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2018-12-03

Trevor travels to Johannesburg, South Africa, where he reminisces with his beloved grandmother and talks to Usher about the 2018 Global Citizen Festival.

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that we're going to have a different kind of show tonight you see a while ago the global Citizens Festival came to me and said that they are hosting a concert in my home country, South Africa. That's what's behind me in honor of Nelson Mandela's 100th birthday and they wanted to know. If I could host the concert- and I was like flying sixteen hours to go for a clear answer for, but they ve got was dead and then they were like all. Ok. Well, thanks for not coming beyond, it was coming, so we thought maybe you'd come and then I was like as I said- I would love to host this fast today. I can't wait to celebrate the Manila saying or whatever you said so. I went down to South Africa this weekend and host of the festival, and I thought I might as well show all of you where I'm from so you can see some of the South Africa that I know, and I can also deduct the trip as a expense so hope you enjoy
These are the two thousand eighty one job, our South Africa S, virginal Levin zone of the daily show with criminal zone deportation at its first things. First, when are you coming to an african persons house you greets salmon do greets. Google Go go: go, go, go, go, go. How are you go? Can can we come in I've got I've got some camera people go, we find to come in. If you say no, it's fine! Ok! Ok! although I want to welcome you to my show- and I want to introduce you to some
friends in my view, is brought them to South Africa. To show them what it's like. So they said because I'm coming, they want to meet you and they want me to ask you questions about my life. You one of my king. I only do is central to this document. I envy, yes got every morning kind of to never how do you know ninety one one nine months It's a ninety one. No you can't months. We have because the content, but if it be stadium is celebrating one hundred years of Nelson Mandela mighty. What was that? first thing you remember about Nelson Mandela, who has just that I welcome Why, because
We have not seen a black man who was an attorney. We were not allowed nothing teaching policemen for blackmail, first, I thought it was a wonder even for my team for young people, it's very hard for them to understand how scary it was. A black person living in South Africa during that time, but everybody was scared of the police from whence he came. Every link then look at three in my bodies. We used to politics taxi dress, up, let's go into is important or loathing you see what goes like this. There are many of those police remind my grandmother, I hope you happy.
Pretty memories of flying squat into my house. There are some people who say now, because some people don't have jobs and because it's tough in South Africa It would be better to go back to about no, no thank you. It would be better. Why not only the logic of that date there was something you mean. Do you know what it's like to dig for potatoes with your hands in the funds O p and then, if one of these people waking, he gave them up, and you still blunt
get out of that someone you digging for potatoes with your hands and if somebody dies from exhaustion next to you dig a hole you put them in that whole and then you carry on digging those potatoes. What what was my contribution? How was was fighting about it, not knowing you can help to fight a party at all and I was enough- I google- I wasn't when you leave me here- Give you a tumble because we wanted to brave the street and are you the plane spotters going to taking. So if I was playing in the street, the police will have arrested. You know the case. Never knew what your workmen life
so they thought I was right Thank you you awake no way they can run away from me, but why did wrong faster? They see a white men in them, You saw him. This was white, while I feel some special Malcolm to know. There was a time that I was right. How was I when this was happening grocery three years old, was a very good looking baby, I'm sure any chance he can't read, but mostly good, looking yeah sure when I was here with you, what did you do when I was naughty? Those beef say? No,
Who was not a meal memo? You have both you'd, never Turpitudes elected Lou. She did what you wanted to do and Let's go get him week, you know how much is yeah yeah we're gonna go up, should judge not give way to reach the challenging the rope. Is it so she was not only a black person in a job like people were supposed to be in, but she was a manager of white people. To help, but how did they allow that How do I know I am also a manager of white people go unbelievable. It comes it comes from my mother, cocoa.
