0:04

This is Cam Jordan on my podcast Off

0:07

the Edge with your Boy Cam. I'm here sitting

0:09

next to what I'm gonna deem

0:11

as a legendary person.

0:13

Uh.

0:14

You know, I've had a pleasure of sitting down with a lot of people in

0:16

this world. Here we are on media road during super

0:18

Bowl Week and I'm sitting next to Easter Ray Us.

0:21

I love doing podcasts because

0:23

you get to know whole names. You know, like people

0:25

go by you know what they want to be called.

0:27

And here I am sitting on like it was Joey.

0:29

Su joeysa Ray Joe Yes,

0:32

yeah, like that's my government

0:34

family name.

0:36

I'll be looking down said, that's not what I know her

0:38

as. I Yeah, I know you

0:41

as actress and executive producer. You know, you

0:43

know all the accolades that they have brought

0:45

you fame and as well as putting

0:47

your charisma and energy out there. You

0:49

know, like, I see what you do. I

0:52

salute you. But is this your first SHOOTOW week?

0:54

Tell me about that. No.

0:55

So, I've been at Super Bowl a couple of times.

0:57

I want to say. My first one was in cold ass

0:59

Minnesota. Man, when it was my

1:01

god, it was so I was like I don't, but

1:03

I was like out active.

1:05

It was kind of fun because everybody's cold.

1:08

It reminds me of sun Dance in that way,

1:10

and that was like a nice

1:12

little vibe.

1:12

It was knowing it was. It was the

1:15

lines were crazy and women still look phenomenal,

1:17

like like the dresses were still were

1:19

still thigh a.

1:21

Huge situation going. I was like, I'm sure

1:23

it's super Bow weekend.

1:24

It was like twenty five degrees or so.

1:27

But there was so much going on. It was hall of fun. And then I

1:29

went to the Rams.

1:30

Game, which you know, you're

1:33

not a rookie, you were veted this.

1:34

I'm a little bit. I'm like, yeah,

1:37

you know, but.

1:38

This is this is the most involved you've been in.

1:40

You know, for sure we have like a v ra mine.

1:42

My friend has a presence here and this

1:45

has been.

1:45

You're not a Chiefs fan or nine Fanny means.

1:48

I was rooted for Detroit. Oh,

1:50

I was twist.

1:51

I was.

1:52

I mean, you know in the playoffs, yes,

1:55

but I'm I'm rooting for the other funny nine

1:57

ers right.

1:58

Now, Niner game just for California relations.

2:00

Yeah, that's it.

2:01

You know, I've got I've got some Bay

2:03

friends, you know, I went. I went to Berkeley up north.

2:06

You know, enemies. I want

2:08

to stand first.

2:13

I did not

2:15

beautiful campus trash organization got

2:17

it. I didn't know you

2:19

were further like, you're like, I can't see

2:21

your mascot the dancing tree, all.

2:23

Right, I mean I'm not. I can't even defend the tree.

2:25

Honestly.

2:26

Yeah, that's tough.

2:27

Know it was.

2:28

I got better dance moves than the tree. Okay,

2:31

cool? Cool? You know did you

2:33

did you really? Like I heard you last night you were

2:35

talking about, you know, dropped the the MVP award

2:37

on your foot, that really happened, now, okay,

2:40

okay, I was like, no, no,

2:43

like low key that the trophy is heavy.

2:45

No, I wouldn't have gone out there if I did, Like I'm very

2:47

clumsy and I don't think I would have

2:50

let's say, your heels on like it would have been

2:53

like.

2:53

No, like she got she got now she got the lebron feet,

2:55

Like I know what that did?

2:56

You?

3:00

I mean, have you ever thought about, you know,

3:02

your love for the game, clearly

3:05

the shows that you helped create. Have

3:07

you ever thought about an NFL centric show, you

3:09

know, oh, take a baller's in a you

3:11

know, on a real.

3:12

Life feel like because Ballers Bollers was on in like

3:14

the same time the Insecure West Oh

3:16

the Rock got that.

3:17

But I wouldn't be mad.

3:18

I have a male perspective, It's true and what's

3:20

from you know? He was all professional and I'm like, bring

3:22

some, bring some like funny.

3:24

I love the sports world and

3:26

I would like.

3:27

If theres a female GM, you would go crazy.

3:30

Are you casting in it? Are we making the show

3:32

right now?

3:32

I mean the low key I felt like I'm trying to

3:34

usher into the right direction.

3:35

Are you going to be in it?

3:37

Usher?

3:37

Because he's get you

3:40

got write this show.

3:42

I would love an EP like you know I've

3:45

got I've got one out there and it learned like that's

3:47

what like when you do a group project

3:50

on it. I love that one.

3:51

Trust me. I have been on.

3:52

I have been on the vanity side of EP credit and it's

3:54

nice. But I've also been on the receiving side where

3:56

it's like you get all this money and you're not doing nothing.

3:59

So that was me.

4:00

That was okay, congratulations.

4:02

I would love to be on like the work part of

4:04

that.

4:05

You know you you do.

4:08

I'm willing to do the work.

4:09

It's fine.

4:09

I feel like if we didn't NFL show, you be

4:11

an excellent consultant, and that's

4:13

really like that you would earn your EP credit

4:16

and use me.

4:17

Don't just don't just use my name, use my knowledge.

4:19

I got some stuff up here. Take

4:22

you up on that. That was just my pitch to you.

4:24

Okay.

4:25

How close is it to like you know, you're talking about,

4:27

you know, possibly created a TV show. How close is it to actually

4:29

creating your own studio? I've seen, you know, guys like Anthony

4:32

Mackie from from Louisiana to

4:34

start one.

4:34

Like yeah, you know how close somebody

4:37

comes to the land, like we've been ready And

4:39

it's just I wanted to be in a very specific

4:41

part of l A, l A. It's

4:44

just there's not that that many opportunities,

4:47

so I have to get it while I can. So we're

4:49

having a couple of conversations and we'll see.

4:50

But I love that. I want it, Like that's mine

4:53

north Star.

4:54

I love that wife. You's from from from

4:56

so Cal. You know, we beet she from Pasadena,

4:58

she dost bo but she's

5:03

you know, I make fun of her like you're not really familiar.

