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Power Book III fans, this is the deep dive you’ve been waiting for! 🔥 Join Sway In The Morning as Mekai Curtis (Kanan) and London Brown (Marvin) break down the truth about Kanan's transformation and the intense family dynamics that drive Raising Kanan. From Mekai’s insights into Kanan’s journey of self-discovery to London’s heartfelt reflections on Marvin’s redemption arc, this exclusive interview peels back the layers of the most gripping season yet. Hear how 50 Cent’s vision has catapulted this series into a cultural phenomenon and get behind-the-scenes stories that reveal what makes this cast so special.
Discover how these actors connect with their characters, tackle forgiveness, and navigate the power struggles of Queens in the ‘90s. Don't miss their compelling stories about working with legends like 50 Cent and Joey Badass, plus London’s powerful testimony about resilience and faith in his career journey. This conversation is raw, inspiring, and full of the passion that makes Power Book III: Raising Kanan a fan-favorite.
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CHAPTERS:
01:22 - Mekai Curtis on Success & Kanan Role in “Power Book III”
06:15 - London Brown on Success & Marvin Role in “Power Book III”
13:47 - Origin of London Brown's Name
17:57 - 50 Cent's Influence on Your Career
19:30 - Similarities Between You and Your Character
21:42 - Listener Love: Fat Boy from Florida
23:33 - Collaborating with Dwayne Johnson
31:00 - Transition from Ballers to Power Book III
33:48 - Importance of Forgiveness
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Heather be talk to me homie yeah I get people who call me it's it's very rare people call me to talk about you know
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the new season of a series right and I sat up yesterday and talked all day with my brother shahim Reed salute to shahim
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reah all right yo shahim talks about this series like it's his real life bro
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because Shah from Queens and it's a queen thing it's a queen queen you know them queens dudes oh my God you know and
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so we about power book three season 4 man that was the trailer big round of applause raising Kanan right salute to
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50 Cent man this whole power Series has become a phenomenon over the years I
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don't even know how many branches there are now uh but one of the things it does is it introduces a lot of great talented
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thespians that otherwise may not get the opportunities to play the roles that we see people playing um in this series and
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one is with us today man I want to say salute him have to be yeah I think he's a jersey guy is that true I think so I
1:04
think he's might might a jersey guy potentially well lock your cars cuz you
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know what jersey does all right uh he first came on the scene in 2013 when
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people start really checking him out on the rest of development took a guest appearance to lead him to a lead role
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right now on power book three raising Canon I want to welcome him to the show The One and Only Maki Curtis is
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here finally here morning we here we here man bro you you
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were born the year I started working at MTV oh my God no he was not wow 2000
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2000 Heather that's the year I New Millennium baby no no funny [ __ ] wow we
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just going to get that out the way okay cool all RightWay was just started working at MTV in 2000 I remember
1:54
filling out loan applications to buy a house for a bank wow from the bank that's what I like I was grown grown in
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2000 wow you look at this guy now man it it must be really um ironic for you
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because first of all congratulations on all your success you know um Omari you
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know Hardwick is one of our good friends brother that's our brother and when he got the role as ghost you know that
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really uh catapulted his career right and we saw his trajectory since so you know this series can help make stars and
2:30
but you got to step up to the plate absolutely right and I know it's kind of semi-autobiographical about 50 Cent and
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and his uprise and his taken place in Queens at a time uh when he was coming up but the way you portray Kanan man I
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want to give you a round of applause I know you've been recognized you know for your for your gifts I know you received
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accolades for your gifts man I I I just want to know someone who was born in the
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year 2000 damn what does it feel like d
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damn what does it feel like man you're on every major platform people know your name now I'm I'm sure they recognize
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you're a handsome man bro you know it translates in person so the Glam Squad
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you know has nothing to do with what we see today what is it like living your dream right now bro it's a dream man
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it's it's a blessing you know I just I wake up every day I put one foot in front of the other and I get to you know
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share what I've been put here to to share I mean and that's that's through the different Avenues that's through
3:31
Kanan that's through any other role I take on that's through the music that's through just having a conversation just
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just vibing out and you know running into people that I that I really rock with and respect what's your regiment
3:43
man because when you when you get into the public eye man you kind of got to you got to filter out all the energy
3:49
that come your way oh yeah you know man do you do you do you have a regiment now of how what kind of people let in your
3:55
inner circle as opposed to not do you have to stay away because you're in that Spotlight now it's not even a spotlight
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thing I think whenever you value your like peace as a person as an individual
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you know I mean your inner circle will reflect that and I think this is no
