1 00:00:00,534 --> 00:00:01,535 This is amazing. 2 00:00:01,635 --> 00:00:03,036 I can't believe we get to hang with T-Pain. 3 00:00:03,136 --> 00:00:05,005 Hey, he invited us to his studio to listen 4 00:00:05,105 --> 00:00:06,273 to some of his new music. 5 00:00:06,373 --> 00:00:07,274 That means listen. 6 00:00:07,374 --> 00:00:08,275 Yeah. 7 00:00:08,375 --> 00:00:09,409 I'm a grown up. 8 00:00:09,510 --> 00:00:10,811 You think I'm going to ask T-Pain to check 9 00:00:10,911 --> 00:00:12,446 out my new jam or something? 10 00:00:12,546 --> 00:00:13,747 Come on. 11 00:00:13,847 --> 00:00:14,748 Roy, dude. 12 00:00:14,848 --> 00:00:16,116 ROY WOOD, JR.: Yo, what up? What up? 13 00:00:16,216 --> 00:00:17,484 - Yo, how you doing? - Man, good to see you. 14 00:00:17,584 --> 00:00:18,752 - Brother, how you doing? - This is Michael. 15 00:00:18,852 --> 00:00:20,153 Hey, Mr. Pain. I'm Michael. 16 00:00:20,254 --> 00:00:21,388 You got to check out my new track. 17 00:00:21,488 --> 00:00:22,623 I got a sick track. 18 00:00:22,723 --> 00:00:24,324 I don't know if people still say something's fire, 19 00:00:24,424 --> 00:00:27,160 but my track is fire. 20 00:00:27,261 --> 00:00:28,629 Fire's still an acceptable word. 21 00:00:28,729 --> 00:00:30,197 I'm sorry, man. We gonna go. 22 00:00:30,297 --> 00:00:31,798 I didn't know he was-- - No, no, no, no, no, no. 23 00:00:31,899 --> 00:00:32,799 It's totally fine. 24 00:00:32,900 --> 00:00:34,067 I'm not a crosser of dreams. 25 00:00:34,168 --> 00:00:35,335 This could be a good thing. 26 00:00:35,435 --> 00:00:36,537 This man could be the next Eminem. 27 00:00:36,637 --> 00:00:37,538 You never know. 28 00:00:37,638 --> 00:00:38,539 Why? 29 00:00:38,639 --> 00:00:39,540 Because I'm white? 30 00:00:39,640 --> 00:00:40,874 That's not-- 31 00:00:40,974 --> 00:00:44,745 MICHAEL KOSTA: That's a little problematic, T. Do better. 32 00:00:44,845 --> 00:00:46,346 I'm going to go spit fires in the booth. 33 00:00:46,446 --> 00:00:48,015 T-PAIN: Ooh. 34 00:00:48,115 --> 00:00:50,484 It's mostly because he's got on Eminem's uniform. 35 00:00:50,584 --> 00:00:54,188 (RAPPING) Hey there, like D. Give me some sugar. 36 00:00:54,288 --> 00:00:57,591 And sugar in this case means let's smash butt. 37 00:00:57,691 --> 00:01:00,494 Oh, I got a lady with some thick-ass knees. 38 00:01:00,594 --> 00:01:03,764 I don't know why that's what I'm into. 39 00:01:03,864 --> 00:01:06,400 But them knees make me super horny. 40 00:01:06,500 --> 00:01:07,568 I'm horny. 41 00:01:07,668 --> 00:01:09,102 T-Pain is horny. 42 00:01:09,203 --> 00:01:10,704 Roy Wood is horny. 43 00:01:10,804 --> 00:01:12,306 Kosta is horny. 44 00:01:12,406 --> 00:01:13,307 I'm sorry, man. 45 00:01:13,407 --> 00:01:14,541 That's not even my friend. 46 00:01:14,641 --> 00:01:17,511 For real, we just share an office together. 47 00:01:17,611 --> 00:01:18,912 [laughter] 48 00:01:19,079 --> 00:01:20,447 T-PAIN: (RAPPING) Cause I'm the super devil. 49 00:01:20,547 --> 00:01:22,082 This is the future of music! 50 00:01:22,182 --> 00:01:23,650 (RAPPING) Girls like a guy who's 6 51 00:01:23,750 --> 00:01:27,287 foot 3 with a penis that's crooked like an old oak tree. 52 00:01:27,387 --> 00:01:28,555 Woo! 53 00:01:28,655 --> 00:01:29,623 This beat! 54 00:01:29,723 --> 00:01:30,958 [laughs] 55 00:01:31,091 --> 00:01:32,860 Y'all done lost your damn minds. 56 00:01:32,960 --> 00:01:36,697 [shouting] 57 00:01:36,797 --> 00:01:38,098 T-PAIN: (SINGING) T-Pain Is horny. 58 00:01:38,165 --> 00:01:39,533 Roy Wood is horny. 59 00:01:39,633 --> 00:01:41,368 Everybody's super horny. 60 00:01:41,468 --> 00:01:43,704 [theme music] 61 00:01:43,804 --> 00:01:47,174 Coming to you from Atlanta, the city from that show, Atlanta, 62 00:01:47,274 --> 00:01:49,409 it's The Daily Show. 63 00:01:49,510 --> 00:01:53,213 Tonight, political violence in America, 64 00:01:53,313 --> 00:01:58,919 is Atlanta Wakanda, and T-Pain. 65 00:01:59,019 --> 00:02:02,623 This is The Daily Show with Trevor Noah. 66 00:02:02,723 --> 00:02:09,696 [cheering] 67 00:02:26,647 --> 00:02:33,487 What's going on, Atlanta, Georgia? 