Vancity Raps

1 00:00:02,003 --> 00:00:05,001 ... 23,976 fps [HD] ... 2 00:00:07,507 --> 00:00:17,058 (indistinct) 3 00:00:17,101 --> 00:00:18,589 ... for [CC] Hi (SDH) 4 00:00:18,643 --> 00:00:21,187 ♪ You got the power ♪ 5 00:00:21,187 --> 00:00:24,107 ♪ You got the power ♪ 6 00:00:24,107 --> 00:00:25,942 ♪ You got the power ♪ 7 00:00:25,942 --> 00:00:29,237 ♪ Yeah, you got the power ♪ 8 00:00:29,237 --> 00:00:31,823 ♪ You got the power, made this hour ♪ 9 00:00:31,823 --> 00:00:34,534 ♪ The one we the made it 25th hour ♪ 10 00:00:34,534 --> 00:00:35,910 ♪ We got them our ♪ 11 00:00:35,910 --> 00:00:37,287 ♪ We made the flower ♪ 12 00:00:37,287 --> 00:00:40,040 ♪ Who's the one that's really just a coward ♪ 13 00:00:40,040 --> 00:00:42,459 ♪ I hate the law so I break the law ♪ 14 00:00:42,459 --> 00:00:45,003 ♪ Like the government when they making war ♪ 15 00:00:45,003 --> 00:00:46,546 ♪ They will control you patrol you ♪ 16 00:00:46,546 --> 00:00:48,006 ♪ Even try to hold you ♪ 17 00:00:48,006 --> 00:00:50,592 ♪ Do anything in the power to try to mold you ♪ 18 00:00:50,592 --> 00:00:53,386 ♪ Into something that they wanna see ♪ 19 00:00:53,386 --> 00:00:56,139 ♪ Government don't care, what you wanna be ♪ 20 00:00:56,139 --> 00:00:58,808 ♪ They don't give a damn about people on the streets ♪ 21 00:00:58,808 --> 00:01:01,519 ♪ Some little class workers, only the elite ♪ 22 00:01:01,519 --> 00:01:04,230 ♪ Get the treatment that everyone deserves ♪ 23 00:01:04,230 --> 00:01:05,648 ♪ So imma' rip off his skin ♪ 24 00:01:05,648 --> 00:01:07,108 ♪ Just to get another plan ♪ (metal banging) 25 00:01:07,108 --> 00:01:10,361 (lively hip hop music) 26 00:01:13,448 --> 00:01:15,533 (electronic music) 27 00:01:15,533 --> 00:01:19,287 (suspenseful dramatic music) 28 00:01:20,205 --> 00:01:23,374 (bright upbeat music) 29 00:01:29,297 --> 00:01:32,217 (electronic music) 30 00:01:39,933 --> 00:01:41,768 - [Rapper] Your mic joke, hit that intro, y'all get up. 31 00:01:41,768 --> 00:01:45,772 - [Rapper 2] Y'all gonna get some, come on. 32 00:01:45,772 --> 00:01:47,398 (bright hip hop music) 33 00:01:47,398 --> 00:01:48,817 - Oh bro, what you just watching? 34 00:01:48,817 --> 00:01:51,861 - [Man] Oh, hey man, what's up, how's work though? 35 00:01:51,861 --> 00:01:52,946 - Work was good. 36 00:01:52,946 --> 00:01:56,699 - Just turning on lets see, work yeah, it's good. 37 00:01:56,699 --> 00:01:58,952 Good, they covered kinda like, 38 00:01:58,952 --> 00:02:00,703 I don't like the local scene in Vancouver. 39 00:02:00,703 --> 00:02:01,538 - Oh yeah. 40 00:02:01,538 --> 00:02:02,413 - t's kind of keeping it up with like 41 00:02:02,413 --> 00:02:03,623 what's trending and stuff. 42 00:02:03,623 --> 00:02:04,916 - I know - You know you like it? 43 00:02:04,916 --> 00:02:06,918 - [Man] Yeah, I like it. 44 00:02:11,005 --> 00:02:12,924 (beep) 45 00:02:12,924 --> 00:02:15,635 - Hey, what's up, it's Dangerous, aka The Dream Catcher, 46 00:02:15,635 --> 00:02:19,013 aka the Deli MC aka the Lyrical Miracle, you already know. 47 00:02:19,013 --> 00:02:21,766 - Give it up party people for this motherfucker. 48 00:02:21,766 --> 00:02:24,435 (fans cheering) 49 00:02:24,435 --> 00:02:27,188 ♪ Chances 138, and I call the cops ♪ 50 00:02:27,188 --> 00:02:29,149 ♪ Fresh off the top on the best city ♪ 51 00:02:29,149 --> 00:02:29,983 ♪ Black and plus side ♪ 52 00:02:29,983 --> 00:02:31,651 ♪ Ain't nobody gonna talk ♪ 53 00:02:31,651 --> 00:02:34,362 - Rocking with Emotions right now representing Vancouver. 54 00:02:34,362 --> 00:02:36,114 We rocking live right now with Vancity Rap. 55 00:02:36,114 --> 00:02:40,368 ♪ Time is coming ♪ 56 00:02:40,368 --> 00:02:45,373 ♪ Come stand by me ♪ 57 00:02:45,790 --> 00:02:47,167 ♪ I say that ♪ 58 00:02:47,167 --> 00:02:50,587 ♪ Time is coming ♪ 59 00:02:50,587 --> 00:02:54,716 - Yo, it's your boy, JGeezy and this is Vancity Raps. 60 00:02:54,716 --> 00:02:58,553 (dramatic instrumental music) 61 00:03:03,850 --> 00:03:06,519 - This is Moka Only and welcome to Vancity Raps. 62 00:03:06,519 --> 00:03:09,522 (fast violin music) 63 00:03:14,235 --> 00:03:16,696 (guns booming) 64 00:03:16,696 --> 00:03:20,491 (dramatic instrumental music) 65 00:03:22,000 --> 00:03:28,074 Support us and become VIP member to remove all ads from www.OpenSubtitles.org 66 00:03:36,174 --> 00:03:37,675 ♪ Talk nines talk live ♪ 67 00:03:37,675 --> 00:03:39,093 ♪ Such a wonderful fun ♪ 68 00:03:39,093 --> 00:03:40,511 ♪ Spend time kicking rock ♪ 69 00:03:40,511 --> 00:03:42,513 ♪ Clock ticking into the wheel ♪ 70 00:03:42,513 --> 00:03:44,224 ♪ Funk with the punk lot plus mine. ♪ 71 00:03:44,224 --> 00:03:46,851 ♪ So prime, talk nice, spoke love ♪ 72 00:03:46,851 --> 00:03:48,061 (rails crackling) 73 00:03:48,061 --> 00:03:51,189 ♪ We getting hot right now ♪ 74 00:03:51,189 --> 00:03:54,400 ♪ We getting hot right now ♪ 75 00:03:54,400 --> 00:03:56,027 ♪ We getting hot right now ♪ 76 00:03:56,027 --> 00:03:57,862 ♪ We getting hot right now ♪ 77 00:03:57,862 --> 00:04:01,115 (lively hip hop music) 78 00:04:09,707 --> 00:04:12,377 ♪ Baby I know, baby I know ♪ 79 00:04:12,377 --> 00:04:15,088 ♪ I said I'll see ya after the show ♪ 80 00:04:15,088 --> 00:04:18,925 ♪ Working like that I do not know ♪ 81 00:04:18,925 --> 00:04:22,262 (hip hop music playing) 82 00:04:24,847 --> 00:04:25,682 (rails screeching) 83 00:04:25,682 --> 00:04:28,226 ♪ Two bombs don't bite, two bombs go quiet ♪ 84 00:04:28,226 --> 00:04:31,854 ♪ Two bombs that gonna make a ride ♪ 85 00:04:31,854 --> 00:04:34,774 ♪ We evolve as the earth revolve ♪ 86 00:04:34,774 --> 00:04:37,485 ♪ The world gets better with the problems we solve ♪ 87 00:04:37,485 --> 00:04:39,696 ♪ Think about all ♪ 88 00:04:39,696 --> 00:04:40,613 ♪ Girl, you a straight rider ♪ 89 00:04:40,613 --> 00:04:41,823 ♪ Be a little west sider ♪ 90 00:04:41,823 --> 00:04:44,117 ♪ So brought a fly lady mess with the clown jiggers ♪ 91 00:04:44,117 --> 00:04:46,619 ♪ Hope we rude when to have them making them figures ♪ 92 00:04:46,619 --> 00:04:50,081 ♪ The longer the L-I-T-T leader, fresh new T ♪ 93 00:04:50,081 --> 00:04:53,626 ♪ You can be my stalker ♪ 94 00:04:53,626 --> 00:04:57,463 (bright upbeat hiphop music) 95 00:05:07,432 --> 00:05:08,933 ♪ Say what say what ♪ 96 00:05:08,933 --> 00:05:12,395 ♪ Rhyme on the top, say what, say what, what ♪ 97 00:05:12,395 --> 00:05:14,856 ♪ Say what, say what, say what, say what ♪ 98 00:05:14,856 --> 00:05:19,152 ♪ Say what, say what, ride down the street ♪ 99 00:05:19,152 --> 00:05:21,487 ♪ We are, we are, we the chance, we the kings ♪ 100 00:05:21,487 --> 00:05:22,322 ♪ Yeah we the kings ♪ 101 00:05:22,322 --> 00:05:24,240 ♪ When we just first class ♪ 102 00:05:24,240 --> 00:05:26,743 ♪ We are, we are, 'cause we're independent or direct ♪ 103 00:05:26,743 --> 00:05:29,412 ♪ Fly in the city ♪ 104 00:05:29,412 --> 00:05:34,417 ♪ We are, we are, we the chance, we the kings ♪ 105 00:05:37,545 --> 00:05:39,213 - What's her name, the South side girl? 106 00:05:39,213 --> 00:05:41,257 Something like that, Ben Saucer. 107 00:05:41,257 --> 00:05:42,091 - Saucer. 108 00:05:42,091 --> 00:05:42,884 ♪ The clip zipper ♪ 109 00:05:42,884 --> 00:05:43,718 ♪ You need that faith ♪ 110 00:05:43,718 --> 00:05:44,594 ♪ You looking for a fresh cut ♪ 111 00:05:44,594 --> 00:05:45,678 ♪ You can see that ♪ 112 00:05:45,678 --> 00:05:47,847 I thinking yeah... 113 00:05:47,847 --> 00:05:49,098 - Yeah, yeah. 114 00:05:49,098 --> 00:05:53,770 ♪ Everyday I wake up and thank God ♪ 115 00:05:53,770 --> 00:05:58,608 ♪ Every night am working this and I ♪ 116 00:05:58,608 --> 00:06:00,109 - [Rapper] I guess, in all essence, 117 00:06:00,109 --> 00:06:02,487 I just wanna find the most diverse, 118 00:06:02,487 --> 00:06:05,031 like I really wanna focus on the diversity of Vancouver 119 00:06:05,031 --> 00:06:06,741 'cause that part of the film 120 00:06:06,741 --> 00:06:08,201 is definitely shining through it. 121 00:06:08,201 --> 00:06:11,788 (high-energy upbeat music) 122 00:06:20,588 --> 00:06:23,257 (siren wailing) 123 00:06:25,510 --> 00:06:28,388 (electronic music) 124 00:06:29,847 --> 00:06:32,850 (ground cluttering) 125 00:06:35,186 --> 00:06:38,272 (footsteps thumping) 126 00:06:43,361 --> 00:06:45,696 (door thudding) 127 00:06:45,696 --> 00:06:48,783 (footsteps thumping) 128 00:06:52,328 --> 00:06:55,998 (quirky instrumental music) 129 00:07:01,129 --> 00:07:04,048 (electronic music) 130 00:07:05,258 --> 00:07:07,927 (alarm buzzing) 131 00:07:09,470 --> 00:07:12,306 - [Rapper] In Morning of became a good ferry with her basket 132 00:07:12,306 --> 00:07:17,019 and said, here are gifts, take one, leave the others 133 00:07:17,019 --> 00:07:19,480 and be wearing, choose wisely. 134 00:07:19,480 --> 00:07:23,526 Oh, choose wisely for only one of them is valuable. 135 00:07:23,526 --> 00:07:27,697 The gifts were five, fame, love, riches, pleasure. 136 00:07:34,245 --> 00:07:38,458 - I was born in Surrey British Columbia, don't judge me, 137 00:07:38,458 --> 00:07:40,710 I then moved out to Trinidad and Tobago, 138 00:07:40,710 --> 00:07:42,712 which is where my father's from, 139 00:07:42,712 --> 00:07:46,090 lived there for a few years, came back to Surrey. 140 00:07:46,090 --> 00:07:47,133 ♪ Dance to the beat ♪ 141 00:07:47,133 --> 00:07:48,384 ♪ Dance to the beat ♪ 142 00:07:48,384 --> 00:07:49,719 ♪ Who's got the rhythm ♪ 143 00:07:49,719 --> 00:07:50,720 ♪ Whose got the wisdom ♪ 144 00:07:50,720 --> 00:07:51,971 ♪ Whose got the speed ♪ 145 00:07:51,971 --> 00:07:53,222 ♪ And quickest metabolism ♪ 146 00:07:53,222 --> 00:07:54,390 ♪ Dangerous a hero ♪ 147 00:07:54,390 --> 00:07:55,558 ♪ Dangerous a speemo ♪ 148 00:07:55,558 --> 00:07:57,059 ♪ High hip hop ground ♪ 149 00:07:57,059 --> 00:07:59,979 (electronic music) 150 00:08:01,939 --> 00:08:03,900 - You rocked in with Emotionz right now. 151 00:08:03,900 --> 00:08:08,488 Rapper, beatboxer, singer, DJ, grew up in Vancouver. 152 00:08:08,488 --> 00:08:11,365 Been in and out, lived in LA for a bit 153 00:08:11,365 --> 00:08:14,368 and lived in Montreal and in Nelson for a bit, 154 00:08:14,368 --> 00:08:17,079 but primarily Vancouver, my whole life. 155 00:08:17,079 --> 00:08:20,666 I had a record deal out in LA with Dreamax records 156 00:08:20,666 --> 00:08:23,836 and I lived out there for about a year. 157 00:08:23,836 --> 00:08:26,631 Well, when I lived in LA I was real busy recording. 158 00:08:26,631 --> 00:08:29,967 So pretty much every day was recording in the studio. 159 00:08:29,967 --> 00:08:32,929 We were working with DJ Quick, West Coast legend. 160 00:08:32,929 --> 00:08:34,347 So that was amazing. 