Keith Sweat missed the signing
7:40A 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.
Transcript
126 linesRight now, the nephew is in the building with today's prank phone call.
What you got for us, Nev?
Classics here
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
Let's sweat it up. Let's go
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
Hey, man. Wow, this what okay? Hey
Mr. Keith, we got we got people down here. You're supposed to be here at that record store, man
Right here Harlem and we got people wrapped around the building
man but there's been over hours people been standing here waiting on y'all yo man I don't
know nothing about no record store and uh and number two I don't know nothing about doing no
signing man who set this up man I don't know I mean the name I was given was Manny who was who
was Manny Manny my road manager but he don't set things up man he's a road manager he's not my
manager he just handed my stuff on the road but I was never told I was supposed to be nowhere to do
I booked what I'm supposed to do, so I don't know nothing about this, my brother.
Okay, well, you know, we got to get this taken care of.
We got people wrapped around the building.
We got a table here laid out.
We got pens and everything for you to sign these CDs, man.
We got over 100 people outside the store.
My brother, nobody told me about no signings or no nothing, man.
I mean, I don't know nothing about no signing, for real.
Okay, well, are you hearing what I'm saying to you, man?
Now what I'm supposed to tell these people I don't know what you supposed to tell them man
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
I don't know even know who you are calling me like this. I told you man. I just said nothing up man
And you know, I mean, I don't even know who gave you my number, you know, I'm saying so
I mean, I don't handle all this information was on the fax machine. I got this as a contact number
Manny is the person I'm supposed to be talking to and mr. Sweat was supposed to arrive here at 12 noon
120 man and you ain't here and we got people wrapped around the building we've been advertising
this for the last two weeks I mean the album dropped today I don't think you I mean no
disrespect to you but I don't think you hear me man I I don't know nothing about a signing if I
knew about a signing or I knew I had a sign and said that I wouldn't have people sitting around
or standing around like that that's not what I do but no one informed me that nothing like this was
People are here waiting. What are you gonna do? What I'm supposed to tell them man
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
I mean, you don't need to get so bad
Try to get yourself down
I mean, you know, what did you just say? Yeah, I think you just called me. I'm a name or something man
What did you just say to me man? No, no, no
I'm saying I'm saying you need to try and come on down and sign
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
People all wrapped all around the building. He don't care. Yo, yo, dude. I didn't say I didn't care
I said there's nothing I could do. I didn't say that man. Don't put words in my mouth, my brother
What do you want me to do? All you gotta do is reschedule it for another time, man. That's what you do
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
Cause you're not here. Okay. Now, whoever Manny, Manny needs his a** whooped, man. He done
I don't know nothing about that, man. I ain't got nothing to do with that, man
about that. You know, I'll call Manny
and I'll ask him who said it, because
I don't do things unless I know where it's coming
from. There ain't no way you can get your
you can get yourself down here.
First of all, man, you don't talk to me like
I'm your child, man. You keep saying
there's no way I can get my, you know,
back up on what you're saying.
Hey, man, we're having a problem. This is supposed to be
one of the biggest days of our record store. We got
your CD on every shelf, and you
just so calmed and collected
like it's not a problem with you. No, no, what I'm supposed
to do, man, when I didn't know nothing about it, I understand
The problem is the problem because it made me look like I'm a no-show, but dude, I'm telling you again
I knew nothing about this man
Take all his damn CDs off the shelf
Yo, yo, I don't know what you talking about man you losing your darn mind right now, man
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
Don't now I still reschedule the situation man, you know tomorrow the day
Wait, wait, wait.
Sound like you raising your voice at me.
I ain't raising my voice, man, because now you disrespect me.
You don't call my phone going off like I'm somebody's child, like I'm your child, dude.
You don't talk to me like that, man.
Come on.
So you can't stop what you're doing and bring your butt down here to the record store
so we think people won't be different?
No, I can't stop what I'm doing.
No, no, no, no.
I can't stop what I'm doing, man.
So what you're doing right now that's so important, you can't come?
Man, it ain't none of your business what I'm doing right now, dude.
I'm saying I knew nothing about this, man.
And forth with you like like like I gotta explain to you why I gotta start what I'm doing to come down there
I knew nothing about it. It's not my fault, dude
You need to take this up with somebody who scheduled this because I didn't schedule it
There's a right and a wrong way to look right in the wrong way to do somebody. Mr. Sweat. Oh, man. Come on
Now you be signing up my songs man. Come on, man
Everybody in the line, mr. Sweat don't want to come
I don't want to stand up and be the celebrity that you're supposed to be.
Man, okay, you know what, man?
You do what you got to do, man.
At this point, you do what you got to do, man.
Yo, who am I talking to anyway?
That's Raheem, man.
Raheem?
Raheem.
I work here at the store.
Okay, well, I'll see you, Raheem.
You go ahead and do what you get ready to do, and I'll come and see you, dude.
What you mean you're going to see me?
What that mean?
I'll see you.
I'll see you.
Yeah, I'll see you.
That's what it mean, I'll see you.
Okay, because the bottom line is, man, Tommy said you was going to come.
He the one said you was going to
Tommy who now you Raheem Tommy who the who the hell is the Tommy Tommy man nephew Tommy
from the Steve Harvey morning show swear I got you boy man you know what
man y'all tripping boy for real hey you you you don't even understand what you give me makes me
Better do than call me and mess with me, man
I knew the album was dropping, man
I said, I'm getting in the day
You good?
Yeah, I'm good, man
I'm good, man
Boy, you crazy, boy
Man, let me get off this phone, man
Y'all do what you want
Boy, you don't even understand
I swear, man, I had to get you, dog
Look here, you know, I know you got your show
But you got to tell me what is the baddest radio show in the morning
The Steve Harvey Morning Show, man
Get off my phone next time