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Mistah FAB on Fab Week & Oakland's Legacy 🏀🎤 | SWAY’S UNIVERSE | SWAY’S UNIVERSE
Jan 19, 2026
Experience the heart of Oakland's culture and legacy with Mistah FAB and Sway on "Sway’s Universe"! 🎤🏀 Dive into this exclusive interview as they discuss Fab Week 26, the Bay Area's vibrant community, and Oakland's undeniable influence on hip-hop and social change. Mistah FAB shares stories of resilience, his impact on the hyphy movement, and how his store, Dope Era, has become a cornerstone for authentic Oakland experiences. Hear about his philanthropic efforts, including creating safe spaces for youth and empowering local businesses, alongside impactful discussions on the challenges faced by young people today. Don’t miss this inspiring conversation packed with freestyle magic, gems of wisdom, and a celebration of unity and growth in the Bay Area. Subscribe now for more exclusive interviews and unmatched content from Sway’s Universe! 🌟
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CHAPTERS:
00:00 - Intro
01:15 - Mistah F.A.B: Bay Area Rapper
04:19 - Sway’s Influence: Media Impact
07:35 - Voice of the Youth: Empowering Generations
09:42 - Fab Week: Celebration Highlights
14:30 - Importance of Older Generations Impacting the Youth
22:43 - Freestyle
27:50 - Final Thoughts: Wrap-Up and Insights
28:15 - ESG Thug Therapy: Mental Health Discussion
29:14 - Thug Therapy: Coping Strategies
29:49 - Follow Cook: Social Media Links
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0:00
It's interesting, Heather B.
0:03
You know, I' I've been very fortunate.
0:04
God has tremendously blessed me.
0:06
Amen. Amen. Amen.
0:08
I often reference you and I as the two
0:10
muppets that sit in the balcony doing a
0:12
muppet show.
0:12
The two the two judges. The two the
0:14
grumpy
0:15
the two grumpy muppets in the balcony.
0:17
But
0:18
but we get to watch the entire show.
0:21
Absolutely.
0:21
From beginning to end. And we always got
0:24
front row seats. And my my front row
0:26
seat in this in this young man's journey
0:29
has been just a great place to be to
0:33
watch him grow um from somebody who
0:36
really came from these streets in
0:38
Oakland and California and Northern
0:40
California. Him, his uncle really been
0:42
in in involved in the streets on every
0:45
level, you know, from the the bright
0:47
side to the dark side. And to watch the
0:50
two of them as a family, to watch a
0:53
nephew embrace his uncle or uncle
0:55
embraces his nephew. We don't see that
0:57
dynamic as often. We say uncle and it
1:00
ain't really
1:02
that that biological connection. We we
1:04
throw around like we throw the word
1:06
legend
1:06
or cousin.
1:07
Yeah. Or cousin. Right. But in this
1:09
case, um this is a true dynamic to
1:12
watch.
1:13
Mr. FAB, a songwriter, a entrepreneur, a
1:18
community activist, uh somebody who's
1:20
been a pillar, one of the one of the key
1:23
members in what we call the hy movement.
1:26
Um even prior to that, he has been a
1:28
staple involved in the DNA of Bay Area
1:31
hip hop. Um he's one of the illst off
1:34
the top of the head that the game that
1:36
the culture has ever seen. A lot of
1:39
people don't mention him, but they
1:41
should. When it comes to freestyle raps,
1:43
there ain't a handful of people that can
1:45
even hang with him. I got a chance to
1:48
host a battle he did um in Oakland,
1:50
California, and I never witnessed
1:52
anything quite like it. You know, I
1:55
haven't hosted a battle since.
2:00
Well, not that kind of battle, but um
2:02
this man in my opinion um is the
2:05
quintessential
2:07
um Bay Area representative, community
2:09
activist, artist um who cares. Dope era
2:13
is a a store that he opened, but it's
2:15
more than just a merch store that where
2:17
you could buy some of the greatest
2:19
clothes, some of the most original
2:20
clothes that have context to it, but
2:22
it's a gathering spot for people when
2:25
they come to town. If you want to have a
2:27
real Bay Area, a real Oakland
2:28
experience, you got to go by dope era.