5:05

Thank you people from.

5:07

La so you're from Altad, so

5:10

let's not do it.

5:12

You're from now, You're not.

5:14

Absolutely, That's why people sacramental saying they're from

5:16

the Bay, exactly saying they're

5:18

from the Bay. I said, okay,

5:22

cool.

5:22

Actually I might have said that one, and then I was quickly

5:24

correct.

5:25

At the college, you're

5:28

not.

5:30

Nobody could tell me anything. That's all we had.

5:32

Okay, how did you get here? So, like,

5:34

you know, at football at

5:37

thirteen years old, my dad was like, hey, I played

5:39

football. You played football.

5:40

Now.

5:40

I was like, sure, dad, we're in the situation,

5:43

this legacy thing, and it worked out well for me thirteen years

5:45

into the NFL April Bowls to hit six Pro

5:47

Bowls. I'm not saying I'm better, but like that's what the legacy

5:49

is for, to for that legacy. Yeah,

5:52

Like how did you go from content creator to kapon?

5:56

Yeah?

5:56

I just really wanted to do it and the Internet, Thank

5:58

god the Internet came along, because this hard to break

6:00

into this.

6:01

I know, like hearing your dad like you kind

6:03

of had a path. You knew what it looked like.

6:05

I knew what it looked like on the television

6:07

screen and in film, but it's hard

6:09

to get there when you don't have anybody guiding you

6:11

or to look to. So for

6:13

me, it was just making stuff online and then

6:16

eventually getting the attention of.

6:21

Oh you you like my smile, this mouths, Oh

6:23

my gosh, I stopped playing.

6:25

Oh yeah, that was the path. That's

6:28

how I'm here. We love that.

6:30

I'm all here for everybody getting there. They're

6:33

just desserts. Give people flowers by the here.

6:35

I agree, I love flowers.

6:37

So so tell me about your prosecco.

6:40

Via lo.

6:42

Look we just we just had that way.

6:44

You gotta sa can you say an Italian

6:46

accent? Okay,

6:49

I regret asking?

6:50

Yeah, sorry, Italiano is not my I've

6:53

been to Milan in Rome and you know, like

6:55

even.

6:55

All the places, I feel like you have a little bit in

6:58

you. But yes, I love Italy percent

7:00

that is my drink of choice.

7:02

So Italian food topped your Let's let's talk. Let's

7:04

talk be a rate and we can talk about.

7:05

The military way. Wait wait,

7:08

oh, I can't wait to have this conversation. But Vray

7:11

is my prosecco. Like I'm a

7:13

big persecco drinker. I associated

7:15

with my best moments in life, and so

7:18

I've been drinking it for so long and people,

7:21

because of Insecure and other things that I've done, started

7:23

drinking it, and I was like, Oh, if they're

7:25

drinking it because of me, then I wanted to

7:27

be from and so

7:30

I made my own and I'm so excited

7:32

by people are really rocking with it right now.

7:34

You went to like the whole tasting.

7:35

Oh my god, that was the best part. I just went to Italy

7:38

tasted, you know, like had This

7:40

has been like a two to three year process

7:42

of trying to get it, you know, get

7:44

it right, and to find the right partner and

7:46

all those things. So I'm so satisfied

7:49

that I have something where I'm like, oh, I won't get tired

7:51

of this.

7:51

This is my drink.

7:53

So I'd say, I'm trying to be like you, but like I've

7:55

got like in about two more years when my tequila

7:57

goes and yehoe, I'm gonna hit you up about it

7:59

like Jordan's coming

8:02

out.

8:03

But what's your Italian take? I need to know your Italian

8:05

food sake?

8:06

Oh yeah, let's talk about this right, and this in the pantheon

8:08

that is a fat kid of loving food

8:10

right all my life. Look forward to desserts,

8:13

look forward to chiros. You know trestles,

8:15

so clearly I'm a Mexican food lover.

8:16

Mexican I live phenomenon.

8:18

From Arizona, So top tier for me. Mexican

8:20

food, then soul food, like

8:23

I need the collar, I need them, and I'm gona judge

8:25

you by your mac and cheese. I need fair, I need a

8:27

hamhock, and I would like a good neck bone

8:29

every now and again. You know, if I can get

8:32

a turkey lag, I look forward to carnivals

8:34

just for the turkey legs, you know.

8:35

So second you lost

8:37

me so quick at the Turkey Lake.

8:40

Well yeah, I mean because you're not you're not

8:42

talking about every day you can't eat I could

8:44

eat every day, but you can eat soult food

8:46

and turkey legs every day like Mexican food. I can't

8:48

every day. Fist I could every day. I could

8:50

eat Mexican food for life, could eat every

8:52

day. No, I look forward to soul food. So that's my indulgence.

8:55

Okay, if that's an indulgence.

8:56

So we're talking about like there's indulgence foods

8:58

and then there's you know, I can eat this every

9:00

day every day.

9:03

I can eat.

9:03

Italian food every day because it runs the gamut and

9:05

I actually Lasaiga

9:08

is phenomen.

9:09

Lasigna is top tier that

9:13

it's a food cake. And then you go to Italy,

9:16

so you say you love Italy Italy and you're like

9:18

like, yeah, let me get that, let me get that tag over

9:20

here, and they barely put any bowlonnaise on it, like

9:23

I got like and ask you for more sauce.

9:25

And the host Yeah past

9:27

is the star out there, which I respect. I'm

9:29

like, y'all made pasta. Yeah, tell

9:32

me how to Actually I don't like the way you run it. I'm going

9:34

back to America.

9:36

Yeah, we gotta run everything now, we do everything

9:38

in excess. But I'm not mad at.

9:39

It, and I'm not taking I'm not taking Japanese like I'm

9:41

never not gonna gonna take Italian food

9:43

over Japanese food.

9:44

Japanese food, no

9:46

disagreement. Japanese food is number food

9:50

for sure. Yeah, that's like three, that runs up

9:52

my top three. Okay, we're back on board. You lost

9:54

man soft food in Turkey leg but back on food.

9:56

Mexican food what exactly? That's

9:58

what That's all I'm saying.