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exception to that you know I mean like I I run into like Minds I run into um
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similar hearts and similar Spirits okay um you know I just again like we was talking about earli I try to just stay
4:23
alert and aware to those things so I can be grateful for it in that moment and and hopefully keep that same sort of
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thing going you know a lot of folks your in your age group um did what we didn't do went to therapy and have been through
4:35
therapy and so when I hear someone your a speak like that I'm thinking wow how grounded this young man is you know um
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was therapy ever a part of your process I think therapy looks different for different people I mean I think some
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people can uh you know uh I think professional health does help you know I mean I think it can give you the the
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pieces to uh compartmentalize and be able to you know cycle through thoughts and
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understand that emotions aren't or feelings aren't always facts you know emotions are real that's that's part of
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my job is is being emotional and vulnerable but um you know therapy is is
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[ __ ] stuff like you know therapy therapy stuff like it's like Barber Shop talks
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it's sitting down with you know aunts and uncles and and whoever is in your inner circle you know I mean just
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bouncing that sort of stuff off of them and and getting multiple perspectives and and it's it's taking inventory
5:33
everything that's going on and how you feeling about it and and moving forward with that see that's what I'm saying
5:38
Heather when we was 25 we didn't even know terminology like that part honestly it's all it's all in Access right like I
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think you know that information has always been there for us and everybody but I think going back to you know the
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digital Age and and just how much uh people are able to find the the
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knowledge on your phone yeah at it's there now so it's like and we have the
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platforms where people are starting to share that even more so that's that's really where it's at man I mean like you just have other people around that kind
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of push and Inspire that sort of that sort of frequency that sort of vibe really I like that maai Curtis is here
6:16
look did the late guy ride he my man London Brown leg in the building look at
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the legend the legend look at there he goes there he goes see n look how he
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walked in the room roed in the room like per look at I ain't even look at him man
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I don't even I don't even need to be here no more man where where you at man where you at man come on man let me get a pound man come on man pause you know
6:39
what that you know what I me what up come on what we doing man
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come on you going love one come on man have a seat man well thank you for
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making it London we really appreciate you lown London Brown I knew going up I
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knew he going to show up why wouldn't you think I would show up man shut up bro I was trying to rush out the house early to to like I man look we here we
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here yo London welcome to the show man man I I ain't got ain't got nothing to say going throw the cans on here to he
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the whole bro this guy came in with a whole man that colog is loud bro what is that
7:17
it smell good what is that some stuff I actually I make my own okay low key I lowkey make this so it's a little I'm
7:24
sorry you sell it on my pores open is why you smell it I'm sorry my
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who said this that's Tracy G Straight Ahead straight new yorkut up it's the truth be
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quiet in the name of Jesus be quiet smell Jesus hold on wait look m i i i
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make money jacket uhhuh look at baby money green you already but you see the
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nice ENT in the pants though too like it a I see what you diday layers layers
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it I like it tell a story hey was he was Maki like this when y'all first met no
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no no when I first met him he was wearing sweats and and kids I still I
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still I still wear he had no sideburns crazy yeah no
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no no he was he uh to go into this bro has always been um he's been great man
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yeah as as a lead as a lead of the show bro was humble prepared professional
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super cool you know that's because I've been seeing all these um I repost when
8:36
people watch the show and and uh and because I haven't watched the show officially I need to I need to sit down
8:42
and watch the show but I know what's going on because of people repost and people ask me all the time you know hey
8:47
how's it working with the cast uh you know humbly this this
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brother man not only has he grown within the show as as an age and as an actor
8:59
but it it I mean man if I had to I have no problem
9:05
uh serving my space as him as the lead
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okay oh man bro is great K it right bro is great just as a person and on the
9:16
show that's that's dope too okay as a person is that rare though you I mean the way you say it like when you know
9:22
not everybody's great on the set right sometimes you run into those people um don't look the lead in the eye
9:31
go bro it get weird it gets weird this bro man this guy man he's stand up guy I
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I I really um you know because he obviously on the show he plays my nephew
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uhuh but I see him as not that not to son him you know cuz I'm I'm older than
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him not to son him by no means you're bringing the age up God man you because we impressed by
