00:00First of all, I just want to say what an honor it is to be here today, to be the MC, as I welcome my good friends War to the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
00:12Today in the category of recording, we honor War with star number 2814 on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
00:21Lonnie Jordan, Harold Brown, Howard Scott, Lee Oscar, and Jerry Goldstein.
00:30As well as the current members, Salvador Rodriguez, Marco Reyes, Rene Camacho, Scott Martin, Mitchell Koshma, and James Zoda Baker.
00:43And of course, we play tribute to the group's late members, Charles Miller, Morris Dickerson, and Thomas Sylvester Allen.
00:54Their music has crossed all musical genres and has been sampled by popular artists such as Tupac, The Beastie Boys, Method Man, Sublime, Red Man, Cypress Hill, Shaggy, A$AP Mob, De La Soul, Flowrider, Liam Payne,
01:14and shoot, even my partner and me sampled War's iconic Cisco Kid on Janet's Velvet Rope album.
01:23War is going to hit the road for dozens of tour dates across the U.S. and abroad.
01:27I just saw them at the Greek Theater a little earlier in the year.
01:32They're absolutely amazing to see live, and they are going to be doing a headline performance right here at the L.A. County Fair.
01:38Lonnie, Harold, Howard, Lee, and Jerry to the stage.
02:00Welcome.
02:01And we're going to do a few photos happening.
02:04Yeah, that's great.
02:05You can hold on to me, I'll be, and we fall over together.
02:23So, on behalf of the City of Los Angeles, I'd like to present this recognition for becoming a member of the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
02:34So, congratulations on behalf of the City of Angels for all the amazing things that you've done.
02:39Oh, wow.
02:40Who's vlogged us again on?
02:43Oh, okay.
02:44I don't have no room, then.
02:45I can do it.
02:47Oh, okay.
02:48I'd like to make an announcement.
03:00Papa D. Allen's not here, of course, and the late, great B.B. Dickerson, and, of course, Charles Miller.
03:10But I'd like to introduce his son, who's standing in for him.
03:15Oh, yeah.
03:16Come here.
03:18Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey!
03:24Yeah.
03:25Charlie's here through me.
03:28Yeah, we built this shit.
03:29You all know what's time it is.
03:30If it wasn't for Charlie, it wouldn't be none of this.
03:31They ain't taking no credit.
03:32Forget it.
03:34You know?
03:34But thank you all.
03:36These guys worked here.
03:37I lived here.
03:39Yeah.
03:39I live in Long Beach.
03:40I was born in Long Beach while you playing.
03:44And it's 1969.
03:45I moved to Laurel Canyon.
03:46Where was you at?
03:47I was still in Long Beach.
03:48And the other one, by the way, is B.B. Dickerson's son, Maurice.
03:55Where are you?
03:57Hey.
03:57All the kids.
03:59Hey, Lonnie.
04:00Hey, hello, everybody.
04:01My father was the bass player.
04:03The original, B.B. Dickerson.
04:05Rest in peace.
04:06I love you, Dad.
04:06And thank you for the group.
04:10And they should have had a star a long time ago.
04:12Long time ago.
04:13God bless you, guys.
04:14I'm Mark Miller.
04:15Watch out, Lee.
04:16I love you, baby.
04:17I love you, too, Mark.
04:18You done?
04:18No, I ain't done.
04:19I ain't done.
04:20I ain't done.
04:21I owe you $300 shit.
04:22No, he don't speak.
04:27Yeah.
04:28Hey.
04:29I'm glad about that, huh?
04:30Yeah.
04:32Yeah, listen there, y'all.
04:33I'm glad we're here.
04:35Long time coming.
04:36Yeah.
04:37And my dad's Charles Miller, who built this shit.
04:40Without him, it don't work.
04:41Period.
04:42Period.
04:42I ain't saying I don't want credit.
04:44Forget it.
04:45But I'm just letting y'all know, because you will never know the story if you listen to
04:49what's out there.
04:49You'll never know.
04:50But you will.
04:51Yeah, you will.
04:53I got it.
04:53Yeah.
04:54And these are my wannabe cohorts.
04:57I'm going to let it over to them.
04:59And I'd like to thank our Hollywood Walk of Fans.
05:10Howard Scott here.
05:13I'm an outlaw, baby.
05:17I'm going to tell you something.
05:18For all my worth, to be in the band War was so fulfilling.
05:25I'm going to thank my wife, Jennifer.
05:26I have my children here in the audience, a bunch of them, all my nieces, nephews, and
05:35grandchildren.
05:36Thank you very much.
05:37And to the fans, all the fans out there that like war, that made one song from war, their
05:46favorite song, remember this.
05:49Share that song with somebody else, and it will unite the world.
05:53Share the song that you love about war around the world.
06:01I just want to say it real quick.
06:03I want to thank our parents for standing behind us.
06:06Because I remember when Howard's father, BB's father, they used to take us to all of our
06:11gigs.
06:12They would hang out.
06:13And I just want to just thank you.
06:15You know, you've always got to remember to thank your parents for standing behind you.
06:19And also your teachers and stuff.
06:21Because it was that five minutes that changed my life in 1957, when one of my instructors
06:27showed me how to hold a pair of drumsticks, and what a quarter note was.
06:32And I always like to say, live your dreams, not somebody else's.
06:36Showtime!
06:37I'd like to thank my wife also, who endured me during all this time.
06:46And while the pages were turning, I'd like to thank my daughter and my grandchildren over
06:52there in the corner.
06:52And I'd like to say, as the pages turn, before the pages turn, you have to understand that
07:06we made some beautiful children.
07:09One named the Cisco Kid, the other, The World is a Ghetto, the other, Why Can't We Be Friends?
07:14City, Country, City.
07:15The list goes on, me and baby brother.
07:16I mean, those were our children.
07:20And our children are older now.
07:25And they're still playing on the radio, on social media.
07:30So I'd like to thank all of you for supporting us, being there for us.
07:35You put us here, and I know you can take us out.
07:38Our fans.
07:39The Rock and Roll Hall of Fans, and again, our Hollywood Walk of Fans.
07:46On behalf of the Hollywood Chamber, I now declare today, War Day in Hollywood!
08:03On behalf of the War of the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce, it's my pleasure to welcome with
08:08the 2018 star, the newest member of the Hollywood Walk of Fame, War!
08:13It's going to be my first person to step on it.
08:27There you go.
08:28Hey!
08:28It's very, very great.
10:00One more time, boss.
11:08I could have been a contingent.
11:10Oh, what movie was that?
11:12You don't know.
11:14On the waterfront.
11:15You don't know, huh?
11:16On the waterfront.
11:17No, no.
11:18Nice.
11:19Nice.
11:20Nice.
11:25They're alligators, right?
11:27Yeah, you gotta get them.
11:28I did.
11:29I did.
11:30Great costume.
11:31We both get them.
11:32We both get them.
11:33Bye Christmas.
11:34Bye.
11:35Bye.
11:36Bye.
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