Wiz Khalifa Had This to Say About Amber Rose

Bunny XO. >> Choose a Vegas girl. >> Bunny XO. >> You changed my life. >> Jelly Rolls white girl. >> This bunny. >> Bunny XO. >> Is this thing on? What's up, babies? Today we have on the couch Wiz Khalifa. >> Hey, what's up? >> How you doing? >> Chilling. >> Dude, I'm so happy you're here. >> Happy to be here. Thanks for having me. >> You are just like the smoothest cat, always and forever. Every time I see. you, you have a smile on your face. >> Yeah.

>> You're just a chill vibe. You remind me. so much of my dad cuz I used to always. say my dad was like the coolest cat. >> Uh-huh. >> And then I found out that you were born. September 8th. My dad was September 4th. >> Oh, yeah. That makes perfect sense. >> Yeah. So, you guys have just that like. super chill, super cool vibe. >> Yeah, thank you. >> Yeah, of course. If I could compare you. to anybody, I'm sure you get this a lot. It's I swear you and Snoop Dogg are like. the same human, just different font. >> Exactly. >> Literally. Was he an inspiration for you. growing up? >> Huge inspiration for me growing up, especially in my teen years. Like just.

being like a taller and skinny dude, it. was like, you know, I had to find my. swag and then just looking at Snoop, that was like the tallest, coolest, skinniest dude ever. So, it was like. You know what I mean? I I definitely. modeled myself, just my whole. you know, approach after, you know, Snoop's rules. >> Yeah. >> Yeah, yeah. >> Absolutely. I miss pimp Snoop. >> Yeah. >> Can we bring him back? >> lot of people who don't even know he was. a pimp. >> Oh, I do. I listen, I grew up in that. lifestyle in Vegas, so.

>> Yeah. >> I loved pimp Snoop. I'm like, bring him. back. Remember when he used to hang out. with Bishop Don Magic Juan all the time. and like. >> Yeah, yeah, it was Yeah. >> that he went through. >> Yeah, exactly. Yeah, he raised us. He. raised us right. >> He did raise us right. Um if So, you. know how him and Martha Stewart have. that TV show? If they were to replace. Snoop with you, who would you bring on. as your Martha? >> Who would be my Martha? >> Yeah. >> I think like uh Chelsea Handler. >> Oh, yeah. >> Yeah, I like that. >> She's [ __ ] hilarious, dude. >> funny as hell, yeah.

>> We love Chelsea in this house. She. actually gave as one of the. first people who gave us like our first. break. >> Uh-huh. >> as far as like reality TV. >> Yeah. >> She believed in our family and like shot. I know, she's a [ __ ] she's so dope. >> See, I didn't even know that. She just a. G to me as well. >> She is. >> Yeah, so I that would be like my Martha. for sure. >> Yeah. Dude, I think we need to we need. to do that. >> We could. >> We need to get Wiz and Chelsea Handler. in a [ __ ] TV show together. That. would be so fire. >> be awesome. >> I know that you're stoned all the time. and you're not smoking today on my.

podcast. Do you feel out of your element. a little bit? >> No, I'm good. I got high [laughter]. before I came in. >> All right, good. >> all good. I'm not tripping. >> What are some of your favorite stoner. foods? >> Favorite stoner foods, I would have to. go with Funyuns as far as chips. >> Yeah. >> Um I like to eat a lot of fruit. Like I. like to eat like pineapple and grapes. and straw I just like get a big ass bowl. of fruit. Just mix it all together. >> I love It reminds me of that Tik Tok. I. like a lot of fresh fruit. >> Yeah. >> It's from the Step Brothers. Is that.

from Step Brothers? I like a lot of. fresh fruit. >> Um cereal anytime of the day. >> What's your favorite cereal? >> Uh Apple Jacks. >> Really? That's different. I knew I. normally hear like Lucky Charms or. Captain Crunch. >> Okay. For real, I I usually hear. Cinnamon Toast Crunch. >> I do love a good Cinnamon Toast Crunch. or Honey Grahams. >> Yeah, Honey Grahams is good. >> Don't [ __ ] around. >> Cheerios. >> Delish. >> Yeah, don't sleep sleep on them either. >> I do. I love me some [ __ ] Cheerios. >> Jacks are good cuz they're like flavored. and they're sweet and they consistency.

they don't get all soggy very fast. I. like Apple Jacks. >> Have you ever thought about doing like. reality TV? I think you are literally. made for it. >> Thank you so much. I used to watch so much reality TV when. I was a kid like Real World and like all. of that stuff. >> the OG Real World. >> too. And I used to like that was my. thing. I wanted to be like a. personality. >> Yeah. >> And yeah, so as I got older, I started. to make my own little serieses on. YouTube. They're called Day-to-Days.

But they're like, you know, they're not. TV ready cuz there's a lot of weed on. there. >> Right. >> But yeah, if I ever got the opportunity. to do something like that, like a show. like my family or my life or just my. personality, I would love that. I think. that'll be hella fun. >> I think you have enough star power now. to make that happen if you wanted to. >> a super fun dude, too. Like, I I try. anything. It don't matter what it is. >> I think people would just want to see. you like raise your kids. Like, I would. probably like [clears throat] the. dynamic between you and your son. >> Even even if I got to do like.

stuff with other people's kids as well, too. Like, you know what I'm saying? >> Yeah. >> I want to do like a Wiz summer camp type. thing. >> Aw, that would be so sweet. >> Yeah, where we would like play games and. we boxing and we working out and we. having fun and we being creative. Like. >> [laughter]. >> Yeah, that'd be tight. >> I love that. If anybody's listening that. can make that happen, you guys need to. reach out to his team and make that. happen. >> Yeah, Wiz Wiz summer camp. >> Have you ever seen that TV show on Drunk. History? >> I have.

>> Okay. So, say Netflix came to you and. they gave you a show called High. History. >> Uh-huh. >> What would your first historical moment. be um. that you would relive? That you'd get. stoned and just relive? >> Um I would want to get stoned and relive. Hmm. This all good. I mean, history is like. pretty dark. Like, you think about it. >> is, actually. >> don't want to I don't want to go through. that.

>> He's like, no dark [ __ ]. >> Yeah, no dark [ __ ] [laughter]. I'll probably want to get stoned and go. to like a Muhammad Ali fight. >> That'd be dope. That'd be iconic. >> Dude, that would be so cool. >> yeah. >> What a moment in time. >> Uh-huh, for sure. >> I wish boxing was like it was back in. the day. Like Mike Tyson, Sugar Ray. Leonard, I was a huge My dad was a huge. boxing fan growing up. So, like I got to. watch all that growing up and I just. feel like boxing's cool now, but it's.

not like it was back in the day. >> Absolutely. Yeah, the sport of it has. changed and just like how people in. enjoy it has changed, but back in the. day, yeah, it was awesome. It was. exciting. >> Yeah. >> You had like really, really good. fighters and. >> multiple really good fighters, too, man. >> So many. >> Yeah, a lot of them. >> Mike Tyson used to hang out in the strip. club that I worked at all the time. >> Uh-huh. >> And he was the coolest dude. He used to. give me money because I never bothered. him. >> Yeah. >> [laughter].

