0:00
Yeah, man. Give it up, man. One and
0:02
only, the legendary Mr. Chock just came
0:04
out of the mix. LA's finest citizens.
0:07
I've known this man for 30 plus years.
0:10
30 plus. I watched him as a a little Mr.
0:14
Yeah. Yeah. Young young Chalk.
0:15
Young Chalk. Chock. Become Big Chuck.
0:18
But thank you for that guest appearance
0:19
today. Give it up for Mr. Chalk one more
0:21
I told you earlier, Sway, if I see the
0:23
the the bat signal in the air, I'm
0:25
coming, man. You know what I'm saying?
0:26
And I know we've been trying to make
0:27
this happen for a minute, but I'm very
0:29
very grateful for you having me up here
0:30
this morning. Thank you so much, sir.
0:31
Well, it's important, man. You're
0:33
important to the fabric uh the history
0:36
of the LA uh music scene, radio scene,
0:41
You know, you're an educator as well. Uh
0:44
you you you've been ushering young
0:46
artists, young creatives into the field
0:50
and and then teaching life lessons
0:52
through that. You know what I mean? And
0:54
so it's it's only right that we bring
0:57
Being back here in Cali has been a
0:59
wonderful experience.
1:00
Yeah. Welcome back, man.
1:01
Thank you, man. I appreciate it.
1:03
I missed you, man. I see you on the
1:04
screen all the time and I'm like, man, I
1:06
know that brother right there. We we
1:08
we've been in the trenches together.
1:09
We've been in the trenches, Ch. Come on,
1:11
man. And thank you. Love you, too. All
1:13
right. And uh you can turn that music
1:15
down a little for me. Um, um, Tyler, um,
1:17
I just want folks to know I I like to
1:20
repeat history because, as you see,
1:21
we're in an era where people are trying
1:26
And you and I, we met in the '9s, the
1:29
early 90s during a golden era of Today
1:34
We're celebrating National Radio Day.
1:36
You know, I I don't even remember some
1:37
of these these days becoming like
1:39
special celebration events, whatever.
1:41
So, I I didn't know it was National
1:42
It's National Radio Day. Uh, shout a
1:45
shout out to Greg Street who checked in
1:47
with me earlier. Gregomie, one of the
1:50
legends, right? One of the people who's
1:52
been doing this longer than us.
1:55
Legendary. What up, Greg?
1:57
We came on the show came on radio 1990,
1:59
King Tech and I up in the Bay,
2:01
right? And was at a time when what we
2:04
would what we all do today, Chock,
2:06
wasn't really allowed on mainstream
2:09
Not at all. I mean, think about it like
2:10
like where everything was at. like you
2:12
started off with a specialty show, a
2:14
specialy underground hip-hop show. Same
2:16
thing with me. Started with underground
2:17
specialty mix mix show on on commercial
2:22
so to have those shows propel us to
2:24
where we're at today in this day and
2:25
age, man, I'm I mean, I'm grateful, man.
2:27
That's all I can really say. I'm so
2:29
And for those who don't understand what
2:31
a specialty show, what follows?
2:34
What what the description of a specialty
2:36
show would be something
2:37
something it's just like a mix show
2:38
that's outside of the regular format of
2:40
radio. So you hear like regular rotation
2:42
some some of the same songs all day
2:44
especially mix show is something that
2:45
like you get like an artist or or a
2:48
personality gets like two or three hours
2:49
to do what they want to do. Sometimes
2:51
they have rules but with us on the
2:53
underground mix show uh we didn't have
2:55
any rules as far we could play with
2:56
whatever we wanted which was dope. What
2:58
I loved about you know having a an
3:00
underground mix show you know specialy
3:02
You and C minus used to do a show.
3:04
Yes. um myself, C minus, Trulliad, and
3:06
JRock. We actually just did a Fantastic
3:08
4 reunion at Rhyme Fest this past
3:10
weekend, and uh we hadn't been, you
3:12
know, we had done a couple of reunions
3:13
before on Adventures of Stereo, which is
3:15
JRock's radio show. Uh but that was our
3:17
first official like uh reunion like in
3:20
front of the people since like we had
3:24
In ' 06. And so the people haven't seen
3:26
you two together in you four together in
3:29
Yeah. 19 years. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. So it
3:32
it was good, man. We had Psycho Le from
3:34
the Beats come out with us also too,
3:35
man. We were well very wellreceived,
3:37
man. Shout out to Scooby runs LA and and
3:40
all the whole Ryfest family over there,
3:41
man. Rhyfest was amazing.
