Nuck If You Buck ft. Cortez Smith
Pour Minds Podcast
The Black Effect and iHeartPodcasts
4.6 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 8 August 2025
⏱️ 111 minutes
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Summary
This week on Pour Minds, Lex P and Drea Nicole are joined by The Chi’s very own Cortez Smith, better known as Nuck, for a wild ride of storytelling, truth-telling, and bone-hitting honesty (literally). From his real-life experiences growing up in Chicago to landing his breakout role, Cortez opens up about how he dodged the streets, dealt with rejection from Spike Lee, and why one “yes” changed his life forever.
They also get into the rise of hobosexuals—fine men with nowhere to live—unpacking whether looks really get you far when you’re broke. The trio shares Poor Decisions of the Week, debates tattoo regrets (and removals), and dives deep into dating with no motion, the curse of pretty privilege, and why vibes matter more than abs.
Plus: the girls sip on the “Pour & Peace Paloma,” this week’s Taylor Port-sponsored Drink of the Week, and Cortez keeps it real about paying his tab when he had no home, no job—but plenty stroke!
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:05.0 | I always had to be so good no one could ignore me. |
| 0:08.0 | Carve my path with data and drive. |
| 0:10.0 | But some people only see who I am on paper. |
| 0:14.0 | The paper ceiling, the limitations from degree screens to stereotypes |
| 0:18.0 | that are holding back over 70 million stars. |
| 0:24.4 | Workers skilled through alternative routes rather than a bachelor's degree. |
| 0:26.9 | It's time for skills to speak for themselves. |
| 0:31.7 | Find resources for breaking through barriers at tetherpapersealing.org. |
| 0:34.1 | Brought to you by Opportunity at Work and the Ad Council. |
| 0:37.0 | Adventure should never come with a pause button. |
| 0:57.5 | Remember movie pass? All the movies you wanted for just nine bucks? I'm Bridget Todd, host of There Are No Girls on the Internet. And this season, I'm digging into the tech stories we weren't told. Starting with Stacey Spikes, the black founder of Movie Pass, who got pushed out of the company he built. Everybody's trying to knock you down and it's not going to work and no one's going to like it. |
| 0:59.3 | And then boom, it's everywhere. |
| 1:00.4 | And that was that moment. |
| 1:04.7 | Listen to there are no girls on the internet on the IHurt Radio app, Apple Podcast, or wherever you get your podcast. |
| 1:12.6 | Here, insightful, entertaining discussions on today's important health and wellness topics on the Health Discovered podcast from WebMD. |
| 1:17.3 | Through in-depth conversations with experts, Health Discovered covers everything from tips for healthier living to the latest on therapy and mental health. My goal is to really destigmatize |
| 1:23.4 | mental health treatment and looking at it from a whole health perspective. Physical health and mental health can be intertwined. |
| 1:30.7 | Listen to WebMD Health Discovered on the IHeart Radio app or wherever you get your podcasts. |
| 1:35.9 | Lucky for her, you know, you're an attractive guy. |
| 1:37.9 | Like I said, you was cooking and cleaning. |
| 1:39.1 | A lot of these homosexuals be ugly and me. |
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