9:56
you I'm messing with y a real thing man I'm like bro is bro is
10:03
good in here and that's what I I liked about and not to take over it
10:08
any but that's the thing about this cast made it so uh dope because everybody you
10:16
know cool you know this guy's this a good guy bro yeah it's a good guy I mean
10:23
I've said it to you before but you know cuz I call you and all that stuff man I appreciate I appreciate you bro you've
10:29
been you've been a great lead without no attitude no ego no weirdness yeah and
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that's what I check for when when working on a project is or with anything with people in life are going to a room
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I said who who feels weird now I ain't nobody yeah under what
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God is I'm I'm I'm I'm nobody but I'm saying when I walk into a room I'm always checking to see who going to act
10:56
who got some sort of thing here he come and I ain't nobody I'm nobody to what
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God is yeah this brother man Makai is solid Mak
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solid and patina and Haley we got some solid C I got some solid people man it
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get weird in my my room right here London so sometimes happen you can't I
11:20
gave him a hug I gave right I can't hug you no you can't you at my house every
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day bro like what you want like it's no more hugging for him but I AG you reach
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a point I get understand you know it happens I agree with London though I want to say so all right this was one of
11:37
those nights for me I was out partying in New York City lit drunk it was open bar and I see maai there but I'm so
11:46
drunk I I don't I got my dates confused now I see Power book on our calendar for
11:53
the cast so I see maai I'm like y you coming to the show tomorrow yeah I know
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you don't even remember clearly we was both party time you're coming to the
12:05
show tomorrow I'm just want to welcome you early we F to the show it's going to be lit yo I get to work and it's the
12:13
other cat it's power book too it's Tariq was that was that Michael
12:19
it's it's it's the next yeah it's Tariq and everybody else to the show I was
12:25
like oh my gosh if I ever run into Makai again he's gonna be like who the hell
12:30
was that drunk girl lady there it was Patty lael's 80th birthday party oh oh
12:36
wow okay see you said that now now it's coming back now I I yeah yeah that was a good time that was that was that was oh
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you was there I was there yeah okay I thought she was so drunk this still a little hazy but I was there for it was
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open yo London it was like Pat knew how to throw a party she knew how to throw a party and what glad night was glad night
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everybody was there shout out to to glad I her she was under had the flu or Co or
13:00
something shout out to peace be upon glattus you know as far as her her health and all that good stuff so wow I
13:07
thought I thought he was nice though he this one he was still so nice like that
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was the thing because people walk up they a lot of people were crowding you everybody was just really happy to see
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you and I just watched him gracefully you know take pictures and and do
13:23
everything it was just beautiful I think I even asked for a PCT like I was tall but I remembered how nice you were and
13:30
got to work two days later I was like oh [ __ ] that was where he at that that's that that wasn't the cast that was
13:36
theast wasn't who I was talking to talking we got him here today oh he give
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him a round of applause Mai Curtis the real one and London
13:47
Brown you do radio right or you done radio no I you I'mma tell you where where my real lendon Brown Instagram
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came from is because um I I was at one point I was touring with
14:01
Chris Tucker shout out to Chris Tucker yo shout out to Chris I just saw him at the airport last week bro that's my guy
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yeah yeah always see Chris so shout out to Chris Tucker and I remember at the
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time when inam this early Instagram I was trying I didn't I didn't have an Instagram so I was trying to figure out what my name was going to be so he had
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real C Tucker so I just went with real London Brown you know and I was I was
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touring with him and that's where they came from but also in a
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manifestation space I was like I knew some fake accounts were going to come
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about as I contined to ascend so I went with real Lon Brown so anyway shout out
14:41
to Chris Tucker that's my guy man where would you Chris man when I when I see Chris he ain't one of those people that
14:47
you got to turn away not look in the eye you know what I mean like that brought up you know he don't nothing weird about Chris man he's probably one of the most
14:54
approachable people I don't hear his name enough in the greatest category you
14:59
know when people say when they talk about standup and Comedians and actors or comedians who are also actors where
15:05
would you place in your book Chris Tucker I for me uh I remember early on I
15:13
remember in high school I liked how Chris Tucker's career went as far
15:20
as being a standup and then ascending to film yeah you know and then but you know
15:27
just being able to work with him I was in the club shout out to D Davis D out Chicago I'm at The Improv I'm not
15:35
even up this night um so I'm in the club supporting my
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friend shout out to Brandon Lewis I'm supporting my friend from Atlanta cop County and Chris Tucker shows up to work
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out D says hey yo Chris Chris is on stage have you seen London Chris says I
15:55
ain't seen nobody with you over you know thing so D's you know uh he he asked me
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I'm sorry Chris was on stage D asked me off to the side he said man has he seen your set I said no he you know me I met
16:09
him once uh at the seavo this is La Manchester I'm real La guy so if you
16:15
know La then that's where that is anyway long story short D says hey Chris you
16:21
need to check out London he uh D grabs me by the shoulders pushes me on
16:28
stage why wow Chris allows me to do a quick five minutes of my little stick
16:34