9:59

So you know your connection with with la

10:02

and making a point to build your brand there clearly

10:04

you said it was your north star. Just

10:07

because you come from somewhere doesn't mean you want to give back to that community.

10:09

Why is that so important for you?

10:11

I mean, I still live there, so I

10:14

see, you know, what the

10:16

community needs are. I see like as

10:18

a community member, what I want to see,

10:21

and so it's just if I have.

10:22

The ability to do it, it's just like why

10:24

not?

10:24

And I I know so many, so

10:27

many of my friends, so many and my family members are

10:29

still there, so they're constant conversations about

10:32

what we can do to help shape

10:34

the community because we're there and it's active.

10:36

So it's just kind of a why not situation

10:39

more than a why do it?

10:41

Yeah, why wouldn't I do that?

10:42

Yeah?

10:43

Exactly?

10:44

I love. I love like you know clearly, I'm

10:46

I'm from Arizona, but I'm in New Orleans

10:49

and here we go like you know, like just because

10:51

I'm from Arizona means like I go back and I give back a

10:53

little bit. But I'm in New Orleans every day, so I know the

10:55

needs. It's different when you know the needsactly

10:58

exactly. I can't wait to get home and create my

11:00

my carbon footprint back home in Arizona.

11:02

But every day what life. My kids

11:04

are from New Orleans, Like I want to impact something

11:06

where it's like a legacy build. You have New Orleans

11:08

kids five or four Magnolia

11:11

baby.

11:11

My god, O snap, there are they gonna

11:13

have access? For sure?

11:15

Hey? For sure? Yes,

11:17

they're gonna be eight years old talking about Yeah. So anyway,

11:19

my daddy, you

11:22

as long as they do. I sound like t I, I'm good with it.

11:24

Daddy House, I'm like, you gotta go get

11:27

out of here.

11:29

Man.

11:29

You so you been out here and uh, you know clearly

11:32

this week? Just how is that NFL

11:34

S fandom sort of crossed over? Is there an intersection

11:37

of oh girl, I love you from insecut

11:39

or for guys? Is there is it

11:41

such a fan girling for guys,

11:44

like from fan boys, fan

11:46

boys for a woman.

11:47

Boys for for this show,

11:49

but they'll put it on her girl.

11:50

They'll be like, I like my girl. And I was

11:52

like, yeah, man, I loved Insecure.

11:55

I mean you know, my girl made me watchually, but like I

11:57

was like, you have to.

12:00

I see the episode because the drum was I

12:04

but I appreciate the viewership anyway, Dudes

12:06

like really got into it because of you

12:08

know, the Lawrence character and they could

12:11

relate to I guess a

12:13

lot of the mails in the show, and I appreciate.

12:15

Yeah, the love has been been

12:17

great, But I'm really gonna noodle on

12:19

your NFL show.

12:20

Or a Sports World show.

12:23

Yeah exactly.

12:24

Yeah, I'm not mad.

12:25

You can go from the GAM agent, but I just felt like

12:27

agent had already been done done, That's what

12:30

right, And so I was like, if you go GM now

12:33

you really you know you you boss you

12:35

you h and I see.

12:36

When this show comes out, I just don't want you to feel any way.

12:38

I will love having people have I love

12:41

having people.

12:41

This is crazy.

12:42

I shot my first podcast with me and my teammate

12:44

mark Ingram and it was like us but

12:46

we didn't have this.

12:47

Like this is audience

12:51

too, that's just you know here and right

12:53

and this is this is legit.

12:55

I'm smalling on another level, Like I got people.

12:58

Now you needed to drinks, Like if we drinks,

13:01

I'm.

13:01

Working on it. I'm working on someone is just

13:03

coming here with the blanco from Cam Jordan. You

13:05

need you need a repo. I'm not gonna

13:07

do that. I'm aila connoisseur, like as

13:10

you have a love prosecco.

13:13

What's what's the right one? Is it really a no?

13:15

Uh? For some for you? I enjoy

13:18

and yaloe at times, but uh, if

13:20

I want to know like the flavor and like really

13:22

go up from there, I started repo, have you been

13:24

to Mexico? Come on, I'm

13:26

from Arizona? Like all right, you know, No

13:28

Gallas is all of two hours away? Been in No Gala

13:31

so many times? Cabo can Coon I

13:33

needed to loom. I got up. I

13:35

got boy who owns who's building a hotel

13:38

right outside of Cabo? Uh?

13:39

And whatever.

13:40

I'm gonna mess up that name every time, so I'm not

13:42

gonna go for it. Yeah, yeah,

13:45

I love I love traveling though, are you are huge

13:47

on traveling?

13:48

Big travel girl? Like last year I went

13:50

to probably the most countries I've ever been to.

13:52

And I just was like one favorite

13:54

one.

13:55

Yeah.

13:55

I went to agree to Athens

13:58

and that was that was just like a on the.

14:00

Map I was.

14:02

I was Athens and what's

14:06

and one of those other islands.

14:07

I haven't been to all the islands yet, but I'm gonna

14:09

make my way. But it was so random. The food

14:12

was fun.

14:12

I like to go real mediterran I'm

14:15

telling you that's another top

14:18

fiver.

14:19

I'm gonna say, out of Europe, Italy

14:22

and Mediterranean food like they

14:24

hold it down all other European

14:26

food.

14:27

I'm sorry anyway, pinchos

14:30

from Spain food.

14:31

I'm sorry because I

14:33

have it. I don't really know it was you wasn't impressed, Okay,

14:37

I just I don't want to Portugal. And everybody

14:39

was like, Portugal, that's the best food you

14:41

ever gonna have, and I was ready And

14:44

it's real.

14:44

It's reels up there too. Now I like to seafood.

14:47

Huh so where's yeah, where's your favorite spot? Like favorite,

14:49

like favorite spot to visit. We're gonna take Italy out there, because

14:51

clearly you're a Italian lover.

14:52

I went to. I mean, uh,

14:56

Mauricious, have you been there?

14:59

I don't even know you? Like Mauritius?

15:03

Where is that? Is that a country?

15:05

It's like, yes, it's name. It's in Africa, but it's

15:07

an island and it's absolutely gorgeous.