>> He'd be like I'd walk by and he would. just hand me like a like $1,000 and just. be like, "Thank you for leaving me. alone.". >> Yeah, he just respected that. >> Yeah, no, he was just so cuz everybody. was always on him and always wanted his. attention and he noticed that I never. like just, you know, he was already. getting bombarded, but he was just the. sweetest dude. >> That's nice. That's what's up. >> it's crazy that you would. >> Mike now, too. He's so cool, like. >> He's amazing. >> super chill. He'd be smoking weed and. he's just in his own world. He's a good. dude, man. >> Anybody that can raise pigeons the way. he does and love them. Because honestly, like pigeons are like a forgetful like a.

forgotten like bird because they used to. do so much. Like they used to [ __ ]. send messages during the war and like, you know, like they were very useful and. then now they're like [clears throat]. known as like. >> Is dirty birds. >> dirty birds and then you know, there. there's Mike over there just raising. pigeons. >> Loving it. Loving on that dirty bird. >> [laughter]. >> Loving the [ __ ] out of a dirty bird. So, I learned some cool facts about you. and your childhood that I actually had. never known about you. Can we go on this. journey? >> Yeah, let's do it.

>> So, you were a military kid? >> Yeah, yep. >> Take me on that journey because it says. that you were like you lived in Germany, Japan, and the UK growing up? >> I was born in North Dakota. So, my. parents were cold as hell when they had. me. >> Yeah, North Dakota is like it's crazy. out there how cold it is. >> I went [clears throat] back for a few. shows and [ __ ] and. I don't know. We might have been there. in like June, but it still felt like it. was like December, yo. It never gets. warm there. >> Yeah, no, it's crazy. We've been there.

on a few shows, too, and I'm like, "What. the [ __ ] is there to do out here. >> Nothing. Yeah. >> Have babies. That's it. >> Literally. Yeah. >> And and be in the military, I guess. >> Yeah. >> But um so, my parents they My mom is. from Pittsburgh and my dad is from New. York. So, they met in basic training, which was away from both of those. places. So, when they had me and my. older sibling My older sibling was born. on Guam and I was born in North Dakota, which is like two totally different. things. And then for the earlier part of. my life, yeah, I moved around a lot. Um.

I did live in. in Europe for a while. I lived in Japan. for a while. Lived in a lot of southern. states. And my mom being from. Pittsburgh, that's how I ended up going. back there and that's where a lot of my. roots are at, my real family and that's. where I spent the majority of my time. like going to school and stuff like. that. But it was really cool like. experiencing living all over in. different countries and different states. and things like that. >> Absolutely. Like how did that have to. have like shaped a little bit of or. actually a lot of like how you look at.

life? >> It definitely exposed me to a lot of. different cultures and a lot of. different ways of life. >> Yeah. >> And I got to experience it young on a. personal level cuz I was meeting a lot. of kids and just, you know, mingling. with them. And now as an adult and. really being able to go back and dive. into these cultures and experience them. as you know, a grown man, it just it. really like broadened my mind and just. opened me up to a lot of different. things. that if I didn't have that, I would I. wouldn't have been, you know, where I'm. at.

>> I thought that was such a cool fact. about you cuz I didn't know that and I. was like, "That's actually really cool. that you're like so cultured.". >> Yeah, >> it's super cool And like. all the base kids around the world, they. feel like a connection with me. cuz like they're like, "Oh, Wiz is one. of us.". >> Yeah. >> Yeah, yeah. >> around a lot as a child has to be hard, you know? Like cuz you you kind of don't. have a sense of feeling like belonging. anywhere permanently. >> It's it's that and then there's like a. lot of anxiety like from always being. the new kid.

>> Mhm. >> Cuz when you're when you're younger, the concept of making friends, you want. to just have friends forever. But you. have to like make friends and then leave. them. So that'd be the hard part is. like, "Oh, I've known you for like 2, 3. years and now I'm never going to see you. for the rest of my life.". >> Oh, are there any friends. [clears throat] that you have kept in. contact with that you met? >> I do. I have a couple friends. My boy. Tyrese from uh from Oklahoma. My partner. Zach, he came to see me a couple times. >> Aw. >> Um my partner Wesley, he live in North.

Carolina. I haven't seen him in years, but I still remember that fool. >> Yeah. >> And there's [laughter]. There's a lot of There's like girls that. I used to date back in the day who'd be. popping up and [ __ ] like that. >> they do. They're like, "Hey, Wiz.". >> Yeah, exactly. [laughter] I'm like, "Yeah, you ain't getting. Cuz them days is over.". >> No, I get that. I think it's a testament. of who somebody is though to be able to. maintain relationships from childhood. cuz I have friends from [ __ ] second. grade still, you know? So it's like it. just shows that you care and that you. are able to keep those relationships. going.

>> Yeah, absolutely. Even like my friends. from Pittsburgh, a lot of them are from. middle school and high school. But we just got together for Will's. bachelor party and we still kick it just. on the same level, just talking [ __ ]. having a great time. And I really value, like you said, those relationships. It. means a lot to me. >> Is it because people is they know you. from before all of this, you know? >> Right, right. >> That keeps you grounded. >> Yeah, when you do it the right way, they. seen you on your way up. They know that. it didn't just happen overnight. Like. some people they might look at you and. it's like a magic trick. But like you.

said, they know you. Like we were in. class together. We rode the bus. together. We went to school dances. together. You know, those relationships. are really valuable. >> I love that. Yeah, every time I go back. to Vegas, my girls make sure to humble. me. Every time I'm there, like "Bitch, you. are We knew you before you were Bunny. You know, like calm down.". >> Yeah, yeah, >> [laughter]. >> yeah. You need that sometimes. >> So, I read also that your parents. divorced at 3. Where did dad go and were. you raised majority.

of the majority of time by your mom? >> It was a even split. >> Okay. >> So, my dad remarried and he's still. married to my stepmom to this day. So, we're still a family. And then my. mother, she went back to Pittsburgh. So, my my dad and stepmom were still in the. military and my mother was in. Pittsburgh. So, I would live with my mom. for 2 years and then I would go live. with my dad and stepmom for 2 years. >> Wow, that's a a different agreement. Normally, [clears throat] it's like. every other weekend.

>> Yeah, no, they hated each other. >> Oh, [ __ ] Okay, got [clears throat] you. >> they didn't get along at all. And it was. the '90s and there was really no concept. of like how to like navigate through. that. They didn't have as much talk. about that back then as they do now. >> Right. >> So, they handled it the best way that. they seen fit and. that was that. >> Do you think that that plays into your. role with how you co-parent with your. baby mama's now? Cuz now you have two, right? You've got Bash and then you've. got the the little girl now.

>> girl Cadence, yeah. >> Yeah. So, do you think that seeing how. your parents didn't get along back then. was kind of like you were like I'm not. going to be like that and that was a. driving force in making sure you had. good relationships with the mother of. your children? >> Yeah, I think it like subconsciously. played a role because. uh to me that was normal when I was a. kid, like spending 2 years with one. parent and 2 years with another. But, having kids, I can never be away. from my son for no 2 years. Like that's.

insane. So, if I got to get along with. his mom, if I got to freaking kiss her. feet, I'm doing whatever I got to do to. make sure that we're all on the same. page, so that's not the agreement. And. like I said, my parents did the best. that they could. >> Yeah. >> And I don't fault them for that at all. >> Mhm. >> But I do know the difference between um. seeing your parents function and not. seeing them function. And I would much. rather, you know, my kids see see me and.

their parents function. >> Absolutely. I'm an '80s baby myself, and. I just feel like parents of that era. >> Mhm. >> they were not ready to cope with their. trauma. They didn't They were set in. their [ __ ] ways. You were not going. to tell them how they are going to raise. their kids. And like they were just like. it was just I don't know. I feel like. we're such a generation of kids that are. healing what our parents wouldn't. >> Yeah, absolutely. >> I think even just as a Yeah, I totally. agree with that. And I think as adults. our parents went through a lot.

