The Real Report - Beanie Man on Pharrell & Mya collab, making Dancehall history, Eminence album, and Bounty Killer

29 Sep 2026 · 1 h 9 min · 36 chapters

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In short

Beanie Man discusses his Jamaican upbringing and early start in dancehall, how he built a global career, and the making of major cross-over hits. He also talks about his collaborations (especially with Pharrell and Mya), his Grammy history, touring in Europe/UK, and his new album Eminence.

Guests

Beanie Man (dancehall legend; started singing at age 5, first record at 10; known for 24 albums and many number-one songs; won Grammys; has worked with Pharrell, Mya, Janet Jackson, Snoop Dogg, TI, Ashanti, and others). Hosts/other voices include Tony Ayo and Uncle Murda (podcast hosts mentioned in the intro).

Key claims

He says he began singing to fix a stutter and learned timing at his uncle’s sound system. He claims Pharrell approached him with the idea for “Girls M Sugar / Sim Simma,” and that the song led to a Grammy nomination. He argues dancehall MCs are “microphone chanters” (not just DJs). He says Eminence reached number one across genres on iTunes.

Notable examples

Master Blaster sound system; booed at Jamaica’s National Stadium then returned with “Meaty on a Good Sitting” (first number-one); London reggae ads; collaborations with Mya (“Zaga Zaga”), Janet Jackson (via Neptunes/Pharrell), and tracks featuring Snoop, TI, Ashanti, and Mya on Eminence.

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Beanie Man Introduction

2:15 to 2:41

Hosts introduce Beanie Man and discuss his significance.

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Beanie Man Introduction

3:10 to 4:02

Hosts introduce Beanie Man and discuss his significance.

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Beanie Man Introduction

4:16 to 6:05

Hosts introduce Beanie Man and discuss his significance.

“Let me say woman, you put up your boyfriend, let him go.”

Growing Up in Jamaica

6:05 to 7:00

Beanie Man shares experiences growing up in Jamaica and his early music influences.

“Sometimes I go to Brooklyn and I have to say, okay, which avenue I'm going down there?”

Overcoming Stuttering Through Music

7:00 to 8:06

Beanie Man discusses how he dealt with stuttering by singing.

“I'm just making sure you know how the height is when it's Brooklyn.”

Becoming an Artist at a Young Age

8:06 to 8:28

Beanie Man talks about his early ambitions and competitions in music.

“And you know, maybe I'll be living in love and all of these things.”

First Recordings and Recognition

8:28 to 11:15

The journey from winning competitions to recording his first songs.

“And that's where I learned to sing on the beat, I learned timing and everything.”

The Evolution of Dancehall Music

11:15 to 15:00

Discussion on the history and evolution of dancehall music in Jamaica.

“So I said, you know, you got to go clean.”

Transition from MCs to DJs

15:01 to 16:08

Understand the transition of DJ roles from MCs to modern DJs.

“Because we never used to play in the dance hall.”

Early Career and Opportunities

16:09 to 18:19

Learn about the artist's early career and significant opportunities.

“Yeah, because that's what we would think.”
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Overcoming Early Challenges

18:20 to 21:35

Hear about the struggles and challenges faced early in his career.

“I was there for Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.”

Family Support and Early Success

21:36 to 22:23

Discover the role of family support in the artist's early success.

“Yeah, but you see, my mom's my best friend.”

Cultural Influence of Jamaican Music

22:24 to 23:09

Discuss the cultural impact of Jamaican music in broader communities.

“So coming up in Queens, one of my best friends was Dean.”

Influences and Role Models in Music

23:10 to 24:54

Learn about influential figures in the artist's musical journey.

“I used to think that we got everything free.”

Creating Timeless Music

24:55 to 27:03

Examine the thought process behind creating enduring music.

“Well, you know, supercat used to name cataract.”

Creating Timeless Music

27:04 to 28:05

Examine the thought process behind creating enduring music.

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Music for Everyone: Beanie Man's Philosophy

28:17 to 32:24

Beanie Man discusses his approach to music and the universal appeal of his songs.

“I don't make songs to say, okay, I'm gonna program this type of people and this type of people and that type of people.”

The Influence of London on Reggae

32:25 to 34:46

The artists share insights on the significant relationship between London and reggae music.

“You touring, you just came from Germany, you said.”

Collaborations and Reggaeton's Rise

34:47 to 37:38

Discussing the need for collaborations to elevate reggae music in the current music scene.

“And then they got Steel Puzz, which is an English man.”

Beanie Man's Journey and Legacy

37:39 to 42:00

Beanie Man reflects on his career, collaborations, and the importance of staying grounded.

“Yeah But I don't think we need anything I think we have it Got you I think it's just for them to collaborate with us the right way.”

Club Vibes and Life Updates

42:00 to 42:39

The hosts share their experiences and updates about life and clubbing.

“and then go to a dance hall and the vibe's nice.”

Beanie Man's Journey and Legacy

43:19 to 44:28

Beanie Man reflects on his career, collaborations, and the importance of staying grounded.

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Beanie Man's Journey and Legacy

46:30 to 46:52

Beanie Man reflects on his career, collaborations, and the importance of staying grounded.

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Beanie Man on His Music Career

47:51 to 52:28

Beanie Man discusses his extensive career and the motivation behind his success.

“Now, how do you come up with 24 albums, though?”

Reflections on Trust and Relationships

52:29 to 56:01

A deep dive into Beanie Man's experiences with trust and personal relationships.

“Rob Markman - Now we looking forward towards more music.”

Journey to Stardom

56:01 to 58:17

Learn about the personal experiences that shaped Beanie Man's rise to fame.

“So, you know, I decide, you know, you don't make up your mind until you've been in a situation that you as the only person can get yourself out of it.”

Clash with Bounty Killer

58:18 to 1:00:48

Hear the story of Beanie Man's clash with Bounty Killer and its implications.

“here come bounty killer hey boy you're for dead swim through it What am I going to do?”

Shifting the Narrative

1:00:49 to 1:01:28

Explore how Beanie Man changed his musical approach for broader success.

“Rob Markman - Oh my God, that used to be my joint record.”

Shifting the Narrative

1:03:00 to 1:03:17

Explore how Beanie Man changed his musical approach for broader success.

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Top Artists Discussion

1:05:03 to 1:10:01

Beanie Man shares his top male and female artists in reggae music.

“You ever notice how everything keeps going up?”

Celebrating Female Artists

1:10:01 to 1:12:04

Discussion on the current female artists in the music scene and appreciation for their work.

“She bought, she bought, she bought, she bought, she bought, she bought, she bought, she bought out of this world.”

Cultural Perspectives on Artists

1:12:05 to 1:13:44

Exploring the perception of Jamaican artists based on their place of origin and their impact.

“No, you can't count the female artists one time.”

Cuisine Conversations

1:13:45 to 1:15:58

A light-hearted discussion about food preferences and Jamaican culinary culture.

“But she makes some bad song and she's a bad, bad, bad, bad DJ.”

Modern Music Clashes

1:15:59 to 1:21:46

Debate about the current state of music clashes and the importance of in-person interactions in the industry.

“So you're trying to say, where is this turkey bacon coming from?”

Reggaeton Artists and Homage

1:24:52 to 1:25:16

A call for reggaeton artists to acknowledge their predecessors.

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Reggaeton Artists and Homage

1:26:48 to 1:27:52

A call for reggaeton artists to acknowledge their predecessors.

