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00:10That was an experience. I swear you already know Ari Lennox is my girl. That's DMV's finest there.
00:16And she got them Tina Turner legs too. That's what I was looking at.
00:19I'm a dirty old man. I can't. I can't.
00:21You ain't no dirty old man. Listen, listen.
00:23She brought a lot of energy and guess who else is bringing us energy fresh.
00:27Fresh. The frickin' Fresh. Manny Fresh is in the building.
00:29Yes, sir. Yes, sir. How are you doing? How are y'all doing?
00:32What's happening, Manny? Thank y'all for having me. Thank y'all.
00:34Thank you for coming. Thank y'all. So I'm getting the free Hulu account?
00:38I just, listen. What? I'm so happy that you're here.
00:41Look, I can't wait to tell you. So I'm a stand-up comedian, right?
00:45And I just performed my first special and I came out to House Real Big.
00:49Thank you, baby. Call Real Big. Listen, you're gonna see that.
00:52Thank you. I hope I don't owe you no money for it.
00:54No, you're gonna owe me nothing. I got you, sweetheart.
00:56I got you. I got you.
00:57Fresh, you done did so many amazing, amazing things in hip-hop.
01:02How do you feel celebrating the 50 years of hip-hop right now?
01:05I mean, it's about time, you know what I'm saying?
01:08Yes.
01:08That we getting acknowledged.
01:09Like, you know, I feel great that, you know, like, this is gonna be an acknowledgement.
01:14And as hip-hop babies, we gotta keep this going.
01:16We gotta, you know, next year should be 51.
01:19That's like, wait, 50 more years.
01:20You're right.
01:20Yeah, absolutely.
01:21That's celebrated every year.
01:22You're right.
01:22So I'm glad that it's being acknowledged, and I'm glad it's on a stage like this.
01:27Yeah.
01:27For people to see it, like, you know.
01:29Absolutely.
01:30It's 5 million people watching this right now.
01:32That's right.
01:32That's right.
01:33So I'm excited about that.
01:34You know what they all saying?
01:35They're saying that we want a hot boys reunion.
01:37It's coming.
01:37I already know.
01:38It's coming, dude.
01:39It's coming, you know.
01:40They're saying, everybody gets a roll on.
01:43Everybody, everybody gets a roll on.
01:46Yes.
01:46Listen.
01:47So shout out to Tiny Desk.
01:48Y'all just did Tiny Desk.
01:49Yes.
01:49I just saw y'all.
01:50That is trending all over the internet right now.
01:52Yes.
01:53How is it seeing your brother and you just being there, basking in that?
01:56Honestly, we always get down, you know.
01:58For some reason, the world thinks, like, you know, sometimes as people, you know, we grow
02:03up, and, you know, but we've always got down together.
02:05Like, you know, we really never had no beef or nothing like that.
02:08And I hope young people are paying attention to this, because it ain't got to be like that.
02:13You know what I'm saying?
02:14Yeah.
02:14Whatever your differences is, figure it out.
02:16You know what I'm saying?
02:17But you see the magic when me and Juvie get together.
02:20Yeah, absolutely.
02:20Like, you know, and I feel like this is what hip-hop has always took care of my family.
02:25You know, hip-hop built my mama house.
02:27It built my house.
02:28Right.
02:28You know what I'm saying?
02:29So I love when I get together with Juvie and we do something special.
02:33Yeah.
02:33You know, and we can prove that over the years that we could overcome whatever beef
02:38was or whatever and all of the, whatever the dumb, you know, I want to curse so bad,
02:42but I got all of the dumb you-know-what.
02:44Yeah.
02:45So, you know, like, but I'm glad that, you know, like, as young men, because we ain't
02:49old, we're still young men.
02:50Yeah, but y'all still young.
02:51I can't work that out, like, you know, and show the world that, look, look what we're
02:55about to do.
02:56Yeah, yeah.
02:56Look what we're about to do.
02:57Hey, how do you, Manny, how do you feel?
02:59Because I know how I feel when people come up to me and say, what's up, OG?
03:02How do you feel when people call you an OG?
03:04I mean, you know, I don't, I'm not an OG, you know?
03:07I think an OG is somebody who, like, you, you, you got a really, really, you know what
03:11I'm saying?
03:12Yes, I am 50-something, and I'm cool with that, but I'm 50-something young.
03:16Right.
03:16You know what I'm saying?
03:17I'm still out here.
03:18I'm still relevant.
03:19I'm still popping.
03:19Absolutely.
03:20You know what I'm saying?
03:20And I think sometimes OG belongs to, like, you know what, you done settled down, and you
03:25out the game, and you know.
03:26I'll take OG.
03:27I don't like Unc.
03:28Don't call me Unc.
03:29Yeah.
03:29Teach your Unc.
03:31I'll take OG.
03:32I'm with you, you know what I'm saying?
03:33But at the same time, just call me Manny.
03:35That's who I am, you know?
03:37So my last question for you, what is your favorite moment in hip-hop with all you've seen,
03:42all you've been around for, even though you, you know, you're 50 years young and all
03:47of that?
03:47My favorite moment in hip-hop.
03:48I don't know.
03:49I don't know how this cash money.
03:50Ohm.
03:50So my dad, when Um, Juvie album came out, you know, my dad was like, you know, he was
03:55a DJ when I was growing up.
03:57So that's the whole reason why I got into music, because of my dad or whatever.
04:01Yeah.
04:01So it was a lot of songs that I did.
04:03My dad was like, that's okay.
04:04That's cool.
04:05That's blah, blah, blah.
04:06But when Back That Ass Up came out, my daddy was like, you got something right there.
04:09He was like, you know, I can't stand it.
04:12Yeah.
04:12You know what I'm saying?
04:13He was like, that right there.
04:14He wasn't feeling hot.
04:15You know what I'm saying?
04:16And no, he wasn't feeling hot.
04:17But the thing was, he heard Back That Ass Up before anybody heard it.
04:21I was just playing it.
04:23You know what I'm saying?
04:23And he handpicked it.
04:24He was like, that one right there.
04:25That's the one.
04:26That's the one.
04:26You know what I'm saying?
04:28Yeah.
04:28And you know, and it wasn't like he was critical, but you always want that acknowledgement.
04:32Absolutely.
04:33You know what I'm saying?
04:33Yes, sir.
04:34Especially coming from a DJ to a DJ.
04:36Yeah.
04:36So that was my favorite moment in hip hop for my dad to say like, dude, this right here
04:41is going to change everything.
04:42And I love that.
04:43Yeah.
04:43Because nothing can take away from that violin in the beginning.
04:47Don't nobody even know.
04:48These babies don't know.
04:49That's a whole violin.
04:50That's a whole violin.
04:50Okay.
04:51Catch Funny Records taking over for the 9-9s and the 2000s.
04:55And the rest of our generations and lives.
04:57I thank you so much.
05:00Yeah, Lloyd is backing that ass up.
05:02Everybody.
05:03My mama at 85 should be backing that thing up.
05:05Mama's knocking it off.
05:06Grandma.
05:06But right now, y'all, get ready to take it back to the 9-9s and the 2000s with Juvenile.
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