00:00I'm here for the first ever Essence Live King of Christmas competition, so here's how it works.
00:09The fellas will compete in three holiday-themed challenges, and after each challenge, we want you to hit us up using hashtag Essence Live and let us know who you think won that challenge and why.
00:18After all three challenges are complete, we'll tally up the votes and crown our King of Christmas.
00:23Now, let's meet the fellas.
00:24Contestant 1, how you doing, man?
00:25I'm good, man. I'm good.
00:26What's your name?
00:26My name is Drummer Boy Addo, Puruppa Pum Pum, all one-liner.
00:30All right, Purpum Pum Pum, so I'm killing it, man.
00:32I need you to unbutton this, though.
00:33You're a little tight up top, man.
00:34What's your name, bro?
00:35What's going on?
00:36Mateo Misato.
00:37Kiss the game goodbye.
00:39Kiss the game goodbye.
00:40Okay.
00:40Ain't going to be no kissing here, though, good brother.
00:42You know what I'm saying?
00:42I'm saying we're going to dab it up.
00:43We're going to keep it like that.
00:45Contestant 3, what's your name, man?
00:46Tins of Top, baby.
00:47Tins of Top.
00:48Okay.
00:48I like your shirt, man.
00:49Thank you, man.
00:50Okay.
00:51I'm bringing the shine, baby.
00:56Let's get things started.
00:58The first challenge we have is called Trick That Tree Out.
01:01Each of you have a Christmas tree in front of you.
01:02You'll get 90 seconds to trick your tree out using any of the wonderful decorations provided for you.
01:07Now, no sabotaging your competitors, and only take the decorations you plan on using.
01:12All right?
01:12You guys get 90 seconds.
01:14Can we get 90 seconds on the clock?
01:15All right, fellas.
01:16You guys ready?
01:17Set.
01:17Let's do it.
01:18Go.
01:20All right.
01:20All right.
01:21Let's see who's going to do what.
01:22I'm really taking.
01:23Okay.
01:24Let's go, Mr. Toe.
01:25You're taking a while.
01:25Come on, pick something.
01:27I thought we were thinking at this time.
01:28All right.
01:28Go ahead, man.
01:29Okay.
01:29So we got the shiny utensils up first.
01:30Okay.
01:30That's what I'm talking about.
01:31My fellas are going to show us what we're going to do.
01:34Mr. Toe, you're taking a minute, Mr. Toe.
01:36You can't do it wrong in a day.
01:37Okay.
01:38That's true.
01:39That's true.
01:40Okay.
01:40We got a, okay, yeah.
01:42My man in the corner doing well.
01:44All right.
01:44I see what you're doing.
01:45All right.
01:46I like that.
01:46You got a nice little scarf on the tree right there.
01:50I like that.
01:50Okay.
01:51We got one gift on the middle tree.
01:53All right.
01:53The first guy, you already got the star.
01:54Okay.
01:55I like that, man.
01:56Yeah.
01:57Looking like the fifth member of Boyz II Men.
01:58I see you, player.
01:59All right.
01:59All right, man.
02:02I think I got a dysfunctional tree here.
02:05Okay.
02:05Come on, Tay Diggs in the middle.
02:07Let's go, baby.
02:07You got to get Tay Diggs.
02:08Come on.
02:09Don't worry about the jokes.
02:10Let's get that tree hooked up.
02:11Come on, man.
02:12That tree, that's the struggle tree, bro.
02:14He is kind of butt naked right now.
02:17It's looking real butt naked-ish.
02:20You know what I mean?
02:21Come on, fellas.
02:22You only got 30 seconds left.
02:2330 seconds, man.
02:24Let's add some spice to this.
02:26It's looking real butt naked out here.
02:28Dress them up.
02:28Dress them up.
02:29Let's hook them up.
02:30Come on.
02:31Hook them up, fellas.
02:31We need to let the ladies know that the fellas know how to hook these trees up.
02:35That's what it is.
02:36That's what it is.
02:37I don't know what we got going on in the middle, though.
02:39The middle is just a little bit struggle.
02:41Oh, you're dropping the ball, baby.
02:43Don't drop the ball.
02:44Come on, y'all.
02:45Let's go.
02:46Let's go.
02:46Get ready.