and we exchanged numbers I didn't hear from him for about a month and then he gives me a call say Hey you know
16:41
basically long story short he called around checked on my energy see what my if my vibe was right and what if I
16:47
whatever my funny was and um he allowed me to get on tour with them and I tour
16:53
with them I think like for like three years we went to Canada and everywhere anyway wow peace to Chris Tucker Chris
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Tucker but he the thing that he did uh bestow upon me was um stay
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humble uh keep God first and stay focused there you go and he he that
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still resonates in my brain just to you know um stay focused keep God first and
17:20
you know stay humble bro is just cuz you don't see Chris don't mean Chris ain't working
17:26
Chris stay working Chris know everybody yeah man he know everybody he stayed working and trust me he ain't broke he
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no Chris Chris was getting 20 million a shot he bro you know cuz I remember even
17:41
he joked about it on stage about the about the taxes and I remember there's some news about him in the
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T Chris is good Chris is Chris is good Chris is good shout out to Chris man I
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don't want I don't want go into all that but Chris is good shout out to Chris Tucker man I just wanted to make sure we put light on him um Kai Curtis I'm
17:59
curious to has there been a a Chris Tucker figure in your life that gave you a break or would that be 50 about say I
18:07
think that's I think that's Mr 50 Cent Mr 50 Cent round of app think I see him with I be look I said what is what what
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is over there's Makai with 50 everywhere they be at the
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games be at the games be at the parties they be at the North
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Pole I be like it be I'm like him him and 50 be with Santa Claus
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yo 50 m be hanging yo you play drums right you went on the road with him
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right um it wasn't on the road I played I played uh when he did um strength of a woman with um with Mary J yeah at
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barklay he had me come out play little quick little one two with him that was kind of cool that was fun I'm not it I'm
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underselling that like [ __ ] it was it was man come this is it man celebrate yourself brother it's time man right
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remind you I'm remind you next timeo okay I got okay go who was that like playing with
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50 come on man I mean that's that's another dream right there man I'm I'm I'm I'mma talk him about bro
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got bro got chops you know little something or whatever you know I mean I've been I've been playing drums and
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music a little longer than I've been acting so I guess you know I'm I'm kind of nice at you're nice with it right
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some okay I like this man give give it up for Maki Curtis absolutely y your story your story arch with um Kanan I I
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I was curious because I look at the Kanan story arc you know of how now he's
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coming to his own you know button head with his moms but now he's coming to his own he's getting the ladies getting the
19:45
power is growing and I look at you as an actor you coming into your own now you know getting lead roles you know and um
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got probably a lot of people after you do do you see the similarities I'm going to say no because
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Kanan is totally no no no I I truthfully in in trajectory um yeah you know what I
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mean in establishing who you are as a as an individual in the world uh as you
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wake up every day and pick up more information um I think that's a lot of the stuff that Makai does and he starts
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to apply it the same way that Kanan does you know every day he's getting answers to questions about the world around him
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about uh the stuff that his mother has kind kind of built for him to to follow
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and learn and understand and as he gets the actual answers to that he builds his own his own reality his own world his
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own truth and his own identity uh with those sort of things you know I mean that's that's that's the similarity I
20:45
see that's what's happening for you right now yeah man you know I think that's I think that's truthfully just the story of anybody growing up anybody
20:54
experience in life um you know the show is it's a family drama so you see
20:59
just a family deal with everyday occurrences it just so happens that their occurrences and their life takes
21:05
place in '90s Southside Jamaica Queens and we know you know how gritty gritty
21:10
grimy grungy that time was um and that's really all you seeing here is just how a
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mother protects her son how a son protects his mother how his uncles crazy
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uncle I mean the whole family crazy thing you think about it but how his uncle's also play into that and how uh
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you know this whole world this nucleus that Raquel as the the matriarch of the family has built and and what you know
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the soldiers around her are willing to do to to uphold that yeah man I love it man we got a fat boy on the line from
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Florida man say what's up to London say what's up to Maki fat boy that's your [Applause]
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name we just time sway oh fat boy okay all right what up fat
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boy what's going on man first I want to say peace and blessings to all y'all man Big Ups to everything you guys do on and
22:04
off screen thank you brother oh you got a question for I have no question I just want to
22:10
give props to all y'all for everything man I'm I'm a I'm a real big Avid watch of TV but there's very few shows that I
22:17
get involved in and your guys' show I get involved when I say you can get it's very few shows that get people in their
22:23
