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From First We Feast, I'm Sean Evans and you're watching Hot Ones, the show with hot questions and even hotter wings.
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And today, I'm joined in studio by Ja Rule. Hot Ones.
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You see I got my glasses on.
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I don't want to see I don't want y'all to see me cry.
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Here's how the show works.
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So, we have 10 questions, 10 hot wings, and 10 sauces. Got you.
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As we move along in the show, the the chicken wings get hotter and so do the questions. They hot.
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The wings get so hot, in fact, that you might need to tap out.
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You might have to just say, "I've had it.
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I need to get out of here."
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And your safe word is It's murder. That's my safe word? Mhm.
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So, you drop that ad-lib and just like that, you don't have to eat any more wings.
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We go right to the last question and it's a wrap. Okay.
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The light at the end of the tunnel is a 30-second uninterrupted plug.
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If you don't make it through all 10 wings, through all 10 sauces, I take half your plug. Okay. All right, Ja Rule. Here are your hot ones.
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The first one, Texas Pete's hot sauce.
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Texas Pete's variety, kindergarten stuff. Texas Pete's is nothing. We can do Texas Pete's. Let's go. day. Mhm. First question.
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I was watching an interview that Nardwuar had with Tyler the Creator recently. Right.
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And Nardwuar's thing is he brings gifts during all of his interviews. Right.
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And one of the things that he gave Tyler the Creator was a Ja Rule condom. Haha, yeah.
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And I have to know, where did the Ja Rule condom Where did that idea like how did that come into the world?
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And have you ever used one? Never used one. Never trusted those.
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But, back in the days when hip-hop was hip-hop, we used to do like these great little promotional items to give like the radio stations and PDs and DJs.
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When I made the record Thug Lovin', that was one of my promotional items was the Ja Rule condom. Get your thug lovin' on.
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You know what I'm saying? Amazing.
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So, you're already through one. Okay. On to number two. Who's this?
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This is uh Cholula hot sauce. Cholula hot sauce.
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All right, little Cholula.
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more of a kick, but still like I ain't scared of you, Cholula. Uh-uh.
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I watched some videos of you recently, and in them you were doing Skype interviews with all these different celebrities, you know? Yeah.
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You talked to a lot of people.
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I noticed that your peak excitement, you got most excited when you're talking to Lil Wayne about jail meal hacks.
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You're And his whole thing was like with ramen and Doritos, and you got so hyped.
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Ramen noodles, you crunch them [ __ ] up, you get you some Doritos, and you Oh, THE DORITOS AND THE YES! RAMEN, [ __ ] YES!
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WHAT'S YOUR go-to meal hack in jail?
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Like, what's one of those things that you do to make the shitty food that they serve there better?
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I used to make like this uh it was like a kind of like a like a noodle casserole and [ __ ] I'd take the ramen noodles.
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Then I take some Jack Mack.
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Put it in the ramen noodles, heat it up, drain the water, put the Jack Mack in, heat it up a little while longer.
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Put a little bit of sweet and bought from commissary, put that on there.
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Put it all together, and it was kind of like a like a noodle fish casserole type of thing.
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So, are there like recipes that are floating around, or is this like a trial and error?
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Oh, they got whole books.
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They got whole jail books with just jail recipes.
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And they even got a book that'll let you know like from depending on which facility you're in, what they have on their commissary, and what you can make in this facility versus another facility. Really? It's that detailed? That detailed. All right. All right.
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El Yucateco Caribbean Habanero. This is it? This is the one here? Yep. Number three. All right.
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How are you doing so far? I ain't scared.
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Got some [ __ ] right there.
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So, I was watching the trailer for Follow the Rules. Yep.
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And in it, you um like your daughter brings home a boyfriend for the first time.
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And you have to meet him.
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And you're doing that thing and you're sizing him up.
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You know, that dad thing.
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And I got to know, are you a scary dad? Or is that like Or what?
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No, I'm a I'm I'm a I'm a I'm a I'm a I'm I'm a cool dad. You know what I mean?
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I yeah, I'm I'm very understanding.
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As long as she's happy and he's a good guy and you treat my daughter well, you won't have to meet the bad guy rules. Right.
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All's good in in Ruleville.
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So far though, don't get too comfortable.
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Don't get too comfortable.
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All right, ready for the next one?
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Not really, but let's do it.