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4:42Tony Yayo:He didn't get stabbed. Shut the up. Okay. Bro, bro. What's that point you get movies with? Oh! Rimmel! Yo, bro, bro. I'm a real kid. I'm a real kid. I'm a real kid. I'm a real kid. I'm a real kid. I'm a real kid. I'm a real kid. I'm a real kid. I'm a real kid. I'm a real kid. Yeah, it's the Talk of New York, Tony Ayo. And it's the Boy Uncle Murder, AKA Lear Jet Lenny. And right now we in here with one man, the man with a Grammy, the man with 24 albums, the man that started doing music at eight years old, make some noise for the legend, Beanie Iman. Whoa, whoa, whoa. Dancehall legend, whoa. Thanks for coming to our show.

5:24Tony Yayo:Definitely thank you for pulling up, legend. Thank you, man. Thank you for having me. Yes, sir. Beanie Iman, you know, like I'm from Queens, he's from Brooklyn, so we just trying to figure out where more Jamaicans at. And I said Queens. And I definitely say Brooklyn. That's why they call it South Jamaica Queens. I don't care. We got flat boys. Say I throw my flat bitch to Jamaica. Nah, that's true. All right, you see? All right. Good. Let me get to the pint now. Go ahead. All right. Queens got Jamaica Queens. But Brooklyn, it's kind of Jamaica. What the f*** I'm talking about? You hear me, legend?

5:58Tony Yayo:Legend, let me get some love on that legend. Thank you, legend. Thank you, legend. Yeah. Shut up, man. Let the legend talk. Queens is Jamaica Queens. Because Queens got a lot of Jamaicans. But Brooklyn is Jamaica. Like seriously, Jamaica. Got you. Sometimes I go to Brooklyn and I have to say, okay, which avenue I'm going down there? Okay. Alright. I'm going around here. Got you. Yeah, because you know, all the Flatbush, the church, go right back to downtown Brooklyn, is Jamaicans. Definitely. Like, right, you. Like, definitely. So, don't care who want to move in now and try to move out the Jamaicans.

6:40They're still somewhere near Queen, Brooklyn. Definitely. They're not going no further. Nowhere. Nowhere. That's serious. Let's go. Because I've been coming to New York since the 80s. You see me? Mm-hmm. Like, from the 87 times I've been coming to New York. So, yeah. Brooklyn. I'm a little wully for Jamaican there. Yes. Jamaican. Any Jamaican. I'm listening to it. I know that. I'm just making sure you know how the height is when it's Brooklyn. Any Jamaican here last and feel they're dead, that nigga's not dead, you go to Brooklyn. It's right there. Yeah. Seriously.

7:14Tony Yayo:Rob Markman So what was life like for you growing up in Jamaica, because you did your first record at eight years old? Yeah. Rob Markman Which is unheard of. Oh, well. All right. Jamaica now is... I was born a kid that stammer. You know what stammer is, like when you can't talk. like you take one minute to make a sentence. You had a stutter, you had a little stutter problem. Not a little, I was always stutter. Trust me, it take me like two minutes to make one word. Yeah, trust me. So I never like it because sometimes I can't talk to people. So I figure out that if you sing, your word flow. So I start to sing the shop list.

7:58When my mom sent me to the shop, I used to sing that. Oh, look at that. That's crazy. Yeah. Then I used to sing the reading book. Like when you get the book to read, it says Johnny was a lip boy and Jane was a girl. And you know, maybe I'll be living in love and all of these things. And tracking things in tough days to catch a pail of water. So when I start to do that, I realized that my thing flow. So at age five, at three you start going to school. but age five now I start to you know get into the music cause if I'm gonna sing I'm gonna sing so I'm gonna do serious things so I you know I start to put lyrics together from out of the reading book and all that so that's when me realized I said alright if me do this me can't talk so I have to you know fix my speech pattern I got to know what I'm doing so at age seven I decide like I'm gonna be an artist seven yeah everybody laughing me they're like yeah right your mom's gonna kill you because my mom is an ardent christian she's a christian christian christian falling spirit christian hallelujah christian christian christian so certain things i can't do in my mom's house so you know me have a uncle and grandfather live next door they got a sound system called and Master Blaster.

9:22And that's where I learned to sing on the beat, I learned timing and everything. So I realized that I need things because I've been seeing artists like General Trees, I've been seeing artists like Sasa Fras, I've been seeing artists like, you know, Ekamainat artists like, you know, go leave a big star in my days and in my community, these artists are stars. So I decided that I'm going to need some money because I'm going to need some clothes. And there was no clothes that could fit me. This is the reason why I named Beanie, because I was this skinny. So there's nothing you can find in a store that can really fit I.

10:07So, you know, I realized that I got to go telemade. So everything I have to do is telemade. If I need the shorts, I have to make it telemade. If I need a pants, I got to get to tell him. Even this suit reminds me of some suit that I used to make back in the days. So to get that, you have to have money. So what I do, I enter all the DJ competition everywhere. Like I go to Doanipark, DJ competition, win that. Go to Marvillie, DJ competition, win that. Waterhouse, DJ competition, win that. Went to Crossroads, DJ competition, win that. Went to Arfitree, DJ competition, win that. Then I used to follow this DJ called Barry G.

10:47He used to work on the radio station, playing music and everything. So anywhere Barry G is, I am. Trust me, because he have a DJ contest and he got monies to give away. You know? So that's how I start to make some money and start to get myself together, to put myself together, to look the part. Because to go and take the mic from a Johnny Ringo or a Squidley Rankin or a Peter Rankin back in the days. You have to look the part. So I said, you know, you got to go clean. Some of you go clean. They know that I come as an artist. You get what I'm saying?

11:23Tony Yayo:That's the new slate. They got to be clean. Yeah, you got to be clean. So I went there and clean. I win this competition in Jamaica now. I get a chance to go in the studio with one of the biggest producers in Jamaica at the time. But when I reached there, he wasn't there. So Danny Dredd was there and Danny Dredd took my vice. And I was like eight at that time. And I vice two songs. I vice two fancy and I vice over the ocean. And yeah. After that, it was all everybody talking about Beanie Man, Beanie Man, Beanie Man, Beanie Man. Because them time we got one TV station. So when you come in that TV station, the whole island see you.

12:06You got two radio stations. Once you come in that radio station, the whole island hear you. so you know I'm there in my lane first time I I think it was my my cousin I told him that yeah that's me and the cassette he never believed me because he knows my mother Christian and me not supposed to are DJ

12:31Tony Yayo:so he didn't believe that was you he didn't believe like there's no way that's you so I tell him to pause the cassette and I sing the whole entire song and say play it back He know I ain't got no tape player. So he know I ain't kidding. So I said, I use that man. I said, yeah, I use that. If you proceed, I'm going and you would succeed. I said, yeah, I want to be successful. Don't worry about that. So I - And you were eight years old? Yeah, I was eight. That's crazy to even have that mindset like that at eight years old. Yeah, well, you see, when you dedicate yourself to something, that's what it is.

13:06It started from early days. You see, don't start it when you're 15, 16. When you're 15, 16, you think about the job that you want.

13:14Tony Yayo:Right. You get me? If you're going to be a doctor, if you're going to be a lawyer, if you're going to be a professor or not. But when you're thinking about being a musician, you got to get that from childhood days, especially in Jamaica. I don't know about hip hop. I don't know hip hop. I don't know nothing about that. You see? But I know that the first time I hear a hip hop song, It was hip hop. It did it happen and it don't stop, rock to the bam bam boogie and the bam bam boogie and the boogie to beat. And then, yeah. Yeah, that was DJ Eric and - Shout to him. I realized that DJ Eric is Jamaican.

13:55I'm like, what? So we can do this. Oh, look at that. Yeah, so I did my first album and I was 10 years of age. Yeah, but we in Jamaica, we know everything about music. We know R &B music, hip hop music, country and western. um gospel I know Whitney Houston and Sissy Houston from there was singing Gaspers from the kids I know these things so these things is what I used to play and I would radio and then dance artists like us we never used to have no song that playing on the radio right you know we have artists like Michigan and smiley that come out and you know them them get a run but dance our music never used to play in the dance hall because there was no disco.

