00:21:04,129 --> 00:21:05,731
had ever seen before.
- Right.
564
00:21:05,864 --> 00:21:07,332
In my humble opinion,
I'm not a musician,
565
00:21:07,432 --> 00:21:08,967
but I felt like you
used it properly.
566
00:21:09,067 --> 00:21:10,602
Then everyone just came
out, and (WARBLY SINGING)
567
00:21:10,702 --> 00:21:12,004
everything was like that.
You know what I mean?
568
00:21:12,104 --> 00:21:13,005
[laughs]
TREVOR NOAH: And then people--
569
00:21:13,105 --> 00:21:14,272
Yeah.
570
00:21:14,373 --> 00:21:15,040
TREVOR NOAH: --started
saying to you-- they're like,
571
00:21:15,140 --> 00:21:16,008
oh, T-Pain spoiled music.
572
00:21:16,108 --> 00:21:17,009
T-Pain destroyed music.
- Yeah
573
00:21:17,109 --> 00:21:18,310
And you went
into a depression.
574
00:21:18,410 --> 00:21:19,645
And you spoke about how you
had to work on your mental
575
00:21:19,745 --> 00:21:20,712
to come out of this.
- Absolutely.
576
00:21:20,879 --> 00:21:22,547
I love being vocal
about things like that
577
00:21:22,648 --> 00:21:26,285
because it wasn't set in
the blueprint before me.
578
00:21:26,385 --> 00:21:29,655
Everybody was always--
it's all about blinging.
579
00:21:29,755 --> 00:21:31,690
It's all about having a bunch
of money and having all this.
580
00:21:31,790 --> 00:21:33,959
And nobody tells
you about the down.
581
00:21:34,059 --> 00:21:35,594
Everybody always tells
you about the up.
582
00:21:35,694 --> 00:21:39,298
And I always look back at the
people that came before me.
583
00:21:39,398 --> 00:21:42,134
And I'm like, why didn't
y'all tell me about this?
584
00:21:42,234 --> 00:21:43,235
Damn.
585
00:21:43,335 --> 00:21:45,837
Like, according to
them, it was all--
586
00:21:45,904 --> 00:21:49,708
it's money, girls, big house,
somehow your wife don't
587
00:21:49,841 --> 00:21:50,943
find out about any of that.
588
00:21:51,043 --> 00:21:54,413
[laughter]
589
00:21:54,513 --> 00:21:58,050
You know, the fantasy world.
590
00:21:58,150 --> 00:21:59,851
But nobody told us
about the downs.
591
00:21:59,952 --> 00:22:02,287
So I try to stay vocal about
that to let people know,
592
00:22:02,387 --> 00:22:03,855
these things are
going to happen.
593
00:22:03,956 --> 00:22:06,458
As much as you try to create
this perfect world around you,
594
00:22:06,558 --> 00:22:08,093
no matter what you do--
595
00:22:08,193 --> 00:22:10,062
you can have charities; you
can do all these great things--
596
00:22:10,162 --> 00:22:12,597
you're still going to have
these downs because there's
597
00:22:12,698 --> 00:22:15,567
no magical world
in the Multiverse
598
00:22:15,667 --> 00:22:17,869
that everybody is
happy all the time.
599
00:22:17,903 --> 00:22:18,870
AUDIENCE: That's right!
600
00:22:18,904 --> 00:22:20,272
It just-- [laughs]
601
00:22:20,372 --> 00:22:21,640
And I feel like it's
tough to say that.
602
00:22:21,740 --> 00:22:25,611
I feel like you have to--
603
00:22:25,711 --> 00:22:29,915
you've also had to do what few
people ever think they'll have
604
00:22:30,015 --> 00:22:33,251
to do, which is ride a
wave of immense success,
605
00:22:33,352 --> 00:22:37,055
go through a period where
your mental is challenged.
606
00:22:37,155 --> 00:22:38,824
As you said, you
struggled with depression.
607
00:22:38,890 --> 00:22:40,158
Yeah.
608
00:22:40,258 --> 00:22:42,561
And then financially, you've
shared the stories of how you
609
00:22:42,661 --> 00:22:44,296
thought you had it all
forever, and then you
610
00:22:44,396 --> 00:22:46,632
realized that the wrong people
can give you the wrong advice.
611
00:22:46,732 --> 00:22:47,633
All of a sudden, your money's
not where it's supposed to be.
612
00:22:47,733 --> 00:22:48,734
Absolutely.
613
00:22:48,834 --> 00:22:49,835
But then you have to
build yourself back up.
614
00:22:49,868 --> 00:22:52,270
And now, Nappy Boy
is back in the game.
