Graffiti Street
Graffiti Street: Old Year, New Year
Season 2 Episode 8 | 28m 30sVideo has Closed Captions
In this episode, the cast take a look back at 2020, its highlights and challenges.
In this episode, host Joshua Crawford Barry and cast members Kaden Hughes, Kamalee Lynch, Sakhshi Parwani, and Finn Sharpless take a look back at 2020, its highlights and challenges, and share their hopes for the New Year.
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Graffiti Street
Graffiti Street: Old Year, New Year
Season 2 Episode 8 | 28m 30sVideo has Closed Captions
In this episode, host Joshua Crawford Barry and cast members Kaden Hughes, Kamalee Lynch, Sakhshi Parwani, and Finn Sharpless take a look back at 2020, its highlights and challenges, and share their hopes for the New Year.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship>>> 2021, HAPPY NEW YEAR AND WELCOME TO ANOTHER EPISODE OF "GRAFFITI STREET."
I´M YOUR HOST JOSHUA BARRY.
STARTED OFF THE YEAR WITH TIME AND SPENT TIME WITH FAMILY AND NOW IT´S TIME TO LOOK BACK AND LOOK AHEAD.
2020 FEELS LIKE YEARS AGO.
FOR SOME OF US IT WAS THE LONGEST MONTHS EVER.
WHEN PEOPLE WERE SAYING WE HAD 2020 VISION IN 2019, NO ONE ANTICIPATED JUST BEING BLINDSIDED.
THIS IS PROBABLY THE ONLY TIME WE CAN SAY THIS, BUT HINDSIGHT IS 2020.
SO, LET´S REFLECT AND LOOK AHEAD.
12 YEARS AGO -- I MEAN, MONTHS AGO -- WHAT DO YOU THINK 2020 HAD IN STORE, AND DID ANY OF IT ACTUALLY PLAN OUT?
I´LL GO TO FIN FOR THIS QUESTION FIRST.
>> GREAT QUESTION.
THANK YOU.
NO WOULD BE A PRETTY GOOD ANSWER IS PROBABLY WHAT I WOULD PUT IT UNDER.
MOST OF MY GOALS WHEN I STARTED THE NEW YEAR WERE ENTERTAINMENT.
I LOVE TO DO COMEDY.
I LOVE TO DO ACTING AND ALL THAT STUFF.
SO, A LOT OF MY THINGS WERE I´M GOING TO MAKE THIS, I´M GOING TO WORK ON THAT, AND IT DIDN´T WORK OUT.
I HAVEN´T BEEN ON ANY STAGE SINCE THE BEGINNING OF JANUARY 2020 UNFORTUNATELY.
BUT ONCE IT BECAME CLEAR THAT COVID WASN´T GOING AWAY AND QUARANTINE WAS HERE TO STAY, THAT IT MIGHT NOT BE TOTALLY POSSIBLE TO GO ON STAGE ANY TIME SOON, YOU KIND OF SWITCH YOUR GOALS AND YOU DEAL WITH THE HAND THAT YOU´RE DEALT.
SO, MY GOALS STARTED BECOMING LESS OF I´M GOING TO MAKE THIS AND MORE OF JUST A LOT OF I´M GOING TO WAKE UP AND TRY TO DO GOOD AND BE A POSITIVE FORCE ONLINE AND CLASSES AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
>> KADEN.
>> YEAH, BASICALLY, I MEAN, 2019, EVERYONE WAS SAYING, YOU KNOW, 2020 IS GOING TO BE MY YEAR, 2020 THIS, 2020 THAT.
AND THEN IT JUST BECAME IMPOSSIBLE.
YOU CAN´T MAKE IT YOUR YEAR STUCK IN YOUR OWN HOUSE.
AND THEN 2020 JUST GAVE US BLOWS AFTER BLOWS AFTER BLOWS.
IT´S JUST LIKE WHAT´S THE NEXT THING THAT´S GOING TO HAPPEN IN THIS YEAR?
SO I FEEL LIKE IT REALLY JUST CRUSHED ANY REALLY IDEAS THAT ANYBODY HAD TO GO INTO 2020, ANY HOPES OR DREAMS TO MOVE INTO THAT YEAR.
