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The hosts break down a chaotic Ray J streaming incident involving Adrian Broner, detailing how a crude joke escalated into tension before being resolved at the studio. They then

Key takeaways

• Ray J allegedly told Adrian Broner during a live stream that he 'fucks niggas like you in the booty for a living,' sparking tension until they reconciled at his studio.
• Chike's new album is praised for its production and artistic growth, though some hosts felt the hooks were lazy and wanted more traditional West Coast sounds.

Main topics

• Ray J streaming beef with Adrian Broner
• Chike album review and Kendrick Lamar verse rumors

Notable quotes

"I fuck niggas like you in the booty for a living, nigga."

Conclusion

The episode blends celebrity gossip, music industry analysis, and cult

Transcript preview

Speaker 4 (0:00) This is an iHeart Podcast. Guaranteed human. The Speaker 6 (0:04) new NFL season is here. And you should be listening to NFL Daily as we march along to Super Bowl 61. It is in the name, NFL Daily. You'll have fresh content in your feed every day, all season long. That game-winning drive. Maybe it's Herbert. Maybe it's Geno. Maybe it's Mahomes. We'll have the highlights. If Fernando Mendoza or any of those rookies are balling out, we'll break down the tape. Join me, Greg Rosenthal, and an all-star cast of co-hosts as we preview and recap every game. Listen to NFL Daily on the iHeartRadio app. Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. I'm Brett Coleman. And I'm Trevor Sykema. If you love football and want to understand what's really happening on the field, check out our show, NFL Pro. Every week, we break down the biggest plays, trends, and matchups using exclusive next-gen stats insights and NFL content you will not find anywhere else. Whether you're new to football, a fantasy football fanatic, or a diehard fan, NFL Pro will help you analyze the game like a pro. Listen to NFL Pro on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Speaker 7 (1:10) Is there an epidemic against literature? More specifically, Black literature? I'm Jacquees Peace Thomas, and on this season of the Black Lit Podcast, we're outside asking why. They don't want a whole bunch of little Ella Bakers, Malcolm Xs, and Martin Luther Kings running around. And when you look at a lot of different cultures, they're like, we need to know where you came from. And considering this is Black Reading Month, the only real question is, what are you reading next? Listen to Black Lit from the Black Effect Podcast Network on our iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Speaker 6 (1:43) Hey, I'm Mike Yam. And I'm Trevor Sykema. And together, we host the NFL Fantasy Football Show. Are you ready to dominate your fantasy league this season? Because if you aren't locked in with us on the NFL Fantasy Football Show, you're already playing from behind. Whether you're a first-time player or a grizzled vet chasing another championship, we give you the advantage and the confidence you need to make every move count. Listen to the NFL Fantasy Football Show on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Speaker 1 (2:12) What up? This is Jay Valentine, co-host of the R &B Money Podcast alongside my brother, R &B legend Tank. Together, we've built a space for artists, executives, and fans of R &B music to reminisce and tell the real stories behind the music. I Speaker 7 (2:24) have no money. I was hood famous. Speaker 1 (2:26) They think you're going to get everybody out. We Speaker 7 (2:27) lived in a project. Real Love came out. They're hearing the music and we had nothing. From Speaker 1 (2:32) Smokey Robinson to Mary J. Blige, B2K to Jill Scott, if you're a super dedicated R &B fan, this is where you belong. Listen to R &B Money from the Black Effect Podcast Network on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Speaker 2 (3:22) Where you and Ray J staying now? Let me know you had a little thing. Let me tell you what happened. You had a beef with a Carson legend? Speaker 5 (3:27) I'm going Speaker 2 (3:28) to tell you what happened. They had Speaker 5 (3:29) a Speaker 2 (3:29) little Speaker 8 (3:29) tension on the stream. I'm going to tell you what happened. Speaker 3 (3:32) I'm getting into this streaming thing. I was doing the streamer thing for a while. I was fighting to get out of my contract. I needed something to do. I got ADHD. bad. It's very, very bad. To the point I can't even. It's killing me to sit still like this right now. I have a very bad case of ADHD. I want to go outside so bad and see a Dominican woman that shakes her ass and get behind it. That's not Speaker 4 (3:57) ADHD now. That's what we call it. Speaker 3 (3:58) So bad. I'm getting into the streamer shit and I'm realizing like, damn, if you're going to really win with the streaming thing, you got to go outside. You can't just sit on this computer. Everybody ain't act. Right. I know you don't like act, but whatever. Right. Everybody ain't act. So when I'm looking at it, I'm kind of like, I'm like, damn, I got to go outside. Adrian Broner is my dog. When my baby mother was figuring, we was figuring our life out at a point in time around 2016, 2017. We used to live in Vegas. She was working at Dre's. Okay. Right? I used to see AB every time I drop her off at work. Every time. Me and this nigga AB would just go to the bar, we'd chop it up. And we just drink and we talk. And this nigga made me feel like I was somebody when I felt like I was nobody. And I got love for that nigga. So he's in L.A. He like, brother, pull up on me. Come up. We doing the stream. Like, come pull up on me. I'm like, bet. I pull up. Ray J is there. I know Ray J through my dog Phonics. That was the first time me and Ray J met through my dog Phonics. Shout out Phonics. Who actually did J. Cole's No Role Model. Fire beat. Fire beat. Incredible. I don't know my brother right there. So we're in the house and Ray J just out of nowhere just walks up to me and say. Speaker 3 (5:36) I fuck niggas like you in the booty for a living, nigga. Speaker 5 (5:39) Oh. And I'm Speaker 8 (5:42) like, I'm like, that's on par for Ray J. I'm like, I'm like Ray. If you know, if you know the greatest, if you know the greatest radio interview of all time, which is the breakfast club at Ray J. That is, that is on par. Like he probably said that for Speaker 3 (5:56) sure. I'm sure Ray J said that. So Ray J says, I fuck niggas like you and a booty for a living. And I'm like, I don't know what to say to that. I'm like, huh? You know Speaker 1 (6:17) what Speaker 3 (6:17) I'm saying? Like, where are we going with this? And he, and I'm thinking, cause it's Ray J. I'm like, this nigga playing. He not, I'm like, Ray, get your drunk ass out of here. Bro, go over there. Right. Nah, nigga, I'm serious. Right. you'll get raped around these parts. Yeah, yeah, yeah. So now at this point, I'm like, I gotta defend myself. This nigga wants to fuck me. Speaker 8 (6:42) I just wanna Speaker 3 (6:43) know. Mama said, lock my Speaker 2 (6:44) ass. He wants to fuck me. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Right? You'll Speaker 8 (6:47) get raped around these parts is the craziest thing I've ever heard in my life. Like right here. You'll get Speaker 5 (6:52) raped around these parts. Like right now? Speaker 3 (6:54) Right? So I'm like... Like right now. I'm a bae nigga at dinner, bro. You're not just going to say this in my face. Right, right, right. And this is just going to be okay. Right. Right. So A.B. steps in, right? I grab him. I grab him by his collar. How did I miss that? It wasn't on camera. That's the part that wasn't on camera. So if you remember, look, if you go back and watch it, everything starts from the girl saying, hey, they fighting. Yeah. And the camera turns. At that point was where we was getting into it. A.B. stepped into the middle of it, right? He steps into the middle of it. I'm like, Nigga, what is we talking about? The nigga Ray J says, I fuck you in the booty, nigga. I say, hey, bro, bring your bitch ass outside. Come outside. Come outside, right? I'm not worried about this nigga. This is Brandy, brother. This nigga ain't no threat. I know this nigga. I done been around this nigga. You tripping right now, right? Bro, we get outside. This nigga, Sim, we trolling. This is how we... Self-esteem, be trolling. As he's saying this, his homeboy walk up, Long Beach Gangsta Crip Cuss. So I'm like, hey, nigga, I don't know you. I know him. He just told me y'all was playing. You can't play with me like that, nigga. I will fuck you up in here. That's where the whole shit happens. It's too many niggas playing. It's too much playing Speaker 2 (8:30) going. What's made me realize I gotta get the fuck off the street. And then why is my ass a playing point? I gotta get the fuck off the Speaker 5 (8:37) street. Speaker 2 (8:37) Why Speaker 5 (8:37) are Speaker 2 (8:37) we playing with that? Why are we playing with that? You niggas ain't gonna play you. That's not Speaker 5 (8:42) the punchline. Page, edit out the part where I said Carson Legend. Take that out. No, no, no. Leave Speaker 3 (8:47) that Speaker 5 (8:47) in Speaker 4 (8:47) there, man. Leave that in there, cuz. Leave that in there, cuz. All right, take Carson out. He a legend. This is the crazy Speaker 3 (8:54) part. So this is the crazy part. We got a mutual homie named Big Duke. He's a producer. Big Duke knows Notch. That's