PLEASE WELCOME TO THE SHOW, DEESUS NICE & THE KID
MERRO.
THERE THEY ARE!
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) IT'S SO NICE TO SEE YOU, FELLAS.
I'M SO HAPPY TO TALK TO YOU.
I WISH YOU WERE HERE IN THE STUDIO.
I KNOW YOU'RE BOTH ZOOMING IN FROM YOUR STUDIOS.
>> YES.
>> James: DEESUS, YOU'RE IN THE BRONX AND MERRO, YOU'RE IN
JERSEY, BUT YOU JUST ANNOUNCED YOU'RE GOING TO RETURN TO THE
STUDIO IN NEW YORK CITY.
WHAT ARE YOU MISSED THE MOST ABOUT BEING IN THE STUDIO.
>> JUST -- I'M JUST JUMP OUT THERE.
WHAT I'VE MISSED IS BEING NEXT TO MY GUY RIGHT HERE MAKING THE
JOKES AND THE NATURAL REACTION AND THE ENERGY AND THE FLOW.
IT'S ONE THING TO DO IT THROUGH THE ZOOM, BUT WHEN YOU CAN DO A
JOKE OR MAKE -- EVERY NOW AND THEN WE MAKE A JOKE THAT'S SO
INAPPROPRIATE WE HAVE TO STOP OURSELVES BEFORE WE GET CANCELED
AND WE JUST LOOK AT EACH OTHER AND WE JUST GIGGLE AND I MISS
DOING THAT WITH THIS GUY.
>> James: I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THAT WOULD FEEL LIKE.
>> YOU DON'T HAVE THAT VIBE WITH REGGIE, LIKE YOU GUYS DON'T --
>> James: OH, IF YOU COULD SEE THE OUTTAKES.
( LAUGHTER ) NOW, THIS PAST WEEKEND, YOU TWO
WERE THE COMMENTATORS -- AND YOU DID BRILLIANTLY, I'VE GOT TO
TELL YOU.
YOUR COMMENTARY, FOR ME, BECAME -- THIS IS NOT A HIGH BAR
BUT YOU WERE THE COMMENTARIES FOR THE LOCAL FLOYD MAYWEATHER.
IT WAS A SEQUENCE OF CUDDLES OF SOMEONE YOU ALWAYS IDOLIZED AND
ANOTHER DIE.
DEESUS, HAVE YOU EVER CALLED A BOXING MATCH BEFORE?
>> MAYBE A HIGH SCHOOL OR RIDING THE SUBWAY IN NEW YORK CITY,
YOU'RE, LIKE, YO, WHAT'S GOING ON OVER THERE?
BUT NOT PROFESSIONALLY.
BUT THIS WAS SO MUCH FUN.
I SAID TO MERRO AT THE TIME, THIS FELT LIKE THE WHOLE WORLD
WAS WATCHING.
WE WERE AT A FIGHT PARTY WITH THE WHOLE WORLD AND WE WERE THE
LOUDEST VOICES THERE.
IF WE GET A CLANS TO DO IT AGAIN WE'LL DEFINITELY DO IT AGAIN AND
THIS TIME WE'LL ACTUALLY KNOW THE NAMES OF THE PEOPLE
FIGHTING.
>> WE WILL NOT JUST CALL THEM THE TALL GUY.
>> James: YOU HAVE BEEN COLLABORATING NOW FOR ALMOST A
DECADE AND YOU FIRST BONDED ON TWITTER OVER THE HATE THAT YOU
HAD FOR YOUR DAY JOBS.
WHAT WERE YOU DOING?
DEESUS, WHAT WERE YOU DOING AT THAT POINT AND WHAT WERE YOU
COMPLAINING ABOUT?
>> I WAS A SMALL BUSINESS REPORTER, AND MY JOB -- IT WAS
LIKE AN OFFICE JOB BUT IT WAS SUCH MINUSCULE LITTLE COMPLAINTS
LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, ONE DAY WE HAD TO COME IN EARLY BECAUSE WE
HAD A 9:00 A.M. MEETING TO GET US READY FOR THE 10:00 A.M.
MEETING.
THAT WAS ONE THING.
HALFWAY THROUGH THEY DECIDED WE WERE NO LONGER GOING TO WASTE
BRAND-NEW PAPER SO WE HAD TO USE SCRAP PAPER FROM OLD PRINTOUTS
TO TAKE NOTES.
IT MADE NO SENSE.
ALSO, IF WE WENT TO LUNCH, YOU HAD TO TELL YOUR BOSS WHERE YOU
WERE GOING FOR LUNCH AND HOW LONG IT'S GOING TO TAKE YOU.
IF I'M GOING TO TACO BELL, I'M NOT TELLING YOU THAT.
>> I WANT TO KEEP IT A SECRET.