YEAH, IT´S PRETTY BAD.
>> YEAH.
JADEN.
>> YEAH, I WAS ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE.
I WAS LIKE 2020 IS GOING TO BE MY YEAR.
THIS YEAR I WANT TO GO OUT, BE MORE SOCIAL.
I WAS SUPPOSED TO GO WITH SOME OF MY CLASSMATES.
THAT DIDN´T HAPPEN.
HOPEFULLY THIS YEAR WILL BE BETTER, BUT YEAH, LAST YEAR KIND OF SUCKED.
>> YEAH.
LAST YEAR WAS A ROUGH YEAR.
I KNOW THERE WAS A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO PASSED AWAY IN 2020 LIKE JUSTICE RGB AND JOHN LEWIS, EVEN KOBE BRYANT.
I MEAN THAT WAS -- THOSE WERE SOME MAJOR ICONS THAT PASSED AWAY.
SO, HOW DO YOU GUYS FEEL ABOUT THOSE THAT WE HAVE LOST THIS YEAR OR LAST YEAR?
>> YEAH, IF YOU´LL ALLOW ME TO SKIP BACK IN TIME A LITTLE BIT TO JANUARY OF 2020, NOT A GREAT START TO THE YEAR EVEN BEFORE COVID WAS REALLY A PROBLEM.
WE HAD CALIFORNIA WILD FIRES.
WE HAD SOME THREATS OF WORLD WAR III, AT LEAST THE POSSIBILITY OF IT.
AND THEN WE HAD KOBE BRYANT AND HIS DAUGHTER PASSING AWAY UNFORTUNATELY IN A HORRIBLY TRAGIC ACCIDENT.
AND LATER IN 2020 WE HAD CHADWICK BOZEMAN PASS AWAY AFTER COMPLICATIONS FROM HEALTH ISSUES.
AND THAT WAS REALLY, REALLY DIFFICULT FOR EVERYONE TO HEAR BECAUSE IN THE SPAN OF ONE YEAR WE LOST TWO ENTERTAINMENT ICONS WHO HAVE DONE -- HAVE REALLY SURPASSED THE BAR OF WHAT YOU THINK ONE PERSON CAN DO IN THEIR LIFE AND HOW MANY PEOPLE THEY´VE INSPIRED TO CONTINUE GOING DOWN AVENUES THEY WENT DOWN.
BUT ALSO ANYTHING IN LIFE AND JUST TO BE IN SOME SENSES A LITERAL HERO TO PEOPLE THAT LOOK LIKE THEM OR TO ANYONE WHO LOOKED UP TO THEIR CHARACTERS OR THE CHARACTER OF THEIR PERSON WAS REALLY, REALLY DIFFICULT.
>> YES, IT WAS.
>> YEAH, IT WAS REALLY HARD THIS YEAR.
I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE LOST LOVED ONES.
IN TERMS OF PEOPLE WHO ARE FAMOUS THAT WE LOST, WE LOST A LOT OF SOCIAL JUSTICE ICONS, A LOT OF ENTERTAINERS.
ALL THESE PEOPLE ARE PEOPLE THAT WERE, YOU KNOW, INSPIRATIONAL.
THEY KIND OF GAVE YOU HOPE FOR THE FUTURE.
THEY GAVE YOU SOMETHING TO LOOK FORWARD TO AND SOMETHING TO IDOLIZE.
AND THEN LOSING THEM IS KIND OF LIKE LOSING HOPE.
AND THE MORE PEOPLE WE LOST LAST YEAR, THIS MAY BE THAT MUCH WORSE, ESPECIALLY WITH JOHN LEWIS AND RGB DIED.
THOSE HIT HARD FOR ME PERSONALLY BECAUSE JOHN LEWIS HAS DONE A LOT IN TERMS OF SOCIAL JUSTICE AND RBG HAS DONE A LOT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS.
AND RBG BEING REPLACED IN LESS THAN A MONTH WAS REALLY, REALLY HEARTBREAKING.
IT JUST KIND OF FELT LIKE WE WERE LOSING EVERYTHING ALL AT ONCE.
>> YEAH, THERE WERE A LOT OF THINGS THAT WENT WRONG IN 2020.
