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Michael Rainey Jr. Reveals the True Power Behind Tariq! | SWAY’S UNIVERSE
Sep 27, 2024
Subscribe to Sway's Universe for an inside look into the world of rising star Michael Rainey Jr.! In this captivating episode of Sway In The Morning, Michael reveals the true power behind his iconic character, Tariq St. Patrick. Through exclusive interviews, Michael shares his journey from a supporting role in "Power" to leading "Power Book II: Ghost," discussing how his character evolved from hated to understood. Dive into Michael's off-screen ventures as an entrepreneur and learn about his lessons in ownership from 50 Cent. Hear firsthand about his upcoming projects, including a thrilling horror movie! Don't miss this unprecedented interview filled with insights and personal stories that showcase Michael's growth and ambition. Stay tuned for more exclusive content and follow Sway’s Universe for the latest in hip-hop and entertainment. CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Michael Rainey Jr. on Career Evolution and Power Book II 00:32 - Michael Rainey Jr. on Tariq St. Patrick's Character Development 05:25 - Michael Rainey Jr. on Owning Restaurant and Dispensary in Jamaica 09:13 - Michael Rainey Jr. on Parental Support and Importance of Ownership 13:39 - Michael Rainey Jr. on Being Typecast in Hollywood 16:02 - Michael Rainey Jr. on His New Horror Movie Project 20:05 - Michael Rainey Jr. on Shape Shifter Experience 23:30 - Michael Rainey Jr. on His Television Experience 28:08 - Shameless Plug for Upcoming Projects 28:17 - Michael K. Williams Wins First Emmy Award 28:36 - Michael K. Williams on His First Appearance on Sway’s Universe Subscribe Here! http://bit.ly/SubscribeSU Watch the Best of Sway In The Morning! http://bit.ly/BestOfSITM Check out More From Sway’s Universe http://swaysuniverse.com
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sit next to us is a man who got multiple
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bet nominations as well uh I want to say
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four or five he got NAACP image award at
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nomination as well U namic award as well
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uh he's a producer ladies and gentlemen
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he's not only just a producer he's a
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entrepreneur ladies and
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gentlemen entrepreneur he's a thesan
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ladies and gentlemen he's not just a
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thespian he's a aist ladies and
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gentlemen we want to welcome back to the
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show give it up for Michael rainy Jr
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man to be here oh man hey man I I see
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you man I I get happy I appreciate that
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yeah you walk in the room people feel
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good about themselves man I appreciate
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that when you hear me and I'm not even
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naming all your accolades but when you
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start hearing these things pile up these
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nominations that's just a reflection of
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the work you put in m and and you
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reflect back on the time when you didn't
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have to work in the nominations right
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what do you how does that make you feel
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man it's surreal you know it's like who
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would have thought like I definitely
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didn't think you know you know the the
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path that my career went like I didn't
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think it was going to be you know the
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way it is now you know what I'm saying
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like start like even just starting off
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on on on power you know I was just you
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know kind of like my character was kind
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of like filling in space you know just
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highing by you know and then like season
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like two to three is kind of like when
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they they kind of started rolling the
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dice on me you know they started giving
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me a lot more responsibility and after
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that it's kind of just like everything
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else was history you know it just
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started
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developing developing more and more and
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here we are here we are m m Michael
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Randy Jr here we are and the character
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Tariq is so you're a iconic you you
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you're behind an iconic character now
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like when we think of belly and
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different movies we watched in the past
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now we think of your character and the
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and the evolution of this character it's
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a polarizing character y I mean people
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hated Tariq Tariq St Patrick baby now
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when you get see bad kids in the hood
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you call them Tariq call them Tariq hell
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yeah you see boys disrespecting their po
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you it's like houseway houseway how's
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that
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even it's F El
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down throw that in there well I'm just
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tell the truth okay n but but then also
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now it seem like people are shifting to
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your favor tariq's favor
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right what what how do you explain that
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I think it's I think it's like them
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seeing the reasoning behind all his
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actions now like in power like he was
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just you know just doing stuff off
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reaction you know off being upset at his
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family upset at his dad and stuff like