>> Mhm. >> as well. They had trauma, you know, before, but they were going through a. lot as adults. And I think we're blessed because late. '20s, early '30s, late '30s looks way. different now than it did back in the. day. >> Dude, yeah. I'm 45, and I look at. pictures of women that were 45 back in. the day, and they look like the freaking. Golden Girls. >> Yeah, exactly. Nobody would even know. you were 45 if you didn't say it. So, it's like and even saying 45 isn't an.

older age. It just looks different now. >> Right. Yeah. >> And we're in a And we're in an era where. we're taking full advantage of that, and. we're we we understand what kind of. gifts we have based off of what we went. through and what we were raised with. >> Yes, absolutely. >> yeah, I mean. if people are lucky enough to still have. their parents around, a lot of the. times, your parents learn more as they. get older, too. If you have. >> way cooler. >> Super cool. >> Like, why couldn't you have been like. this [ __ ] 30 years ago?

>> There'd be stuff like my son does, I'm. like, "So, you're not going to whoop his. ass and [laughter] kick him down the. steps and. run him over with the car?". Cuz [laughter] that's what you did to. me. >> That is hilarious. No, I totally get. that. So, I also read that you started writing. lyrics and recording music at age 9 or. 10. Like, were you just musical from the. gate? Like, have you always had that. sense of like just rhythm and soul? >> Mhm. I think yeah. Also,

uh. actually, like my parents played a lot. of music in the house. Just like getting. ready or cleaning up or driving. So, it. was always around me and it was. something that made me feel good. >> Mhm. >> But, I got some of my best memories from. music or where I was at or what I was. doing. So, that kind of translated into my love. for music. And then, my cousins, they. were they were rapping and doing [ __ ]. just cuz they were older than me. So,

that's when I figured out that I could. actually make it. And I was like, "Oh, okay. This isn't that difficult." It's. like when you get an instrument and you. start playing. >> Right. >> the same thing for me. I was just kind. of [ __ ] around like writing raps here. and there. And then, people just start telling me. how good I was. So, I just practiced and. kept going and going and going. And my mind is like I got a really big. imagination. So, I would see stuff that people didn't. necessarily see as like doable. I would.

see it as like, "Okay, we we can make an. album. We could, you know, make. [clears throat] merch. We could. >> Yeah. >> put on a show. We could You know what I. mean?" So, I just started like. developing into this over time, but it. was all based off of. enjoying music and loving how it made me. feel. Like I remember watching music. videos and just being blown away or like. saving up all my money to go buy, you know, Bone Thugs 'n' Harmony tape or. something. You know what I mean? Like. it's so it was so valuable to me. It.

wasn't like. just music, you know? So, like that's. that's what started me uh creating and. and doing what I'm doing. >> Music was the soundtrack to your life. >> Yeah. >> I feel like it. our parents actually that was one of the. really cool things that they did for us. is I grew up in a very musical. household, too. And like, you know, I. had so many influences. What were some. of your influences growing up that. inspired you to rap, but also just even. that weren't in the rap genre? >> Yeah, uh my dad listened to everything. He listened to. Journey, he listened to Bob Marley. He.

would listen to. uh Whitney Houston. >> Aw, love Whitney. >> My dad had a like a huge record. collection. So, we would just sit down. and listen to funk records, everything. And my mom was more like the. hip-hop. Like she was she's current. >> Mom's the G. >> Oh, yeah. My mom's a. >> [laughter]. >> G. She listened to Too Short. >> Aw, I love it. I love her. Okay, so. mom's with the [ __ ]. >> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. My mom smoke weed and everything. Like. that's where I got smoking weed from, for sure.

Yeah, my mom is a G. And um so, yeah, it's like the combination. Like we I had. I had everything. And then we grew up in. a really good era of music, too. >> Mhm. Yes. >> was diverse. It was really good R&B. along with really good rap music. >> Bring it back. 90s R&B. Can we bring. that back, please? >> sure. >> That is like a moment in time that. unless you lived it, you do not know. what the [ __ ] you missed. >> No, for real. >> Like it 90s I love 90s I I play 90s R&B. for my cows. >> Yeah, it's like. yeah. >> Yeah. Who doesn't love Keith Sweat? That.

[ __ ] makes you feel good in here. Like. it's not just music not just hearing it. But yeah, so all that influenced, but. especially like from from rap music, Bone Thugs N Harmony was a huge. influence to me. >> Yeah. Growing up in Pittsburgh, we're in the. Midwest so we were close to Ohio. But just that sound and like it just. resonated with me and then the look, they had the braids and the sunglasses. and like they were just hard to me. Like. I love Bone. >> I was a Bone girl, too.

When I first got with Jay, he's a Three. 6 Mafia dude. So we literally had Bone. Thug and Three 6 Mafia wars in the. house. Of course he won cuz he's daddy, so. >> [laughter]. >> But no, I'm a Bone Thugs girl through. and through. Love them. They're actually. coming on the podcast. I'm really. excited about. I'm going to like that's probably going. to be a fan girl moment for me. >> You got to, yo. It's Bone. >> Yeah, for sure. So where do you think that like your. smoothness came from? Do you think it. came from your mom? >> My smoothness come from my dad. >> Really? Do tell.

>> He's just a smooth dude, yo. Like he's. real mild-tempered, mild-mannered. Just everybody loves him. Everybody's. best friend. He don't raise his voice. He's, you know, he's just a cool dude. He's a He's a really, really cool dude. And he just been a cool dude. Like he. taught me how to be cool, for sure. >> I love Is dad still around? >> Yeah, yeah. Hell yeah. >> I love that. >> Yep, I spend a lot of time with my dad. Especially like having my daughter. Um. my dad comes out to the house a lot and.

just kicks it and he doesn't really do. too much. Like he used to party and turn. up and do all that [ __ ] But now he'd be. like in my backyard taking pictures of. birds and stuff, yo. >> [laughter]. >> Isn't it crazy how life just like calms. you the [ __ ] down? >> And I'm like he's happy, you know? I. don't try to really take him out of his. element. [laughter] I used to. I used to. be like daddy, come on, man. Let's like. go get some jet skis or something. But he's like nah, I just want to, you. know, connect. And. I feel you.

>> I feel that, too. I sit outside with my. cows all the freaking time. So your name was Khalifa. One came One part of it came from an. uncle, another part of it came from a. Muslim grandfather. >> Yeah, well, the the grandfather is his. dad, so it was both of them. >> Okay, got you. >> Yeah, so I was kind of it's my mom's. little brother, but it's my mom's father. as well. >> Mhm. >> So, while my mom would be out doing. whatever she needed to do, whether it. was work or just, you know, partying, whatever she was doing,

I would hang out with my uncles and be. with uh at my granddad's house. My. granddad is like, well, he was, he. passed away, but he's straight Muslim, like. >> Mhm. >> pray five times a day, be in the mosque, you know, seven days a week, you know, helping the brothers out at jail, like. everybody knew my granddad cuz of what. he did for the community. So, um, yeah, that was like a real. powerful moment for me just being a kid. and wanting a name that was like wasn't.

my name, but I would carry as my name. >> Yeah, absolutely. >> And, um, yeah, it came together. It was. it was Wisdom Khalifa at first. >> Mhm. >> But, um, my dad being cool as hell, he took the. dum off and was just calling me Wiz. >> Yeah. >> He was like, I don't like the wisdom. I. don't like that. He was like, just Wiz. >> That's so cool, though. And I love that. you had a grandfather that introduced. spirituality into your life. >> absolutely. >> hold any lessons from him that he taught. you? >> The majority of it is just like the. strength in like family and in yourself,

your daily routine. >> Mhm. >> Um, my granddad was a wild dude as well. back in the day before he, you know, took on his religion. >> Wow. >> And he had been to jail a lot of times. He had been on drugs and he completely. changed his life around and. you know, helped kids and helped, you. know, other people in the same situation. that he was in. >> Yeah. >> get out of those situations or at least. navigate through them. And that's what I. learned from my granddad is just to. really be a leader. And he was real stern, too. Like, he. wasn't he wasn't, you know, punk.