BUT, I MEAN, THERE WERE SOME GOOD THINGS THAT HAPPENED IN 2020.
SO, I WANT TO KNOW WHAT WAS THE BEST THING THAT HAPPENED IN 2020?
I MEAN GIVEN THE CIRCUMSTANCES.
I´LL GO TO KADEN FOR THIS ONE.
>> 2020 DEFINITELY WAS A LEARNING EXPERIENCE.
YOU KNOW, ALL THESE THINGS HAPPENING OUT OF YOUR CONTROL.
SO, THESE THINGS ARE KIND OF UPHILL.
WHAT CAN WE DO?
MAYBE JUST GO TO A BLM PROTEST.
EVEN JUST BEING AT HOME.
I THINK PEOPLE COULD HAVE JUST DONE THAT.
IT WAS DEFINITELY A LEARNING EXPERIENCE.
YOU LEARN A LOT OF THINGS ARE OUT OF YOUR CONTROL BUT YOU CAN STILL DO THINGS TO STAY POSITIVE.
I MAYBE NOT VISIT ANYONE BUT JUST EAT HEALTHY, CHANGE YOUR LIFE, SOMETHING.
>> KADEN.
>> YEAH.
KIND OF WHAT YOU WERE SAYING WITH BLM.
I FEEL LIKE THE AMOUNT OF PROTESTS THAT WERE GOING ON, I THINK THAT 2020 COULD HAVE, YOU KNOW, ONE GOOD THING WAS THAT IT WAS SHOWING CHANGE.
EVERYONE IN 2020 WAS PUSHING TOWARDS A BETTER AMERICA, MORE LIKE A BETTER WORLD, TO BE HONEST.
AND ALL THAT CHANGE THAT WAS BEING ADVOCATED FOR IS DEFINITELY A REALLY GOOD THING EVEN THOUGH, YOU KNOW, WE HAD TO WEAR MASKS THROUGH IT.
WE STILL FOUGHT FOR WHAT WE BELIEVED IN.
>> YEAH, THAT´S REALLY IMPORTANT.
SOCHI.
>> I THINK THE BLACK LIVES MATTER MOVEMENT IS REALLY EMPOWERING, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE WE´VE GOT TO -- SORRY.
MY BROTHER JUST WALKED IN.
WE GOT TO FINALLY BRING ATTENTION TO ALL THE INJUSTICES IN THE WORLD.
I THINK ONE THING GOOD THAT CAME OUT OF QUARANTINE WAS EVERYONE GOT TO TRY NEW THINGS, GOT TO EXPLORE NEW HOBBIES AND INTERESTS.
THEY GOT TO DO A LITTLE BIT OF HEALTH CARE.
I THINK THAT´S ONE POSITIVE ASPECT IS MAYBE YOU GOT TO SPEND MORE TIME WITH YOUR FAMILY OR YOU GOT TO TRY OUT A HOBBY YOU´VE BEEN WANTING TO TRY FOREVER AND NEVER GOT AROUND TO.
>> YEAH, IT´S -- 2020 GAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE THE OPPORTUNITY TO TRY NEW THINGS.
WELL, IT -- NOT REALLY TRY NEW THINGS BUT DO THINGS IN A DIFFERENT WAY.
I KNOW WE HAD A WHOLE BUNCH OF PEOPLE TRYING TO DO THE ZOOM CALLS AND ALL THESE DIFFERENT WAYS TO BE SOCIALLY DISTANCED BUT STILL INTERACT WITH PEOPLE.
I THINK THAT WAS VERY COOL FOR THE HUMAN INGENUITY THAT WE DID TO STAY SANE IN THIS PANDEMIC.
SO, I WANTED TO ASK HOW -- WHAT WAS -- I KNOW NOT EVERYONE REALLY LIKES THE ZOOM CALLS, BUT YOU KNOW, WHAT WAS YOUR FAVORITE THING ABOUT ZOOM?
THIS IS AN OPEN QUESTION AND ANYONE CAN ANSWER.
>> MY PERSONALLY FAVORITE THINGS WITH THE ZOOM CALLS WERE PROBABLY THE VIRTUAL BACKGROUNDS.