emotions and your show does that for for me for my wife and everybody else I talk to about it after the shows you leave
22:29
EDG hangers you literally have us waiting for the next next episode next season I really don't sign up for stars
22:35
until y'all come back home damn that's a fact that's crazy that's a fact though yo he sound like he sound my mom I got
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to I got to cut my mom cable on just for the stars and then it be off again hey
22:48
man that's love B do we appreciate absolutely that's what we do it for you said you know you get in the emotions
22:53
get in that bag that's that's what we do it for we wear it so y'all can wear it too and they you know on a basic man
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thanks for keeping us employed man word that's what's up man listen y'all thanks for keeping us entertained thanks for
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showing the real the realness in what goes on in everyday family Dramatics I
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know everybody family ain't involved in the dope game but everybody has issues and problems yes sir that's right yes
23:16
sir like the relationship between Marvin J and you know what I mean just hey y'all killing it bro y'all killing the
23:22
game and shout out to F50 forgiving everybody props and the way to shine word I appreciate all right fat boy I
23:28
appreciate you man uh give it up for fat boy 888 742 3345 Lundy you worked with
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uh the rock too right yeah uh shout out to Dwayne Johnson had a chance to do a
23:39
series called um Ballers Ballers HBO man dude said it like nobody know itance to
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do little series called Ballers listen I don't assume people listen are you
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kidding me bro you you know this is what it is man here here's a real here's a real
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thought I'm from South Central LA right I went to Washington High School real you know just regular dler worked in the
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after school program I remember having $28 in my account so when I get a call
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shout out to Chris Spencer I get a call from Chris Spencer telling me hey man have you audition for Ballers said no
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hey they looking for you they trying to I was on my my my brother's in my
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brother's room on his floor drained um just from working and trying to live
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life mhm I get a called aition Let me show let me tell you how good God is and
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I don't want to go there for the people that don't go there but for those who know yeah I'll get a call they say hey
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man do this audition I ain't got no agent I ain't got no manager I'm just we
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curse on here yeah do your thing man I'm just some [ __ ] on my brother's floor M
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and then we do the clean version so for the clips yeah yeah I'm let keep let me keep it clue I'm some brother on my I'm
25:05
some brother on my brother's floor radio edit boy I know I got to do this for the sound
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sound so I I I I do the audition I drive the Santa Monica I do the
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audition and then I I get a call back I do like seven call backs and um and then
25:24
after like two month it was seven callbacks and then like two months it just got quiet I'm working in the after school program
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at the time my sister is my boss shout out to
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Asian um and then I get a call I'm in the gym they say hey man uh let you know
25:42
we would like you for the part also want to make you a lead he said I said man
25:48
thank you he said are are you excited I said yeah man this is I'm I'm this is my version of excited which was this T here
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right yeah he said he said you have any you have any kids or obligations here I said man all I got is some hats I ain't
26:02
got no kids and I took my hat in my couple pair of shoes and I go to Miami
26:08
but the God thing in this because I don't want to it's not about me I I want
26:13
to be self agonizing but the cool thing about that was I tell actors inspiring
26:20
actors sometimes you feel like it has to be a certain particular thing and that's
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why God tells us to you know sometime we need to have like uh have this childlike
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Faith which is when children ask you for things they ask their parents to say hey
26:38
I want a bike they're not worrying about how many hours the mom got to work how it's going to fit in the car they just
26:45
say I want a bike and they expect a bike and I think sometimes as adults we forget to just believe in that sort of
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thing which is man I was I was taking some acting some free acting classes
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improv class off La and uh Sunset some
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little I mean when I tell you free I mean just free free free shout out I don't know
27:10
who who he was the white man was but I was in this classes I found out from my
27:15
comedian friends I was working the clubs at the time and but the point is is just
27:21
I was moving in anticipation so the whole story that's why I know how God
27:27
said to up man he purposely made sure he removed everybody including Chris Tucker
27:35
no negative no negativity but meaning he didn't he wanted to make sure that I didn't give no props to nobody about how
27:43
I got that project yeah that was that was strictly God it was so beneficent to
27:48
just do that for me where he said all right you know what I'm make sure he not on tour he got $28 in his account he
27:56
work in these comedy clubs for for free and he stand in all everything I own was in my mother's garage and in my trunk so
28:03
when I got that part that's the first half of it yeah just getting it without the agent and
28:09
all of that stuff the next part going time us back to your question about Dwayne and the whole
28:15
situation season one all my scenes were across Dwayne playing across from Dwayne
28:21
Johnson wow so even if you didn't know who I was yeah you had to see who I was
28:28
because I was playing across the way John at know he was
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I'm I almost get choked up pause thinking about it because and I got you
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ain't got to pause I got got to do it with a do but I'm just saying all my scenes were playing with Dwayne Johnson
