Chapter 1: How do Rory and Mal introduce The Kid Mero?
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It's crazy. You didn't hear that? Yo, what? You didn't hear Tyler? On the Lloyd shit? Nah. On the beats? Oh my God. Oh no. I saw him at Prudential the other day and I was like, damn, I've never seen this amount of white people saying the word nigga. Like, like. No. Enthusiastically. I went to the Kanye West late, was it late registration tour? Which one has gold digger on it?
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Chapter 2: What are the hosts' thoughts on NYC Mayor Eric Adams?
they love alliteration they're gonna go with that he did something in Turkey he didn't get a hairline he was out there grabbing titties doing something fucked up going to Cuomo timing bro like just bugging nah but I think Fox News may adopt Eric Adams I think that might be the move he might go full Republican he might instead of doing a podcast he might do it with Tucker Carlson Lisa Evers is on Fox is that yeah but like not that Fox remember when she Street Soldiers on 97 like yo here's community news that's just like yo this is crazy black people are wildin
I'm like yo what the fuck That's the story? Yeah, yeah.
Black people are wilding out.
Yeah, yeah, yeah. Is she in the hood trying to get in the apartment? Like, you can't come in here. She was DMing everybody, like, hey, can I get a comment on the shooting at Irving Plaza? I was like, no. I fucking know everyone involved.
No, no, no. Lisa, are you crazy? Yeah, no. I have to walk in here.
Hi, would you like to snitch on everybody you know? Yeah.
Yeah, hi.
No, I would not, dog. Like, I actually, I'm glad to be here. Yo, Samara, we, um... Now that we're all in this podcasting world, how much has it changed for the better and for the worse as far as you're concerned? Because you've had television shows. You've had podcasts. Shout out to 7PM in Brooklyn. Y'all doing y'all thing. Shout out to Mello. And Kaz as well. And Kaz. Shout out to Kaz as well.
But how much has it changed for the better and for the worse from your perspective? Because you've been doing this for a while. Yeah. Yeah, man. I mean, y'all too. You know what I mean? This is like the NBA TV. 90s, like, yo, who was the best rebounder in 1995? This is Isaiah.
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Chapter 3: How has the podcasting landscape changed over the years?
And like, bro, I got four kids, dog. Like my kids, we used to come home and be like, yo, channel five, channel seven. Like, yo, family matters is on whatever. Boo, boo, boo. Morning, whatever. Now my kids come home and hit the YouTube button.
on the remote the remote don't even got fucking numbers on it no more so I'm like yo how are the executives sitting up there being like yo we're gonna figure out how to revamp TV I'm like bro you still talking about channel 28 yeah when that shit hasn't been a thing for 10 years you know what I'm saying so like TV and the digital shit is kind of like bled into each other a little bit to your point of like TV is trying to be a little bit more casual and podcast is trying to be a little bit more polished you know what I'm saying and it's like
now we in a weird space where it's just like, y'all can fuck around and hit up like, yo, Netflix, I want to license this shit to y'all. You know what I mean? And then keep this shit going here. Like, like what Pat McAfee's doing with ESPN. It's just like, yo, I got my shit. I built my shit. People know who I am. People know who y'all are.
You got your audience and then you just leverage that shit, you know, get a little brand deal. No, that's organic. We just, we just like, we need some more light.
Yeah.
That used to be my nightlight, but I brought it to the studio. Yo, that kind of nightlight in the room is crazy.
It boosts my morale.
You know, I wake up, and it's a dimmer. Like, it's a dimmer on there if you don't want it too, like, too, you know, too aggressive.
Like, it'll dim it a little bit.
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Chapter 4: What insights does The Kid Mero share about the current state of Hip-Hop?
And I'm like, yo, bro, I'm doing mixtape drops with niggas with no mixtapes. Like, I'm just like, bro, because like... At the end of the day, people come up to you and be like, yo, I don't want to bother this, that, the third. I see you out. I'm like, fam, I'm off a 500 milligram edible shopping for jeans at Neiman's. You're not bothering me at all.
Like, this is actually great.
I was like, this is great. Because now the salesperson is like, all right, they stopped following me around the store now. Exactly. You know what I'm saying?
Like, they're like, oh, he must be somebody.