68 00:02:34,488 --> 00:02:35,656 How you doing, everybody? 69 00:02:35,756 --> 00:02:37,591 How you doing, everybody? 70 00:02:37,691 --> 00:02:41,762 Welcome to the show, night two. 71 00:02:41,862 --> 00:02:42,763 We're still here. 72 00:02:42,863 --> 00:02:43,764 Take a seat. 73 00:02:43,864 --> 00:02:45,265 Let's do this thing. 74 00:02:45,365 --> 00:02:46,300 Let us do it. 75 00:02:46,400 --> 00:02:47,568 What's going on, everybody? 76 00:02:47,668 --> 00:02:48,869 I'm Trevor Noah. 77 00:02:48,969 --> 00:02:52,806 Welcome to The Daily Show, coming to you from Atlanta! 78 00:02:52,906 --> 00:02:56,376 We're here in the flesh. 79 00:02:56,476 --> 00:02:57,444 Oh, and I'm loving it. 80 00:02:57,544 --> 00:03:01,281 Can I tell you how much I am loving it here? 81 00:03:01,381 --> 00:03:05,519 Last night-- last night I celebrated 82 00:03:05,619 --> 00:03:09,189 my first Atlanta Halloween. 83 00:03:09,289 --> 00:03:11,124 I feel like I learned so much about this place. 84 00:03:11,225 --> 00:03:12,426 Yeah. 85 00:03:12,526 --> 00:03:15,262 First up, we went to a place called Virginia Highlands. 86 00:03:15,362 --> 00:03:18,198 [cheering] 87 00:03:18,298 --> 00:03:19,933 And I don't know if I'm right or not, 88 00:03:20,067 --> 00:03:23,170 but those people must be rich. 89 00:03:23,270 --> 00:03:25,205 Yeah, because forget full-size candy. 90 00:03:25,305 --> 00:03:26,840 They were giving out king-size bars. 91 00:03:26,940 --> 00:03:28,075 It was just like, full-- 92 00:03:28,108 --> 00:03:29,710 I was like, damn, even with inflation? 93 00:03:29,810 --> 00:03:30,878 They were like, yeah. 94 00:03:30,978 --> 00:03:32,212 They're balling out there. 95 00:03:32,312 --> 00:03:33,480 We had a hipster Halloween. 96 00:03:33,580 --> 00:03:34,715 We were in Little Five Points. 97 00:03:34,815 --> 00:03:35,716 That was really cool. 98 00:03:35,816 --> 00:03:36,783 It was quaint. 99 00:03:36,884 --> 00:03:37,784 Yeah. 100 00:03:37,885 --> 00:03:39,152 [cheering] 101 00:03:39,253 --> 00:03:42,489 We stopped-- we stopped at a little party in Georgia Tech. 102 00:03:42,589 --> 00:03:43,824 That was cool as well. 103 00:03:43,924 --> 00:03:45,092 Yeah. 104 00:03:45,125 --> 00:03:46,727 I think we got there late, though, because there 105 00:03:46,827 --> 00:03:47,728 was like no women. 106 00:03:47,828 --> 00:03:48,729 We were ready. 107 00:03:48,829 --> 00:03:50,264 I don't know what happened. 108 00:03:50,364 --> 00:03:52,165 Oh, then we went to a place called Decatur. 109 00:03:52,266 --> 00:03:53,166 That was really interesting. 110 00:03:53,267 --> 00:03:54,168 Yeah. 111 00:03:54,268 --> 00:03:55,402 [cheering] 112 00:03:55,502 --> 00:03:58,105 Decatur. 113 00:03:58,205 --> 00:03:59,673 I could tell, like, that's where 114 00:03:59,773 --> 00:04:01,675 a lot of the white people live because of all the Black Lives 115 00:04:01,775 --> 00:04:02,709 Matter signs on the lawn. 116 00:04:02,809 --> 00:04:03,710 I could tell. 117 00:04:03,810 --> 00:04:06,513 [laughter] 118 00:04:06,613 --> 00:04:08,048 Oh, my favorite party of the night 119 00:04:08,115 --> 00:04:11,051 was-- my friend took me to a Halloween party in Bankhead. 120 00:04:11,084 --> 00:04:12,953 [cheering] 121 00:04:13,053 --> 00:04:14,521 That was interesting. 122 00:04:14,621 --> 00:04:15,622 Yeah. 123 00:04:15,722 --> 00:04:17,191 I learned a valuable lesson in Bankhead. 124 00:04:17,291 --> 00:04:19,393 Do not assume that the people are dressed up 125 00:04:19,493 --> 00:04:20,694 just because it's Halloween. 126 00:04:20,794 --> 00:04:22,396 [laughter] 127 00:04:22,496 --> 00:04:24,898 Yes, that just might be how they dress. 128 00:04:25,065 --> 00:04:27,067 I walked up to a gentleman, and I was like, wow, man. 129 00:04:27,100 --> 00:04:28,068 I was like, you look dope. 130 00:04:28,101 --> 00:04:29,069 Are you Shakespeare? 131 00:04:29,102 --> 00:04:30,103 He's like, no, I'm a pimp. 132 00:04:30,204 --> 00:04:31,905 [laughter] 133 00:04:32,072 --> 00:04:33,574 I was like, well, here's your king-size Snicker 134 00:04:33,674 --> 00:04:34,575 bar, my friend. 