Keith Sweat missed the signing

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A record-store worker tells Keith Sweat that fans are wrapped around the building for a signing he never booked. Sweat refuses to be talked to like a child and says he will see Raheem, who admits Tommy set the no-show up.

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Speaker 1

Right now, the nephew is in the building with today's prank phone call.

Speaker 1

What you got for us, Nev?

Speaker 2

Classics here

Speaker 2

Then the name and the name of the prank is Q sweat. That's what it's got. Let's go keep sweat cat dog

Speaker 2

Let's sweat it up. Let's go

Speaker 3

Hello, I'm trying to reach Manny's is Manny. No, I'm the same Manny man. This sweat. Who's this man? Hey, that's right

Speaker 4

Hey, man. Wow, this what okay? Hey

Speaker 4

Mr. Keith, we got we got people down here. You're supposed to be here at that record store, man

Speaker 4

Right here Harlem and we got people wrapped around the building

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man but there's been over hours people been standing here waiting on y'all yo man I don't

Speaker 3

know nothing about no record store and uh and number two I don't know nothing about doing no

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signing man who set this up man I don't know I mean the name I was given was Manny who was who

Speaker 3

was Manny Manny my road manager but he don't set things up man he's a road manager he's not my

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manager he just handed my stuff on the road but I was never told I was supposed to be nowhere to do

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I booked what I'm supposed to do, so I don't know nothing about this, my brother.

Speaker 4

Okay, well, you know, we got to get this taken care of.

Speaker 4

We got people wrapped around the building.

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We got a table here laid out.

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We got pens and everything for you to sign these CDs, man.

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We got over 100 people outside the store.

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My brother, nobody told me about no signings or no nothing, man.

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I mean, I don't know nothing about no signing, for real.

Speaker 4

Okay, well, are you hearing what I'm saying to you, man?

Speaker 3

Now what I'm supposed to tell these people I don't know what you supposed to tell them man

Speaker 3

I mean, you know, and it's kind of like you're raising your voice do it. I don't I don't I first of all

Speaker 3

I don't know even know who you are calling me like this. I told you man. I just said nothing up man

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And you know, I mean, I don't even know who gave you my number, you know, I'm saying so

Speaker 4

I mean, I don't handle all this information was on the fax machine. I got this as a contact number

Speaker 4

Manny is the person I'm supposed to be talking to and mr. Sweat was supposed to arrive here at 12 noon

Speaker 4

120 man and you ain't here and we got people wrapped around the building we've been advertising

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this for the last two weeks I mean the album dropped today I don't think you I mean no

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disrespect to you but I don't think you hear me man I I don't know nothing about a signing if I

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knew about a signing or I knew I had a sign and said that I wouldn't have people sitting around

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or standing around like that that's not what I do but no one informed me that nothing like this was

Speaker 4

People are here waiting. What are you gonna do? What I'm supposed to tell them man

Speaker 3

There's no way in the world. I can get down there and do a sign and at this time late time right now, man

Speaker 4

I mean, you don't need to get so bad

Speaker 4

Try to get yourself down

Speaker 3

I mean, you know, what did you just say? Yeah, I think you just called me. I'm a name or something man

Speaker 3

What did you just say to me man? No, no, no

Speaker 4

I'm saying I'm saying you need to try and come on down and sign

Speaker 3

I'm feeling you and I understand now I understand what you're saying to me but there's no way I can get down there man we you just gonna have to reschedule it so we gonna have to reschedule this I apologize for the you know misunderstanding but bottom line is I knew nothing about it

Speaker 4

People all wrapped all around the building. He don't care. Yo, yo, dude. I didn't say I didn't care

Speaker 3

I said there's nothing I could do. I didn't say that man. Don't put words in my mouth, my brother

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What do you want me to do? All you gotta do is reschedule it for another time, man. That's what you do

Speaker 4

Hold on, man. I'm talking to my boss. I'm trying to figure out how to get we got people finna get mad man

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Cause you're not here. Okay. Now, whoever Manny, Manny needs his a** whooped, man. He done

Speaker 3

I don't know nothing about that, man. I ain't got nothing to do with that, man

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about that. You know, I'll call Manny

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and I'll ask him who said it, because

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I don't do things unless I know where it's coming

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from. There ain't no way you can get your

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you can get yourself down here.