15:09

They have the most gorgeous people. The water

15:12

is amazing. And that was also. I just

15:14

wanted to fly Emirates for the first time, and I was like, where

15:16

does Emirates go? Let me tell you.

15:18

I was like, oh, where they got Mauritius, I have never

15:21

heard of this, and I.

15:21

Went that I'm not I'm not gonna lie

15:23

to you. I did Emirates on a honeymoon

15:26

and use all types of points. So he was gonna forced

15:28

class technically for the free steam. And when

15:30

I tell you, it changed my life.

15:33

I'm supposed to be a Southwest guy. I'm like, everybody's

15:35

first class on Southwest and here I am like,

15:39

but yeah, chef coming around, do you have any food?

15:41

Alga, don't do this. I'm

15:43

not ready to be all catered to in the air.

15:45

I've never recrited. Nothing has topped that

15:47

experience. I've had some great experience.

15:49

So I've believe

15:51

been to the Motherland twice, like I knocked off

15:53

what eyp?

15:55

I need to go?

15:56

Okay, yeah, we'll talk about it and

15:59

then you know, like it was great when

16:01

I felt I felt empowered going back. I walked

16:03

around, I'm like, my brother, how

16:05

about you?

16:06

Did they claim you claim me?

16:08

As you know? That's what I'm saying, my brother,

16:10

come here.

16:11

I'm just like that was my surprise.

16:14

That's why I was a little reticent to go to Egypt

16:16

because I was like, I don't donna claim me, you know,

16:18

but I'm from well,

16:20

my family's from West Africa.

16:21

They're from Senegal and I've been there. Pirates,

16:25

that is not that's the Mali.

16:27

So that was my bad. Okay.

16:31

I was like saying it was okay,

16:33

pirate tired, Come

16:35

on, I want I want you to go to another country.

16:38

I did Ghana. I went to crawl,

16:41

you know, like I've been called an achrom my whole life. And they were

16:43

like, welcome to a cross like that miss magical.

16:46

Yeah.

16:46

And the food was so good, people

16:49

so kind, West African food, warner, and

16:51

I love Ethiopian food. I don't know if you have that for sure.

16:53

Oh yeah, people think you're Ethiopian all

16:56

the time.

16:56

Oh my gosh. I just saw this.

16:58

Saw he's either Ethiopia or a

17:00

reaching and I'm like, I'm I'm like forty per

17:02

Nigeria.

17:03

Oh you must be disappointing people.

17:06

And I'm like, I'm yeah,

17:08

it has.

17:09

To be somewhere at any age, it has to.

17:10

Be Yeah, did you do it? Yeah? Already,

17:13

I'm Nigerian.

17:15

There's nothing that everybody Nigeria, everybody,

17:18

it can't be true.

17:19

I'm gonna have to, like I see ancestry in twenty

17:21

three and me and I'm like, maybe,

17:24

remember I have to go to the African ancestry one.

17:26

Like, yeah, everybody's not Nigerian. I'm sorry ancestry

17:28

everyone. I'm like, y'all gotta do better.

17:30

I mean, slavery in a part that I was real.

17:31

So like maybe I'm saying that, like they didn't do the additional

17:34

research. They were like, oh this is the port. Let's this

17:36

is the port they clearly came to. Yeah, I

17:39

mean that might be true.

17:41

No offense in Nigerians. I'm sure people want

17:43

to claim you.

17:44

So I mean, let's let's round this back out. You know,

17:46

just just thinking about things

17:49

that I that I've done. Maybe we've been similar

17:51

to I've never been on the on the on

17:53

the cover of a magazine and you like you're

17:56

not like I've been on like a football one. I'm

17:59

taking that out of there, Like I want I went beyond

18:01

that, you know, like in

18:04

terms of my vainness, right, I'm like,

18:06

I am too handsome not to be on a you

18:08

know, right, just claim

18:10

speaking to existence. So you've been on You've

18:13

been on the Time magazine cover and like

18:15

did that even rank on your boocket list.

18:17

What do you mean? I didn't even know that was possible

18:19

for me. Honestly. My publicist hit me up.

18:22

She was hyper ventilating so excited,

18:24

like I secured

18:26

this, and I was like, it just didn't

18:28

register the time because I was just like, you.

18:30

Have to be really to me. It's going to

18:32

be important to me on time.

18:34

And we did it for like Barbie, and I was like, oh, Barbie's

18:36

gonna be a significant more moment

18:38

and that's really that has nothing to do

18:41

with me. That's like Margo and Greta's movie.

18:43

So I but we love the flair that you

18:46

introduced in the movie. But yeah, thank you appreciate

18:48

that.

18:49

But so then to get on a second time cover

18:51

with just me, I was like, is this like

18:54

why?

18:55

You know why? So it was a huge

18:57

honor. And my dad doesn't really

18:59

comment anything I do, like he occasionally

19:02

tapping and be like okay, good good job,

19:05

but time he was he was all up

19:07

on my line.

19:07

Was that was?

19:08

That?

19:08

Was?

19:09

That was your moment with Pops?

19:10

For sure?

19:10

You are proud of.

19:11

Me, Yes, exactly, you love

19:13

me? Thank you?

19:16

I feel that one. Yeah, there's been some

19:17

some cool moments in my NFL career and

19:20

like maybe maybe the first Pro

19:22

Bowl was like the first time I felt that he like

19:25

I had done him justice.

19:25

You know, competitive, not at all, not at all.

19:28

He was so over yeah,

19:30

minus making me play football, like he was so

19:33

over the computer. Yeah. I was a basketball

19:35

guy, you know, like everybody wanted to hoop, everybody

19:37

wanted all that. And like at thirteen, I was probably

19:39

like five seven, one hundred and ninety five

19:41

pounds, a little fat kids, you know, like

19:44

hooping like little butterball out there, Like come on,

19:46

I was. I was getting it in and he was like, your

19:49

frame is going to change drastically. You're

19:51

going to play football, Like not Dad Hooper dreams

19:54

me living it now. And he's like, yeah,

19:56

so anyways, here's your pads, here's your helmet.

