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00:00Wake that ass up, in the morning, The Breakfast Club.
00:04Morning everybody, it's DJ Envy, Jess Hilarious,
00:07Charlamagne Tha Guy, we are The Breakfast Club.
00:10We got a special guest in the building
00:11who refuses to stop.
00:13Ladies and gentlemen, Kevin Hart.
00:15Welcome back brother.
00:16He just won't sit down.
00:17See that?
00:21How you feeling?
00:21Come on, how you feeling?
00:22Gotta give it up for yourself.
00:23Give it up for yourself.
00:24If nobody else will, clap for yourself.
00:26You gotta give it up for yourself.
00:27That's right.
00:27I'm feeling good, man, what do you mean?
00:29Life is great, no complaints, man.
00:32Here to talk about more shit,
00:33which means great shit is happening.
00:37Still moving, still tracking, still working,
00:40still doing the same thing but bigger.
00:41When was the last time you took a break, Kev?
00:43Why?
00:44Why take a break?
00:45Charlamagne, we talk about this all the time.
00:47What do you take a break for?
00:47Do you need a little rest every now and then?
00:48A little rest reset?
00:49You can rest when you die.
00:51I enjoy doing what I do, so why am I looking to rest?
00:55I have a good time working.
00:58I don't hate my job or my job doesn't stress me out.
01:02I enjoy the idea of work.
01:04I enjoy the idea of doing something that I set out to do.
01:09That's my happy space.
01:11Yeah, so I'm not resting anytime soon.
01:13Well, congratulations to your Eagles.
01:1545, yeah.
01:16Congratulations to your Eagles.
01:17Yeah, I said congratulations.
01:18I didn't say nothing, I just said congratulations.
01:20You a Giants fan?
01:21I am a Giants fan.
01:22That's crazy.
01:22Yeah, you thanked me.
01:23I mean, I don't work in the office.
01:25I understand what your office did.
01:28Saquon Barkley, how about that?
01:29How about that?
01:30Just a second.
01:31Oh, they moved the helmet.
01:32See, the helmet, it was signed by Saquon.
01:32Just a second.
01:33Just a second to talk about that.
01:35How about that?
01:36It's signed by Saquon.
01:36It says, you know, Saquon.
01:37How about that?
01:39Man, like not a lot of offices can like sit
01:42and be like, we fucked up.
01:43Like, there's not a lot that can actually go,
01:47you know what, man?
01:48We really fucked up on this one, man.
01:49We did.
01:50Like, who's responsible?
01:51Like, they got a point.
01:52That's one of the few times
01:53where they got a point on each other.
01:53Was it you, Gary?
01:54Did you?
01:55Who didn't make the fucking deal?
01:56I thought that it was been,
01:57you know, I thought it was in our best interest.
01:59The biggest gift in football, man.
02:01So stupid.
02:02It is.
02:03But it was good for Saquon.
02:04He wouldn't have had that season in New York.
02:05I'm happy for Saquon.
02:06He wouldn't have had that season in New York.
02:07You don't know what he would have had.
02:08That's true.
02:09You don't know what he would have had.
02:10I know they wouldn't have won no Super Bowl.
02:11I mean, that's true,
02:12but you don't know the season that he would have had.
02:13Coming back healthy, ready to play football.
02:15You know, it's not like he just got good.
02:18He's been fucking good.
02:20Healthy, 100%.
02:21He was the face of the juniors.
02:22I mean, 100%.
02:25Why do you get me to say it?
02:25I just don't understand it.
02:26But thank you.
02:27I thank the Giants for the gift.
02:29One of the best gifts that I've ever fucking
02:31received as a fan is Saquon Barker.
02:33Talk to us about this new two-part documentary you got.
02:36Number one on the call sheet.
02:37Number one on the call sheet.
02:38Congratulations, first of all.
02:39Shout out to Jamie Foxx, man.
02:40This is a Jamie Foxx idea
02:44that he came to me with at Heartbeat.
02:47And, you know, it was a concept about
02:49being number one on the call sheet
02:51and the good and bad of it, right?
02:53He's like, you know, a lot of people experience it,
02:56but it doesn't do the same for everyone, you know?
02:59And whether it's the ego, whether it's the money,
03:02whether it's the idea of the money,
03:04whether it's the thought of my career is now about to be,
03:08and it doesn't become, like,
03:10there's so many different concepts attached to it.
03:13I thought it was a great idea, man.
03:15You know, Foxx is a brilliant mind.
03:17And I said, to make it real, like, we gotta go out
03:19and, you know, of course, tap into all our relationships.
03:22So it started off as just the idea for men,
03:26like, we were heavy on the men's side.
03:27And then we were like, yo, it's dope as fuck
03:28if you have it to where, you know,
03:30there's a male version, and then we go
03:32and we tap in to a female version as well.
03:36And really just expand the conversation of success
03:41or lack thereof.
03:42And it's dope to hear all these people talk about it.
03:44So I think people are gonna be blown away
03:46by hearing the good and the bad.
03:48Like, everybody doesn't fuck with the concept of it,
03:50you know?
03:51Everybody doesn't fuck with it, man.
03:53When did you become number one on the call sheet,
03:55and what does it mean to be that?
03:56I've been number one for a while.
03:57But when?
03:58When was the first time?
04:00Like, I love it.
04:02I love it.
04:03Like, I don't wanna make it very clear.
04:04I love it.
04:05Was Think Like a Man the first time?
04:06No.
04:08I mean, the first one, the first one was probably,
04:11of course, Paper Soldiers way back in the day.
04:12Oh, shit.
04:14But, you know, it's been a lot.
04:17Dane will be happy to hear that.
04:18He'll be happy to hear that you-
04:19Paper Soldiers, shouts out to Dane.
04:22I think, for me, it's more about, you know,
04:26it's about the idea of building the project.
04:31So, you know, I'm more of the creative behind the scene now.
04:35So to have the idea, and the idea come into, like,
04:38real life, and you're like,
04:39oh, shit, we're doing this, and it's happening.
04:40And then the number one on the call sheet,
04:42and you're, like, following down.
04:44That's great.
04:44But now, honestly, I don't really give a fuck.
04:46Like, I'm joking about the number one,
04:47but I'm more about putting other people in place
04:49to do shit.
04:50And the producing, or the development of projects,
04:53is what thrives.
04:54Like, that's what drives me.
04:55Now, you never left the road.
04:56Why is the road so important to you?
04:58Because you control it.
04:59You own it.
05:00There's nothing better.
05:01And you do small venues.
05:02You do big venues.
05:03There's nothing better than stand-up comedy.
05:04There's no job better than the job of live entertainment,
05:09live audience, your fans, your connection,
05:12your relationship.
05:14It doesn't die, right?
05:15Like, you can, you literally, if you treat it like a plant,
05:18and you forever water it,
05:20the plant is never gonna die, right?
05:22Like, so if it can grow,
05:24and you have good seasons, bad seasons,
05:26it's always gonna be there.
05:28And those fans are just gonna ride with you forever.
05:30So I'm very, I'm very adamant
05:33on staying true to stand-up comedy.
05:34Nothing takes the place of stand-up comedy.
05:36I don't give a fuck.
05:37What I'm doing, the level that I'm doing at,
05:39I will go and do comedy clubs.
05:41I will come to New York for months on a time,
05:43and just do a run of pop-ups.
05:46That's my muse.
05:47That's my stress reliever.
05:48Do you have a specific process?
05:50Like, do you ever still go back and visit family in Philly
05:52to get some core material?
05:57Nah, I mean, you know, I just,
05:59I think when you're doing a lot in general,
06:02you're always in a space of creative thinking, right?
