>>> WELCOME BACK TO OUR SPECIAL
>>> WELCOME BACK TO OUR SPECIAL COVERAGE.
COVERAGE. NOW WE TURN TO SOMETHING A
NOW WE TURN TO SOMETHING A LITTLE UPLIFTING.
LITTLE UPLIFTING. SURELY WE CAN FEEL HOW THIS
SURELY WE CAN FEEL HOW THIS PANDEMIC IS SHAPING THE WAY WE
PANDEMIC IS SHAPING THE WAY WE LIVE.
LIVE. ONCE PACKED DESTINATIONS FROM
ONCE PACKED DESTINATIONS FROM TIME’S SQUARE TO THE FRENCH
TIME’S SQUARE TO THE FRENCH QUART RER EMPTY, BAR REN, PEOPLE
QUART RER EMPTY, BAR REN, PEOPLE WHO USED TO GATHER THERE
WHO USED TO GATHER THERE SHELTERING AT HOME.
SHELTERING AT HOME. WHILE MEDICAL EXPERTS NOTE IT IS
WHILE MEDICAL EXPERTS NOTE IT IS OBVIOUSLY STRESSFUL, IN FACT,
OBVIOUSLY STRESSFUL, IN FACT, THEY FORMALLY RECOMMEND WE SEEK
THEY FORMALLY RECOMMEND WE SEEK OUT FUN AND CONNECTION.
OUT FUN AND CONNECTION. CDC SUGGESTS SOCIAL DISTANCING
CDC SUGGESTS SOCIAL DISTANCING AND YOU CURB STRESS BY DOING
AND YOU CURB STRESS BY DOING THINGS YOU ENJOY.
THINGS YOU ENJOY. WHICH HAPPENS TO BRING US TO
WHICH HAPPENS TO BRING US TO THIS MUCH NICER HAPPY STORY
THIS MUCH NICER HAPPY STORY ALONGSIDE THE PANDEMIC WE ARE
ALONGSIDE THE PANDEMIC WE ARE LIVING THROUGH.
LIVING THROUGH. IT’S ONE YOU MAY HAVE HEARD
IT’S ONE YOU MAY HAVE HEARD ABOUT.
ABOUT. IT’S HUGELY POPULAR, VIRTUAL
IT’S HUGELY POPULAR, VIRTUAL PARTIES HOSTED ONLINE BY D NICE.
PARTIES HOSTED ONLINE BY D NICE. HE HAS BEEN LIVE STREAMING HIS
HE HAS BEEN LIVE STREAMING HIS DJ SETS THAT YOU SEE RIGHT THERE
DJ SETS THAT YOU SEE RIGHT THERE FROM HIS KITCHEN.
FROM HIS KITCHEN. IT TOOK OFF.
IT TOOK OFF. BRINGING IN HUNDREDS OF
BRINGING IN HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE TOGETHER IN
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE TOGETHER IN ONE VIRTUAL ROOM.
ONE VIRTUAL ROOM. MILLIONS OVER SEVERAL DAYS, WHAT
MILLIONS OVER SEVERAL DAYS, WHAT STARTED OUT ORGANICALLY
STARTED OUT ORGANICALLY BALLOONED AND WENT VIRAL.
BALLOONED AND WENT VIRAL. FANS CALL IT CLUB QUARANTINE.
FANS CALL IT CLUB QUARANTINE. IT BEAT OUT A LOT OF BAD NEWS TO
IT BEAT OUT A LOT OF BAD NEWS TO TREND ONE POINT NUMBER ONE
TREND ONE POINT NUMBER ONE ACROSS THE UNITED STATES ON
ACROSS THE UNITED STATES ON SOCIAL MEDIA, INCLUDING VIRTUAL
SOCIAL MEDIA, INCLUDING VIRTUAL VISITS FROM WILL SMITH TO J. LO
VISITS FROM WILL SMITH TO J. LO TO JOE BIDEN TO OPRAH, CALLING
TO JOE BIDEN TO OPRAH, CALLING OUT DIFFERENT PEOPLE AS THEY POP
OUT DIFFERENT PEOPLE AS THEY POP UP WITHIN HIS VIRTUAL MUSIC
UP WITHIN HIS VIRTUAL MUSIC ROOM, INCLUDING THE RAPPER MC
ROOM, INCLUDING THE RAPPER MC LITE.