Do not manage to avoid people go, I'm telling you go the white people work for me. It's a pity, but I do wish to see we use the flooding over their lackeys. Note. What have you ever watched? danger and you think, I'm shooting. No how'd. You know
what an idea if you re lucky shouts and adjusted will, from my grand said she doesnt watch my show, because sometimes the electricity cuts out, which is a very plausible excuse in the nice way to let your grandson down night. You look like my friend said. Yes, I do. We feel we had no little noise this is. I didn't expect that answers. It's a good answer, Google. So we must make sure that you have a generators. You can watch my shoe and then, if we do from bundle generate who fits the generator? Ok, I must get someone to fit the generator, also ok, an Emerald Isle moves your park, another question on an almost also fixed, the cable. Ok, I feel, like I've, been tricked into doing a lot of things for you to watch. My tv show up
While this place, I mean among you for having Escobar and thank you for letting me bring these cameras and thank you for sharing these stories with my friends and thank you for being amazing. Virtual, maybe friends have brought to many friends. You guys must leave, we'll do I back the word for this by against comes from see. You knew, I guess, theories created by Johnson and Johnson and the American Nurses Association, nurses are closest to the suffering: climate change, violence, allergies, the gaps and care. What's her home life, what do you have to go. They see where things fall apart, social isolation and loneliness?
and the risk of being alone at an older age is pretty high and in addition, having that inside around where it's not working. They frequently have a really. Good idea about what a solution might look like, I'm sure about Butler I'm, a nurse economist and health tech, specialist and I am so excited to share the stories of nurse. Let innovations that are changing the healthcare game with see you now download and subscribe to see you now, wherever you get pod. Increasing the global citizens must do in South Africa. I found some time to sit down with one of the best artists about generation. So here's my comments and with a welcome home,
welcome to my home good, to see you back again. You mean to South Africa more than most american artists have. Does the country have a special place for you I got a mean Africa in itself has a special place for any person who is trying to identify the reality that we all come from here right, don't necessarily know which parliament we go for right, great armies, I'm here I will try to go back and I don't know introduced. Such new culture going places meet new people. Finding things I really do feel at home, not just because I'm in Africa, but because he will go citizen friendly, you been with global citizen a longer than most people. Have you ve been an ambassador for a long time. You know you ve been part of what they doing in and around the globe and a lot of people don't know that Usher has been involved in all of the projects to be involved in how do you get involved with global citizen and what can- with you why I have always felt like I was a global susan before I knew what global Susan was right about.
And the idea of utilizing in you have is an attain. I had an opportunity via either advocate for people who don't so we have what they need. That's always been a part of wire, it became part of who am or was as a result of hanging out with Quincy Jos, nice, like it not to sell records in in I'll. Be have renown happy songs. But what do you do? What do you are that helps that helps the people right? You know what philanthropic ever see you have signed started. My new look foundation and use later. People like this organization and Hugh. I Evans, reached out to me and want me to be a part. Of an amazing of it on the more in They see in your my foot. I had a broad programme for their folly of pictures. Originally came up. With the glad the golden crown. Do as I do yeah man, I mean it
were global citizens is about, is what I think is a navy the responsibility at all, in a should recognise that they have you, you talk You found, and I won't I didn't know how young you were when you started your foundation. I didn't know how deep and you were I mean you know of Russia? You know the sing I knew I should performer, but I didn't know of Russia. The person is trying to build a community. Tell me about it. You look foundation that has a very specific cause here, a very specific target and you ve been successfully achieving them. Was successes is relative. Did the idea Is Five hundred and one c, three don't function by themselves. What is people you know are donating and also to show support for what we doing and greater, but the efforts of being able to give kids real. You know, opera,
He is we're really stars for me. Is that one or two things it makes me laugh. Somebody believed in me. Somebody gave me an opportunity to note it. There was more in my environment that was waiting for me. So that's what the new look, A has done, and I really do have to thank my mother because starting at a young age. You know at the guy a lot of things like make a wish foundation stuff that way, eventually cyclist on a foundation of your own, and what would you wanted to be created around right Those are she helped me bring that a wishing so now Eighteen years later, still doing it and loving it s, an amazing board, an amazing opportunity we changed the idea, really be the reference that talk about one thing to say a donate, but you don't know where the money goes. If you don't understand, I haven't reference of what it looks like it The cadmium is it, you know, is it a workshop is something peer to peer training, those type of things I think big.
To become the reference of what I'm talking about what the new Look foundation represents? So Asha is twenty years old he's working on his music career. His mom said to him? You want to get involved in something greater than yourself use. The kids were in court. You. She kids, who may have to spend most of their life behind bars This connects with you and you create an organization that aims to change that. Did it connect with you, because you still kids who look like you? They were your age. They, like your life, could have gone completely different way with the something about that. I think that was the beginning of and I say right now, a Monday unable to understand that is somewhat of a trap right, that is, the chicken down effect of wood. Mass incarceration is about right? I mean, if you are profound, if you do not understand, how to see your way out of the reality of the means.