135 00:04:34,675 --> 00:04:35,709 You did well. 136 00:04:35,809 --> 00:04:37,077 Pleasure meeting you. 137 00:04:37,110 --> 00:04:38,078 We're back, people, night two. 138 00:04:38,111 --> 00:04:39,079 I'm so excited. 139 00:04:39,112 --> 00:04:40,080 I'm so excited. 140 00:04:40,113 --> 00:04:41,915 Everything's going on right now. 141 00:04:42,082 --> 00:04:44,351 Midterms are happening. 142 00:04:44,451 --> 00:04:46,253 The world is still happening. 143 00:04:46,353 --> 00:04:47,821 You know, the news-- what's happening in the news? 144 00:04:47,921 --> 00:04:49,223 What's happening in the news? 145 00:04:49,323 --> 00:04:50,858 Oh, well, let's kick things off with the big news of the day, 146 00:04:50,958 --> 00:04:52,426 right, starting with Elon Musk, the guy 147 00:04:52,526 --> 00:04:55,429 who always looks like a ghost, whether it's Halloween or not. 148 00:04:55,529 --> 00:04:56,930 For months now-- for months now, 149 00:04:57,097 --> 00:05:00,033 Musk has said that he wanted to own Twitter, right? 150 00:05:00,067 --> 00:05:01,368 And the reason he wanted to own Twitter 151 00:05:01,468 --> 00:05:04,171 is because he wanted to make sure that it became a haven 152 00:05:04,271 --> 00:05:05,672 for free speech, right? 153 00:05:05,772 --> 00:05:06,707 He wanted to change it to that. 154 00:05:06,807 --> 00:05:07,708 Because let's be honest up. 155 00:05:07,808 --> 00:05:09,376 Until now, you know, people have 156 00:05:09,476 --> 00:05:10,911 really held back on Twitter. 157 00:05:11,044 --> 00:05:12,312 [laughter] 158 00:05:12,412 --> 00:05:14,114 And I always find myself scrolling and thinking, 159 00:05:14,214 --> 00:05:16,216 but what do you really think? 160 00:05:16,316 --> 00:05:19,052 Why are you so reserved, sir? 161 00:05:19,086 --> 00:05:22,322 So, anyway, on Thursday, the day Elon officially took over, 162 00:05:22,422 --> 00:05:26,460 right, we got a taste of this extra free speech, right? 163 00:05:26,560 --> 00:05:30,230 Because in the first 12 hours under Elon's ownership, 164 00:05:30,330 --> 00:05:34,968 the use of the N-word on Twitter shot up 500%. 165 00:05:35,068 --> 00:05:36,470 [booing] 166 00:05:36,570 --> 00:05:38,605 500%, which, no, you don't know. 167 00:05:38,705 --> 00:05:40,240 You don't know. Who knows what it is? 168 00:05:40,340 --> 00:05:41,241 It could be racist. 169 00:05:41,341 --> 00:05:43,343 Yeah, it could be, could be, right? 170 00:05:43,443 --> 00:05:45,078 It's just you feel free and feel emboldened 171 00:05:45,179 --> 00:05:46,280 to say it now, right? 172 00:05:46,380 --> 00:05:48,382 Or it could be Black people watching Elon 173 00:05:48,482 --> 00:05:49,917 take over like, this nigga. 174 00:05:50,083 --> 00:05:51,685 [laughter] 175 00:05:51,785 --> 00:05:52,786 You don't know which one it is. 176 00:05:52,886 --> 00:05:55,088 You're not sure. 177 00:05:55,189 --> 00:05:58,859 You're not sure. 178 00:05:58,959 --> 00:06:00,460 Because he's going crazy. Here's my question. 179 00:06:00,561 --> 00:06:01,461 Here's my question. 180 00:06:01,562 --> 00:06:03,931 I really want to know this. 181 00:06:04,031 --> 00:06:06,266 Why is it always when the free speech people, 182 00:06:06,366 --> 00:06:08,569 right-- all those people are like, we want free speech-- 183 00:06:08,669 --> 00:06:10,838 why do they never want to use their free speech 184 00:06:10,938 --> 00:06:14,775 to say words like perambulate or pusillanimous? 185 00:06:14,875 --> 00:06:16,043 Like, it's never stuff like that. 186 00:06:16,076 --> 00:06:16,944 Have you noticed? 187 00:06:17,044 --> 00:06:18,145 They're like, we want free speech! 188 00:06:18,245 --> 00:06:19,246 We want free speech! 189 00:06:19,346 --> 00:06:20,714 You're like, OK, what do you want to say? 190 00:06:20,814 --> 00:06:21,715 Nigger. 191 00:06:21,815 --> 00:06:22,816 [laughter] 192 00:06:22,916 --> 00:06:24,218 Like, really? 193 00:06:24,318 --> 00:06:26,386 All the things you could have said in the world, every word, 194 00:06:26,486 --> 00:06:28,222 everything you could have spoken about, 195 00:06:28,322 --> 00:06:29,556 all the issues, what do you want 196 00:06:29,656 --> 00:06:31,058 to say than any other word? 197 00:06:31,091 --> 00:06:33,560 Hmm, niggers. 