Yeah, he cool. People know who this guy was. Now I'm thinking this is a great way to steal now. Yeah. I'll pretend like I've never met you.
Oh, picture.
Then Morgan go around and start with jeans. Damn the jeans. I got these fleece Dr. J's that way. I live with two Casablanca sets. We should do a whole Chinooka series. Like the three of us. Chinooka. Let's do it. The original Jews definitely celebrated Chanukah, for sure. We can do it on 2-5th with the Israelites. With the black Israelites, bro.
That's it. The original man. The original Asiatic man.
Hilarious, bro, because Eric Adams put like, yo, I got the support of the Jewish community. And he, yo bro, he put, he's like, yo, I got all these rabbis on deck. Like he put like a list of rabbis and fuck with him. And one of them was like a black Israelite dude. And he just threw that motherfucker in there. Like I know him. One of them was a child molester.
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Chapter 5: How does The Kid Mero view the evolution of hip-hop culture?
whole freeway fucking the young everybody that's on rockefeller's going up to flex we all gonna freestyle yeah and we're gonna take shots at you on the radio yeah prime time like bro we sitting around the radio like this is tv yeah like this is like in the car yeah in the car bro we smoking drinking like yo oh knock you off your high horse tanto i was like bro oh shit
Bro, the Styles P, yo, you better not wear my shoes, size 8. I was like, damn, he's taking away a size 8. That's a small ass foot. But all that shit was just like, it was like appointment viewing, but for music. You know what I'm saying? And I feel like that's something that's really getting lost on the culture. It's like, yo, like...
damn, but like these crews getting together and going up to these shows, going up to Clue, going up to Flex, going up to, you know what I'm saying? And like, like you said, battling, bro. Like who's the nicest? You know what I'm saying? Like, which, you know what I mean? Like, like my kids, my son's 14. My oldest is 14. And like- What is he listening to? Bro, he's listening to like-
Like, John Karamanick is curating his shit. You know what I'm saying? It's just like the newest, like, Cardi's not new, but like, you know, Playboi Carti, like that type of shit. It's just like Ian. I was waiting for you to say that because that's the one name. The Rolling Loud. Like, yeah, Playboi Carti is the one name that I always hear from 14, 15-year-olds.
And I'm just like, I recognize Playboi Carti's talent. But the music, from that where we from, I can't get into that music. I just can't. I had to do it by osmosis. So I'm in the car with the kids and shit, and I'm listening to the first two albums. Dial it to me. When I first heard it, I was like... all right, bro, what's going on here?
And then I was like, as I'm sitting in the car with my son, I'm like, okay, like I understand what this is for. You know what I'm saying? Like, you know what I mean? Like if I want to laugh, I'm not going to go watch fucking Grey's Anatomy. You know what I'm saying? Like I'm going to watch a Martin stand up or some shit like that. So I'm like, I get what this is for.
This is just like, yo, I'm fucking lit. Cause like, bro, I'll fucking eat like, You know what I mean? Like two fucking, I don't know what the fuck these shits are called, and I don't know how much milligrams it is, but they shrooms, and they come in like a little waffle cone. It's like a little chocolate shroom. You don't know what the fuck you're eating. Boom, boom.
I'm banging like two of them shits, and then I'm just like, I understand it now. It opens the portal. I open the portal. Now I understand. I'm doing backflips into the pool. What? You know what I'm saying? Now Cardi's the greatest lyricist of all time. Of all time. I get it. You know what I'm saying? Like, yeah. Like, yeah. The pew, pew. Yeah, yeah. All that shit makes perfect sense. Yeah, yeah.
And it's just like, it's like to me, you know, like that, like, I don't know who said it. Somebody's definitely said this before. But the rapper on the track is just like another instrument on the track. So it's like, we are hip hop babies. So we expect a certain standard of like lyricism and like, what are you saying? Yeah. I feel like the new generation is just like, how does this sound?
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Chapter 6: What parenting lessons does The Kid Mero discuss regarding music and culture?
Or it's a fake Bill Clinton. You download the wrong one and it would be someone doing a Bill Clinton impression. You're crazy. I'm with you on that style of parenting. Again, it's only been two and a half years, but I'm already thinking of when she gets older. Of course, I'll be a fucking paranoid, not helicopter parent or whatever words they use now, but kids are going to find this shit.
