>> lou: from hollywood, it's "jimmy kimmel live"! tonight, tyler perry, usher, and music from ari lennox. and now, jimmy kimmel! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ ♪ >> jimmy: thank you very much. hi, guillermo. very nice, thank you. welcome. relax, i appreciate it. i'm jimmy, i am the host of the show. thank you for watching at home. thank you for joining us here in freezing los angeles, california. it was cold today, right? i almost called you up to come to my office and cuddle for warmth. [ laughter ]

>> guillermo: jimmy, i'm always ready for cuddle. call me next time. >> jimmy: i know, he's like my hot agua bottle. as the eyes of the world are on ukraine, a small but determined group of american truckers is traveling cross-country to protest joe biden's pandemic policy. i like that truckers are traveling cross-country to protest. isn't that what they do all the time? [ laughter ] might as well throw a load in and make some money off it. [ laughter ] biden announced he was extending the national state of emergency last week, but the truckers want him to end it, because they believe the pandemic is over. the point of the protest is unclear. they say they want to end mandates everywhere and "restore our nation's constitution." i think they just got jealous of the canadian truckers getting all the attention. [ laughter ] they're calling themselves "the people's convoy." their journey started about an hour and a half from here in adelanto, california. they're planning to meet up in d.c. in ten days, where they will presumably stage some kind of rally. and get out to pee. [ laughter ] this is their route.

as you can see, they're going thataway. and they're off to a great start. one of the convoys is behind schedule because the lead truck got two flat tires the first day. probably one of them vaccine needles poked a hole in the tires. [ laughter and applause ] in this country we have truckers who are so angry, they're trucking. we've still got qanon waiting for jfk and rooting for the russians. which, as we know, would be right up jfk's alley. he loved those russians. the latest batch of crazy from the q klux klan is that they are largely on team putin. they've been praising russia's invasion of ukraine. which is confusing. the russian alphabet doesn't even have a "q." [ laughter ] but they're all over this. one of the q'ers who has been leading the russian cheerleading squad is a woman named romana didulo. she believes herself to be the queen of canada. which to me seems a weird way to tell the world you don't have 20 bucks. [ laughter ] this is good too. not only are these knuckleheads in dallas waiting for jfk, this

is pastor bob joyce. so this weekend, some of these guys who believe bob joyce is an 87-year-old elvis presley -- [ laughter ] they believe that he's still alive and he's this guy. [ laughter ] which he's quite clearly not elvis. he, in fact, is kenny rogers. [ laughter and applause ] they've got their deceased legends mixed up. i don't know. i have to say, i know they're nuts, but it must be kind of fun to be in qanon. they think an invasion of ukraine is being led by jfk and michael jackson driving a russian tank. [ laughter ] and it's not just the nutjobs, unfortunately. according to a new poll from yougov, republicans, american republicans, have a more favorable view of vladimir putin than joe biden. 15% of republicans say they have a very or somewhat favorable view of putin. compared to 10% for biden. and here's the reason why. >> what is this really about? why do i hate putin so much? has putin ever called me a raist?

has he threatened to get me fired for disagreeing with him? has he shipped every middle-class job in my town to russia? did he manufacture a worldwide pandemic that wrecked my business and kept me indoors for two years? is he teaching my children to embrace racial discrimination? is he making fentanyl? is he trying to snuff out christianity? does he eat dogs? these are fair questions, and the answer to all of them is no. >> jimmy: i see. so in order for you to despise a man who murders his rivals. and who is actively trying to destablize our country, he has to do something to you personally. he has to eat your dog. [ laughter ] that makes sense. thanks, tuck. thanks for asking all those very dumb questions and then answering them. [ laughter ] i want to see the tape putin has on him because it has to be something special. [ applause ] seriously. how did we go from being a country that hated communism since well before i was born, how did we go from being the country that made "red dawn" and "rocky iv" to this?

