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Real with Mario a little bit.

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It's up you all. Mario Lopez joining me right

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now via the Hotline Grammy winning rapper

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and songwriter mc lemore. How's it going,

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man, I'm good. How you doing, Mario? I'm

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doing well. Thanks. You know, I was just checking

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out your latest minute video for I Don't

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Belong in This Club. It's pretty funny. How did

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you come up with the idea? Uh?

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You know, I I got sent

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the song quite a while ago

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actually, and um, you

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know, I never feel like I

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truly belong in the club. And I

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wrote it in about fifteen minutes. It just kind

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of came natural. That's cool. I

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love stories when you hear uh. These songs

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just come to people so quickly. And it has a cameo

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from a Seattle Seahawks player, right yeah,

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Cliff Aprils in the video he

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uh you know, we shot it. He was outside

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in the probably forty five degree cold

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for a good, no

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colder than that, maybe thirty five degrees for good,

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probably four to five hours. So I'm sure

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there's some resentment there, but but he killed

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it. Dang. Wow, that's commitment right there,

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right on. Man. So any updates

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on new music you're gonna team up with Ryan Lewis

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for another album in the future possibly. Uh,

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we've been talking about it a little bit. Um,

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you know, I've been doing most of the features

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right now and uh, you know, trying

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to raise these kids. But um,

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yeah, there's some new songs dropping home

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with some other folks and uh

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yeah, I'm sure I'll get back in the studio with Ryan

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eventually. Nice seems like the right thing

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to do. Well. Of course, you're also

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pretty well known for your activism, especially

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when it comes to addiction and and this is

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really cool. You're being honored with the Stevie

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ray Vaughn Award at the Music

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Carrits Music Carrits Concert for Recovery

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in May Correct. Yes, yeah,

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it's um, it's a really

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cool it's a really cool honor. I

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Um, you know, recovery is a

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huge part of my life and

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um, you know, it's all about

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coming out, lessening the stigma of addiction,

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speaking on the issue, not being a secret,

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and um, you know that's what I've done for

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my entire career and the fact that I'm

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getting honored for that, um is

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huge for you know, for myself

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and just kind of the the

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life that I've had, but more so even

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just for um, you know, my

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recovery community. I'm I'm bringing down my

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my sponsor and some people in the in

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my fellowship, and you know, to celebrate

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that with the people that I walked through

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this life with day day today, UM,

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in the twenty four hour increment to to stay

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clean and sober. It's a huge honor and

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just going to be a really cool experience.

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Good for you, man, will congrats and UM,

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I know you're also doing a special performance in

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tribute to Mac Miller that evening.

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Anything you can tease us with about

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that performance, Uh,

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not at the moment exactly, but you

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know, I think, UM,

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you know, his his life

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was was amazing. What he gave to

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the music community and to all

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of his fans and to the people, UM

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was remarkable, and it will

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be a special a

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special performance, UM,

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and just to honor his life and

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and his legacy one that will continue forever

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through the music that he's made in the impact that he's

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had on this world. How's

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fatherhood treating you? Man?

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I'm not much sleep, to be completely

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honest. I gotta you know one year

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Old'm a four year old and in my house

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is is toys and paint

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brushes that haven't been washed. And

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you know, I'm changing diapers.

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I'm going through the motions of this

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life. But it is the best life.

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I absolutely love it. And um,

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you know, just dropped my four year old off at school

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and you know, on freestyle and in the car

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together. I'm getting her to wrap now, so

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you know, we're having fun. Man, those

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car rides are fun. I'm right there with you with that same

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time frame and all that. So congrats, that's awesome.

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Got everything working personally and professionally. Um,

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you're gonna keep going. You want more. I

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don't know, you know, to to films. What

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they did a good stopping

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point at the moment, but you know, you

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never know, you know, one

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might sneak in there, one might sneak

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in the exactly

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all right, Well, you can get tickets to the music

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Carre's concert for Recovery right now

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at www dot Access

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dot com. McLamore, thanks so much

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for calling in. Thanks Mario, I appreciate it.

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Man. Alright, brother, take care with Mario

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a little bit.