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so I was supposed to be a a one episode two episode idea uhhuh best friend yeah
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end the no only being in all in all five seasons but I my first Seasons I played
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across from D Wayne so he was the the pro and I was the antagonist
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so it just the way it laid out I always try to tell actors and and people I say
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man sometimes man just make sure you're ready for what it is because sometimes
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and and and I want to be verose about this but sometimes you know people be there the big thing now
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is to uh manifest you know vision boards and stuff like this yeah but sometimes
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people don't get what it is that they're manifesting or praying for because there
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are some character things that got to be developed so that they can handle the thing that they're asking for keep
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nodding you feeling that he a here preaching I know he was going there I know he get it because that's why he's
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blessed yeah because M Makai we couldn't have had a better lead this brother I've seen him in photos
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with ls of other people who also have names and there's a different sort of light on my bro bro you he the other
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people they're all they all got names I've seen them in in different events I've seen him Courtside and I've seen
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him at the parties and social events bro got a special light I'm not
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surprised that he led the show the way that he did with with with the kind of character that he did people ask how to
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how the energy of the show is a reflection of our star yeah now granted
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rock is the lead of the show as far as she's she's the one but he's all he's
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the one too yeah you know so I I I always give them their flowers shout out to Patina Miller patina Miller patina
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Miller Rock excep exceptional shout out to the pro
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we got some great people yeah that we I I'm humbly work with some great cats man so going
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off into that but back into this pause you know when I think about coming from
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that show just to be able to go from one Le uh go from one hit show uhuh to work
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to go right into can because my agency they hit me with the phone this the
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small part so after Ballers ended yeah 2019 I get this
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call uh Hey London how's it going say yo everything's cool man I'm thinking they
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really are concerned yeah I say hey you know everything's going I'm just I'm working the clubs and and yeah yeah nice
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nice nice Hey listen uh we kind of feel you know we it's a lot going on for you
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probably we need to you know long story short we need to part ways oh
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wow now mind you after the first season I connected with my my my manager shout
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out to sha sh is so shout out to Shana so my point is that afterwards my I parted
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ways with the with the agency they stop believing they stopped believing the work was any big agency I don't want to
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say no names the big agency top two he said you know hey we you know we just
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need to you know be too too large of an agency for you my manager said the time
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she said hey don't worry about it we going things going to fall in I'm stick with you things will fall in place I end
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up shooting some film um uh I think telman Hood 3 or
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something and T telman Hood 3 and then Robbie Reed call me shout out to Robbie Reed peace oh man peace and blessing to
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Robie re casting agents right got a lot of love Robie Reed so I I do I play
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um boozy Collins so you know I I do a little bit of music so I learn I learn
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the music stuff on the bass and I go shoot and do that and then I met with my agent
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uh my new agent Jason and uh you know we we connected and he sent me says hey man
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I got this project called raising Kanan I didn't know raising Kanan I didn't
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even know I was part of the power Universe yeah until after the pandemic
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uhuh I because I saw that power was finishing yeah and I
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remember being in New York for some press or something and I saw the Billboards saying that power was done I
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didn't know I was a part of the the thing the situation I just I was like
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okay raising Canan like okay read the sides and let me book some work you know
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and then it it landed out and wow I ended up working with this incredible guy I love your story man give it up for
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London brown man it's a testimony it is Tracy G you want to jump jump in yeah um
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Let Me Tell yall a little secret we've had so many of your peers from all the
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other iterations of power on the show everyone and I love it I am hooked in
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the power Universe raising Kanan is my favorite save I'm not saying that just
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because you guys and I think it comes down to um