161 00:08:34,347 --> 00:08:37,934 And my days consisted of like just hanging 162 00:08:37,934 --> 00:08:42,855 with my crew clockwork and writing a lot of songs. 163 00:08:42,855 --> 00:08:44,023 Favorite thing about LA 164 00:08:44,023 --> 00:08:46,526 is just like inspirations in the air. 165 00:08:46,526 --> 00:08:49,987 There's something special about LA in that sense, 166 00:08:49,987 --> 00:08:52,865 it feels like you're in one of the Meccas of just art 167 00:08:52,865 --> 00:08:54,867 and creation and culture and fashion. 168 00:08:54,867 --> 00:08:58,579 And I really like it in that sense. 169 00:08:58,579 --> 00:08:59,705 ♪ They don't know the school ♪ 170 00:08:59,705 --> 00:09:01,958 ♪ Same fucking punks like before ♪ 171 00:09:01,958 --> 00:09:04,377 ♪ You know, the ending 'cause you've seen it before ♪ 172 00:09:04,377 --> 00:09:05,586 ♪ Prepare you for the war ♪ 173 00:09:05,586 --> 00:09:08,839 (upbeat hip hop music) 174 00:09:12,677 --> 00:09:14,470 (glass shattering) 175 00:09:14,470 --> 00:09:17,390 (electronic music) 176 00:09:19,517 --> 00:09:22,061 - We get a lot of outta town a lot of people move here 177 00:09:22,061 --> 00:09:24,063 from other places right. 178 00:09:24,897 --> 00:09:27,650 But back when I was growing up being from East Van, 179 00:09:27,650 --> 00:09:29,402 everybody sees the east van thing 180 00:09:29,402 --> 00:09:31,696 and it's become this thing, oh yeah, East Van, 181 00:09:31,696 --> 00:09:34,115 but growing up it really was East Van. 182 00:09:34,115 --> 00:09:37,326 So it was like a tale of two cities in Vancouver. 183 00:09:37,326 --> 00:09:40,246 (man laughing) 184 00:09:40,246 --> 00:09:43,541 Not, West Vancouver though, the West end, 185 00:09:43,541 --> 00:09:45,376 which was the rich side of Vancouver. 186 00:09:45,376 --> 00:09:48,713 Then there was East Vancouver, which was the poor side. 187 00:09:48,713 --> 00:09:50,131 It was, you know what, 188 00:09:50,131 --> 00:09:52,466 I'm a child of immigrants. 189 00:09:52,466 --> 00:09:54,885 They immigrated here from the west Indies 190 00:09:54,885 --> 00:09:56,596 and they worked really hard 191 00:09:56,596 --> 00:09:59,390 to provide a good life for me and my sister. 192 00:09:59,390 --> 00:10:02,310 (electronic music) 193 00:10:05,146 --> 00:10:06,397 - I started smoking weed in high school, man. 194 00:10:06,397 --> 00:10:08,149 I remember man, it was grade 10. 195 00:10:08,149 --> 00:10:09,066 It was not good either. 196 00:10:09,066 --> 00:10:10,359 It was not a good experience bro. 197 00:10:10,359 --> 00:10:13,487 But, it was just chilling outside smoking 198 00:10:13,487 --> 00:10:17,575 we dropping freestyles, getting into shit, 199 00:10:17,575 --> 00:10:20,828 grades had to be on point though, and the teacher them, 200 00:10:20,828 --> 00:10:22,496 they understood like 201 00:10:22,496 --> 00:10:25,207 in the urban environment where we came from, 202 00:10:25,207 --> 00:10:27,752 attention was something that we didn't have 203 00:10:27,752 --> 00:10:28,961 for a long period of time in class. 204 00:10:28,961 --> 00:10:30,963 She knew that, they knew that, so they... 205 00:10:30,963 --> 00:10:32,089 Not that they worked with us, 206 00:10:32,089 --> 00:10:33,549 but they were just like, yo listen, y'all just make sure, 207 00:10:33,549 --> 00:10:34,717 when it's time to do these tests 208 00:10:34,717 --> 00:10:35,718 and when it's time to get this work in, 209 00:10:35,718 --> 00:10:38,804 you guys get it in and it's whatever, 210 00:10:40,640 --> 00:10:42,600 it was a common ground of respect 211 00:10:42,600 --> 00:10:44,977 in some spot, not all the teachers were like that. 212 00:10:44,977 --> 00:10:46,646 Some of the teachers were fucking assholes motherfucker. 213 00:10:46,646 --> 00:10:49,523 (electronic music) 214 00:10:52,068 --> 00:10:53,277 - [Reporter] Daniel Denton, 215 00:10:53,277 --> 00:10:55,529 better known by his stage name Moka Only 216 00:10:55,529 --> 00:10:57,657 is a Canadian underground hip-hop artist. 217 00:10:57,657 --> 00:10:59,325 He has won three Junior Awards, 218 00:10:59,325 --> 00:11:01,535 five MuchMusic Video Awards 219 00:11:01,535 --> 00:11:02,745 and has been nominated 220 00:11:02,745 --> 00:11:05,247 for 11 Western Canadian Music Awards. 221 00:11:05,247 --> 00:11:07,249 - I was born in Canada, actually. 222 00:11:07,249 --> 00:11:09,085 Toia, British Columbia. 223 00:11:09,085 --> 00:11:12,296 - Thick, what, oh my God, Moka Only. 224 00:11:12,296 --> 00:11:14,799 - I was a pretty quiet kid. 225 00:11:14,799 --> 00:11:17,259 I didn't have a huge range of friends, 226 00:11:17,259 --> 00:11:19,804 I was by myself a lot. 227 00:11:19,804 --> 00:11:20,638 But I liked it 228 00:11:20,638 --> 00:11:25,434 'cause I was an introvert was then, still am now. 229 00:11:25,434 --> 00:11:29,689 And music was on my mind at a very early age. 230 00:11:29,689 --> 00:11:32,942 My family had a piano in the house 231 00:11:32,942 --> 00:11:36,445 and that was the first instrument I gravitated toward. 232 00:11:36,445 --> 00:11:39,365 So I started writing music at a very early age. 233 00:11:39,365 --> 00:11:43,786 First song I wrote, I was about three or four years old 234 00:11:43,786 --> 00:11:45,955 and wrote a rock and roll song on a piano. 