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that off of the stuff that he's hearing
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from Kanan or whatever you know but in
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in in ghost book to he's kind of like
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he's more calculated you know he has
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reasons you know as to why he has to do
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the things that he's doing now you know
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what I'm saying he got to take care of M
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he got to take care of yasine and
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Grandma so I feel like when people see
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that he's actually trying to take care
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of his family and it gives them like
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something to resonate with like resonate
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you know so feel like them just seeing
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him like you know he's intentionally
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like moving with intention and he's
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really doing stuff for his family like
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okay now we're kind of like on his side
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a little bit cuz he's not doing as much
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of nonsense so does this mean that you
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also at times had the same opinion as a
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lot of viewers like where you were not
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feeling Tariq as well all the time what
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especially the when when um when it's
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the when it's the uh the funeral funeral
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scene and then tells Dre like yo they on
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you like and he and he messes up the
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whole operation cuz they was about to
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get Dre up out of there like and then
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Tariq went to save him and I'm like I'm
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reading the script and like during the
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table read I'm like nah no way y'all got
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me doing this bro like I'm like bro
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nobody is about to like me bro I'm like
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nah son y'all taking it too far yeah the
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reason I was asking is because sometimes
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actors are able to like empathize with
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their character so I didn't know how
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deeply you took it no for sure like me I
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would empathize with him sometimes but
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then again I like bro what are you doing
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like I can't really get with you on this
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like this is crazy so it's like you know
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it's it was a 50/50 for me he be bugging
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but then again like he be having a point
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sometimes but then again he'd be bugging
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so it's like I don't know I but he's
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very smart though he's always clever and
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smart you you I feel like you have that
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clever and smart right um in real life I
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know Tariq also got um was it Diana
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pregnant MH
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mhm he moving crazy he's moving crazy
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right now man he's having unprotected
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sex dude crazy di moving crazy too yeah
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she is she like like do you really like
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wait what you mean like yeah like this
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not the time for that like you trying to
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try again already like yo chill out
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chill out right but but but then you
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have to how much do you know about
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fatherhood you know what I mean like you
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got to you know
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what like my
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almost how going to be a pop like how is
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he going to be a pop how
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S I
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had I had to I had let it
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live now that's going to be an
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interesting storyline when you came in I
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talked about uh the entrepreneurial
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spirit so talk about that your family um
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owns a restaurant right yes in Jamaica
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yes what do you do for it man me I'm
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just damn
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that what do you I go pick up the
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bread I'm the investor you know what I'm
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saying that's right okay okay all right
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marketing stuff like that okay try to I
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be trying to be like behind the scenes
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with you know what I'm saying like kind
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of just wanted to do his own thing but
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right now we like figuring some things
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out behind the scenes like you know what
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I'm saying so some things in progress
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right now but yeah for the most part I
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be just trying to just be behind the
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scenes as far as that goes you know just
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stay stay low key with it be the
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investor cuz it's like it's cool like
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for it you know for people to want to
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pull up because it's your spot but like
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it's better when they just want to pull