>> Yeah, he's gangster, too. >> Yeah, he was super gangster. He was. really up front. Everybody respected. him, too. >> Aw. >> So, you know, just having that as like a. backbone, you know, that that was that's. good. Yeah, that's great for a young. man. Yeah, yeah. >> Yeah, that's so cool to be able to, you. know, look back on that with just fond. eyes. So, take me on this come up, okay? [clears throat] You dropped your first. mixtape at 16, Prince of the City, Welcome to Pistolvania. >> Mhm. >> Take me on that entire journey of when. you dropped that first mixtape going all.

the way to. getting signed with Warner in 2009. >> Okay, so I dropped my first mixtape. Um, I think I was like 16 years old in. high school. So, I'm selling the mixtape in school, like physically pressing them up and. selling it. And I had a. >> Kids these days will never understand. >> Never. They don't even know. They don't. know about burning no CDs. They They. won't have to burn a CD. For what? >> They go on TikTok. >> There's no CDs to burn you anyway. >> I know. I know. They're taking They took albums away.

from us. Now they're taking CDs away. from us. It's crazy. >> It's just all in the air. >> Yeah. >> So, I'm selling my CD. I'm going to. different stores and I was a really a. real hustler to the point where I would. show up. and drop off 10, 20, 50 CDs and go. collect the money as well the next week. and. people see me around the city and they. really respected what I was doing and. the people who I was working with at the. time as well. And it just kept building up, building. up, building up till I was about 19. And.

then I got a record deal with Warner. Brothers. And but it was for a single. It wasn't for an album. And the single did pretty well. It was. called Say Yeah. And while I was on Warner, I learned how. to do radio and do drops and meet DJs. and. go to, you know, car shows and just. really promote myself. So, I So, from. early stages, I got the street hustle. And then I learned the business hustle, and. the creative side of it as well. I'm.

always working on that. I lost my record. deal at Warner Brothers. They didn't. want to do my album cuz they just. couldn't see the vision. >> Did you lose it, or did you walk away? Because I think I had read that you had. walked away from it. >> They had the option to. do the album, and they didn't take the. option. >> Got you. Okay. >> So, we had the option to leave or stay, and there was no reason to stay because. they weren't going to work on my. project. So, we did leave, but they. didn't want anything to do with me. They.

had already just chalked it up. The. money that they spent, they were like, "It's cool. It's whatever. You can go. back to Pittsburgh.". So, I did go back to Pittsburgh, and that's when the uh the internet. started to change. Like, YouTube, Twitter. Those were the main vehicles for me. Like, YouTube was brand new cuz I. graduated in '06, and YouTube was like. kind of still, you know, they turning around. But, Twitter was. brand new, and I was like, "Okay, cool. I could do something off of Twitter.".

>> Yeah. >> And so, I started just being on social. media and just being consistent, making. YouTube videos, and making mixtapes that. were directed towards. um you know, the audience that I had and. that I was building and that I knew that. I had. And that just took me to a point. where I was bigger and better on my own. than any, you know, label or anything. could market for me. >> Absolutely. >> Yeah. So, that's when I started to like. really travel and tour, and then I got my deal with Atlantic.

through through that time. >> So, you left uh Warner in 2009, but then. you blew up in 2010, correct, with um. Black and Yellow off of Twitter. >> Yeah. >> Right? >> Yeah. >> That's crazy. Not many people can say. they blew up off of Twitter. >> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. >> Cuz that's a [ __ ] scary First of all, it's scary as hell. I get scared going. over there. Twitter's crazy. [laughter]. >> It it different back in the day. >> Right, right, right. It's crazy. >> It wasn't how it is now. >> Yeah, for sure. But, it's so cool that. that is part of your story that, you.

know, you used a platform that not some. people most people get like famous off. of like YouTube from back in the day or. something like that, but you got to. utilize Twitter the way that you did. >> Yeah, for sure. Uh Twitter was like a. like a subculture back then. So, you had. the mainstream, but people were low-key. more tapped into Swit- Twitter than. anything else. Like, they felt like that. was more real life and it was cooler. And we had that edge where I could just. keep supplying, you know, those same. fans and it became more popular than the.

mainstream stuff. And I didn't really. see that happening, but that was the. goal because we just felt like we were. so cool. Like, we was cooler than. everybody. So, it's like, you might as. well watch us. And that's what really took us to the. top, for sure. >> What did that feel like, though? Like, for cuz this was before you even had. like a number one on the radio and. you're just literally going viral on. Twitter. What. >> [clears throat]. >> What were you feeling? What was Wiz in. that moment feeling? >> I was super confident, really cocky, >> [laughter]. >> um very aware of myself.

>> a. king who can own it. >> [laughter]. >> Oh, yeah, for sure. Oh, I was owning it. Um yeah, man. Like, I I knew what I was. dealing with and like you said, I had I. had trended on Twitter a couple times, whether it was just me coming up with a. topic and having everybody on Twitter. talking about it. Or whatever it was, I. knew that I could control the internet. the way that I did. And when I dropped. certain tapes like Kush and Orange Juice. that shut sites completely down. You.

couldn't even go on the site. I'm like, oh, yeah, I'm that dude. Yeah. Like, clearly. >> How could you not? Yeah, how could you. not? >> let me know. >> Yeah, for sure. Do you ever get tired of. singing Black and Yellow? Jay and I. literally said this at Stagecoach cuz he. was like, yeah, Wiz is just out to sing. Black and Yellow. and we both started. laughing. We were like, "Poor Wiz. He's. probably so [ __ ] tired of singing. this song.". >> Nope, I never get tired of it. >> Aw, really? >> Yeah, I love that song. >> That is so cool. I mean, it's a vibe. >> It's a vibe. It It represents a great. time in life. >> It's a happy song.

>> Yeah. >> Anytime Black and Yellow comes on, if. you're not smiling and dancing and. having some sort of a a moment with that. song, you're just dead inside. >> the world. It doesn't matter what. language they speak. You can say Black. and Yellow. >> Yeah. >> So, I'm good with that. >> Yeah, I could see them in like China and. Japan singing Black and. >> Getting it on getting it cracking out. there. >> I'm laughing. Listen, they're like. they're crazy when it comes to like. they're fanatical. >> They are. I've been in like I was in. Korea and they were singing Young, Wild.

& Free in the airport just like right in. front of me. I'm like. >> Aw. >> This is awesome. >> That is amazing. >> That's a moment in time. >> Mhm. >> You've evolved from Black and Yellow to. like boss, entrepreneur, martial artist. What version of you are we just starting. to see now? >> You're just starting to see. I think the the more mature me. >> Yeah. >> Yeah, I've always been ahead of my time. Just as far as my thought process.

But now. my actions and the way that I treat. myself. it represents all of that, too. Yeah, so it's a lot of things that. people. don't see me doing. But the result of it is just how I am. now or how I'm able to operate and move, which I'm really, really proud of and. grateful for. >> I feel like with age it slows us down. You know, like how your dad's watching. birds and stuff like that. It just. there's [clears throat] something How. old are you now? You're.