3:43
Congratulations to Rhyme Fest. That's
3:48
That's LA's right there.
3:49
Right there, just so you know. And then
3:50
um and they do excellent work over there
3:53
Um and so what was the name of the was
3:57
Friday Night Flavors with the Fantastic
3:58
Four. Yes. Baker Boy started on Friday
4:00
Night Flavors in '93 and then they
4:02
brought us on around 9798 and then we
4:05
took over our and called ourselves the
4:07
Fantastic Four myself JRock Truly C
4:10
minus and uh yeah it was fantastic
4:13
4. Now, if you go back to 93, 94, 95,
4:16
there was an explosion in LA radio. I
4:19
know we came down um 94 King Tech and I
4:22
came down um with the 7:00 bomb and we
4:25
were doing the wakeup show. Yeah.
4:27
And we had another show called Digging
4:28
in the Crates that we used to do on
4:30
Sundays. But then you had the likes of
4:35
In fact, let me say something about
4:37
those two brothers right there. Before I
4:38
got on Power 106, my first time being on
4:40
LA radio was on the joint. I was a guest
4:42
DJ on their show like in '94.
4:45
You know what I'm saying? And we
4:46
officially got hired at Power 106 in
4:49
But 94 my first time being on LA radio
4:51
was on the joint with King M and Mike
4:53
Nardone. Shout out to those brothers.
4:54
And that was on 92.3 to beat. Yes, it
4:56
was. So you had two anchor stations in
4:59
our genres which was 92.3 to beat and
5:02
Power 105, right? Power 106.
5:04
Power 106. I'm sorry. I'm thinking New
5:07
track 105. I know what it is, man. I got
5:09
you. I got you. Swag. You know, Heather,
5:10
I've been a lot of, you know, a lot of
5:12
markets. HP, a lot of markets.
5:15
It all It all becomes a blur after a
5:16
while. You know what I'm saying? Sway's
5:18
been doing this for a long time.
5:20
No, but I, you know, and and and in that
5:24
even though it was the natural
5:26
competitive spirit that comes along with
5:30
we all contributed in ascending the
5:33
culture to heights it had never seen. We
5:36
created an ecosystem where people would
5:38
go by Friday night flavors, they'll go
5:40
by the joint, they'll go by uh they'll
5:43
go by uh Ruthless Radio. Um they'll come
5:48
Divine Forces, you know, um who you know
5:51
and and even though we were on opposite
5:55
we all worked together in creating a
6:00
You know what's funny, man? back when we
6:01
were back in our day when we were doing
6:03
radio and you were on 92.3 the beat and
6:04
I was on Power 106. People used to
6:06
always think that oh they don't like
6:07
each other man cuz they're on different
6:08
radio said no it was just call letters
6:10
man like we we've known each other and
6:11
respected each other for for years
6:12
before we even got on radio. So you know
6:15
like just because we have call letters
6:16
with different stations didn't mean that
6:17
we were at war with each other and
6:18
nothing like that at all man. We have
6:20
much much respect for for everybody
6:23
that's doing this no matter what station
6:25
you're on. You know what I'm saying? Cuz
6:26
those call letters will go away and we
6:27
still got to be homies after that.
6:29
We still got to be homies man. Elements.
6:31
Um, remember Elements? It was a lot of
6:34
clubs that used to um Unity.
6:36
Oh, man. Water the Bush.
6:38
I mean, I could go on and on and on,
6:40
man. But there's a lot of legendary
6:41
clubs that happen, a lot of legendary
6:43
functions that happened here in Los
6:44
Angeles before hip-hop.
6:45
Yeah. And And so is um now that you fast
6:48
forward 2025, you have the school that
6:51
you're doing. And if people want to
6:53
look, if you want to get involved in the
6:54
culture, best way to me to go is through
6:57
DJ culture. It's a great way to learn
6:59
about the culture because through the
7:00
music and um you're going to learn about
7:04
Yeah. Yeah. We're going to give you the
7:04
brief history. We're going to show you
7:05
about music theory. Uh and just show you
7:08
the right way. We start people off on
7:09
vinyl before you actually even get a
7:11
chance to transition to the computer.
7:12
So, a lot of people think that I just
7:14
want to be on the we want to be a DJ and
7:15
think this is about having the computer
7:16
in front of them. No, no, not at all.
7:18
We're going to show you how we came up
7:19
the same way we came. We're selftaught.
