Xzibit

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We put the actor/rapper/host in the hot seat.
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Yeah. I always thought I'd be in an asylum, but I just didn't know it'd be cameras everywhere.
So you couldn't really relate to it. You're you're yet to go into a psychiatric until then. Okay. Okay, brilliant. I'm just going to I'm just going to shift to the left. You see that? I'm just going to shift to the left. I don't know if I feel comfortable. Security. I'm Oliver here at Young Hollywood Studio with this man. Exhibit. What's up? How you doing?
How are you?
I'm good. Nice to see you.
Nice to see you.
All right. Actor, host, musician, rapper. I'm quite worried that if this goes well, you're going to take my job as well.
No, I'm good. Your job's safe.
Okay, thank you. Thank you. He doesn't want to be at Young Hollywood. Frank, he just said he's not happy here. Um, busy, busy man. About to release your uh, your new album, which would be the first in five years. Uh, yeah, exactly.
I haven't put out a studio record since 2006. I definitely have a lot of insight from, you know, putting out my first record in 1996 to 2011, lives have changed. You know, but still, I'm still here, still relevant. And it feels good to be able to put music out uh, when I want and how I want. You cannot solve what the trigger. This is a moment. This is my time of atone. This is my world and I own it. So come and take it if you want it. Please God forgive me for sin and winning and making a killing with this revenge.
I had a rumor that uh Dr. Dre's new album detox. Are you going to be on that?
Well, I mean, As I said, it was a rumor. You don't know you're on an album until you see the artwork.
Okay. You know, you don't. So you have recorded?
Yeah, I have. I have been in the studio with Dre. I've jotted my ideas. He got a lot of great talented writers.
I'll give him a call later. I'll find that for you. I'll find that for you. Me and me and Dre are like that. You do that. We went to different schools together. You tell me how that works out.
I will. I will for sure.
You just booked a you're doing a pilot or you shot the pilot or you've done it for Fox's weekend at Bill.
Weekend at Bill. Um, which is crazy because, you know, I always thought I'd be in an asylum, but I just didn't know it'd be cameras everywhere.
Right. And you'll be getting paid for it.
Yeah, exactly. What's even better, you know? If I'm going to see a psychiatrist, it's nice that they're paying me. And then I can leave when I want. You know what I'm saying? Like, yeah.
He's got the best of both worlds.
Yeah. Exactly.
So you couldn't really relate to it. You're you're yet to go into a psychiatric until then. Okay. Okay, brilliant. I'm just going to I'm just going to shift to the left. Do you see that? I'm just going to shift to the left. I don't know if I feel comfortable. Security. And you have your other your other shows obviously Pimp My Ride, which we which so many millions of people know you from. Um, and uh Extreme Makeover Home Edition.
Right, right. It really is amazing to see uh, a house built for somebody in 104 hours. The reality of it is you're building somebody a home, it's a lot more, you know, meaningful than putting a damn blender in somebody's civic. You know what I'm saying? It's it's it's has a lot more a lot more heart to it. No, I enjoy doing that. You know my grandmother likes it. You know what I'm saying? Like, you know, like my family gets into it and all that stuff. But I still I still don't cry, man. I I have my tear ducts removed a long time ago.
Really? So you've never even cried watching Pretty Woman? When Richard Gere says goodbye, I don't see how any human
I've never watched that movie.
You've never even watched it. Get out. Oh, come on. Nice to meet you. Nice to meet you. Good. We'll wrap it up. I've got a little quiz for you actually. Because you've worked with so many people. So I'm gonna let's see what I can do here. I'm going to take a deep breath. Warm up. I'm going to ask you a few names, drop your names. I want the first thing that comes to your mind when I say their name. Okay. Okay. Ready?
Yeah.
Ready? Focused? Here we go. Oh, I feel like it should be a clock countdown or something. Eminem.
Homie, friend.
Dr. Dre.
Homie, friend.
You can't use the same one as well. I'll ask you again. Dr. Dre.
Uh, mentor, uh, confidant.
Nicholas Cage. Uh, I can see this straight away, though. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Yo, why are you talking about all my homies, man? Nicholas Cage. Uh, bad lieutenant.
The Rock. Ah, come on, man. These are all people I work with before, man. That's the idea of it. Uh, the Rock. Uh, wrestling. Ah, come on, man. Okay. Imagination. Ah, come on, man. Okay. You said the first thing. All right, I've got one more. I've got one more. You know, first clean thing. One more. Okay, yeah. Snoop Dogg.
Weed.
Now we've finished on the most honest answer of the whole interview.
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PEOPLE MENTIONED
- Oliver
Young Hollywood interviewer
- Frank
Someone mentioned by the interviewer
- Dr. Dre
Collaborator, mentor, friend
- Richard Gere
Actor in 'Pretty Woman'
- Eminem
Homie, friend
- Nicholas Cage
Actor mentioned in quiz, 'Bad Lieutenant'
- The Rock
Wrestling, actor mentioned in quiz
- Snoop Dogg
Friend, rapper mentioned in quiz
FAQ
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