LITE. >> WE ARE PERFORMING TOGETHER
>> WE ARE PERFORMING TOGETHER TONIGHT NOTES NOTES NOTES THE
TONIGHT NOTES NOTES NOTES THE BIGGEST PARTY IN THE WORLD.
BIGGEST PARTY IN THE WORLD. [ MUSIC PLAYING ]
[ MUSIC PLAYING ] THE BIGGEST PARTY IN THE WORLD
THE BIGGEST PARTY IN THE WORLD -- WHAT’S UP, EVERYBODY.
-- WHAT’S UP, EVERYBODY. >> THE BIGGEST PARTY IN THE
>> THE BIGGEST PARTY IN THE WORLD, THAT VIRTUAL PARTY HAS
WORLD, THAT VIRTUAL PARTY HAS BEEN FOSTERING FUN AND
BEEN FOSTERING FUN AND CONNECTION FOR DAYS NOW.
CONNECTION FOR DAYS NOW. IT’S HELPED A LOT OF PEOPLE PASS
IT’S HELPED A LOT OF PEOPLE PASS THE TIME WHILE THEY FOLLOWED
THE TIME WHILE THEY FOLLOWED SOCIAL DISTANCING ISOLATION AT
SOCIAL DISTANCING ISOLATION AT HOME.
HOME. THAT’S NOT ALL.
THAT’S NOT ALL. D. NICE PERFORMED AT THE
D. NICE PERFORMED AT THE INAUGURAL BALL BACK IN THE DADE
INAUGURAL BALL BACK IN THE DADE AND TEAMED UP WITH MICHELLE
AND TEAMED UP WITH MICHELLE OBAMA LAST NIGHT FOR A VIRTUAL
OBAMA LAST NIGHT FOR A VIRTUAL EVENT TEEING OFF ALL OF THIS AND
EVENT TEEING OFF ALL OF THIS AND PROMOTING NEW VOTER
PROMOTING NEW VOTER REGISTRATION.
REGISTRATION. IT ALL SHOWS THERE AIN’T NO
IT ALL SHOWS THERE AIN’T NO PARTY LIKE A CONSCIOUS PARTY
PARTY LIKE A CONSCIOUS PARTY BECAUSE A CONSCIOUS PARTY MAKES
BECAUSE A CONSCIOUS PARTY MAKES HIS GOOD PEOPLE AND GOOD MUSIC
HIS GOOD PEOPLE AND GOOD MUSIC AND WORK TOWARDS SOCIAL JUSTICE.
AND WORK TOWARDS SOCIAL JUSTICE. SO IT’S MY HONOR TO BE JOINED BY
SO IT’S MY HONOR TO BE JOINED BY THE DJ LIVE FROM CLUB
THE DJ LIVE FROM CLUB QUARANTINE, DEREK JONES FOR HIS
QUARANTINE, DEREK JONES FOR HIS FIRST CABLE NEWS INTERVIEW ABOUT
FIRST CABLE NEWS INTERVIEW ABOUT THE WAY HE STARTED ST WHAT’S UP,
THE WAY HE STARTED ST WHAT’S UP, MAN?
MAN? >> I’M FANTASTIC.
>> I’M FANTASTIC. HOW ARE YOU?
HOW ARE YOU? >> I’M GREAT.
>> I’M GREAT. I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU DOING
I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU DOING THIS.
THIS. I GO ES THE FIRST QUESTION HAS
I GO ES THE FIRST QUESTION HAS TO BE, DO YOU TAKE REQUESTS?
TO BE, DO YOU TAKE REQUESTS? >> NEVER.
>> NEVER. I DON’T TAKE REQUESTS.
I DON’T TAKE REQUESTS. >> NO REAL DJ TAKES REQUESTS.
>> NO REAL DJ TAKES REQUESTS. BUT MY FIRST SERIOUS QUESTION,
BUT MY FIRST SERIOUS QUESTION, REALLY, IS THIS TOOK OFF.
REALLY, IS THIS TOOK OFF. HOW DID IT GET STARTED?
HOW DID IT GET STARTED? >> IT STARTED HERE LIKE
>> IT STARTED HERE LIKE LITERALLY IN MY QUOTE LIVING
LITERALLY IN MY QUOTE LIVING ROOM/KITCHEN ON THE ISLAND HERE
ROOM/KITCHEN ON THE ISLAND HERE AND I WAS HOME ALONE AND JUST
AND I WAS HOME ALONE AND JUST DECIDED.