02:47Three, two, one.
02:49All right.
02:49Stop.
02:50That's it, fellas.
02:50That's it.
02:51That's it.
02:51That's it.
02:52All right.
02:53So, you know, let's see what we got here.
02:55Contestant number one, what was your inspiration right now?
02:58What made you go with what you went with?
02:59Well, you know, I got a lot of experience in plastic trees growing up.
03:03Okay.
03:03You know, we never had the real tree, so I figured to wrap it around with the cusp and, you know, try to get a little shimmer going on here and there.
03:11Nice.
03:11Nice.
03:12You know.
03:12Okay.
03:12Well, you know what I mean?
03:13You tried your best, man.
03:14You got more balls on the floor than you did the tree, but, you know, A for effort.
03:17That's all that matters, man.
03:19Tay Diggs, what you got going on here?
03:20What was the inspiration for what you was doing?
03:22You know, I was really trying to join my inner Charlie Brown Christmas, you know, and a very humble tree.
03:30Minimalism is in nowadays, so I didn't want to, you know, give it the tacky, gallant, you know, have to keep it simple.
03:36Right.
03:37Because the real gifts are going to be under the tree.
03:39Ah, okay.
03:40Okay.
03:40Y'all smell that?
03:42Yeah.
03:42Y'all smell it.
03:44Your tree's butt naked, bro.
03:46Just saying.
03:47Your tree's butt naked.
03:48They got a thong and no top.
03:49You're looking real butt naked right now.
03:51The whole butt cheeks is hanging out of your tree, but that's okay.
03:54We're going to leave this project tree.
03:56What you got right here with three?
03:57Hey, man, this is my first Christmas tree, all right?
03:59I never had this growing up, so I took this very serious.
04:02Right.
04:03So I went around with the whole glimmer, you know, a little shammy sham.
04:06Right, right.
04:07You know, I got a little glitter.
04:08Got a nice necklace on there.
04:09You know what I mean?
04:09Okay.
04:10And at the top, you know, I really wasn't feeling the whole, the top, so I used my inhaler, you know what I'm saying?
04:16That's an asthma inhaler.
04:18Stay true to myself.
04:18What was the point of putting the asthma inhaler on the tree?
04:21It's me.
04:21You know, personalized.
04:23I personalized this tree, so I felt like a little creativity right there, baby.
04:27Okay.
04:28All right, man.
04:29Hollywood, we got a little bit of Christmas in the ghetto.
04:32It's gift wrapping time.
04:33This challenge is called the rap game, and we ain't talking about bars.
04:38So now, fellas, y'all got 60 seconds.
04:40You want to make sure that the presents are nice, and they're all ready for Santa's G-Wagon.
04:44Behind you, we got some bows, some ribbons, and all different types of things to make it nice.
04:48Y'all ready?
04:49We're going to put 60 seconds on the clock.
04:50Let's go.
04:51Let's get started.
04:52Three, two, go.
04:53All right, starting off strong.
04:57I like that.
04:58I like that.
04:59Okay, Mateo, I see you doing anything.
05:01I got to get that to this one.
05:02I see you doing anything.
05:05Yeah.
05:06All right, hook it up.
05:07Y'all got to represent for the fellas.
05:09The lady said y'all can't rap anything.
05:12Y'all going to have to show us what y'all got.
05:14Oh, oh, oh.
05:15The struggle.
05:15The struggle already.
05:16That was still paper, man.
05:17The struggle already.
05:18Sweet baby Jesus.
05:20Come on, it better not be baby fat sneakers in the boxes.
05:24It better be something nice.
05:25Come on, y'all.
05:2730 seconds.
05:29All right, hook it up.
05:30It's getting kind of nice, but, oh, okay, we struggling in the middle, but, all right,
05:34I can tell you ain't got kids.
05:36Your kids would have been already yelling and touching them, too.
05:39All right.
05:41Hook it up.
05:41All right, come on, fellas.
05:43Okay, now get some of them bows on there.
05:45Go ahead.
05:46Don't worry about wrapping it up so much now.
05:47Get a bow.
05:48Get a nice little bow.
05:49All right.
05:49Go ahead.
05:49Get as many as you need.
05:50They free, so you want to use one, two, or six.
