♪ MTV ♪
Yo, yo, MTV.
[Female Narrator] On this episode of Cribs,
R&B star, Bleu takes us inside his epic Georgia crib.
I got this picture from the Pablo Escobar family.
They say alledgedly this was a cartel house.
I don't know, but you know what I'm sayin'.
[Narrator] Then, world-renowned celebrity, Charo,
takes us on a tour
of her jaw-dropping Spanish colonial casa.
If you eat good, you look good.
If you look good, you do good.
And then you're perfect for cuchi, cuchi, cuchi.
[Narrator] But first, celebrity power couple,
Don Benjamin and Liane V
show us around their family-packed crib.
This is Benjamin Fitness. Check this out, Papa V.
I'm Wa Lee.
-Yay. -Ah.
[music]
♪ Ooh, it's the ride of your life ♪
♪ Hold on 'cause baby I might, I might ♪
♪ just give you a bite of the sweetest pie ♪
♪ Ooh, it's the ride of your life ♪
♪ Hold on 'cause baby I might, I might ♪
♪ just give you a bite of the sweetest pie ♪
Woo MTV! Woo [laughing].
Man, what's up, guys? I'm Liane V.
I'm Don Benjamin. Welcome to our crib.
♪ I may take you home just to make you feel ♪
♪ Oh, come and get your dose of the sweetest pie ♪
So this is the entryway.
As y'all can see, it's a Benjamin estate,
so we got the big B on the floor.
It's only right.
♪ Man, that's hot ♪
♪ Yeah, that's hot ♪
This is the formal living room.
It's a lot of echo because we have no furniture just yet.
The one thing that caught our eye right when we walked
in this house was this built-in aquarium.
♪ Oh man, that's hot ♪
A lot of people ask us, how do you feed the fish?
So we're gonna show you guys just in a little bit
how we do that.
Don got this for me as a gift
and I've always wanted a grand piano.
Show the people what you got.
And then I'll show y'all what I got.
So something like that.
This is actually the one that I just learned.
Uh, ah. It took me a while to learn it, but all right.
Let's see.
Oh wow, that's a strong note. [clapping] Beautiful!
Thank you, baby. You taught me so well.
Don't say I taught you. That's embarrassing.
♪ Top down, drop down, lock down ♪
♪ Snap a little picture in the top now ♪
Okay, so this is our theater room.
Me and Don, we love movie nights.
We lay out on this couch.
We watch movies, eat popcorn snacks.
This is my spot right here. Ah, yeah.
On the left side, that's right. And mine's right here.
And I get to spread out all the way.
The whole couch.
All right, we are taking you to the heart of the house.
[Both] The kitchen!
♪ You got that recipe ♪
♪ Have a taste test to see ♪
Mama V, what did you cook here?
-Baked salmon. -Ooh.
♪ Tastes so good ♪
-Let's show y'all the fridge. -It's huge.
This is a huge fridge, all right?
The main thing I use in here is milk
'cause I eat a lot of cereal, so I make sure we got milk on deck.
Oh, the freezer's stacked.
Mama V rolled 100 egg rolls the other night.
You're not really living with Phillipinos unless
you got the ube ice cream.
So for those that don't know, ube is a purple yam.
It's just like a regular yam, but purple.
♪ I want your ice cream ♪
[Liane] They come in different forms.
-Ube pie as well. -Yeah, see.
-Ube everything. -All ube.
This is where we feed the fish.
So Don, you want to show them?
Feeding day was the other day, so they don't get to eat,
but this floor lifts up. So it has a built-in lift.
Y'all see that?
So since I got the long arms,
I'm the one that has to feed the fish.
Sometimes we'll go in there and swim with the fish
when we're bored. No, I'm just kidding.
♪ Prada, that's on my shoes, that's on my shirt ♪
♪ That's on my collar ♪
♪ I hit it once I hit it back ♪
♪ 'Cause I'm a baller ♪
This is my closet.
I got the sweatsuits, the dress shirts, all of my jerseys.
I'm a big jersey collector.
I got the shoe game over here.
This is my space when I wanna get away from Liane,
I just come in here in my closet.
I still own this room.
♪ Shake, shake, shake them threads ♪
Welcome to my main closet.
We got more of my casual wear on this side.
All of this is all party dresses.
Pretty much all of my shorts and t-shirts go here.
I think actually a lot of these are my t-shirts.
They are, they actually are.
Wait, I was wondering what happened to that t-shirt.
-Hold on. -First of all--
All my graphic tees.
We're married now, so what's yours is mine, okay?