198 00:06:33,660 --> 00:06:34,862 Feels like he doesn't want free speech. 199 00:06:34,962 --> 00:06:36,864 You just want to hate on people, right? 200 00:06:36,964 --> 00:06:38,131 So, yeah, it looks like Elon is-- 201 00:06:38,232 --> 00:06:39,199 he's scrambling. 202 00:06:39,299 --> 00:06:41,435 He's scrambling to figure out, you know, 203 00:06:41,535 --> 00:06:43,537 how to make this whole thing work. 204 00:06:43,637 --> 00:06:45,939 Because, remember, he spent $44 billion-- 205 00:06:46,073 --> 00:06:48,775 well, he was forced to spend $44 billion 206 00:06:48,876 --> 00:06:50,611 because it was a troll that turned into a real-- 207 00:06:50,711 --> 00:06:53,647 he used his free speech, and he paid a big price. 208 00:06:53,747 --> 00:06:55,249 And it's going to be hard to make money from this thing, 209 00:06:55,349 --> 00:06:56,250 you know? 210 00:06:56,350 --> 00:06:57,551 Twitter has a lot of debt, right? 211 00:06:57,651 --> 00:06:59,553 They're not profitable as a company. 212 00:06:59,653 --> 00:07:01,421 And so today, to try and mitigate this, 213 00:07:01,522 --> 00:07:04,758 Elon Musk came out, and he said he's going to start charging 214 00:07:04,858 --> 00:07:09,096 people $8 a month to be verified with a blue check 215 00:07:09,196 --> 00:07:11,398 mark next to their name. 216 00:07:11,498 --> 00:07:15,802 Yeah, $8 a month for the blue checkmark because I guess 217 00:07:15,903 --> 00:07:18,505 he's hoping that everyone else on Twitter 218 00:07:18,605 --> 00:07:20,507 will also make terrible financial decisions like 219 00:07:20,607 --> 00:07:21,575 he did. 220 00:07:21,675 --> 00:07:22,843 [laughter] 221 00:07:22,943 --> 00:07:24,144 No, because I'm sorry. $8? 222 00:07:24,244 --> 00:07:27,114 What are you-- what are you spending $8 a month for? 223 00:07:27,214 --> 00:07:28,782 Like, the blue check-- you realize what you-- 224 00:07:28,882 --> 00:07:30,350 with $8 a month, you can subscribe-- 225 00:07:30,450 --> 00:07:31,351 you can get, like, Netflix. 226 00:07:31,451 --> 00:07:32,519 You can get Paramount+. 227 00:07:32,619 --> 00:07:33,654 You can get Hulu. 228 00:07:33,754 --> 00:07:37,958 Or-- or can pay so that people verify that they 229 00:07:38,058 --> 00:07:41,061 actually shitting on you. 230 00:07:41,161 --> 00:07:42,696 It's just like, oh, this is the real Trevor Noah. 231 00:07:42,796 --> 00:07:43,697 I hate this guy! 232 00:07:43,797 --> 00:07:46,466 Yeah! 233 00:07:46,567 --> 00:07:48,068 Oh, what was even funnier was the reason. 234 00:07:48,135 --> 00:07:49,403 This is the reason Elon Musk gave. 235 00:07:49,503 --> 00:07:51,505 He said the reason he's doing this-- the reason he's doing 236 00:07:51,605 --> 00:07:55,676 it is because he's sick of Twitter's current lords 237 00:07:55,776 --> 00:07:58,712 and peasants system for who has or who 238 00:07:58,812 --> 00:08:01,648 doesn't have a blue checkmark. 239 00:08:01,748 --> 00:08:04,351 And then he ended it with power to the people. 240 00:08:04,451 --> 00:08:06,019 Blue for $8 a month. 241 00:08:06,053 --> 00:08:10,224 [laughter] 242 00:08:10,324 --> 00:08:12,259 So here's my question. 243 00:08:12,359 --> 00:08:16,029 If you're trying to create equality on Twitter, 244 00:08:16,096 --> 00:08:17,798 why charge anyone to be verified? 245 00:08:17,898 --> 00:08:19,233 Huh? 246 00:08:19,333 --> 00:08:22,269 Yeah, just give everyone a blue checkmark then. 247 00:08:22,369 --> 00:08:23,403 Why are you charging the people? 248 00:08:23,504 --> 00:08:26,607 [applause] 249 00:08:26,707 --> 00:08:28,642 Give it to everyone for free, or give it to no one. 250 00:08:28,742 --> 00:08:29,843 Give it to no one, right? 251 00:08:29,943 --> 00:08:32,379 But it doesn't make sense to offer it as equality, 252 00:08:32,479 --> 00:08:33,914 and then put a price on it. 253 00:08:34,047 --> 00:08:35,716 Do you get what I'm saying? 254 00:08:35,816 --> 00:08:42,556 Can you imagine if MLK was out there like, I have a dream. 255 00:08:42,656 --> 00:08:44,091 I have a dream. 256 00:08:44,191 --> 00:08:47,194 And I'll tell you all about it for 8.99 a month. 