19:59

And I was like, I was like, so, you know, pouted that

20:02

first. Like a couple of weeks, game comes around. I'm sitting

20:04

on the bench and I've never sat on the bench a day in my life, and

20:06

so I'm sitting on the bench. I'm like, I mean, no,

20:08

this gotta change. And so then I turned

20:10

up and I really enjoyed, like I've always wrestled.

20:12

I got an older brother. I was got beat up by

20:16

he did. He did a little bit until he broke something in his

20:18

foot and it was like, I'm out, that's the hard thing. I'm like,

20:20

but I broke something and I embraced it. I was like, I love the

20:22

pain, and that's how you knew I was a sick. Oh. So

20:25

you know from there, football has been nothing but awesome.

20:27

That is hard to watch. Honestly.

20:29

Anytime I'm watching and I see y'all get

20:31

injured, I'm just like, how are they gonna.

20:33

Come back from this?

20:34

Yeah? Knocking wood, Like we never

20:36

prayed for injuries, but I love those hits crazy

20:38

that they were like like, oh, that needs to

20:40

be a flag. I'm like being soft this. I'm

20:43

like, right here, this is what we're made

20:45

of.

20:45

That's different, different, different.

20:48

Yeah, gotta be like you gotta and like it lived

20:50

this life this past season like tour,

20:53

a cinismosis in my ankle and something

20:55

else, and I like him, you're going down. I was like, who's

20:57

going down? I wrap this up.

20:59

Let's ride because y'all learn new body parts,

21:01

you know, when you get injured, and that's crazy, like

21:03

I've never heard of that in my life.

21:05

And I don't need to.

21:05

Yeah, I don't need to have that. Yeah, that part

21:08

of me. Yeah, we taped it up and I was like, it's

21:10

not getting there. I was like, I was like, I'm pretty sure it's high

21:12

kol sprain, but it's not. I feel like it's not getting

21:14

there.

21:15

I've never broken a bone in my life, Okay,

21:18

okay, and so like you

21:21

bringing up me saying dropping that trophy

21:23

on my foot, I really would have been out, you know what I'm saying, Like

21:25

I would have not survived that.

21:26

That could you could have been one of our top

21:29

tier receivers or DB's like

21:32

they get real diva.

21:33

Ish, don't get protected.

21:35

Yeah, exactly, like a quarterback like rules

21:37

now, like if you hit a quarterback, like they like, stop

21:39

the game, make sure he's okay, pat him on the

21:41

back, give him some warm milk, and like trying renal bedtime

21:43

story. It's real cute. Yeah, it's

21:46

real cute. I'm like, damn, he's soft.

21:47

You know, he carries the game.

21:49

That's what they say. Yes, just what they say. Is there anybody

21:51

you're looking forward to working with in the future.

21:53

Anybody I'm looking forward to working with?

21:55

Yeah, not that I'll be waiting on my phone

21:57

waiting for the call like.

22:00

That that's not to be secured that.

22:03

I really want to work with

22:05

Viola Davis and Denzel

22:07

Washington, like I just

22:09

have to, Like they are the

22:12

the pinnacle of I think representation

22:14

for sure, yes, and just like not only

22:17

talent generally, but of course

22:19

for us black talent. Like looking looking

22:22

at them and all that they have accomplished and all and

22:24

violence fairly new, especially compared

22:26

to Denzel.

22:27

But has just made.

22:29

Sex fame height.

22:31

She she's been working forever, but

22:33

like Denzel has had it since

22:35

like I've been out. She's

22:38

just getting her her showers in a major

22:40

way. But yeah, I would love to

22:43

just find a way to work with them.

22:44

Violent. When she did that Little Warrior, The Warriors

22:47

the Woman King, whoa damn

22:49

goodness.

22:50

I love that she was able to play a role

22:52

like that, you know what I'm saying, Like and it was

22:54

a successful movie and she was

22:56

so phenomenal.

22:58

So yeah, well man, that's dope.

23:00

I hope that happens for you.

23:01

Thank you.

23:02

I appreciate you tapping in with the pod for

23:04

for all that you are in the in the world

23:07

and the intersectionality of you coming over to this football

23:09

world. I appreciate you.

23:10

I appreciate you. Thank you so much for having me.

23:29

Kearvi and I are so excited and

23:31

just hype to get into this interview. We've been sort

23:33

of chatting like little kids backstage because

23:35

we remember when we got the call that said we were doing

23:37

this interview, So we were imagining what

23:40

was it like for each of you when you

23:42

got the call that said you're going to be performing

23:44

in the pregame for the Super Bowl. It's the first

23:46

time for each of you. MIT's rebell start with you.

23:49

Well, when I got the call from my manager, Justin

23:51

McIntosh, he said, I

23:54

got an offer for you.

23:54

I said, okay, what is it?

23:55

He said, no, I can't tell you until Rex gets on

23:57

the phone with you. Rex Atlanta's my boyfriend.

24:00

And I said, well, that's very strange. And

24:02

I said, okay, he's sitting around here.

24:04

What is it.

24:05

Well, You've got an offer saying the national anthem at

24:07

the Super Bowl And I said well,

24:09

and Rex said.

24:09

She'll do it.

24:11

So where does she have to be in

24:13

what time that?

24:15

And I'm like, well, did you know you're going to do it? So

24:18

he was very excited and I got excited.

24:20

But in that two seconds,

24:22

you know, you're thinking, what am I going to wear? What

24:24

is it gonna entail? What do I have to

24:26

do to be prepared? So no,

24:29

he entered for me, and so yeah, here I am.

24:33

Yes.

24:34

I don't remember what I was doing or

24:36

where I was because that's just how my memory works.

24:40

So I just remember in the moment.

24:42

I you know, my managers had been talking to me

24:44

about it for a while and the

24:46

possibility of doing it, and then we finally got the call

24:48

that was like, oh my gosh, you're going to do it. And I remember

24:51

a similar thing immediately in the moment. I

24:53

was like, I'm nervous right now for something

24:55

that doesn't happen until February. I was just

24:57

like it was November and I was like, oh my god, what

24:59

am I going to do?

25:00

There?

25:00

Like you have months to prepare, and yeah, you'll be nervous.

25:04

You know, it'd been.