it boggles the mind. can you imagine ronald reagan turning on fox news and hearing this? he would strangle his monkey. [ laughter ] he would. and tucker carlson. he knows what he's doing. he knows this is garbage he's feeding these people. i'll tell you. between tucker carlson and "pam & tommy," this really is the golden age of talking dicks on television. meanwhile, president biden is busy looking for a new supreme court justice. he's pretty far along, already up to the hometown dates. [ laughter ] biden has reportedly met with three highly qualified candidates. judge ketanji brown jackson of washington d.c., associate justice leondra kruger of california, and judge sofia p. vergara of "america's got talent." [ laughter ] this is kind of a weird detail, two of the three judges on biden's list, this is true, are married to gastroenterologists. when you get to be joe's age, you can never have too many colon guys. biden put out a statement laying out the qualities he's looking

for in a supreme court justice. he wants someone with a keen understanding of the constitution, comprehensive knowledge of jurisprudence, someone who will do everything in his/her power to get "hawaii five-0" back on the air. the old one. with jack lord. must always have a bowl of hard lemon candy. strong pinocle player. and a gal who puts her britches on one gam at a time. joe is taking his time picking his nominee. which is in sharp contrast to how trump picked his nominees, which was to write a bunch of names on paper, flush them down the toilet, and whichever one floated back up, supreme court. see all those crypto ads during the super bowl? there could soon be a crypto-owned nfl team. a group of "crypto enthusiasts" is teaming up to try to buy the denver broncos. changing its name to the "denver bored apes." the group is trying to raise $4 billion using something called a "decentralized autonomous organization" or

"dao." which is described as being like an internet community with a shared bank account. which, i don't know, is that good? imagine if everyone on facebook had a shared bank account. someone's aunt would use all the money to buy a hummel figurine or something. imagine if this happens? what a great way to lure free agents to denver. "we can't pay you in cash. that's not our thing. but we can give you a virtual cartoon giraffe." "now go get 'em!" if the sale goes through, 4 billion crypto dollars would set the record for biggest sale of an american sports franchise. meanwhile, you can get the jets for 50,000 spirit airlines miles. [ laughter and applause ] president biden is expected to issue an executive order this week that would commission a study into digital currency. and if i know joe biden, the immediate future of crypto-banking is not bright. >> hey, america. it's your old pal, joey b. i don't need to tell you that the world's changing fast.

a little too darn fast, if you ask me, jack. everybody's putting their dough in bitcoin this, klepto currency that. trouble is, there are no laws to keep those investments safe. if you're the kind of dude who wants to keep your money safe and out of the hands of the government, save the way my mom and dad did, in a coffee can full of nickels, hidden under your mattress, just about the safest investment there is. first of all, it's a coffee can. those suckers seal up tight. second, there's no sweeter treasure than a tub of shiny nickels. as long as there are general stores selling candy buttons, nickels are going to be worth a whole hell of a lot. third, it's under your mattress. come on, man. that's like your own cushy fort knox. nobody's checking under there, not even mr. taxman. this investment appreciates in value. sometimes i open my coffee can, it feels like there's a hell of

a lot more nickels in there than before, like they're having nickel babies in there. act now, you also get a bill may mularkey card for the spokes of your bicycle, absolutely free! [ applause ] this message brought to you by people who still use dial-up internet. >> jimmy: oh, he's got mail. this is something i'm surprised biden hasn't weighed in on. on top of everything else we have to worry about, now we've got alcoholic mountain dew. [ cheers ] >> jimmy: oh! from florida? [ laughter ] mountain dew yesterday launched a new libation they're calling "hard mountain dew." also known as mountain dui. [ laughter ] they're rolling it out in three states. tennessee, florida, and iowa. florida i get. tennessee makes sense too. how did iowa make the list? [ laughter ] what are you naughty little hawkeyes up to? they've got a new product. if you can't find the hard mountain dew, they've got the meth-laced fun dip for the kids. guillermo, maybe instead of

tequila, you bring some of that tequila to the red carpet? >> guillermo: i like the tequila better. >> jimmy: the oscars are happening, just a bit over a month from now. and in order to cut down on the length of the show, they have decided to hand out some of the technical awards before the television broadcast starts. the categories that will not get the usual live on-air treatment are documentary short, makeup, hairstyling, original score, production design, animated short, live action short, sound, and editing. it does feel ironic for the editors to be cut out of the show. [ laughter ] but how could they do this? i mean, who could forget that magical moment in 1975 when rond pierce and melvin metcalf won best sound for earthquake? [ laughter ] i think they should go even further with this, boil it down to best actor, best actress, and best picture, and we can all get to sleep. the oscars aren't the only awards show happening across the street. on saturday, the 53rd annual naacp image awards are taking place at the dolby theater. which got me thinking, with it being black history month and all, about how far we've come.

