Cheap Thrills.
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>> What's goodie family?
It's your boy Nate a.k.a TabaskoSweet, and you're watching Cheap Thrills.
You already know what it is.
Today we're joined by a very special guest, your friendly,
neighborhood meme lord.
>> What's up, Cheap Thrills fam?
It's Ka5sh.
>> Thanks for stopping by, my guy.
Now, my boy Ka5sh here is a real sensitive player.
And he's been gaining hella clout for his memes about the culture.
He's a regular hype beast anthropologist, family.
>> Yeah, I've been seeing you around the Web, too.
That's what brought me here [LAUGH].
>> Me and my boy stay @ing each other on Twitter.
Good to see you IRL, bro.
[SOUND] So, how'd you even come up with the Lincoln Build meme anyway?
>> I found this dude on Twitter.
He was wearing a Supreme hoodie as pants, as well as wearing one on top.
I was like, that's hilarious.
He reminds me of the kind of guy who camps out in front of the Supreme store for
days, and resells Supreme and [BLEEP].
And always just like, hey I'm [BLEEP] the vision, I'm trying to link.
Let's try to build.
And he never really has an idea of what he's talking about.
Everything is super vague.
>> I know the type, my guy.
Sounds like a straight buster.
>> So what are we making today, Tabasko?
>> Well, it seems like now-a-days, all the realest real ones are heavily blasted.
>> So what does that mean [LAUGH]?
>> Well, it seems like every rapper on SoundCloud has at least one face tattoo.
>> Yeah, so do I.
[SOUND] >> Whoa, how many plays does that get you?
>> It gets you a quarter million and 500 clout tokens.
>> Whoa, blast me right now, my guy.
My body is ready.
>> You get a lot of clout tokens, but there is a downside.
>> What's that?
>> Your mom is gonna be pissed.
>> [BLEEP].
How did your moms take that anyway?
>> She was pissed [LAUGH].
>> Not trying to piss off the moms, no Latina heat for me.
And second of all, real tats are mad expensive.
I'm trying to pull in the ladies like my boy, Lil Xan.
But I'm not breaded like that yet.
So today, let's make some DIY temporary tats.
So we can look hard as [BLEEP] without the commitment.
You feel me?
>> Hell, yeah, that sounds sick.
I'm down.
>> Let's get it.
So here's what you're gonna need.
Tracing paper [SOUND], black, red, and green eyeliner from your mom or
from your emo days, scissors [SOUND], some alcohol and
cotton balls [SOUND], water and a washcloth, some baby powder [SOUND].
Cool, so our first step is gonna be to draw out our design on some tracing paper.
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Pro tip, make sure to draw everything backwards,
cuz you're gonna be transferring it.
So, where are you from originally, my guy?
>> I was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee, but
I lived in Fayetteville, North Carolina all my life.
>> Personally, I barely ever left LA.
What's it like over there?
>> It's country as hell, nothing really is good going on there.
The only thing you can do is just join the military or hang out at Walmart.
>> Are there any hypebeasts out there?
>> No, there's a lot of country boys [LAUGH].
[SOUND] >> Aw, man.
>> More camo than Supreme.
>> Something tells me even with the camo,
I might have a hard time blending in over there.
So I've heard I'm Depressed, and that [BLEEP] slaps.
What was the inspo there?
>> Whenever I first moved out to LA, I was extremely depressed.
I had left my whole life behind, and I had no clue what I was doing with my life.
Basically, the song is about my first three or four months living in LA,
where I was just sleeping on the floor and just [BLEEP] making memes,
just trying to make myself laugh and just garnering myself attention.
[LAUGH] >> Releasing an album any time soon?
>> Yeah, I got a really hot remix of I'm Depressed coming out.
And then after that, I'm gonna drop a whole bunch of new music.
You'll be seeing a lot of me.
>> Hit me up if you ever wanna collab, my guy.