DECIDED. THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT
THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE HOME AND WISHING THEY COULD
ARE HOME AND WISHING THEY COULD BE OUT AND I JUST DECIDED A
BE OUT AND I JUST DECIDED A LITTLE PARTY.
LITTLE PARTY. INITIALLY I THOUGHT IT WAS GOING
INITIALLY I THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO BE SOME OF MY FRIENDS THAT
TO BE SOME OF MY FRIENDS THAT FOLLOW ME.
FOLLOW ME. SO IT STARTED OUT WITH 200,
SO IT STARTED OUT WITH 200, LITERALLY ONE WEEK AGO TODAY.
LITERALLY ONE WEEK AGO TODAY. 200 PEOPLE IN MY IG LIVE CHAT TO
200 PEOPLE IN MY IG LIVE CHAT TO WHERE SATURDAY WE HAD LIKE
WHERE SATURDAY WE HAD LIKE 100,000 AND THEN SUNDAY WE HAD
100,000 AND THEN SUNDAY WE HAD 165,000 PEOPLE LISTENING TO ME,
165,000 PEOPLE LISTENING TO ME, IT’S AMAZING.
IT’S AMAZING. >> YEAH, PEOPLE WERE COMING IN,
>> YEAH, PEOPLE WERE COMING IN, FEELING THIS UPLIFT.
FEELING THIS UPLIFT. I MENTIONED SOME OF THE NAMES.
I MENTIONED SOME OF THE NAMES. WHAT DID YOU THINK AND FEEL WHEN
WHAT DID YOU THINK AND FEEL WHEN YOU SAW EVERYONE FROM DIDDY TO
YOU SAW EVERYONE FROM DIDDY TO JOE BIDEN TO KAMELA HARRIS IN
JOE BIDEN TO KAMELA HARRIS IN YOUR PARTY?
YOUR PARTY? >> SO, WITH THE FEELING FOR ME
>> SO, WITH THE FEELING FOR ME WAS, I’M USED TO DJING EVENTS
WAS, I’M USED TO DJING EVENTS LIKE THIS I’VE WORKED WITH DIDDY
LIKE THIS I’VE WORKED WITH DIDDY AND KAMELA AND OBVIOUSLY I’VE
AND KAMELA AND OBVIOUSLY I’VE WORKED WITH JOE BIDEN.
WORKED WITH JOE BIDEN. THE FEELING WAS GREAT, BECAUSE
THE FEELING WAS GREAT, BECAUSE THEY WERE IN THEIR WORLD,
THEY WERE IN THEIR WORLD, USUALLY I’M IN THEIR WORLD.
USUALLY I’M IN THEIR WORLD. COMING BACK TO MY WORLD AND
COMING BACK TO MY WORLD AND HAVING THEM IN MY SPACE WHERE I
HAVING THEM IN MY SPACE WHERE I CAN PLAY, WHATEVER IT WAS THAT I
CAN PLAY, WHATEVER IT WAS THAT I WANTED TO, IT WAS A GREAT
WANTED TO, IT WAS A GREAT FEELING.
FEELING. IT WAS A GREAT FEELING.
IT WAS A GREAT FEELING. >> YEAH.
>> YEAH. >> SO SOME PEOPLE MAY KNOW SWISS
>> SO SOME PEOPLE MAY KNOW SWISS BEATS, HE WAS MARRIED TO ALICIA
BEATS, HE WAS MARRIED TO ALICIA KEYS.
KEYS. HE WAS SHOUTING YOU OUT.
HE WAS SHOUTING YOU OUT. LET’S LOOK AT THAT.
LET’S LOOK AT THAT. >> TODAY WAS CRAZY, MAN, LOOKING
>> TODAY WAS CRAZY, MAN, LOOKING AT D. NICE WITH 100,000 PEOPLE.
AT D. NICE WITH 100,000 PEOPLE. HE FILLED UP A STADIUM.
HE FILLED UP A STADIUM. TODAY WAS VERY, VERY HONORABLE
TODAY WAS VERY, VERY HONORABLE AND IT MADE ME FEEL GOOD.
AND IT MADE ME FEEL GOOD. I KNOW IT’S A HARD TIME.
I KNOW IT’S A HARD TIME. WE MAKING REAL GOOD TIMES OUT OF
WE MAKING REAL GOOD TIMES OUT OF THESE HARD TIMES.
THESE HARD TIMES. BECAUSE THAT’S WHAT WE DO.
BECAUSE THAT’S WHAT WE DO. >> WHAT LESSONS DO YOU DRAW FROM
>> WHAT LESSONS DO YOU DRAW FROM THIS?