25:05

Better that you just said would you do it last week?

25:07

Right?

25:07

Right?

25:07

Exactly right right, and I can just go on the moment.

25:10

Yeah, I

25:12

think, yeah, the anticipation, but

25:16

I was excited.

25:17

I was very excited.

25:18

You brought up you brought up outfits, and I was like, I

25:20

don't have to worry about this. I just grabbed clothes.

25:24

You have

25:27

all of these sets just in your closet

25:29

sets. I got it on the closing Okay.

25:31

Cool, Only it's only

25:34

post What about the when the call came for you?

25:36

I thought it was a meme.

25:38

No, but no, it absolutely wasn't.

25:40

And I was like, all right, yeah, yeah,

25:43

I was like, same

25:46

thing, same thing, so nervous. I

25:48

wish you know last week, would

25:50

you have done it last week?

25:51

Yeah?

25:51

Absolutely, I already did it.

25:53

But yeah, it's uh, you don't

25:55

even really like now that

25:57

it's actually like happening.

25:59

It's like.

26:01

I wasn't nervous until two

26:03

days ago.

26:04

Now it's right, you're right.

26:05

So it just because I initially I was like, you

26:07

might want to double check that. I'm

26:11

like cool to do it, but I'm I'm

26:13

very honored and very excited to do it, and not

26:15

nervous one bit.

26:23

In terms of, like, you know, being a player, I've always been like, all right,

26:25

let's get the national anthem over so I can go right right.

26:28

But the older the older

26:30

I get like, I'm it's changed

26:33

now, I'm like I enjoy the theatrics

26:35

of it all. I'm like, you know, the fighter plane flies

26:37

of national anthem. So now I'm

26:39

like locked in. I'm like, yep, this

26:41

is my time I start

26:44

that off. But like you know, now I'm starting to listen to

26:46

them. I'm going back and I'm listening to everythings. So listening

26:48

to these national anthems, you realize that Whinnie Houston

26:50

is widely recognized. Right the

26:52

top the greatest national

26:54

anthem performance of all time?

26:57

In ten seconds, give us your two top

26:59

nap and the performances.

27:00

Yeah, if you have to,

27:03

or even.

27:04

Yeah, my favorite ones, well, Whitney,

27:07

I love Chrisple, he love

27:09

the way Gareth

27:12

Kelly Clarkson, O, Lady

27:14

Gaga love that.

27:20

You know.

27:21

You know, it's a real honor.

27:24

But it's a lot of stress because of the people who have

27:26

gone before you. You gotta make them

27:28

proud. That's fair love stress. We're

27:30

not gonna talk about it.

27:31

Yeah, we

27:33

hope that by the end of this you guys will feel a lot less.

27:37

Therapy said, yes,

27:40

we all need to.

27:43

That is You're right, He's happy, right, Andrew?

27:45

What about for you?

27:47

I mean, Whitney, you know, I mean that's definitely the

27:50

top. I also, uh

27:54

right, just at the super Bowl. Yeah,

27:57

definitely Whitney. Uh, Chris

28:00

Apleton to a huge fan, I think he's amazing.

28:02

Beyonce was amazing. So yeah,

28:04

yeah, those are definitely my favorites, top favorites.

28:06

I also, I just got to throw it in and I'm sorry.

28:09

I also heard it was not at the super Bowl, but

28:11

Jasmine Sullivan did. Yeah,

28:13

lift every voice to see it. She is like

28:16

your favorite singer's favorites. She's amazing.

28:18

So everything she does inspires me.

28:20

So that's my favorite, regardless of you, for

28:22

sure.

28:23

Yeah. Whitney

28:26

and Ribot, Yeah, well

28:29

playing I

28:34

love that.

28:35

I heard Zach Wilde do it.

28:38

Wow.

28:40

Now everyone's like it was It was

28:42

really really It's just like a little segment of this

28:44

solo, but it was really well

28:47

appreciated.

28:47

It like ripping.

28:51

Yes, it is something about me going

28:53

up. I feel like I'm going up mentally as well, like

28:55

you know, appreciate.

28:58

This is you got

29:00

here, Well,

29:03

we're there and we're examining things. We know

29:06

how much this this not ways

29:09

on you guys, but you carry it with so much pride

29:11

when you think of the audience and how they

29:13

receive it. This this is one of

29:15

those moments where everyone's like it's starting right

29:19

post. What do you want the audience to feel

29:21

from your performance?

29:23

I don't know. I'm

29:27

know, happy, excited, get everybody

29:29

ready to go.

29:30

I don't know.

29:30

I'm I kind of

29:33

went with that's

29:35

pretty stripped back. So

29:37

it's just kind of kind of me

29:39

singing a song. So

29:42

it's just a song everyone knows and the song everyone

29:45

loves. And I don't know. I

29:47

don't want to like personal, I guess

29:49

or you know, whatever, because we

29:52

know.

29:53

I'm not the best singer, but I don't

29:55

know who knows that. Who's Yeah,

30:05

I get what I hear you.

30:06

I hear you, but

30:11

I guess heart

30:13

felt, heartfelt, and really just because

30:16

I care, that's.

30:19

The most important thing to me.

30:21

Yeah, I mean, that's a fantastic answer.

30:23

I care, you know.

30:24

So I think I think what I want

30:26

people to you know. I mean, this particular

30:28

song, you know, is definitely from

30:32

from the archives right of our culture and our

30:34

ancestors, and I think it's really you

30:36

know, obviously we hear the word representation used

30:38

a lot, but I think it is important, you know, And I think

30:41

I think what I want people to feel for me spiritually,

30:44

I want people to feel God that's that's what every

30:46

performance, you know, that's you know, I want people to

30:48

feel and whatever that means for them right a moment,

30:50

you know, and and I

30:52

want people to feel, you

30:55

know, like obviously I'm

30:57

not unaware that there are split opinions

30:59

and how people start about me singing this song,

31:02

but you know, I would like people to kind

31:05

of move those things from their heart and really

31:07

just take a moment to pause and to just to choose

31:10

to choose love and to choose togetherness in the moment, because

31:12

you can. I think you can choose peace, or you can choose

31:15

turmoil or stress or anxiety. And

31:17

so I think if people allow you know,

31:19

themselves to be quiet and allow the spirit to speak,

31:21

allowed the moment to speak, then I think we'll have a

31:24

really beautiful moment of you know, togetherness

31:26

and love those things.