♪ I don't need much just a little bit ♪
♪ Ai, ya, ya, ya ♪
This is our bathroom. So all the tiles are heated.
So when I get up in the morning barefoot,
my feet ain't freezing.
It feels nice and warm.
-There's two toilet sections. -Yes.
-His and hers. -Two toilets.
That's his side. This is my side.
Off limits.
He has a whole moment in the bathroom.
I'm like, it's been an hour.
Toilet time, that's to clear all the negative energy.
-Do ya know what I mean? -Is that so?
♪ I'm so pretty and he like that ♪
♪ When he beat it up he deep inside that kitty cat ♪
I've been waitin' a long time to say this,
but this is where the magic happens.
This is our bedroom and it's also our getaway.
Hey, no shoes on the bed. No shoes on the bed.
Or the couch. Get your feet off!
I love how we can come out on to our balcony
and see our beautiful pool, the rocks.
I'm gonna build a zipline that goes from like here
to the pool house.
Perfect. We're not doing that.
-No? No zipline? -No zipline.
Man...
♪ Hey, hey what do you say ♪
♪ A little less talk and a little more play ♪
This is the pool.
It gives me vacation-resort vibes.
You should jump in there and show them how you're gonna--
-I should, I should go jump in? -Yeah, your diving--
[laughing] Please.
All right. I won't throw her in this time.
♪ Ka boom ♪
♪ everybody knows when I step in the room ♪
♪ Take it to the graveyard Take it to your doomsday ♪
This is Benjamin's business. This is our home gym.
Got my sisters working out. Check this out.
Papa V, over here. So tell them-
Ready to rumble!
[cheering]
[bell dings] Whoa, whoa!
By the way, the casting of Bruce Lee,
I'm Wa Lee.
Yay.
Ay yah. Woo.
♪ Hey, now muster up ♪
♪ It's the hustle Make a move ♪
♪ Make a move Make a move ♪
♪ Put in work Show, improve ♪
This is where the real magic happens, the work magic.
We create all the content here.
And we have the space to do all the content that we want.
This is our team, you guys. It's small, but very strong.
I'm the reason why they look good.
No, that's God. I just enhance.
So as you know, we love movie night
with the family and today is beautiful weather,
so we set up the 20-foot movie outdoor screen,
which is amazing.
And speaking of family, they're all here hanging out.
♪ We are family ♪
♪ Get up everybody and sing ♪
All right, MTV.
Thank you guys for coming and visiting the Benjamin estates.
We loved having you guys here, but y'all gotta go.
Everybody say, bye MTV!
-Bye! -Bye MTV!
Wait! Don't leave. You have to eat first.
All right, you can eat and then you can leave.
All right? Okay.
♪ Get up everybody and sing ♪
[Narrator] Coming up, things get steamy
with the rapper and R&B singer, Bleu at his Georgia mansion.
This is the shower right here.
You can take his and her showers together,
so when you close this door, it's like soundproof.
♪ What's poppin' Brand new whip just hopped in ♪
♪ I got options ♪
♪ I can pass that -- like stalkin' ♪
♪ Just joshin' ♪
♪ I'ma spend this holiday locked in ♪
♪ My body got rid of them toxins ♪
♪ Xploit's in the top ten ♪
Yo, yo, MTV. It's your boy, Yung Bleu.
Welcome to my crib.
I'm finna take you out on a real tour of a boss mansion.
♪ Down Got down ♪
♪ Spendin' money at the club like Sam's ♪
This right here is the car collection.
We got the Maybeck.
It's one of my favorites right here.
Cullinan right here.
We got the wagon. Ya know what I'm sayin'?
Just a few of my wheels. Ya know, a little glance.
Let me show y'all the house.
♪ It's goin' down Meet me in the club ♪
♪ It's goin' down Anywhere you meet me ♪
♪ Guaranteed to go down ♪
This is like my little foyer
with some of my plaques and stuff.
I got this picture right here from the Pablo Escobar family.
They came to my last party.
And they just brung me this picture.
Ya know, so this is something I just--
'Cause they say allegedly this was a cartel house.
I don't know, but ya know what I'm sayin'?
This is a Soul Train award right here.
This is my number one, independent album award
because I'm an independent artist,
so a lot of people don't be knowing that.
We got the grand piano because I just been learnin'.
I [bleep] up.
♪ Sugar, how you get so fly Sugar, how you get so fly ♪
This is one of my favorite rooms right here, the kitchen!
I got the chef in here. Ya know what I'm sayin'?
