Chef Boy Bonez Reveals His True Self
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What insights does Chef Boy Bonez share about the underground rap scene?
I count times in my life where I'm like, I should have been doing that, what I'm doing now. My other homie Etai comes in and he's looking for his gummy bears. He's going off. He's like, yo, who ate my, who ate my gummy, where's my gummy bears? I'm like, I'm in my pocket. I'm like, yo, bro, here's a dollar, like my bag. You know what I'm saying? We didn't mean to eat your gummy. I'll go get you some more if it's that serious. He's like, no. You know a lot of people are chasing their eyes.
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Chef, thanks for coming by, man. I really appreciate it. Thank you for having me. Thanks, bro. So let's get right to it. You're in the rap scene, the underground rap scene. You got a lot of friends. You guys are doing that whole thing, right? Yeah, I'm a rapper. I'm in the industry. Okay. You see a lot of drugs, press books.
That's all it is. That's all the industry is, is drugs. I mean, that's not all it is. Let me take that back because there are a lot of artists that don't do drugs. But yeah, for the most part, that's, you know, that's the starter.
Why is understanding the effects of Narcan important for families?
Yeah.
That's the Kickstarter. Go. You go. It's a main one. If you had to say like, this is what most people are doing.
What was Chef Boy Bonez's gateway drug experience?
Most artists are sipping lean, codeine with promethazine, perks, cocaine, E-pills, MDMA, you name it, it goes on. Shrooms. Shrooms are a little bit more on the cool side. They don't really overdo the shrooms, I would say. They don't overuse. Different vibe. Different vibe with the shrooms, but the 30s and the lean, Oh, yeah, that's like candy right there. That's like studio etiquette.
How do negative relationships influence substance use?
You don't go to the studio unless you have that.
Where are they getting it? Are they getting it from physicians? Are they getting it on the street?
The ones who got money are getting it from people that are close to physicians. You know, I would say we're getting it to the closest plug that's getting it from a doctor. But the ones who don't have money are getting it from the street. And, of course, you know, the street... Yeah. The streets are, they're making it, whipping it up, cooking it, and making it right in the kitchen. So you don't know what you're getting at that point, but you're chasing that high. Right. You know, a lot of people are chasing that high, so.
And do you know anyone that's overdosed?
What personal stories does Chef share about losing friends to drugs?
Yeah. I have, man, several friends, too many to sit here and name them one by one, or rest in peace to all of them, but I'm a Valley kid. I'm born and raised out here in California, and I was raised in Sherman Oaks. Mm-hmm. You know, right off of Ventura Boulevard, I spent a lot of my early days as a kid skateboarding on the block. You know, on my block, I would say Ventura Boulevard was my street. Cool street, cool area, calm, Sherman Oaks. But behind, you know, behind those walls as kids, a lot of kids was on drugs. A lot of my friends were ODing. A lot of my friends were heroin addicts, young, smoking off of foil. A lot of them were sipping from methamphetamine.
What role does marijuana play in Chef Boy Bonez's life?
You know, I've lost 10 fingers how many friends I've lost from now on.
said from 17 years old to 33 bro you know just living in the valley is enough living in the valley is enough to get you doing drugs yeah i mean it's it's you don't know what it's like growing up in the valley man i grew up right next to him in encino okay it is the karens in the valley are just non-stop All the people who are pissed, they don't live in the city. That's essentially what it is. Mm-hmm. Yeah. Oh, and it feels like the center of the sun in the summer. Yeah. Like I literally, you get out of the car and you want to cry. That's how bad it is. Right. Right. Right? Right. I can agree with that. Dude, I got so spoiled being here in Santa Monica and in Malibu. Oh, man. Like you come from the city. Mm-hmm. There you go broke here because they come here for this.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What insights does Chef Boy Bonez share about the underground rap scene?
0:17–1:17
2
How has substance use affected Chef's friends and family?
1:17
3
Why is understanding the effects of Narcan important for families?
0:45–1:26
4
What was Chef Boy Bonez's gateway drug experience?
1:26–1:55
5
How do negative relationships influence substance use?
1:55–2:31
6
What personal stories does Chef share about losing friends to drugs?
2:31–3:10
7
What role does marijuana play in Chef Boy Bonez's life?
3:10–4:57
8
How do trauma and family dynamics influence substance use?
4:57–35:42
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