as far as bringing people together goes. this is something we did back in 2015, and i'll be honest, the results back then weren't great. so we did it again to see if we're headed in the right direction. we went out onto hollywood boulevard to ask pedestrians of the caucasian variety, "do you have a black friend?" this is how it works. we're going to see someone introduce themselves, based solely on the introduction we'll guess if that person has a black friend. does everyone understand? [ cheers ] >> what's your name? >> my name is ellen. >> hi, ellen. do you have a black friend? >> jimmy: what do we think? almost everyone says no. except for one woman says yes. let's find out. >> yes, i do. >> what's their name? >> mariah. >> do you have more than one black friend? >> jimmy: does she have more than one black friend? now we're pushing it, let's see. >> maybe three. >> what are the other two names?

>> okay, hm. [ laughter ] okay, i have a friend named naomi. and i have a friend named -- um -- okay. two. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: i'm going to put you down for one. next up? >> what's your name? >> emily. >> do you have a black friend? >> jimmy: does emily have a black friend? everyone says yes. >> no. i mean, yeah, maybe. i don't know. >> maybe? >> i mean, yes, i do. i don't necessarily keep in contact with them right now. but yes. >> jimmy: he's an imaginary friend. [ laughter ] our next white person is? >> hi. >> hello. >> what's your name? >> mayan. >> do you have a black friend? >> jimmy: does mayan have a black friend? all right, let's find out. >> not in australia. >> not in australia? >> no.

>> what about somewhere else? >> in canada. >> you have a black friend in canada? >> i do. >> what's their name? >> i haven't seen them in a long time. i did at university. i've lost touch and i'm really bad with names. >> oh, the old "i have a black friend in canada" routine. [ laughter ] all right, our next pedestrian is? >> hi. >> hello. >> what's your name? >> cameron. >> cameron, do you have a black friend? >> jimmy: immediately everyone says yes. >> i do. >> what's their name? >> christie. she's right there. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] >> what's christie's last name? >> i have no clue. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: he was doing so well. she waved and everything. all right, who's next? >> hi, what's your name? >> hi, i'm story. >> story, do you have a black friend? >> jimmy: what is story's story? all right, she's got tattoos. does she have a black friend?

>> yes. >> what's their name? >> well, i have many. >> how many? >> 15? >> i don't even have 15. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: 15? maybe she's friends with the lakers. 15, that's good. let's meet another one. >> how's it going? >> going good. >> what's your name? >> my name's stezie. >> do you have a white friend? [ laughter ] >> jimmy: it's a twist. do we think stezie has a white friend? >> uh -- i have a lot of white friends, yeah. i would say that's why i talk like this. [ laughter ] [ applause ] >> jimmy: that's so stezie. all right. we have one more. >> what's your name? >> nadal. >> nadal? do you have a black friend? >> jimmy: nadal, does he? all right, let's find out. >> yeah. i have -- >> yeah? >> yeah. >> i'm not shocked. black people love "scarface." [ laughter ]

>> jimmy: well, all right. i think we're making progress, right? [ cheers and applause ] i don't know. all i know is we found some pretty sweet shorts. [ laughter ] we have a good show for you tonight. usher is here with us tonight. [ cheers and applause ] we have music from ari lennox tonight. we'll be right back with tyler perry! [ cheers and applause ] i'm a fancy exercise bike noobie. and i've gone from zero to obsessed in like... three days. instructor: come on milwaukee! i see you! after riding twelve miles to nowhere, i'm taking a detour. and if you don't have the right home insurance coverage, you could be working out a way to pay for this yourself. get allstate and be better protected from mayhem for a whole lot less.