14:38There was sound system that the artists sing on. You as the DJ, you hold the mic and you sing and the selector play the song, then you flip over the beat and then you rap on the beat. And that's how the music used to go. All in the 80s, 70s. From the 70s to the 80s, that's what used to happen. They used to do a live like that? Yeah. That's crazy. Because we never used to play in the dance hall. is only singers. You have singers like Johnny Asburn. You have singers like Michael Prophet. You have singers like Dennis Brown. You have singers like all these singers used to just play in the dance hall and we as the DJ have to grab the mic because it don't make no sense to play a DJ song when a DJ is coming on the mic.

15:21Now, a lot of people in America mix DJ like DJ scratch, scratch. Right.

15:26Tony Yayo:We are the microphone chanters. In America, you got rappers. In Jamaica, we are DJs Because we are the, they used to call us MC back in those days. Master of Ceremony. So, you know, when they're Master of Ceremony, you use them and they hold the mic. Yeah, you're the MC. Yeah, you talk. And the DJ is usually, you know, rest in peace, Jam Master J. DJs usually play. But back in the 80s, I think it's 1986, they changed it to Mike Chanta. Then Mike Chanta turned to DJ. So the man said, wait, I do, man, I DJ. So one time when I used to tell people that I'm DJing, they said, what, you spin music? Yeah, because that's what we would think.

16:15Tony Yayo:We definitely would, definitely. I do spin music. Don't get interested because if you don't know music, you can't do music. Don't make no sense. Right. So, you know, I did my first album at age 10. I walk into the studio and I meet a guy called but Bonnie Stryker Lee, God rest his soul. And he gave me a chance. I was there to record for King Jamies because Jamies have a government house. And I look at a chalk tee up and thing, and Bill him stood up and there to what it is today. Now, I couldn't vice on the air chalk machine because I wasn't invited them time, but I was there. I was there when Admiral Bailey coming up.

16:59I was there when he started to produce Joe's the whale. I was there. I was there. I was always there until Bonnelly give me this chance. I would not get a chance down at that street. I'm telling you that I understood and that's where I'm from. So anyways, I move from there. I went to Jonestown, you know, to live. And then I start to get more opportunities. God, this is. halfway uptown. This is uptown is there and this is together. So, but you can just leave out of the ghetto in your uptown. So, them town you got all different dance that keep you at. You got Metro Media, you got Skate Land, you got all different type of venues.

17:47So, these are the venues that give us the opportunity so we can, you know, perland career to go on. So, you got sound like volcano which is um john jola's sound you have something like leeson limited you have something like ah king of tani you have something like whoa you got so many sound system back in the days but i used to go and master blast the song because it's my uncle sound so i love that snow so the first time i went to the country was port antonio and i love it because the people them love me i couldn't have left there for three days I was there for three days. I was there for Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.

18:27Tony Yayo:Mind you, Murley, he's a kid at this time. Like, I never knew that. Everybody knows who he is, but I never knew you started at eight, ten years old. No, you got to start somewhere. But I just start from start. See? So after that, it's just thinking about music, music, music, music, music. Then I start to fly. I can't believe that. It just started happening. Boom, I went to Cayman Island. Yeah. And then I came to Canada and then New York in the 80s, like 1986, 87. Yeah, I came to New York and then I realized that I can go home and make myself the superstar that I need to be. Wow. I went home and I work on it.

19:14It took me a time because when I was supposed to be the star, I ran up in a big ditch like Nancy Mandela get free from prison and came to Jamaica, came to the National Stadium and I was there, I said, I need a piece of this, I need a piece of this. And when I get it, I sing the wrong song at the wrong time. Yeah yo, I got booed. Dan Cunningham, you said you got booed? What? Uncle murder? I got booed. Big booed. The whole stadium booed me. Even the dog was like, whoa.

19:52Tony Yayo:Even the dog booed me. So how'd you feel? How'd you feel? Because, you know. No, you see, when that happens, you always feel down. But when you think about it, there are more of the things that I've been to and there are more of the things that I've done as a kid and as a teenager, you know that God is showing you a sign. Is it you go left or you go on the right street? So I decided, like, left, leave me alone a little bit. Let me try the right street. So I went to Uwet and I was there and I stayed in my house and I built some lyrics, I built some lyrics, and built some lyrics, and I came out.

20:30And when I came back to Kingston, I did the first show in Skateland. Never forgot that. But, um, we come on Captain Barkey, God rest his soul. And, um, they were there talking me about the stadium thing, you know? Yeah, they were talking me about the stadium thing. And I went up on stage within the two of them. And I sing the song, what I sing in the stadium when I got booed. You sung the same song? Yeah. Hey, green, I'm over this. Yeah. So, me say, what I dedicated to them. When we say, hey, green, I'm over there, so, I'll be coming back, and we did that talk to you. And yet, the whole place was on fire.

21:13So from then, I know that people love when they hear talented kid. So I decided, okay, I'm going to take the song. So I did a song called, Meaty on a Good Sitting, when meaty pass all the moment missing. Guess what happened? What? My first number one song. Oh. And from there, There's nothing stopping me.

21:36Tony Yayo:But what was your mom saying? Because she's in the trunk. That's a good question. What was she saying? My mom's... See, me and my mom's life is different. My mom was my best friend. God rest her soul. I love her. Rest in peace. Rest in peace, mama. Yeah, but you see, my mom's my best friend. Everything, every problem I have, I go to my mom. Everything. But I've been taking care of my mom since I was 10 years of age. Because I bring in money in the house. Every time she see me, I bring her money. Every time she talk to me, I bring her money. So it's not like she's going to fight against that because she know that I'm not a thief and she know that I'm not doing crime.

22:13She know that I only do music. So she accept me for what I am and who I am. And she don't worry about me because every time she see me, I look better and better.

22:23Tony Yayo:Rob Markman That's crazy because you're 10 years old. I'm from Queens. He's from Brooklyn, right? So coming up in Queens, one of my best friends was Dean. He was Jamaican. There was always Jamaican people around us. You know? Rob Markman, I go to the boulevard, we go to the beef patty shop. We knew, we loved the guy. He opened the door, the whole block. We came up off the beef patties and cocoa bread. Rob Markman, Yeah, there you go. Rob Markman, That's when it was$1.50,$1.25. Rob Markman, Yeah, there you go. Rob Markman, My next door neighbor was Hemsley. Rob Markman, Yeah. Rob Markman, I never met a broke Jamaican ever in my life.

22:50Tony Yayo:Rob Markman, Every Jamaican I met is always work hard, work hard, work hard. So to see you be 10 years old paying the bills is crazy to me. It's always a great thing because in the ghetto, you got no bills to pay. You got no water rate to pay. You got no light to pay. You got free light, free water. I used to think that we got everything free. You know, didn't know that we was bridging everything. That's why I'm glad you were on the show because when you think about it, like when We used to go to all the parties in Queens and you go to parties in Brooklyn. There always had to be a Jamaican set.

23:28Tony Yayo:Like two guys, my man Rough Hands or Grandmaster Vic might play the hip hop, but you always had Shorty Black, my man Los, Eli. So I came up. I told you my guy Eli, his father managed Shaba. So I met Shaba and Patra and was like... because it's always... Jamaican music's always been big in the culture. Yeah, man. Every time you go to a hip hop party, there had to be a Jamaican set. No, I tried to do everything. All right. I know Shabba Rankin. Right. For me, it was co-pilot. Kiba was the pilot and Shabba was the co-pilot. Right. So you got Kiba Rankin and Shabba Rankin. Right. Yeah, you got Roots Melody.

