>> STEPHEN: MY NEXT GUEST IS A
GRAMMY AWARD WINNER YOU KNOW FROM WU TANG CLAN AND NOW, THE
RAPBATTLE SERIES "DROP THE MIC."
PLEASE WELCOME, METHOD MAN!
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ( BAND PLAYING )
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: NICE TO SEE YOU
AGAIN.
>> YOU, TOO.
>> Stephen: NOW, YOU WERE ON THE SHOW LAST YEAR WHEN WE WERE
TALKING ABOUT JEFF SESSIONS.
>> YEP, ABSOLUTELY.
>> Stephen: ATTORNEY GENERAL CREAM-FILLED COOKIE.
>> THAT'S RIGHT, HILARIOUS, TOO, MAN.
>> Stephen: WE DIDN'T REALLY HAVE A CHANCE TO TALK.
DO I CALL YOU METHOD, MR. MAN, OR YOUR INITIALS, M&M?
>> FUNNY, I JUST FOUND OUT YOUR MIDDLE NAME IS TYRONE.
THAFANTASTIC.
>> Stephen: IT'S STEPHEN TYRONE COLBERT.
NOBODY BELIEVES THAT.
>> I'M JUST SAYING I NEVER MET A WHITE MAN WITH THE NAME TYRONE.
>> Stephen: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> THAT BEING SAID, IF I CAN CALL YOU TYRONE, YOU CAN CALL ME
ANYTHING YOU WANT TO WHILE I'M ON THE SHOW.
>> Stephen: PLEASE CALL ME TYRONE.
( LAUGHTER ) YOU HAVE BEEN DOING A LOT OF
ACTING.
>> YES.
>> Stephen: WHAT WAS RAPPER TO ACTOR TRANSITION LIKE TO YOU?
>> I GOT TIRED OF DOING SHOWS ALL THE TIME.
IT'S A LOT OF WORK TO DO SHOWS, LIKE A THREE-HOUR PILATES CLASS.
SO I DECIDED TO TRY ACTING OUT.
WENT TO L.A., SLEPT ON MY MANAGER'S COUCH CLOSE TO A MONTH
NEXT TO A DOG.
HI SHAUNA.
I'M GOING TO AUDITION TO BE AN F.B.I. GUY, D.A., SOMETHING LIKE
THAT, BUT I HAVE ALL MY CHAINS AND EXPENSIVE SHOES AND I GUESS
THEY COULDN'T SEE THE NUANCE I WAS BRINGING TO THE CHARACTER.
I'LL LEAVE IT UP TO THAT.
( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: LET'S TALK ABOUT
CREATING A CHARACTER.
I PSALM METHOD MAN -- I ASSUME METHOD MAN, METHOD ACTING, HOW
DID YOU GET THE EMOTIONAL RESPONSE, THE MEMORY THAT
BROUGHT YOU TO THE MOMENT OF EMOTIONAL RELEASE?
>> WELL, TYRONE, I'LL TELL YOU --
( CHEERING ) -- FOR INSTANCE, I'M ON TRACY
MORGAN'S "THE LAST O.G." WHICH IS ON TBS, AND THIS SEASON DEALS
WITH A LOT OF ISSUES THAT ARE RELEVANT TODAY.
THIS ONE BASICALLY IS GENTRIFICATION, MOVING OUT
LOW-INCOME HOUSING FAMILIES TO BRING IN BIG CORPORATE, AND I
HAD TO BE MAD FOR THE SCENE.
HOW DOES METHOD MAN PREPARE TO BE MAD FOR A SCENE?
HE GOOGLES HIMSELF.
( LAUGHTER ) THIS DOESN'T WORK FOR EVERYBODY.
YOU HAVE TO MAKE SOME KIND OF NAME FOR YOURSELF IN ORDER TO DO
THIS.
SO IF YOU GOOGLE YOURSELF AND YOU HAVE SOME KIND OF NAME, YOU
WILL FIND OUT THINGS ABOUT YOURSELF YOU NEVER EVEN KNEW
ABOUT YOURSELF.