2:31
And when you go by dope error, you never
2:33
know who you might bump into. It might
2:35
be Bun B, it might be Snoop, it might be
2:39
the Baby, it might be Fabulous. Whoever
2:41
is coming to town, they got to stop by
2:44
and and and check in in and not in the
2:48
in this negative connotation, but if you
2:51
really want to have a a great Bay Area
2:53
experience, you got to see him. Every
2:55
time I see him, I smile. When I see his
2:57
uncle, man, I light up. I love the work
2:59
they're doing in my hometown, and I want
3:02
to say thank you. And this is going to
3:04
continue right now as we talk about his
3:06
week that's coming up now. Give it up
3:08
for Ank and the one and only Mr. Fab is
3:12
in the building, baby. What up, man?
3:16
Man, that's crazy. Them
3:18
intros be so humbling.
3:20
But it's it's genuine though, just based
3:22
off the fact um you've been my mentor my
3:26
whole life. You're somebody that I've
3:27
always wanted to aspire to be as to be
3:30
like.
3:31
Um you've laid down the blueprint of
3:33
what it's like to embody Oakland,
3:35
California, all around the world, no
3:36
matter what. Although some people never
3:38
get a chance to venture outside of their
3:40
demographics, you've been all around the
3:42
world and you've done things uh in such
3:45
a Oakland way. You know, if Oakland was
3:46
a person, it would be sway. And I'm so
3:49
thankful to uh to mirror those
3:51
footsteps, man, and continue to try to
3:53
keep uh up with the with the with the
3:55
trail that you've blazed and then
3:56
continuence of representing our city
3:58
everywhere we go. And so I'm just humbly
4:00
uh appreciative to continue to keep
4:02
growing and keep blossoming right before
4:04
uh the world to see.
4:06
Cross.
4:06
Damn, man. You just introed me, man.
4:08
What the
4:09
How do you just switch that up, man?
4:13
He's good at what he does. He's good at
4:15
what he does.
4:16
Pass the game up. He might be coming for
4:18
your job. What's up?
4:20
He passed it. He might be coming for
4:21
your job.
4:22
He passed the job, bro. I'm like, "Wow."
4:26
Start me dog. That's me, man.
4:29
No, I I love you, too. Um, and you don't
4:32
you don't have to do this, right? Um,
4:35
which I appreciate. And you found a
4:37
really great balance, Fab, and how you
4:41
communicate. You are ambidextrous in how
4:44
you communicate because you speak you're
4:47
mo what you're multi- you you can speak
4:50
multi- languages, right? You could speak
4:52
to the person that came up on 23rd A or
4:56
85th or or in Bush Rod or in the Acorns
5:00
and you're relatable, but then you can
5:02
sit down with the mayor of Oakland as
5:04
well and translate what it is the voice
5:07
of the people have to say and what we're
5:09
dealing with.
5:11
How did you develop that skill? And when
5:14
did you learn? Because I had to do that.
5:16
I had to learn that I have to switch up
5:18
my dialect when I'm starting to speak to
5:21
large larger audiences. I can't just
5:23
talk to the block. I need everybody to
5:25
hear it.
5:26
When did you come to that crossroad in
5:28
the way you communicate?
5:30
Well, my mother played a significant
5:31
role in that. Um, I think when as a
5:34
youth when I was punished, some of the
5:36
forms of my punishment would be read the
5:38
dictionary
5:39
and read the thesaurus. And those are
5:42
things that she would be like, uh, I'm
5:44
not going to listen to your music if you
5:46
keep cussing. So, she helped me develop
5:48
the vocabulary at an early age. And I
5:51
understand uh in in communication, we
5:53
must be able to take some of the most
5:55
difficult things and and situations and
5:57
explain them to people that can't fathom
5:59
what it's like. So um as a voice of our
6:03
city, you can't speak for the people if
6:06
you don't know the language of the
6:07
people
6:08
and there's a hidden dialect in every
6:11
urban city uh around the country and
6:14
even every native tongue around the
6:16
world and there are spokesmen that go
6:18
out and they speak about the powers of
6:20
that village for the rest of the world
6:22
to understand it. Some that may not
6:23
understand the native dialect. So, you
6:25
learn how to transfer uh in conversation
6:28
to be able to elaborate on what it's
6:30
like to come from the spaces that we
6:32
come from. Um, you've done done a
6:33
tremendous job. I remember watching you
6:35
interview Obama and I just was in awe
6:37
like
6:38
look at bro that's East Oakland right
6:40
there sitting down with the prey heavy.
6:42
You know what I'm saying? And it it was
6:43
a beautiful thing because you still kept
6:46
your essence.