06:07Like, if you're nonstop, I'm not in the house.
06:10Like, I'm traveling, I'm around people.
06:12Like, if you're constantly around,
06:13and you're constantly seeing things,
06:15like, that's where your ideas are coming from.
06:16That's where the urge to talk about more shit happens.
06:20Whether it's young energy or old energy,
06:23that's where my appetite to go,
06:24oh, fuck, that's funny.
06:25Let me go on stage, I'm gonna see what this is.
06:27Or, oh, God, this is actually,
06:30this is a new fucking, like,
06:33this is a new bait, or possible, like,
06:35idea to get to the bait,
06:37so I can fucking get, like, some dope shit.
06:39Once I get excited about it,
06:40then I'm hitting the ground running.
06:41But it's not family-generated, it's travel-generated.
06:45Where am I going?
06:46What am I experiencing?
06:47Who am I around?
06:47Did you hear Damon Wayans say that
06:49he would never do stand-up anymore,
06:50because he was like, people are too sensitive?
06:52No, he said people are stupid.
06:53Well, yeah.
06:54People are stupid, dumb.
06:55Basically, you know, he says anything,
06:56people get offended too fast,
06:57and it's like, it's just not worth the stress.
07:01I understand.
07:02I mean, I'm not, I don't,
07:04I don't see it the same way,
07:05because I don't have that level of giving a fuck of,
07:08I don't want to do the thing that I love to do,
07:10because I'm caring so much about
07:12what everybody else is thinking about what I'm doing.
07:15I think he meant that on, you know,
07:17how the Wayans used to be.
07:18Like, they, no limit.
07:20Like, you talk about anything,
07:21but now, since the new trend is being offended,
07:24and a lot of people are just, you know.
07:26It is what it is, though.
07:27Like, it's not going anywhere.
07:29I mean, Dame is Dame.
07:30Dame is a legend.
07:31Like, if Dame wanted to go on stage and fuck around,
07:35Dame can do what he wants, when he wants.
07:37You know, the idea of people being upset,
07:41or fucking triggered,
07:44if you're thinking about that,
07:45like, then you're going down a crazy spiral.
07:47I'm not doing comedy and thinking about
07:50the thought of what you think about what I'm saying.
07:52Like, I have the things I want to talk about.
07:54I know the direction I want to go in.
07:56I'm not here to offend.
07:57I'm not here to aggravate or piss people off.
08:01I'm here to do my craft.
08:02I think you can get away with anything,
08:03if it's actually funny.
08:04If it's funny.
08:04I really believe that.
08:05If it's funny and it's coming from a genuine point of view,
08:09yeah, like, I'm not being malicious.
08:12Now, if your intent is to be malicious behind said thing,
08:16and there's no real humor attached to it,
08:18it's just an angry fucking suggestion,
08:20then that's different.
08:21But I'm not in that space.
08:23I'm not doing shit to piss people off.
08:24When's the last time you've been angry, Kev?
08:26Last time I've been angry?
08:28It's been a minute, man.
08:30It's been a minute, man.
08:31I don't get what, what are you getting,
08:33like, what are you angry about?
08:34Like, why are you letting things drive you
08:38to the point of a level of anger
08:40that prevents you from doing something else?
08:44It takes so much energy to be angry.
08:46Or do you have something that when you even get
08:47to that point, like, is it the gym?
08:49Is it your kids?
08:50Is it the stage?
08:51I know this is gonna sound crazy.
08:54There's nothing that pressing to make me angry.
08:59You can have a moment.
08:59You can be frustrated for a moment,
09:01but then I'm solution-oriented.
09:03What's the solution?
09:03That's what I mean.
09:04Yeah, like, what's the solution?
09:05Okay, if something happened and it's upset,
09:07all right, well, why?
09:08Like, why did it happen?
09:09It's all office or business related.
09:11So, like, well, why?
09:13All right, well, now that is the case,
09:15like, what are we doing to basically get outside this box?
09:18How can I help get outside the box?
09:19Like, me being upset at you and your mistake
09:22doesn't change the mistake.
09:23Now, by the way, if this is a mistake you always make,
09:25all right, well, we gotta remove you.
09:27I'm sorry, but that's business.
09:28I'm not angry about the choice,
09:30but it's a professional solve.
09:32Have you apologized yet to Delaware State University?
09:35For what?
09:37Why would I apologize?
09:38Deshaun Jackson said you was sorry.
09:39Huh?
09:40Deshaun Jackson said I was sorry.
09:41Oh, you're talking about when I said, uh.
09:43I forgot what he said.
09:44What did he say?
09:45It was jokes.
09:46Like, uh.
09:47That's not a college?
09:48It's not a real college,
09:49it's a bunch of niggas on the campus.
09:50It's a park or something?
09:51Oh, a bunch of niggas on the, yeah, yeah, yeah.
09:52Yeah, it's a bunch of niggas on campus.
09:54I mean, first of all, it is, all right?
09:57But it's like, smart people there, too.
10:00Like, what do you mean?
10:01What are you talking about?
10:02I fuckin' used to go to Delaware State all the time.
10:05I performed there several times.
10:07From Philadelphia, it's right up the street.
10:09Delaware State knows I have no ill will towards them.
10:11I love you guys.
10:12But it was a funny bit.
10:13There's a lot of niggas out there.
10:17You got your animated show out, Lil Kev.
10:19Yes, yes.
10:20Talks about your life growing up.
10:21Yes.
10:22What made you wanna do that?
10:23Animation style.
10:24You know, crazy, this has been a,
10:25this is like, this is a crazy development, man.
10:28This is, I wanna say like, seven to eight years
10:31in the making.
10:33Before we could actually do it properly.
10:35Shouts out to Scott Mills over there at BET, man,
10:40for understanding like, my world of want,
10:43and allowing me to do it the way I wanted to do it.
10:45You know, it's an adult animation.
10:48And I wanted to like, flip the story
10:49of the conversation attached to the hood, right?
10:52Like, everybody talks about the hood from one point of view.
10:54You know, the hood is the hood.
10:56And people are like, the hood is fucked up, it's so bad.
10:58But, you know.
10:59Just a bunch of niggas in the neighborhood.
11:00Yeah, like, and I think that there's a,
11:02there's a positive side to it, you know?
11:05There's a role that everybody plays in the hood,
11:08especially when it comes to kids, families.
11:10Like, everybody's a part of the village.
11:12Everybody's raising everybody's child.
11:14Everybody is aware, everybody's in the know.
11:17Everybody's trying their best to serve us and eat a good.
11:19And even bad shit is happening, you know,
11:21when people find out there is an energy attached
11:23to trying to solve it and make it better.
11:26And this is a way of just flipping the conversation
11:28on the hood upside down.
11:29So, it's about me, my upbringing, being in the hood,
11:32but having such a high level of love for the hood,
11:34for my family, and for all the people around it.
11:37And Jessel Iris is in it,
11:39keeping her away from Breakfast Club.
11:40Oh, come on.
11:41Okay, Jess, don't listen to that.
11:43I don't.
11:44Yeah, that's ridiculous, first of all.
11:46And when people say, like,
11:47I want to make something very clear.
11:48When people say, like, Kev,
11:48thank you for giving people a job,
11:50people earn them jobs.
11:50Like, I'm not giving Jess anything.
11:52I'm not out, like, hey, here, Jess, here's a fucking gift.
11:56Like, that's Jess, that's her team,
11:58that's people working and saying,
11:59hey, this is a good thing to possibly put Jess up for
12:02and Jess will do the process.
