Very rarely do the masses get to witness the resurgence of a comedic genius such as Eddie Murphy. Then again, there aren’t too many comedians and personalities that are as prolific as the Raw creator. In recent months, the Beverly Hills Cop actor made his return to the Saturday Night Live stage, received the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 25th Annual Critics’ Choice Awards, and made his return to the silver screen starring as Rudy Ray Moore in Dolemite Is My Name. Now, Eddie Murphy is getting candid with the good brothers and sisters of WMagazine in an exclusive one-on-one interview.

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During a brief interview with the publication, Murphy spoke on meeting the legendary, blaxploitation actress Pam Grier for the first time and attempting to hold back his lust. He also spoke on his experience as a youth annoying his mother with his imitations, buying Richard Pryor’s comedy album, his first kiss, and more. 

However, there was one story about his run-in with legendary comedian Rodney Dangerfield that stood out the most during the comedian turned actor’s conversation with W. Murphy reveals that he was able to convince Rodney Dangerfield to watch his comedy set at a Florida comedy club while he was still a young buck in the business. 

According to Murphy, his set was full of “really dirty” and “edgy racial stuff.” Following his act, Murphy approached Dangerfield seeking his advice to which the clean-cut comic responded, “Hey, kid. I don’t know where you’re gonna go with that — the language and the race stuff.” 

After acquiring mainstream success and becoming world-renowned for his “really dirty” standup acts, Murphy revealed the two met again this time in the bathroom of Caesar’s Palace in Las Vegas and while standing next to each other at the urinals, Dangerfield leaned over and said, “Hey, who knew?!”

Check out the five-minute clip of Eddie Murphy charismatically carrying one an unintentionally hilarious conversation with W Magazine and be on the lookout for Eddie Murphy to be hitting the road with brand new material sometime in the near future. 

The average civilian rarely considers the difficulty of living the life of a celebrity in a media-driven society. Often times, personalities in the spotlight take a step back into obscurity in order to lead simpler lives and maintain their sanity. It looks like Jennifer Lopez will be the next A-list celebrity to take herself off the grid and ditch America for a more tranquil climate. 

In a recent interview with Vanity Fair, Lopez expressed her desire to relocate outside of the United States and lead a simpler life alongside her significant other, Alex Rodriguez, and two children. The Hustlers producer listed a couple of countries she would like to take refuge in stating, “I would love to live somewhere other than the United States, in a small town in Italy, or on the other side of the world, in Bali.”

Lopez continued, “[I want to] find another life where it’s a little bit more simple and organic and where I get to ride a bike, and buy bread, and put it in my basket, and then go home and put jelly on it, and just eat and paint, or sit in a rocking chair where there was a beautiful view of an olive tree or an oak tree and I could just smell. I have fantasies like that.”

With Jennifer Lopez currently prepping for her upcoming Super Bowl performance and working with Versace again, Lopez will have to put her simple life aspirations on the backburner for now. 

In one year, DaBaby went from being a rapper on his way up to one of the biggest entertainers in the world. The North Carolina rapper has climbed the ranks to take his place at the top, and with No. 1 album under his belt, DaBaby is enjoying all of the luxuries that his hard work can afford. “I like pushing the envelope and being creative,” he told The Guardian. “I’m a high-level performer – [it’s about] how I can take it to another level. I try not to be complacent in my music or with my performances. I gotta keep it fresh and rock out.”

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There are plenty of secrets to success if one subscribes to that school of thought, but DaBaby claims that being a student of “the greats” is what helped him craft his style. “I studied people like Future, Lil Wayne and Kanye, who came up and consistently progressed,” he said. “I’ve studied all the genius marketers throughout the rap game. I borrow from anybody with something to offer.”

However, he admits marketing, per se, wasn’t really his thing. “I’ve just always been a hustler. I didn’t even have a major decided at college,” DaBaby admitted. “I only went to school for my parents.” If there’s one industry where a hustler can make a living, it’s entertainment…and possibly politics. When asked where he sees himself in the future, it’s clear that DaBaby has big aspirations. “Fifty years, man? I better be damn near the president of the United States.”