6:47
You still kept the essence of this is
6:49
where I'm from. This is where I'm born
6:51
from. And I think there is once upon a
6:53
time where as black uh men we uh we were
6:57
honored and and and almost somewhat
7:00
stimulated when we saw uh men who spoke
7:03
with articulation and great skill a
7:05
great skill set. Remember we are the
7:07
offspring of the Huey Newton
7:10
uh other powerful speakers that come
7:11
from our area and come from our city.
7:13
Um and those are the people that we
7:15
study, man. You know what I'm saying?
7:16
Just as much as we studied the urban
7:18
legends in the neighborhoods. Uh we also
7:21
had to study poignant figures that
7:23
represented a sophisticated side of the
7:26
lifestyle, you know, that that we come
7:27
from. So a great blend is always uh it
7:30
never hurt nobody.
7:30
Ain't never hurt nobody, man. You can
7:32
play both sides of the fence. You do it
7:34
well. What is
7:36
what is the voice of the youth in
7:38
Oakland saying now? Because when you
7:40
look at Oakland headlines, they they
7:42
they play to that narrative, that
7:44
negative algorithm. But when I come to
7:46
Oakland, I see nothing but beautiful
7:48
people doing beautiful things, you know,
7:51
but what is it? There's obviously some
7:53
voids. Um, what is the voice of the
7:56
youth saying now? What is it they want?
7:58
What do you think they need? I think I
8:00
had to dive deep into, you know, the
8:02
dichotomy of what was going on with the
8:03
youth. So I created a music program uh
8:06
that we launched in juvenile hall
8:08
just so I can basically extract
8:11
sentiments from the youth directly
8:12
because there are so many people
8:14
speaking about the youth without the
8:15
youth and how can you voice what a young
8:18
guy is going through based off what you
8:21
went through at that age. Times have
8:22
changed
8:23
drastically.
8:24
Uh the the the the
8:26
the social peer pressures are far more
8:28
greater than what they were when we were
8:30
young. you know, um, imagine making one
8:33
mistake and that hangs over your head
8:34
for the rest of your life.
8:35
You did a you made a mistake in fifth
8:37
grade and for the rest of your life they
8:40
can load it up and they can pull it up
8:41
in front of you. So the cyber bullying
8:42
and there are other different social
8:44
pressures that force children into um
8:47
deeper forms of depression and and and
8:49
things of that nature. Um so we built a
8:52
music program
8:54
and through that program
8:56
we just had um
8:59
we were able to extract and we are able
9:01
to extract what are the true thoughts of
9:04
the youth by giving them topics and you
9:06
know emotional uh deploys of saying what
9:09
are y'all going through what what what
9:11
are your feelings about your mom what
9:12
are your feelings about the city and
9:14
I think the common denominator in
9:16
everything that we're dealing with is
9:17
they just need an opportunity
9:19
opportunity They need an opportunity and
9:21
and imagine growing up being a child of
9:25
someone that is emotionally immature.
9:28
And some of the parents that come from
9:29
especially from our generation, they
9:31
were never emotionally available to us.
9:33
And we've learned that uh uh the best
9:36
ability is availability.
9:38
The best ability is availability. Mr.
9:41
Fab is here. Um Ank is here as well. And
9:45
we're talking about Fab Week 26, January
9:49
19th through the 25th. This is what
9:52
Dreamville is to JC Cole. Luda weekend
9:55
is to Ludacris. Um this for us is an
9:59
entire week of community bonding that's
10:01
being curated by Mr. Fab. His uh is here
10:06
too as well. Talk if you can, man. How
10:10
how hard has it been for you to sustain
10:13
Fab Week? And because it ain't easy,
10:16
man. You got to you you're own promoter.
10:18
Like this dude is on big boy. He's going
10:20
everywhere to promote this. But what
10:23
have you seen significantly like some of
10:25
the rewards of Fab Week? What have you
10:28
How has it impacted our Bay Area?
10:30
Togetherness.
10:31
Yeah.
10:31
I think there's nothing more important
10:33
than community. um and and being able to
10:36
uh amplify the common unity of the
10:38
common folk in the community to be able
10:40
to bridge people that would never be
10:42
under the same roof that would never be
10:44
at the same function and uh problem
10:46
free. Mhm.