>> I'm 37. I'll be 38 this year. >> Yeah, so you're 37, 38. Do you feel like. you're going to start slowing down a lot. or do you still have that drive in you? >> I feel like I've already slowed down a. lot. And I think I just changed things. that are important to me or just certain. things that used to turn me on they. really don't do it for me no more. >> Mhm, yeah. >> And I like that feeling cuz I'm like. yeah, I'm growing out of stuff and I'm a. different person. I'm not who I was. >> And I like that cuz some people get. stuck and they're just that same person.

over and over and then you just become. like this novelty and it's like I don't. want to be you know, a character like I'm a I'm a real. person. Like I might have a very large. smile and a great, you know, personality. that attracts people but. that's not my goal in life is to just. give that and give that and give that. >> Right. >> Like you can love me for that. I'm cool. with that. Like that's that's straight. You see what everybody else sees but.

it's the things that are deeper are way. more important to me now. >> Absolutely. >> Yeah. >> I love that. >> Yeah. >> So, 2011 you dropped Rolling Papers and. became pretty much like a household. name. >> [clears throat]. >> When you look back at the 2011 Rolling. Papers self, what's something you love. about him and what's something you've. completely outgrown? >> I love. the hustle, the drive, the motivation, the self-awareness, the self-branding,

and something that I outgrown is the. lack of sleep. >> Right. >> Yeah, [laughter] I didn't sleep at all. >> sleep. >> Yeah, I need my sleep, yo. I'm going to. bed. >> Yeah. >> But I didn't care about sleep back then. I would sleep on the couch like 45. minutes and get right back up and get to. it. >> don't think I could do that anymore. >> It hurts. >> But I I saw literally [laughter] for. that is exactly what it is. I saw some. girl on TikTok was talking about she was. coming out of work at like 6:00 a.m. And. I used to do that coming out of the.

strip club. I could never. I would. literally probably have a panic attack. if I saw the sunrise. >> Oh yeah, it's painful. >> Yeah, I can't that at all. [laughter]. Do you feel like artists are healers? >> I don't feel like all artists are. healers, no. Cuz some people are projecting their. [ __ ] onto the world. >> Wow. >> Yeah. And some artists are so much. artists that they're not even freaking. human. >> Yeah. >> And that's the thing about art, you. know? Some people like.

value that and live for their art more. than actual life itself. But I think the people who focus on. being great people. are also, you know, great artists as well. >> Yeah. >> And they're not I don't think one is. better. I think actually the chaos gets. celebrated more than actual the peace. >> Well, that's because that's what the. earth is operating on, the frequency. that they're on right now. >> But I think peace is the goal. >> Absolutely.

>> So, regardless of what people are into, we should. we should try to reach that. You know. what I'm saying? >> need to figure it out. We need to. [ __ ] analyze ourselves as a whole. right now and figure out how to get back. to that. Yeah. >> Yeah, cuz there's a lot of dark-ass art, you know? >> There is. >> [laughter]. >> There is. I I consider you a healer, though, and your music. >> 100%. >> You're a good vibe and you're like a. happy vibe, you know? What do you think. that like your music does for people as. far as healing? >> I've. I've been [clears throat] blessed. to be able and be have been told to just.

change people's lives. >> Mhm. >> And just make the best memories for. them. Like some people have met their. husband or wife at my concert. >> Wow. >> Or, you know, I see people making out in. the crowd and crying and. a lot of people. made life decisions based off of, you. know, what they were doing at the time. and sometimes my, like you said, soundtrack to your life, the music got them through that and. helped them understand or helped them. pivot or helped them.

cope or whatever it was. And, you know, I got a lot of. weed smoking and riding and just. partying feel good stuff, but also have. freaking See You Again, which is like. you know, one of those songs that help. people get through a lot of stuff. >> Yeah. >> And it's. >> That's your save me pretty much. >> Thank you. >> Like my husband saved me. Like that's. that song that. people will play at a wedding or. funeral, a freaking bar mitzvah, like. everywhere. >> forever. >> Yeah, like graduations. >> It's never going to get old. Like and as.

an artist, we're blessed to have those. types of songs. Cuz we don't try, you. don't think that it's going go that far. or do that. But then when it actually. does on that scale, you're like, "Wow, okay, cool. This is what it's all about. [ __ ] everything else.". >> I think it does show that people are. leaning towards looking for peace too in. music cuz songs like that like See You. Again, you know, that brings people. peace. >> Right. >> You know, for the whole time that that. song's playing, it's making them feel a. certain type of way.

>> Yeah. I think that's the goal with music. in general too is to. make people feel something. And the more. you learn about how in control you are, the more sensitive you are with that. message, too. >> Yeah, absolutely. You strike me as a. really deep person. >> For sure. >> Do you. What do you think that your soul's. assignment was for coming to Earth? >> My soul's assignment for coming to Earth. is to literally make everybody else feel. better.

>> Mhm. >> Because I feel so good. >> Right. >> I'm so blessed to just wake up and. smile. Like I have to make somebody else. smile. >> Yeah. Are you always in a good mood or. do you have some down days, too? >> I never really have down days. I have. moments that frustrate me and. that's what it's about, too. It's like. not avoiding. chaotic situations, but navigating. through them. >> Right. Facing them head-on. >> Right. >> You got. >> go through it to get to it. >> You got to go through it to get to it, so that defines who you are as well.

Like, you can't just go around the. [ __ ] Sometimes you got to go. through the [ __ ] That shows how. tough you are. >> Absolutely. >> And those are the times where. I really just try to center myself and. just try to think about what the real. end goal is and it's never to be pissed. or never to be upset. So, it's easy for. me to let that go cuz I know like in the. end I'm not even trying to be mad. So, how do we get to where. we all cool? >> Yeah. >> Yeah. >> When you are in those moments that.

you're like flustered or upset, what is. something that you do that maybe. somebody listening to this podcast could. be like, "Oh, you know what? Wiz does. that. I'm going to try it.". >> Breathe. >> Yeah, I'm telling you. >> Take a deep breath. >> Have you ever done like meditation or. like box breath [clears throat]. breathing? >> Yeah, I do hot yoga, so that's like a. lot of I do that three times a week. >> I love that. I could not picture your. tall ass in a yoga pose. >> Me? Tall as hell [laughter] for a hour. and a half, sweating in the front of the. room with everybody else. >> Are you limber as hell? >> up in a bun, yeah.

>> I love that. Dude, we need a freaking. reality show. >> Yeah. >> Please. We This is [ __ ] gold. It's. like content gold. >> Yeah. >> You in a [ __ ] hot yoga class would be. phenomenal to just watch. I would tune. in for. >> Yeah, I know a lot of ladies who love. watching it, too. >> [laughter]. >> I love it. I love it. So, let's talk. about the 15-year anniversary Kush and. Orange Juice that you just dropped. I. mean, it was so good the first time you. were like, "Let's [ __ ] circle back.". >> Yeah. Yeah. It was a classic, um, like a.

defining moment in my career. Definitely, um, got my identity off of. the first Kush and Orange Juice. And a lot of people just had great. memories of just smoking out, chilling. with the homies, having a great summer, hooking up, whatever it is, getting. fresh, traveling. That's what the first Kush and Orange. Juice was really about and I wanted to. return that feeling for people who were. there and then people who need that now. And I worked on the album for a whole. year, and it was just like coincidental.

that it looped all the way around to the. exact same time that I dropped the first. one. >> Yeah. >> And we were ready to drop the second. one. And um yeah, the reception's been. really good. All the fans love it. They're telling me that it's as good as. and maybe even better than the first. one. I haven't heard one. bad. reaction from it at all. Everybody gets. it. And um. >> Is that a Is that a fear that you have. ever? Like whenever you drop an album, do you ever get that thought in your.