my nigga. Notch and Ray J together every single day. Some wine. He gonna be mad. Let me get another drink too. So Notch and Ray J Notch and Ray J is like homies. Notch call Big Duke Big Duke like my brother. Speaker 2 (9:20) Duke Speaker 3 (9:21) call him. He like hey man. What the fuck going on? We got to go fix this shit with Ray J. Like, I don't like the way this shit look. I said, bro, nigga told me he was trolling last night. He boo boo. He like, nah, we got to go pull up on him. So Duke comes get me the next day from my house. I'm literally like hungover. I got a headache. I just threw up an hour ago. Like all kinds of shit. I get in the car. We go to Ray J studio. I walk through the door, bro. And this nigga's like. Speaker 3 (9:52) Right. Give me a hug, nigga. You can put it in the cup. Give me a hug. I love you, nigga. Yeah. You want to do a boxing match? Speaker 8 (10:00) Thank you, man. Okay, so he Speaker 3 (10:02) just on. He just being that word. He's so Speaker 2 (10:04) interested in that word. I'm like, Ray, I'm not doing this, bro. Speaker 5 (10:07) Whatever he could build up to be. He Speaker 2 (10:10) just Speaker 5 (10:10) with the bullshit. You know what I'm saying? He with all the bullshit. Because he know he don't get paid for it. Yeah. And I literally ask Speaker 2 (10:15) him. And Speaker 5 (10:16) we fuck around, do a boxing match, and I get Speaker 2 (10:17) 40 bucks. And I get fucking, we can get $10 million. You know what I'm saying? I literally ask the Speaker 3 (10:21) nigga, I say, bro, as one of the greatest vocalist brothers. Yeah. Like, how do you? That was crazy. That was crazy. I literally asked him. No, I'm saying that was crazy. I said, nigga, she's one of the greatest vocalists ever and you're her brother, right? I like One Wish. How do you do this? I love One Wish. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Like, how do you, like, how does this go along with the fam? That's Speaker 5 (10:45) why Speaker 3 (10:45) I tell people, I tell them, I give Brandy so much credit because she just loves her brother. I literally asked him, I say, how does this go with your sister? Like, when you say certain things, like, do your mom get mad? Like, how does this work? This nigga looks at me and say, shit, they just know I'm me. At the end of the day, we got to eat Thanksgiving together. We got to do Christmas. We got to do. That's an amazing sister. In other words, Speaker 2 (11:12) nigga, I'm family. No matter what. The nigga had a point. Yeah, I'm nigga. What they going to do? I'm family. We family. And Speaker 3 (11:19) I was like, you know Speaker 2 (11:19) what? Speaker 3 (11:20) I get it. I just don't. play that way, but I get it. If that's what works for you, bruh, salute to you. Just don't ever play with me like that. Speaker 2 (11:27) Yeah, yeah. Do you remember when we Speaker 3 (11:30) saw Speaker 2 (11:30) Bernie and Monica? I don't remember. Speaker 8 (11:31) That was the last night Ray J was allowed on the tour. Oh, really? He put a video out. He put a video out about Jay-Z and Beyonce. I was like, I don't want to fuck up my sister's tour. We saw Ray J when we were, no, maybe I was grabbing D-Dot, but in that back area, Ray J and Billy was all over there. Oh, I didn't see that. Yeah. And that was the last night he went on video and said, I don't want to fuck up my sister's tour. And start talking shit about Beyonce. But I'm Speaker 1 (11:55) going Speaker 8 (11:55) to tell you something about Speaker 3 (11:56) Ray J though. I fuck with Ray J. As crazy as that nigga come across, that nigga is very smart. Super. Very calculated. 100%. Most shit that y'all see or y'all just thinking he just saying some shit, Speaker 5 (12:12) he Speaker 3 (12:12) know the way it's going to react. He already Speaker 5 (12:15) thought it through. That nigga Speaker 3 (12:16) is very fucking Speaker 5 (12:17) smart. Speaker 3 (12:18) It's a Speaker 8 (12:18) method to his Speaker 3 (12:19) madness. It's Speaker 8 (12:19) madness, Speaker 3 (12:20) but there's a method. 