257 00:08:47,294 --> 00:08:50,464 [laughter] 258 00:08:50,564 --> 00:08:51,632 It wouldn't be the same thing. 259 00:08:51,732 --> 00:08:54,735 [applause] 260 00:08:54,835 --> 00:08:55,736 It's all about equality. 261 00:08:55,836 --> 00:08:56,803 No, you're trying to make money. 262 00:08:56,904 --> 00:08:58,071 I get it. 263 00:08:58,172 --> 00:09:00,340 Yeah, so I think this $8 a month thing is ridiculous, 264 00:09:00,440 --> 00:09:01,475 you know? 265 00:09:01,575 --> 00:09:04,178 If you ask me, if Elon Musk wants to make money 266 00:09:04,278 --> 00:09:05,245 from Twitter, what he should do, 267 00:09:05,345 --> 00:09:07,314 don't charge people for blue checkmarks. 268 00:09:07,414 --> 00:09:11,118 No, you know, charge white people to say the N-word. 269 00:09:11,218 --> 00:09:13,253 [laughter] 270 00:09:13,353 --> 00:09:16,890 Twitter will be the most profitable company in history. 271 00:09:17,024 --> 00:09:18,458 Racists are going to be taking out loans. 272 00:09:18,559 --> 00:09:20,327 I need a bit of extra cash. 273 00:09:20,427 --> 00:09:22,029 My neighbors are so goddamn loud. 274 00:09:22,095 --> 00:09:24,364 I could use this. 275 00:09:24,464 --> 00:09:25,766 What else is going on in the news? 276 00:09:25,866 --> 00:09:27,768 Oh, of course, of course, it's the story of that crazy dude. 277 00:09:27,868 --> 00:09:29,536 I'm sure you've all seen this by now. 278 00:09:29,636 --> 00:09:33,774 The crazy guy who broke into Nancy Pelosi's house, and then 279 00:09:33,874 --> 00:09:36,276 attacked her 82-year-old husband with a hammer. 280 00:09:36,376 --> 00:09:37,377 Now you would assume-- 281 00:09:37,477 --> 00:09:39,046 I would assume-- probably all of you 282 00:09:39,079 --> 00:09:42,683 would assume that everyone, regardless of their politics, 283 00:09:42,783 --> 00:09:46,053 would be against hammering the elderly, right? 284 00:09:46,153 --> 00:09:47,855 You would assume that, right? 285 00:09:47,955 --> 00:09:50,524 But, apparently-- no, but, apparently, 286 00:09:50,624 --> 00:09:51,658 things have changed. 287 00:09:51,758 --> 00:09:54,261 [applause] 288 00:09:54,361 --> 00:09:58,632 Because it turns out there are many Republicans who find 289 00:09:58,732 --> 00:10:00,868 this whole thing really funny. 290 00:10:00,968 --> 00:10:03,537 A lot of Republicans have publicly 291 00:10:03,637 --> 00:10:04,938 condemned the violence. 292 00:10:05,038 --> 00:10:07,508 But some are actually making jokes about it. 293 00:10:07,608 --> 00:10:09,309 Yeah, that's exactly right, Wolf. 294 00:10:09,409 --> 00:10:11,512 I mean, instead of this moment of unity, 295 00:10:11,612 --> 00:10:14,114 what we have seen is Republicans actually mocking 296 00:10:14,214 --> 00:10:16,016 Paul Pelosi and the attack. 297 00:10:16,116 --> 00:10:18,485 In fact, Donald Trump, Jr. tweeted out some really 298 00:10:18,585 --> 00:10:21,755 crude memes, making fun of Paul Pelosi and the incident 299 00:10:21,855 --> 00:10:22,756 that happened. 300 00:10:22,856 --> 00:10:24,291 And then you have Kari Lake, who 301 00:10:24,391 --> 00:10:26,360 is the Republican candidate for Arizona 302 00:10:26,460 --> 00:10:28,595 Governor, who had this to say at a campaign event 303 00:10:28,695 --> 00:10:29,830 earlier today. 304 00:10:29,930 --> 00:10:32,766 It is not impossible to protect our kids at school. 305 00:10:32,866 --> 00:10:34,134 They act like it is. 306 00:10:34,234 --> 00:10:37,070 Nancy Pelosi-- well, she's got protection when she's in DC. 307 00:10:37,171 --> 00:10:38,939 Apparently, her house doesn't have a lot of protection. 308 00:10:39,039 --> 00:10:40,340 [laughter] 309 00:10:40,440 --> 00:10:43,076 But-- 310 00:10:43,177 --> 00:10:46,013 [booing] 311 00:10:46,113 --> 00:10:47,114 I'm not-- 312 00:10:47,214 --> 00:10:48,115 I'm not going to lie. 313 00:10:48,215 --> 00:10:50,584 MAGA comedy is weird. 314 00:10:50,684 --> 00:10:52,553 I don't get the-- you hear the joke about the old man 315 00:10:52,653 --> 00:10:53,554 who was almost killed? 