235 00:11:45,955 --> 00:11:48,874 (electronic music) 236 00:11:49,917 --> 00:11:52,336 - Well, I grew up in Penticton. 237 00:11:52,336 --> 00:11:55,673 We used to battle on the beaches and parties 238 00:11:55,673 --> 00:11:59,051 and freestyle in the cars and it's definitely a place 239 00:11:59,051 --> 00:12:00,094 where I got a lot of love. 240 00:12:00,094 --> 00:12:02,471 Like I would say the main source of my creativity. 241 00:12:02,471 --> 00:12:04,598 It depends on the situation 242 00:12:04,598 --> 00:12:06,726 I'm going through, my life at that time. 243 00:12:06,726 --> 00:12:09,687 A big part of it though, when I created Little T. 244 00:12:09,687 --> 00:12:11,605 was this element of fighting back, 245 00:12:11,605 --> 00:12:15,109 I'm smaller, I'm shorter, I grew up on that battle. 246 00:12:15,109 --> 00:12:19,321 (bright upbeat hip hop music) 247 00:12:19,321 --> 00:12:22,408 (fans cheering) 248 00:12:22,408 --> 00:12:24,869 So I could use my words to flip it right. 249 00:12:24,869 --> 00:12:28,706 (bright upbeat hip hop music) 250 00:12:34,420 --> 00:12:37,673 Even if I'm going through something really hard, 251 00:12:37,673 --> 00:12:41,510 I flip that into a positive by using my writing. 252 00:12:41,510 --> 00:12:43,512 So I would say that is a main source, 253 00:12:43,512 --> 00:12:46,223 but then sometimes even if I'm in a really good mood, 254 00:12:46,223 --> 00:12:47,683 then I wanna write like that. 255 00:12:47,683 --> 00:12:50,102 But I would say a lot of it is therapeutic. 256 00:12:50,102 --> 00:12:51,228 ♪ Worth the nine to five ♪ 257 00:12:51,228 --> 00:12:52,646 ♪ They gotta rock the mic ♪ 258 00:12:52,646 --> 00:12:53,814 ♪ No complaining ♪ 259 00:12:53,814 --> 00:12:54,940 ♪ I can handle it ♪ 260 00:12:54,940 --> 00:12:57,443 ♪ Two worlds, but I continue to balance it ♪ 261 00:12:57,443 --> 00:12:59,779 ♪ It's challenging, but it's rewarding ♪ 262 00:12:59,779 --> 00:13:01,322 ♪ Am living now my dreams ♪ 263 00:13:01,322 --> 00:13:02,364 ♪ And am recording ♪ 264 00:13:02,364 --> 00:13:04,784 - Yeah she is harmless 265 00:13:04,784 --> 00:13:06,118 who is this? 266 00:13:06,118 --> 00:13:06,952 She is (indistinct) 267 00:13:06,952 --> 00:13:07,787 ♪ Am in an Interview ♪ 268 00:13:07,787 --> 00:13:09,371 ♪ I living proof that dreams come true ♪ 269 00:13:09,371 --> 00:13:11,290 ♪ And I'ma keep imma keep, imma see it through ♪ 270 00:13:11,290 --> 00:13:12,625 - Baby C, Baby C 271 00:13:13,584 --> 00:13:15,169 - Baby C huh! 272 00:13:15,169 --> 00:13:18,088 (electronic music) 273 00:13:20,424 --> 00:13:23,219 - I don't think it's necessary to be signed to a label 274 00:13:23,219 --> 00:13:26,639 with CD Baby and Distro Kid and Tune Cor. 275 00:13:27,515 --> 00:13:29,850 There's so many ways to like get your music out 276 00:13:29,850 --> 00:13:31,310 and get people listening. 277 00:13:31,310 --> 00:13:34,230 YouTube, people will just watch videos on YouTube 278 00:13:34,230 --> 00:13:35,898 or stream their music on Spotify. 279 00:13:35,898 --> 00:13:38,150 You don't need a label to do any of that. 280 00:13:38,150 --> 00:13:40,361 You can do it on your own. 281 00:13:40,361 --> 00:13:42,613 And not many people are buying physical copies. 282 00:13:42,613 --> 00:13:45,407 So it's not like back in the day when you need a label 283 00:13:45,407 --> 00:13:47,576 to distribute your music to all the stores, 284 00:13:47,576 --> 00:13:51,455 no one does that anymore, so I don't think it's necessary. 285 00:13:51,455 --> 00:13:54,792 I do think you need a team of individuals around you 286 00:13:54,792 --> 00:13:57,169 to help you with promoting your career. 287 00:13:57,169 --> 00:13:58,921 I don't think you can do it all yourself. 288 00:13:58,921 --> 00:14:01,173 So surrounding yourself with the right people 289 00:14:01,173 --> 00:14:03,050 with the right connections is important 290 00:14:03,050 --> 00:14:05,553 and not being afraid to pay for services 291 00:14:05,553 --> 00:14:08,138 that you need to advance your career. 292 00:14:08,138 --> 00:14:11,141 (high upbeat music) 293 00:14:19,483 --> 00:14:22,194 (electronic music) 294 00:14:22,194 --> 00:14:23,779 (alien expectorating) 295 00:14:23,779 --> 00:14:25,197 - Oh, hey, sorry, I'm late. 296 00:14:25,197 --> 00:14:27,366 (alien expectorating) 297 00:14:27,366 --> 00:14:30,160 oh yeah sorry, sorry, traffic was a biatch. 298 00:14:30,160 --> 00:14:31,620 You know what I'm saying? 299 00:14:31,620 --> 00:14:33,122 (alien expectorating) 300 00:14:33,122 --> 00:14:36,000 - Oh what was your original question? 301 00:14:36,000 --> 00:14:38,002 (alien expectorating) 302 00:14:38,002 --> 00:14:40,421 - Oh, sorry, sorry, yeah, yeah, you're right, you're right 303 00:14:40,421 --> 00:14:41,505 I am getting off track. 304 00:14:41,505 --> 00:14:45,551 Vancity Raps, so you want it to be about the hiphop artists, 305 00:14:45,551 --> 00:14:48,262 the rapping, but not just the rapping of the music 306 00:14:48,262 --> 00:14:49,763 you wanted about the rapping, 307 00:14:49,763 --> 00:14:52,808 the talking style rapping to get to know the artist 308 00:14:52,808 --> 00:14:54,852 so that you can shape the story. 