10:47
I think when you get a chance to see uh
10:50
the crime is down in the past 5 years
10:52
that we've been doing this
10:54
during FAB week, it's like
10:56
no no murders. No. And those are things
10:58
that we shouldn't be like all in and all
11:00
of. But when you're living in the city
11:01
that we're from, we can't be naive to,
11:04
you know, how things can turn into a
11:06
drastic situation that fast. But um
11:09
economical empowerment, the small
11:11
businesses that are getting a chance to
11:12
profit from it, the artists that are
11:14
getting a chance to have some exposure,
11:16
the venues and the spaces that are uh
11:18
being a overly populated and enjoying
11:21
and we're bringing money into the
11:22
community, we are also spreading money
11:24
around. Um there's nothing like
11:25
economical development when you create
11:28
uh from your curations of events and
11:30
festivities. And then the uh
11:32
philanthropic part of being able to give
11:34
back and donate from the money that
11:36
we're raising from uh the celebrity
11:38
basketball games, the money goes right
11:39
back directly to our alma madas and the
11:42
OAL. We're putting in scholarships, uh
11:44
donating into the sports programs,
11:46
things that have been avoided in our
11:48
community. Some of the things that we
11:49
sit back and we wait on u politicians
11:52
and things to do the stuff for us. And I
11:54
feel that we should no longer have to
11:56
wait on these people. we should do some
11:58
of the work ourselves because who would
12:00
be uh they would be reluctant to help
12:02
you if you're not helping yourself and
12:03
why sit back and wait on something that
12:05
you can do for yourself.
12:06
Um I think the black dollar is uh is
12:09
thriving enough especially when we
12:11
utilize our resources and we come
12:12
together uh the the the the galvanation
12:15
uh galvanizing of that and the proper
12:17
conflation can allow us to uh put things
12:19
together and make a difference. So I see
12:22
a lot of that. I see a lot of things is
12:23
going and just bringing stars into the
12:26
Bay Area and and in such an isolated
12:28
space that people get a chance to be in
12:30
the close proximity of Stephen Curry,
12:32
Marshon Lynch, Mike Eps, and whoever
12:35
else may Dame Dollar and whoever else
12:37
decides to come out Sway and um it's
12:40
just an enjoyable moment, man. There are
12:42
memories that are uh that will last
12:43
forever. Um I know that I'll never
12:46
forget Steph Curry stepping on the
12:47
basketball court playing with the
12:50
community.
12:50
Yeah.
12:50
You know what I'm saying? And it was
12:52
just like, and it wasn't just, oh, hey,
12:55
shoot with the youngster. Oh, good shot,
12:56
youngster. I'm talking about it's really
12:57
competition. Like, he get out there,
12:59
shaking him up, huh?
13:00
Like, somebody scored on him. My boy
13:02
Philly B from San Francisco, Double
13:03
Rock, he scored on Steph and Steph took
13:05
it personal. He was like, "Give me the
13:07
ball."
13:08
So, so they like going at it. All I
13:11
could hear is at the time I could just
13:12
hear Bob Myers like, "Fab,
13:14
if Steph gets hurt, you're gonna pay for
13:16
this." Like, I'm like, "I can't afford
13:18
it." Yeah.
13:19
But um just you know Steph being
13:23
just Steph being Steph being amazing.
13:25
You know what I'm saying? Coming out to
13:26
a neighborhood that has been rumored to
13:28
be dangerous uh by himself. No security.
13:32
Uh stepping out on the basketball court
13:34
and indulging in, you know, neighborhood
13:36
activities is just a testament of who he
13:37
is as a person and why we admire him so
13:40
much beyond basketball.
13:41
Just like New York got the Ruckers, you
13:43
know what I mean?
13:45
We got this dope Eric Court, right? And
13:47
if you in what part of Oakland if they
13:49
want to come see it, you want to visit
13:51
uh from North Oakland. You know, it's on
13:53
uh 44th in London. It's a basketball
13:55
court that I grew up on that the city
13:56
neglected for over three decades. It had
13:59
never been touched. It had never been
14:00
modified and updated. And um I took it
14:03
upon my own self. As I said in the uh
14:05
aforementioned, why would we sit back
14:07
and wait on city officials to build a
14:09
court when we're in position to do it?
14:10
And people will sit back and be like,
14:12
"Yo, man, I'm they got to pay for this."
14:13
Nah, man. You got to pay this your
14:15
community. Yeah. You know, we need to
14:16
get back and taking grips of our own
14:18
community and saying, "Look at the money
14:19
that you waste on other stuff."
14:21
We we we waste that money, the 30,
14:23
40,000, whatever it may have costed to
14:25
renovate the basketball court. Um,
14:29
I watched MC Hammer on on an interview
14:31
with you.
14:31
Mhm.
14:32
Say,
14:33
"I never worried about money loss. I
14:36
could always make money."
14:37
Yeah.