316 00:10:53,654 --> 00:10:54,688 Huh, that's it. 317 00:10:54,788 --> 00:10:55,689 That's the joke. 318 00:10:55,789 --> 00:10:57,624 That's the joke. What? 319 00:10:57,724 --> 00:10:59,126 Like, who are these-- you know what's-- this 320 00:10:59,226 --> 00:11:00,928 is what's crazy to me. 321 00:11:01,061 --> 00:11:04,665 What's crazy to me is these are the very same people-- 322 00:11:04,765 --> 00:11:09,102 the very same people who are devastated 323 00:11:09,203 --> 00:11:12,840 and appalled because somebody was rude 324 00:11:12,940 --> 00:11:15,175 to Ted Cruz at a restaurant. 325 00:11:15,275 --> 00:11:16,176 Huh? 326 00:11:16,276 --> 00:11:17,344 These are the same people. 327 00:11:17,444 --> 00:11:20,681 They will be like, this was at a restaurant. 328 00:11:20,781 --> 00:11:24,084 They were rude to Ted Cruz at a restaurant! 329 00:11:24,117 --> 00:11:27,287 [cheering] 330 00:11:27,387 --> 00:11:34,394 Where people go to eat, and Ted Cruz goes to lick the napkins. 331 00:11:36,296 --> 00:11:37,231 They were rude to him. 332 00:11:37,331 --> 00:11:39,566 This is America. 333 00:11:39,666 --> 00:11:40,567 And, look, I get it. 334 00:11:40,667 --> 00:11:41,835 It's like-- it's not all Republicans. 335 00:11:41,935 --> 00:11:42,836 I'm not saying it's all. 336 00:11:42,936 --> 00:11:44,805 Some Republicans think it's a joke. 337 00:11:44,905 --> 00:11:47,908 Many other Republicans are not laughing, but not because 338 00:11:48,008 --> 00:11:49,209 they're being civil about it. 339 00:11:49,309 --> 00:11:50,978 No, they've chosen to turn this into a giant conspiracy 340 00:11:51,111 --> 00:11:52,012 theory, right? 341 00:11:52,112 --> 00:11:53,380 Yeah. 342 00:11:53,480 --> 00:11:55,115 They've said, there's a whole bunch of crazy conspiracies 343 00:11:55,148 --> 00:11:57,718 they've come up with for why this has happened, right? 344 00:11:57,818 --> 00:12:00,053 And then some of them have chosen to just dismiss it. 345 00:12:00,153 --> 00:12:02,055 They go like, oh, this is not a big deal. 346 00:12:02,122 --> 00:12:04,625 This is just the random kind of crime that happens if you 347 00:12:04,725 --> 00:12:06,560 live in a Democrat-run city. 348 00:12:06,660 --> 00:12:08,562 That's what they're saying, which-- 349 00:12:08,662 --> 00:12:11,131 which is weird, right? 350 00:12:11,231 --> 00:12:13,100 Because you're telling me this is random. 351 00:12:13,200 --> 00:12:16,637 It's like a random, completely random, everyday crime, right? 352 00:12:16,737 --> 00:12:19,072 You're telling me some right-wing conspiracy theorist 353 00:12:19,106 --> 00:12:24,845 broke into Nancy Pelosi's house screaming, where's Nancy, 354 00:12:24,945 --> 00:12:27,181 and you think that was a random crime? 355 00:12:27,281 --> 00:12:28,215 Yeah, because we've all experienced this, right? 356 00:12:28,315 --> 00:12:29,216 Yeah? 357 00:12:29,316 --> 00:12:30,417 You're just walking down the street. 358 00:12:30,517 --> 00:12:31,885 Some random guy jumps out with a weapon. 359 00:12:31,985 --> 00:12:34,087 He's like, where's your wife, Nancy Pelosi? 360 00:12:34,121 --> 00:12:35,088 And you're like, what? 361 00:12:35,122 --> 00:12:36,356 I'm not even married. 362 00:12:36,456 --> 00:12:38,158 And he's like, oh, well, if you do get married one day, 363 00:12:38,258 --> 00:12:41,094 you look me up, and you tell me where you live. 364 00:12:41,161 --> 00:12:42,396 You're like, how will I even find you? 365 00:12:42,496 --> 00:12:43,997 He's like, oh, look me up on Twitter. 366 00:12:44,097 --> 00:12:45,165 I'll be verified. 367 00:12:45,265 --> 00:12:48,168 [laughter] 368 00:12:48,268 --> 00:12:50,103 All right, that's all the time we got for the headlines. 369 00:12:50,204 --> 00:12:52,272 Stay tuned because after the break 370 00:12:52,372 --> 00:12:53,607 we're going to answer the big question-- 371 00:12:53,707 --> 00:12:55,576 is Atlanta the real life Wakanda? 372 00:12:55,676 --> 00:12:57,444 You don't want to miss it. We're in Atlanta. 373 00:12:57,544 --> 00:12:58,478 We're having fun. 374 00:12:58,579 --> 00:12:59,613 We're on the road, people. 375 00:12:59,713 --> 00:13:03,350 We'll be right back! 376 00:13:03,450 --> 00:13:04,418 You guys are amazing. 