309 00:14:54,852 --> 00:14:56,395 (alien expectorating) 310 00:14:56,395 --> 00:15:00,065 - Just want the most popular artist I remember, 311 00:15:00,065 --> 00:15:01,734 you wanted some veteran artists, 312 00:15:01,734 --> 00:15:03,527 so I went out and got Moka Only. 313 00:15:03,527 --> 00:15:06,655 And Emotions is, I would consider him a vet. 314 00:15:06,655 --> 00:15:08,073 (alien expectorating) 315 00:15:08,073 --> 00:15:10,367 - Yeah, you wanted the newbies, 316 00:15:10,367 --> 00:15:12,244 you wanted the intermediate and the veterans 317 00:15:12,244 --> 00:15:14,705 I got them all just finished filming them all 318 00:15:14,705 --> 00:15:16,206 I'm dead tired. 319 00:15:16,206 --> 00:15:18,751 (alien expectorating) 320 00:15:18,751 --> 00:15:21,503 - And, I'm beat and going to bed. 321 00:15:22,379 --> 00:15:25,716 (alien expectorating) 322 00:15:25,716 --> 00:15:27,051 - Alright, cool. 323 00:15:28,594 --> 00:15:30,679 (alien expectorating) 324 00:15:30,679 --> 00:15:33,766 (tense upbeat music) 325 00:15:36,435 --> 00:15:40,606 - (laughing) That was funny, make me disappear again. 326 00:15:40,606 --> 00:15:42,566 (indistinct) 327 00:15:42,566 --> 00:15:43,651 (man laughing) 328 00:15:43,651 --> 00:15:45,277 - Wow, that's nuts. 329 00:15:45,277 --> 00:15:49,239 ♪ Time is coming ♪ 330 00:15:49,239 --> 00:15:54,244 ♪ Come stand by me ♪ 331 00:15:54,411 --> 00:15:58,165 ♪ I said that time is coming ♪ 332 00:16:00,167 --> 00:16:03,087 (electronic music) 333 00:16:05,589 --> 00:16:08,634 - I was actually born in the Dominican Republic 334 00:16:08,634 --> 00:16:09,969 in Puerto Plata. 335 00:16:11,679 --> 00:16:15,224 I immigrated here when I was about a year and a half 336 00:16:15,224 --> 00:16:19,395 to South Surry, I still rep the DR, but at the same time, 337 00:16:19,395 --> 00:16:21,105 I'm pretty, pretty Canadian. 338 00:16:21,105 --> 00:16:22,606 I still rep Vancouver pretty hard. 339 00:16:22,606 --> 00:16:25,234 That's an interesting question. 340 00:16:25,234 --> 00:16:28,445 I'm trying to think, when I'm writing songs 341 00:16:28,445 --> 00:16:31,073 and even when I'm about to perform on, 342 00:16:31,073 --> 00:16:34,618 I feel like everything about what you do as an artist 343 00:16:34,618 --> 00:16:36,120 is a creative process. 344 00:16:36,120 --> 00:16:38,914 (indistinct music) 345 00:16:38,914 --> 00:16:42,876 Yes I'll say I'm a singer, but I'm also a performer. 346 00:16:42,876 --> 00:16:46,547 I'm a personality, there's all, whatever I say, 347 00:16:46,547 --> 00:16:47,965 when people are listening to you, 348 00:16:47,965 --> 00:16:50,217 you have to be conscious of that. 349 00:16:50,217 --> 00:16:53,679 I feel like there's this sort of energy 350 00:16:53,679 --> 00:16:56,098 that I want to share with people. 351 00:16:56,098 --> 00:16:59,810 And I find that when I perform in front of people, 352 00:16:59,810 --> 00:17:02,813 there's this certain energy that they give back to me. 353 00:17:02,813 --> 00:17:06,150 A Creative process, it just comes from how I'm feeling. 354 00:17:06,150 --> 00:17:08,235 If I'm feeling like shit, it's gonna be a shit. 355 00:17:08,235 --> 00:17:10,195 It's gonna be a pissed off song. 356 00:17:10,195 --> 00:17:12,031 What I'm saying, if I'm feeling happy as hell, listen, 357 00:17:12,031 --> 00:17:13,115 we're all celebrating. 358 00:17:13,115 --> 00:17:15,534 So It just really depends on my mood. 359 00:17:15,534 --> 00:17:17,369 - I had a great childhood. 360 00:17:17,369 --> 00:17:20,080 I mean, my dad was like the Joe Jackson, 361 00:17:20,080 --> 00:17:21,957 he was putting a guitar in my hand, 362 00:17:21,957 --> 00:17:24,084 harmonica for my birthday. 363 00:17:24,084 --> 00:17:26,420 I remember it was like 1990. 364 00:17:27,504 --> 00:17:29,798 He got me my first camera to start making movie. 365 00:17:29,798 --> 00:17:31,592 We actually created 366 00:17:31,592 --> 00:17:33,469 a rap root back then called Blackout Boys 367 00:17:33,469 --> 00:17:37,097 with my best friend, and we went down to "Star Search." 368 00:17:37,097 --> 00:17:38,682 Did the audition. 369 00:17:38,682 --> 00:17:39,933 ♪ It must go down ♪ 370 00:17:39,933 --> 00:17:41,101 ♪ Going go from the North, to the West ♪ 371 00:17:41,101 --> 00:17:42,436 ♪ To the South, to the East ♪ 372 00:17:42,436 --> 00:17:43,896 ♪ I'll eat the beat ♪ 373 00:17:43,896 --> 00:17:46,106 ♪ I'll drink the beat ♪ 374 00:17:46,106 --> 00:17:47,649 ♪ To the Mc to see ♪ 375 00:17:47,649 --> 00:17:50,903 (upbeat hip-hop music) 376 00:17:57,701 --> 00:18:00,329 To get on "Star Search" with Ed McMan, 377 00:18:00,329 --> 00:18:03,207 rap was definitely not in the mainstream back then. 378 00:18:03,207 --> 00:18:06,502 So we didn't get past auditions, 379 00:18:06,502 --> 00:18:08,837 but he's always been pushing me to do music. 380 00:18:08,837 --> 00:18:11,757 (electronic music) 381 00:18:14,301 --> 00:18:16,011 ♪ We control reality ♪ 382 00:18:16,011 --> 00:18:19,598 - He's my favorite rapper, dead or alive? 383 00:18:19,598 --> 00:18:23,102 I always say myself when people ask me this question 384 00:18:23,102 --> 00:18:24,728 I think my shades though, 385 00:18:24,728 --> 00:18:27,564 but I also, there's a guy named 37 386 00:18:28,732 --> 00:18:31,318 and I remember talking to people like my bro and friends 387 00:18:31,318 --> 00:18:33,487 and dude, this guy is better than cannabis. 