14:37
He said, "I was a bat boy at 8, nine
14:39
years old making money for the Oakland
14:41
A's. Money was never my, you know, that
14:44
that wasn't my go-to. that wasn't my
14:45
thing. So, if my sacrifice is I I spent
14:50
40,000, but my reward is I've saved so
14:53
many lives and I helped these kids
14:56
create a safe space that was an Eegis
14:58
space for them to be able to say, I
15:01
don't have to worry about, you know,
15:03
anything outside of this. We can go to
15:05
this basketball court. It's safe. It's
15:07
it's, you know, the smooth pavement.
15:09
Hey, man. I'm happy with that. That
15:11
40,000 I don't even think twice about,
15:12
man. I heard that, man. Mr. FAB is here.
15:15
UNK is here. We talking about Fab Week
15:17
26. Load up that Gop song we just
15:20
played. Torch and DB. I want to get
15:22
right to it.
15:23
You going to be able to do it.
15:25
Who's that? Double XX
15:26
Jersey City. That's
15:27
double X posi.
15:28
Mhm.
15:29
Man, Mr. Fab is here.
15:32
Is here. Yep.
15:33
Kenji is on the line from North
15:35
Carolina. Welcome to the show. We're
15:36
talking about Kenji
15:37
Fab Week 26, man. January 19th through
15:40
the 25th. All you got to do is go to
15:42
dopera.com.
15:43
It's a lot of festivities.
15:45
Yeah.
15:46
Lot of festivities. Kenji, you don't try
15:48
to make it from North Carolina.
15:51
I wish I could.
15:53
I wish I could. Can you guys Can you
15:55
guys hear me? Okay.
15:57
Yeah, we hear you loud and clear. What's
15:58
on your mind? Well, I was just when I
16:02
got in the car and I heard the song, the
16:04
one um If the world would listen, it
16:07
just kind of reminded me of a soundtrack
16:10
for the monks that are currently dur
16:13
doing the Walk for Peace across the East
16:16
Coast. If if you could like put their
16:18
mission to that music, it would be so
16:21
nice and beautiful. I I love love love
16:25
that song.
16:27
I appreciate that.
16:28
Yeah. Yeah. I I love that song and I if
16:31
they could put the Walk for Peace to
16:34
music. I think that song would be a
16:37
great addition to it.
16:40
No, I appreciate that. Uh Gua poured it
16:43
out from her soul and just having her on
16:45
there has always been a lifetime dream
16:46
of mine coming from Oakland. Um her
16:48
being, you know, the queen of Neo Soul
16:51
and being able to extend a hand and
16:53
getting on the record just talking about
16:55
some worldly things. Um, I'm glad that
16:57
it's viewed in the likeness of that of
16:59
the monks and their peace walk. And uh,
17:01
I commend all of the things that they've
17:02
dedicated their lives to for peace of
17:05
the world because it's something that's
17:06
much needed. So I appreciate your
17:08
sentiments, ma'am.
17:09
No problem.
17:10
Can they get the record?
17:11
Nope. It ain't even It's this the first
17:12
time that it's ever been played.
17:14
Oh. Oh wow.
17:16
Look, you heard what said. Uncle said I
17:18
ain't even heard it.
17:19
How you not here?
17:21
He be acting funny. Oh, but I see your
17:24
uncle.
17:26
Yo, I see that Kenji, you a citizen,
17:28
but I see a lot of times we got fabs.
17:31
This is his real uncle, man. And I want
17:33
to say I want to commend you because you
17:36
know when we when we reach a certain age
17:39
we feel like um that we we're un we
17:43
we're unimpactful like that
17:46
you know that we're oblivious to the
17:48
youth that they can't hear us you know
17:51
and I don't think that's true. I watch
17:54
you meet people where they are.
17:56
I watch you go to space spaces and
17:58
celebrate with the youth. You party with
18:00
the youth and you always leave them with
18:03
some gyms, you know. I watch you build
18:05
spaces that youth could come to and
18:07
create in, you know, and you keep going.
18:11
What is your message to people who of a
18:13
certain age that feel like they can't be
18:15
utilized to get to the youth? Um,
18:20
for me, I guess, um, I want to when I
18:24
was younger, the people that was older
18:26
than me, um, and the voices that I was
18:29
attract attracted to only told me things
18:32
that led me down deep, dark paths
18:34
of my life, you know what I mean? So,
18:36
um,
18:38
so when I when when I think about, um,
18:41
somebody older having a voice, um, I
18:44
think about trying to give them the
18:47
opposite of that.
18:48
Yeah.