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up you know what I'm saying that's right
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right that's a good ass and then they
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pull up and then they maybe by chance
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they just see you like what the hell
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what you doing I'm like this my spot so
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yeah I feel like that kind of is like I
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like that more than just like yeah a
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mystery throwing it out and the
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dispensary dispensary oh yeah but that's
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in Jamaica yeah it's in Jamaica yeah
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yeah it's in Jamaica oh
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[ __ ] trying to fly out to Jamaica well
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listen anything you need let me know
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okay all right but but but but let's
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talk about that a little bit dispensary
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people when you say that they think of
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it one way but you know a lot of folks
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who are in that business cannabis
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business utilize it as for medicinal
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properties oh yeah like people have like
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up to like even down to like creams like
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CBD cream and stuff like that like all
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that stuff is super medicinal like for
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your joints and like not joints but like
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for your your finger your fingers and
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wrists and all that stuff like that like
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all that stuff helps like you know what
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I'm saying so there's many ways you know
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to to to use you know the plant to your
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benefit you know whether you're looking
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to be just relaxed whether you looking
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to heal something in your body whether
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you looking to just be high you know
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like there's
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options just give
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it I I would imagine you you working
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next alongside um one of the most
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successful businessmen that ever come
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out of this culture continuously
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constantly growing especially with he's
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doing inport Louisiana and what he's
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taking on give us some game man I mean
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I'm sure he he what did you learn from
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50 about B I know you get this question
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a lot but so give me an answer you never
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gave man it's it's so much that learned
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from 50 like it's like I can't even just
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put my finger on like one thing that
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I've learned from him but what I would
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say is just like he taught me that
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ownership is key you know what I'm
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saying like no matter what what field
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you're in owning your stuff is the best
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way to be you know what I'm saying like
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look at 50 everything he has his hand
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and he's basically the owner of it you
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know what I'm saying he doesn't you know
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what I'm saying he he doesn't follow
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nobody's you know directions like he
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call the shots whatever he has like
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whatever he's doing he's calling the
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shots he he owns it so I feel like
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ownership like he say is the the most
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important part of you know literally any
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industry you in cuz once you own
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something nobody could tell you nothing
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you know you got full control you
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control the percentage that you make
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from it all type of stuff you know
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quality you know everything you know you
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have you have to say so and I feel like
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ownership is you know that's the key for
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anybody whether you're actor whether you
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do music whether you're a business owner
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whatever ownership and you also have a
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responsibility you know so when the
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business ain't always doing right
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you know cuz businesses have ups and
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downs ownership you own that too you own
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the Downs too right you own the Downs
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you own the UPS you own the you know the
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mid everything on and everything you
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know I love this for you man Michael
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Randy Jr here hey HP go ahead man I do
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Michael thank you again for being here
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and um when when common uh walk came in
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when you walked in with common and Pete
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Rock was here sway mentioned love and I
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remember s and I going and seeing that
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watching the screen and literally fall