388 00:18:33,487 --> 00:18:35,948 I was feeling his lyrics more and mostly 389 00:18:35,948 --> 00:18:38,408 because one of the most poignant MCs I've ever heard, 390 00:18:38,408 --> 00:18:43,413 he just says things that are so true about what's going on. 391 00:18:43,705 --> 00:18:45,874 Like there's songs called "Hand That Feeds" 392 00:18:45,874 --> 00:18:46,959 try to find that. 393 00:18:46,959 --> 00:18:50,212 (upbeat hip hop music) 394 00:18:53,006 --> 00:18:55,926 (electronic music) 395 00:18:58,512 --> 00:19:00,222 ♪ Oh, making that pack jump ♪ 396 00:19:00,222 --> 00:19:02,141 ♪ Making that block, jump ♪ 397 00:19:02,141 --> 00:19:03,267 ♪ Making that trap jump ♪ 398 00:19:03,267 --> 00:19:04,977 ♪ Make your hood jump ♪ 399 00:19:04,977 --> 00:19:06,228 ♪ Just like Chris Crowns ♪ 400 00:19:06,228 --> 00:19:07,479 ♪ Yeah, I trip so ♪ 401 00:19:07,479 --> 00:19:09,439 - I wasn't even the best in my school 402 00:19:09,439 --> 00:19:12,609 in Seattle at rapping, which is crazy. 403 00:19:12,609 --> 00:19:17,322 I was probably like third best, fourth best, third, best. 404 00:19:18,490 --> 00:19:21,076 There's two guys named Frosty. 405 00:19:21,076 --> 00:19:23,662 Frosty was a 6'7, big black guy 406 00:19:28,125 --> 00:19:30,252 looked like Gucci man, 407 00:19:30,252 --> 00:19:33,505 fur coat, fur Air Force ones to match, 408 00:19:33,505 --> 00:19:35,382 different color every day. 409 00:19:35,382 --> 00:19:39,386 Ice called Frosty had freestyle raps like Gucci. 410 00:19:40,304 --> 00:19:43,182 This free styles all day, he doesn't miss a beat. 411 00:19:43,182 --> 00:19:46,393 Street guy, rapper, I wasn't in the street. 412 00:19:46,393 --> 00:19:49,730 I was playing basketball and you know, I'll be in the hood. 413 00:19:49,730 --> 00:19:51,148 So, I'm cultured, 414 00:19:52,524 --> 00:19:54,276 but these guys were full time, rapping, 415 00:19:54,276 --> 00:19:56,862 getting bitches, trapping on that. 416 00:19:56,862 --> 00:20:01,325 Seven 16, I mean 15, 16, you know, this guy's 17, 417 00:20:01,325 --> 00:20:02,784 but they rock with me, I rock with them. 418 00:20:02,784 --> 00:20:04,161 They gang members and everything too. 419 00:20:04,161 --> 00:20:06,121 - I did a song on from Marley & Me 420 00:20:06,121 --> 00:20:07,873 which was a great opportunity 421 00:20:07,873 --> 00:20:09,208 to get signed in 422 00:20:10,751 --> 00:20:14,087 so also some other highlights were shooting in for my city 423 00:20:14,087 --> 00:20:15,631 one of the music videos 424 00:20:15,631 --> 00:20:17,007 ♪ The stage is my home ♪ 425 00:20:17,007 --> 00:20:18,592 ♪ Engaged with the microphone ♪ 426 00:20:18,592 --> 00:20:19,509 ♪ Ladies love me ♪ 427 00:20:19,509 --> 00:20:22,471 We rented a boat and we had two floors DJs, 428 00:20:22,471 --> 00:20:25,933 music video, and people just were having a good time. 429 00:20:25,933 --> 00:20:28,227 And it was like, it was just a blast with your, 430 00:20:28,227 --> 00:20:31,104 ♪ Say hey, put your feeds up ♪ 431 00:20:31,104 --> 00:20:33,065 ♪ Take, put your feeds up ♪ 432 00:20:33,065 --> 00:20:35,442 - Did you hear little T did a track with Snoop Dogg as well? 433 00:20:35,442 --> 00:20:36,276 - Oh, yeah? 434 00:20:36,276 --> 00:20:37,110 - Yeah. 435 00:20:37,110 --> 00:20:38,946 - That's crazy, right? 436 00:20:40,864 --> 00:20:42,824 ♪ Scream right up with your face. ♪ 437 00:20:42,824 --> 00:20:45,160 ♪ Get that one one ♪ 438 00:20:45,160 --> 00:20:47,746 ♪ I couldn't walk a straight line if you're letting me crawl ♪ 439 00:20:47,746 --> 00:20:50,207 ♪ 'Cause I'm tow up for show up and toe down y'all ♪ 440 00:20:50,207 --> 00:20:52,668 ♪ I need a designated driver and you've been pin ♪ 441 00:20:52,668 --> 00:20:54,336 ♪ And once you getting into the peg yeah ♪ 442 00:20:54,336 --> 00:20:55,587 - My early childhood. 443 00:20:55,587 --> 00:20:59,216 Well everyone's really individual my family. 444 00:20:59,216 --> 00:21:02,094 So got my dad who was like the iron worker type, 445 00:21:02,094 --> 00:21:05,013 very like strong grew up in the 60s 446 00:21:06,181 --> 00:21:08,934 really free loving, really cool, 447 00:21:08,934 --> 00:21:11,520 but also could be, a tough guy. 448 00:21:12,521 --> 00:21:15,148 My mom was sweet as an angel, 449 00:21:15,148 --> 00:21:17,651 very nice Christian lady, 450 00:21:17,651 --> 00:21:19,987 and I always kind of joke around that. 451 00:21:19,987 --> 00:21:21,530 My dad was like the devil. 452 00:21:21,530 --> 00:21:24,199 My mom was like an angel and I was raised by both, 453 00:21:24,199 --> 00:21:27,953 but they're both very different when it came to parenting, 454 00:21:27,953 --> 00:21:30,455 (phone ringing) 455 00:21:30,455 --> 00:21:31,415 - [Caller] Ben it's me, 456 00:21:31,415 --> 00:21:33,125 you know what this little hoe say to me 457 00:21:33,125 --> 00:21:34,543 - [Recipient] Man whta that bitch say? 458 00:21:34,543 --> 00:21:36,420 - [Caller] To hold for the other night, man, 459 00:21:36,420 --> 00:21:38,505 that little b said it's prime time in the city. 460 00:21:38,505 --> 00:21:40,674 If I want slide in the cut or something hop side. 461 00:21:40,674 --> 00:21:43,927 So man, I said, bitch you know what time it, 462 00:21:43,927 --> 00:21:46,221 Come and spend fan time always in the city. 463 00:21:46,221 --> 00:21:49,349 ♪ Sure I know what time it is. ♪ 464 00:21:49,349 --> 00:21:52,269 (electronic music) 465 00:21:54,563 --> 00:21:56,315 - Anybody that's hung around me knows me 466 00:21:56,315 --> 00:21:59,693 they know I keep it real, I don't like to talk a lot. 467 00:21:59,693 --> 00:22:02,738 I just find like when you talk too much, 468 00:22:02,738 --> 00:22:05,949 you're saying too much, you know what I mean? 469 00:22:05,949 --> 00:22:08,368 I'm not one to play like talking about other people or, 470 00:22:08,368 --> 00:22:11,204 I like to have fun, have a good time, I like to laugh. 