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All right, Lottie's hot pepper sauce. Lottie's. Lottie Dottie's. Still Caribbean.
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Kind of like a mustard thing to it.
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Yeah, it got a little mustardy taste to it. Yeah.
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Kind of sweeter, I actually think number three is a little bit worse than number four. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
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You tricked me on that one.
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All right, so you recently issued, and I'll use your words cuz it's a great quote, a big [ __ ] you to the media.
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And I think from what I understand was like from a show that you and Shaggy did in Australia or something like late to state late to the stage or whatever, but you went and said, "A big [ __ ] you to the media."
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And I think that your point was that they cover controver- Like they cover scandals.
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the negative [ __ ] They don't cover positive things.
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In 2015, what bothers you about the way the media covers hip hop? Stereotypes.
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Every time I meet people and I leave the room, they always say, "Jaz, that's not who I thought he was."
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What the [ __ ] does that mean? Yeah.
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Who the [ __ ] did you think I was? Idiot rapper?
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You know what I'm saying? Like I I'm I'm educated. I can speak well.
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Like, you know what I'm saying?
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I can hold a conversation.
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We can talk [ __ ] politics. We can talk business. We can talk stocks.
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Whatever, you know what I'm saying?
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So, I think I think people still have this misconception of what an hip-hop artist is nowadays. All right, man. How you feeling so far? I'm all right. All right, right?
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Better than expected, worse than expected, about what you expected? Um in the middle.
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Even though we didn't get to the fifth wing, I'm in the middle somewhere.
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What were we what were we on here? Oh, we were on five now. There we go.
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pain is good Louisiana style. Ooh, pain is good.
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That's like pain is love.
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Is this guy It's that guy.
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Is that the kid screaming right with the hat?
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Holy [ __ ] I don't like that.
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So, he looks like he's in pain. Right. All right, let's do it. Pain is good.
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That's like he's in pain. Let's do it. Pain is good. Mhm. Pain is love. This is a bad one.
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Oh, [ __ ] Kind of smoky and then it hits you. It's kind of hot.
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I don't think anybody can spend as many hours with DMX as you and not have a crazy DMX story.
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Can you give me one from the archives? Oh, man.
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Me and X got so many crazy stories, man.
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I mean, where where you going?
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From stolen cars to arrest.
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We we a stolen car DMX story. We were in Miami.
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We're having a [ __ ] great time, you know. Records are blowing up.
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You know, me and X are [ __ ] moving out there.
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blown in the throws of like full blown in kicking in the teeth. Oh, yeah.
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We were me and X are hot as firecrackers out there.
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X is in front of the hotel.
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And he's got this [ __ ] Benz. He's like, "Yeah."
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He's like, "Yo, yo, where where you where you going?" He's like, "Yo, come on.
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We're going to take a ride. Let's go. Let's go do this. Do that." I'm like, "Fuck it.
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I'm going to Where did you get the car from?"
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HE'S LIKE, "AH, IT'S MY CAR." WHATEVER.
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I jump in the [ __ ] car with X. We go riding.
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Typical X, he's [ __ ] speeding, acting crazy on the road. Cops pull us over.
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Cops says, "License and registration.
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X gets to to not actually my car.
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This is So now I'm looking at him like, "Hold the [ __ ] up.
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What you you What's about to happen here?
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You know what I'm saying?" Yeah.
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Come to find out he stole the car from Michael Kaiser.
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It was Kaiser's car that worked for Def Jam.
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Also, he explains this to the cop. Cop says, "All right.
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It's your label guy's car.
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Whatever you took it where whatever you guys All right.
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You don't have a license.
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You don't have a license.
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You're not You guys won't be going anywhere else in this car.
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So call somebody to come help you whatever." X is like, "Fuck it. All right. Don't worry about it." He jumps out the car.
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He's like, "Yeah, you can take You can take it. Don't worry about it."
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He puts his thumb out like this like to hitchhike and [ __ ] And I'm like, "Yo, this can't be life and shit."
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So some chick sees Ja Rule DMX on the side of the [ __ ] road like this with their thumbs out waving cars down and [ __ ] She picks us up. She's hysterical.
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She takes us to her [ __ ] grandmother's house. In the hood.
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The whole hood comes out.
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Grandma's cooking us food and [ __ ] We're taking pictures with all the kids.