24:12That's the sound system that they used to sing on. and from those days i i was you know always trying to say i i i respect shabba because this is a wicked dj don't worry about a wicked dj and you know exactly what to do when to do and how to do it you got a next artist called chakadimas and then you got my my coach my coach was general cheese general trees yeah he's yeah he's he's one of the dj all of them want to be like because He's the man with the lyrics and he's the man with the rockstone plays. And you know, he got the thing like wicked DJ, like seriously. So I grew up in the old school.

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24:56Well, you know, supercat used to name cataract. Yes. Okay. Because everybody knows. So, you know, from those days from, you know, Imperial to Kilimanjaro to all of those days, I was always there as a kid. always there. You know, these guys are bigger than me. Remember, I was the youngest DJ ever. I remember the first time I was in a dance hall with some big time DJ like Johnny Ringo and Squidler Rankin. They thought I was the last kid. They was looking for my moms. Come and get your kid. They actually put me up on a...

25:39Tony Yayo:You had to stand on a crate? No, it's not a crate. He was a, what do you call him, he was a veranda. And you know the veranda got the side there and he put like, you know, it's right there and they put me in a stone right there. And they said, where your mother's name? I give it to my, I said, tell me your mother's name. I'm gonna say, run the rhythm selector. And that was it. Yeah, cause I never knew this. Like when we look at you, we think of all the hit records. Cause like I know what we - Who got the keys to my bima? Who am I? Rob Markman - So when you think about it, because before you won Grammys, it's you, Shabba, Sean Paul, and who am I missing?

26:23Tony Yayo:You, Shabba, Sean Paul - Shaggy. Rob Markman - And Shaggy. Yeah. Rob Markman - Right? So - Rob Markman - Bounty Killer got a Grammy too, but he was a feature, but it's all good. We're going to give him a Mr. Hops too. Rob Markman - Okay, cool. That's the Shabba - Yeah, Bounty got a show too. Rob Markman - Bounty got a Grammy too. Rob Markman - But when you hear like all the life, when you hear like everybody, like Come on, this is a world record. Zagaza, zagaza, zagaza. Zagaza, zagaza. Yeah, you get it. Like, how do you, when you in the studio, what's the process to think, yo, this is going to be, do you know this is going to be a worldwide record that lasts for years and years of time?

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28:15Tony Yayo:Let's go! Rob Markman, My thinking is different. I make songs for the masses. I don't make songs to say, okay, I'm gonna program this type of people and this type of people and that type of people. My song is for the masses. So if you're white, black, pink, purple, they care what kind of race you are. If you love my song, you love my song. And this is what I do. I make music for everybody. You see? All right. I remember the first time I've been to Spain. I'm like, I'm going to do this. Because these are Spanish people. You can't talk to these people. And when I go on the stage and go, everybody singing.

28:56Because that's everybody's joint. I'm like, what? But they sing every other song. Let me say,

29:17You got so many of them.

29:24Tony Yayo:Rob Markman - Oh yeah, because those remind me of when people actually used to like dance up on the females. Rob Markman - Yeah, that's what I'm - Rob Markman - That's when like people actually used to really dance. Rob Markman - Yeah. Rob Markman - Like dance up on the females, you really enjoyed yourself in the party. Rob Markman - But what I'm saying is like when you do this record with Maya, right? Rob Markman - Mm-hmm. Rob Markman - Because all them records are hits too, right? Rob Markman - Yeah. Rob Markman - But like when you hit a record with Maya, like Zaga Zah, Zaga Zah, you know when that come on.

29:46Tony Yayo:Rob Markman - It's a different thing. Rob Markman - I want to go to a concert and just want to know his record placement because Because he has so many hits. Yeah, but that - But do you know that was a hit? Yeah, because that was a real song that definitely pointed to the world. Because it was Pharrell Williams came up to me with the idea that I need to make Girls M Sugar and Sim Sima in one song. You said Pharrell came up to you and said that? Yeah, he was the one that made the beat. Look at that, okay. Oh, Pharrell made them beats? Yeah, he made them beats. That was his beat. That's crazy. So I go, okay, let's try this.

30:24And he go, and this guy from Philippines that play in the Neptunes. Chad. And Chad started to play. And I'm like, okay, let's do a Sim Sima. Beat him under the girls. Sim Sima. The girls. And I would say the Sim Sima. And I said, okay, that's better. That give me a chance to breathe. Yeah, so I went to the street I go Sim Sima because he wanted to put the American touch in it the Sim Sima so I know definitely where he was going with it Got you And then he sang for Maya and true because I'm a movie buff as I see Maya I know her I'm like wow, this is a girl from the school movie You know Got you, got you Baby, why can't you see Yeah, yeah So I'm like yeah this is going to be nice And then we start putting the hook together because I told him that we need a hook.

31:26Tony Yayo:Right. Because Sim Simo, Girls and Sugar, yes, it can be a nice hook, but we need something to melodine the hook. Bucket thing. There you go. So I said, okay, we need that. And then we get that because if we're going to make an American song, I am going to make an American song. I'm not going to allow you to do that for me, to tell me that, yeah, I did that for you. Got you. Yeah, but he gave me the idea to put it together and I really respect for that. And then we get together and we make the song and we nominated for a Grammy Award that year. Look at that. And that was beautiful. Dope, man. Dope.

32:06Tony Yayo:Definitely, because it was making reggae music, Jamaican music worldwide. It just wasn't one category in music. Kicking on barres. Definitely kicked down the doors with that, man. Rob Markman, they're opening for some Jamaican artists. Rob Markman, That's a bad. Rob Markman, And the whole thing is it's not microwave music. Rob Markman, I love to hear the stories from the OGs and the real legends because it's like the music is lasting. You touring, you just came from Germany, you said. Rob Markman, I just came from Europe. Rob Markman, See? Rob Markman, Yeah. And we did some show here in America where I did two shows with me and Barry Salmon just the other day in August there.

32:46And it was Barry Simon's birthday, so we did two shows. We did one in Connecticut and we did one in Philadelphia. Was it? Yeah, we did two shows and it was wicked. How do you like performing in London? I like performing in London. I love London. London is great. I've been going to London since forever. I've been going to London since forever forever, ever, ever ever, ever, ever I've been going to London forever, I love London because London people they appreciate the music definitely do for what it is, because when you go to London it's the first place that I ever go from Jamaica when I turn on my TV I see an advertisement with reggae music behind it first place Yes, London.

33:43I'm not kidding. I've come to America, been coming to America. I told you how long I've been coming to America. You ain't never hear a Jamaican song with that. I've never seen an advertisement with no Jamaican song in it. None, ever. So London is the first place that I ever went to, like ever.

34:01Tony Yayo:America, we got to change that. Y 'all making us look bad out there. I've never seen an advertisement with no Jamaican song in it. And here, commercial on the TV with reggae song is the background. Look at that. In the commercial. And I'm not talking about one commercial or two commercial. You get like five commercial and all of them is reggae commercial. And I'm like, what's going on here? But then you realize that there's a lot of Jamaican living in London. Lots. Yes. Lots of them. That's your last stop. You better believe it. You ain't getting nowhere else. Yeah, yo, love London, but it's a making fool.

34:39That's a fact. Most of the biggest England artists bust from reggae music, like Red Red Wine. Yeah, my brother. That's reggae music. And then they got Steel Puzz, which is an English man. And then they got Pasi Doshi Pani Left Hand Side, which is an English man. Pasi Doshi Pani Left Hand Side. So you get to realize that, you know, London has always been a big supporter of the reggae music. See, when Bob Marley got shot in Jamaica and he left, he went to London. Oh, look at that.