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♪ ♪ >> jimmy: hi, there. welcome back to the show. tonight, his residency at dolby live at park mgm in las vegas starts in july. usher is with us. [ cheers and applause ] then later, from washington d.c., her song is called "pressure," the very talented ari lennox from the mercedes-benz stage. [ cheers and applause ] tomorrow night, let's see, who will be here? from "american idol," luke bryan, katy perry, and lionel richie, plus pamela adlon and music from banks. please join us for that. [ cheers and applause ] our first guest wears many hats and many wigs. he is a writer, director, producer, and actor who dons the floral dress again in "tyler perry's a madea homecoming." it premieres friday on netflix. please welcome tyler perry. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ ♪

>> jimmy: you look good. >> i'm good, thank you, how are you? >> jimmy: i like that jacket, it looks sharp. >> thank you very much. i try. >> jimmy: i'm doing well. not as well as you, of course. last time you were here, i don't know if you remember, it was right after you'd opened your big studio in atlanta. >> that you didn't come, to the big party. >> jimmy: the big party. >> i remember. i'm still scarred from it. you said you would send me a gift, i still don't have a gift, where's the gift? [ laughter ] you didn't come, you didn't send a gift, where's the gift? >> jimmy: go to the hollywood souvenir store next door and get something. >> guillermo: i'll grab something real quick. >> jimmy: i apologize for that, i don't know what i was doing. oh, covid. i think covid maybe was happening. >> this is before covid. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: i knew it was coming. >> you knew it was coming, you were ahead of it all. you and aunt chippy were somewhere, yeah. >> jimmy: i figured it must have been intended to jimmy fallon or something.

why would i be invited to your party? >> it said jimmy kimmel, i did a special video to you, saying please come. i don't know how you could have mistaken. >> jimmy: yes, now i'm remembering all of this. >> now you remember why you haven't invited me back since then to give you a hard time. it's all good. it's all good. >> jimmy: now you're adding to this huge complex that you built. >> yeah. >> jimmy: how many acres are you adding to it? >> it's 330 acres, i bought 37 acres in front too for an entertainment district, i'm pretty excited for it. >> jimmy: that means an area for people to come and enjoy -- >> yeah. >> jimmy: at universal studios, there's universal city walk in front of it. >> exactly, exactly what i was thinking. so many people come to the gates who can't get in that want to see. thousands of people are coming to the gates. i've got to do something to invite them in. covid hit, we had to take a pause on it, now we're back at it. >> jimmy: have you ever thought of opening a full-fledged tyler perry theme park? i have not, i think the madea ride would be weird, going up her dress. [ laughter ]

i don't think i want to do that. i don't think i have enough product to make that work. >> jimmy: "forbes" last year put you on the list of billionaires. they list all the billionaires, there you were on it. [ cheers and applause ] did you know that you were going to be on that list? >> they'll call you up and say -- you know what they did do, they call around, they talk to everybody you work with, they try to get an estimate of what's going on. >> jimmy: i see. >> they tell you, you're going to be on this list. there's some people, yeah, man, put me on the list! i'm going, uh -- >> jimmy: that's a weird donald trump impersonation. [ laughter ] >> pretty good, right? well, for me, you know, i'm grateful to be doing well. but for me, i just wanted to do well and take care of my mother and all this other stuff has happened. so i'm grateful. >> jimmy: you didn't want to be on that list did you? >> it's pretty interesting. you start getting some weird phone calls. >> jimmy: oh, really? >> i'm your cousin from so-and-so, i need a kidney transplant. i don't know you, i've never heard of you, you don't need a kidney transplant, why are you drinking so much?

[ laughter ] you know what i mean? >> jimmy: yeah, that's not something you necessarily want called out. although it's pretty great to be a billionaire, i would imagine. >> yeah, but i mean, if you were like -- i mean, who wants to -- everybody to say, okay, here's what you made last year, let's put it on the list. if you worked at ford or something, you don't want that in the magazine for everybody to see. >> jimmy: well, depends on who you are. some of these guys get very upset if they're not in the magazine. >> some people do, i don't. i'm okay with not being there. >> jimmy: you have -- how many people work for you in your empire? >> hm. right now, i think we're approaching 600. >> jimmy: 600 people? >> yeah. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: and many more when you take up a movie or something like that. >> yeah, if i add it all up, all the people, it's in the thousands. but every day through the studio gates, at least 3,500 people come to work. >> jimmy: how would they describe you as a boss? >> it depends who you ask. [ laughter ] like, the executives who work very closely with me, they see the best and worst of me. they're my generals, right?