mind of like, "What if this doesn't. resonate with the masses?". >> Yeah, I've had that before. Yeah, there. was a couple albums that I dropped where. I wasn't completely confident. >> Mhm. >> Yeah, for sure. Cuz I didn't know There. was some experimental stuff. I was like, "Are people going to really [ __ ] with. this? Are they going to accept it from. me? Did I do what I was supposed to do? Like, should I have done something else? Like I've had those thoughts before for. albums. >> I feel like as an artist though, like. uh each album that you drop is a.

testament to where you're at in your. life at that moment, [clears throat] you. know? So, I feel like if they all. sounded the same, then that would show. that you're not. showing any growth, and people would. probably get bored. >> Yeah. >> You know, because it's the same thing. over and over again. >> Absolutely. It's scary like reinventing. >> Right. >> And you know, and like you got to be. ready to lose some people to gain some. people as well. So, it's like you said, it's just a lesson in all of that. >> I feel like you've been able to maintain. who you are though over the years. I.

don't feel like you've changed too much. You've just always been Wiz. >> Yeah, I've always been Wiz. I I never. really changed. Um I got I'm really. multifaceted. And I think that's a strength. That's. something that plays to my uh strong. side because I I do. I can mix genres. >> Right. >> And a lot of artists aren't really able. to do that. They can just stay in one. lane or you expect one thing from them. >> Right. >> But you can expect a plethora of stuff. from me and it's still going to be Wiz.

Yeah. >> What do you feel like one of your most. slept on tracks is? Like if there was. one track that could have got a lot more. attention, what would it have been for. you? >> Um one of my most slept on tracks that. should have got more attention. I have a lot of plaques, so I can't. really say that. But everything that I. put out it usually goes like gold or. platinum. >> Yeah. >> Um. >> You don't have to pick one if you don't. want to. >> And then this this stuff like I did I.

did an album was called Multiverse. It. was a good It's a really good album, but. I didn't. I didn't go. big with this album. It was It was for a. small small audience. And. I think later on down the line people. will appreciate that for what it for. what it was. >> Right. >> Yeah, I don't think it was slept on. I. think it's just going to take a while to. get appreciated. >> mean look at the Google Google Dolls. right now. Their Their song Iris. literally has come back and it was made.

freaking 20 years ago. That album could. do the same thing. >> Yeah. >> Like that's what's cool about music is. it's timeless. >> It's timeless and we listen to records, right? So there's artists who drop. albums that you like, "Hold on, I didn't. even know this [ __ ] put that. [ __ ] out.". >> Right. Right. >> But you're still going to grab it, put. it on, and listen to it because you. enjoy that artist. So it doesn't matter. if it got really hyped up or not. >> Mhm. >> It can still, like you said, enter your. world. >> Yeah, I feel like albums catch fire so. much later on now, too, because things.

are like always coming back into style. >> Mhm. >> So it's like all it takes is one video. going viral now with it and literally. people are like it's a whole new set of. eyes. >> Yeah, yeah, create a narrative that. people just want to be a part of. >> Absolutely. >> Yeah. Have you ever done a feature with. somebody or featured on something and. then like regretted it later? >> [laughter]. >> Nah. I'm all I'm always happy about my. features. >> Aw, good. >> Yeah, yeah. I've I've been blessed to be. a part of some really cool ass songs.

Uh. Payphone with Maroon 5, that was one. that I never even seen happening. Yeah. >> Like [ __ ] like that, like or the Miley. Cyrus song 23. >> I mean doing a song with Miley in. general is just [ __ ] that's. >> [clears throat]. >> Yeah, yeah. So I just did a song with. Good Charlotte, too, before I I before I. came out here. >> That's amazing. Is it rock? >> Yeah, yeah. >> I love Good [clears throat] Charlotte. I'm a West Coast girl, so I [ __ ] love. Good Charlotte. >> Charlotte is the [ __ ]. >> Yeah, they're amazing. >> Yeah, yeah. >> All right, let's switch gears. Let's. talk about being a dad because you have.

Bash and then you also have your. daughter now. What would you say is the. difference in between raising boys and. girls? Have you noticed anything yet cuz. I know she's she's fresh, right? She's. like how old? >> 10 months. >> 10 months. So I mean you've got a long. ways to go being a girl dad, but just in. this short time do you notice a. difference? >> Not yet. >> Yeah. >> Yeah, not yet because she's so fresh and. then my son is 12, so it's like so. [laughter] much. >> a lifetime of difference. >> experience. Yeah, yeah, yeah. So I.

think, you know, in the next few years, especially as her personality starts to. come in. >> Yeah. >> Um yeah, I'm going to start to see the. real girl dadness. >> Yeah. Are you excited about it? >> I'm super excited. I'm I mean I'll be. like shopping for her and buying her. outfits. >> Aw. >> picking out her outfits and like we do. like three a day, so I'm like let me get. one at least. >> [laughter]. >> She gets three outfits a day? >> Yeah, hell yeah. >> Oh my gosh, I love that. >> Yeah, yeah. She's like our little baby.

doll. >> I bet she's fly as hell, though. >> Super fly. She got Chrome Hearts and all. that. >> Oh my dude, I hello, I've been trying to. get Chrome Hearts forever. Look at her. >> Yeah, she got a little baby Chrome. >> I love that. That's so cool. What's. something that. Bash has said to you that's made you. like question your whole personality? >> As far as I giving it to him? >> Has No, no, has he ever like checked you. like Dad, that's not cool or like been. like, you know, like just made you. question like what the [ __ ] you know?

>> He's quick like he he's all day with it. So like. sometimes he'll just be like. your teeth look like you ate a piece of. cheese or something. I'll be like damn, bro. >> [laughter]. >> Like he likes to he likes to rip on. people. So like he just goes all day. like. >> That is hilarious. Has he Does he have. your musical inclination like. >> Yeah, he does. He does. He listens to a. lot of different types of music. I test. him out on new music. So I'll be like I. put on some [ __ ] that I know is brand.

new. I'll be like you like this. He'll. be like it's cool blah blah. I'll be. like play me what you like. And he'll he. like he likes old school rap. He likes. newer rap. He likes rock and roll. He. played me. some crazy [ __ ] the other day from some. band that I never heard before and then. he's got MF Doom on his on his. his phone. On his his display for his phone. I'm. like all right, cool. So he's developing. like he's very eclectic already. >> I love that. But that's [clears throat]. just a testament to you know, you and. Amber.

obviously showing him pretty good music. What's something you're teaching him. that no one ever taught you? >> Hmm. My parents did a good job raising me. So. I wouldn't say that some that nobody. ever taught me. But the biggest lesson right now. is I teach him to respect himself. and to respect others so that they can. respect him. >> Absolutely. >> Cuz they're not going to respect you if.

you don't respect yourself. So. >> I'll be like the things that you do, they have to be a representation of who. you are and what you want people to say. about you. And we will have those. conversations over and over. I'm like, of course you're going to slip up. and you're going to make mistakes, but. the the main thing is to be respectful. to yourself and other people and that's. how you demand respect yourself. >> Yeah. No, that's amazing. I feel like. this generation is lacking respect too.