100%. For sure. I get it. For sure. Speaker 8 (12:24) Should we get into this Shag Project again? Have you given it more time? Speaker 2 (12:29) I have. But like I said, when I came in, I liked the project. I was a little underwhelmed because I think I just expected more. But that's me putting my expectations on somebody. So I'll take that. But it wasn't like when the album first came out, I saw a few people on the timeline killing it. They didn't like it. Yeah. And I was like. I actually haven't seen anything bad about Speaker 5 (12:49) it. Speaker 2 (12:49) But I don't really get into that. Like I could see people. I've seen people say they hate something and I hear it and I'm just like, all right. I get why people have their own taste, their own. Everybody's different. But I listened to it. I like the project. I'm not mad at it. I think some of the hooks were a little lazy, though. The music is good. Production is incredible. The music is good. I just think some of the hooks were a little lazy. And I expected him to rap better on certain songs. Okay. But I think, again, I'll repeat myself. I think Chike is a star. Yeah. I think that he's really dope. I like his energy. And, you know, I just think that he's we're watching him in real time blossom, make mistakes, not hit the mark necessarily. But that's fine. You know what I'm saying? Like that's that happens. That's that's something that is, you know, very few artists are going to get it right most of the time. Yeah. Yeah. Speaker 5 (13:45) I mean, it's artists that are established that will come out and not get it right. Still Speaker 2 (13:48) a Speaker 5 (13:48) miss, right? You know what I'm saying? And I'm not saying... Speaker 8 (13:50) It's missed Speaker 5 (13:50) with Speaker 8 (13:50) a few albums. Right, and I'm not saying this is a Speaker 5 (13:52) miss for Trike. I'm not saying Speaker 2 (13:53) that. Speaker 5 (13:54) This is not a miss for me. I think that this album is going to... It's a good foundation, I feel like. Good Speaker 2 (13:57) foundation. I think that this album is going to be something that people go back to two, three years from now and be like, yo, that shit was all right. Speaker 5 (14:05) Yeah, Speaker 2 (14:05) yeah. Speaker 5 (14:06) I've been a Trike fan on record and off record for years, and so the growth in... his artistry and whatnot to me on this project was like super, super crazy because Shaq has always been like the LA outside ratchet rapper with a lot of the homies that he does music with and stuff like that. So like shout out Ruchi and AZ Sway and all these other dudes, like that was kind of like his, his box. So him getting like the, the dot cosine and then stepping up his artistry because he, you know, probably felt like he had to, but for him to. do that and hit the mark when he's always lived in this world to me is like really, really fire. And I can see how serious he's taken it. Like with conversations me and him have had and even just all the content stuff he's put out, I can see how serious he's taken the music. So it shows me that he's like grown in that way. So I fuck with it. I fuck with it. Speaker 8 (14:58) And I mean, we did talk about the album, but because you are the NRM. senior West Coast correspondent. I felt like we needed to talk about it again and get more and more time to listen to it. Damaris, did you get a chance? I know you've been busy. I Speaker 4 (15:10) heard Speaker 8 (15:10) some of Speaker 4 (15:10) it. But I am also very much aware that it is not as West Coast as, for example, a GNX is, but it is still West Coast. But why do y'all Speaker 2 (15:19) say that? I think this album is very West Coast. It is West Coast, but it's not GNX. That's Speaker 4 (15:24) the Speaker 2 (15:24) degree Speaker 8 (15:25) how minimal, and I mean that not in a bad way, how minimal GNX is to the West Coast sound. That's like the bare bones West Coast sound. Speaker 5 (15:32) What's crazy is I was talking to Rory before I got here and that was my only knock on the album. I wanted it to be more West Coast. Speaker 2 (15:38) I was like, yo, he got God's Favorite Speaker 5 (15:41) on there. I wanted like five of those. Speaker 2 (15:43) You know what another knock that I have? And again, that's just me listening to it. It sounds more heavily Bay influenced than LA influenced. The music. But to me, which Speaker 8 (15:55) Glasses. head every every coast guard out there don't kill me i felt like the new age la sound is heavily influenced by the bay yeah Speaker 5 (16:05) i was about to say i feel like gnx to me is very beige yeah i'm about to say gnx to me sounded closer to a bay area sound like that but that bounce the bounce the bounce to it yeah and honestly like to me it's like it's like i don't know like i i don't i've never separated i know some people do separate it but to me like la in the Bay is like, we're one, we're like, we're cousins and we're like, it's never been no, in my world, it's never been no division. You get what I'm saying? So when people say like, Oh, a Bay area artist might be influenced by LA sound or vice versa. I just kind of look at it like. niggas is just all on the same coast making the same you get i'm saying like that's how i viewed it and it wasn't until more recently with all the politics with the beef and all that that it kind of started being more separate we Speaker 8 (16:52) had and i really really don't want to make this