12:04I mean, you could say no,
12:05but when people are talented and earning things
12:08on their own, it's happening the way it's supposed to be.
12:10I'm not in the space of no of everything
12:13and I'm hand-picking people and doing, like,
12:15that's, that would mean that I'm fucking,
12:18I mean, the time and the day to do that
12:21and do it and do it and do it,
12:22then that means that the people around me
12:24aren't doing what the fuck they're supposed to do.
12:26So, it's your job to, like, properly package
12:28and, you know, put people in places
12:30to make these projects good
12:32and it's my job to see it at the end stage
12:35of going, wow, this is a great cast.
12:36These are great personnel, great roles.
12:38I like this.
12:39I like this configuration.
12:40But Jess is earning it.
12:42That's not me giving her anything.
12:43And, you know, you do take the time
12:44to pour into the next generation.
12:45You know, Drewski was up here and Drewski said
12:47that you gave him and Kai Sinat a bunch of movies to watch.
12:51Yeah.
12:52You told them, get your stupid,
12:53whatever your stupid ass is doing right now,
12:54watch these movies.
12:55Yeah.
12:56And prepare for the next level.
12:57That's right.
12:58You know, I like what the younger generation is doing.
13:03It's crazy I'm saying it.
13:04Like, I'm really am a part of, like, a time of old.
13:07How old are you now?
13:0845.
13:09Damn!
13:10Well, doesn't look it.
13:10I did that for Don Cheadle.
13:18You know, that older generation
13:22of, like, how we approach the business,
13:24how we approach the craft, right?
13:26And I think it's dope as fuck to see
13:29this new generation navigate differently.
13:31Like, the comedians of today did not go and, you know,
13:38work at it the same way that we did.
13:40Like, they're breaking new ground,
13:42finding ways to be the personalities first
13:44and then get to the stage after.
13:46And the way that they're engaging with their audience
13:49and the way that the audience is responding to them,
13:51I think it's dope as fuck.
13:52So, you know, and being a fan of it,
13:55I feel like it's my job now to figure out ways
13:58to, like, grab this personnel,
14:00when and where I can and, you know,
14:01try to push them forward.
14:02With Kai Andrewski, Kai's such a monster, man.
14:05Like, I don't think people realize
14:07how big Kai's audience is.
14:09Yes, we do.
14:10Like, Kai's fan base is insane.
14:13Like, you're talking about somebody
14:14that's talking in front of a computer for hours on end
14:18and, you know, he holds anywhere between 300,000,
14:22400,000 people for eight to 12 hour periods
14:26that don't move.
14:28Like, when we did those streams,
14:29you know, you're putting up Super Bowl-like numbers.
14:32We had at one point, like, 900,000 people
14:35in a fucking stream watching for hours on end.
14:38So, I told him, I said, look, man,
14:40I wanna show you guys ways to, like,
14:43give your audience more and ways to do more.
14:46So, I came up with, like, with some dope-ass ideas,
14:49concepts for us to rock in together.
14:52But stay true to the space of what they're doing.
14:55So, Drewski, I know he came and he was, like,
14:57telling you guys about the movie.
14:58I don't wanna tell y'all what it is,
14:58but it's a big idea that we're working now.
15:01But I was like, to do it,
15:02you guys gotta educate yourself on things in this space.
15:06So, it wasn't homework.
15:07I was like, understand production.
15:09Understand how movies are made.
15:10Understand the look and feel
15:12so that when we're talking and ideating,
15:14you know what I'm talking about.
15:16Like, I don't wanna talk to you
15:17and then you gotta go backwards
15:18and track what we're talking about.
15:20So, the homework, quote-unquote,
15:23the homework was more about get this concept
15:28and then, like, let's get to the table
15:30and let's make this shit funny.
15:31But I got them really, like,
15:33creating this shit and developing it.
15:34And not because, you know, it's a chore or a task.
15:38It's like, I want you to be a part of the process
15:40so you can understand the process.
15:41And after you do this with me, go do it yourself.
15:44Go do it and figure out ways to, you know,
15:46do it with the other people that you're around.
15:48But I think they're fucking talented.
15:50I think Drewski's a star.
15:51I think Drewski's a funny fucking guy, man, naturally.
15:55I think they're fucking, like, natural talents.
15:58And in this, it's like putting them in a position
16:02to be what they are and be the first
16:06to come over the bridge from that space
16:08of streaming whatever.
16:09Like, what Mr. Beast is doing is dope.
16:11It's game show, big game show.
16:13He's taking everything and the idea of game, prize.
16:16He redefined it, right?
16:18Like, if you really watch it, what he's done,
16:21he redefined the concept of game, game show.
16:24We've seen it for years on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire
16:26and all these other shows.
16:28But it was a traditional win and here's your gift.
16:32He broke that model.
16:34I'm gonna give some cash to some regular people, man.
16:36And he did it time after time after time again.
16:38And then he built a big ass series.
16:39And hey, man, fucking streaming platforms was like,
16:42hey, we gotta fuck with this guy.
16:43We're gonna give him X, Y, and Z to do it.
16:45We want you to do it with us.
16:46But he controls it.
16:47He owns it.
16:48So I'm showing them how to control, how to own
16:50and do bigger things so it doesn't cap out at the stream.
16:54Druzy said you actually set him up in that stream
16:56with that little kid.
16:58He said it was you that actually set him up.
17:01This is ridiculous.
17:02That's what he said.
17:03I mean, you did, though.
17:04You did start it off.
17:04And they followed your lead.
17:05This is ridiculous.
17:06Because you're the OG.
17:07They follow your lead.
17:08First of all, what you need to understand
17:10is where the cameras are at all times.
17:12When I said the Drusky was in his ear,
17:14I said something in his ear.
17:17Nobody really knows what I said.
17:18He knows what I said.
17:20And then he took the liberty of going
17:22and saying very harsh things, by the way.
17:25Things that shouldn't be said.
17:26We've seen you move walk right out.
17:27I mean, I don't wanna be around that.
17:30I've seen a lot of people get in fights.
17:31I've seen when it's about to happen.
17:32I go, I shouldn't be here.
17:35I shouldn't be here.
17:36They about to start shooting.
17:37By the way, he's got the gun.
17:39I see it.
17:41I'm gonna leave right now.
17:42So I just exited the room
17:44because I think at the time
17:45I had to go to the bathroom, actually.
17:46And then a lot of stuff, from what I was told,
17:49a lot of shit happened.
17:50From what I was told, the kids start crying
17:51and stuff like that.
17:52And I came back.
17:53He wasn't even around, so he didn't even see it.
17:54No, I came back and I was like, what's going on?
17:56At that time, I'm the adult in the room
17:58trying to calm shit down.
17:59Like, hey, man, what's happening?
18:02And I think all the cameras caught me saying that,
18:04which is good for me legally.
18:05So I was never attached.
18:07Drusky said he felt like he could make those jokes
18:09because he's fat and y'all were teasing him
18:11all day about being fat.
18:12Oh, Drusky, first of all,
18:15calling people fat is, that's aggressive.
18:19Well, you saw the big thank you interview.
18:20Yeah, I just wanna, I don't know where the cameras are.
18:22I just wanna, I just wanna say that's a,
18:26you know what I'm saying?
18:27It is, it is.
18:28The F word.
18:29The F word.
18:30The F word, that's the F word, yeah.
18:31Now, is Drusky big?
18:33Yes, yes.
18:34Is he a little bigger?
18:35Yeah.
18:35Right, does he have problems breathing
18:36when he walks up the steps?
18:37Yeah, of course.
18:38Yeah, of course.
18:39But, you know, that little kid,
18:41I think he's on his way to a healthy lifestyle.