JUST PUTTING UP SEMIVIRTUAL BACKGROUNDS.
IT´S MY FAVORITE PART OF THE ZOOM CALLS ALTOGETHER.
>> YEAH, I HAVE TOGETHER.
FOR CHRISTMAS EVERY WEEK THEY´LL HAVE A DIFFERENT CHRISTMAS BACKGROUND.
ONE DAY IT´S SNOWY.
ONE DAY I HAVE THE CHRISTMAS TREE.
THE BACKGROUND WAS A REALLY GOOD WAY TO GET CREATIVE WITH ZOOMS OR TEAMS IF YOU USE TEAMS.
>> YEAH, PERSONALLY I LIKED THE LITTLE EMOJI THINGS THAT THEY RECENTLY ADDED.
I WOULD ALWAYS SWITCH ON SOME GLASSES LIKE THE DA-DA-DA-DA-DA GLASSES.
CAN´T SING TOO MUCH ON THIS EPISODE.
BUT I LIKE THOSE ONES.
AND THE HATS.
I LIKE THE HATS.
THOSE ARE REALLY GOOD.
THOSE WERE PROBABLY THE BEST THING ABOUT ZOOM, ESPECIALLY WHEN I GOT TO MAKE PEOPLE LAUGH.
I LIKE DOING THAT.
>> SO, YEAH, WITH THE ZOOM CALLS, A LOT OF PEOPLE HAD TO GET CREATIVE.
AND YOU KNOW, THERE WAS A SPECIFIC GAME THAT REALLY BLEW UP IN 2020, WHICH WAS "AMONG US," A GAME WHERE YOU CATCH THE IMPOSTER.
SO, I FEEL LIKE -- HOW DO YOU GUYS FEEL ABOUT THAT GAME?
DID YOU GUYS PLAY IT A LOT OR ARE YOU LIKE EH?
>> YEAH, LET ME JUST STEP RIGHT IN AND SAY UNEQUIVOCALLY I AM AMAZING AT THE GAME.
I JUST LIKE TO SAY FACTS AND THE FACTS ARE THAT I AM VERY GOOD.
I BEAT SOXY ALL THE TIME.
ANYTHING SHE SAYS AFTER WHAT I SAY IS A LIE.
I VOTE FIRST.
I AM IN YOUR FINANCIAL ALGEBRA CLASS.
WE HAD TALKS ABOUT DOING A GAME OF "AMONG US" FOR A MIDTERM.
AND ONE OF MY FRIENDS PIPED UP LIKE, ALL RIGHT, WE CAN DO THAT, BUT WE CAN´T LET SAM PLAY.
IT´S NOT GOING TO BE FAIR TO ANYBODY ELSE.
I PLAY THAT GAME ALL THE TIME.
I´VE STOPPED NOW, BUT AT ONE POINT I WAS JUST -- I STOPPED BECAUSE IT WAS JUST SO BORING.
I JUST KEPT WINNING.
IT´S A REALLY FUN GAME.
>> YEAH.
THAT WAS -- THAT WAS A THING THAT WE DISCUSSED.
BUT I DON´T KNOW IF IT WAS FOR THOSE REASONS.
KADEN.
>> YEAH, THERE WAS A TIME WHERE OUR SCHOOL HAD ADVISERS YOU MEET WITH AT THE BEGINNING OF THE DAY.
SO, TWO ADVISERS, LITERALLY EVERY DAY I THINK WE WOULD PLAY "AMONG US."
AND YOU KNOW, IT JUST BECAME ONE OF THOSE THINGS YOU WOULD LOOK FORWARD TO IN THE DAY.
WE WOULD JUST PLAY ONE OF THOSE GAMES -- IT WAS FUN TO PLAY.
THERE WERE SOME PEOPLE WHO WOULD SABOTAGE SOME STUFF THAT GOT ON MY NERVES, YOU KNOW WHAT I´M SAYING, BUT IT WAS STILL FUN.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO IT EVERY DAY.
>> YEAH.
AS ADVISORY GAMES WERE EXTREMELY FUN, I LOVE SEEING THE TEAM PLAYING THE GAME DURING LUNCHTIME.