31:27

So I love that we're

31:29

not for you, Reba, what do you want the audience

31:31

to feel?

31:32

Informant?

31:33

There's a lot of dudes.

31:34

Yeah, there's a lot of separation, there's

31:37

a lot of different opinions. But

31:39

when we step up and sing these

31:41

songs, let's kind of forget all

31:43

that crap. Let's join together

31:46

and be grateful and thankful, thankful

31:48

for all the people who have done what they have

31:51

done to ensure our peace, to ensure

31:53

our freedom. Let's join

31:55

together on something. And when is a

31:57

better time than at the super Bowl with

32:00

three vocalists getting out there baron

32:02

or heart and her soul and singing

32:04

our little hearts out.

32:06

Yeah, it's true, man, that makes that makes

32:08

a lot of sense. Reaba

32:10

for you.

32:12

I'm just gonna keep it real, right, I.

32:16

Knew back and tied because of the TV show.

32:18

Right, My mom's favorite TV show was

32:21

always on, you know, and in that time, you're

32:23

still always on. So

32:26

growing up there it was like fresh frits.

32:27

It was our show.

32:29

We're watching you know, you're catching both vibes there

32:32

spanning multiple generations, Like how

32:34

does how does that make you feel? Or to have

32:36

a fan base that does truly span multiple

32:40

generations? Like my mom has attachment, I have attachment.

32:43

I can't.

32:44

Kids will probably throw on a song one day,

32:45

And how does it make you

32:47

feel to have that? What does it mean

32:50

to you to have a fan base that spans

32:52

multiple generations?

32:53

Very grateful, very thankful, very

32:55

appreciative. Somebody

32:57

said, what's your fan base? Age?

32:59

Just two to eighty two.

33:01

I guess there you go.

33:03

You know, this is a full circle

33:05

for me singing the national anthem. I

33:07

got my start singing the national anthem in nineteen

33:09

seventy four. Fifty years

33:11

later, that was at the National Finals

33:14

Rodeo. Here we are at the super Bowl

33:17

and National Finals Rodeo is kind of the super

33:19

Bowl for the Rodeo, and

33:21

so here I am so honored, so

33:24

grateful to get to sing the national

33:26

anthem at the super Bowl. So it's

33:29

it's been a lot of years, fifty

33:32

and I am just beyond grateful.

33:34

Yeah, it's a blessing deal.

33:36

Yeah big.

33:37

I am not taking it for granted.

33:39

Yeah, it's crazy.

33:40

You know, Post earlier you said how it's like it's

33:42

just me singing a song. It's stripping

33:44

it down all that, And then I think of the

33:48

lift every voice and singing the national anthem, and I think

33:50

for the two of you, it's it's making it your own

33:52

right, just like Post is talking about America

33:55

is beautiful. How

33:57

have you navigated that pressure of

33:59

me at your own but being true to

34:01

the song that everybody loves in a moment

34:04

like this, And I'll start with you, Well.

34:06

When everybody sing along with right, So if

34:08

I do a little, you know, everybody's

34:12

gonna welcome. She's gonna be finished here in a minute night.

34:18

Part is. I can't do that.

34:23

With it, but you know I want everybody to sing

34:25

along, enjoy it, not be taken

34:28

out of the moment. When she did that, where's

34:31

she going with this? And you know it's

34:33

everybody's saying how long is it gonna be? Is it gonna

34:36

be a fast one? Is gonna be slow? And

34:38

I thought it would be kind of funny. Started out real slow

34:40

and they're chance.

34:44

Keep it on their toes emotions.

34:46

That's what the artist.

34:49

Started off.

34:50

Just bring that all out.

34:53

Started off,

35:02

there's over unders on, over

35:05

unders on.

35:06

Mind this is a quick

35:08

chance to make some money.

35:13

Andrew you you talked a little bit about it, just

35:15

knowing the significance of the historical relevance,

35:18

especially for the back community.

35:19

This has been a lot of fun.

35:24

How have you navigated really thinking about

35:26

how you want to attack this performance?

35:29

Uh?

35:30

Well, you know it was a partnership actually, so Adam

35:32

Blackstone did the music for it. Yeah,

35:34

he's so amazing, you know, so it's

35:36

so funny actually.

35:37

Him and I called him.

35:38

I was like, I was like, we need to pray before we put

35:40

this together. He was like all right, cool, and I was

35:42

like, so let's do it. And so I've

35:44

just navigated by, you know, like just

35:48

I think like you said, I you

35:50

know, for me, it's

35:53

reflective, contemplative, you know what I mean. For

35:55

me, A lot of things are worship. You know, I say that a

35:57

lot right, redundant but thank

36:01

you, Yeah, repeating

36:04

theirs repeating, but

36:07

no, so that that's that's kind of how I'm

36:09

approaching it, you know what I mean. I'm sort of just you

36:11

know, and like she said, I want everybody to join in,

36:14

not just in the words, but also in the spirit, you

36:17

know what I mean. So that's kind of just

36:19

yeah, just delivering the song and the words.

36:21

You know, I don't want to I don't want to do

36:24

too much or too little, basket. I don't want to overthink it, right,

36:26

I mean like I want to be to the moment.

36:28

You know, you have to be true to yourself. Yeah,

36:30

it seems like, you know, the inspiring and uplifting

36:32

is like clearly what has made.

36:34

You you especially.

36:40

Iconics on that.

36:44

So now it feels like it's like.

36:47

What does performing a song like

36:49

lift every voice. You sort of alluded

36:52

to it, but what does it like really truly mean for you

36:54

guys for a stage anyways?

36:56

Uh?

36:56

I think for me, the first

36:58

thing that comes to mind is like a genesis, right,

37:00

you know, at least for this period in this time,

37:03

not a genesis for the people who came before us.