35:12Tony Yayo:Oh, I never knew that. You get what I'm saying? Look at that. So it's like, it's kind of a different thing when it comes to London. London people love Jamaica music. Love it. Love it. I think almost everybody in a London old soul from the 60s, because, yeah, what is his name again? I'm not going to try to kill myself. But most of the Jamaican artists bust in London. Ken Boop bust in London. Uri bust in London. I think Uri have number one, number two, number three, number four, number five on the British chart. Look at that. That was crazy. So it's not really like London is just picking up the music.

35:59So all of us as Jamaican, we love London. So, New York was the next London. When you come to New York, man, don't play around, dog. You ain't lying about that.

36:12Tony Yayo:You know how many parties we used to go to like as kids, like bad kids? How many underground basement parties and the Jamaican music was popping in there? Queens, New York, Bronx. Yes. Branks, Brooklyn. Trust me, Staten Island was a little white but...

36:35Tony Yayo:It was a little white. It was a little white. That was the mob out there. It was a little white but yeah. We was all up in there. Because you got some Italians and you got some other people, you got other people, you got other people. but we was all up in there. Trust me. So that's when I know that the Caribbean music is not going to be easy to get rid of. Definitely. Jamaican music is not going to be like pop music. It's not going to be like, it's not going to be the big music, but it's going to always be the music that's stuck in the ears of the people. I wanted to always ask you too, because you did a record, Flow Natural with Tito.

37:19Tony Yayo:Yeah. And that was a big record. It's a big record Big record For the reggaeton And it's still a big record Of course I don't understand it It's still up there Still a big record You think we need more collaborations like that So reggae could actually get in a better place Like for nowadays Because reggaeton is so big right now Yeah But I don't think we need anything I think we have it Got you I think it's just for them to collaborate with us the right way. Because the music is reggaeton for God's sake. The music name is what? Reggaeton. Say it again. Reggaeton. You can't even say it without saying reggaeton.

38:06Tony Yayo:Got you. But Beanie, you got to remember, when he says collaborations, come on, man, you did a record with Janet Jackson. Yeah. Come on, that's not an everyday collab, brother. No, that's not an everyday collab. Now, what was that like? Rob Markman, No, that was beautiful. That was all Jermaine Dupri. My man, he always trying to say I got beef with Jermaine Dupri. Shout out to my man Jermaine Dupri. Shout out to my man Jermaine Dupri. Rob Markman, So how was that? Making a record, because you did records with pretty big names. Rob Markman, Yeah, but that was beautiful with Janet Jackson because Janet Jackson has always been my artist.

38:38Like always. It's Michael Jackson's sister.

38:41Tony Yayo:Rob Markman, For sure. Rob Markman, Facts. Rob Markman, Michael Jackson is my star. Rob Markman, So what was the process of being in the studio with her? I'm with that going. It was beautiful. The process was, Tremendu Pee was, I think, the president of Virgin Records at the time. Right. So he was the one to call in the shot. So he think that if me and Johnny have a song together, it will be beautiful. So he called up Neptune's, you know, the thing goes. Pharrell always in the loop, okay. Pharrell always in the loop, He was the one to make the first song. So, you know, companies don't think about another person.

39:21They put you to the person that made the magic. If it ain't broke, don't fix it. Like there you go. There you go. So yeah, that's what they did. And then Jeremy Dupree put me together with Johnette Jackson, man. It works.

39:36Tony Yayo:Yeah, because when you look at your career, like you'll be in a sound clash. Like we know you get in a sound clash with Ninja Man or whoever the fuck you put in front of this man, right? But at the same time, you're going to hear him on top radio. Rob Markman Yeah. Rob Markman Definitely. Rob Markman So how do you feel? Because I know once I went to Grammy, and as much album as you have. You got like two, three hundred hits. Maybe two thousand. Rob Markman You got all those hits. Rob Markman When I come to a clash, and somebody want to battle, I'm like, what the fuck? Rob Markman Yeah. Rob Markman How do you feel?

40:05Tony Yayo:Was you cocky? Like, I'm the fucking top guy? Rob Markman No. I never feel cocky because you see, boasting is... Everybody who boasts becomes a bass. So you boasting everything that you do, you stop right there at your boasting. Because when your boasting stops, you finish. Because people don't like hype. Once you hype and you hype and your hype is done, you're done. You're a wannabe. And I never want to be a wannabe. I never think about that. I never want to be that. I never want to do that like never ever in my life. So what I did, I came to the world and I give the world what I got. Then I go back to Jamaica and I give Jamaica what they want.

40:47So I was just coming off a real tour, like tour the world. And I go back to Jamaica and say, walk one. I'm Jamaican. I'm going to say, boy, I want to run off the mountain. And I back at it again. Boy, I need to run off the mountain. I'm back at it again. Then I leave and I go on a real tour.

41:03Tony Yayo:Yeah, because you never thought you was big. Like he never thought, yo, I'm big. I don't got a sound clash with these motherfuckers. You see, the problem is it's not think like a star. It's being a star. You are a star. Got you. So you are a star in every genre. So whether it's dance hall, whether it's international, in the care of what you do. Some people at Jamaica say, yo, you don't know what Big A is. Like, they're the one that's going out there. They're the one that's full in stadiums. They're the one that's full in arena. What are you telling me? Right. You stupid. You know, I'm here doing what I'm doing because I love what I'm doing.

41:43I'm not doing it because yeah, Beanie's a star, I become a star, watch me now. I come from dance hall, like flat dance hall. Like for me dance hall is coming from. Before there was any stage shows and big band and all of that. I'm coming from dance hall, dance hall. Now I supposed to come to Jamaica and then go to a dance hall and the vibe's nice. And I'm not supposed to hold the mic. I was supposed to just like, mm, the big hand up. No, that's never me. Got you.

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48:05Tony Yayo:Maybe even three albums. But 24 albums, like what gives you that drive? No, it's not what gives me that drive. I vice for producers. I vice for that producer, I vice for that producer. And then they got 10 songs because I like the beat. I don't collect no money. Because I think Jamis put out two albums with us. Face to face with me and Buntickler. And I think he put out the next album with me and Mike Carver or something like that. I don't know. I'm telling a lot. So this is how the albums come together. Got you. You know, somebody have half an album with me, they put out half an album with the next person and put it out.

48:49That's how it comes, because you have something named compilation album. So they compile some songs together and, you know, you don't even make an album for the first. Yeah, the bunch of people put it together. Yeah, so they go and put it together, you know. And then VP everything called. sometimes they put out the songs, put the songs together like you have 24 number one and one album, then they put out the next one with 60 number one and one album and yeah, it's wicked. But that's how it goes. You work towards making that. But I got like, to be honest, I got 18 studio albums that I make for myself.

49:32The rest of it is just compilation and put together.

49:35Tony Yayo:Rob Markman - Got you. Rob Markman - Yeah. Rob Markman - What record made you leave the studio and say, oh yeah, I'm never going to be broke again? Rob Markman - So many. Rob Markman - But what's one you made that you like, oh yeah, I'm never going to be broke again? Rob Markman - It's a lot. Rob Markman - I remember when I make World Dance, I say that. I remember when I make Romy, I say that. I remember when I make Girls M Sugar, I say that. I remember when I make Sim Sima, I say that. Rob Markman - You said that. I'm never going to be broken. He got a lot, man. He got a lot. Music is different.