>> Let's do a joint mix tape.
>> Damn, I don't know if the world's ready for that much fueg.
Ka5sh, Basco, split of the century, family.
So I heard you're building up a clout army to defeat North Korea.
>> Hello soldier, it's Ka5sh, Sergeant Ka5sh reporting for clout duty.
We're here to take down North Korea and vanquish all of our enemies.
>> What's up with that, and how does the Cheap Thrills family enlist?
>> Shouts out to the clout army.
Anyone can enlist, you just gotta get your clout up.
>> Well, what's the criteria?
>> All right, Supreme, face tats, grills, chains.
>> Do you have any advice for up and coming meme admins out there?
>> Yeah, creativity and just sticking to what you do best.
And you just keep drilling something extremely specific into people's minds,
where they go, [BLEEP] yeah, I'm down.
>> So I think what you're saying is [BLEEP] with your own vision first,
before you expect anyone else to.
>> Hell yeah.
>> Words to live by, words to die by, family.
>> Coming in with that black liquid eyeliner on my MCR swag.
Black parade, gang gang.
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So Ka5sh, I've seen you DJing at emo night.
You ever have an emo phase?
>> Of course, all I listened to when I was younger was Fall Out Boy, Paramore, MCR.
And Taking Back Sunday was my literal favorite band.
>> Very eclectic.
>> Before I started rapping,
I was in a whole bunch of pop-punk bands that never took off.
And I did this solo project where I played the guitar and sang.
And it was so bad, I would go to coffee shops and perform.
And people thought I was a comedian because it was so
bad, like I was doing it ironically.
And I'd be dead serious.
And they were like, dude, this is [BLEEP] hilarious, I love you [LAUGH].
After that, I stopped doing that, [LAUGH] and started rapping.
>> So, a lot of the popular trap now sounds pretty emo.
What do you think about that?
>> Yeah, I love it.
Shouts out Lil Aaron, shouts out Boyfriend.
Shouts out Smrtdeath, shouts out GBC, [BLEEP] Hot Leather.
That's the whole gang.
>> Damn, I'm [BLEEP] with it.
Depressed gang.
So what trends you thinking about starting in 2018, my guy?
>> Right now, Toyatathons are the wave.
I want everyone to have a nice Toyota Camry, cruising through the streets.
>> Fuel efficient.
I've been seeing a lot of this Toyotathon content on your Twitter.
Are you telling me you're not actually sponsored?
>> No, but if Toyota wants to sponsor me, please hit me up.
I love you [LAUGH].
>> Quit [BLEEP] around, Toyota.
Bang your boy's line on the one time.
>> Also, I want everyone to hug their homies and kiss them goodnight [LAUGH].
I'm trying to make that [BLEEP] pop off.
>> Yeah, I'm sick of all this no homo trash in the comments.
There's nothing wrong with showing your bros some love.
>> Love your homies 2018.
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>> Very clean.
As you can see, I've got my double G.
I've got my triple Z, shout out Xan.
And we're both getting verified today.
>> Got my 21 Savage knife, my Gucci Mane and Lil Wop ice cream cone, and
my verified sticker.
>> All right, let's cut these joints out.
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So which one you wanna do first?
>> I'm thinking I'm gonna do the verified sticker.
But I'm also really excited about the ice cream.
The most important part of this, when getting a face tat,
is knowing your facial real estate.
Where you get it matters the most.
>> Where do you think I should put my check mark to optimize my clout?
>> I'm thinking right here like a teardrop.
>> Cheekbone, very unhinged.
I'm very excited to get this ink on my face.
But let's not get carried away.
We're gonna use our rubbing alcohol and
some cotton balls to make sure that our skin is very clean.
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It kinda burns a little bit, but it's okay to cry, family.
All right, let's get this check mark on your face.
I'll hook you up, my guy.
I'm just dabbing this in water, so I can wet it and let the ink transfer.