>> jimmy: uh-huh? >> then i've got other people that work for me that i have great fun with, you know. i'm a prankster. so they clearly say that i'm a prankster. >> jimmy: you will pull pranks on your staff? >> it's really good, too, yeah, yeah. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: are they allowed to do stuff to you? >> no, no. [ laughter ] no, but i tell you who does. somebody pranks me once, i still cannot get over it. my phone rings. this facetime. i answer. stevie wonder, he's facetiming me. [ laughter ] i kid you not. and he's staring right at the camera. i'm going -- and i do this to see if he can actually see me. he's a big prankster, man. you get a facetime from stevie wonder, he's a big prankster. >> jimmy: lionel richie told me that once he was with stevie somewhere, they were getting in the car, stevie got in the driver's seat and told lionel to get in the passenger seat. >> that's right, that's stevie. >> jimmy: then started driving backwards. >> yep, yeah. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: this guy is having more fun with being blind than

anyone ever. [ laughter ] >> that's right, that's right. he says, i'm not blind, it's a gimmick. no, stevie, you're actually blind. [ laughter ] wait, wait. you got lionel richie tomorrow? >> jimmy: yeah, he'll be here tomorrow. >> ask him about smoking the joint with bob marley. >> jimmy: oh. >> somewhere in jamaica, he smoked a joint. please ask him to tell you that story. >> jimmy: i will ask him that. he's usually pretty careful about not talking about that stuff, i'm glad you revealed that. >> i guess i said too much. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: it's all right, got to ask him now. maybe that's how he came up with "jambasayla." >> yeah, say the word. >> jimmy: jambasaydemoya? >> careful with what the words are. >> jimmy: close enough? >> they know what we're talking about. >> jimmy: right, exactly. are you dating right now? >> no. >> jimmy: why not? >> i don't like it. [ laughter ] no, the rules are different now, man. you know, now you get instagram

and dms and all the stuff, people send you stuff and say, let's have sex. can i take you to dinner first? can i get to know your name? >> jimmy: i bet they would eat. [ laughter ] >> yeah. >> jimmy: what's going on here? this to me, you know what this says? this is a man who says, look at my biceps, they're stuffed with money. [ laughter ] line up, ladies! >> no. >> jimmy: let's go! >> no, you've got to read the caption. i was in the gym, had an incident, i gained some weight since then. >> jimmy: yeah. >> it's called -- you heard of a thirst trap. that's called a thirst-piration, expire at the same time. >> jimmy: thirst-piration, i like that. when we come back, we'll see a clip from tyler's new movie. tyler perry is here with us! [ cheers and applause ] we'll be right back. before, we'd always be late, and on empty. now we're just late. kids!

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wow, you're a big woman. >> what? >> i'm just saying, she's a big woman. big like, wow. hey, up there!

hey! who is this? >> somebody tell me, who is this? >> how can we help you? >> we're here to surprise -- >> dougie! >> aunt agnus. what are you doing here? >> we came for your graduation. >> of course. we had to, for your grandfather's sake. >> great, what a surprise. >> surprise? >> great. >> oh, hell, i didn't mean to drop and break her damn bones. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: that is tyler perry in "tyler perry's a madea homecoming." it premieres friday on netflix. who is the actor? >> brendan o'carol. we started a parallel track. he was in europe, started mrs. brown, does "mrs. brown's boys." it's huge over there. i was working on "bring it on fire." the director was irish, told me about him. we said, we've got to do something together. five years later we figured it out. >> jimmy: that's crazy. >> he's hilarious. >> jimmy: you had announced

famously, now you have to explain yourself, madea was no more, that you were done doing madea. >> why do i have to explain? does cher explain herself after she did another concert after she retired? [ laughter ] >> jimmy: yes, she did. >> i'm looking at the state of the world, looking at everything going on, civil unrest, social unrest, politics, division, all the hatred, all the anger, everybody divided. i wanted to do something to make people laugh. everybody's afraid to do real comedy now because you get canceled for doing jokes. [ cheers and applause ] so i just went for it in this movie. >> jimmy: you're just like, you know what, it feels right to do this right now. >> yeah, for sure. yeah, we need to laugh. i mean, you know it. what you do, what you bring to our lives rooms every night, bedrooms every night, it's really important. >> jimmy: especially the bedrooms, yes. [ laughter ] >> you're fast, man, you're quick, you're quick. >> jimmy: this is for netflix. >> yeah. >> jimmy: because it's around the world, it's released around like, 25 different languages. ,- >> it's great to see, yes. >> jimmy: we have one of them