LET ME EAT MY NAKED CHALUPA IN PEACE!
>> James: YOUR PODCAST IS CALLED THE B BODEGA BOYS.
GROWING UP IN BRITAIN, UNTIL I MOVED TO NEW YORK FOR A SHORT
PERIOD, I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THE BODEGA WAS.
WHY DID YOU CALL YOURSELVES THIS?
WHAT IS A BODEGA?
>> A BODEGA IS -- THE BEST WAY I CAN DESCRIBE IT IS THE WESTERN
MOVIES LIKE THE GENERAL STORE WHERE YOU CAN GO GET ANYTHING.
YOU CAN GO TO A BODEGA AND GET ONE CONDOM, ONE CIGARETTE, AN
EXTENSION CORD, TUBE SOCKS, A GALLON OF MILK, A FISH THAT'S
ALIVE, YOU CAN GET ANYTHING.
SO IT'S LITERALLY LIKE A BABY TARGET, YOU KNOW, IN THE HOOD
FOR EVERYBODY.
>> James: A BABY TARGET.
THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT IT IS, YEAH!
( LAUGHTER ) >> SHOUT OUT TO MY FAMILY ACROSS
THE BOND.
A BODEGA, I GUESS, WOULD BE THE EQUIVALENT OF -- IS IT OFF
LICENSE.
>> James: THE CORNER SHOP.
THIS IS WHAT I REMEMBER, WHERE YOU GET YOUR OYSTER CARD
TOPPED OUT.
>> James: YOU GO, GET YOUR OYSTER CARD TAPPED OUT, YOU BUY
SUGARY SNACKS, TOILET PAPER AND YOU CAN GET A DUST PAN AND A
BRUSH.
YOU CAN GET ANYTHING YOU NEED.
>> BODEGAS ARE INTERNATIONAL.
THAT'S RIGHT.
>> James: YOU'RE CONSIDERED BRONX ROYALTY.
TELL ME, WHAT'S THE FEELING IN THE BRONX ABOUT THE BREAKUP TO
HAVE THE BRONX'S FAVORITE COUPLE J. LO A AND A-ROD?
IT STRUCK ME TO THE CORE.
DEESUS, WHAT'S THE FEELING?
>> YOU KNOW WHAT?
IT SOUNDS LIKE SOMETHING TRIVIAL, BUT AS THEY SAY, AS
GOES J. LO, THERE GOES THE BRONX.
SO YOU WANT TO SEE HER IN A GOOD FUNCTIONAL RELATIONSHIP.
YOU KNOW, A-ROD BROKE HER HEART, SHE HAD TO BOUNCE BACK.
SHE TID THE SMART THING AND DID SOMEONE WHO KNEW HER BACK STORY
SO DIDN'T HAVE TO EXPLAIN THAT SO SHE'S IN A POLL POSITION.
J. LO IS COMING BACK, THE BRONX IS COMING BACK, LET'S GO!
>> LET'S GO!
( APPLAUSE ) >> WE ARE WAITING FOR TONIGHT!
AAAHHH!
( LAUGHTER ) >> James: NOW, NOT ONLY ARE
THEY BACK, YOUR SHOW IS COMING BACK VERY SOON AND, MERRO, WHO
HAVE YOU GOT AS YOUR FIRST GUEST BACK?
>> WE HAVE LIL NAS X.
WE LOVE HIM.
IT'S WILD BECAUSE IT'S LIKE YOUR TWO DRUNK UNCLES BEING PROUD OF
YOU AT YOUR GRADUATION.
BEFORE WE WENT OFF THE AIR, OLD TOWN ROAD WAS BEGINNING TO
EXPLODE.
WE HAD HIM ON AND HE WAS LIKE THIS YOUNG WIDE-EYED YOUNG STAR,
YOU KNOW, AND HE'S JUST, LIKE, YO, I DO THIS ( BLEEP ) MUSIC,
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?
AND CATCHING UP WITH HIM WAS, LIKE, WOW, OKAY, YOUR WENT FROM
COWBOY HATS TO LOUIE H JACKETS.
>> HE HAD A TWINKLE IN HIS EYE THAT I'M SO MUCH BIGGER, OLD
THEN COMING BACK AND US BEING, BRO, BRO, WE'RE PROUD OF YOU,
BRO!
GOOD JOB, LOU!
>> James: DID YOU GET YOUR HANDS ON ANY OF THE SNEAKERS
WITH THE BLOOD IN THE SOLE?
>> NO, I DID NOT!
I WAS VERY UPSET BECAUSE I WAS, LIKE, THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT GOING
ON THE SNEAKERS.
>> James: YOU'RE INTO SNEAKERS.
YOU'RE A SNEAKER GUY.
>> THERE'S BEEN RUMORS, BUT, YOU KNOW, NOTHING CONFIRMED, YOU
KNOW.