Makin' some-- What is you makin'?
We got some seafood pasta.
We got some crab cream sauce, man, shrimp, salmon.
Seafood. I be tryin' to cut our meat,
but my wife, she love to eat fast food.
That's why I do not like ridin' with her.
This is my gold toaster. Sometimes I wear it as a chain.
I use the toaster all the time. I'm just playin'.
I really want to show y'all the refrigerator,
but this side broke right here.
The kids, they always open and close, open and close it.
Ya know, work a little, refrigerator.
The kids love ice cream. No, I love ice cream.
I'm gonna stop playin'. I love it.
It's me. It's me.
♪ I can give you love give you love like none other ♪
♪ Stay with me because we got each other ♪
Welcome to the bedroom.
This is where you know, a lot of the magic happens.
Well, you see we got the money counter.
This is where we count the money, you know what I'm sayin'?
You know it ain't nothin' like comin' home after a long tour,
just layin' down on the [bleep] bed.
Ya know what I'm sayin'?
It's comfortable.
♪ Get your hands dirty ♪
I love this bathroom.
We got the top of the line tub right here.
We actually got TVs in it.
This is the walk-in shower right here.
And it got two sides, so you know,
you can take his and her showers together.
So when you close this door, it's like soundproof
and it's heated.
♪ Give me your all and nothing else ♪
This is the closet.
He already in here gettin' the Drip, Sir Dripster, Rich God.
Rich has been stylin' me. I used to be ratchet man.
We got the Gucci slides. We got the Blenciaga.
Yeah, all the dope stuff.
-You gotta change. -Yeah, we gotta change.
Y'all let me get dressed. One second.
Just, just, just, just come on.
Let's go, let's go.
I'm gonna come back out in like two seconds.
Lil' Drip. Let's go, man.
I gotta take y'all to the game room, man.
Got a long walk. Let's go.
This is the downstairs game room.
Grab one of these pool sticks and show these boys
how to shoot. You know what I'm sayin'?
'Cause a lot of them not be really knowing how to play.
They just be actin' like it.
♪ I'm gonna win it like I'm thriller in Manilla ♪
I'm a real baller.
♪ Boss style Yeah, she got the boss style ♪
♪ Ten ten And I had a touchdown ♪
And this is where the magic happens.
And we got the producers in here.
We already, you know, cookin' up.
You got my boy, Nate, doing the engineering.
Do ya know what I'm sayin'?
This is my favorite mic right here.
I don't really know what it is, but it's one of my favorite,
favorite mics for sure.
This right here, I call this paradise.
The outside.
Got a lot of favorite parts, but this might be
my favorite, favorite.
We gotta full-size basketball court.
We got the horse stable over here.
I don't got no horses, but I'ma turn this into a garden.
I ain't even know it was a horse stable until
y'all told me when y'all came.
I'ma be honest.
♪ Look, bump it up if you came to get crunk with it ♪
♪ That -- drunk you came to get it on ♪
♪ Forty-five owed in your bank to get it on ♪
♪ Bump it up ♪
I appreciate all y'all. We finna to wrap it up.
We finna to celebrate, man.
Shout out, MTV for comin' to get this moment, man.
Y'all gotta go.
Bump, bump it up
[Narrator] Coming up. The legend, Charo,
treats us to an exclusive tour of her Beverly Hills villa.
I have been cleaning this house for two days.
It's so clean that even the cucarachas are wearing tuxedos.
[music]
[singing in Spanish]
[doorbell rings]
MTV, hola amigos.
[speaking Spanish]
Mi casa is su casa. Ven, ven aca.
You're going to like it what you're gonna see.
Let's go.
[singing in Spanish]
I am so excited.
I have been cleaning this house for two days.
Me, me, me. And it's very clean.
It's so clean that even the cucarachas are wearing tuxedos.
♪ La cucaracha La cucaracha ♪
Follow me.
♪ I'm a supernova star Shooting across the sky ♪
The living room of a mix of art, comfort, music,
a beautiful chimney to get warm at night.
I have this line of elephants.
And I tell them what the hell I'm gonna do today.
We are on MTV.
And they said, oh, you've gotta do the best because MTV is hot.
♪ Ooh, I got it Ooh, do you want it ♪
You are now in my favorite room. We call it a cuarto verde,
the green room.
I love Hawaii.
That's why we built this green room.
The grass is green. Don't smoke it.
But this is green and I love it.
Here it is, the green piano.
Once upon a time I was invited to perform for the president,
Ronald Reagan and I find myself on top of this piano
singing a funny song. It was a big success.