here. [ speaking in foreign language ] [ laughter ] [ applause ] >> i don't know what they're saying. but i want to see the actor who's actually doing it. because he had to have the attitude when he was saying it right along with madea. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: i wonder if any of them get into character, dress up. >> that would be really weird, yeah, yeah, good to see, though. >> jimmy: the original "madea" productions were plays. >> yeah. >> jimmy: it blossomed into this giant thing. >> yeah, yeah. yeah, started in 1999. so to have all these years of, you know -- selling out arenas all over the place. i would tell some of these jokes years ago, and -- here's a great story. i was telling a joke about rosa parks in my show "diary of a mad, black woman." rosa parks actually saw it and loved it, right? she loved this joke. the joke is about the reason she didn't get off the bus is madea

was waiting at the bus stop to beat her up for stealing herman, that's why she didn't get off the bus. [ laughter ] i put it in the movie. to think that rosa loved and it it gave her joy. >> jimmy: you heard from her family? >> i still know her caregiver who took care of her for many, many years. >> jimmy: unbelievable. >> yeah. >> jimmy: that's a thrill to hear something like that, right? >> yeah. >> jimmy: what could be better than that? >> yeah really. [ applause ] >> jimmy: there is one thing that would be better than that. guillermo and i, we spent a lot of time trying to find the perfect gift for you to apologize for not coming to the party. what have we here? oh, it's a -- >> you don't know what it is? >> jimmy: well. i wanted it to be a surprise. [ laughter ] to both of us. >> that's good, that's good. >> jimmy: it's a "best dad" oscar. and a magnet with "hollywood" on it, that's nice, right? >> you're forgiven, you're forgiven. [ applause ] >> jimmy: what you should do, you're in "don't look up," nominated for best picture. [ cheers and applause ] bring that along with you to the oscar ceremony. will you be at the oscars? >> absolutely, i'm going to be there this year, really excited.

>> jimmy: that will be fun, getting back to normal. >> with hosts, yes. >> jimmy: with hosts, funny hosts too. >> really funny hosts. >> jimmy: it's very good to see you, thanks for coming. >> thanks for having me. >> jimmy: the show, the movie, "tyler perry's a madea homecoming." it premieres friday on netflix in any language you can imagine. tyler perry, everybody! be back with usher. if i go to sleep right now, i can get more.... four hours. that's not good. what is time? time. time is just a construct. construct. construction. there is a crack. oh god are you kidding me?! oh god... hi, aren't you tired of this? -yes! good days start with good nights. seems like a good time to find out about both. why are you talking like that? is this an ad? are we in an ad?

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♪ ♪ >> jimmy: we are back. music from ari lennox is on the way. our next guest won eight grammys and sold over 65 million albums, back when those were a thing. starting july 15th, he begins a 23-date residency at park mgm in las vegas. tickets go on sale friday. please welcome usher. [ cheers and applause ] ♪

>> jimmy: well, look at you. now, you're definitely dating, right? i mean, come on, now. >> i mean, i would hope so. i had two babies in the last year. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: yeah, right, congratulations. >> yeah, man, thank you. thank you very much. >> jimmy: babies during covid? >> you know they have the baby boom thing? this is like the covid baby thing. >> jimmy: it is, really. for a lot of people. a lot of people learned to bake bread. others -- >> make babies. >> jimmy: make babies, yeah. [ laughter ] i mentioned you're going to las vegas. will you bring -- babies love las vegas. [ laughter ] that's going to be great for them. >> a different concept of sin city, but yeah. >> jimmy: can i tell you something honestly? my daughter just two nights ago, we said, what's the best vacation we ever went on? she said, las vegas. she loves las vegas. >> that's like a homecoming for you. >> jimmy: i grew up there, yeah. but she doesn't care about any of that.