7:21
So, we learned on vinyl first before
7:23
Sorado got even introduced. But why is
7:25
that important that people
7:27
because because there's certain things
7:28
that will definitely like you could
7:30
start becoming dependent on when you're
7:32
on sorado. So you'll become a screen
7:33
watcher. You're not really using your
7:34
ears. And when you're DJing, you're
7:35
supposed to be using your ears, not your
7:37
eyes. You know what I'm saying? Of
7:38
course, you're going to use your eyes to
7:39
do like things like on the mixer on on
7:41
records and stuff, but when you're using
7:43
your ears, you're supposed that will
7:44
help you follow when you're doing a
7:46
transition or whatever. It gets your
7:48
timing better. Starting off on vinyl
7:50
first is very very important when you
7:52
want to become a DJ. For sure. you that
7:53
have the and and if you got kids who got
7:56
ADHD or you know have problems finding
7:59
hobbies or um just you know got a lot of
8:02
energy learning how to DJ
8:05
it's a great way to teach your child how
8:08
And the skills you learn through DJing
8:10
transcends in other uh sections of
8:13
For sure. It teaches you discipline
8:15
because like you you want to learn how
8:16
to do a certain technique, you got to
8:17
put the time in. You got to put the work
8:18
in. You got to be dedicated to putting
8:20
that time in too. can't get lazy like I
8:22
can't get it and just give up. No, the
8:24
thing is like you want to learn how to
8:25
DJ, you have to be really dedicated to
8:27
practicing and putting in the time.
8:29
What do you think one of the biggest
8:31
milestone moments for you in your career
8:33
and and for the beat junkies as a
8:36
I mean, we've had a lot of lot of wins,
8:38
man. I I I can't really put put it to
8:40
point my finger to one thing. I mean, we
8:42
have multiple businesses now. We got a
8:43
pizza place in Redlands called Made from
8:45
Scratch, which is Melody Dst Styles over
8:48
there. Okay. and Baboo and and myself
8:50
and and uh JRock and Repatic at the Beat
8:52
Junkie Institute Institute of Sound in
8:54
Glendale. So, you know, like I think
8:56
just, you know, winning all the battles
8:58
back in the day, being on the radio,
8:59
touring with artists and all that. I
9:00
mean, again, a lot of wins, man. I can't
9:02
really I can't really put it on one
9:03
thing like, oh, we you know, but I think
9:05
what we're doing now with again with the
9:07
multiple businesses, the school and the
9:08
pizza place, I think that's definitely a
9:10
big win for us as we get we've become
9:14
You know, right? We are that man, aren't
9:16
we? I feel like horse went to a party in
9:18
in Glendale with the beat junkies party.
9:22
He did. That that was um we do a party
9:24
called uh records on people music RPM
9:26
and we take a a specific album and we
9:28
just break down the history of the
9:29
album. There's certain artists that or
9:31
people that were involved in an album.
9:33
We'll have them come and speak on it and
9:34
like what was the process of of putting
9:36
that album together. We've done it for
9:37
Nas. We did it for um Blue and Exile. Uh
9:40
we did it for Sound Bombing 2. We've
9:42
done it for a bunch of artists and
9:43
that's just a monthly party that we do
9:44
at the school just for the community.
9:46
It's monthly. Yeah. Okay. Where is the
9:48
school and how can people join?
9:49
Glendale, California, 5130 San Fernando
9:52
Road. U beatjunkiesound uh.com is how
9:55
you can sign up to the school.
9:57
When we were coming up, you know, um
10:00
Death Row was making its mark, right?
10:03
Uh Funk Dubious was making their mark.
10:06
Cypress Hill was making their mark. The
10:08
Al the Liquid Crew was making their
10:10
mark. You know, it was a lot of marks
10:14
Marks were all over the place.
10:15
Yeah. The barber shopping MC's, you
10:18
know, Phil Agony and all of those guys,
10:20
you know, Kondon and Strong Arm Steady.