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Long story short, it was a great day.
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But it was a Thank god X stole that car.
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Otherwise X stole that car.
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It's always something with X, man.
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So the next one also pain right in the title.
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Pain 100% hot sauce is what it's called.
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Oh, I had this one before I think.
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So you've conquered that one. I've had the pain.
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I've been through the pain.
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We can We can get through this. All right. That's hot.
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That one's not even fair.
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This just tastes like metal.
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Yeah, that one's not fair.
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It's just It's hot for no reason. It don't taste good.
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Yeah, that's the thing about some of these hot sauces.
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I'm like, "Well, like what psychopath would even enjoy this?"
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Like who the [ __ ] would even put this on a sandwich?
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I was going to say you got to swallow it quick.
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Oh, like you thought you had a like a trick. And you didn't.
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I thought you know I was like if don't let it get don't let it get all on your lips.
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Once it get on your lips, game over.
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Yeah, it's a different it's a different flow. Woo!
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So I saw you on Fox Business Channel. Mhm.
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And you were talking about the election. Yes.
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It seems like you're leaning Hillary.
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Would that be fair to say? I like Hill. You like Hill? I like Hill.
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What sorts of things are you looking for in the next president?
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to take on some of these issues with what's going on throughout the country with all these cops killing black folks [ __ ] Like we got to we got to dig into these issues.
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All right, this next one is Blair's Original Death Sauce.
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All the way up to seven, cruising. Jalapeno. Woo!
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What the [ __ ] am I doing?
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Okay, is the Death Sauce? Yeah.
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Now this I kind of think is like a little bit easier than the last one.
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Why you keep doing this to me?
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I want to get your reaction about something.
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These R&B rap collabs, it seems like they're not being done under one roof.
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That's the best way to do it.
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When it's organic and you both there and you kind of you know, coming up with ideas and [ __ ] together.
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That's the best way to do it. All right, number eight.
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This is Dave's Temporary Insanity Hot Sauce.
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Why why would he call it that?
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Maybe it's just like exactly what it is.
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You know how like a dishwasher will wash Cool.
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Here's another one that's hotter.
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You will temporarily go crazy if you have this.
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He has another one that's hotter?
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Yeah, Dave makes two appearances on the on the countdown here. [ __ ] Dave. All right, let's do it.
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How many times have you done this challenge?
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You make it every time, huh?
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I'm not to be [ __ ] with when it comes to wings, man. I'll clean the wing.
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I don't give a [ __ ] I see.
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You don't give a [ __ ] give a [ __ ] He's wearing red.
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And that he's not actually wearing red. He's he's hot right now. This was a white shirt.
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a white shirt when I got here. It was white. This is going to be bad.
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So, It's going to be bad at the bowl later, man. It's going to be bad.
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So, I read that you stayed in Saddam Hussein's hunting lodge when you performed for troops overseas. Absolutely.
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Yes, I Was Saddam Hussein's hunting lodge more impressive or less impressive than you were expecting? Less impressive. Okay. This is Dave's Insanity.
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This is where you just go all the way insane.
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It's 36 times hotter than a jalapeño. Why am I doing this? All right, here we go.
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agonizing [ __ ] All right, I can't breathe. Mhm. Oh, that don't matter. Why am I doing it?
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What the [ __ ] am I doing?
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So, I was perusing your Instagram and noticed that cocktails come up quite frequently. It's kind of a theme.
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Cocktails would pop up on Ja Rule's Instagram.
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Mimosas making multiple appearances.
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And I wonder, do you brunch? Yeah, I love brunch. You know what?
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I've had something the other day. This was a new one.
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It was called a sangriosa. Oh, it was great. It was a sangria mimosa.
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It's like an orange juice sangria kind of?
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Yeah, it was [ __ ] great. All right, last one.
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It's kind of a tradition here to dab the last one with a fresh. Are you [ __ ] crazy? Everyone's done it.
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Hey, if you don't want to do it, you don't have to do it. Dab it how? I'll show you. This is Mad Dog 357.
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71 times hotter than a jalapeño.
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So, the dab is you just go You got to be careful though cuz just pink a drop. Fresh one.
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Holy [ __ ] to If you don't want to do it, you don't have to do it.
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I ain't scared of you [ __ ] Any Everyone else did, but you know what? If you don't want to. This is nothing.