i try to tell her stories, she has no interest. she likes seeing the animals and the fountains and all that stuff. >> crazy you say that. las vegas has become so kid-friendly. but we know it in history as sin city, the place where you go and, you know, you just have fun. they say, what happens in vegas stays in vegas. that changed. what happens in vegas goes everywhere. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: have you found that? >> no, i actually am the -- i feel like what i'm doing in las vegas is just kind of renewing that idea. like the ideas that i've chosen to put in the show, they really come by way of the culture of where i come from, you know. so skating, a strip club, there's a strip club -- [ cheers ] no, no but -- >> jimmy: it's a weird mix, skating and a strip club. we're talking about roller skating, yeah? >> yeah. use your imagination, right? >> jimmy: right. are you like a roller skater? is that a thing for you? >> officially so much so that in the future, there's going to be something really incredible.

you ever heard of flippers? >> jimmy: flippers? >> flippers? >> jimmy: the thing in your mouth? >> no, no, the skating rink. >> the dolphin? >> no. the skating rink in the '80s. >> jimmy: no, no. we went to a place called "playland" when i grew up in las vegas. >> so you know how to skate? >> jimmy: now -- we went every wednesday night, our whole family, until my mom broke her arm, and we never went again after that. yeah, my mom was in a sling, and we just didn't go back. that was it. i wasn't good. like, i couldn't go backwards. a lot of the kids could skate backwards. i just was -- forward was the only way i could go. but yeah, i can skate. >> yeah, it's terrible that your parents just ruined it for you like that. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: well, yeah, you could look at it that way, yeah. [ laughter ] >> no, but for me, i did want to do things i'd never done. i was a big fan of gene kelly. i saw him do this routine in a classic film where he dances and he tap dances and he skates. so i was like, you know what? in this time i feel i can take

my culture, how we skate on wednesdays and sundays, create things on stage. i'm skating on stage. that's just one of the acts that i have within the show. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: that's fun. you skate around on the stage? that's good. >> in a strip club, yeah. >> jimmy: what happened to roller skating? it was the biggest thing in the world in the '70s, early '80s. >> it's back, bigger than ever. >> jimmy: is it? >> back and bigger than ever. [ cheers ] >> jimmy: i've got to get back out there. you know who i have to get back out there, my mom. fall off the horse, you've got to get back on it. >> yeah. >> jimmy: speaking of your young days, this is a photograph of your first band. i believe this is from 1993. >> yeah. >> jimmy: the name of the band -- >> nu beginning. >> jimmy: nu beginning. these are a bunch of other kids. were these your neighborhood friends? or was this a band of talented i think i was in the car with my mother.

i didn't believe it. by the way, back then, you didn't have cds, dvds, phones. if you had a cassette, you could listen to it. i heard myself on the radio, oh my god, i made it. > jimmy: so exciting. have you ever reached a level of excitement that equals that? >> the first time is like no other. i mean, in sex, in all of the other things. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: yeah. >> hear yourself on the radio. you know. yes. >> jimmy: what radio station was it on, do you remember that? >> yeah, it was wjtt power 94. >> jimmy: power 94, oh, yeah. everything was power. >> kelan decker. >> jimmy: wow, that's great. that's where you got the taste for all of this? >> my passion was by way of trying to find something meaningful for me. there's not many options when you come from underserved communities. i found myself in a better situation because my mother, she wanted to make sure that we knew that there were many other options. so she supported me singing. i knew i wasn't going to be a basketball player. i knew i wouldn't be a football player because i wasn't tall enough, big enough. baseball wasn't really cool, damn near knocked my teeth out. [ laughter ] singing is my thing, and it was something positive. i didn't get into gangs. i didn't get into negative things. but they were there. so it definitely was good that i stuck to it, because then i ended up doing a lot of other things. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: that's right.

now you're going to las vegas. >> yep. >> jimmy: to encourage your fans to do some negative things while they're there. >> yeah, sin city! >> jimmy: i want to ask you about this. this is something that -- >> ushbucks. >> jimmy: these are called ushbucks. these are -- this is money with your name on them. your face on them, your name on them. >> yeah. >> jimmy: what can these be redeemed for? because i got a lot of them. [ laughter ] >> hm, you got to come to the show in order to use them. >> jimmy: okay. >> yeah, there was a lot of drama. we actually ended up in a strip club, right, surprisingly. we were kind of passing them out. they were like, you're using fake money in the club? no, this is a promotional item. read it. >> jimmy: yeah. >> i'm not literally trying to pay you ushbucks. [ applause ] >> jimmy: you were. >> of course i was, come on, now. >> jimmy: so you would hand these to a stripper? they'd be like, oh -- oh. [ laughter ] >> no, no.