18:43Yeah, yeah, yeah.
18:44You gotta support that, right, the little kid?
18:45Because he was talking, I think the little kid
18:46was talking about exercising and stuff, which is good.
18:49And I'm always glad to just be
18:50on the positive side of conversation.
18:52That's what I'm about.
18:53That's right.
18:54You know, I'm a beacon of light, joy.
18:55Kevin, and sure, at the level of success
18:58that you are at being an actor,
18:59do you still have to audition for roles, or?
19:03Absolutely not.
19:04Okay.
19:05What are you talking about?
19:06Damn.
19:07No, no, no, because Martin Lawrence,
19:08he has said that he does.
19:09Martin.
19:11No, I think Martin said he pitches,
19:13he's still got to pitch projects.
19:14Oh, pitch that?
19:15Yeah, yeah, yeah.
19:16That makes sense, if he's pitching things.
19:19I mean, am I really pitching things?
19:21I think I'm pitching ideas to my team.
19:25I'm more in the business of creating the things
19:28that I think best service my want
19:31and my direction in the business.
19:33Like, when you think about the dramas,
19:36you think about all the things that I've done in series,
19:37like, that's been me.
19:38So, true story.
19:39I was like, ah, I want to fucking kill somebody on camera.
19:42I think it'd be dope.
19:43And I went and found a guy that created Narcos,
19:47and I was like, yo, it'd be dope as fuck
19:48if we could collab and talk, but we developed it.
19:51And then I was like, okay, this is great.
19:52Let's go and take this out.
19:53Like, that's developing it and then going to sell it.
19:57Fight Night, you know, that was me, Will Packer,
20:00and Will telling me he had the rights,
20:02and us saying, hey, to do it, this can be dope as fuck,
20:04but let's do it this way and put the right people in it.
20:07So, like, the creative side of from start to finish
20:11is where I'm playing at now.
20:12But, like, auditioning, I'm not really auditioning.
20:15I think people, if they have a project,
20:17they're like, oh, Kevin would be good for this,
20:18and I'm getting those calls.
20:19Hey, we want you to do.
20:21And then I got a decision of if I want to do it or not.
20:23Like, Fences, The Upside,
20:24that's still one of my favorite movies,
20:26you and Bryan Cranston.
20:27They already saw you for that role and just called you.
20:30They said, we want to do the remake,
20:33and we see you and Bryan Cranston doing this.
20:35Are you interested?
20:37Absolutely.
20:38And Nicole Kidman.
20:39I was like, absolutely, hands down.
20:40But it's coming out and having an ask.
20:43Not to say that I wouldn't audition.
20:46You would?
20:47No, he wouldn't.
20:48I was trying to clean it up.
20:50I was trying to clean it up.
20:51We didn't believe you.
20:52I was trying to, because I know y'all got cameras here.
20:54I just wanted to look in and make you just look like,
20:55I'm willing to do, right?
20:57I'm not.
20:58I just want to make you understand.
21:00When's the last time you got booed?
21:03The reason I ask is because you said you do small shows.
21:07That's why I got booed?
21:09I'm not getting booed.
21:11I'm not getting booed at this point.
21:14Even if jokes aren't funny,
21:17you're getting the credibility laughs, at least.
21:23You're laughing just because it's you.
21:25You're trying things out.
21:26At a minimum, yeah.
21:26Are those good laughs?
21:27No, you don't want those.
21:28When you're trying things out, you don't care.
21:29You don't want a damn boo either.
21:30You don't care.
21:31Honestly, there is no care for the level of laughter
21:37when I'm trying to figure shit out.
21:38Now, I think I've got it all done.
21:40And I'm like, oh, this set is complete.
21:42I'm going out and I'm struggling.
21:43Okay, then that's a little self-esteem bruising,
21:46if that's the case.
21:47But that hasn't been the case ever.
21:51When you work the shit and you done worked on the craft,
21:53and I'm like, okay, I got it.
21:55I got it down.
21:56This is my set.
21:58No, you're not running into them problems.
22:00Now, do you get an occasional person
22:02that you got to deal with in a crowd?
22:03Yeah, but that stuff isn't booing.
22:06That's like, you know, atmosphere.
22:08That's heckling or somebody yelling out
22:10and looking for a moment.
22:11Every once in a while,
22:12you got to show that you still got that.
22:14And, you know, you put people in a place comedically
22:16and then you move on with the set.
22:17But booing, no.
22:18What about like social media backlash?
22:20Because everybody, for whatever reason,
22:22was highly upset when you hosted a NBA All-Star Weekend.
22:25Or there was a section of the internet
22:27that was acting like they were.
22:27You know, what energy do you give that?
22:33I'm a partner to the NBA.
22:36Like, I understand what that means.
22:37I'm not coming on to be Kevin Hart
22:41and have funny moments to the NBA.
22:42The NBA has been a servicing aid to my career
22:47for over 15 years.
22:48Like, you go back and you'll look at how much
22:50I've been on NBA TNT and All-Star Weekend,
22:54Celebrity Weekend, all these events like this.
22:57You're not looking, it's almost host adjacent, right?
23:02The personalities that we lean on
23:04because we're familiar with family
23:06and we know how they work.
23:08That's what that is.
23:09So the All-Star, I'm not going to the All-Star game
23:11to try to create a big moment for me.
23:14I'm there because the energy of the All-Star game
23:16comes with Chuck, Ernie, Kenny, myself, Shaq.
23:19Like, we've been doing this for years.
23:21Like, just talking and playing with one another,
23:23bantering on camera.
23:24That's not an easy thing to do.
23:26They make it look fucking easy.
23:28They make it look great.
23:29That's not an easy thing to do.
23:30The relationship between you and Shaq,
23:32that seems very easy.
23:33That's not fucking an easy thing to do.
23:35Like, that chemistry, that rapport,
23:37it comes from having a real understanding
23:39for how TV works.
23:40So you can't just throw new things in there
23:42because it gets weird.
23:44People don't understand the times.
23:45People don't understand the cuts.
23:46How much time you got to go?
23:47Cut back to the game.
23:48They're trying to do so much new shit.
23:50They're trying to discover it.
23:51So while they're trying to figure it out,
23:52here's personalities that we can lean on
23:54so at least we don't have dead space
23:55or dull moments on camera.
23:57That's what that is.
23:58So when you understand the technicality
24:01behind it, then you understand my involvement.
24:02I don't feed into the other shit.
24:05I know why I'm there.
24:06Partnership.
24:06Do you ever tell Shaq to really back up off you?
24:10Because he'd be kind of sexually assaulting you
24:11in a little bit.
24:12Shaq, Shaq, come on.
24:13Just a little.
24:14What?
24:15There's only one time Shaq has done some crazy shit.
24:17Okay.
24:18Where I was uncomfortable.
24:19And what was it?
24:20That was on Real Husbands when he,
24:22that whole thing that's on the internet that they.
24:23Oh yeah, yeah.
24:24That wasn't scripted, right?
24:25That wasn't scripted.
24:26I bet it wasn't.
24:27It was a moment when honestly,
24:29I'm gonna be real with you,
24:30I didn't know nothing about it.
24:31Like I was.
24:32I was like, yeah, they gotta cut, right?
24:34Like this is, you know.
24:36They can't film it.
24:37This is before, this is before I put a little size on,
24:40not to say that I could do something to Shaq,
24:41but I didn't, you know,
24:42it was a very frail version of me.
24:44And you know, it was,
24:45this is when Shaq was like,
24:47when they were like just talking about Shaq being a cop
24:50and he really was a cop.
24:51We thought it would be funny as fuck.
