Crooked I Talks Tupac, Slaughterhouse, And Writing Wu-Tang Lyrics For Hulu

People's Party with Talib Kweli

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🗓️ 7 October 2019

⏱️ 79 minutes

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Summary

On this episode of People's Party, Talib Kweli and Jasmin Leigh sit down with Rapper and Podcaster Crooked I. They discuss his interview show Crook's Corner, his involvement working on the Hulu Bioepic "Wu-Tang: An American Saga", his first time meeting 2Pac, as well as Long Beach gang rivalries and the need for black and brown unity through hip hop. Crook also speaks on working with Death Row and Suge Knight, then later moving to Shady Aftermath, touring with Slaughterhouse, his struggles with alcoholism and reaching sobriety. The trio also speak on the mainstream promoting negative stereotypes and the need to take back the culture from those that are pushing those agendas.

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0:00.0	What's up party people? It's Tyler and Kuala Lita, host of the People's Party.
0:03.4	I know you've been enjoying it so far. We thank you for your love and support.
0:06.8	We got more people's party coming up. We got all types of situations that you're
0:10.6	gonna want to tune into and never forget to watch. Tyler and Kuala Lita, Jasmine Lee,
0:14.8	it is the People's Party. Let's go.
0:16.5	What's up party people? It's Tyler and Kuala Lita. Welcome to another fantastic edition of
0:33.5	the People's Party with Tyler and my wonderful co-host, Jasmine Lee. Give it up for Jasmine Lee in
0:38.9	the place to be. No doubt. What's up? Are you feeling Jasmine? I'm feeling amazing just a little
0:44.1	chilly today. Oh, that's okay. You know what I'm saying? We got it really cool here because there's
0:49.5	a lot of lights and equipment. We can't be sweating with the cameras. You know what I'm saying?
0:53.6	I'm just going to sweat off all this sexiness. We're going to get real sexy today. Yeah, really.
0:58.8	It's going to be a sexy show. Super sexy. Okay. This guest is a friend of mine. This guest is another
1:05.8	MC. You know, we love the MCs here at the People's Party. He's one of my favorite MCs,
1:10.5	he's one of the greatest working MCs to do it. He's been around for a long time. Just like
1:15.4	OG, but he's still very contemporary. He's part of a bunch of group situations, but the stuff that
1:21.6	he does on his own is very important. He has made a name for himself in the real world. He's made a
1:27.7	name for himself on social media. He once dropped a new record for every week for 52 weeks. Wow.
1:35.8	However many weeks is in here. I don't know. I forgot, but over the lot of them.
1:40.1	Ladies and gentlemen, give it up to the host of Crooks Corner, one of the best MCs working,
1:45.7	Crooked Eye, AKA King Crooked in the place to be.
1:49.2	Yay!
1:53.6	I like your shirt. I like your shirt. I like the shirt. I like the jacket on.
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