471 00:22:11,204 --> 00:22:12,789 You know what I mean? 472 00:22:12,789 --> 00:22:16,001 So a lot of time, everything else is just hidden. 473 00:22:16,001 --> 00:22:19,546 I like to just laugh and stay happy and and keep my joy. 474 00:22:19,546 --> 00:22:21,506 So if there's anything that I need to get out, 475 00:22:21,506 --> 00:22:23,633 that's not of that nature, 476 00:22:23,633 --> 00:22:25,635 I just let it go when I write. 477 00:22:25,635 --> 00:22:28,555 (electronic music) 478 00:22:30,223 --> 00:22:31,975 - Well, that's a really good question. 479 00:22:31,975 --> 00:22:34,102 My favorite three in Vancouver right now, 480 00:22:34,102 --> 00:22:37,314 trying to remember T, can't say Little T 481 00:22:37,314 --> 00:22:39,483 'cause he's he's rebranding. 482 00:22:39,483 --> 00:22:41,985 But T has been doing this thing for a long time 483 00:22:41,985 --> 00:22:45,655 and I've been following him all through his Anza Club days 484 00:22:45,655 --> 00:22:46,865 and all that stuff. 485 00:22:46,865 --> 00:22:50,535 People who are really putting in for the city. 486 00:22:50,535 --> 00:22:53,538 So I'd say T on the top of my list right now. 487 00:22:53,538 --> 00:22:56,750 EBA Mob, he's really doing a lot of big stuff. 488 00:22:56,750 --> 00:22:58,794 I'm just following everything he does. 489 00:22:58,794 --> 00:23:01,671 And he just understands how the social media is working 490 00:23:01,671 --> 00:23:05,467 and he gets his groups and his followers really vibing 491 00:23:05,467 --> 00:23:07,761 with third favorite right now. 492 00:23:07,761 --> 00:23:11,056 Gotta go with a female, Kimmortal. 493 00:23:11,056 --> 00:23:13,683 Kimmortal been doing some really big things working 494 00:23:13,683 --> 00:23:17,187 with Snottynose res kids and JB, the first lady and Missy D. 495 00:23:17,187 --> 00:23:19,356 But my list will go on forever, (chuckles) 496 00:23:19,356 --> 00:23:21,691 I'll just be here all night, 497 00:23:28,115 --> 00:23:28,949 ♪ In da club ♪ 498 00:23:28,949 --> 00:23:29,783 ♪ In da club ♪ 499 00:23:29,783 --> 00:23:31,910 ♪ Yeah, in da club ♪ 500 00:23:31,910 --> 00:23:33,912 ♪ You know me VIP ♪ 501 00:23:33,912 --> 00:23:36,081 ♪ In da club, in da club ♪ 502 00:23:36,081 --> 00:23:37,416 ♪ Yeah, I'm riding on top ♪ 503 00:23:37,416 --> 00:23:38,250 ♪ Riding on top ♪ 504 00:23:38,250 --> 00:23:39,876 ♪ Can't stop staying in penny ♪ 505 00:23:39,876 --> 00:23:40,710 ♪ Can't stop ♪ 506 00:23:40,710 --> 00:23:41,545 ♪ Can't stop ♪ 507 00:23:41,545 --> 00:23:42,587 ♪ In a hot top 20 inch rooms ♪ 508 00:23:42,587 --> 00:23:43,505 ♪ Can't stop, can't stop ♪ 509 00:23:43,505 --> 00:23:44,965 ♪ Rolling up, hot rock hard rock ♪ 510 00:23:44,965 --> 00:23:46,299 ♪ You want me on top ♪ 511 00:23:46,299 --> 00:23:47,634 ♪ Don't want me to stop ♪ 512 00:23:47,634 --> 00:23:49,094 ♪ Until I drop to the drop ♪ 513 00:23:49,094 --> 00:23:50,303 ♪ Flip top tree pop ♪ 514 00:23:50,303 --> 00:23:51,430 ♪ Tree pop tree pop ♪ 515 00:23:51,430 --> 00:23:52,431 ♪ Tripping in the swag ♪ 516 00:23:52,431 --> 00:23:53,557 ♪ Flossing like ministag ♪ 517 00:23:53,557 --> 00:23:54,850 ♪ Dior in the bag ♪ 518 00:23:54,850 --> 00:23:56,518 ♪ This a dream I've arisen ♪ 519 00:23:56,518 --> 00:23:58,854 ♪ To the cream still in the smoke take my first to ♪ 520 00:23:58,854 --> 00:24:00,188 ♪ And she spoke ♪ 521 00:24:00,188 --> 00:24:01,773 ♪ Now I'm rich used to be broke ♪ 522 00:24:01,773 --> 00:24:03,066 ♪ Now I talk now I talk ♪ 523 00:24:03,066 --> 00:24:04,276 ♪ Don't play the hard stuff ♪ 524 00:24:04,276 --> 00:24:06,820 ♪ Just smoke, just smoke, just smoke ♪ 525 00:24:06,820 --> 00:24:09,739 (electronic music) 526 00:24:11,491 --> 00:24:13,952 - I mean, when I first started getting into it, 527 00:24:13,952 --> 00:24:17,372 I have to say everybody sounded the same. 528 00:24:18,331 --> 00:24:21,710 Like from one rapper, hip hop artist 529 00:24:21,710 --> 00:24:23,962 to the other right into the other, 530 00:24:23,962 --> 00:24:26,381 there was probably like one or two that stood out for me. 531 00:24:26,381 --> 00:24:28,175 and I didn't wanna be the guy 532 00:24:28,175 --> 00:24:30,093 that sounded like everybody else. 533 00:24:30,093 --> 00:24:33,263 My drive as a musician is just 534 00:24:33,263 --> 00:24:35,223 at first I just started getting into music 535 00:24:35,223 --> 00:24:37,976 'cause I wanted to control my own ride home. 536 00:24:37,976 --> 00:24:42,647 I didn't wanna listen to somebody else's BS sometimes. 537 00:24:42,647 --> 00:24:45,734 So I was like, I wanna listen to my own music 538 00:24:45,734 --> 00:24:46,735 on the way home. 539 00:24:46,735 --> 00:24:50,655 Put it my CD in my car, drive home to it after work. 540 00:24:50,655 --> 00:24:53,825 And that was my whole viewpoint 541 00:24:53,825 --> 00:24:56,369 on getting into music, took me a while. 