24:52Shaq pulled me over on Real Husbands of Hollywood.
24:55And you know, like Shaq is like basically
24:56about to arrest me.
24:58And he fucking, you know, everybody can't improv.
25:01Say what he did to you, Ken.
25:02I'm not gonna, I don't need to repeat it.
25:03That's crazy.
25:04They kept rolling.
25:05They knew Ken was a cop.
25:06They just kept rolling.
25:08You don't even have to say this.
25:09We're not even gonna discuss it.
25:10For people who haven't seen it,
25:11Real Husbands is a great show.
25:12You should watch it.
25:13It's a great show.
25:13But it's online.
25:14Yeah, but what we're not gonna do is make it seem
25:15like something that it wasn't.
25:17So what he did was he grabbed me when I got out the car
25:21and he just tried to get a little physical, right?
25:23It was like.
25:24Pat you down.
25:24Yeah, but it's like,
25:25like everybody doesn't improv the same.
25:28Comedy is an art.
25:29Like you ever see comedians when they try to like improv
25:32and some of them go too far or they don't know when to stop.
25:35He's like, hey man, we gotta end the scene.
25:36Like you can't go on forever.
25:38Like, oh yeah, well your mama.
25:39And you're like, well, mama, you can't bring up moms
25:42cause we don't know who our moms are in this scene.
25:43It's like.
25:44I just Googled it.
25:45And it says, hashtag pause of the week.
25:47Hey, yo, nah, Shaq, you straight violated Kevin Hart.
25:51You literally took that man to pound town.
25:53Did he?
25:54No, this is, what you're doing is ridiculous.
25:56That's actually nuts.
25:58Nuts?
25:59Nah, that's nuts.
26:00That's nuts.
26:00He grabbed me, he grabbed me,
26:02throws me over the car and he starts humping me.
26:06Humping you?
26:07So I'm like, I remember.
26:08Hold on, hold on.
26:08He turned you around, bent you over.
26:10Wow.
26:10He did do all that.
26:11But you have to look at Kevin's face
26:13and to see you can tell.
26:14Let me tell you what I can tell with Charlamagne.
26:16Charlamagne is a pervert.
26:17Like he is.
26:18He's a nasty man.
26:19He is, he is.
26:20In this brief time, I just found out a lot about him.
26:22By the way, he starts describing stuff.
26:24You're a very graphic nasty man.
26:25Me?
26:26I'm just describing what Shaq did to you.
26:28He grabbed me and he fucking like throws me over the car.
26:31He's like, you don't know what I can do.
26:33He starts humping me.
26:34I remember Ralph directed the episode, right?
26:37I remember Ralph was directing the episode.
26:39I remember I looked at Ralph and I'm like,
26:41hey, did y'all, did y'all?
26:42Is it Penn Pages?
26:43Did something happen?
26:45Right.
26:46And they was like, they were like, all right.
26:49Nobody wanted to say shit to Shaq.
26:50They was like, all right, we got it.
26:52So let's just move on.
26:56We just, we just fucking moved on.
26:59Did y'all talk about it after?
27:00No, we didn't even address it.
27:01I was like, man, just like everybody just shut up.
27:03He tried to get you again also.
27:05Everybody just shut up.
27:06No, he didn't.
27:07Did you get triggered a little bit?
27:08I saw you.
27:09He was creeping up behind you.
27:10That's a very, I'm older and I'm in a much more
27:14controlling state in my life where I, you know,
27:16I would say something to Shaq, you know, don't do that.
27:19Don't fuck him.
27:20No.
27:22Stop it.
27:23Right.
27:24Like a firm, stop that.
27:25Right.
27:26But in that moment, that was Shaq trying to be funny.
27:28That's my, that's my nigga.
27:31I have so much love.
27:32Do people know the role of this generation?
27:34Do they know the pivotal role Shaq played in your career?
27:36The pivotal role?
27:37No, I don't think people do know the pivotal role.
27:39What is the pivotal role?
27:41That sounds crazy.
27:42No, I'm being serious.
27:43We don't know.
27:44When he, when he had the Shaq comedy all star weekend.
27:46Yes.
27:47Yes.
27:48And he's referring to like the, the special
27:51that actually launched, I would say like the,
27:54the bigger side of success to my comedy career.
27:55No bullshit.
27:56It is Shaq's all-star comedy jam.
27:59That was in Phoenix.
28:00You know the crazy thing?
28:01I did it as a favor.
28:03It was a favor.
28:04Like I was like, oh man, I can't let you do shit.
28:06I'm about to drop my special.
28:07So I don't really want to like go and do this.
28:10They was like, no Kev, come on.
28:11Like we need a headline there.
28:12We want you to come and to be quick.
28:14And it was like just a gig during all-star weekend.
28:17You know, like we want to tape it.
28:18And I was like, all right,
28:19let's do like a different 15 minutes on this, man.
28:22And I don't really, you know, I'm not really pressed to,
28:24I'm not really pressed about it like that.
28:25So I'll give you all this 15
28:27and I'll save the other shit for my special.
28:28So it was like a toss away set.
28:29Wow.
28:30No bullshit.
28:31Wow, wow, wow.
28:32It was a toss away 15 minutes set,
28:34like a backlog set where I was like, I get all this.
28:36And the shit ended up being the biggest.
28:37So shouts out to the big dummy himself, Shaq.
28:41I want to go back to number one on the call sheet
28:43because Sterling K. Brown did an interview
28:45where he said that people wanted to put him number one
28:47on the call sheets, but he was superstitious about it
28:50because he'd been successful enough not being number one.
28:51So he was okay with being number two.
28:53What do you think of that?
28:55I don't mind that.
28:57You know, I mean, as somebody that's been there,
28:59when you're there and you've experienced
29:02whatever the conversation attached to it is,
29:05it's not the same level of important, right?
29:08Like it's not important.
29:09Like I was joking around earlier about the idea
29:11of number one on the call sheet,
29:12but it's not that important to me.
29:13I don't give a fuck.
29:14I don't care about top billing.
29:16I don't need my name to be first.
29:18I don't need my name to be the biggest
29:20when they first put the movie or the TV show out.
29:22Like if that's more important to you,
29:24I'm like, all right, let him get it.
29:26I don't really give a fuck.
29:28And not in a dismissive way,
29:29but if that's what you need to make you feel better
29:32and to make you feel like a valuable piece
29:34to the puzzle of this project, absolutely.
29:36Give it to him.
29:37Like I can take those back steps because you've been there.
29:41Like it's like the idea of stardom.
29:43It's not, it doesn't thrive or,
29:46I'm not thriving in the space of being a star.
29:49Like you've been there.
29:50I could give a fuck.
29:50Like you can dim the light as much as you want.
29:52I don't, it doesn't matter.
29:54So.
29:55That novelty has been worn.
29:55Yeah, it's like you don't, it doesn't,
29:57it's not driving my reason to get up and do.
30:00So I think what Sterling is referring to
30:02is saying like, look man, I don't really like that.
30:05I've done it.
30:05It's better for me to do this.
30:06Let somebody else deal with all the headache of that.
30:09That's what he's doing.
30:10And shout out to him too, man.
30:12His show is incredible right now.
30:14So when you and The Rock do a movie,
30:16who's number one on the call sheet?
30:18I let him get it.
30:19But he's, DJ is an asshole.
30:21Damn.
30:22Yeah, he's an asshole.
30:23You let him get it?
30:23No, I'm joking.
30:25Yeah.
30:25No, DJ, by the way, he trumps me every time.
30:27What do you mean?
30:28It's not even a conversation.
30:29I don't even bring it up.
