What's good, y'all? It's Tony Anderson for BET Social with the God!
Safari Stunt Gang General and I'm Pulling Up!
Straight!
Did you ever think like, with all of the things you've done,
all across the world, travelled all across the world,
been on stages with Nicki, got your own joints popping,
a dick pic would have got you here?
[laughing]
Like, the dick pic would have been your biggest pause?
I would have never in a million, gazillion years
thought that something like that would have helped me the way it did.
The good thing about this whole situation is,
and I like your business mentality, you was able to take this
and then parlay it into promoting the music, man.
Tell me about 'Hunnid' and 'Paradise' and the success that they have right now.
'Paradise' featuring Sean Kingston that, you know, had over 2 million views
and, you know, I do everything independent,
I don't got a label behind me.
I feel like 'Hunnid' now is like, my first song
where it's like, "Yo, people really rocking with it,
they're connecting with it."
Like, I'ma keep it a hundred with you.
After you broke up with Nicki or Nicki broke up with you
or however that worked out...
Meek jumped you, allegedly.
I ain't gonna front, it looked like you was down for the count.
I know, it always looks like that.
And then boom!
You got 'Love In Hip Hop' now and you lit.
Like, talk to me about overcoming those challenges
to get where you are now.
I just feel like when you got a good heart
and you put God first that, you know...
Good is gonna come to you, you know,
I've never been a malicious person, people know at the end of the day,
the kinda shit that I could do to shit on people
and that's never, ever even been a thought,
you know what I'm saying, but I just--
at the end of the day, I just always wanted my own light
and I'm like, "Yo, I'm not gonna stop until I get my own,
I know what I'm capable of.
These dudes don't got swagger, like,
these dudes ain't fly and they getting on,
so it's just a matter of time before I get my shot."
You know what I'm saying.
The song's only been out a little less than a month,
it hasn't been a month yet, so you know what I'm saying,
I just wanna keep on working it, grinding it, pause.
Very pause worthy, speaking of pause worthy, man,
I watched you on The Breakfast Club, shoutout to Charlamagne,
but it looked like Charlamagne was uh... quite impressed.
[laughing]
- Envious, he's very envious, - Yo...
- it looked like, of the situation, man. - Yo...
What's the craziest DM you've got since you've had that, from a man?
"I am big, you are big, let's see who's bigger together."
- A man sent me that. - A grown man?
How do you respond to that?
- You don't! - OK.
You don't, you keep scrolling!
I wanna talk something, we talked about this, man, like...
You know, a lot of people counted you out when you was doing it big,
man, I wanna read something.
You know, in the interview, you said that, um...
Nicki used to say that if you didn't have that thing between your legs,
you would have been gone.
So like, clearly, the sex was straight.
What else caused the break-up if it wasn't the sex?
Like, when I look back at it now, I kinda blame myself for giving up,
because I know people who were in situations where,
and I'm not saying this was a situation where they had to deal with infidelity,
I feel like that's one of like, the hardest things
to deal with in a relationship and they were married,
but they went and got counseling...
And they were able to do it and I feel like..
Um, if me and her would have went and took counseling,
'cause it really does help.
I feel like it could have, like, it could have worked
but we just was on some like...
We just-- We never even tried that, I dunno, we just...
That wasn't even a thought but that could have probably saved it.
Now, you came out and you talked and you basically admitted--
a lot of people thought that you were writing a lot of those hits, right?
But you came out and said you weren't writing for her like that.
Of course, I did...
Like...
Work and things for the brand on the music side
and like, everybody knows that but I'm not gonna take it
but I'm not gonna take away and make it seem
like she did absolutely nothing, 'cause that wasn't the case.
So, when I said that, I just said it just as like,
"Yo, leave me the hell alone, I wasn't writing all her shit."
And I never said I was, but I said I was helping
and you know what I'm saying but people take it how they wanna take it,
you know, people can give me my credit or you don't give me my credit
but... there's a difference.