50:10It's not like what you think music is going to be and where music is going to take you. I didn't have companies to back me all my life. See, I'm a Jamaican that live in Jamaica, and I'm a Jamaican that believe in people. Sometimes people take disadvantage, and then a lot of my management do that too because sometimes you feel like, yet you got that and this is it and then when you find out that's not it right because sometimes you gotta twing it for yourself and twang it and go like boom get rid of that person got you and get rid of somebody that who's there for you who's got your back and sometimes when you feed that person got your back that person never got you back yeah so you know sometimes you gotta know but I'll be rich forever.

51:02Got you.

51:03Tony Yayo:Because it's my ride to the world. Of course, of course, of course. Now we live and learn. You trust certain people and you just find out like damn. You find out like damn. I thought they were gonna be better. But now I'm good. I'm in a comfortable place. I am nice. Yeah, I got my wife with me. She's - Shout out to wifey. Shout out to wifey. Shout out to wifey. She's my rock. That's right. Yeah, she - She was in here cleaning you up before. She was like, hold up, nigga. You ain't looking. She's like, hold up, nigga. You ain't looking. That's right. She's there. And I respect her. And I respect the dedication that she put in the thing.

51:46Because she got her own life. She lived her own life. And she did her own thing. All the time I know her. I know her for over 22 years. Over 22 years I know her for. And, you know, she always be that person that, you know, always stand firm for herself. And for she to come here now and, you know, be with me, standing here behind me, you know, pushing this thing and know that, yes, this is what we're going to do. Now, not saying that I didn't got myself.

52:17Tony Yayo:But we all need some motivation. We all need motivation. We all need some motivation. I said that I didn't get myself, but every king need a strong queen. Rob Markman - That's right. Rob Markman - Better believe it. Rob Markman - Shelter wifey, she's in the building. Rob Markman - Yeah, blessings. Come here. Rob Markman - Now we looking forward towards more music. Rob Markman - Yeah. Now I got this new album, it's called Eminence. Rob Markman - Just talk about that. Rob Markman - Yeah. And this album is not an easy album. Rob Markman - Why you say - Rob Markman - It reached number one and everything on.

52:46Tony Yayo:Rob Markman - It reached number one. Rob Markman - Yeah, it reached number one. Rob Markman - It reached number one. Rob Markman - It reached number one. Rob Markman - Going all genre, all genre. On iTunes. Number one. Yes, yes. Yeah, everything. This album is wicked. Trust me, it's wicked. Make sure y 'all go get that. Yeah, yeah, you have to go get it. Because, you know, we got some big stars in the album. We got Snoop on the album. We got TI on the album. We got Ashanti and I Went Back From Maya. You Went Back From Maya? What? She's on the album with - Fire. No, definitely. We definitely - Yeah, man, we went back from Maya.

53:18And then we got, I got one song with me and Snoop and eight people. I think Elephant Man is in that song. And we have a lot of females. Elephant Man and a lot of females. A lot of females. Got you. That song is beautiful. That song is beautiful.

53:39Tony Yayo:It's good because people got to know us out. So it's like now before we used to have just radio. And God willing, now we got podcasts and streaming. Yeah, we got streaming. So now this the new wave, we got you on here, so we know the numbers gonna go crazy. This album is everywhere. This album is everywhere. Anywhere you wanna stream a song from, go stream it. I rather you stream it more than go, go somewhere where you can find it for free. That's right. What was the motivation behind this project here, man? Well, the motivation is to show people that I'm still here, I'm not going nowhere. Gotcha.

54:12What you talking about?

54:13Tony Yayo:Gotcha. Excuse me, King. Pardon me, legend skill. What you talking about? Rob Markman, you know, Murda, a guy with 18 albums lives in the studio. He got a studio in the crib, studio on the tour bus. He got a portable studio. He loves music, bro. Rob Markman, nah definitely. Rob Markman, and that's what we love. Rob Markman, you know like we said, reggae music is always going to be a part of the culture. You're always going to tour. Rob Markman, what's one of your craziest tour stories? When was your craziest tour? Tell me one of your craziest tours you've been on. All right. That would be - Wifey here, leave the girl stuff out, man.

54:49Tony Yayo:This, no, that. I just wanna know who you, I just wanna know all the legendaries. No, my, my - She said I'm used to it. No, no, no, my first tour. Mm-hmm. Because I started tour very early. I become the star when 1992, no, no. I become the star in 1993. 1992, I get my first number one song. 1993, I get the artist of the year and, you know, all of that team. Rob Markman - Did the money start hitting too then? Because it'd be funny, sometimes everything else would be coming in except for the money. Rob Markman - No, the money been coming in since before I get my first number one song. Rob Markman - You said he was 10 years old when the money came in.

55:27Rob Markman - The money be coming in. Rob Markman - You said he was eight years old. Rob Markman - Got you, got you. Rob Markman - Just making sure. Rob Markman - Sometimes it be like that though.

55:33Tony Yayo:You'd be surprised. Rob Markman - You know, I'm quite sure you know some artists that had, definitely Jamaican artists that had success, right? Rob Markman - Yeah. Rob Markman - We're here and they be real popular. but the money don't be there like that. How you might think? All right. You see, my life take a turn in teenage time because, you know, you live in the wrong place. You end up in the wrong company and, you know, you end up there. And bad deals, yes. You're not bad deals. It's just, yeah, bad things happening. Yeah. Yeah, you know. Yeah. You know how it shit goes. So, you know, I decide, you know, you don't make up your mind until you've been in a situation that you as the only person can get yourself out of it.

56:17Yeah. When you're locked up, then you realize that life is messed up. Then you know that you got to get yourself out of this situation. So from that, I realized that I have to become the star. This is not gonna work. This is how I get booed, because I push myself on stage and try to get myself up there to make people know that. You wasn't even ready to do it like that. Yeah, it wasn't my time. Got you. Got you. But God don't sleep. God is like, you can't do so much wicked thing. Boy, come here. Come here, what are you doing? You see? And send me back in the room and go like, yeah, I gotta do this better.

57:02and i do this better and then i then i met a lot of artists that motivate me like differently like i have to give love to lady saw because she's one of them you motivate me different without even talking to me or telling me anything just watching her doing what you do and knowing where she's coming from and you know you know how strong she is and things she's one of them who motivate me strong that's why she'll always be my female artist at all times she never know the reason why i'm just saying that now so people can understand you know because i learn from people without people teaching me i don't have to be thought i teach myself you see you sit back and observe and you watch and you learn you said okay i'm gonna go that way and when you move in that way in that direction it worked for you then you adapt and adjust adjust and adapt and then you make it becomes you once you make it becomes you there's nothing nobody can tell you you just swim through it all the fight you just swim through it I become a star here come bounty killer hey boy you're for dead swim through it

58:28What am I going to do? I'm not going to follow you and become, because listen, the king say, which is Selassie, he said one thing in life. You can't follow a fool and then eat it. You can't. Follow a fool and becomes an idiot. You got to be smart.

58:45Tony Yayo:Follow a fool and become an idiot. You cannot do that. You're like, what? What are you saying? So I realized that if I follow you, then I becomes an idiot because I'm going to lose all the blessing that I'm supposed to get by running up on you, following up on you and this and that. When I'm supposed to run up on you, you're not going to expect it. So when I caught him in the right part, the right place, it was Stone Love 22nd anniversary. And he was on stage feeling like he's... I think I remember that one too. I think. It was footage of that. It's footage of that out, right? Yeah. You and Bounty Killer, going to the massive gas.

59:27Tony Yayo:Feeling like he's the king. Yes, I remember that. And then I ran up on stage, and then he realized that, okay. I'm not here to play. You shut him down. You shut him down. I'm not here to play. This is trouble. I need y 'all to bring up that footage too of being the man and Bounty on stage, man. He got in trouble. Yeah, he got in trouble. And then the Christmas after that, He run up on my stage and feel like he's going to get mean chuppin'. But I was waiting for him. I was like, where are you? I've been waiting for you for so long. And he come up and say, no longer want to hold you and cut you like a road child.