we do throw them. >> jimmy: you do -- you made it rain? >> have you ever made it rain? >> jimmy: no. >> do you know how to make it rain? >> jimmy: no. >> we're going to do it now. [ cheers and applause ] take a stack, grab it by the tip, right? grab it by the tip, ha ha. [ laughter ] then you toss it. >> jimmy: that's the way? >> that's the way. >> jimmy: i hate it, i'm going to tell you why i hate it. then they have to, like, bend over and pick it up and it's sad, you know? right? >> not if it's a monsoon. >> jimmy: i guess if it's a monsoon. that's a different story. well, it's great to see you. have fun in las vegas. last one was totally sold out. tickets for usher in las vegas, dolby live at park mgm, go on sale friday. we'll be back with music from ari lennox. usher, everybody! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ ♪ >> lou: the "jimmy kimmel live" concert series is presented by mercedes-benz.

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>> lou: the "jimmy kimmel live" concert series is presented by mercedes-benz. the best or nothing. >> jimmy: thanks to tyler perry

and to usher. apologies to matt damon. we ran out of time. tomorrow night from "american idol," the judges will be here. pamela adlon will be here. music from banks. "nightline" is next, but first, here with the song, "pressure," here's her album -- ari lennox! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ ♪ ♪ oh oh oh yeah yeah ♪ ♪ keep yo eyes on me eyes on me apply that pressure get it don't be timid ♪ ♪ when you in it 'ply that pressure love up on it nibble on it ♪ ♪ leave it i don't want no drip baby spray it like you mean it ♪ ♪ so fine and spicy baby jump up on this pressure i guess that why you like it baby ♪ ♪ come and get this takes a lot to excite me baby give it all you got ♪ ♪ i'm a tough cookie baby hit the right spot texting me you

know i won't reply ♪ ♪ why you ain't mess with me when i wasn't this fly now i'm on top and now i'm riding sky high ♪ ♪ don't need nobody but i'll take you down tonight and i'm okay ♪ ♪ with being nasty too [ muted ] hot for all these clothes anyway my body dripping boy ♪ ♪ but you gon' have to wait when you get it lick it like a candy cane ♪ ♪ keep yo eyes on me eyes on me apply pressure get it don't be timid ♪ ♪ when you in it apply pressure love up on it nibble on it ♪ ♪ leave it i don't want no drip baby spray it like you mean it so fine and spicy baby ♪ ♪ jump up on this pressure i guess that's why you like it baby come and get this ♪ ♪ pressure ♪ ♪ takes a lot to excite me baby give it all you got i'm a tough cookie baby ♪ ♪ hit the right spot so bop it baby twist it honey do it like you ♪ ♪ mean it darling keep it coming ooh keep me running ♪ ♪ leave it messy go ahead and

live in it swim up in it keep your eyes on me ♪ ♪ eyes on me apply that pressure get it don't be timid when you in it ♪ ♪ 'ply that pressure love up on it nibble on it leave it ♪ ♪ i don't want no drip baby spray it like you mean it so fine and spicy baby ♪ ♪ jump up on this pressure i guess that why you like it baby come and get this ♪ ♪ takes a lot to excite me baby i'm a tough cookie baby ♪ ♪ hit the right spot yeah yeah hit it babe ♪ ♪ mmm-mmm hit it babe ♪ ♪ oh hit it babe pressure ♪

♪ hit it babe ♪ ♪ keep me running hey yeah ♪

♪ ♪ this is "nightline." >> tonight, jail convicted of staging a hoax. reporting a false hate crime. the actor, [ tanunretent. plus florida's, so-called don't say gay bill. some say it misses the point. >> it is frustrating to see all the other problems that are not getting solved, because we're distracted. >> families worry about how it might impact their children. >> our families exist. we're not goi i