37:05

Like she said, she talked about honoring the people

37:07

who fought and the people who actually lost their lives

37:09

and who you know, not to sing

37:12

the song, to speak these words, to live

37:14

their lives, you know. I think it's I think it's

37:16

we don't we shouldn't lose sight of that, you know what I

37:18

mean, as we you know, move forward

37:20

into the future. But it also feels like a genesis

37:22

because it's really exciting. This song has only been sung

37:25

three times at the Super Bowl, the first time vy Alicia

37:27

Keys untelevised second time

37:29

by the amazing both of them amazing women sheryly

37:31

Ralph last year, who is also my birthday twin.

37:35

Yeah, I know it's kind of kind of funny, but yeah,

37:38

so I think to be able to step into their shoes

37:40

and to honor these women and honor the people

37:42

who came before me is amazing,

37:44

But it feels like a genesis in the sense that I

37:46

really, truly do look forward to a

37:49

future when it's less of a conversation

37:52

to sing the song just is a normal

37:54

space where all of our kids, you know

37:56

what I mean. It's it's very much a part of their pantheon

37:59

of music when they go to a sporting event or

38:02

you know, to an award show or whatever. It's it's very

38:04

normal for them to hear these words and these

38:07

different songs that represent a multitude of people,

38:09

you know, because that's what we look like, you know what I

38:11

mean, right, Representation

38:14

is key always.

38:32

What I love about the Super Bowl on this stage

38:35

is that it is a celebration, of course,

38:37

of the two teams that are on the field, but also a

38:39

celebration of where culture

38:41

and music and sports all come together.

38:43

I mean, no better representation than Post right now in his

38:46

Dallas Cowboys jacket and boo and

38:48

booth.

38:49

Off camera, it was.

38:51

You and Posts riffing off each other

38:53

because you know, you had some questions for Posts about his fandom

38:56

too.

38:56

Yeah, I mean, I don't want to know, like, you know, there's

38:59

this there's so many and he's like, you're a Cowboys

39:01

guy throwing through, through and through,

39:05

you know. But like I know Travis Kelsey and we've talked

39:07

about it after Super Bowl. He was like, yeah, man,

39:09

that post alone you know.

39:10

He got me and that

39:13

is that Your trampas amazing.

39:15

So I

39:18

was like, like, couldn't let itu slide. We were working out

39:20

in Florida, whatever it is. I'm like, nope, run

39:22

that back. So like you guys were playing what beer

39:25

palmers were playing? And I

39:27

want this to be known. They're

39:30

they're fine players on

39:32

the beer table. Great

39:34

guys, great guys, fine

39:37

players.

39:39

I did notice a couple of elbow indiscretions,

39:44

but I am right. So I

39:47

don't know how how he got.

39:48

There, but the tattoo artist was there there.

39:51

He was there, sitting in the corner. And

39:55

so I was like, if if you'all beat me, I

39:58

will get this to the

40:01

Cowboys.

40:02

One is bigger?

40:03

Okay, can.

40:05

Cowboys is where Cowboys is here

40:07

on the heart shoulder? Well, no, ye, two

40:11

hearts, double hearts.

40:14

And that one where's where's where's uh? It's

40:16

right here? Yes, nice

40:19

and Todd.

40:23

We got a shot.

40:27

He's into it. Don't take forever, you

40:29

take your time.

40:30

Well, I just want them to like, let me in.

40:35

We'll do it later.

40:35

We'll do it later. We're doing later, but we know it's there.

40:38

Yes, amazing.

40:41

Yeah, so uh you again,

40:44

this is my follow up question that I have to because again

40:46

Dallas Cowboys, I knew about the story which with Travis

40:49

into that and then you know you got you

40:51

got my guy Todd Graves and he's in the

40:53

partnershop with Raisin Canes. Yeah, we

40:55

have a partnership with Raises. And

40:57

then I have more follow up for that. Anyways, I'm going to

40:59

rally to where you need to be Canes

41:05

ever since well.

41:06

I eat like I'm twelve, same so

41:09

I love Chicky ten days.

41:13

So naturally,

41:16

yeah, I had Canes playing

41:19

one time. I was playing football. I've

41:21

played when I was a kid, and

41:24

my mom said, let's try this new spot and it was

41:26

Canes and I have everybody know I was. I was the

41:28

first guy ever, not

41:31

ever, ever,

41:36

first guy that I knew. And

41:38

I started putting everybody on knes because everybody

41:40

go get Chick fil A before the game and that stuff, and

41:42

I was like, try this spot. Yeah, and

41:44

so that's when it started. And

41:47

then I met Todd at

41:49

a festival and you're like, let's do He's

41:52

the best great almost cussed, but.

41:58

And we just said, let's do something cool.

41:59

So we've built two. We built one. I live in Utah,

42:02

so we built one there, and

42:04

then we built one in Dallas, and you drive through a big

42:06

Cowboys star.

42:08

By the way, the Dallas College cheerleaders were there at the open.

42:11

It was like a big It was a big it

42:13

was awesome.

42:14

Which no, no, no, we're going to talk

42:16

about this Cowboys. You

42:18

know you have a phenomenal situation

42:20

with with raising canes, but we

42:22

know we're raising canes originated, right, So

42:24

here we got from l s U which isn't batanuge

42:27

Louisiana, right, Todd Grave. So

42:29

I'm just thinking you have a huge affection

42:31

for chicken strips. Okay, we

42:34

naturally starts and Louisiana

42:36

seems like which I feel like a natural progression

42:38

would be we undersid moon

42:41

silver. Wow me,

42:44

No, it's not possible. Off the table. Okay,

42:46

Okay, no, I watch it. Okay,

42:48

I watched.

42:49

I mean, my brother is a Saints fan, so

42:52

we'll take yeah, we'll try. Yeah,

42:54

yeah, that's a

42:57

little bit.

42:57

You should hear him from his room.

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Thank you.

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All so much for sitting down with us. This is been

43:04

awesome. We can't wait to watch it hit the stage. It's

43:06

gonna be phenomenal. I already have chills.

43:07

It's gonna be great. Thank you.

43:09

Can we get some chicken stripped please?

43:14

Yeah?

43:14

It is.

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A Stramet

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Deep Tramp

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Deep and

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keep contract trust

44:37

Deep batram the

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Tramp

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