‘Why Y’all Laughing? This Is Serious Stuff!’ Lil Jon Rolls Out a Meditation Album on CNN

“Turn Down For What” rapper Lil Jon promoted his new Total Meditation album on CNN’s King Charles, Wednesday, where he chided a laughing audience that it was “serious stuff.”

After being introduced to the show, co-host Gayle King said, “Listen to what Lil Jon is doing now. The human party starter, man once known as the ‘king of crunk’, sounds like this.”

King then played a track from the album, which featured an ethereal drone in the background as the rapper declared, “Hey, it’s Lil Jon. I’d like to welcome you to Total Meditation.”

As members of the audience could be heard laughing, the rapper shouted, “Why y’all laughing? This is serious stuff.”

King continued, “He used to tell you to shake it like a salt shaker, but now he’s guiding you to peace and calm with this new album Total Meditation. We want you to welcome again music superstar, super producer, we’re gonna call you serenity guru Lil Jon.”

Asked why he had decided to release a meditation album, Lil Jon said, “I was turning 50 years old, a lot of things going on in my life, a lot of life changes, health issues, you know have to go get that colonoscopy, and you’re worried about your health.”

He argued, “Health is wealth. Health is everything. You want to be here for a long time, like Charles was saying earlier, so the meditation was something I started to do to help me deal with the issues that I was dealing with in my life, and it really gave me some peace.”

Watch above via CNN.