Charlamagne and Raekwon Thank Dupré Kelly for helping cut through the legal tape

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They thanked Councilman Dupré Kelly, aka DoItAll of rap group Lords Of The Underground, for helping cut through the legal tape ... he went from "Chief Rocka" to chief legislator, and uplifting underserved portions of the community is his goal.

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00:00I was at one of P. Diddy's freak-offs.

00:03Freak-offs.

00:04You saw celebrities there that you recognized.

00:07Mm-hmm.

00:08It was a rapper that we all know.

00:11Straight-up porn directed by Diddy.

00:13We're just grateful to have him.

00:17Is this like a full-circle moment of you actually having this in Jersey?

00:21I won't let my father talk about that one.

00:23Oh, no. What's up?

00:24Makari Sellers, happy to be back with Charlamagne.

00:26Yes.

00:27Definitely full-circle moment, happy to be in Newark.

00:29Too many black men are locked up for marijuana while we're out here just trying to make a business out of it.

00:33So why do you think Florida keeps voting against weed when it can help their economy?

00:38We gotta show up and show out.

00:40We gotta say it down south where me and Charlamagne are from, and I'm sure they say it up here, too,

00:44that if you don't have a seat at the table, you're on the menu.

00:46So we gotta make sure that we got a seat at the table.

00:48And by being small business owners, by being a part of the community, we now have a seat at the table.

00:52When you look around, this is what America looks like.

00:55And we're not just in the C-suites, we're right here on the ground floor, too.

00:58And we got the councilman in the building.

01:00Oh, we love that.

01:01Hip-hop's very own first councilman, Mr. Dew, a.k.a. Mr. Kelly, the councilman.

01:05That's right.

01:06He got us in this position right here.

01:08It's an honor, bro.

01:09Yeah, it's an honor to have you guys.

01:10Thank you, thank you.

01:12You know, I'm the first black and southern hip-hop artist ever to win an elected official seat in America.

01:17But not just that, this is what you do.

01:20You bring the culture together, and you do business on the municipal levels that go to the state level,

01:25that go to the federal level, and it looks like this.

01:28That's story.

01:29Last, last, last.

01:30What is your favorite rap song about weed?

01:33About pumping, smoking?

01:34Oh, it's easy.

01:35That's a man in red, man.

01:37That's a man in red.

01:38Come here, we got you.

01:39We got you.

01:40Cream it, cream it.

01:41I'd rather not kiss the sky.

01:44And to the older people, we love y'all.

01:46Come in.

01:47Y'all welcome.

01:48This is not no, you know, recreational thing.

01:50It's about healing.

01:51It's about making sure at the end of the day that we can help your body,

01:54your mind, your spirit.

01:56Come on in.

01:57We want to talk to you.

01:58We want to see you.

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