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A little dab'll do you, huh? I mean?
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You're tapping the glass.
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I'm got to get it out, right? You got to get it. fast and loose, man. Woo! All right, ready? This is going to hurt.
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Oh, this is going to hurt.
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Oh, [ __ ] Oh, [ __ ] This is like the dumbest show on the internet. Easy. Woo! Woo!
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I have to know I know you posted about it, but I have to know your reaction when you heard Meek Mill say your name at the end of his Drake diss track.
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Just don't bring my name into this [ __ ] Right. That's what I'm saying.
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I mean, one I sold over 30 million records.
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I write all my own lyrics.
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So, I was just curious as to which one was supposed to be me.
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You know what I'm saying?
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This is far from me and 50.
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I'm a If this If you want to compare this Yeah, tell me about it.
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to me and 50, If you can.
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I'm going to need somebody get stabbed or or shot or something like that.
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And then you could have Woo!
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Our beef just wasn't on records.
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We had physical confrontation.
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So, that made the street.
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That made it about what's going on in them streets, too.
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What you got to say about Cent? Absolutely.
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You know, but that's well documented.
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You know what I'm saying?
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But, that's what I'm saying.
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Our thing was physical as well as lyrical.
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What people fail to realize about the me and 50 beef is it wasn't just about me and 50.
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It wasn't just about the record.
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There was a lot of backdoor [ __ ] that had to do with that, too.
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We were under federal investigation, federal indictment. Right.
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The feds came and seized our offices.
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Def Jam threw us off the label behind that.
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So, not only was it It was me against 50, against Eminem, against Busta, against DMX. lots of headaches. lots of headaches.
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It was me against like 10 guys, all of D12, all of 50's guys.
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So, it was me against a whole slew of people and just me by myself.
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So, that you have to factor in that.
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And you have to factor in the fact that I didn't have a label anymore. You know what I mean?
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I couldn't make records You didn't have the pipeline the pipeline.
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I didn't have, you know what I'm saying?
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And it was no Twitter and no Instagram and these things and SoundCloud where I can just put my You know what I'm saying? Right.
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It wasn't It wasn't the same It wasn't the same situation, but you know, I'm not making any excuses for what happened with me and 50.
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What happened with me and 50 is is is documented, it's history.
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People are always going to say Ja Rule lost that battle, whatever the case may be. Whatever.
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I'mma say it again for those who didn't hear it the first time.
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If 50 won on wax, I won in the streets. We're tied 1-1, people.
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We'll see how this thing turns out. Thank you for coming in.
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You were You had You said when you came in here that you were going to tap out.
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You didn't think you'd make it all the way through, but here you are.
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10 wings down, 10 hot sauces. I did it, baby. 10 questions.
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10 questions, 10 hot sauces.
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I tackled it all, answered it all. Here we go. you a 30-second plug. All yours.
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I'm stepping the [ __ ] out now instead of Hot Ones with Sean Evans.
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The show is just all about Ja Rule. That's your camera. All right.
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This is This is This is not Rule York show.
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Welcome to Rule York City, ladies and gentlemen.
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What I'm here to promote in my 30 seconds, uh, new shoe line coming with Steve Madden.
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Uh, I we actually drop August 23rd, I want to say.
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Uh new television show with MTV, very dope family show, fun, you're going to love it.
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It's called Follow the Rules.
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Oh, new album, new album in the works.
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Uh working on Genius Loves Company right now.
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Uh probably come early next year.
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And you're doing an American tour, right?
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Yes, me and Ashanti working on the world tour, Natural Born Killers Tour, me and Ashanti.
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And there will be an EP to go along with that, me and her duet album. Uh EP, very dope.
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So, a lot of stuff in the works.
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We just We just working, man.
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You're busy as hell, man.
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Hand in in many honey pots, Ja Rule. I'm trying, man. I'm trying, man. I'm trying.
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College is expensive, and you got to I got one down, two to go, man.
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So, you know, I got one already in there, so All right.
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Appreciate your time, man. No doubt, man. Thanks a lot, man.
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Just cuz I don't give a [ __ ] I can't even hear what you're saying cuz my mouth is on fire.
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This doing things for theyself, you know, really All ninjas People say black guys have big dicks.
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I mean, you know, I did a lot of Payless shoe stores. Really? Yeah, man. The combat boots