377 00:13:04,518 --> 00:13:05,419 Thank you so much. 378 00:13:05,519 --> 00:13:08,856 [cheering] 379 00:13:14,660 --> 00:13:21,100 [applause] 380 00:13:25,938 --> 00:13:27,173 Welcome back to The Daily Show 381 00:13:27,273 --> 00:13:29,408 coming to you all the way from Atlanta. 382 00:13:29,508 --> 00:13:32,945 Now this city is known for its history and culture 383 00:13:33,045 --> 00:13:34,113 of Black excellence. 384 00:13:34,213 --> 00:13:38,651 And sometimes-- sometimes, it raises the question, 385 00:13:38,751 --> 00:13:41,620 is Atlanta the real life Wakanda? 386 00:13:41,721 --> 00:13:46,192 Well, Atlanta's very own Dulce Sloan went to find out. 387 00:13:46,292 --> 00:13:48,661 [applause] 388 00:13:48,761 --> 00:13:49,995 DULCE SLOAN (VOICEOVER): Hello, friends, 389 00:13:50,096 --> 00:13:52,565 I'm Atlanta-raised celebrity Dulce Sloan. 390 00:13:52,665 --> 00:13:55,101 Now Atlanta has been called many things-- 391 00:13:55,201 --> 00:13:58,471 the Black Mecca, Wakanda, a Black utopia. 392 00:13:58,571 --> 00:14:00,339 It's basically the opposite of Portland, Oregon. 393 00:14:00,439 --> 00:14:03,376 But does The A live up to the hype? 394 00:14:03,476 --> 00:14:06,078 I'm at Pond City Market to talk to fellow ATLian 395 00:14:06,178 --> 00:14:09,248 and cultural curator Bem Joyner of Atlanta Influences 396 00:14:09,348 --> 00:14:10,816 Everything to find out. 397 00:14:10,916 --> 00:14:13,252 My name is Bem Joyner, co-founder of Atlanta 398 00:14:13,352 --> 00:14:16,555 Influences Everything, which is a civic-minded creative 399 00:14:16,655 --> 00:14:18,624 consultancy known for our popular 400 00:14:18,724 --> 00:14:20,259 phrase and shirt in Atlanta. 401 00:14:20,292 --> 00:14:21,694 You said a lot of-- 402 00:14:21,794 --> 00:14:23,095 it sound like a very Atlanta thing 403 00:14:23,262 --> 00:14:26,098 because it sounds like you've got a bunch of, like, slashes 404 00:14:26,265 --> 00:14:27,099 on your business cards. 405 00:14:27,266 --> 00:14:28,100 BEM JOYNER: Hell yeah. 406 00:14:28,267 --> 00:14:29,101 Like, do you also DJ? 407 00:14:29,268 --> 00:14:30,803 No, but there is a DJ in the store. 408 00:14:30,903 --> 00:14:32,004 There's always a DJ. 409 00:14:32,104 --> 00:14:33,806 There's always a DJ. 410 00:14:33,906 --> 00:14:36,942 OK, we've been talking about this question for decades. 411 00:14:37,043 --> 00:14:39,145 As Black people who live in Atlanta 412 00:14:39,278 --> 00:14:42,948 or who are from Atlanta, is Atlanta a Black utopia? 413 00:14:43,049 --> 00:14:44,917 I don't know if I would say a utopia. 414 00:14:45,017 --> 00:14:46,285 We still in America. 415 00:14:46,318 --> 00:14:52,024 Black Mecca, Black utopia, Wakanda, all of the things. 416 00:14:52,124 --> 00:14:56,362 It's a place where Black people are comfortable. 417 00:14:56,462 --> 00:14:57,630 Right. 418 00:14:57,730 --> 00:15:01,567 Utopia makes it seem like, you know, ain't no crime, 419 00:15:01,667 --> 00:15:03,202 ain't-- you know, ain't no-- ain't no problems, 420 00:15:03,302 --> 00:15:04,437 you know what I'm saying? 421 00:15:04,537 --> 00:15:08,107 Well, it is interesting because where your story is, 422 00:15:08,207 --> 00:15:12,545 we're in The Pull Up and we're at Ponce City Market. 423 00:15:12,645 --> 00:15:15,648 But you know and I know for a long time, 424 00:15:15,748 --> 00:15:16,749 on this back street, this street 425 00:15:16,849 --> 00:15:18,250 used to be very sketchy. 426 00:15:18,317 --> 00:15:20,786 Man, it's crazy you say that because the other piece 427 00:15:20,886 --> 00:15:22,254 of that-- remember the name of the Kroger 428 00:15:22,288 --> 00:15:23,255 that was right here. 429 00:15:23,289 --> 00:15:24,924 Yes, and I don't care how-- 430 00:15:25,024 --> 00:15:26,759 I know y'all call it Beltline Kroger. 431 00:15:26,859 --> 00:15:29,161 It's Murder Kroger. 432 00:15:29,261 --> 00:15:30,663 We don't care. 433 00:15:30,763 --> 00:15:32,131 And when they tried to change it, 434 00:15:32,264 --> 00:15:33,265 we called it Murder Kroger. 435 00:15:33,332 --> 00:15:36,369 So this is a multi-layered thing. 