1:00:06I've been laughing. Because you see, that's when they know that you're prepared. When somebody come to frighten you and you's like, ha.

1:00:16Tony Yayo:Rob Markman - You got to be ready in the clash. It's just like battle rap. Rob Markman - Got to be ready. You know the Sound Clashes? We used to watch them all the time. So you gotta be ready. You gotta be ready. And I was ready. Yeah. Trust me, I was ready. And after that, I changed the narrative. I stopped the warrior. It's not gonna take me nowhere. It's just making me famous in Jamaica and in the diaspora where Jamaican and Caribbean people live. I don't wanna be there. So I went, give me the girl, let me do wiki, that's not. Give thanks to Dave Kelly. Rob Markman - Oh my God, that used to be my joint record.

1:00:55That's when I changed the old narrative. And I go like. Rob Markman - Hit records. And then I make hits after hits after hits. Rob Markman - You know you're responsible for a lot of babies out here too, right?

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1:06:35Tony Yayo:Instead of top five, who's your top ten male artists and your top ten female? My top ten male artists. Okay. Number one would be Chabarankin, Supercat, Chakodemus. I got to give my elders the honor. Of course. And I tried to take that from me. Bounty Killer. Even though you had to mash them up, you still get Bounty Killer. We mash up each other. Of course, man. It's all good. Him punch me punch. Of course, of course. Bounty Killer remix one of my songs back in the day. Shout out to Bounty. Yeah, it's a win-win thing. It's a win-win. Me win-win. That's right. That's right. That's right. I think we bring each other.

1:07:18Because without me, there wouldn't be no Bounty the same way. I wouldn't say without Bounty, there'd be no me.

1:07:25Tony Yayo:Because I love somebody. I still was who I was. I'm just saying. But he played the part in your career, man. What are we talking about, nigga?

1:07:37That's right. I'm going to reach out to Mike Habba. That's my DJ. Because I respect Mike Habba because of his style. is not i don't understand we fought one time when i was a kid he was a kid right and yeah we knock back in the days but kabe is is my dj i respect him ah so hmm i have to give it up for bojo banton Bojo Yeah he's He's my DJ I have to give it up for Kepetan Kepetan He's my DJ Even though we were sometimes I'm very, very Even though we were sometimes Yeah But I'm a DJ I'm a DJ That's right That's right That's right So Can I sneak in two more Before I reach down? Yeah, yeah Of course, man Of course Because after sneaking Sizzler 2 right there Right there I have to do that But I do now, I'm a DJ.

1:08:42These are my new artists. My new artists.

1:08:45Tony Yayo:Because there's different artists. So you can keep them up. I do now, I'm a DJ. Popcorn, I'm a DJ. Sorry about the popcorn. Yeah. What's your name? Alkaline, I'm a DJ. And I do respect business segment. Yeah. I respect the other ones too, but you say my top 10. Got you. Yes, of course. Now you go female. I know you said lady song. Who else? Female. I go Lady Saw, I go Sister Nancy, and I leave her out. Yeah, you gotta put Sister Nancy. What are you talking about? It's my first crush. She's a big woman and I'm a little kid and I'm like, Michael Jackson and Diana Rance. Okay, that was the crush for us.

1:09:30That's a good comparison. Yeah, so you see what I'm saying? Sister Nancy, she's my female DJ. Queen Afrika, she's one of them, because I know her from she was coming up and before she becomes an artist that she is. I love her for her work ethics, and I love her for her strength, and I love her for the strongness that she has as an artist. I respect her as a stage performer. I respect her as a recording artist. Okay. God rest her soul, Sister Charmaine. she was the baddest of the artist and the female artist and before she she was the really like but like no female gonna talk to chan she was the wickedest thing I respect her that rest her soul and let's get to this now let's get to itana okay let's let's get to what's yeah Censia I love her Censia she's popping right now I love Censia they love her right now they love her right now I love Censia I love her I love her we did we did sung together a couple songs we did like two songs together that's dope that's dope and yeah I love her I love her work actics too and she's wicked I really do love her yeah I love Jada Kingdom because she's body lyricist yes I love Miss Moore I love you 100 % trust me I love that and you know there's a few more female artists that I want to say but it's going to go over 10 so no keep going we got time shout out to all the females man shout out to all of them yeah I just want to say all the females artists all the female artists I love you I'm a Mexican artist now, a bad artist, she's named Sita.

1:11:23She bought, she bought, she bought, she bought, she bought, she bought, she bought, she bought out of this world. Shout out to her. Yeah, man. She bought out of this world. She's wicked. And I just want to tell all the females, just continue to do the work. Because we got more females now in the business than ever.

1:11:42Tony Yayo:You think so? Yeah, right. Yeah. I feel like an earlier era of reggae music, it felt like it was more artists than there is now. No, talk about female artists. Oh, just female. Yeah, like female artists. There's a whole lot of female artists now. No man, female, at one time you have Altia and Donna, you have Oregon, you have Sophia and you have... No, you can't count the female artists one time. Rob Markman, Now is so many now. Rob Markman, You got more than 25 female artists that are mashing up the place right now. Rob Markman, For real, yes. Rob Markman, Spice. Rob Markman, Killing shit right now.

1:12:25Rob Markman, She's wicked. Yeah, she's wicked. Rob Markman, She's not my favorite female artist, but Gracie is my artist. Spice, she's great. Rob Markman, You gotta respect her. Rob Markman, She's not my favorite. My favorite artist is Lady Sop. I just told you that. But I love Spice. Spice is wicked. I love her performance. And I love a few songs that she sing. And yeah. And she know how to promote.

1:12:50Tony Yayo:She helps she keep in tone with the social media nowadays and everything. She know how to market herself. To me, you know, it's always the music. Like, I remember the song. Ma forget, cool forget, cool forget. Sing that again. You're talking about Shelly Turner. So I'll just be remembering. No, Shelly Turner is wicked. Shelly Turner is wicked. So that's how long the music stayed in the world. But you see, Shelly Tender is from New York. Okay. And not because she's from New York, she's not supposed to get respected. It sound like that's what you're about to say. No, no, I do not say that. I don't want nobody to say that.

1:13:27But I'm Jamaican. Do you get what I'm saying? Shelly Tender is Jamaican, but I know her from New York.

1:13:34Tony Yayo:What? India is funny. No, I have her as a foreign artist. Do you understand? So she a foreign artist? Yeah, as a Jamaican, we have her as a foreign artist. Okay, I got you. So every time she come to Jamaica, she come for visit. But she makes some bad song and she's a bad, bad, bad, bad DJ. Got you. Got you. Don't get it twisted. Sometimes Jamaica say something, some people feel like, yeah, we're trying to disrespect. Sometimes it do sound like that. He said, yeah, she dope. Yeah. But she from New York. yeah but we don't all right we don't have the artist where bus in america's jamaican that's the shiny he come from jamaica right but he grew up in new york and then bus from new york so we have him as a foreign artist so when he come and say hey i'm a alien i'm a legal alien And I'm a Jamaican in New York.

1:14:32So he's telling you that I'm Jamaican, but I'm in New York.

1:14:38He could come from Jamaica, Queens. Jamaica, Queens. He said Jamaica, Queens. That's my thing. He could come from Jamaica, Queens. Got you. Got you. Well, I know him from Jamaica. I know him from Sound System time. Got you. So I know that he is from Jamaica. All right.