10:23
All of this stuff was coming up um at
10:25
the same time cementing and and and
10:29
fortifying the LA hip hop scene even
10:32
more so. U which started in the 80s
10:35
obviously, but we were we picked it up
10:37
in the 90s. A lot of us when you look at
10:40
the LA scene now, who are those people
10:43
that make you that make you smile? That
10:47
Jurassic 5, um, Defar Eye, Strong Arm
10:51
Steady. I mean, these are people that
10:52
when we were doing our specialty show,
10:54
um, we're just getting started. So, it
10:56
was very important for us to start
10:57
playing these records. And, you know,
10:58
like we were we were performing with
10:59
them also too on different shows around
11:01
the city. So it was important for us to
11:03
play these records on the radio because
11:04
they weren't getting besides like you
11:06
guys the wake up show and us that those
11:08
only places that were getting played
11:09
here in LA. So seeing those those those
11:11
artists become household names now
11:13
I feel good about that man. I'm very
11:14
proud of all those artists but I'm also
11:17
glad of our contribution to them getting
11:20
to where they're at right now too. And
11:21
when you see what the new artists are
11:23
doing, especially lead leading the way
11:25
being, you know, someone like TDE and
11:27
Kendrick and J and Absole and all these
11:30
guys, for real, for real, all these
11:33
different folks, you know, that are
11:34
really stepping out, Tyler the Creator,
11:37
you know, what are your thoughts on on
11:40
I love it. I love to see where where
11:42
everything is at. You know, I got a
11:43
chance to DJ with Kendrick uh DJ for
11:46
Kendrick for the um what was that? The
11:48
the cipher that he did on BET. So, I did
11:51
that and so I was already like up on
11:53
Kendrick before I did that, but still
11:55
like seeing like all those artists that
11:57
you named it just makes me proud, man.
11:59
I'm just very happy to see the movement
12:01
still going on. What we were doing in
12:02
the '90s definitely I could tell like a
12:04
lot of the artists that are out right
12:05
now were inspired by those artists and
12:07
those household names I just named right
12:08
now. So, to see them like taking it to
12:11
the next level, man, I'm proud. LA baby
12:14
LA baby. And then when you think about
12:15
the microphone and you look at um people
12:19
like Bootleg Kev and Shout out and you
12:22
got to shout out DJ Head and Gina View,
12:26
all these these new voices that are now
12:29
stepping in the forefront. Um what do
12:31
you see in them? And then um if you
12:34
could offer something to them as
12:37
I think they're all doing a great job. I
12:39
love what they're doing for the
12:40
community here in Los Angeles and for
12:41
again the artists that are that are not
12:43
getting heard across the country or
12:44
whatever. So what what they're
12:46
contributing to the LA culture right now
12:48
is is needed. It's definitely needed and
12:50
it's appreciated. So I definitely my
12:52
hats off to all those guys. I salute
12:53
everybody and for real I'm just proud to
12:55
see it still going on from what we were
12:57
doing in the '90s and to see them
12:59
inspired from some of that from someone
13:01
people who were listening to Wake Up
13:02
Show and Friday Night Flavors to see
13:03
them take it to the next level where
13:04
it's at right now. I mean, think about
13:06
like if we had all these cameras and
13:08
everything back in the day. Think about
13:09
where all our shows would be at right
13:10
now. You know what I'm saying?
13:11
Oh my gosh. And how about the wake up
13:14
show? We did have cameras.
13:15
Yeah, you did. You did. Yeah, you did.
13:17
You did. You know, it's funny. I was
13:18
watching uh the Biggie uh uh interview a
13:21
couple of days ago when you guys had
13:22
Biggie up and like one of the only shows
13:24
that had Biggie come up and freestyle
13:25
on, man. And that's just what a classic
13:27
moment that was, man. What an amazing
13:29
classic moment that was,
13:30
man. And I look at it and I see the
13:31
younger versions of us and we had no
13:35
how classic that moment would become.
13:37
Yeah, but boy is it.
13:39
he talk about it today, man.
13:42
And what I love about it too,
13:44
oh, there he is right there. Y
13:45
you know what I mean? My man Tekken
13:49
World famous wake up show. You know we
13:51
balling out here in Cali. You know, East
13:53
Coast dawn in the house,
13:56
You know what I loved about that that
13:58
interview also too with with Biggie was
14:00
that you guys showed him the cough
14:03
and so when he was rapping he was doing
14:05
all his his like he was rapping like he
14:07
he was um muting the the curse words
14:11
live while he was busting. So yeah
14:15
mouth now ain't nothing changed. I'm
14:16
still the same rapper the cough button.
14:18
Show him the cough the cough button
14:20
right there right button.
14:25
All right. All right.
14:26
What a professional. Wow.
14:28
At such an early young age, too. He was
14:30
But play that. I want to hear what he
14:31
did with it. Go ahead. Go ahead. Play.