18:49
You know, to, um, and to be just as
18:52
attractive to them as the street people
18:56
was to me, but don't go that route. And,
18:59
and and they show them that I've been
19:01
down that route already. um I spent 22
19:04
years getting high and going in out of
19:06
jail. So it's like I um the challenges
19:10
that's ahead of them based on the
19:12
direction that they going with their
19:14
life. I've already been down that path.
19:16
So what I try to do is I try to um
19:19
I try to be that attraction.
19:21
Yeah.
19:21
Because that attraction is what gets the
19:23
attention and then I try to give them
19:25
jewels that may not register today. Mhm.
19:28
What you getting eye off of?
19:29
Heron. You always want to be You want to
19:32
try it?
19:33
Okay. Stop asking about it.
19:38
I got a real uncle that say that [ __ ]
19:41
You want to try it?
19:44
She's so inquisitive about it.
19:47
But um but yeah, I that that
19:50
Yo, passing somebody a needle is crazy.
19:54
You go fast.
19:55
You think somebody passed me one,
19:56
right? Right.
19:57
So, it ain't that crazy as we think. And
19:59
and our kids right now, um,
20:02
we we we don't understand that
20:05
drug addiction to us look like a
20:07
homeless person.
20:08
Yeah.
20:08
It doesn't look like a young kid, 15, 16
20:10
year old taking perks, jumping out cars,
20:12
robbing old ladies with no conscience.
20:15
It does. That doesn't that to us to us
20:18
that doesn't look like a drug addict.
20:19
Yeah.
20:20
But actually, our youth are drug
20:21
addicts,
20:22
you know. Um, and they drug addicts from
20:25
people in position that gets the
20:27
attention that makes them think cuz I'm
20:29
promoting, I get high, that's something
20:31
that you should do. So, it's a lot of
20:33
people out here that's ir that's not
20:35
responsible for painting the picture
20:38
that's leading our youth down the wrong
20:39
path. And they the same people now
20:41
that's more so saying, "Hey, that
20:43
lifestyle ain't cool." Well, why you
20:45
keep promoting it like it is? Why you
20:47
keep telling our kids that's trying to
20:49
find a way in life, this is a way for
20:51
them to go? And if they look up to you,
20:54
if they admire your life, if they are
20:56
fascinated by the things you have, they
20:59
gonna mimic what they think that look
21:02
like in the position that they in to be
21:04
able to do so. So you might be able to
21:07
afford your high because you got some
21:09
things that's going on in your life that
21:11
you think is going to stay afloat to be
21:13
able to hold up that addiction that you
21:15
have. A kid don't have that option.
21:18
Yeah. He his sources his his ways of
21:22
income is so small at that young of an
21:25
age that he going to jump out and do the
21:28
things that he shouldn't be doing
21:31
to to feed a monster that's going that's
21:33
brewing inside of him and no one's
21:35
paying attention to him or you are
21:37
overlooked
21:38
and underappreciated.
21:40
The only time we pointing something out
21:42
about them is when they doing something
21:43
that we feel like they shouldn't be
21:45
doing. But we we we'll get we'll talk to
21:48
them more about what they doing wrong
21:50
than what they doing right.
21:52
They mama spend more time on their phone
21:54
than they do in conversation with them.
21:56
You know, I'm a um
21:57
cooking this morning, baby.
21:58
I'm a youth life coach.
22:00
I'm a youth life coach. I deal with the
22:02
kids every day.
22:03
You know, I go in juvenile hall. I um I
22:06
go to their schools. Um, and I'm there
22:09
for them in in the moments that in in
22:12
conversations that they too afraid to
22:15
have with their parents or other people
22:17
because um because of judgment or
22:20
because punishment either one, you know,
22:22
um when you talk to me,
22:24
I'm more so like
22:26
big brother,
22:28
you know what I'm saying? Me? Um
22:30
and that gives me like the ability to to
22:34
allow them to open up. You can't help a
22:37
person
22:38
if you can't get that person to open up.
22:40
And that take work. That take time.
22:42
Like I mean, if we wanted to talk about
22:44
Fab week 26, Fab is it is about Can you
22:48
freestyle about it and I'll throw a few
22:50
things out?
22:51
I got to throw one out.
22:52
Okay. You ready?
22:53
Yeah. Okay.
22:56
Stripper Bowl. What is it?
23:01
She want to know what the stripper bowl
23:02
is. Pre- Super Bowl. Cuz the Super
23:04
Bowl's in Fris. So now we going to do a
23:06
party, make the girls get low. Couple
23:08
poles, maybe rhymes with the disco.