436 00:15:36,469 --> 00:15:40,539 Yeah, there are the perceived streets 437 00:15:40,639 --> 00:15:43,509 paved with gold for Black people 438 00:15:43,609 --> 00:15:47,513 to achieve whatever they are trying 439 00:15:47,613 --> 00:15:48,748 to achieve without a barrier. 440 00:15:48,848 --> 00:15:49,882 Right. 441 00:15:49,982 --> 00:15:53,352 But there's also, like, multi-layered classism 442 00:15:53,452 --> 00:15:54,720 here, too. 443 00:15:54,820 --> 00:15:56,088 That's just how Black it is. 444 00:15:56,188 --> 00:15:57,089 You know-- 445 00:15:57,189 --> 00:15:58,357 DULCE SLOAN: Right. 446 00:15:58,457 --> 00:16:01,293 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. 449 00:16:04,697 --> 00:16:06,399 And you have a fair shot to make 450 00:16:06,499 --> 00:16:08,667 it what you want it to be. 451 00:16:08,768 --> 00:16:09,902 Do you think that Black people here 452 00:16:10,002 --> 00:16:11,404 have a different experience than Black people 453 00:16:11,504 --> 00:16:14,473 from other places because we've seen generations 454 00:16:14,573 --> 00:16:16,709 of Black wealth, and Black higher 455 00:16:16,809 --> 00:16:20,546 education, and just upward mobility for Black people? 456 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 458 00:16:27,620 --> 00:16:29,488 on Blackness that took place on the Atlanta 459 00:16:29,588 --> 00:16:31,490 University Center campus. 460 00:16:31,590 --> 00:16:35,661 So, yeah, and we want to tell that narrative all the way up. 461 00:16:35,761 --> 00:16:37,997 But if you look, none of these other Black cities 462 00:16:38,097 --> 00:16:40,299 have anything like the Atlanta University Center. 463 00:16:40,399 --> 00:16:42,068 Right, so there are four HBCUs, 464 00:16:42,168 --> 00:16:45,037 Historically Black College Universities, in Atlanta. 465 00:16:45,137 --> 00:16:46,739 It's Morris Brown, Clark Atlanta, 466 00:16:46,839 --> 00:16:47,840 Spelman, and Morehouse. 467 00:16:47,940 --> 00:16:50,676 And so, you know, if people grew up here 468 00:16:50,776 --> 00:16:54,180 to see, like, not only one Black school, 469 00:16:54,280 --> 00:16:57,416 but four Black universities-- 470 00:16:57,516 --> 00:17:01,821 Yeah, and so it's that post-secondary education that 471 00:17:01,921 --> 00:17:07,126 Oakland, Chicago, Detroit-- they don't have the Morehouse 472 00:17:07,293 --> 00:17:08,961 and Spelman thing. 473 00:17:09,061 --> 00:17:12,031 And I think, along with the consistent Black mayors-- 474 00:17:12,131 --> 00:17:13,032 DULCE SLOAN: Yes. 475 00:17:13,132 --> 00:17:14,667 --that became the attraction. 476 00:17:14,767 --> 00:17:18,904 Is the fact that Atlanta has had Black mayors for 40 477 00:17:19,004 --> 00:17:20,306 some odd years-- 478 00:17:20,406 --> 00:17:22,808 has that made a significant impact on the city? 479 00:17:22,908 --> 00:17:23,943 Most definitely. 480 00:17:24,043 --> 00:17:25,678 And the mayor that kind of set everything off, 481 00:17:25,778 --> 00:17:28,280 Maynard Jackson, he put forth those policies 482 00:17:28,381 --> 00:17:29,448 and took that risk. 483 00:17:29,548 --> 00:17:33,018 He understood that police chief, police force, 484 00:17:33,119 --> 00:17:35,554 superintendent, teachers, everything 485 00:17:35,654 --> 00:17:37,656 that the public sector could touch, 486 00:17:37,757 --> 00:17:42,528 that that also had to be on mission like what he saw. 487 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. 489 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 00:17:53,806 --> 00:17:55,775 So, I mean, that's a very interesting thing for you 492 00:17:55,875 --> 00:17:57,376 to come-- for someone to come in and just 493 00:17:57,476 --> 00:18:00,346 go-- especially a Black man to come in and go, 494 00:18:00,446 --> 00:18:01,380 OK, we got a chance. 495 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, 497 00:18:05,518 --> 00:18:08,287 is it easy to be Black in Atlanta? 498 00:18:08,320 --> 00:18:10,856 So the way we engage with Blackness, 499 00:18:10,956 --> 00:18:13,459 the way we engage with white people, 500 00:18:13,559 --> 00:18:17,496 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. 505 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. 514 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]