30:31No, you're number one on this, right?
30:33What is it?
30:34Because of box office numbers?
30:35Like how do they?
30:36I think he deserves to be number one
30:38when we do the project.
30:39He's a international superstar.
30:42Gotcha.
30:43I'm not saying that I don't have international success,
30:45but I don't think that we're equal in that regard.
30:49I think that his movies have performed
30:51and done crazy business internationally.
30:55And when we do the projects
30:56that we want to appeal to the world,
30:59you should be first.
31:00I'm coming in and I'm on that train with you.
31:03I'm adding value to it,
31:04but I'm not bummed by you being first.
31:07We put an amazing cast together
31:08to help us get those audiences when we do.
31:10But I don't feel any type way about that.
31:14I think he deserves it and he should have it.
31:17Congratulations too, man.
31:18You got, it was announced that
31:21you're working with the Indiana Pacers now.
31:22I'm not working with the Pacers, Heartbeat.
31:24Heartbeat Entertainment.
31:25Heartbeat isn't working with the Pacers.
31:26Yes, Heartbeat is.
31:27To be the official cultural curator
31:30to provide entertainment and live experiences
31:32for fans in the Indianapolis community.
31:33Yes, yes.
31:34What does the 76ers say about that?
31:36What does the 76ers say about that?
31:38We're speeding with the question.
31:39First of all, what does that look like?
31:41It's a opportunity for our company, right?
31:43Like you're, our company is a creative engine
31:46for any resource that allows us to be, right?
31:50Like we are a business.
31:52So our business thrives when we can implement ourselves
31:56in places to create or elevate a brand,
32:00a company, an entity, an activation,
32:03whether it be live entertainment, storytelling, et cetera.
32:06Indiana, with the Pacers and the Fever,
32:10have an attraction coming.
32:11I think they have an all-star coming up,
32:13but it's more about, they're like,
32:14look, we're looking for ways to expand
32:18and elevate what we've done.
32:19They spent a lot of money on a new facility.
32:21They have a team that's thriving, a younger team.
32:25The Fever are thriving with Star Power, et cetera.
32:29So they're like, how do we elevate?
32:31How can we better tell our story?
32:33And I'm like, that's what we do.
32:35And me having relationships with the owner of the team
32:39and presidents of the teams
32:41or CMOs that are a part of those entities,
32:45it's like, look, that's what we do.
32:47We tell stories very well.
32:49So to market, promote, and better define that for you,
32:52that's our business.
32:53Let us show you how we can make that business
32:56a service to you.
32:57And they gave an opportunity and I was like, dope,
32:58let our company do it.
32:59So it's not a Kevin Hart thing.
33:02Everybody assumes that Kevin Hart
33:04is the driving factor or the source.
33:06It's the entity.
33:07The entity has to do things outside of me,
33:10entity to fucking thrive.
33:12That's a fact.
33:13So whether it's the fucking Pacers,
33:16I got business with the Falcons,
33:18I got business with the Eagles.
33:19Would you do the Giants?
33:20That's one that I don't know if I would touch
33:22because they don't know good stuff.
33:25They may let me go.
33:28But it's how many of those can I do step and repeat?
33:31So the Pacers, we'll use as an example,
33:33once we do it well.
33:35And from that example, I'll go to other fucking NBA teams
33:39or the NBA in general.
33:41I'm looking to be a better partner for the NBA.
33:43How do we better tell stories for your brand?
33:45How do we better promote and market you?
33:48How can we amplify or activate differently?
33:51These are words in the business
33:53that companies desperately wanna hear
33:55from potential partners.
33:56That's an interesting question
33:57because, Envy, what you about to say about the Sixers?
33:59I was just saying, well, how did the 76ers feel like that?
34:01Because you are such a 76ers fan.
34:03I feel like they might look at it like,
34:04why you over there messing with them?
34:06You here, this is home team.
34:07Because it's Heartbeat the company
34:08and Kevin Hart the individual.
34:09I promise you that they wouldn't even blink an eye
34:12because they understand business.
34:15Kevin Hart is still a 76ers fan.
34:17His company, Heartbeat, is doing a service
34:19for another company.
34:20Hey, Kev, you think you could do this for us too?
34:23Would your company be interested in doing this?
34:24Absolutely, guys.
34:26This is not anything Kevin specific.
34:29I'm still going to Sixers games.
34:31I still sit courtside.
34:32They're trash right now, by the way.
34:33They're horrible.
34:34Right now, we're not in the best position,
34:36but I'm still a fan.
34:37I'm an Eagles fan.
34:39But if there's business that can be done
34:42for another NFL entity that wants to tell stories,
34:45well, we're gonna tell those stories for the entity.
34:47That doesn't mean that our brand can't do that.
34:50It's a company.
34:51I know that you guys were talking to Mike about it.
34:53He was like, yo, is that crazy?
34:54This isn't Kevin Hart.
34:55I'm not going to the Pacers.
34:58Man, it's time for me to change the narrative.
35:01No, this is what my company does.
35:03It's that simple.
35:04Will Heartbeat call Mike Epps?
35:06To do, absolutely.
35:08By the way, here's an example, right?
35:11If All-Star Weekend is coming up there
35:13and we're like, okay, hey, we have ideas
35:15to service a bigger, like a bigger process
35:20that people can probably gravitate towards,
35:22a little different from what they've done in the past.
35:24Here's how we're gonna make the All-Star Weekend
35:26in Indiana when the women are playing.
35:29Here's how we can make it different.
35:31Here's what we can bring to the table.
35:33Women round tables, a woman cold as balls, et cetera.
35:36Is there a comedy activation?
35:38Women forwarded.
35:39Does Mike want to bring and be responsible for comedy
35:42from India?
35:43Absolutely.
35:44Like that's when you tap in.
35:45All you are is the servicing hub.
35:49We're the hub.
35:49Now it's our job to go and grab everybody
35:51to make this thing underneath our hub better.
35:54It's not, you desperately need that.
35:57So in this case, hell yeah, Mike, come on.
36:00Mike, by the way, this is your city.
36:02What's dope about the city that we can do with you?
36:04What do you want to do?
36:06How do we help you?
36:07Like that's partnership.
36:08But if the thought triggers you at first,
36:12what, this is my city, how do I?
36:14Well, then you don't even get
36:16to the next stage of opportunity.
36:18That opportunity comes from understanding the idea.
36:21Oh, oh dope, I can do something?
36:24I'll bet, and I want to do this too.
36:26Absolutely, here.
36:27Here's how we're going to do it.
36:28Like that's business.
36:30That's how business is done.
36:32That's how you get to the place of success.
36:34So there just hasn't been an opportunity
36:35for Heartbeat to call Mike yet.
36:39No, we just did the deal.
36:40We literally just did the deal.
36:43And now that we are doing the deal,
36:45well, now you got to tap in to the culture of the city.
36:48You got to tap into popular names
36:50and faces from the city.
36:51You got to tap into the athletes
36:53that are the stars in the city.
36:56Now you go and you say, guys,
36:57here's what we're thinking of.
36:59Here's how we make this special,
37:01but here's how we do it with you.
37:03Is this a collaborative thing that makes sense for you?
37:05Dope, okay, if so, great.
37:07If not, well, what does?
37:08Cool, okay, we like that.
37:10All right, let's build, let's expand.
37:12I told Mike that when he was here.
37:12I said, knowing Kev, he's going to call you to do something.
37:14Absolutely, I mean, me and Mike's relationship now is-
37:18He said y'all good.
37:19We're 10 times better.
37:21It took a long time to get to where we are now,
37:23but I'm happy at the road of dumb shit
37:30because it got us to a place of real grown man shit.