Like kids [clears throat] nowadays, they're just like they're [ __ ] wild. and the respect factor is not there. So, the fact that you're teaching. >> Yeah. >> that is amazing. >> Absolutely. >> How are you and Amber getting along. these days? You guys still getting along. pretty well? >> Yeah, hell yeah. We're super good. >> I love Amber because, you know, I'm sure. you hear this all the time, but you. know, I grew up in Vegas. I grew up in. the whole scene of like dancing and. working girls and stuff like that. So, you know, for her to be this outspoken. role model outspoken role model for us, we I've just always respected her. >> Yeah, absolutely.

>> Always been who she is. >> Yeah, she's a great chick. She's a great mom. She's a great friend. Yeah, that's that's like my partner for. real. Like you don't get too many. partners in life. And and Amy is too. That's Cadence's. mom. We're really great partners and. we've been together longer than me and. Amber were together. But me and Amber's. relationship is lifelong. >> Right. >> We ain't in a relationship, but we. together though. >> Do you Do you believe in soulmates? Cuz.

soulmates don't always have to be. romantic either. Like you guys can. >> I don't know about soulmates because to. me like a soulmate. you might not necessarily even have kids. with that person or you know, this this. person might help you build your empire. or. but me and Amber like we're stronger. than a lot of people because we have. difficult conversations. >> Mhm. >> We navigate through that [ __ ]. >> Yes. >> And that's. >> what makes us so so strong is.

we don't argue every time we disagree. We're allowed to disagree, but we're. still going to get through it together. because she's not throwing low blows. I'm not being disrespectful. We don't have any underlying freaking. animosity towards each other. And that makes the situation way more. positive than anything. It doesn't get. negative. You know, we might get a. little heated sometimes when we talk. because we're both passionate and we. both have our own opinion. But the. heatedness.

I might be stressed out from from my. job. So, she might be like, "Okay, what's wrong for real? Like, don't just. don't just be upset. Tell me what's. going on and then we'll talk about. this." Or if she's in a situation, I'm. like, "You don't have to. I'm not checking you at all. You don't. have to. check in with me, you know what I'm. saying? I respect your life. I want you to have. all the space in the world. Please have. space. Like,

>> [laughter]. >> I respect your space. I validate your. space and all that. I would never want. to get in the way of that. Only time we. have to come together is when we make. decisions. So, like, let's make this. work.". >> Yeah. >> Yeah. >> I always say. um. what is that? Communication is key, comprehension is vital. So, if you have. if you're talking to somebody all day. long and they're not hearing you, it's. not going to get anywhere. And I love. that you guys have that communication. Do you also have that with Cadence, his. mom? I've met her before, right? Yes, I met.

her at Stagecoach. >> At Stagecoach, uh-huh. >> She's beautiful. >> Thank you. >> Gorgeous. >> a great girl as well. She's like uh. Like I said, and that's my partner, too. We do everything. She She makes sure I. eat. >> Aw. >> She makes. >> [laughter]. >> That means a lot to a man, especially. these days, you know? >> Yeah, hell yeah. It's a It's a lot. She. holds it down like for sure in ways that. other women would never even be capable. of. And she does it like happily, too, you.

know? >> When you say that, can you give us an. example of something that like most. women wouldn't be able to deal with that. she does? >> Just my schedule in general. I wake up. at 5:30 and I'm up all day. I got to. gym. I got meetings and Zoom calls. I. got. merch samples coming to the house. I got. you know, uh fire pit being built. I got. >> [laughter]. >> I got three dogs. >> That's that Aries moon. You have an. Aries moon. >> Yeah, I do. >> I checked it cuz I have an Aries moon, my husband has an Aries moon. And. there's always some [ __ ] going on. Like,

we've always got a project. >> Always. A project on top of a project. >> Right. >> [laughter]. >> And and we going to have some fun, too. >> Right. >> So, you you got to be ready to party, as. well. You got to do all that. >> [laughter]. >> and party. >> He's like, "We have to make sure we have. fun time." I love that that seems like. you just want to always make sure that. you have fun in whatever it is that. you're doing. And I think that's a. really sweet quality to have because a. lot of people don't stop to enjoy life. >> Right. >> so carried away with just the grind.

>> Right. Right. >> "Nope, we're going to have [ __ ] fun.". >> We going to have some fun. We going to. make some memories. And that's where. inspiration comes from. >> Yeah. >> You got to like you got to actually do. [ __ ] and live. And then if your life is. just beautiful, it's poetic. So, you you. just. you just grab those feelings and then. you just put them into whatever your. project is at the time. >> Yes, sir. >> Yeah. >> Can you take me on a journey of you. doing. um. MMA and fitness? >> Yeah. >> When How did you get into this cuz. >> Yeah. >> I think that's amazing that.

>> It's It's very taxing on the body to be. doing stuff like that, so. >> Yeah. I train pretty hard, too. I I got. into it um. my big homies, they were doing jiu-jitsu at the time. And they're like, "Hey, you need to come. to the gym." And. we going to rough you up and all this. stuff. So, as soon as I got to the gym, they instantly were like, you need to. lift weights. Like, you're way too. small. You got to eat and you got to. lift weights. You could You could. actually do something if you, you know. what I mean, took it seriously.

>> Right. >> So, I got on like a regimen where I was, you know, doing certain amount of. calories and making sure I started. sleeping. And then I just liked how my body felt. and like what it did to me mentally as. well. And the martial arts part of it. just kind of. >> [snorts]. >> turned into its own little thing cuz. I was naturally a little bit gifted at. it, but just being the type of person. where I want to do something over and. over and over and try to perfect it. That's the perfect sport for that cuz.

you just get better every day. So, each. and every day you learn a new technique. or just fine-tuning or practicing or. drilling or There's always something to. do. So, it's like that forever project. for me. Like, that's how I feel like. martial arts is. It's just something. that I could practice for the rest of my. life and it is good for my body and it's. good for me mentally. It's a skill that. I that I could use if I needed to. >> [laughter]. >> Hopefully not, though. >> Nah, I don't I don't see. But, being a.

dad, though, you got to be ready for. that [ __ ] too, cuz [laughter]. It's like, look, I'm not calling. security. I'm I'mma beat your dad up. >> Yeah. Yeah, [laughter] absolutely, right. Would you ever fight in the ring. professionally? Would you ever if they. offered it to you cuz I think I had read. also that you said you wanted to be a. wrestler for a day. >> I did. >> Would you still do that? >> I would more do some wrestling [ __ ] than. than fighting cuz wrestling is like. entertainment. It's acting. >> Right. >> Actually getting in the ring and doing. That's not what I trained for, right,

but I'm trained. good enough to do some [ __ ] I'm always. ready. >> Right. >> And anybody who's ever seen me, um, do what I do, they they know what level. I perform on. So, the whole getting in. the ring. is more for entertainment. Like, it. makes everybody money and it's like I'm. not really into. >> to you with like a bag, though? With. >> bag, though? >> I mean, we name your price. >> It would have to be like 50 million. >> And then you would get in the ring.

>> Yeah, it would be like Floyd Mayweather. prices. >> I mean, you know, they might do it. >> 50 Ms for my first fight, guaranteed. Cuz it's going to like it's going to. pull a big crowd. >> Yeah. >> And I'm going to knock somebody out. cold. [laughter]. >> What's your move? What is your move? Like, if you had a move in the ring, what would it be? >> boxing, it would probably be like a overhand. right. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. >> Yeah, yeah, yeah. >> That's That's That's That's pretty much. night-night. Or my Or my Or my lead left.

hook. >> Ooh. Southpaw. >> Yeah, no, what a lead left is is. orthodox. But, it's just coming from the. left. So, I'm either hit you in the face. or a nice little lead left body shot. >> Gotcha. >> But, if we doing Muay Thai, >> Mhm. >> there's nobody seeing me in Muay Thai. Like, boxing is different because you. only got hands. >> Right. >> I get to use my feet and my and my and. my elbows and my knees, yeah, it's Oh, there's nobody seeing me in that [ __ ]. >> somebody out. >> Yeah, and I'm tall as hell, too. So, you're not even getting close to me.