THIS? AND THE OUTPOURING?
AND THE OUTPOURING? >> HONESTLY ONE OF THE BIGGEST
>> HONESTLY ONE OF THE BIGGEST LESSONS I HAVE LEARNED IS THAT,
LESSONS I HAVE LEARNED IS THAT, I FEEL LIKE WE HIT RESET ON
I FEEL LIKE WE HIT RESET ON LIFE.
LIFE. YOU KNOW, I KNOW IT’S A HARD
YOU KNOW, I KNOW IT’S A HARD TIME YOU KNOW BUT NOW WE ARE
TIME YOU KNOW BUT NOW WE ARE STARTING TO SEE WHAT’S REALLY
STARTING TO SEE WHAT’S REALLY IMPORTANT TO US.
IMPORTANT TO US. YOU KNOW, LIKE FAMILY, FRIENDS
YOU KNOW, LIKE FAMILY, FRIENDS AND COMMUNITY AND THAT WAS A
AND COMMUNITY AND THAT WAS A PART OF THE EXPERIENCE THAT I
PART OF THE EXPERIENCE THAT I HAD.
HAD. IT WAS ALL OF THESE PEOPLE THAT
IT WAS ALL OF THESE PEOPLE THAT LIFTED ME UP.
LIFTED ME UP. I MEAN, JUST IMAGINE BEING IN.
I MEAN, JUST IMAGINE BEING IN. I WAS FEELING ALONE AT HOME AND
I WAS FEELING ALONE AT HOME AND I FELT SO CONNECTED TO PEOPLE
I FELT SO CONNECTED TO PEOPLE THROUGH MUSIC, THROUGH PLAYING
THROUGH MUSIC, THROUGH PLAYING MUSIC ON THE GEAR HERE IN MY
MUSIC ON THE GEAR HERE IN MY LIVING ROOM.
LIVING ROOM. IT WAS LIKE THIS VIRTUAL WORLD I
IT WAS LIKE THIS VIRTUAL WORLD I WAS INTO.
WAS INTO. AND PEOPLE CAME TOGETHER AND WE
AND PEOPLE CAME TOGETHER AND WE WERE TOGETHER SCREAMING WHEN WE
WERE TOGETHER SCREAMING WHEN WE CROSSED LIKE 100,000 PEOPLE,
CROSSED LIKE 100,000 PEOPLE, EVERYONE WAS SCREAMING.
EVERYONE WAS SCREAMING. YOU COULD SEE PEOPLE POSTING
YOU COULD SEE PEOPLE POSTING DRINKS AND TOASTING IT UP.
DRINKS AND TOASTING IT UP. IT WAS JUST BEAUTIFUL, MAN.
IT WAS JUST BEAUTIFUL, MAN. >> IT IS BEAUTIFUL.
>> IT IS BEAUTIFUL. IT IS BEAUTIFUL.
IT IS BEAUTIFUL. BECAUSE WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THIS,
BECAUSE WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THIS, YOU NOPE, SOMETIMES THE WORLD WE
YOU NOPE, SOMETIMES THE WORLD WE LIVE IN, TECHNOLOGY, WE TALK
LIVE IN, TECHNOLOGY, WE TALK ABOUT HOW IT SEPARATES US.
ABOUT HOW IT SEPARATES US. RIGHT NOW WE HAVE TO BE
RIGHT NOW WE HAVE TO BE SEPARATED TO BE HEALTHY AND
SEPARATED TO BE HEALTHY AND PROTECT EACH OTHER.
PROTECT EACH OTHER. SO WHAT YOU HAVE THERE WAS THIS
SO WHAT YOU HAVE THERE WAS THIS UNITY AND PEOPLE COMING
UNITY AND PEOPLE COMING TOGETHER.
TOGETHER. A LOT OF OUR AUDIENCE, OF
A LOT OF OUR AUDIENCE, OF COURSE, KNOWS, FIRST LADY
COURSE, KNOWS, FIRST LADY MICHELLE OBAMA.
MICHELLE OBAMA. WHO IS ENORMOUSLY POPULAR,
WHO IS ENORMOUSLY POPULAR, SELLING HER BOOK, I’LL SHOW WHAT
SELLING HER BOOK, I’LL SHOW WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE WHEN SHE POPPED
IT LOOKED LIKE WHEN SHE POPPED UP.
UP. THIS IS UP ON OUR SCREEN.
