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IMO with Michelle Obama and Craig Robinson

Simplify Your Life with Anderson .Paak

IMO with Michelle Obama and Craig Robinson

Higher Ground

Education, Self-improvement, Society & Culture

4.313.6K Ratings

🗓️ 3 June 2026

⏱️ 87 minutes

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Summary

Grammy Award-winning artist Anderson .Paak joins the show today! He talks to Michelle and Craig through his music career, including his early days as “Breezy Lovejoy,” the devastating moment he thought his career was over before it started, and his big break with Dr. Dre. 

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0:00.0

Somebody said my teeth were like the temptations. Everybody wanted to see Lee. So back then it was tough. I got the braces on and then it was a long process. It just happened like this. I didn't come out like this. It was a whole process. If your teeth were like that, you probably had the retainer, the night thing. They were like, we're going to work on it. Like jaw fasteners and all that. You didn't have all that. Why you got to do me like that? I'm sorry. I didn't have head here. Damn. I was like, I stopped short of head here. Just hold on. So you got to get a jaw on. And you were a chubby little dudes, too.

0:38.0

I was a hefty critter.

0:39.3

Yeah.

0:40.0

So you were eating your way through the pain.

0:46.0

I eat because I'm unhappy.

0:49.8

Yeah, that was it.

0:51.0

My mom, she works so much.

0:52.6

Right, great.

0:53.3

You know, she knows how to cook.

0:54.8

She can burn, but she's not a time.

0:56.6

Right.

0:57.0

She'd just be like, here's 20 bucks.

0:58.3

Figure it out.

1:10.0

Hey.

1:12.2

Craig and Black.

1:14.1

I am in black today.

1:15.4

The man in black.

1:16.3

Michelle in Blue.

1:27.8

You know, this episode today made me, reminded me of, wanted to ask if you remember when you used to take drum lessons.

1:29.6

Oh, yes.

1:32.4

How old were you when you started?

1:38.8

I was in elementary school, and I had to be like in fifth grade.

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