Talib Kweli & Big Boy On Pharcyde, Baka Boyz, Power 106, BigBoyTV, Phone Taps | People's Party Full

In this episode of "People's Party With Talib Kweli," Kweli and Jasmin Leigh sit down with nationally syndicated radio host and actor:
BIG BOY
Here's what we got into:
• Getting into DJing at the age of 13 while coming up in Culver City, California.
• His family's love of music and his affection for crate digging.
• Pre-radio days of working as a bodyguard for The Pharcyde.
• Big Boy's automated hip hop phone line he created called 'Wudd'up'.
• Power 106's Baka Boyz putting Big Boy on to his first radio gig.
• Coming into the radio game with no knowledge, just wanting to have fun.
• How he handled his mistake on-air when he called his station "Power 107".
• The legacy of the Big Boy's Power 106 billboards posted throughout LA.
• DJ Fuzzy and other Los Angeles DJs that gave New York emcees shine.
• What it was like being a prominent LA radio host during Lakers domination.
• The importance of making every effort on his show to promote black and brown unity.
• Being held to a different standard than the Ryan Seacrests of the industry.
• Losing over 250 pounds from a duodenal switch surgery in 2003 which almost killed him.
• Wondering if his audience would still love him after all the lost weight.
• His credit cards of life swiping theory, with his personal card being morbid obesity.
• How a phone call to a friend and listener of his show ended up saving her life.
• Using work as a place of solace and healing after his mother passed.
• First-hand witnessing of radio's evolution to the podcast.
• How happy he was when he first found out his show would become nationally syndicated.
• How his famous 'Luther Luffeigh Phone Taps' pranks came to fruition.
• Early days of having affinity for pranking friends and family.
• Talib phone pranked by Russian trolls posing as Greta Thunberg and Bernie Sanders.
• Entering the film industry via his production company, Ida's Son Productions.
• His move to podcasting with BigBoyTV in order to roll with the times.
• The impact of his good friend, comedian George Lopez.
• Responding to the question of who would be on Big Boy's Mount Rushmore of rap.
• Why he cried when receiving a star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame.
• What would be the potential of Big Boy's starring in a sitcom.
• What we might be able to expect next from Big Boy.
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People's Party is a weekly interview show hosted by Talib Kweli and Jasmin Leigh. Guests range from the biggest names in hip-hop to global entertainers to the most progressive minds moving our culture forward. The audio podcast is available on Apple and Spotify.