23:10
Couple 304s, but you know that's how
23:12
this go. I'm just from Oakland. Cookies
23:14
like the Bisco bouncing. We shoot a
23:16
game. Pistol Mavericks or should I say
23:18
Maravic? This is the heritage. I'mma
23:20
tell the narrative. Triple boas where
23:22
they throw ones for the funs just to see
23:24
some uh tetas and buns. Okay. And I'm
23:26
probably on one. And that's Saturday the
23:28
24th. We going to be up in there with
23:30
plenty of course. And this at Desi's is
23:32
heavy. I think I gotta do better like
23:34
prey, but let me I'm sipping this tea
23:36
since I ain't ready. They singing off
23:37
the rhyme and I'm serious. And just in
23:39
case you curious, the stripper bowl
23:41
gonna have them delirious. Booty booty
23:43
booty bouncing everywhere. The players
23:45
ball. Yeah, cuz you really can't be
23:46
square. And sugarree the homie and the
23:48
pe is going to be there and rapping
23:50
forte players club. Oh yeah, I can't
23:52
forget too short ball like a who court
23:54
could have made the league but I think
23:55
that I was too short but we back up in
23:57
here when I'm doing what I do. course of
23:59
who force uh when I do it like you
24:01
source and U-Haul knock them out the
24:03
game like a Q ball huh and slip words in
24:05
just like a-haul and you dog whatever
24:07
I'm doing I'm on a l I'm stumping on the
24:10
yard got me feeling like celebrity
24:12
celebrity bowling where I'm throwing
24:13
strike strike a spare eight or nine if
24:15
you care if you really there we make a
24:17
lot of money bowling on that lane if you
24:19
got game put up some change okay I'm off
24:21
the same doing what I'm doing in the
24:23
striking right down the all in this
24:25
purple like a Viking they wonder how he
24:27
doing up the hill like a Viking I'm back
24:29
in the game when I'm rapping. It's
24:31
exciting. And I ain't even playing to
24:32
rap today. I was banner rap today. I was
24:34
really sitting back on my nana rap
24:36
today. I was really on philosophy hype.
24:38
When I was sitting back chilling with
24:40
the mic be right
24:42
comedy when I'm on E might do a little
24:45
dramdy and probably cuz I believe it's
24:47
fit my philosophy when I got a game
24:49
boardwalk park place that's a monopoly.
24:51
They ain't stopping me. And this is to
24:53
the pro me and you ain't got to like it
24:54
but you better give your props to me.
24:56
Huh? The uh game is going to be crazy
24:58
and I'm on stage doing stand up. Please
25:00
put your hands up, hands up if you don't
25:02
understand that we lay up. We said
25:03
bowling. I think you trolling. Back to
25:05
this game so we like the superintendent.
25:09
I got the power like
25:11
and the punches for the lunch. The
25:13
brunch with bougie is going to be off
25:15
the hut and we going to have everything
25:17
like uh beans, tomato, greens. Well,
25:20
something like Latifah or should I say
25:22
Patty Lavel. Oh well, it's going to be
25:24
hot as hell. Shell and we going to be up
25:26
in there with my home girl DJing,
25:28
replaying, e saying, listen what he's
25:30
saying. The brunch is on Sunday, the
25:32
game is on Monday, the bowling on
25:33
Monday, the comedy is Tuesday and
25:35
Wednesday we skating and Thursday, no
25:37
hating, but this going to be the best
25:38
show. No debating. I'm live at Yoshi's.
25:40
You know me balling with the OG. Can't
25:43
do helicopters. Rest in peace to the
25:44
Kobes. Everybody low C's. They moving so
25:47
we lowkey. Stanley, you grew up. Damn.
25:49
Now I'm a OG. Fridays the player ball.
25:51
Saturdays the car show. Late night to
25:53
strip a bowl. That's for the all though.
25:55
And who you know throw a party for seven
25:56
days. 10 events all off his own expense
25:59
don't make sense but still be moving the
26:01
high vents. Presidential status when I
26:03
pull up behind fence remind us both
26:06
souls behind this. And please be
26:07
reminded dope errors behind this. The
26:10
highness the prince turn the king still
26:12
doing his thing. Bow down and kiss the
26:14
ring and I'm studed a buted. Never ever
26:16
would I stuttered. If you buted you
26:17
might get Joe that's on a rogan hogan.
26:20
No Logan. And this is with the slogan.
