Deon Cole talks 'Black-ish' legacy, 'Average Joe' Season 2, Hollywood politics & NEW movie with Adam Sandler & Chris Rock

Deon Cole (0:00)

Shooting this movie right now with Adam Sandler, Chris Rock, Maya Rudolph.

Fat Joe (0:05)

You made it, Don, you made it, cause they always got the same in their crew.

Deon Cole (0:09)

Right?

Fat Joe (0:10)

They bring an old nigger back off the respirator. There's a fat that's always down in the Adam Sandler.

Jadakiss (0:16)

He got his whole crew that he always used.

Fat Joe (0:18)

The whole crew, they all down, so you made it in. You're like the Illuminati of Adam Sandler.

Yo, yo, this is Joe Crack the Dawn.

Jadakiss (0:42)

You know who it is, your boy Jada.

Joe and Jada show every show legendary, every show iconic. And we keep giving you more.

Fat Joe (0:53)

Re-li-verate, su-de-com-de-do-da. What's the shit you say?

Jadakiss (0:57)

Summa cum-lari.

Fat Joe (0:58)

A su-de-cum-lari to your ass.

Jadakiss (1:02)

When you rewind, you find there's more to find.

Fat Joe (1:05)

Yeah. That boy talking that shit.

Jadakiss (1:09)

You know what I mean?

Check it out. When you think about today's guest, think about somebody who didn't wait for the industry to tell him where he fits in. He made his own space.

Fat Joe (1:22)

Very important.

Jadakiss (1:23)

Chicago bread. Funny without forcing it. Slick with the observations. Sharp enough to turn real life situations into moments everybody can recognize. He went from developing his voice in comedy to writing, acting and becoming part of some of the culture's biggest television conversations, from working alongside Kenya Barris and helping bring Black-ish to life, to standing out on screen and grown-ish, to leading his own series in Average Joe.

His brother has shown that this funny guy can also be the writer, the actor, the creator and the businessman. Joe and Jada, we got Deon Cole in the building!

Deon Cole (2:26)

Hell of a fucking intro.

Jadakiss (2:27)

I don't know how we left out. He's getting a hell of a lot of money from Old Spice.

Fat Joe (2:33)

That's what I told my family today. They was like, who you got Deon Cole?

Deon Cole (2:36)

Who's that?

SPEAKER_4 (2:37)

I said the Old Spice guy.

Jadakiss (2:38)

The getting a hell of a lot of money from Old Spice.

Fat Joe (2:41)

The funny as. The Old Spice guy, y'all Deon. What's up, brother?

Deon Cole (2:46)

Tell it, man.

Fat Joe (2:47)

You know, I love that he said that you did it your own way. The problem I got, the biggest problem I got with Hollywood is like everything takes too long. And man, how many fucking meetings, before you land the show, how many dinners and lunches and walking through the office you got to do out there?

Deon Cole (3:08)

I stopped doing that a little long time ago.

SPEAKER_5 (3:11)

It wasn't going nowhere.

Deon Cole (3:13)

It wasn't going nowhere.

Fat Joe (3:14)

That shit don't work, right?

Deon Cole (3:16)

Man, gas money.

That's all it is. You go over there, you meet, chop, chop, chop, chop.

Fat Joe (3:22)

Party rap.

Deon Cole (3:23)

Yeah, it don't make sense. Then after the pandemic, you really don't have to meet with nobody after that. You know, it was like more like, you know, you just Zoom and all that. So I kept it at the Zoom.

Fat Joe (3:37)

I might have had 10,000 meetings, no dice. I ain't get a dollar in Hollywood yet. Joe, let's go to dinner. They have four friends that just only wanted to meet Fat Joe.

Deon Cole (3:50)

sitting in there.

Fat Joe (3:50)

Hey, yo, crack. What's up? House Kiss. My nigga, where's the series?

Deon Cole (3:58)

That's what I'm saying.

Jadakiss (3:59)

House Kiss. My, where's the series?

Deon Cole (4:02)

The series.

Fat Joe (4:03)

What are we talking about?

Deon Cole (4:05)

That's how I slide, though. Like, we gotta break bread, then we kick it.

Fat Joe (4:09)

Yeah, because it's like you even make your money in Hollywood, or you not, right?

SPEAKER_4 (4:16)

Yes.

Fat Joe (4:16)

Because my SAG checks come $1.22. What's the foot? Shit's out.

SPEAKER_4 (4:22)

I got my SAG checks. They come up and be like, oh shit, they the last with checks.

Fat Joe (4:27)

SAG's is the last thing to send you checks. Everybody else send you a wife.

SPEAKER_4 (4:31)

I see them there, I open them up.

SPEAKER_5 (4:34)

I'm like, how much?

Fat Joe (4:35)

$2.16 for Scary Movie 3 Oh wow, we still making money for Scary Movie 3? I said, this shit can't even buy bread.

Deon Cole (4:46)

One time, one time I got one dog for one cent, dog. And I was like, this paper cost more than a check.