37:33And we're not doing the dumb tweets and shit no more.
37:39Like, Mike, call me.
37:40I'm calling you, and we talk.
37:42So when I did, Mike was the first one.
37:44We got on the phone, we had a conversation,
37:46and me and Mike are very much on the same page.
37:50And I think a lot of the disconnect was from assumption.
37:54And that's the realization that came about.
37:57But I have no ill will, no beef towards anybody,
38:01damn sure not Mike.
38:02And right now, the priority between me and Mike
38:05are figuring out the thing that we're going to do together.
38:08And I told Mike, it's a real thing.
38:12We haven't done it because of this disconnect
38:15in our relationship.
38:16We've never been on screen together.
38:17We did Real Husbands together in the beginning.
38:21Mike did an episode.
38:23And that's the only time where we've ever jousted on camera.
38:26And I was like, at this point in our career,
38:28like, we're not fucking nobody but ourselves.
38:32So, you know, how do we make it work?
38:33And he's like, yeah, Kev, like, how do we make it work?
38:35And it's a mutual understanding.
38:38And I think now, having that as a priority,
38:41his fans will be happy.
38:42My fans, I think, will be happy.
38:44And I think it'd be dope for the culture
38:46when we do it.
38:47Yeah, where is that version of Harlem Nights for this era?
38:49Where all the comedians come together?
38:50It's hard to happen because the idea of it being just one
38:56is what people can't let go of.
38:58What you mean?
38:59Like, there doesn't have to be just one star.
39:02Well, Harlem Nights wasn't just one star.
39:03It was so many.
39:04That's why it worked.
39:05That's why it worked.
39:06Richard didn't give a fuck about Eddie.
39:07Eddie didn't give a fuck about Richard, right?
39:10Like, they're the two biggest fucking comedians.
39:13You know, minus the bullshit,
39:15the only person that was missing
39:16that should have been in that,
39:18you know, Cosby in some degree, right?
39:21A showing of him.
39:22But they have Red Fox.
39:25Robin fucking Harris.
39:26Like, if you go and you look at the names,
39:29you know, fucking Della Reese.
39:30Like, you look at the names and the people
39:33in Harlem Nights,
39:34you looked at a fucking conglomerate cast
39:37of hard-hitting comics of color.
39:40We don't have that today.
39:42The attempts to do it,
39:44shouts out to Chris Rock, top five.
39:46Yeah.
39:47Putting comics in,
39:48whether you are a fan of the movie or not.
39:50The attempt was, I wanna see comics of color
39:54share the screen together and I wanna get down.
39:57Tracy, Leslie, like, I wanna get down.
39:59Let's go back and forth.
40:01Let's do some shit.
40:03Death at a Funeral.
40:05Chris attempted to put comics together.
40:10There's not a lot of examples.
40:12I would say Life, to a certain extent.
40:14Life is dope, but you don't,
40:15you had Eddie and you had Martin.
40:18Bernie Mac.
40:18Bernie.
40:20Guy Torrey.
40:21Guy Torrey, yeah.
40:23Yeah, it wasn't that bad.
40:24You know, we didn't have, like, a woman figure in Life.
40:29But I think, like, you've seen the attempt.
40:31But there is no, like, there is no initiative
40:34where it's like, okay, look,
40:37we're all gonna fuckin' share the same level of pay
40:42and we're all gonna play on the back end.
40:43This is how I would approach it.
40:45Everybody's gonna win on the back end, okay?
40:47Let's remove money from the idea.
40:49This isn't about who's getting the money
40:51or who's doing what.
40:52It's about the project.
40:54So we're gonna do our best in this project
40:55to put people in position to win.
40:57Winning mean memorable moments, laughs, funny, et cetera.
41:01But to do it right,
41:04everybody's not gonna be on the same page.
41:05Like, you gotta have an understanding
41:08of who has to carry the weight here
41:09for the people here to fuckin' get in and get down.
41:12When you can have that conversation
41:13and people are okay with it, all right, it's great.
41:16But that conversation can never be had
41:17because people are bumped out the gate.
41:20I ain't workin' with him.
41:21I ain't workin' with her.
41:22I ain't doin', fuck that.
41:23They got me, like, I ain't the funniest nigga.
41:26Like, you can't even get to the fuckin' second page.
41:29And even when it comes to, like, the younger comics, man,
41:32it's been a few of, like,
41:35DC Young Fly has countless scripts that he has
41:39and he's tryin' to get all of us, like,
41:42in this generation, but egos,
41:44and, ah, what's she gonna be gettin'?
41:46And who gonna be the main character?
41:47Ah, I ain't workin' with her.
41:48Or how, he, you know what I mean?
41:50So, it's-
41:51The problem with the younger generation of comics, man,
41:54I made money so fast.
41:57Good money.
41:58Yeah.
41:59Like, not, like, not little money.
42:00They made money so fast.
42:02So, the idea of doin' that for that, fuck that.
42:06I ain't doin', I'm over here gettin', it's like,
42:09the idea-
42:10Just barely come here now.
42:10I mean, listen, just-
42:11Absolutely.
42:12Yeah.
42:13Just made money.
42:14Still making money, right?
42:16Like, just understands that road money.
42:18That road money is a different type of money.
42:21These comics, or new comics, influencers,
42:23turn-comics, are making real money.
42:25So, until you get to a point where you understand
42:29the money isn't going to drive your next stage of success.
42:34If your next stage of success, or want for success,
42:37is attached to IP, projects, whatever,
42:40you cannot do it by yourself.
42:43You need the helping aid of other talent.
42:45I don't give a fuck who you are.
42:47I'm saying this as a pound for pound
42:50conglomerate in the business.
42:53Respectfully and humbly, a conglomerate.
42:55I stack the deck.
42:57I'm not looking to fucking be on screen
43:00and be the only person.
43:02I stack the fucking deck, winning where I can.
43:05By the way, and I'm very thankful
43:09to the other names that are willing to come
43:11and work with me and do things with me.
43:14I was excited.
43:15Samuel L. Jackson is doing-
43:17Thank you, God, Sam.
43:19Don Cheadle, oh, thank you.
43:22Taraji, oh, thank you.
43:25Terrence, thank you.
43:27I'm thankful.
43:29You cannot be the only one.
43:32And to that younger generation,
43:35my message to so many funny,
43:37I can go down the list.
43:40DC Young Fly, who you just mentioned,
43:41Country Wayne, Desi Banks, fucking Drewski,
43:44Kastanot, Jess, you got Pretty V,
43:46you got B Simone, you got all of these fucking-
43:49Carlos, Chico, DC.
43:50Ryan Davis, right here, 85 Soft, all those guys.
43:54You got all these fucking great,
43:56new, emerging pieces of talent.
44:00I'm gonna tell you right now,
44:02talent caps out where it is
44:05when what you do is all you think you should do.
44:09In other words, if I'm just doing stand-up comedy,
44:13and in doing stand-up comedy,
44:14I do the theaters and the arenas,
44:16okay, I can't do that every year and that's it.
44:20It will flatline, it will die down at some point.
44:24Maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow,
44:25but at some point, it will digress.
44:26So if you don't offload, and you don't figure out,
44:29I'm tapping into this, and I'm tacking into this,
44:32or I'm tapping into that,
44:33this thing is one source of energy that you have,
44:37it'll get a little dim.
44:38That light ain't gonna fucking flicker the same.
44:40So if they don't tap into each other
44:43and figure out the way to make each other
44:45a valuable resource and asset,
44:48it will tap out.
44:50We're assets to one another,
44:53say what you want, me and The Rock
44:54are assets to one another, man.