Like, like I'll keep it.
You shouldn't stop because they're just going to do it behind your back. Like that's the worst thing ever.
They're going to find it no matter what.
They're going to find no matter what. And it's just like the happy, you got to find like the happy medium as a parent of like, yo, I bro, like, don't be big bro. Yeah. I started smoking weed at 13. I ain't stopped. Right. You know what I'm saying? So I'm like, I'd be a hypocrite if I was just like, yo bro, like, nah, y'all can't do this. Y'all can't do that. My shit is like more like alcohol.
You know what I mean? Cause I'm like, yo bro, like when y'all, we in Jersey, y'all are going to eventually be driving around. You know what I mean? Like, so, Easy with the drinking. You know what I'm saying? Because we ain't going to make you do nothing but sit somewhere and play Call of Duty. Teenagers are going to do way crazier and dumber shit on alcohol than they are on any type of weed.
You feel me? And I know because I'm the smoker and my wife is the drinker. So I'm driving home. Watching Carmelo Anthony, obviously, over the years... I will say I've always felt like Melo was well-spoken, articulate, you know, one of the smarter athletes and, you know, did a lot of dope shit away from his sport. But to see what y'all are doing now, I am.
It is dope to see Melo in that space, having those conversations with athletes of today, the younger generation guys that look up to him. How has it been working that close to him? And what are you most surprised about in working this close to Melo? Yo, honestly, with the speed with which he picked up, like, the media game. You know what I'm saying?
Because it's like a lot of... Bro, that... Outside looking in, it was crazy. You know what I mean? So, it's like, y'all know how to do this. Like, y'all are professionals. Like, I've been doing this. I'm a professional. Melo's been dropping 50 for the last, you know what I mean?
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Chapter 7: How do the hosts feel about the impact of social media on music?
I don't try to get cute. T-H-E-K-I-D-M-E-R-O everywhere. The YouTube channel is at According to the Kid. There's at According to the Kid is on there. You know what I'm saying? That's just me talking about... An old man, you know what I mean, being mad about things like these stupid dating shows and like, you know, people taking their shoes off on planes.
There's Victory Light, the illustrious podcast with Lizbel Oteez and Randy Ovalle, you know what I'm saying, my co-hosts. And 7 p.m. in Brooklyn, of course, you know what I'm saying, with The Guard, Carmelo Anthony, and my guys Kaz, Monica, Rudy, the whole gang, you know, and working on this book.
a collection of essays on fatherhood you know what I'm saying I got Ben Greenberg I ran them out you know what I'm saying cause that's I feel like I'm there you know what I mean like my oldest son is going to high school so I'm like alright bro I feel like I know enough you know what I mean and I gotta know stories to fill a motherfucking ten fucking holy texts you know what I mean so I'm ready appreciate you for coming through kicking it with us Mero that's the kid Mero I'm that nigga he's just ginger yeah
On paper, the three hosts of the Nick Dick and Paul show are geniuses. We can explain how AI works, data centers, but there are certain things that we don't necessarily understand. Better version of play stupid games, win stupid prizes. Yes.
Which, by the way, wasn't Taylor Swift who said that for the first time. I actually, I thought it was. I got that wrong.
But hey, no one's perfect. We're pretty close, though. Listen to the Nick Dick and Paul show on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. It's Financial Literacy Month and the podcast Eating While Broke is bringing real conversations about money, growth and building your future.
This month, hear from top streamer Zoe Spencer and venture capitalist Lakeisha Landrum-Pierre as they share their journeys from starting out to leveling up. There's an economic component to communities thriving. If there's not enough money and entrepreneurship happening in communities, they fail.
Listen to Eating While Broke from the Black Effect Podcast Network on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. I'm Daniel Alarcon, and this is my friend who's much more famous than I am. I wouldn't go that far, but I'm John Green, co-host of the podcast The Away End with my old friend Daniel.
On our podcast The Away End, we'll share with you the magic of international football, all leading up to the 2026 World Cup. Together, we'll find out why, of all the unimportant things, football, soccer, is the most important. Listen to The Away End with Daniel Alarcon and John Green on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
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