26:22
The airway, not the other way. That's
26:23
the slogan. Shout out to BZ Bands, my
26:26
young man. And I love you for show. We
26:28
thug in. You know I represent the O. The
26:30
north side cold, the east side, west
26:33
side all around the globe. T got me tree
26:35
styling and I'ming meanwhile. We just
26:37
sing her patient like a shin punk. Never
26:40
been a punk off the sunk and everywhere
26:42
I go, you know I'm walking in with her.
26:44
Me and Heather torch flowing back. And
26:47
shout out to Sway and the homie King
26:48
Tech. Yeah.
26:52
It's been a while, man.
26:57
Yo,
26:58
we got it. Tracy,
27:00
is that is crazy?
27:03
Yo, that's crazy.
27:04
You was going to be running from that.
27:06
We've been in three or four spots in the
27:08
last couple days. And everywhere we go,
27:10
he keeps saying, "Man, I'm not here to
27:11
freestyle my throat. I've been
27:13
practicing."
27:15
That's why I gave him a double shot of
27:16
honey when I made his tea out there cuz
27:18
I knew the setup was coming. But I can't
27:20
tell Suede that I can't freestyle. Like,
27:23
you know what I'm saying? That you can't
27:24
like it's just
27:25
I think that would be disrespectful not
27:27
only to the culture, but to his
27:29
influence in my life for, you know,
27:31
being able to defend the things that he
27:34
said about me in the rooms that I
27:35
haven't entered and in the
27:36
conversations. And it's just paying
27:38
homage, man, to the big homie, but also
27:40
showing that, you know, hip-hop is still
27:42
alive. And even at this tender age of 22
27:44
twice, I'm still nice.
27:46
There you go, man. 444.
27:49
He's still off the top. Yo, Principal
27:51
Akbar, we want to thank you for coming
27:53
by. Akbar Cook, right? You could catch
27:56
him. He's speaking on education today. I
27:59
mean, this weekend in LA,
28:00
he is.
28:00
We got a better freestyler than u
28:03
anybody in Jersey that's from.
28:06
Wow. Now you Now you starting [ __ ]
28:09
I put fab I put FAB against anybody.
28:12
We all family. Like, what are you doing,
28:14
bro?
28:14
No, I get it.
28:15
Dr. Cook, I would love to get invite you
28:17
to uh I do an ESG, which is an emotional
28:20
support group called Thug Therapy. It's
28:22
a mental health wellness thing that we
28:24
meet bi-weekly amongst black men in the
28:27
community. Um we've had everyone from
28:28
Ryan Cougler to uh Nick Cannon to
28:32
several individuals come out and speak.
28:34
And I would love for you to share share
28:35
your thoughts. You know, the the floor
28:37
is open for men and women, but you know,
28:39
primarily we we hope to get men in to
28:41
come about and just talk about a
28:43
multitude of things, man. And then it's
28:45
just uh it's called Thug Therapy. It
28:46
stands for teaching uh healing, uniting,
28:48
and guiding. And it's just a powerful,
28:50
you know, a fraternity of black men
28:53
utilizing our resources to help. Man, I
28:55
would love to link up with you one day
28:56
and bring you out to the Bay Area, man,
28:58
to have you part of that.
28:59
I'll put you on a text,
29:00
man. That would be dope, man. That
29:01
would, you know, just spreading like cuz
29:03
we want to we just want to continue to
29:04
paint options for the youth.
29:06
I think that's the most important thing
29:07
to let them know, bro. We
29:09
for sure, man. That'll be dope, man.
29:10
Love, man. Respect the work you doing,
29:12
brother.
29:12
I haven't done it yet. I haven't done
29:14
it. So you're you're wondering why Cook
29:16
got invited before you or
29:18
No, I've been invited. He's been
29:19
invited.
29:19
Just just barely.
29:21
No, we respect busy. Don't do divide. We
29:23
family.
29:24
He just did divide.
29:25
He just told him.
29:27
That wasn't divide. That was bringing
29:28
together
29:28
an eye for a eye. I have all of us
29:30
blind.
29:30
No, I'm down. Somebody got to see it. I
29:32
see it. I see it. I got a third eye. So
29:34
I see.
29:35
What are you talking about? I got you.
29:36
I was in New York. Fab. It's on a
29:38
Thursday. I would have to miss working
29:40
with you to do it. Now we're in LA.
29:42
Please. Shout out to the Spurs. Y'all
29:44
doing real good this year. Let's change
29:46
real
29:49
amazing.
29:49
You can follow Cook at
29:50
principal_archbar.
29:52
Is this anything with these two?
29:55
She was over.
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