THAT WAS A HUGE THING BECAUSE WE WEREN´T ALLOWED TO REALLY SIT TOGETHER BUT WE WERE ABLE TO PLAY "AMONG US" AND WE WOULD ALL BE YELLING AT EACH OTHER.
I THOUGHT THAT WAS PRETTY COOL.
I WANT TO GO TO KAMALL AND ASK HIM ABOUT HIS THOUGHTS ON "AMONG US."
>> "AMONG US" IS A FUN GAME, THE CONCEPT, THE CORE.
I THINK EVERYBODY LOVED "AMONG US," BUT I LOVE PRETTY MUCH ANY GAME.
THE AMOUNT OF FUN YOU HAVE ON IT DEPENDS ON THE PEOPLE YOU PLAY WITH.
A LOT OF PEOPLE YOU PLAY WITH, YOU KNOW, IT´S A REAL IQ-BASED GAME.
IT TAKES A LOT OF THINKING.
AND, YOU KNOW, SOME PEOPLE ARE GOOD AT STUDYING PEOPLE´S LIVES, SOME PEOPLE ARE BAD.
IT WAS A VERY FUN GAME TO PLAY, COME TOGETHER AND PLAY DURING QUARANTINE.
SO, I REALLY ENJOYED "AMONG US."
>> YEAH, SOCHI.
>> THANK YOU.
I JUST WANT TO ADDRESS SAM´S POINT.
HE´S NOT REALLY THAT GREAT AT "AMONG US."
HE JUST TENDS TO BLAME ME FOR BEING THE IMPOSTER AND HE´S REALLY GOOD AT LYING BECAUSE HE JUST CONSTANTLY IS LAUGHING SO PEOPLE BELIEVE HIM BECAUSE HE JUST LAUGHS ON A NORMAL BASIS ALL THE TIME ANYWAY.
AND THEN I GET FRIGHTENED.
BUT I THINK "AMONG US" HAS BEEN REALLY GREAT BECAUSE IT´S HELPED ME CONNECT WITH MY COUSINS ACROSS THE WORLD.
SO, I THINK IT´S BROUGHT A LOT OF PEOPLE TOGETHER AND IT´S KIND OF HELPED PEOPLE MAINTAIN BEING SOCIAL BECAUSE HUMANS ARE SOCIAL SPECIES AND I THINK THAT "AMONG US" HAS ALLOWED US TO DO THAT DURING QUARANTINE, WHICH HAS BEEN REALLY GREAT.
>> YEAH.
IT REALLY WAS ESSENTIAL.
JADEN.
>> SO, FOR "AMONG US" WHEN I PLAYED IT I LOVED BEING THE IMPOSTER.
WHEN I WAS PLAYING I LOVED BLAMING INNOCENT PEOPLE.
EVEN IF I KNOW WHO THE IMPOSTER WAS, I WOULD STILL SAY, NOPE, IT WAS RED.
YEP, IT WAS DEFINITELY RED.
BUT, YEAH, "AMONG US" WAS KIND OF FUN.
>> YEAH.
IT WAS.
YOU KNOW, EVEN WITH "AMONG US," A LOT OF GAMERS CAME OUT OF PLAYING THIS GAME AND CATCHING THE TREND ON "AMONG US."
YOU KNOW, WE -- PEOPLE WERE WATCHING ALL THESE DIFFERENT SHOWS AND GAMER THINGS, SO SPEAKING ON THAT, WHAT WERE YOUR MOST FAVORITE TV SHOWS OR THINGS THAT YOU WATCHED ON YOUTUBE IN 2020?
SAM?
>> YEAH, THANK YOU.
AS SOMEONE WHO´S VERY INTERESTED IN ENTERTAINMENT AND HAS IT AS THEIR MAIN EMPLOYMENT DREAM JOB IS TO GO INTO ENTERTAINMENT, IT WAS PRETTY DIFFICULT THIS YEAR.
I´VE GONE ON RECORD SINCE I WAS 6 YEARS OLD WHEN I FIRST MOVED DOWN HERE, I LOVED THE MOVIE THEATER.