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it's a very spicy family Dynamic like y'all said and you know maai who plays
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Kanan and London who plays Marv it's interesting because you guys have such Stark transformation
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but they're so different like Kanan starts off very wide eyed warm-hearted
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and then we see him warping into someone who's narrow-minded and coldblooded and
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then on the flip end you see Marv who starts off very Reckless and hotheaded
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and now he someone that you know is practicing what he's learned in therapy and is trying to gain accountability but
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what your characters both have in common one of the things is wrestling with forgiveness
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I would say Kanan forgiving his mom and then Marv on the side of wanting to
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receive forgiveness from his daughter if there was someone out there who watches
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power and is having challenges with forgiving a family member maybe
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specifically a parent from what you've learned from both of y'all characters
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what would you share with that person maybe starting with you Maki forgive yourself first so
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you can learn why how like how all the things
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affected you and you can learn to give whatever that Grace is to whoever you're
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trying to forgive you know I mean it doesn't mean forget definitely don't mean forget but you have to get to a
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space of not torturing yourself to the point of like trying to make somebody else feel it for real that's at least
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what I've learned you know what I mean I think that kind of is what Kanan is doing as he's learning more about
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himself he's also learning and understanding what he's around
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and adapting to it adjusting um and just moving accordingly that's that's really
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what it is forgive yourself first him to answer that and it's Kanan
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voice you need to go home and watch TV bro like just go watch the [ __ ] on TV
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just like came out let me tell you like this you got you got to learn to forget yourself first
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that was perfect I'm dead um what about you
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London say this foret all of that right here no you
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know I I think that that's why I'm so glad that shout out to Sasha pin word up
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the pin Sasha the pin the pin come on man what that's a great I like I'm
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saying that's that's my nickname for him since season one that that's dope man Sasha dpin and the team of riders you
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know I'm I'm so glad that they not only did they they Arc the show cuz sometimes you
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blessedly we got we we've been having our Seasons but sometimes the show the
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the writing Can it can do a weird thing after two seasons they want to go someplace different yeah but I'm so glad
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I'm telling you man as they they wrote this show and it just gets better and better and they keep diving
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into these characters so that is to say that with Marvin and
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all these characters uh with Kanan and so forth we we get to see them go
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someplace different from season one in season one we there's a scene where um
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Marvin the stash house is being uh you know uh is
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being approached and um when I go in
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there to defend my or to protect the stash house and look out for my nephew Marvin Marvin looks out for his nephew
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there's a scene where Marvin takes out The Intruders and we see Kanan you know
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vomiting because he can't even handle the sight of gunshot and blood and so forth but when you see the way that
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charact kanan's character arcs he become he becomes lowkey Marvin he he
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internalizes the this he a and there's no fear there's no fear in what was was
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going on and and and even Marvin you know people thought he was just a
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guy Reckless and eating snacks
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I I understand that but when you get into as you continue to follow the story
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you realize that these characters are real people yeah they're not just he's not just some character we aren't just
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some characters a nephew and Uncle that's e eating and and a nephew that's just ring ring around in in the streets
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and the cuz people ask me all time said man why you know the show has started off
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slow you know it's going on even with this season it's kind of starting off slow I said that's called good riding
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yeah we we got to bring we got to bring y'all along so that have we came out the
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gate shoot them up bang bang and and car crack we got to slow we got to slow it
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down so people become invested into the lives of these characters so that when
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when Kanan or when Marvin at season one people were just really bothered with with Marvin and
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that sort of thing and I said hold on they said you know man we can't why the dudes like this and then by the time we
