Russell Peters Talks about His Legendary Comedy Specials, the Art and Beauty of Roasting, and How His Comedy Has Evolved throughout His Career

People's Party with Talib Kweli

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🗓️ 8 August 2022

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Comedian and actor Russell Peters joins Talib Kweli and Jasmin Leigh for an in-depth discussion on his storied career as a stand-up. Peters also breaks down the art, beauty, and ethos of roast culture, what it was like to launch the first Netflix comedy special, opening the door for many comics to follow, and how his brand of comedy continues to evolve. Kweli, Leigh, and Peters shared love and knowledge of both comedy and hip hop make this a must-listen for fans of a clever turn of phrase and a good rhythm.

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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
0:08.0	co-host, Ms. Jasmine Lee. What up Jasmine? What up Peeps to hear our entire combo and all of our
0:12.8	episodes with stars from the game to Lil Kim, to Anthony Anderson, to my sister Tiffany Hattich,
0:18.4	subscribe to the Luminary channel on Apple Podcasts. So my ties in Kane of my house in 2012 the first time.
0:26.3	I had lent Eric B my Bentley. This all sounds ridiculous. Wow. Sounds right up your alley.
0:33.5	Wow. So Eric B was in sounds of Yo Russ. I go, Eric, take my Bentley. So I gave Eric my Bentley
0:39.0	and he's like, Yo Russ, I'm coming. I'm bringing the car back. I got the cave man with me.
0:42.5	I didn't know what he meant when he said they had the cave man with him. He pulls up my drive
0:46.0	when I go, is that fucking Mike Tyson in my car? And I'm like, Yo Mike Tyson's at my house.
0:51.3	If you ever lent me your Bentley, the first thing I would do is go get Mike Tyson.
0:57.2	Wait, what part of Brooklyn you're from? Flapish. Oh yeah, you're not even Jamaican.
1:02.4	So Mike cuts to my house and when I was hanging around, this good tie-in, when I was hanging
1:06.9	around Dave, when he was shooting half-bake, I went out and hang on his trailer. This dude that was
1:11.2	in the movie from Brooklyn named Ray Hinton was hanging out. He was, David put him in the movie.
1:17.6	He told me how he grew up in Brooklyn. He grew up in any group of Mike Tyson. He knew Mike Tyson
1:21.5	since his little kid and his sisters and blah, blah, blah. Like, if I ever meet Mike Tyson,
1:25.6	I'm going to ask him about Ray Hinton because I grew up in Lennox Lewis. Lennox Lewis and I
1:29.7	have known each other since we were 15 years old. And you know, he was on my album on Rokis.
1:33.2	That's right. He did. He did. One, two, three, four. Yeah, yeah. This is Lennox Lewis. That's
1:37.3	right. I remember that really because Lennox and I were amateurs together. And boxing. Yeah.
1:42.5	Okay. So I've known him my, basically my whole life. He was at my wedding everything.
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