14:42
I'm flaming aiming at these maniacs. Put
14:46
my name in rap. The game is that like
14:49
you hustle backwards. I smoke backwards
14:51
and duties. You can't touch me. Try to
14:53
rush me. Slugs go touchy touchy. You're
14:55
bleeding lovely with your spirit above
14:58
me or beneath me. Your whole life you
15:00
live sleepy. Now you rest eternally
15:02
sleepy. You burn when you creep me. Rest
15:04
where the worms and the weak be. My nine
15:06
flies baptize rap guys with the Holy
15:09
Ghost. I put holes in most. You hold
15:11
your toes shaky. Slipping trying to
15:13
break me. Look what you made me do.
15:15
Brains blue. My team in the marine blue.
15:18
Six coupe. Ski it out. Weed it out.
15:25
he keeps hitting the cough button.
15:26
Yeah, he kept hitting the cough button.
15:27
We were looking at him while he was
15:30
In awe. Like I cannot believe he was
15:34
but man, what a moment for the moment.
15:35
What a moment for y'all. You know what
15:37
I'm saying? For the wake up show and for
15:38
hip hop period. You know what I'm
15:39
saying? Like like Biggie was one of one.
15:42
And it was just again just going back
15:44
and looking at some of the that old
15:45
footage, man. Just really made me
15:46
appreciate where we come from.
15:48
Yeah, man. You know, where we come from.
15:50
where we come from. Come on, man. Where
15:52
we come from and the fact that we are
15:55
still here. We're still making things.
15:57
We're still creating and it's even more
16:00
fun that we could have more people
16:02
contribute. But salute to some of the
16:05
soldiers that are still holding it
16:07
steady. You got to give Big Boy a big
16:10
Big boy. Big boy. Big boy.
16:11
That's my brother right there, man. I'm
16:13
so happy for his success. So happy for
16:16
man. how far he's come and to be able to
16:18
sustain through the eras um is something
16:21
to be said. You know, we mentioned Greg
16:23
Street, you know, salute to Greg Street,
16:26
man, and still at the top of his game,
16:28
man. I have to shout out my brother
16:31
Ebro, who I know started early 90s from
16:34
Northern Northern California and still
16:37
like just excelling, you know, all of
16:39
these people we came up with. Um, it's
16:41
just really who did this in the early
16:44
'9s to now is really amazing to see. So
16:48
on National Radio Day, we honor you, Mr.
16:51
We honor you for your contribution. I'm
16:54
man. Brother, come on, man. Give it up
16:57
I am so humbled, man. Again, when I got
16:59
the when I got the call and I was like,
17:00
"A word. Okay." I I think about it, make
17:03
sure my schedule's cool. I said, "You
17:04
know what? I'm no matter what, I'm going
17:05
to clear my schedule. We're going to
17:06
make this happen." This is like the
17:07
third time Cats have called me to come
17:08
up there to do the Sway show. So, I'm
17:10
I'm going this time. Nothing stopping
17:12
me. And here I am. And I didn't even
17:14
know what I was coming up here for.
17:15
You had no idea. You had no idea. That
17:18
That's the beauty of it. But man, I I
17:20
want to tell you I love you.
17:21
I love you, too. You're my brother. And
17:23
you know, King Tech, you got a special
17:24
place in our hearts,
17:26
man. Man, man, always, man. I love all
17:27
y'all, man. And and shout out to Tech,
17:29
man. Again, Tech really helped me get
17:31
like really healthy back in the day like
17:32
in 0405. I used to go and work out with
17:34
him at Big Paul. Rest in peace all the
17:36
time, man. And just like Yeah, just good
17:38
to see y'all. Thank you for the invite.
17:39
Thanks for having me on the show. I'm
17:41
I'm I'm honored and and humbled to be up
17:43
here and a rock out for the world. So,
17:45
shout out to everybody that was
17:46
listening. Shout out to you, Sway. Shout
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out to Heather B, everybody up in here
17:50
on Sway's universe. Man, I appreciate
17:52
and love y'all. Thank y'all.
17:53
Thank you, Mr. Chalk, man. Hey, tell
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them where they can follow you, Mr.
17:56
Uh, Mr. Chalk, the real Mr. Chalk um on
17:59
IG and u Mr. Chalkan 4 on X. And, uh,
18:02
yeah, I'm on Facebook also, too. Mr.
18:04
Chalk fan page. And, uh, yeah, man.
18:06
Bjunky Institute of Sound in Glendale.
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You want to learn how to DJ, come see
18:09
us. will get you right.
18:10
That's right, man. And he'll be back and
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we going to have some of those students
18:13
come up here and show what they got. Oh,
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yeah. Okay. That's what's up, man.