THIS IS UP ON OUR SCREEN. MICHELLE DROPPING, I’LL READ IT
MICHELLE DROPPING, I’LL READ IT OFF.
OFF. THE FIRE EMOJI AND THE DANCING
THE FIRE EMOJI AND THE DANCING EMOJI.
EMOJI. AND THEN YOU GUYS LAST NIGHT
AND THEN YOU GUYS LAST NIGHT TEAMED UP TO RIDE THIS WAVE FOR
TEAMED UP TO RIDE THIS WAVE FOR VOTER REGISTRATION.
VOTER REGISTRATION. CAN YOU TELL US WHAT KIND OF
CAN YOU TELL US WHAT KIND OF RESPONSE YOU GOT FOR THAT?
RESPONSE YOU GOT FOR THAT? >> MAN, THAT WAS INCREDIBLE.
>> MAN, THAT WAS INCREDIBLE. LIKE WE STARTED OUT, THE GOAL
LIKE WE STARTED OUT, THE GOAL WAS SET FOR US TO JUST REGISTER
WAS SET FOR US TO JUST REGISTER 50,000 ENOUGH VOTERS.
50,000 ENOUGH VOTERS. AND BY THE END OF THE THREE-HOUR
AND BY THE END OF THE THREE-HOUR SET, WE HAD REGISTERED 407,000
SET, WE HAD REGISTERED 407,000 NEW VOTERS.
NEW VOTERS. SO IT WAS JUST, I MEAN OUT OF
SO IT WAS JUST, I MEAN OUT OF THIS BAD TIME, WE TURN, WE ARE
THIS BAD TIME, WE TURN, WE ARE MAKING GREAT PROGRESS AND DOING
MAKING GREAT PROGRESS AND DOING FANTASTIC THINGS.
FANTASTIC THINGS. THAT HAPPENED TO BE ONE OF THEM.
THAT HAPPENED TO BE ONE OF THEM. >> SO YOU HAD ALL THOSE HUNDREDS
>> SO YOU HAD ALL THOSE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE
OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE RESPONDING TO GET MORE ACTIVE TO
RESPONDING TO GET MORE ACTIVE TO GET ENGAGED TO VOTE BECAUSE THEY
GET ENGAGED TO VOTE BECAUSE THEY STARTED OUT IN THE CLUB, ARE YOU
STARTED OUT IN THE CLUB, ARE YOU SAYING?
SAYING? >> ABSOLUTELY.
>> ABSOLUTELY. IT’S A VIRTUAL CLUB.
IT’S A VIRTUAL CLUB. IT STARTED OUT IN A VIRTUAL CLUB
IT STARTED OUT IN A VIRTUAL CLUB WE CALLED IT A PARTY WITH
WE CALLED IT A PARTY WITH PURPOSE.
PURPOSE. YOU KNOW, IT WAS, WE CALLED IT A
YOU KNOW, IT WAS, WE CALLED IT A COUCH PARTY.
COUCH PARTY. BUT MY FRIENDS AND THE PEOPLE IN
BUT MY FRIENDS AND THE PEOPLE IN THERE, IT FELT GOOD TO PARTY
THERE, IT FELT GOOD TO PARTY WITH A PURPOSE.
WITH A PURPOSE. THE PURPOSE WAS TO GET OUT AND
THE PURPOSE WAS TO GET OUT AND GET NEW, REGISTER NEW VOTERS.
GET NEW, REGISTER NEW VOTERS. WE DID VERY WELL.
WE DID VERY WELL. >> PARTY WITH A PURPOSE IS A
>> PARTY WITH A PURPOSE IS A PERFECT WAY TO PUT IT.
PERFECT WAY TO PUT IT. I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE COMING
I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE COMING AROUND INSPIRED BY WHAT YOU ARE
AROUND INSPIRED BY WHAT YOU ARE DOING.
DOING. AS YOU SAID, IT WAS SO ORGANIC.
AS YOU SAID, IT WAS SO ORGANIC. IT CAME FROM THE HEART.
IT CAME FROM THE HEART. I THINK I HELPED, A LOT OF US
I THINK I HELPED, A LOT OF US CAN LEARN SOMETHING FROM YOU AS
CAN LEARN SOMETHING FROM YOU AS WE GO THROUGH POTENTIALLY TOUGH
WE GO THROUGH POTENTIALLY TOUGH TIMES FOR A WHILE.
TIMES FOR A WHILE. THANK YOU FOR COMING THROUGH.
