you be brave >> stephen: welcome back, everybody, my guest tonight, please well came-- welcome saul williamss and applause) saul, thank you for coming on, thanks so much for being here. >> hello. >> stephen: you're an award-winning author, actor, musician. one of the best selling poets alive. what does that feel like? because we hold poetry up here in. we don't read a lot of it but we say it fancy. and you're one of the best sell pog et as live. you have class coming out your ass. >> yeah, yeah, so i mean i really value the 3.68 that i verned. >> stephen: that's maya angelou money, my friend. >> exactly. i got that maya money. >> stephen: that's incredible. now you also are starring, you are an acker and you are starring in a new musical coming to broadway called holler if you hear me. >> stephen: yes. >> and this is not based on the life of-- but it's his music. >> the story is now. >> stephen: how did you get this part and was it hard to beat out hologram tupac? >> no. >> stephen: how does tupac translate to broadway because we're used to someone to watch over me, you know. in fact turks p