1:14:54Tony Yayo:Got you. You get what I'm saying? Okay. All right. He just moved out here early. Yeah. Got you. There you go. So he's still a foreigner now. He's still a foreigner. So now, so save me and Murda's scenario, because you ride around with a chef. We don't got a chef. You know what I'm saying? We don't know who. You got to have a chef though. So me and Murda's with you, we in London. What would you tell your chef to make us when we did? It depends on what you want, because my chef can make a wicked brownstrew chicken, or wicked brownstrew fish. If you want some axtail, you can get that too. If you want some curry goat, you can get it too.

1:15:33My chef cook anything. I go with the fish. Not that I eat anything, but they will cook anything if you want it.

1:15:40Tony Yayo:In the morning, I can sell fish. Yes. The only thing you can cook in my pot is pork. That's right. No pork. Yeah, no pork. I'm with you with that. I don't care if you're a black man and you say black man is supposed to eat pork. I don't believe in that philosophy. That's stupid. I don't eat pork. No pork, man. Turkey bacon now. He said, you gonna do turkey bacon now? That's not pork. I know, I know. See, that's what showed me out. The bacon part. The bacon part? Yeah, turkey bacon. Bacon is from pork. That's how I know it. So you're trying to say, where is this turkey bacon coming from? This is what I'm talking about.

1:16:19Tony Yayo:Because I only do turkey bacon, but you're trying to say even that's bullshit? You're trying to say that's bullshit, Vini? I'm not trying to say. I'm just saying where the fuck is the turkey bacon from where the bacon come from he's making sense though turkey bacon this is what I'm saying I'm not gonna do that cause somebody I ain't tell somebody that I eat turkey bacon somebody's gonna take the turkey off and leave the bacon he said he said he eat bacon that's nothing we gotta get to the bottom of that man see we gonna find out Where the bacon come from? Why is not turkey slice? Rob Markman, You ain't lying.

1:16:59Tony Yayo:Something ain't right over there. Rob Markman, You know what I want to ask both of y 'all? What pisses y 'all off the most when you go to the Jamaican food store? Because I'm going to tell you what gets me pissed. There's never no festival. Rob Markman, That's true. You know what you right. Rob Markman, Why the fuck is there never no festival? Rob Markman, No because you go to the wrong festival. Rob Markman, You at the wrong spot? Rob Markman, You can't go to the wrong spot. Rob Markman, You can't go to the wrong spot and get festival. You got to go to the place where they sell fried fish and bombings, then you get festival.

1:17:27You can't go to the place that they make rice and peas and everything else, you're going to get vegetable or you're going to get some plantains. Right. Boy, you ain't going to get no... Vegetables. Thank you.

1:17:39Tony Yayo:You got to go to the right place. The only thing that get me tight, bro. It was a song, right? When I was in third grade, a kid used to sing a lot. I was telling my man that really I fell in love with Jamaican music, Eastgar, something I'm like, police can kick, police can cop, police can throw you in the lockup. I'm gonna tell you what police can do. I'm gonna see a foreign house here, original Jamaican. I am Canstab, a brown name, call me white blue, yes. I'm in the one way to arrest you. Make a black and blue, yes. I gonna show you what police can do. And that song is a counteraction. What you mean?

1:18:16Yeah, it was a counteraction for, what is his name again? Echo Manu's song. What the hell the police can do? What the hell the police can do? Get laughter, me feed and me close you. Give you everything you have to comfort you. It was a counteraction to that.

1:18:35Tony Yayo:Oh, okay, got you. Because him thump and I am till he's black and blue and she called the police. Oh, okay. That was a real story. What the hell the police can do? So I love when they come back and say, I go show what police can do. I am can say, bro, they've called me boy. I have you. I want to arrest you. Rebecca, police can kick, police can cough, police can throw you in the locker. And you know the wickedest thing? I'm just remembering. You see that rhythm? The same rhythm that I do.

1:19:10That's the first time that rhythm is making it. I'm just remembering. I am concept.

1:19:20Tony Yayo:The dude got that whole... Yeah, that's... I thief them thief the man with him. Okay. He said, I think I done thief the man song, man.

1:19:33I'm just remembering that. That's where the bass line come from. Look at that.

1:19:38Tony Yayo:And that's why I say, that's why it's so dope because it's like, it's a part of rap culture like Rest In Peace Biggie, they had Jamaican music in their songs. Rob Markman - It's definitely part of the culture. Rob Markman - Snoop album in his songs. And then when you really think about it, like songs like Rikers Island, before I even knew what Rikers Island was, I was hearing, you know what I'm doing, Rikers Island. Until I went to Rikers. I knew what it was. Rob Markman - You know Rikers Island? Rob Markman - I wasn't on Rikers when that came out, but it's a part of the culture. I'm not the coach, not for real.

1:20:13Tony Yayo:Real talk. Rob Markman - They struggle to school. Rob Markman - Real talk. Rob Markman - That's crazy. Rob Markman - That's what I'm saying. Rob Markman - That's crazy. Rob Markman - That's crazy. Rob Markman - Yes, you was in the party and then later on, you think about that when you hit Rikers. Rob Markman - If you don't know, now you know, nigga. Rob Markman - Yeah. Rob Markman - Real talk. Rob Markman - That's really there. Rob Markman - That's music. That's the music for you. And you know, nothing gonna change. Nothing gonna change the vibe of music, the duration of music. What I don't like in music now is clashes.

1:20:52Because the clashes is phone in the head. Yeah. These brothers are clashing in the phone. There's no more link-ups. There's no more face-to-face.

1:21:04Tony Yayo:Yeah, there's no more in person. Everything is beefing over the phone. They're beefing over the phone. I know what you mean. I know what you mean. A man singing song, an X-Men singer song. Man singer say, what? You hear the new song will come over? They're a stupid clash. Because if you got five songs out together, you're supposed to meet on the stage together. Get together and keep a show. Yes. Because people is listening to those songs. Yes. And they want to see you clashing. Because these are some artists that people are listening to and they love. You got to make a move, dog. Keep the culture alive.

1:21:39Tony Yayo:Yes. Definitely. Stop killing it. Definitely, man. Because you're going to die before the culture. Because the culture is bigger than you are. Crazy. Yeah. So, please. Keep it alive. Everyone say, yo, man, I bought money. I bought money. This is my kicking man face. So, while you were singing a song about him, and he's singing a song about you, are you still not kicking man face? Don't make no sense. All right. That doesn't spell sense to me. That's why, you see, I just stop because people want to sing song and sing song with me and sing song and sing song with me. I don't play them games. I will come and look for you where you at.

1:22:18I will job up on you. I will walk up on you. And I will ride up on you. Because I need to see you face to face to make you know that I deal with lyrics to lyrics, microphone to microphone. stage and stage. And this is what I'm talking about. It's not about badness or who better than who. Because music is not about badness and who can kill who and who can shoot who. It's all about lyrics to lyrics, mic to mic. That's right. And I believe in that. And that's where I'm coming from. And I don't believe that you should change the whole entire culture because you can. Don't do it. Yeah. Please, stop.

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Grammy-winning dancehall legend Beenie Man joins Tony Yayo and Uncle Murda to talk his biggest hits, making “Girls Dem Sugar” with Pharrell and Mýa, and working with Janet Jackson. The King of Dancehall breaks down reggaeton’s connection to reggae, reflects on “Flow Natural,” revisits his legendary clashes with Bounty Killer, and salutes artists including Shabba Ranks, Buju Banton, Lady Saw, and Spice. He also shares how singing helped him manage his childhood stutter, recalls recording at eight years old, and discusses his album Eminence, featuring Snoop Dogg, T.I., Ashanti, and Mýa. Plus, Brooklyn vs. Queens, why dancehall clashes belong onstage, and a hilarious turkey-bacon debate.

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