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in love with you and the and your
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character and everything that you did on
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screen but I remember thinking like
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common said he's so young like how did
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how did he know all of these lines how
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did he remember and just bring it all
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full circle I'm I want to ask you cuz we
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have a lot of parents that listen to
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this show how were you and your parents
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um working this out as well like you
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knew cuz a lot of parents want their
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kids to be in this business but
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sometimes the kid is not ready you know
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and pushing and forcing and then
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sometimes you may do one job like you
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know what I don't like anymore you know
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what was the dynamic if you don't mind
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sharing what you on your parents um it
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was really my mom you know like she was
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she was with me everywhere I went like
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the first the first movie like that I
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ever did like my first movie in America
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was was love with comment but the first
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movie I've ever done was it's called
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duno was an Italian film filmed in Italy
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and we filmed like 3 weeks in uh Nairobi
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Kenya Africa wow and um you were like N9
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years old I was like n and then that
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opportunity came about cuz I was in the
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music video and um this Italian director
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named syia moino he saw the video
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somehow got in contact with my mom he's
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like yo like your son is amazing like
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I'm doing a movie and I need your son to
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be in this movie andow yeah they invited
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us out like Universal they invited us to
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uh Italy for like 10 days to you know
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get acquaintance with everybody and then
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we came home and my mom was like do you
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really want to do this like this is a
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big commitment like is this is what you
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want to do and I'm like he was just in
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Italy for 10 days I was chilling they
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say we going to be here for a while a
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year and a half filming the movie I'm
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like let's do it you know like I'm ready
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like it's a it definitely was a big
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commitment at the time like now looking
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at it like at the time I was just like
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whatever let's do it but now it's like
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dang I was leaving home I was leaving my
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family like my friends Sports and all of
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that so it was a big commitment but my
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mom asked if I was ready you know what
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I'm saying and I was ready so like let's
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do it we ended up going to Italy we was
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there for like a year and a half learned
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the language and everything you learned
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Italian mm yeah the whole the whole film
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was in Italian like my character was an
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Italian African kid like he was M like
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his dad was was um was Italian his
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mother was African you're still fluent
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yeah you keep
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it mean I could still speak Italian but
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I forgot a few words I forgot a few
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wordsa
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araa all right just let you know I speak
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it too shout out to your mom your family
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cuz it's a lot to you know auditioning
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and back and forth and you never know
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what careers parents have to do yeah she
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that's his mother right
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there oh my go mother mother look like
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his
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sister wow salute to you job well done
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salute God bless you really wow that's
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dope cuz she also um she was a teacher
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so even before I was acting I was
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homeschooled cuz like she just knew how
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this system was and everything but she
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also had a daycare before I did that
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movie so she ended up closing that
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daycare for like the two well not yeah
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the year and a half that we was in Italy
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she put a stop to her whole business and
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everything and she just sacrificed all
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that to be in Italy that's that's what
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so that's what I thought about when I
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saw him so young on that screen love cuz
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you never know what the parents are