And they gave me after the show was over.
♪ I'm an icon Call me legendary ♪
♪ I'm the real deal You imaginary ♪
Hola amigos. Bienvenidos a mi oficina.
Welcome to my office.
I love this corner because I can see all
of the trophies that I got.
I came to America when my cuchi cuchi
was only a cichi cichi.
So I want to say to every body that as an immigrant,
I'm so honored to be in this country
and have this beautiful flag in my office.
But I don't like my office.
I'm getting the heck out of here because every time I come here,
I have to sign checks. And I hate it.
♪ Here's what I'm all about ♪
♪ Let me show you now Let me show you now ♪
I want to introduce you right now la cueva , the cave,
my favorite room in the whole house.
This is who I am.
I did not drink those wines.
It's exactly like we used to have in grandparent's home.
Ole!
I can feel right now the music. I can feel the laughs.
I can feel all of the happiness from my ancestors.
[singing in Spanish]
Que. Somebody called my name.
This is mijo . That's my son, Shel Joseph.
-And he's very good. -I'm very good.
He speak, two-three languages.
Four.
[speaking Spanish]
A real [speaking Spanish].
But anyway, this hood probably is hundred, hundred year.
If you eat good, you look good. If you look good, you do good.
And then you perfect for cuchi, cuchi .
Hola amigos , this is the upstairs.
You know, downstairs, upstairs.
But I want to show you my wedding day picture.
I was so grateful to God that I was about to marry
the most beautiful man in the world.
But he pass away. And I will always love him,
so when you find your loved one, hold them close to your heart.
Hold them.
♪ Turn it up ♪
♪ Watch out now here I come So turn it up ♪
♪ Turn it up Yeah, turn it up ♪
-Marco. -Hey.
This is my nephew, Marco.
All of these costumes that you see is done by my sister,
or by him.
It is kind of crazy that everything you've been on,
on stage, my mom actually hand tailored.
So all of this, all of that.
Just spectacular, the energy that produced this ruffle.
All little bit moves with you
and that's why I look like Speedy Gonzales on the stage.
[Narrator] Coming up.
We hit the gym with the vivacious Charo.
Por favor . Lift my abs up off the floor.
It's the best exercise. Whoo.
♪ Don't ever stop if you wanna be on top ♪
♪ Yeah ♪
Hola amigos.
I'm ready to go to the gym.
♪ Low bass back Baby tap in ♪
♪ Tap tap in ♪
Are you ready to burn calories?
Let me tell you what I do.
Mirror, mirror on the wall. Make my maracas 44.
And then I do this. Por favor, por favor,
lift my abs up off the floor.
Are you ready?
Exercise, exercise.
Cut the gluten and the fries.
♪ Got a itty bitty waist pretty in the face ♪
How are you feeling?
[Man] You came at the right time.
Filming MTV Cribs .
Follow me. Cuchi, cuchi, cuchi.
♪ If I was a kid I would live in Madrid ♪
♪ and act like I could speak Spanish ♪
It's me.
This time I change because this outfit is from Spain.
And I feel ready flamenco to introduce you where
we spend most of the time.
This is an antique from my great, great,
great, great grandparents.
It's called el perro.
This is the way we drink the wine.
I hope I remember, okay?
Salut.
♪ I do it to the beat of my own drum ♪
♪ I be fixin up the beat ♪
Hola.
This is the backyard.
This is the pool, which I never use it.
Shame on me, but I am so busy
that I never have time to take a shower or do--
No, no, no. I take a shower, but not into the pool.
But it's a hell of a good pool. Here it is.
We build our own stage. Ole!
♪ Cuchi cuchi ♪
Hola MTV. I had the time of my life.
Just for a day, we was family. I hope you like it.
Mi casa su casa. Thank you so much.
Flamenco for everybody.
Ole, ole, ole. Until we see again.
♪ Cuchi, cuchi ♪
[Charo] Cuchi, cuchi.
[Announcer] Next time, on Cribs.
Good Morning America NFL legend Michael Strahan
gives us a tour of his epic New Jersey man cave.
If you like tequila, if you like whiskey,
you like bourbon, you like vodka,
we got it all for ya.
[Announcer] And then we get a sneak peek
into TV personality Adrienne Bailon
and husband Israel Houghton's cozy Beverly Hills crib.
I love the idea of putting a huge mirror in the bathroom.
I enjoy seeing myself naked.
As--as do I.
I enjoy seeing herself naked.
That's what I was trying to say. [laughs]