a drake kendrick thing whatsoever but we did have a very good conversation off mic after the shike album came out and we talked about just the music on air but off air we talked about some bullshit which maybe would be better for podcasting if we switch that for sure exactly but that's just not our show yeah yeah We did have the conversation of, do we think if Drake reached out to Shai, would he do a record with Drake? I don't think he would. I don't think he would either. I don't think he would. I think, Speaker 5 (17:20) I think that, um, I think. I think Chike is very loyal to what he feels like gave him a shot because Chike has been around for a long time and Dot really gave him a shot. You get what I'm saying? I think Chike is very loyal to what gave him a shot. I'm not sitting here and saying that it would be the easiest decision or what. I don't know. But I do think that. I don't think that there's a world that Shaq would say yes to that. Outside Speaker 8 (17:44) of the optics, I would also look at it like... Speaker 8 (17:48) you're doing this, you're trying to use me as a pawn in something. Exactly. This isn't some good-hearted, I fuck with you type of thing. Speaker 5 (17:55) And to be honest, what you like, and I'm usually on the side of like, stay out of the beef and shit. If Chike did do that, I would think Chike was corny. I would. I would think that that's corny. And I would only think it's corny not because no West Coast nigga should work with Drake, but because Dot really did change his life completely. Okay. You get what I'm saying? And you think Speaker 8 (18:13) that's the difference between the P-Lo Speaker 5 (18:14) situation? I Speaker 7 (18:15) think Speaker 5 (18:15) that's the difference. Like, if there was a world where, like, P-Lo, where Dot has, like, changed P-Lo's life in some type of way, then I do think that when niggas hit you for the Dropbox link, you at least ask some questions. You get what I'm saying? Like, I got some producer homies that once the beef started happening, you know, they, you know... on Drake's side of things and whatnot. And when certain T.D. niggas hit them for beats, they was kind of like, what's it for? Like, you got to start asking a little bit more questions because now it's kind of, but that's because Drake has changed their life. Like. Kendrick and P-Lo have never done anything. Like, you know what I'm saying? Like, we both West Coast, like P-Lo, I'm talking about we, P-Lo and Dot, they both West Coast niggas, but like, it's never been anything whatsoever. So it's like, if somebody's like, yo, if they hit my, if I'm P-Lo and they hit my manager, they're like, yo, Drake working on Iceman. Yeah. Like, he won a Bay record, sent us some Bay beats. I don't know that this nigga's in there recording, you know what I mean, too hard for the radio. I'm just sending a, sending a pack. And then I'm crossing my fingers when the, when, when the, album drops and hoping that I get one to land. You get what I'm saying? That's it. And Speaker 8 (19:18) I even saw them doing a breakdown of how they made the beat because it was like four of them. It started out with just loops and then they started adding, like there was no intention of like... It's different if like the beat got a like hit-em-up sample and all like, you get what I'm saying? It's like Speaker 5 (19:31) niggas just got a baby, bro, and they just sent it to Drake and Drake ain't sending nigga... Bro, I got homies that's very close to Drake. that don't know if they're getting the placement until the album drops. And these are niggas that's like actually in the studio with Drake. And they don't know if they got the placement until the album actually drops. So how the fuck would P-Lo know that? Speaker 8 (19:52) I mean, I guess, all right, I don't agree with Glasses, but to your point with Shaiq and that entire thing, maybe Glasses is viewing it the same way in that regard, where I was like, oh, if Drake reached out to Shaiq, it would be some pawn shit. now i don't think drake has rapped over bass shit before he's rapped over uh mac dre sample he's the motto is one of his biggest records ever two short shitties redone like we've seen but and i think this is smart of drake if you're gonna say you think the bagel let you disrespect pock in a diss All right, I'm going to be petty and go make a big. And that's what I'm saying. Glass like you're being used as a pawn by Drake. Yeah, I don't say Speaker 5 (20:28) no. Bro, it's a chess move. Dot and Drake been playing chess since the last 12 years they've been playing chess, bro. So it's a chess move that Drake did. Kudos, Drake. I'm just speaking on like attack and pillow and it's like glasses. You know how this industry shit works. You