Bun B Discusses the Inspiration and Impact of His Well-Known Songs, What Makes Houston Rap Special, and His Current Status as a Burger Baron

People's Party with Talib Kweli

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4.4 • 2.1K Ratings

🗓️ 9 January 2023

⏱️ 4 minutes

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Summary

People’s Party’s very first guest, the legendary Bun B, returns to chop it up with Talib and Jasmin about everything from his favorite sitcoms and his wildly popular burger business to the stories behind some of his most impactful songs. The prolific rapper also goes deep on what makes the Houston rap scene so special, and how he developed his iconic sense of style. Plus, he shares more on where his restless creative spirit is taking him next. For longtime People’s Party listeners, this interview not only delivers a fun and rich conversation, it reflects just how much the show has grown since episode one.

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0:00.0	Peace and love party people. This is Talib Kuala Lee to BKMC, the MCEO.
0:03.8	You are about to hear an excerpt of People's Party hosted by me and my lovely and talented co-host,
0:08.6	Ms. Jasmine Lee. What up Jasmine? What up Peeps to hear our entire combo and all of our episodes
0:13.6	with stars from the game to Lil Kim, to Anthony Anderson, to my sister Tiffany Haddish,
0:18.5	subscribe to the Luminary channel on Apple Podcasts.
0:22.3	So you know what I appreciate is the fact that you have amazing burgers.
0:26.8	Yes. So I love the name.
0:28.9	The number one burger in the world. I was looking at it on Instagram and I was just like,
0:33.9	oh my god, I can taste this in my mouth. It looks so delicious.
0:36.7	How did you decide to transition into the culinary space?
0:41.8	And what do you think is it about your burger that makes your burger the best in the world?
0:46.3	So I have a good friend, Premium Pete. Premium Pete is known as a...
0:49.6	Shout out to Premium Pete. He's a legend in a sneaker game. He's actually a legend in a podcast game.
0:54.4	He started with Combat Jack. And this show is built on the legacy of Combat Jack show,
0:59.9	with Pete and Dallas. Absolutely. He is the... Am I opinion he's one of the foremost
1:05.1	individuals in the podcast space? And so he and I bonded over food, which is crazy because
1:10.9	I'm a fat dude and he's very skinny. But he's more than me. Like, I don't know where he puts this
1:16.6	food. And so we would go around to different places. He called me like, yo, when you come back to
1:21.1	New York, you got to eat this. It's crazy. I'm gonna share it. And I'd be like, yo, when you come
1:24.1	to Houston, you gotta go to this place. You gotta eat this. And so we started a blog. You gotta
1:27.3	eat this. And I was about 10 years ago. And the more we learned about the food industry, the more we
1:32.8	kept trying to figure out how to get into it. Unfortunately, three years ago, his grandmother passed
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