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doing to sacrifice what jobs they gave
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up maybe what coins they had to put
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together as parents and just having that
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belief and faith not only keeping your
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spirits up but your your child you know
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it's a lot of rejection it's a lot of
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rejection it's a lot of rejection and
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just separate yourself from the
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character you know you're doing this but
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then you have to I need you I'm raising
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a young man I need you to be a good
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person too this is not all about bells
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and whistles and entertainment so why
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because that's what it is about Michael
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yeah like you walk in a room and I know
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a good person that's beyond the screen
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and all we all been in this business a
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long time we know what it is we know
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know first 30 seconds of looking at
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person congratulations to yes I didn't
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know
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you
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for Michael salute again for this
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Victory lap yeah with PowerBook 2 ghost
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um I've watched every single episode she
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F yeah sincerely and it's so crazy
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thinking about we've literally also
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watched you grow up on the screen cuz
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you started off at 12 you're 24 now I
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just turned 24 on Sunday damn just
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Sunday 24 W so so many different stages
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I'm saying that [ __ ] is old as [ __ ]
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right everybody been calling me nowadays
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too they like you all my friends like
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damn I swear the morning the morning of
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my birthday everybody texting my phone
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they like yo un when everybody pulling
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up to your crib I'm like bro how old are
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your friends 12 they they my age some of
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them some of them older than me I'm like
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bro y'all really the for real like for
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real super bu okay but you see how he
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reacting to being called un
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years ago when started happening I was
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like I don't call me now you feel it huh
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listen man I ain't mad at it I mad at I
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love it now but it took a minute though
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but like what you were saying um with uh
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Tariq St Patrick is the most Rec one of
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the most recognizable characters in pop
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culture and it's going to stay like that
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and I started wondering cuz when you
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first get it it's like dang I bet let me
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jump on this roller coaster and see
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where it goes and then as you continue
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to grow in this character I couldn't
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help but Wonder does Michael Rainey Jr
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ever worry about being typ casted
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because you're that recognizable you
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play the character so well is that kind
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of a silver lining to the ending yeah no
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like obviously like especially being in
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a Char like you know being in a
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character for so long like 10 years it's
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like you obviously have those worries
15:20
like oh okay like is it going to be easy
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or harder for people to see me outside
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of these shoes but that's just all comes
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down to me just you know just doing what
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I got to do just so that was a thought
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that was just easy for you to shake off
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yeah I mean I wouldn't say it was easy
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but it's just like it's it's just
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reality so it's not like something I'm
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going just sit there like fight myself
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like fight with it forever like it is
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what it is like got to get into the next
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role and show people that you can do the
15:45
next roow you know that's a great
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attitude yeah would you do a comedy for
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sure for sure I can see that too for
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sure a lot of people been been asking me
15:54
that they yo we want to see you in a ROM
15:55
like a romantic comedy like a rom com
15:58
I'm like I could get with that what
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about a horror movie coming soon coming
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soon I actually yeah I actually just
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finished filming a horror slasher film
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with um yeah with Chloe Bailey um YG
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sherea
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um I don't know if I can name the rest
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of the cast before I get in trouble I
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don't know what press releases they did
16:19
yet did you what's it called it's called
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goons it's called go go yeah it's
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directed by Gerard McMurray he film um
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he directed um he did one of the pers
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and he also did Burning Sands as well he
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was Burning Sands and he's super dope
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director so I'm excited to see that come
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to life like I had so much fun filming
16:37
that movie like it was crazy I was so
16:39
far out of my comfort zone like it was
16:41
crazy that's the best place that's where
16:42
the pot of the pot of gold that's where
16:44
it lies no it was fun it was fun like we
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were in we were on like haunted
16:48
plantations like cane fields and all of
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that like haunted plantations yeah yeah
16:53
it was crazy it's a it's a plantation
16:55
called the magnolia plantation in New
16:56
Orleans and that's where we were filming
16:58
like most of the movie at it was crazy
17:00
then we moved to the cane Fields like
17:02
swamps and all of that was like
17:04
alligators and stuff like that you feel
17:06
Spirits some of that I ain't going to
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lie which one you gave me like I feel
17:12
like you feel those like when you claim
17:14
it like I don't really like I wasn't
17:16
really paying too much like attention to
17:18
that I'm like obviously we in New
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Orleans and it's like a big thing out
17:21
but I'm like like listen man I'm yeah
17:24
like you know I'm not it needs your
17:25
belief to have power it's like one of
17:27
those superstitions like oh like like in
17:29
the pole like if you don't believe in
17:30
split in the pole split in the pole
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ain't going to do nothing to you so like
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the spirits like my thing is like I'm
17:37
ignore him you know what I'm saying I
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can't hear him can't see him I'm here to
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get my work done right you know I want
17:43
no problems and I done heard some crazy
17:45
stories out there too like we had ran
17:46
into this couple right and they got
17:48
lured into doing a
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yeah you go ahead hold that while you
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talk allow yourself don't worry Mom I
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got them
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okay SM good
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I like
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this it's real that's you that's for me
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you what that's from me common gave it
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to me I'm giving it to you full circle
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moment Circle moment that's love and
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then check it and then you burn it
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whenever you know weird you know what
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I'm saying whenever stuff feeling too
18:15
Eerie or weird just funky good after
18:18
argument or negative words too any
18:20
negative energy yeah need this people be
18:24
pissing me off sometimes I be having to
18:25
curse them out some sometimes don't
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curse them out burn your forget about it
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do this that's going to be my substitute
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I'm going let I'm going let I'm going
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let God handle you and I'm going let
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this handle what would Tariq not do
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yeah what would
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Tariq he definitely a let God he
18:42
definitely ain't letting God no Tariq be
18:45
like go he said I got
18:48
this so what did you see though did you
18:50
experience something all right so I
18:51
didn't see anything but we had ran into
18:53
this couple right we was in the lobby of
18:56
our our hotel we was all just chilling
18:58
like a few of cast members and stuff and
19:00
this couple they came to us they they
19:02
had to ask us a question about like
19:04
whose Instagram post was like like worse
19:06
and like that's how the whole thing
19:08
started and then they ended up telling
19:10
us how about some dude like ended up
19:12
learing them into like this house tour
19:14
but the house tour wasn't like really a
19:15
like you know cuz they have like the
19:16
Haunted House tours in New Orleans and
19:18
stuff but this one was wasn't really
19:19
like a house tour it was just like a
19:20
regular like dark house okay and he said
19:23
like the guy brought him in and then it
19:24
was like a lady that like that came up
19:27
to him started talking to him and and
19:28
like he could see her kind of like
19:31
changing personalities throughout the
19:32
whole entire conversation like one part
19:34
of the conversation like she her
19:35
mannerism would be like this and then
19:37
the next part of the conversation like a
19:38
man was changed and then he told me he
19:40
literally sold his women shape shift
19:42
into his sister and I at first I'm like
19:44
bro you bugging and then his girlfriend
19:46
was like no I saw it too I'm like wait n
19:48
y'all both bugging but then again I'm
19:49
like we in New Orleans so like a lot of
19:51
bugged out stuff be happened Nick you
19:53
remember this you was with
19:56
me come
19:58
here you remember this Nick usually got
20:00
the camera in his hand we going to put
20:01
him on the camera now what happened ni
20:05
Nick was
20:06
there camera on you
20:09
Nick Now Tracy beat him up then I sh
20:12
then I shake shifted and Su Sway in the
20:15
Morning y
20:17
houseway send her the stick
20:21
man need it next to
20:24
Tracy don't touch it I promise I'm not
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day I promise I'm not
20:30
you all right bro I'm good I mean I no
20:32
mics with this hard but
20:34
damn so what happened what did you what
20:36
did you what what happened yeah so he he
20:38
explained it right we were we were in
20:39
the hotel lobby and they came they did
20:41
walk up basically giving us um like
20:44
options to choose between whose
20:46
Instagram pick was like more attention
20:47
seek attention seek and then like after
20:50
he realized who Michael was and they had
20:52
like this whole Spider-Man moment where
20:54
it was like no you're not who no I'm not
20:56
him basically The Story Goes at on
20:58
Bourbon Street which is kind of like how
21:00
we would see like I would equate it to
21:03
like our uh Time Square okay where it's
21:06
just like but it's just smaller like
21:07
obviously it's not a big that part of
21:08
the city isn't huge um so it's like all
21:11
these attractions and as you walk
21:13
further down cuz I had been on Bourbon
21:15
the night before we had this interaction
21:17
and as you walk further down like
21:19
there's like a intersection where like
21:21
they got these Terror terot card readers
21:23
and there's a church to the right and I
21:26
swear I swear to you as you pass the
21:27
church this the like bourbon just gets
21:30
dark like B like and it's not like
21:33
people aren't there but like all the
21:34
lights and the neon signs and like maybe
21:37
the gentleman clubs and like the live
21:38
band sessions they kind of fade out so
21:41
the first night um I was with my lady