05:53It's okay.
05:54We got ribbons.
05:55We got bows.
05:56How you work these days?
05:57You got to figure that out.
05:58All right, that's it, fellas.
05:59Time's up.
05:59You're done now.
06:00Ado, hold up your present.
06:01Let's see what you got here.
06:02Okay, this is actually pretty good.
06:05It's not from the butt cheeks being out.
06:07I mean, you're kind of exposed in the rear, so I don't know if that was by design or not,
06:11but we're going to keep that moving.
06:12Matteo, what you got right here, man?
06:13No.
06:14Do what I can.
06:15Okay.
06:16You can't do much.
06:17What's happened?
06:18You know we provided tape for you.
06:21Yeah, I couldn't figure out how to work those bows, but it did the best I could, you know?
06:24You tried.
06:25You get an effort, effort.
06:26Over here on three, what we got over here?
06:29I don't know.
06:31You know, that actually isn't that bad.
06:33Aside from the tape hanging out, brother, that's why Matteo couldn't get the tape.
06:36You got the tape hanging from the bottom.
06:38Look at the tape, brother.
06:39Take the tape off the guy.
06:40I was actually waiting for design.
06:41Oh, fellas, fellas, this is why we need ladies.
06:44And this is it, the final and probably the most important challenge in this year's King
06:48of Christmas competition.
06:49The guys at a quick wardrobe change into some fly Santa suits, and we'll find out who has
06:53the most swag.
06:55We're calling this round, Stuntin' Like Santa.
06:57And it's pretty simple.
06:58Each contestant will stunt and flex in their Santa suits down our holiday runway.
07:02Fellas, y'all ready?
07:03All right, Ado, you first.
07:04Come on down, bro.
07:06Oh, hey.
07:07Okay.
07:08You're supposed to be Santa or a ninja?
07:12Looking like Dragonfly Jones.
07:14No woman can resist my body once I apply my high karate.
07:21All right, bro.
07:23Black people want to make everything a music video.
07:25That's it, that's it, baby.
07:25Get on down.
07:26All right, come on, Matteo.
07:27Wait, wait, Matteo, what?
07:29This is what?
07:29Okay, you almost tripped, pimp?
07:30All right, black people got to make everything a fashion, Shelly.
07:33You just couldn't stick to the script, huh?
07:35I got to finesse this.
07:36All right, go ahead, man.
07:39Go, Flair.
07:40I'll see you, Flair.
07:41Yeah, I know that.
07:42I'm right now.
07:43I'm taking this on the left foot now.
07:44All right, Tyree, come on with it, Tyree.
07:46Come on with it, Tyree.
07:47Oh, hey, you got to swag it out, okay?
07:51Yeah, Santa will get you some flippers for Christmas, though.
07:54We got it.
07:54We're going to tighten the back of that neck up.
07:56Come on, Flair.
07:58You about to get a lump of cow.
08:00Okay, looking like Maxine Schell.
08:02Now it's time to find out who our winner is, according to your votes.
08:06The first ever Essence Live King of Christmas is, drumroll, Tyree.
08:11Come on down, bro.
08:13Come on, man, Dragonfly Jones.
08:14Man, how you feel, brother?
08:15You just won.
08:16You want to shout anybody out?
08:17Hey, first and foremost, God did Essence Live for putting the brother on TV.
08:22Oh, righty.
08:23You know what I'm saying?
08:23I like the bank man belt.
08:24Oh, my girl.
08:25Girl, whoo.
08:26Oh, your girl.
08:27You done outed yourself, man.
08:28Oh, no, that was senior, senior.
08:30Okay, yeah, whatever.
08:31But thank you so much, man.
08:33You got a chance to win peace and blessings throughout the universe, so congratulations on your gift.
08:38We are going to take a group selfie, so come on down, man.
08:41Everybody is a winner in my book.
08:42No problem.
08:42All right, y'all ready?
08:43We're going to take a group selfie.
08:45We're going to say Essence Live on three.
08:46One, two, three.
08:48Essence Live.
08:49One, two, three.
08:58That's it.
09:00The movie is not 125.
09:03Okay.
09:04We're going to be back.
09:06It's positive.
09:06It's positive.
09:07rishydćšă㌠you.
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