Speaker 3

First of all, man, you don't talk to me like

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I'm your child, man. You keep saying

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there's no way I can get my, you know,

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back up on what you're saying.

Speaker 4

Hey, man, we're having a problem. This is supposed to be

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one of the biggest days of our record store. We got

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your CD on every shelf, and you

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just so calmed and collected

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like it's not a problem with you. No, no, what I'm supposed

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to do, man, when I didn't know nothing about it, I understand

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The problem is the problem because it made me look like I'm a no-show, but dude, I'm telling you again

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I knew nothing about this man

Speaker 4

Take all his damn CDs off the shelf

Speaker 3

Yo, yo, I don't know what you talking about man you losing your darn mind right now, man

Speaker 3

I'm not trying to disrespect you dude, but you really losing your mind right now. You doing something you ain't got no business

Speaker 3

Don't now I still reschedule the situation man, you know tomorrow the day

Speaker 4

Wait, wait, wait.

Speaker 4

Sound like you raising your voice at me.

Speaker 3

I ain't raising my voice, man, because now you disrespect me.

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You don't call my phone going off like I'm somebody's child, like I'm your child, dude.

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You don't talk to me like that, man.

Speaker 4

Come on.

Speaker 4

So you can't stop what you're doing and bring your butt down here to the record store

Speaker 3

so we think people won't be different?

Speaker 3

No, I can't stop what I'm doing.

Speaker 3

No, no, no, no.

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I can't stop what I'm doing, man.

Speaker 4

So what you're doing right now that's so important, you can't come?

Speaker 3

Man, it ain't none of your business what I'm doing right now, dude.

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I'm saying I knew nothing about this, man.

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And forth with you like like like I gotta explain to you why I gotta start what I'm doing to come down there

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I knew nothing about it. It's not my fault, dude

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You need to take this up with somebody who scheduled this because I didn't schedule it

Speaker 4

There's a right and a wrong way to look right in the wrong way to do somebody. Mr. Sweat. Oh, man. Come on

Speaker 3

Now you be signing up my songs man. Come on, man

Speaker 4

Everybody in the line, mr. Sweat don't want to come

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I don't want to stand up and be the celebrity that you're supposed to be.

Speaker 3

Man, okay, you know what, man?

Speaker 3

You do what you got to do, man.

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At this point, you do what you got to do, man.

Speaker 3

Yo, who am I talking to anyway?

Speaker 4

That's Raheem, man.

Speaker 3

Raheem?

Speaker 4

Raheem.

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I work here at the store.

Speaker 3

Okay, well, I'll see you, Raheem.

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You go ahead and do what you get ready to do, and I'll come and see you, dude.

Speaker 4

What you mean you're going to see me?

Speaker 4

What that mean?

Speaker 3

I'll see you.

Speaker 3

I'll see you.

Speaker 3

Yeah, I'll see you.

Speaker 3

That's what it mean, I'll see you.

Speaker 4

Okay, because the bottom line is, man, Tommy said you was going to come.

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He the one said you was going to

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Tommy who now you Raheem Tommy who the who the hell is the Tommy Tommy man nephew Tommy

Speaker 4

from the Steve Harvey morning show swear I got you boy man you know what

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man y'all tripping boy for real hey you you you don't even understand what you give me makes me

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Better do than call me and mess with me, man

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I knew the album was dropping, man

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I said, I'm getting in the day

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You good?

Speaker 3

Yeah, I'm good, man

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I'm good, man

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Boy, you crazy, boy

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Man, let me get off this phone, man

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Y'all do what you want

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Boy, you don't even understand

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I swear, man, I had to get you, dog

Speaker 4

Look here, you know, I know you got your show

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But you got to tell me what is the baddest radio show in the morning

Speaker 3

The Steve Harvey Morning Show, man

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Get off my phone next time