615
00:22:52,371 --> 00:22:53,271
T-PAIN: Yeah, yeah.
616
00:22:53,372 --> 00:22:54,873
You're mentoring artists.
617
00:22:54,973 --> 00:22:56,742
You're creating
music that's moving
618
00:22:56,842 --> 00:22:58,543
the culture forward again.
- Absolutely.
619
00:22:58,644 --> 00:22:59,845
Where does T-Pain
go from here?
620
00:22:59,878 --> 00:23:02,581
Because very few people
have been in the second peak
621
00:23:02,681 --> 00:23:04,349
of their life, where they
have to rebuild everything,
622
00:23:04,449 --> 00:23:05,550
and they have the opportunity--
- Right.
623
00:23:05,651 --> 00:23:07,853
--to do it all again.
624
00:23:07,886 --> 00:23:10,756
What would you do
differently, and why?
625
00:23:10,856 --> 00:23:11,757
Condoms.
626
00:23:11,857 --> 00:23:12,758
That would probably be--
627
00:23:12,858 --> 00:23:19,564
[laughter]
628
00:23:20,632 --> 00:23:24,569
But that was-- [laughs]
I would probably--
629
00:23:24,670 --> 00:23:28,040
I'd probably invest in
them bitches [inaudible]..
630
00:23:28,140 --> 00:23:29,041
No, man.
631
00:23:29,141 --> 00:23:30,409
I don't think I would
change anything.
632
00:23:30,509 --> 00:23:31,977
I think the most
important thing
633
00:23:32,077 --> 00:23:34,713
that came out of how I've done
everything is the lessons I've
634
00:23:34,880 --> 00:23:35,981
acquired while doing them.
635
00:23:36,081 --> 00:23:37,015
TREVOR NOAH: Right.
636
00:23:37,115 --> 00:23:39,418
And knowing each
end of the spectrum
637
00:23:39,518 --> 00:23:42,154
is always better than
going in it blindly
638
00:23:42,254 --> 00:23:44,356
and going off of faith.
639
00:23:44,456 --> 00:23:45,824
As I said, having
that information,
640
00:23:45,891 --> 00:23:46,959
if I would have
came into the game,
641
00:23:47,059 --> 00:23:48,860
and I would have stayed
successful for this long,
642
00:23:48,961 --> 00:23:50,562
the downfall would have just
been from a higher height.
643
00:23:50,662 --> 00:23:51,563
TREVOR NOAH: Right, right.
644
00:23:51,663 --> 00:23:52,664
Like, you know
what I'm saying?
645
00:23:52,831 --> 00:23:55,000
So I kind of embrace
the fact that I
646
00:23:55,100 --> 00:23:57,836
was able to go jump in
the kiddie pool real quick
647
00:23:57,869 --> 00:23:59,504
and then move to the high--
648
00:23:59,604 --> 00:24:02,374
I just wanted to have that
experience in my life,
649
00:24:02,474 --> 00:24:03,375
and I don't regret
any part of it.
650
00:24:03,475 --> 00:24:04,509
I love everything we're doing.
651
00:24:04,610 --> 00:24:05,377
TREVOR NOAH: That's a
good way to live life.
652
00:24:05,477 --> 00:24:06,378
Yeah.
653
00:24:06,478 --> 00:24:07,446
That's a good
way to live life.
654
00:24:07,546 --> 00:24:08,380
Thank you so much
for joining the show.
655
00:24:08,480 --> 00:24:09,548
Absolutely, bro.
656
00:24:09,648 --> 00:24:10,382
- I appreciate you so much.
- Thank you, man.
657
00:24:10,482 --> 00:24:11,383
Thanks.
- All the best.
658
00:24:11,483 --> 00:24:13,585
And I'll catch you online.
659
00:24:13,685 --> 00:24:14,886
All right, everybody,
stay tuned.
660
00:24:14,987 --> 00:24:16,021
We're going to
take a quick break.
661
00:24:16,121 --> 00:24:18,090
We'll be right back after this.
662
00:24:18,190 --> 00:24:19,858
For real, man, thank you.
663
00:24:19,958 --> 00:24:23,328
[applause, cheering]
664
00:24:31,769 --> 00:24:32,803
Well, that's our
show for tonight,
665
00:24:32,903 --> 00:24:34,438
but stay tuned because
Jordan Klepper's brand
666
00:24:34,538 --> 00:24:36,107
new special is coming up next.
667
00:24:36,207 --> 00:24:37,975
Now here it is,
your moment of zen.
668
00:24:38,075 --> 00:24:40,544
[applause]