Andrew Schulz's Flagrant with Akaash Singh

Joey Diaz BEST Prison Stories, Touring with Joe Rogan, & Selling Drugs

05.23.2023 - By Andrew Schulz's Flagrant with Akaash SinghPlay

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Get up, c*******as, we have Joey “Coco” Diaz in the studio with us today. Joey’s talking about meeting Joe Rogan, the cocaine 80s, kidnapping, prison, Cuban culture and why LA is so corrosive. INDULGE!

00:00 L.A. Women are weak - couldn’t raise his daughter there

01:39 No woman like Joey’s mom - GANGSTA

04:42 Dad ran with the Jews

08:25 Joey grew up fast + supplying Sticky Charlie

12:14 Running numbers in the Bronx + collecting up

14:40 Mom going back to Cuba? + couldn’t get sister out

16:53 Joey can’t leave + Seattle Troubles

24:39 Day in the life of criminal Joey

30:34 Had to leave + 1984 NYC was WILD

37:06 Scarface changed everything + NYC was on fire

42:53 Getting locked up - inevitable + “we have to teach you a lesson”

52:47 Homeless + Credit Card finesse + itchy in Colorado

58:40 The Kidnapping story

01:26:24 Rapport with Judge is paramount + petty criminality

01:30:34 Prison - gangs + hanging outs in Aids facility

01:41:39 Becoming an entertainer - Pryor + Prison

01:50:24 Prison takes away your manhood

01:51:49 Messing with other prisoners

01:55:19 Meeting Joe Rogan & Mitzi Shore + Comedy Store

01:59:58 Comics don’t listen - Mitzi, Kinison, Hicks, Handler

02:09:40 Andrew’s 1st time watching Joey + always learning

02:15:00 LA is horrible + New York is change

02:21:02 Water drinkers spoilt NYC + life has changed

02:22:09 Joey’s daughter is his consigliere

02:24:27 Being good on stage + Testicle Testaments

02:30:32 Rogan’s impact + the Podcast was perfect

02:40:02 Book nearly got cancelled - the story that got taken out

02:43:01 Getting so paranoid, Joey called cops on himself

02:44:29 Supplying Whitney Houston

02:48:35 “Matthew McConaughey, you suck”

02:53:01 Has Joey got all the juice out of life? Sage advice from Slash

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