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as we the characters as our characters develop you say man oh because everybody's asking me like man we I
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don't really see I don't see Kan and in them I said hold on yeah wait let it
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breathe as human beings as human beings as you understand human beings the
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people that are in jail they didn't start off as criminals or as whatever they in got whatever they that ended
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having them end up in jail they didn't start off that way at one point they was
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5 years old at one point they was living in the projects or they was going to school life and in our experiences
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develop us into who we become yeah and so when we watch when when the audience watch these characters they see this
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transition of Marvin becoming somebody say man you know what he not he does
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snack a lot I understand that but you say oh shoot you know what he really does care about his daughter uhhuh he
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really does he got the therapy we see Maki he was he was an innocent kid at first Marvel was like hey come do this
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run with me he man don't worry about it Hey listen tell your mouth don't worry about that and we see by the time y'all
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get in season four you start to see forget season four season three yeah you
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start to see Kanan he he he calling shots yeah that's
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my it's character development and story development so anyway I get excited about this no no as you should man Round
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of Applause I love y' passion about the show shout out to to Joey Badass man
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people thought he was going to be you know wasn't going to be on the show remember that like the public the public
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was like wait man got mad right yeah social outrage for sure for sure for sure for sure I love how Joey kept it
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going though like during the fashion we how dides it did were you mad reading it about he's like man you know it is what
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it is I had to go do some touring you know and it worked out so perfectly we
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had yo I love that about it it it was great it was great it was dope right what do you rank Joey as MC oh come on
41:52
Joy's up there do Joey Joey spits bars shout Joey and that song he had with Chris Brown it's one of my favorite
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songs off his album uh I think I can't what the album is U one of his latest
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albums I told I had I I text him and I say yo man I love this he Mak some good records man no no Joey Badass and he's a
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tremendous actor too man that transition was great fellas we running out of time
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but um damn he's having fun on take another call man damn it Gman in the Bronx man what you want to say g manam y
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what's up guys happy happy happy Tuesday um Tuesday man I just wanted yeah I just
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wanted to say that I watch all the power shows um London Brown I've seen you on that uh I forgot the name of it on HBO
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Ballers agent with yeah man that that was that that was a great show and
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you're acting I just want to tell both of you guys your acting is extraordinary
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man I needed I had I had to call in and let you know man you guys play you guys
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play your parts are good and and the way um Kai just did it right now when he answered that
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question how he changed his voice into into the voice of the the character it
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was amazing man I love you guys you guys are great love hey G man thank you for your call man salute to Stars too man
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that's the best thing going for stars you know um believe it or not and make sure you give 50 what he want but I look
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at his trajectory where he was where we talk about who he his life and who he's
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become that's a that's a plottable you know uh what he's been what he's been able to do
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moving for I mean you come on building his own [ __ ] and the opportunity he's given all of you and all all of those
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who come under this brand and the other things that he's done but salute to you guys proud of you man I just look at you
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forgive me for just like you know I've seen you in Disney y'all look like y you're murderer
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you know I know right that's why they put us on the show together I remember when we first did like our camera test like day one everybody was like damn
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like this came together better than we thought understand I didn't meet him until I was
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on set cuz usually before we do a chemistry test so I we just met and it it clicked so that's what so important
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for people to understand that if we were playing college students day one that didn't know each other the awkwardness
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could be can play on but we had to be family at that table so it was important
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for us whatever y'all saw we was real cool with each other cuz that was that was the truth whatever you saw was the
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truth yeah yeah man day one what's up man man give it up for Makai Curtis
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London brown man these guys are super talented season 4 is here man power book
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three raising Kanan make sure you get up on it if you Ain get that app get that app for at least for the series
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