44:56DJ and I will get on the phone,
44:58we talking out, hey man, it's time for us to do something.
45:00We gotta figure out the next thing.
45:02What you thinking?
45:03I don't know, is it Jumanji 3, is it another,
45:04what you thinking?
45:05I don't know, what you thinking?
45:06Let's talk, let's figure it out.
45:08Hey man, you know who I wanna work with,
45:10who I haven't worked with?
45:11Man, me and Idris, I gotta get down with Idris,
45:13I've yet to do something.
45:13I'm tapping into other energy.
45:16I don't wanna be the only source of energy.
45:19That's the only way that you continue to move forward.
45:22Writers, producers, I wanna work with you.
45:25Man, you're doing amazing things.
45:27You're an amazing writer.
45:28How do I work with you?
45:29Kai, you're doing amazing shit in this streaming space, man.
45:32I got some shit to show you, I'm gonna work with you.
45:34Like, you gotta tap in.
45:37That's what people are afraid to do.
45:39And they're afraid to do it, especially in our culture,
45:41because we feel like there can only be one.
45:43That's right.
45:44That's some good-ass advice too, though,
45:45because that is the toughest thing,
45:47trying to convince this generation
45:49that there is another level.
45:52What you're doing does have an expiration date
45:53if you don't diversify your portfolio.
45:541,000%, it's building correctly.
45:58And by the way, don't have to do it all in one day, man.
46:03I'm almost 30 years strong in this fucking business.
46:06You don't have to do it all in one day.
46:08The discovery is exciting when you start to figure it out
46:11and you start to see the things that you're changing
46:13or things that you're driving towards work.
46:16That's the exciting part.
46:17And the exciting part is when you're like,
46:19oh shit, I actually can do the shit that I'm thinking about.
46:21Like, oh fuck, damn, I started off doing these videos
46:25and now the videos have turned into a business,
46:27but now the business has turned into a touring job.
46:29Now my radio job fucking offsets,
46:31promotes the fucking touring.
46:32By the way, my businesses are connecting.
46:34The dots are connecting.
46:37Say what you want.
46:38You can hate me or you can love me.
46:40I connect dots.
46:41I connect dots very well.
46:44Every piece of this machine somehow connects
46:47in some way, in some shape, in some form.
46:50So at the end of the day, if this piece dies,
46:52well, you can't kill this one.
46:55If this one dies and this one dies,
46:56well, I got this one.
46:58If these three die, well, they don't know I got these.
47:01The dots are important, man.
47:03And that younger mindset in this business today
47:07is a cash-driven mind.
47:09The money will come.
47:11I'm telling you, the money will come.
47:13The ideas don't.
47:15Relationships and partnerships don't.
47:18That's the difference.
47:20Kevin got a go too, guys.
47:21I mean, I don't want to do this.
47:22Kevin motherfucking Hart, man.
47:23That's right.
47:24Great energy, great information.
47:25I do got one last question, Kev.
47:27Do you have a sign?
47:28Because people interview you all the time, right?
47:30And it gotta get to a point where you be like,
47:32I'm tired, I gotta go.
47:33Do you have like a sign?
47:33Kevin would just say, he gotta fucking go.
47:34No, no, no, no, no.
47:35What are you like, you scratch your head twice
47:36or you pick your nose?
47:37Nah, I just be like, all right, guys, that's it.
47:39Time to wrap it up, brother.
47:41We've been here, I think we did it.
47:43We got everything.
47:44We touched on everything.
47:45Lil Kev, dropping.
47:47I'm excited about it.
47:48Adult Animation, BET Plus.
47:50Once again, shout out to BET.
47:51Shout out to my amazing team at Heartbeat, man.
47:54Shout out to Mike Stein, Tiffany Brown,
47:58who worked so hard.
47:59Shout out to Malcolm.
48:01Oh God, I just dropped the name of my other writer.
48:03I'm so sorry.
48:04On our development side, who helped get this.
48:06Shout out to Wanda, Deion Cole, so many other names.
48:12Miss Pat.
48:13Yes, Miss Pat.
48:13So many other names.
48:14Slick Johnson, Cree Summer, Jamar Neighbors.
48:17Yes, it's so many people that are a part of this project
48:20that have made it what it is today.
48:22And once again, this is a passion project, man.
48:25This is a piece of IP that I worked on for a long time
48:29and to have it finally come to light is dope as fuck.
48:32It's funny as fuck.
48:33It's raw, it's edgy.
48:36And it's a true testament to my mom and dad who aren't here.
48:39R.I.P. to the hearts upstairs and maybe downstairs.
48:43My dad, they say he could be.
48:44Man, cut it out, man.
48:45I don't know.
48:46They say I don't know.
48:47So, just in the middle.
48:49My dad in the middle.
48:52Shout out to Pops, wherever you are.
48:54Yeah, I don't know what side.
48:56This is a-
48:57You don't want to assume.
48:58I don't want to assume.
48:59I don't want to assume.
49:01If God ever closed the door,
49:02my dad might have been on the outside.
49:06But it's a testament to them.
49:07So I can't wait for you guys to enjoy it.
49:09Watch it.
49:09Lock it in.
49:10Number one on the call sheet.
49:11Shout out to Fox.
49:12Lock it in.
49:13And you're at Radio City Music Hall all weekend.
49:14That's right.
49:15Tonight, Friday, and Sunday.
49:17Radio City Music Hall.
49:18Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.
49:19And last but not least, man.
49:21I want to give a big shout out to my guys before I go.
49:24I've talked about the younger generation.
49:26I've talked about energy and servicing energy.
49:29I want to talk about my energy source for a reason.
49:32Or just for a quick moment.
49:33Plastic Cup Boys, man.
49:34Shout out to Naeem.
49:35Shout out to Spank.
49:36Shout out to Joey Wells.
49:38I'm excited about comedy still
49:40because my guys still make me work.
49:43Naeem, pound for pound.
49:45Naeem Lynn, one of the funniest motherfuckers on the planet.
49:48Constantly creating, constantly developing new materials.
49:50Spank, one of the funniest people on the planet.
49:51Joey, been with me for years.
49:53One of the funniest people on the planet.
49:54Shout out to those guys for making me stay as sharp as I am
49:58by being as sharp as they are.
49:59Naeem out here inspiring governors.
50:00Governor Gretchen Whitmer loves Naeem.
50:02Wrote about Naeem in her book.
50:04Talks about how when she gives speeches,
50:06she quotes Naeem's Sharp Week motherfucker joke.
50:09You know, listen.
50:10Let me tell you something about Naeem.
50:11Naeem is the most emotional comic.
50:14So we talk about like comments and shit like that.
50:16Naeem used to go to Ticketmaster
50:18and he would read like the comments.
50:20Like he would read them all.
50:21So he'd come in like the dressing room after the show.
50:24He'd be like, did you see what they said about me?
50:26I'm like, no, nah, what they say?
50:32This is bullshit.
50:33He's like, nah, why you reading that?
50:35He's like, I just go on it,
50:36but it's like once you in it, you in it.
50:38Like he would really like,
50:39he would go back and forth with people.
50:40Like what the fuck are you talking about?
50:41Obviously you got there late.
50:42Like he would like, he would go back and forth with people.
50:46The most emotional comic.
50:47Yes, on Ticketmaster.
50:48He would go to people that had like bad things to say.
50:51He would go back and forth with them.
50:52I love him though.
50:53Naeem Lent.
50:54That's it, I'm done.
50:55That's it.
50:56That is The Breakfast Club.
50:57It's Kevin Hart, y'all.
50:58Wake that ass up.
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