know that that's not what that is. I just think all of that shit is stupid. I Speaker 2 (20:46) do. Speaker 5 (20:46) I do too. Okay, Speaker 2 (20:47) so if that's the case, am I now mad at whoever studio they recorded this in? Like, yo, we not fucking with that studio no more. I agree. That shit is dumb. You put yourself in a whole different... I agree. What are we talking about here? I Speaker 5 (21:00) only think it's not stupid when it comes to shit like... niggas directly having real relationships with people. So like if Dot wanted to come sit on the couch, you look crazy. I don't give a fuck how you slice it. Me? Yes. If that wants to come on Speaker 2 (21:15) Rory and Maul, Speaker 5 (21:16) I don't think that I wouldn't Speaker 2 (21:17) let Speaker 5 (21:17) Kendrick come up here. I'm saying that you look crazy if you don't conduct that interview in a certain way. Oh, no, for sure. Yeah, so that's all I'm saying. But I'm Speaker 2 (21:23) going Speaker 5 (21:23) to be Maul in any interview. 1,000%. And Speaker 2 (21:25) I'm Speaker 5 (21:25) going to let Kendrick know that was corny. Exactly. So that's all I'm saying is that when you have a personal relationship with somebody, I do feel like, like for Trike, talking about the Trike example, it does, it comes off corny. Like this nigga recited your verse at the Super Bowl. Like he gave you a look and gave you gave you a chance when he didn't have to. I completely would never expect to say yes to that. What I think that as a human behind closed doors, are you like, fuck, you get I'm saying, yes, I think it is Drake. Like, you know what I'm saying? But it's like, you know, you got to stand on the side of defense when it's a personal relationship that you personally benefited from. And I think that's the biggest difference between the trike shit and the pillow shit. It's not comparable to me. 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Listen to the Black Mother Wound podcast from the Black Effect Podcast Network on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Speaker 2 (27:30) But a lot of the times, because we was talking about this earlier, we make this mistake of. Speaker 2 (27:38) you know feeling like relationships are something more than what they really are i agree and i think even on the trike album he's like just because you're cool that's not your man or something like that like however he flipped it right Speaker 2 (27:55) So while you're right, Kendrick, you know, gave Chike one of his biggest looks at his life, his career, right? Speaker 2 (28:04) What I'm saying is, in that same breath now, how do we get the Chike album? Speaker 2 (28:11) It's believed that there was a Kendrick verse on this album. Speaker 2 (28:15) Album drops. There's no Kendrick verse. Speaker 2 (28:19) So is this a world where it's like, yeah, that's your man, but... Is it really a man? Did he just, was it a moment that he felt like he could use some of your energy, the aesthetic of having, you know, up and coming cats from the city behind him, next to him? Like, was it just for that moment? Was that your, did he give you that look for that moment? And then moving forward, it's like, all right. Go out here, sink or swim. Speaker 5 (28:44) Yeah, it's tough for me because I feel like Dot has always ran his own race. So it's like, I don't personally understand it. But it does look a way. I could see somebody feeling like it looks a way. Like me being non-bi. Like the thing with the internet that I always see when it comes to this beef shit is like, I think anybody all the way on one side is dick riding and anybody all the way on the other side is dick riding. So I say that to say, anybody that says it doesn't look a little weird is dick riding. And anybody that says... It looks just completely out the way. It just like, Dot is foul as fuck, yada yada. It's dick riding. I think the truth is somewhere in the middle. Like, Dot runs his own race. I definitely expected a Dot versus him. Speaker 2 (29:21) Because you Speaker 5 (29:21) don't have to do anything. And that's what I'm saying. So anybody that's like, I'm kind of Speaker 8 (29:25) on that side though. Speaker 5 (29:26) What? That he don't have to do nothing? Speaker 8 (29:27) No. No, he doesn't. See, I'm in the middle. I'm in the middle. I'm Speaker 5 (29:29) in the middle of. Speaker 2 (29:30) But it was there though. Yeah, Speaker 5 (29:32) I'm in the Speaker 2 (29:33) middle of. See, that's the difference. I Speaker 5 (29:34) would have Speaker 2 (29:34) loved him on this. I Speaker 5 (29:35) want Speaker 2 (29:35) to make that very clear. That's why this conversation is different. We're only speaking like this because from what we know and understand, it was there. The