You wanna hold it down for about 30 seconds.
Come here, my guy.
How does this experience compare to your real face tattoo?
>> It's virtually painless [LAUGH].
>> Right on.
>> Ouch.
>> All right, it's been about 30 seconds.
Let's see how our transfer came out.
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Whoo, damn!
Very clean, my guy.
All right, me next, me next.
>> All right, hold up, okay.
>> I want the Zs first.
>> All right, >> Now I have to get up to a million plays
on SoundCloud.
I'll never get a real job after this.
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Whoa, I can already feel my clout rising.
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Are you seeing this right now, ladies?
The perfect duo doesn't exi-
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Whoa. All right, give me the old peel and
reveal, man.
>> All right, here you go.
>> That's so hard.
You see me on the street, walk the other way, family.
I would not [BLEEP] with me.
But I would [BLEEP] with my vision, we're clouted up.
>> Clouted up.
>> All right, now we gotta get the rest of these on.
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Damn my guy, fuego, but also cold blooded, icy hot.
All right, now hook me up with my verified mark.
>> All right.
>> So what does a meme art show look like?
>> My first one, By Any Memes Necessary, I made Instagram look like real life.
And I had six fire meme pages all tile their memes on the walls.
It went pretty good.
I had a line down the street and it was raining.
>> Damn, you're like on some Fairfax [BLEEP].
>> Hell yeah [LAUGH].
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[BLEEP].
>> What?
What, what's wrong?
>> I may have [BLEEP] up your true directory a little bit there.
>> I don't know what that means, man, but I'm sure it looks flame.
>> It's kinda sideways [LAUGH].
>> [BLEEP].
Well, it's better than not being verified.
All right, let's get that 21 Savage sword on your forehead.
[SOUND] >> Actually, it's a knife.
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>> A little fun fact about Ka5sh, did you know these were a prescription?
>> Talk about premium clout vision.
About 21 more seconds until you're full savage.
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Damn, [SOUND] very holy.
[SOUND] All right,
you ready to hook me up with that legendary Gucci Gang chest piece?
>> All right, I got you, family.
>> Just gonna unbutton for the ladies.
[SOUND] Hit me, fam.
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What do you think about Lil Pump?
>> I love him.
>> Yeah, me too.
That boy seems like he's off the crazy mode if you ask me.
>> Let's get it.
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Nice.
>> Hell yeah.
You gotta color me in, family.
>> All right.
>> Maximum authenticity.
Remember, this one's red, this one's green.
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Well, it's not impossible to do this on your own.
You tend to kinda get confused with mirrors.
So it helps to have a homie along for the ride.
>> It's what bro love is all about.
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>> Damn, a whole lot of gang shit.
Now we're gonna seal our tattoos in with some baby powder but
safety first when it comes to face tattoos.
Put these on my guy.
>> All right.
[MUSIC] >> Just putting a little on my hand.
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>> All right, we'll do yours now.
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>> Now the powder will dull it down a little bit, make it look less fresh.
You don't wanna look like you just got these things.
We're not brand new around this block.
And there you have it.
You don't gotta piss off your moms to flex on the Gram.
>> Let's get it.
>> Damn, me and my boy looking like we got hella plays on SoundCloud.
>> Yeah, next stop, no jumper interview.
Rope gang.
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>> Thanks for being on the show, man.
Vote in the comments, let me know who you think your boy should link and
build with next.
Any last words you wanna tell the Cheap Thrills fans?
>> Keep that clout up.
Keep chasing your dreams, never give up.
Always love your homies.
>> Never lose your vision, family.
And always love your homies.
Stay boosted, Cheap Thrills fans.
Come back next Tuesday for some more heat,
unless you're some kind of dirt freak that likes to eat laundry pods.
[SOUND] In that case, get out of my room.
I wanna see all of you smash that like.
Make your boy proud in those comments.
And click here for some more serious fueg.
Gang gang.