Now that you're successful and that she's successful,
what do you think that would happen now with you guys moving forward?
Can you be cordial? Can you be cool again?
I know I could be but I know how she is.
She... she holds on to stuff, you know what I'm saying,
but I know I'm the type of person that if I was to be able to see her
and whatever and it's like, I don't need nothing from you,
I don't want nothing with you, I don't wanna do a song with you,
don't need money from you
but as two human beings that spent our adult lives together...
it's kinda wack that it's just on some, we'd--
There's nothing, you know what I'm saying.
Nobody was killed, nobody was harmed, nobody was sent to jail.
I know..
What I wish for people, when I say I wish the best, I really mean it
but I know it's not a two way street
but, you know, some people, they're just different.
When I take my selfies, right.
So, you're the thirst king, let's be honest, yo.
I've seen your Instagram, you be trapping out here.
- I trap too, I'm a trapaholic. - Ok, I see you,
you look like you're in a...
- You see me trapping? - Oh, you look-- oh, come on!
This guy got the green eyes, this guy's lit!
- Oh, he got the 'V' showing. - You ain't seen when I put my leg up!
You know what I'm saying.
Give me some tips on how to get my best-- the angles, like, what's the...
What's the situation, man?
Gimme some tips on how to improve my selfie game.
Right now you blocking your peck and there's a shadow going over your abs.
- OK. - You gotta let all that light hit it,
especially with a little light glisten on it.
Ooh!
Abs and everything, exactly, you would have been super--
Come on, you light skin with green eyes!
I know, come on, I know -- hating, so you gotta--
you gotta do some selfies and just look and just show your eyes.
- Man, you just gotta make it effortless. - OK.
We actually asked some people, man, about some straight talk with Safaree.
We asked some of your fans, you know,
some of the people who love you on social media,
and they gave us a couple of questions.
"You introduced Nicki--" Oh, -- , uh-oh...
[laughing]
"You introduced Nicki to Meek. You ever stole someone's girlfriend?"
I don't think I've ever even-- I haven't--
I've definitely never said this.
When me and her got together she was kinda with somebody.
You and Nicki?
- Yeah. - You stole Nicki from someone?
I wouldn't say I stole her but it's like,
you know when you meet someone and they're in like, a...
A place of unhappiness with someone.
OK, so they were in a relationship but kinda on the outs?
Yeah, like it was like, on the way out, kinda thing.
OK.
We So Nerdy
"Would you do a re--" Ooh, this a good one.
"Would you do a remix to Hunnid with Nicki, Remy or MariahLynn?"
- Oh, I gotta pick one? - Yes.
Nicki sure as hell ain't doing no damn song with me.
Mhmm.
I already got a song, my 'Paradise' remix,
with Jaquae and Kiyanne, Mariah Lynn is on that.
I already got that, I don't have a song with Remy.
Um, I love Remy's style, I love everything about her.
And Remy always talks about me in a very positive light.
People be thinking, "Oh, I'm trying to be catty."
And all this other... ain't nobody even thinking about whatever...
People think is beefs, like, Remy is genuinely a very nice person
and in a industry where everyone had their back turned against me
and made it-- and it wasn't cool to be near Safaree,
Remy were always just like,
"Na, you cool, I don't care what anybody say,
I rock with you." So...
Thank you so much for stopping by.
Before we go, tell us about the new music,
real quick, where they can get it.
'Hunnid' make sure y'all stream it and downloading that 'Hunnid'
on iTunes and Spotify, you know what I'm saying,
and just spread the word, the video's out.
Million views in less than 24 hours,
it's probably at a couple million right now,
it's doing it's thing
and I appreciate everyone who's been supporting the record.
Oh, I appreciate you, good brother.
It's going down, Tony Anderson for BET Social
and you just-- we just Pulled Up.
And I'm pulling out!
Oh!
No, No, hold on, I didn't mean it like that.
Aight, brother, stay black.
[laughing]