You feel like you're, subject to you'll, get lost ultimately wanted to give kids a new look on like the world experiences. Have people like yourself come in talk about where you came from how you found your spark and in what you ultimately do, to gain or right when you look at, America's going through now. You know it feels like the issues that America Head and then a new path. And came in, and some of the issues seem to go away. The media's, but they haven't really gone away mission for the black community in the United States. Your foundation speaks to an idea that many people feel is corn. That is
getting kids into spaces where they have the best chance of not being profile. They have the best chance of not falling into a trap, but the truth is we ve seen time and time again that at the end of the day, part of the trap is just the color of your skin. When you talk to these kids, when you engage with them is, is there is there a thing that you have inside of? You is the idea that you have we, you have a fear for them as well. I don't speak to the fear. I think I speak more to the pride of the idea that they could be something greater than what the world subjects them to either looks at them like, to see the beauty and fine who identify something that will change your life Emily. Because not only are you doing it for yourself, but you doing you for young man, a woman who from the same area that you came for, there was a look of four that opportunity and our way out. You know and I do about. We appeared appears that gives me, as now an adult, benevolently
It contains a case. I don't do what you do. Is the program to do this and you re right now, as only gonna be so many travellers ushers comprise Lebron James, where you can find something that you are passionate about, any could become a career and it could be a way you can hear the people were pressing behind this global citizen is a concept. It is it is a movements about action is about engaging people, but it is also about the entertainment. I mean it. It's a beautiful com, they should be all of these things. You came through South Africa and immediately The country was so light by the fact that Russia was going to be performing with blood. Coffee, south african? I know I mean everyone is excited by this. Why was that important to you who is black coffee to you? What what? What? What made this you know, Spock, tangible flame were out of order. That sounds it. I've come. I wanted to do something I think for the region, and I felt like I don T like coffee. Is that why out of all the african performers will be a part of this
Every effort I felt like I want Be a part of this amazing moment really was set within the intentions. Of not only celebrating what we're doing a global citizens which obviously is very elaborate, but I felt like this was that start suddenly without work on music for the album. You know that's coming way. This will be an amazing kick off and the intense is really too said. The spirit in the right direction is not just black coffee. You also got a special group of people who can we working with you on that stage? Tell me about them idea: it's a damn school days, collaborative right, a poison, from Johannesburg. Will performers in and I really wanted. As I say, spirit of this to be right. Right, so to me, dance has always been a universal language. They say music is but day is really is right. There's something about those movements
yeah. I did a lot of study leading up to this performance in the what is it Did the Zulu movement the conversation with that was also I gonna get today. I love to be able to take the intention of putting peace, always entire stadium, and making sure that people understand at work together in this effort, but they get another the sky. We re appetite. An amazing mash up of a record that they going obviously now- and this is the beginning- amazing conversation that me in black coffee will be a partner
we want the new open before I let you go. Can a I've seen everywhere? What's u travelling Island caught it s a warmer all this will get as a warm. While the problem is not ok me. So this is the warm up collection of songs. Let me put together to almost have for the El Data, a Atlanta. You call that home, I think, stairway right right, right have literally literally starts with a right. So this will wonder what is what does that mean to you? What does what is what is starting for Russia? I mean we ve seen so many evolutions of assets, but what is this aid for you? This aid, for me, was just reconnection. You know is it's what I found this Listen to Steve, the viable where we are working with Zeta was just an opportunity to spring back into perspective, you think about the majority, what I've been doing with either germane to free- or we little John or any other producers from Atlanta right, the energies
So I wanted that energy on this record. Thank you for being here keeping much longer. I know we're Goin rehearse Welcome back to South Africa. Always powers and we want to see in the streets nightmare you can you hang it being Leon? I do I'm home baby daily show the trouble no ears at his watch. The daily show weak nights at eleven ten central on coming central and calmly simple watch episodes. Videos at the daily show that not all of us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram an subscribed to the daily show on Youtube or exclusive caused in him. This has been a comedy. Central podcast
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