MY FAVORITE PLACE ON THE ISLAND, I LOVED THE MOVIE THEATER AND I DIDN´T GET TO GO ALL YEAR LONG.
IT´S CLOSED.
SO, WE SAW A LOT OF INTERESTING DEVELOPMENTS IN TERMS OF STREAMING BECAUSE THAT´S WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO.
AND NOW IT´S BEEN REALLY INTERESTING TO WATCH STUFF DEVELOP.
AND WE HAD A -- WE HAD SOME -- WE HAD 12-2 BECOME ONE OF THE HIGHEST SELLING MOVIES THIS YEAR BECAUSE IT WAS THE FIRST MOVIE RELEASED ON HOME STREAMING SERVICES, AND IT QUADRUPLED WHAT IT WAS SUPPOSED TO SELL.
THESE ARE JUST NUMBERS I´M REMEMBERING FROM WHEN THIS HAPPENED WAY, WAY EARLY IN THE YEAR.
STREAMING SERVICES BLEW UP.
IN TERMS OF MY FAVORITE SHOW, I HAVE WATCHED "THE GOOD PLACE" LIKE A HUNDRED TIMES.
ANY SHOW MICHAEL HAS PUT HIS HANDS ON, LIKE "THE OFFICE," "BROOKLYN 99."
BUT "THE GOOD PLACE," I LOVE THAT SO MUCH.
>> YEAH, IT IS NAMED "THE GOOD PLACE."
JADEN, WHAT ARE YOUR FAVORITE SHOWS OF 2020.
>> I FEEL LIKE "THE GOOD PLACE" WASN´T THAT GOOD.
I THINK I SPEAK FOR EVERYBODY WHEN I SAY I WATCHED MOST OF NETFLIX.
NETFLIX IS FINISHED.
"UMBRELLA" IS A GOOD SHOW I RECOMMEND FOR EVERYONE TO WATCH.
AND ALSO "NEVER HAVE I EVER."
THAT´S A REALLY GOOD MOVIE THIS YEAR.
AND A LOT OF PEOPLE -- YOU FEEL LIKE IF YOU DIDN´T HAVE ANYTHING STREAMING, IF YOU DIDN´T HAVE ANYTHING LIKE NETFLIX OR PRIME, YOU DEFINITELY GOT INTO WATCHING MOVIES YOU WOULD HAVE SEEN AT THE MOVIE THEATER.
>> YEAH, I AGREE.
I ACTUALLY GOT DISNEY PLUS RECENTLY, AND I WATCHED FROM -- I WATCHED ALL THE ADVENTURES MOVIES.
SO, THAT WAS REALLY FUN.
I´M GOING TO GO OVER TO KADEN AND CAN HIM WHAT WERE HIS FAVORITE SHOWS AND MOVIES.
>> I MEAN, I FEEL LIKE -- WELL, BEFORE I ANSWER THAT AWARD-WINNING QUESTION, I FEEL LIKE EVERYBODY HAS ALREADY STATED.
STREAMING -- THE STREAMING PLATFORMS LIKE DISNEY PLUS, DISCOVERY PLUS, HULU, NETFLIX, I FEEL LIKE CABLE HAS GONE A LITTLE OBSOLETE IN SOME SENSE.
I FEEL LIKE DURING THIS QUARANTINE -- I DON´T KNOW.
MAYBE I´M JUST SPEAKING FOR MYSELF.
BUT THERE´S A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE JUST STARTED WATCHING, YOU KNOW, AT-HOME STREAMING SERVICES.
ME IN GENERAL, I FEEL LIKE HULU´S THE BEST.
COME AT ME IF YOU WANT.
BUT THAT´S JUST HOW I BELIEVE.
AND ME AND -- I WILL SAY I KNOW FOR A FACT THAT ME AND MY FRIEND WHO IS ALSO ON THE SHOW, WE GOT TO WATCH A SHOW TOGETHER, GREAT SHOW.
I RECOMMEND YOU WATCHING IT.
>> I´VE GOT TO AGREE WITH IT.
THAT´S PRETTY EXQUISITE.
I WANT TO GO AND ASK -- SINCE WE WERE TALKING ABOUT SHOWS AND STREAMING AND STUFF, I WANT TO KNOW WHAT WAS YOUR FAVORITE SONG OR ALBUM OF THE YEAR -- OR OF 2020.