>> Stephen: PEOPLE ARE QUITE FRANK ON THE INTERNET.
>> PRETTY MUCH SO.
>> Stephen: THEY SAY THINGS ABOUT YOU THEY WOULDN'T SAY TO
YOUR FACE.
>> THIS IS TRUE, TYRONE.
THIS IS ABSOLUTELY TRUE, BRO.
>> Stephen: IT WORKED?
YEAH.
>> Stephen: IF I WANT TO CRY, I READ TWITTER.
>> YOU READ TWITTER TO CRY.
>> Stephen: YES.
OR YOUTUBE COMMENTS.
>> YOUTUBE COMMENTS.
I LOVE IT.
YOUTUBE COMMENTS ARE PRETTY HARSH AND THEY GO IN ON YOU
SOMETIMES.
>> Stephen: ON ME?
YEAH.
BUT I THINK YOU'RE AWESOME.
( AUDIENCE REACTS ) >> Stephen: ACTING.
BRAVO.
BRAVO, SIR.
>> Stephen: YOU ARE A GREAT COACH.
YOU ARE A GREAT ACTING COACH RIGHT THERE.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> Stephen: YOU AND I BOTH HAVE SOMETHING IN COMMON, WE
BOTH LIKE THE COMIC BOOKS.
>> YES, WE DO.
>> Stephen: ARE YOU A D.C.
GUY, MARVEL GUY, OR YOU DON'T HAVE TO CHOOSE.
>> MARVEL.
>> Stephen: WHO'S YOUR GUY?
WHEN I WAS YOUNGER I'M, LIKE, I'M A TONY STARK GUY UNTIL THE
MOVIES CAME ALONG AND EVERYBODY DISCOVERED MY FAVORITE FAN.
WHO'S YOUR GUY?
>> WOLVERINE.
YOU HAVE A GUY KIND OF LIKE A REDEMPTION STORY, YOU HAVE A GUY
THAT LIVES MOST OF HIS LIFE IN PAIN, TURMOIL, SUFFERING, BUT BY
THE TIME HE COMES OUT OF THE OTHER END OF THE TUNNEL, IT'S
LOVE, PASSION AND PEACE.
THAT'S MY STORY.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: STILL GOT THE
PAWS.
>> FOR SURE.
>> Stephen: YOU'RE HOST ON "DROP THE MIC."
>> YEP.
>> Stephen: LEGENDARY RAPBATTLE COMPETITION SHOW THAT
RETURNS THIS WEEK.
>> YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.
>> Stephen: WHEN'S THE MOMENT YOU FELL IN LOVE WITH RAP?
DO YOU REMEMBER YOUR FIRST RHYME, THE FIRST BARS YOU WROTE,
HOW OLD WERE YOU AND WHERE WAS THA?
>> I WAS EIGHT WHEN I FELL IN LOVE WITH HIP-HOP.
WHEN I WROTE MY FIRST RHYME, I WAS ABOUT 12, 13, MY MOTHER'S
KITCHEN, AND IT WAS FOR A SONG MYSELF AND QUAN WERE GOING TO DO
TOGETHER CALLED "ON A MISSION."
MY RAP NAME WAS STILL CLIFF, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?
CLIFFHANGER.
DO YOU REMEMBER IT?
>> I CAN GIVE YOU A COUPLE OF BARS.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> IT'S DATED SO IT WILL BE A
LITTLE BOOTY BUT DEAL WIT.
I'M ON A MISSION, DON'T GET UP BECAUSE I'M TAKING NO SHORTS I
WOULD GIVE IT NO THOUGHT, UGLY GIRLERS RUN AWAY TO GET THE RAP.
MY NAME IS CLIFF.
THE G.B. CAKE IS BUSINESS Y, BUT NEVER GETS LOST.
THAT'S ALL I REMEMBER.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: "DROP THE MIC"
RETURNS THIS WEDNESDAY ON TNT.
METHOD MAN, EVERYBODY!
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK!