Episode 8 - Loyal vs. Stupid
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In episode 8 of Collect Call, Suge reflects on how his instinct to be loyal led to him making decisions that he now understands were stupid. He covers situations with Kanye West, Kim Kardashian, Jimmy Iovine, Dr. Dre and others where he let his loyalty dictate his actions. Suge talks about how he never fit in with the music industry and some of the secret things that go on behind the scenes, sharing a new perspective on the recent allegations surrounding Sean “Puffy” Combs. He explains why Tupac performed “California Love” without Dr. Dre on Saturday Night Live on February 17, 1996, due to a shocking revelation made by Dr. Dre to Suge and Tupac just a few days prior. Suge and Dave talk about how someone has hacked Suge’s Twitter and Facebook accounts and has been illegally posting a lot of false and inflammatory content.  3:50 Dr. Dre gets punched in his face at the Vibe Awards show in 2004 and Suge gets blamed  5:29 Suge gets shot at the Shore Club in Miami at a Kanye West party in 2005 and describes his dealings with Kanye at a deposition for a lawsuit related to the incident 10:12 In the mid-1990’s, Johnnie Cochran introduces Suge to Robert Kardashian because of problems they were having with Kim Kardashian’s first husband, Damon Thomas, who was also doing production work for Suge. Suge reveals that he made a promise to Kim’s dad to always look out for his kids, so years later, when people wanted to push up on Kanye, he didn’t allow it to happen because of his loyalty to Kim Kardashian’s father. 12:31 Suge is shot 7 times at One Oak club in Hollywood in 2014 during a Chris Brown party, after Katt Williams had asked Suge to meet him there 14:08 Suge tells a story of hanging with Leonardo DiCaprio at One Oak at a different time in the past 14:53 Suge shows up at base camp for production of the movie Straight Outta Compton and police officers there tell him that Dr. Dre had something to do with him being shot at One Oak 16:00 Suge talks about case of John Creech who got convicted in 2017 in California of manslaughter for the death of Gavin Smith and how he got so much less time than Suge did, citing racial bias 17:41 Suge recalls how good he felt back in 1989/1990/1991 when he first got in the music business because he was changing rules of the music business that had been the same since the 1960’s 18:05 Suge talks about the lavish Christmas gifts he got for Jimmy Iovine and his former wife Vicki that were never reciprocated 21:48 Suge says he was never accepted by the people in the music industry he wasn’t going to be a house n****. He talks about secret things that go in the entertainment industry, and why men don’t consider themselves to be gay 23:11 Suge talks about how Puffy’s mother ran a whore house when he was young and how that might have affected him 24:12 Suge discusses how they worked out their differences with meetings in the red room and reveals how during one meeting Dr. Dre admitted to being bisexual 29:00 Suge talks about how his Twitter and Facebook have been hacked and how his son Legend runs his official Instagram page NEW EPISODES OF COLLECT CALL WITH SUGE KNIGHT ARE RELEASED WEEKLY Make sure you comment, like and subscribe on Apple, Spotify or wherever you listen to podcasts. Visit the @BreakbeatMedia YouTube page for video versions of our shows, https://www.youtube.com/@breakbeatmedia This episode is sponsored by Rocket Money. Stop paying for all those unwanted monthly subscription charges, go to https://Rocketmoney.com/Suge for details.  This episode is sponsored by Microdose. Go to https://microdose.com and use code: collectcall to get free shipping and 30% off your first order. Executive Producers: Dave Mays (@therealdavemays) & Brett Jeffries (@igobybrettj) Executive Producer: Toi-Lin Kelly Editor & Producer: Trae Quaintance for Black Wolf Agency Producer: Christopher Samuel (@Christylezz) Audio: Tsun4miBeats Sound effects: Envato Elements IG: @BreakbeatMe
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