>> I´VE GOT TO START OFF BY SAYING THAT I AM DRAKE´S BIGGEST FAN.
DRAKE, IF YOU´RE WATCHING THIS, IT´S ME.
YOU FOUND ME.
UNFORTUNATELY HE ONLY RELEASED A MIXED TAPE THIS YEAR.
BUT WE´VE GOT "CERTIFIED LOVER BOY" COMING OUT IN JANUARY.
I WOULD SAY MY FAVORITE ALBUM CAME OUT FROM JADEN SMITH, "COOL TAKES VOLUME 3."
TOTAL BEATLES AND KIND OF SPACEY EMPTY MUSIC THAT´S JUST LIKE MIXED WITH HIS STYLE OF HIP HOP AND RAP THAT I JUST LISTENED TO FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR TO THE END.
THAT´S PROBABLY MY FAVORITE ALBUM OF THIS YEAR.
OR "CIRCLES" BY MAC MILLERS.
>> OKAY.
SASHI, WHAT WERE YOUR FAVORITE SONGS?
>> EVERYTHING ELSE PUT OUT.
THAT SONG WAS ON REPEAT ALL YEAR LONG.
I´M STILL NOT SICK OF IT.
SO, SHOUT OUT J. COLE AND SHOUT OUT HARRY STEILS FOR GETTING ME THROUGH LAST YEAR.
>> OKAY.
>> PROBABLY ANYTHING POLAR DEAR RELEASED THIS YEAR.
PROBABLY THE GOAL -- "MY TURN" BY LITTLE BABY, ANYTHING PUT OUT THIS YEAR.
>> YEAH, YEAH.
SO, WE´VE GOT GOOD, BAD, MOSTLY.
BUT NOW I WANT TO GO TO 2021.
THE BEGINNING OF 2021, IT´S INTERESTING SO FAR.
SO, WHAT WERE YOUR TAKES ON WHAT´S BEEN HAPPENING IN THE BEGINNING OF JANUARY FOR CAPITOL HILL?
SASHI?
>> HONESTLY I THINK IT´S REALLY EMBARRASSING.
I THINK BECAUSE THEY´RE AMERICANS, IT REFLECTS POORLY ON ALL AMERICANS.
AND JUST THE BLATANT RACISM ALONE OF WHAT TRANSPIRED EARLIER, SEEING THAT IT TOOK THEM FOUR HOURS TO SECURE THE BUILDING WHEN THAT´S SUPPOSED TO BE THE MOST SECURED BUILDING IN THE UNITED STATES OR ONE OF THEM.
I KNOW WHEN FIN AND I WENT TO THE CAPITOL, IT TOOK US LIKE HALF AN HOUR TO 45 MINUTES OF SECURITY JUST TO GET THROUGH.
AND YOU´RE SEEING THAT DURING THE BLACK LIVES MATTER PROTESTS LAST SUMMER, YOU KNOW, THE STEPS OF CAPITOL WERE LINED WITH NATIONAL GUARD.
WHAT HAPPENED EARLIER THIS MONTH, IT TOOK SO LONG FOR THEM TO SECURE THAT BUILDING, ESPECIALLY WITH SENATORS INSIDE.
I SEE PEOPLE COMPARING THE TWO.
IT´S HEARTBREAKING THAT YOU´RE CITING A MOVEMENT THAT´S TO SAVE PEOPLE´S LIVES FOR A TEMPER TANTRUM FROM A GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO CAN´T ACCEPT A LOSS.
>> YEAH, IT´S ROUGH.
FIN.
>> THIS IS EXTREMELY, EXTREMELY EMBARRASSING AND DISGRACEFUL AND UN-AMERICAN.
WE SAW DOMESTIC TERRORISM HAPPENING ON THE CITADEL OF DEMOCRACY IN THE UNITED STATES, THE OLDEST DEMOCRACY IN THE ENTIRE WORLD, THE FLAMES OF WHICH BEING PERPETRATED AND FANNED ON BY THE VERY PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, ONE OF IF NOT THE MOST IMPORTANT MEN IN THE ENTIRE WORLD.