Yeah, just one one round kick. >> Yeah. >> The hardest kick is probably like the. the spinning back kick. >> Yeah. >> So, like, if if we really. >> You'd knock somebody's head off. >> Yeah, or like break some ribs or like. puncture some lungs or something like. that. Yeah, nice spinning back kick. >> it. Now we're talking. >> Yeah. >> to make this happen, too. >> Yeah, I like elbows, too, because it's. like. >> you. I'm just kidding. >> [laughter]. >> Yeah, cuz what elbow Like, when you. boxing, you got like the head the the. gloves are protecting them.

>> Right. >> But, if we do MMA and I elbow you in. your forehead and I split your forehead. open and you're bleeding, it's going to. be hard for you to fight me for the rest. of the fight. >> Or break a nose. >> Or if I knee you and break your rib in. the first round, you not really going. want to keep. >> Well, I feel like you're ready for this. I feel like you're. >> I don't want to hurt anybody. I don't. [laughter] like hurting people. I like. to have. >> would rock the [ __ ] out of somebody. though. >> but they got to pay me 50 Ms if you want. to see some blood. >> All right, well, whoever's listening, let's make that [ __ ] happen cuz I'm.

tuning in. I want to see somebody get. their ass whooped. >> [laughter]. >> What is something embarrassing you do. alone that no one knows about until now? >> Something embarrassing that I do alone. that no one knows about. I cry a lot. >> Really? >> Yeah. >> You're emotional. That's sweet though. I don't think [clears throat] that's. embarrassing. >> It is to me cuz I'll be I was watching. like. what's that Encanto or what's what's. that Disney movie? >> I'm not sure.

>> It's the It's the one with the the. Spanish girl and her family. What's that. movie called? Man, I was crying to that. [ __ ] [laughter] the other day though. You cried too? I'm crying just thinking about it. >> [laughter]. >> It was so sweet. It was the sweetest. freaking movie ever. It's so sweet. >> It's sweet, it's not sad. >> No, it's just sweet. It's like the. sweetest thing I mean, of course it's. like sad it hits you, but it's like. >> Yeah. >> It's so sweet. It was like I was like, "Oh man, here here we go.". >> I don't think that's a weakness though. I think that a man that can, you know,

show emotion, that's awesome. That just. means that you're in [clears throat]. tune with it. >> Yeah, for sure. I I think I'm very in. tune with it. >> He said, "I'm very in tune with it.". >> [laughter]. >> So, let's say some aliens came down to. Earth and you're the spokesman for. Earth. >> Mhm. >> What would you What's the first thing. that you would show aliens and prove to. them like that we're actually like cool. people down here? >> I would definitely smoke weed with them. >> Yeah. You don't think they're not already. smoking weed? >> I think they're like past smoking weed. We might This might be like really.

prehistoric to them. They're [laughter]. like, "We got to we got we got to bring. them back to their origin, right? >> Right. >> So, I would cuz they're like they're. aliens. Like everything is fast to them. So, it's like let's slow it down a. little bit. >> Yeah. >> I would smoke some weed with them and I. would probably play them like. uh Parliament Funkadelic record. >> Oh, there we go. >> Yeah, I would put on some some Earth, Wind & Fire music. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. >> Would you only smoke weed with them or. would you drop acid with them? >> I don't really do too much acid.

>> I can't either. I could never. >> Okay, yeah, yeah. So, I would rather. just smoke the weed. >> Okay. >> Yeah. Smoke weed, listen to records, watch a movie, go for a ride, get. burgers. >> Aw. Any particular burger? >> Um. where where the aliens landing? Are they. landing here? >> They'll not here. The the Nashville. sucks. Let's take them to LA. They can. go to LA. At least there's probably more. to do out there. >> go to like Astro Burger or something. like that in Hollywood. Cuz we get to we. get to cruise through Hollywood in a. lowrider, and smoke weed, and then go.

get burgers. >> Have you ever dropped acid before? Have. you ever done psychedelics? >> Yeah, I did acid. >> like them? >> I think I did too much. >> Yeah. >> I did acid with Diplo. >> Oh, I would never do acid with Diplo. >> It sounds like a good idea, right? [laughter]. >> I know. Nope, doesn't sound good to me. >> I'm like, it's Diplo. Like this is. [laughter] going to be awesome. >> I feel like he's on a permanent acid. trip. >> He is. >> [laughter]. >> He's walking acid. >> Yeah. So, how did that go?

>> It was it was it was interesting. It was. um. it was it was intense. That's what it. was. It was super duper intense. And it wasn't like a bad trip or. anything. >> Right. >> But I could definitely feel it. >> Mhm. >> And I would like. go places and be like, hold on, I need a. little second to myself. And then I would just be randomly. somewhere else. >> Oh. >> It's like it's like it was like a movie.

It was like I would blink and then I. would wake up in another room. >> Oh, no. >> And I would blink and I would wake up in. another room. >> I would have anxiety. >> It was crazy. And I thought I was. Aladdin on a magic carpet for a minute. >> I thought I was Michael Jackson when I. did mushrooms one time. >> Okay, cool. Yeah, yeah. >> I get it. I feel that. >> Yeah, [clears throat] I definitely for. sure thought I was like sailing over the. city on a magic [laughter] carpet. Yeah. >> Uh so, that was your first and only time. doing. >> Only time. >> Okay. He's like, "Yeah, I'm never.". Yeah. >> I turned into Aladdin. I'm cool. >> [laughter].

>> All right, final question. Build your. dream strip club. Name, theme, signature. drink, and house rules. >> Name. Nippleopolis. >> [laughter]. [gasps]. [laughter]. >> What was. What was the other one? >> The other one was Hold on. I'm still. hung up on Nippleopolis and how. [laughter] fast you thought of that. You've thought of this before, was. The la- Um also, hold on. Sorry. >> [laughter]. >> It was Build your dream strip club. Name, what's the theme,

what's your signature drink, and what's. the house rules? >> Okay. Um the the theme. is. 80s baddies. >> Yes. Video vixen. >> Those are my favorite chicks. They're so. good. Like. >> nice bodies, like perfect boobs, cute. little butt. >> Yep. >> Little bush. >> Are you into bush? >> the little 80s bush. Yeah. >> We like the bush. >> Well, we're going to have a bush floor.

>> [laughter]. >> Yeah, there'll be a floor for bush. And then downstairs. >> Shit's hairy upstairs. >> It's hairy. [laughter] And then. downstairs Nippleopolis is regular. Um the signature drink will be the. Napoleon Dynamite. >> [laughter]. >> I'm crying. >> And what's the last one? >> The I'm sorry. I'm still just hung up on. what you're saying here. I'm still I can't get over the bush. floor. Signature drink and what are the house.

rules? >> House rules. Um. Oh, we got to respect the ladies. That's. the number one rule. >> Yes. >> Um tip well. And. >> Leave room for the Holy Spirit. >> Leave room for the Holy Spirit. >> I like that. >> All right, cool. You got it for that. I. love that. >> [laughter]. >> Welcome to Nipplopolis. >> Wiz, thank you so much for coming on the. podcast, babe. >> I'm happy to be here. Thank you. >> I appreciate you so much. Come back.

anytime. >> I will. >> All right. Thank you guys for tuning in. to another episode of Dumb Blonde. I. will see you guys next week. Bye.