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South Beach Sessions with Dan Le Batard

O'Shea Jackson Jr.

South Beach Sessions with Dan Le Batard

Meadowlark Media

Society & Culture, Sports, Comedy

4.915K Ratings

🗓️ 11 September 2025

⏱️ 78 minutes

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Summary

"I got our name in places it hasn't been before, and I want to continue to do that." O'Shea Jackson Jr. is absolutely his father's son, and he's not shy about it. Instead, he's on a mission to match that passion and legacy. O’Shea talks with Dan about his father’s career and what it means to follow in those giant footsteps… including playing him in 'Straight Outta Compton'. And, of course, O’Shea shares the stories only a star-studded childhood could tell, like calling up Kobe for inspiration. He also dives into his journey through the film industry to franchises like Godzilla and Star Wars, starting with how struggling in school actually taught O’Shea that he was always a writer. Watch, listen, & subscribe to the "No-Contest Wrestling Podcast with O'Shea Jackson Jr. & TJ Jefferson", available wherever you get your podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

You're listening to Draft Kings Network. Welcome to the West Coast edition of South Beach sessions right here.

0:31.8

We've got generations of Los Angeles in front of me.

0:35.7

O'Shea Jackson, Jr.

0:37.2

Your father's very Los Angeles. You're very Los Angeles. You know, I'm from Den of Thieves. He played his father in his debut role in straight out of Compton. You got Godzilla. You got a cocaine bear. But the thing that's most important, the only thing that matters right now, The greatest pride that he has is his nerddom

0:55.0

in wrestling. No contest wrestling. You've got a podcast and you are immersed in all things wrestling.

1:01.9

How have you not been dissuaded of this as an adult? The greatest arguments I had with my father

1:06.4

was, Dad, that's not fake. Jimmy Snooka, you can't, that's not fake, that can't be faked.

1:11.9

Yeah, it's, you definitely, I grew up having those arguments and, you know, things like that.

1:18.9

But once you start to become a smarter wrestling fan, you know what you're looking at,

1:22.8

but then you know what you're looking for to.

1:25.6

If you can, with everyone's knowledge of the business for a split

1:31.1

second for however long make them believe you're you got them you got them in the palm of your hand

1:38.3

and as an actor I appreciate what they do because in my line of work, I get cuts, I get redos.

1:46.6

It's not going to be in the movie until it's perfect.

1:49.4

But with them, it's live.

1:50.8

And they have to add to a character every week as opposed to, you know, waiting for a season.

1:56.5

So, yeah, I mean, and to go is so much better than watching on TV.

2:02.7

There's some things, some aspects that a television match can give you that you don't

2:07.7

get from live, like you're not hearing the announcers or anything like that, but the

2:10.7

energy of the crowd and just seeing people that might break a limb just for our applause,

2:17.3

you got to admire. I want to keep talking

2:20.0

to you about wrestling and we will, but the screenwriter in you, the screenwriter who went to

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