ABSOLUTELY DISGRACEFUL AND UN-AMERICAN, HIS ACTIONS THESE LAST FEW DAYS.
BUT HONESTLY THESE LAST FOUR YEARS, LET´S BE HONEST.
I CONDEMN IT IN THE POSSIBLE SENSE OF THE WORLD AND I THINK THAT SOCHI BRINGS UP THE AMAZING POINT WITH THE DIFFERENCE IN HOW THE POLICE RESPONDED AND EVEN WERE PREPARED FOR THE ATTACK ON THE CAPITOL VERSUS PEACEFUL PROTESTING AND THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THOSE VERY MOTIVES OF THOSE GROUPS.
>> YEAH, IT´S REALLY SADDENING TO SEE.
AND YOU KNOW, THERE WAS -- I WAS LOOKING AT FOX NEWS AND THEY WERE LIKE, NO, IT´S NOT RACIST.
BUT THEN YOU SEE A PERSON HAVING A CONFEDERATE FLAG IN THE BUILDING.
OH, I DON´T KNOW.
SO, SOCHI, I DON´T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ON THAT.
>> SO, EVEN IN THE CIVIL WAR THE CONFEDERATE FLAG NEVER MADE IT INTO THE CAPITOL.
AND THAT FLAG IS ASSOCIATED WITH SO MUCH HATRED BECAUSE IT STEMS FROM HATRED.
AND YOU KNOW, THAT JUST KIND OF PROVES THAT THEIR MOTIVES ALONE WERE RACIST OR HAD TIES TO RACISM AND WHITE SUPREMACY.
SEEING THE KKKs FLAG IN THERE.
CLAIMING TO BE AMERICAN PATRIOTS.
ALL OF THAT´S REALLY DISHEARTENING.
AND OUR PRESIDENT RESPONDING WITH, YOU KNOW, YOU´RE VERY PATRIOTIC PEOPLE, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH, WE LOVE YOU, BUT IT´S TIME TO GO HOME, AFTER, YOU KNOW, CLAIMING IT WAS A FRAUDULENT ELECTION WHICH HAS BEEN PROVEN SO MANY TIMES.
IT´S A DISGUSTING WAY TO HANDLE THAT.
I DON´T KNOW HOW TO PUT THAT INTO BETTER WORDS, I´M SORRY.
BUT THAT´S JUST HOW I PERSONALLY FEEL.
>> YEAH, 2020 AND 2021, IT´S LOOKING A LITTLE SCARY.
SO, NOW THAT WE´VE LOOKED BACK FROM THE LAST 12 YEARS -- I MEAN, LAST 12 MONTHS -- THE "GRAFFITI STREET," WE WISH FOR THE SUCCESS OF HOPEFULLY THIS YEAR.
AND NOW THAT WE´VE LOOKED AT THE HOPES, THE GOALS, THE RESOLUTIONS AND WISHES AND CONTINGENCY PLANS, I HOPE TO SEE YOU GUYS NEXT TIME.
BYE.
♫♫ ♫♫ >> I DON´T BELIEVE IN A PLACE, HEAVEN AND HELL.
I BELIEVE IN ENERGY.
>> SO, YOU PLUG IN YOUR CRISCO AND CHARGE BUTTER?
>> DID YOU JUST SAY PLUG THEM IN?
YOU´VE GOT TO CHARGE THE CRISCO, RIGHT?
>> SOMEBODY GETTING MARRIED, I´M NOT LIKE OH, THE CHURCH.
NO, I WOULD GO TO CHURCH.
>> IF I DIE, NO, MAYBE I GO BACK TO MY PRIME LIKE 22.
>> IT CREATES SEPARATION.
IT CREATES DIVISION.
>> SATURDAYS, GOD SAID WE NEED TO KEEP THE SABBATH THE 7th DAY OF THE WEEK, SATURDAY.
I THINK IF HE KNOWS US AND HE KNOWS WHAT I AM GOING TO DO EVEN IF I DON´T KNOW WHAT I´M GOING TO DO WHEN I HAVE CHOICES, THEN HOW CAN I BE PUNISHED FOR HOW I AM MADE?
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