21:44
and we I turned back like we got to the
21:46
intersection and I was like yeah babe we
21:48
going to turn back I said this my first
21:50
night out here I said you know what I I
21:52
don't know what's going on so we turned
21:54
back the second night um we we ventured
21:57
farther
22:00
um and like as we got farther down
22:02
Bourbon Street and it got darker there
22:04
was like this guy and my girlfriend
22:06
immani describes him as looking like the
22:08
dude the voodoo man from um Princess and
22:11
the Frog The Mad Hat yo this is a real
22:14
ass
22:15
story I I remember seeing dude but I
22:18
guess and that's like the beauty of
22:20
women because like my my girlfriend saw
22:22
him first and I guess the look she gave
22:23
him was like don't even think about it
22:25
so he didn't even step up the steps to
22:27
be like yo like y want to do do the
22:28
house tour but the couple explained that
22:30
when they went he pulled like he he
22:32
lured them into the crib and he was like
22:35
oh like yeah and then so when they got
22:36
in the house they're like okay what's
22:38
the tour about and they're like cuz the
22:40
guy's looking around he's like this is
22:41
just it's not like it's it's not a
22:42
regular house cuz remember that's like
22:43
the French quarter so the houses are
22:44
very charact like their character full
22:46
but he's like there ain't nothing
22:49
special like besides signs that say
22:50
money Wellness happiness he's like
22:52
there's all these signs to make me feel
22:53
good but this house dark as hell it's
22:55
like mad dim it's hard to see certain
22:57
things long story short this lady steps
22:59
out of a hallway that he said was Pitch
23:00
Black and the only thing that was back
23:02
there was the backyard oh he said it's
23:04
like she was just waiting there the
23:05
whole time so she steps out and like
23:07
Mike said like he laughing but we were
23:09
sitting there and we were like
23:12
Goosebumps he she steps out and her
23:14
mannerisms change like there's like a a
23:17
a fast pace to how she speaks there's a
23:18
slow pace of how she speaks and it's all
23:20
happening the same time so imagine like
23:22
if you're watching a film it's like a
23:23
fever dream like the Blurred movements
23:26
and like it's like almost like you're
23:27
inebriated
23:28
um wow wait wait we got a A-list actor
23:32
right here can you demonstrate how she
23:34
acted oh I like that see it the couple I
23:38
see this is what the coule
23:43
describing you hear
23:46
visuals and so yeah so like that's the
23:49
that's her motion and she's speaking
23:50
really quick and she's also trying to
23:52
make like relatable moments between her
23:54
and the couple so she's saying things
23:56
expecting them to like make common
23:57
ground and that's how she lurs them in
23:59
for like I guess a deeper part of that
24:02
transaction so Storyteller I know why
24:06
people get I ain't going to lie going
24:06
take that up but essentially she gets to
24:09
a part where she starts saying that like
24:11
hell is Earth is hell and she's been to
24:13
Hell and back and but the whole time
24:15
he's witnessing her
24:18
yeah we flame that up so the whole the
24:22
whole time she starts shape shifting
24:23
into his sister and him and his
24:25
girlfriend don't share any like verbal
24:28
air like no confirmation of who this is
24:31
okay during the moment they're just like
24:32
flabbergasted they only both realized
24:34
that they saw his sister after because
24:38
they they were just standing there and
24:39
he he
24:40
eventually
24:42
oh go go ahead keep talk yeah yeah so
24:45
basically basically to to like to get to
24:48
it he saw his sister he started second
24:51
guessing himself so I asked him I'm like
24:52
bro is your sister dead cuz that's what
24:53
I'm thinking his sister's well and alive
24:56
so he's like he's like yeah I saw my
24:57
sister and then I'm looking at my my
24:59
wife and her face looks the same and so
25:01
he said he eventually got to the point
25:03
where he just asked he was like like
25:04
stop playing with me because like we're
25:05
going in a circle he was like you're a
25:07
shape shifter and I guess in like the
25:09
laws of the world the woman can't lie to
25:11
him because like it's part of like
25:13
certain like the practice or whatever so
25:16
At first she like got caught up on her
25:17
words and then she was just like I am
25:19
but how did you
25:20
know
25:22
stop it's enough wait I got another one
25:25
he gave us a two-piece for one so this
25:28
story is much quicker we that
25:31
allir scar
25:33
s look I
25:37
a I ain't going to spread it you know we
25:40
put this out on YouTube Shape Shifter
25:42
start showing
25:44
up you got tell about our TV too you got
25:47
to tell about our
25:49
TV got TV what's going on with your TV
25:52
you about to Michael this this was an
25:53
interview about you in this season
25:56
finale October the 4th don't power book
26:00
two Go season 4 yes Part Two October the
26:05
4th tell him that you want to tell them
26:07
about the TV what happened with the TV
26:10
happens with the TV every day we have a
26:14
um oh
26:16
jeez an artist who made his
26:20
transition who likes to visit us here
26:23
and so certain when certain guests come
26:26
in or certain words get me
26:28
somehow they pop up on the television
26:30
literally within a minute it's weird I
26:35
saw him here to him I saw him in the
26:37
room and it started to explain
26:39
everything I'm not a shape shifter N I
26:42
look now we diving into a whole
26:45
another but I feel like what was
26:47
happening with them in this story it was
26:50
Spirits jumping in and out of this lady
26:51
like that's what it sounds like like
26:53
ghost remember the movie Ghost it sounds
26:55
like with the ghost thing but in this
26:57
room we have to keep this room really
26:59
clean because Michael stuff happens in
27:03
this room that's crazy make sure y'all
27:05
watch goons TV here no it's just for
27:09
some reason he just likes this can I can
27:10
I ask what's one of the words well it's
27:13
it's very like organic like so we had we
27:16
had an incident recently where uh we
27:18
were talking about something that had to
27:19
do with old school hip hop something
27:20
like that he said and and I and I said
27:23
well it reminds me of how people thought
27:25
Cypress Hill were from the East Coast
27:27
because of their sound and I said
27:29
wouldn't it be crazy if Cypress Hill
27:30
came on this TV and it literally did as
27:33
he was saying as he was saying it yeah
27:36
so it'll just he's like hold on I got
27:37
y'all let me throw that on up there
27:40
that's crazy so he likes to visit this
27:41
room and it be like out of the box
27:44
artist we mentioned in a video pop up
27:47
and we know how they program videos you
27:49
know I come from that life right those
27:51
are program Loops so there's no way
27:53
that's even possible it's not Google AI
27:56
picking up on what was saying and then
27:58
light it up why you think I got these so
28:01
we we try to keep the studio clean
28:03
Michael we're giving you a new series
28:05
idea okay but let me start putting stuff
28:07
in my notes quick okay yeah there you go
28:09
power book two Go season 4 part two the
28:11
season finale October 4th look for goons
28:14
this is a good set up oh yes on the
28:17
way congratulations but yeah
28:20
congratulations to you brother we super
28:22
proud of you so happy for you what you
28:24
represent as an actor as a thespian and
28:27
who you how you represent yourself as an
28:29
individual outside of the set we need
28:32
that in our community right now right we
28:34
need that balance great job I just want
28:37
to say thank you for bringing me back
28:39
you know what I'm saying cuz my first
28:40
time rocking with sway was literally was
28:43
with common and we was um we was doing
28:45
the we was presenting some things like
28:47
some songs and stuff like that so it's
28:49
like this is a real full circle Moment
28:51
full circle man come on man
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