542 00:24:56,369 --> 00:24:57,871 It took me longer than other artists 543 00:24:57,871 --> 00:25:01,500 to get out there because I really had to do it my way. 544 00:25:01,500 --> 00:25:04,377 And unfortunately that takes a long time. 545 00:25:04,377 --> 00:25:08,048 I know all you rappers, musicians, DJs, MCs, 546 00:25:11,092 --> 00:25:13,553 whatever out there that just wanna it tomorrow. 547 00:25:13,553 --> 00:25:17,474 Will sell their life away in an instant to get it tomorrow. 548 00:25:17,474 --> 00:25:20,644 I'm telling you it's life is a journey. 549 00:25:20,644 --> 00:25:25,649 Life is a journey, and if you sell it all in the first year, 550 00:25:25,815 --> 00:25:26,691 you're done. 551 00:25:26,691 --> 00:25:28,860 ♪ Riding in my Maserrati ridding ♪ 552 00:25:28,860 --> 00:25:30,987 ♪ Get tattoos on my body ♪ 553 00:25:30,987 --> 00:25:32,489 ♪ I be going nowhere ♪ 554 00:25:32,489 --> 00:25:34,783 ♪ I don't even go there ♪ 555 00:25:34,783 --> 00:25:38,203 ♪ She me in my hometown rolling through the top down ♪ 556 00:25:38,203 --> 00:25:39,704 ♪ My girl (indistinct) ♪ 557 00:25:39,704 --> 00:25:41,081 ♪ She just turned 19 ♪ 558 00:25:41,081 --> 00:25:42,999 ♪ So many spot was on her dress ♪ 559 00:25:42,999 --> 00:25:45,210 ♪ We just finished having sex ♪ 560 00:25:45,210 --> 00:25:48,213 (high upbeat music) 561 00:25:51,675 --> 00:25:54,594 (electronic music) 562 00:25:56,680 --> 00:25:58,848 - In the mid nineties, 563 00:25:58,848 --> 00:26:03,103 Limblifter was on the radio all the time, 1996, 97. 564 00:26:04,729 --> 00:26:07,232 Weirdly I didn't listen to the radio at the time, 565 00:26:07,232 --> 00:26:09,150 so I didn't have a car. 566 00:26:11,236 --> 00:26:13,780 I'm sure I heard it on the radio at some point, 567 00:26:13,780 --> 00:26:18,785 but we were like heavy rotation on the big Toronto station, 568 00:26:19,536 --> 00:26:23,873 The Edge, we actually we won the Casby Award, 569 00:26:23,873 --> 00:26:28,461 which is Edge Radio's Canadian artist selected by you. 570 00:26:28,461 --> 00:26:33,466 We were also on MuchMusic, heavy rotation in like 1997. 571 00:26:33,675 --> 00:26:35,885 MuchMusic was just music. 572 00:26:35,885 --> 00:26:38,805 I do vaguely remember seeing video, 573 00:26:41,891 --> 00:26:43,435 it is a weird time. 574 00:26:44,352 --> 00:26:45,937 I was kind of indifferent to it. 575 00:26:45,937 --> 00:26:47,814 - So a lot of... 576 00:26:47,814 --> 00:26:52,193 The rappers are used to rapping about being rappers. 577 00:26:52,193 --> 00:26:54,279 What essence is gangster rap? 578 00:26:54,279 --> 00:26:55,947 What else is rap really in, 579 00:26:55,947 --> 00:26:58,867 even in the 90s and the 1000s you had the only guys 580 00:26:58,867 --> 00:27:01,119 that could really last mainstream 581 00:27:01,119 --> 00:27:03,705 that wasn't doing gangster rap was like Ludacris, 582 00:27:03,705 --> 00:27:07,125 Busta, Common, most def like soul rappers 583 00:27:09,919 --> 00:27:10,754 and like party rappers. 584 00:27:10,754 --> 00:27:14,132 But if you if you didn't do a gangster hard hardcore stuff, 585 00:27:14,132 --> 00:27:16,009 you weren't selling records. 586 00:27:16,009 --> 00:27:18,928 (electronic music) 587 00:27:20,889 --> 00:27:23,558 - This festivals called Electric Love Music Festival. 588 00:27:23,558 --> 00:27:25,518 It's one of my favorite music festivals around, 589 00:27:25,518 --> 00:27:28,688 but like I said, they do catering to the hiphop community. 590 00:27:28,688 --> 00:27:31,608 (crowd chattering) 591 00:27:33,401 --> 00:27:35,654 - Turn it off my headphones 592 00:27:38,865 --> 00:27:40,033 ♪ Faster in the game ♪ 593 00:27:40,033 --> 00:27:43,411 ♪ Things change their same shit cooler from the fame ♪ 594 00:27:43,411 --> 00:27:45,121 ♪ Just laying from the shame ♪ 595 00:27:45,121 --> 00:27:46,247 ♪ Heavy on the brain ♪ 596 00:27:46,247 --> 00:27:48,541 ♪ How we train man in the fish ball ♪ 597 00:27:48,541 --> 00:27:50,293 ♪ Fill it up, feel at home ♪ 598 00:27:50,293 --> 00:27:52,796 ♪ Mango might everything sell itself ♪ 599 00:27:52,796 --> 00:27:55,924 ♪ And slaves stay brave convict to concave ♪ 600 00:27:55,924 --> 00:27:58,009 ♪ Flip pop, bud flip hop ♪ 601 00:27:58,009 --> 00:27:59,594 ♪ What a crave try to keep away ♪ 602 00:27:59,594 --> 00:28:00,970 ♪ Try to keep away ♪ 603 00:28:00,970 --> 00:28:03,098 ♪ Yeah, it's getting faster in the game ♪ 604 00:28:03,098 --> 00:28:04,182 ♪ Faster in the game ♪ 605 00:28:04,182 --> 00:28:06,768 ♪ My still shot moving the frame ♪ 606 00:28:06,768 --> 00:28:10,063 ♪ Have a still got a million slots ♪ 607 00:28:10,063 --> 00:28:11,940 - They always have a big hip hop upstage there 608 00:28:11,940 --> 00:28:13,942 and actually Travis Turner 609 00:28:13,942 --> 00:28:15,860 and I performed before mad child last year. 610 00:28:15,860 --> 00:28:18,113 And just cool to be able to perform 611 00:28:18,113 --> 00:28:21,950 for some of these, I guess higher level artists 612 00:28:21,950 --> 00:28:25,954 per se, but to kinda have them come up 613 00:28:25,954 --> 00:28:27,414 after you and be like, hey, I liked your drumming. 614 00:28:27,414 --> 00:28:29,541 And that was cool I wanna do a track with you 615 00:28:29,541 --> 00:28:31,751 it's a really big thing in my eyes just having that. 616 00:28:31,751 --> 00:28:34,462 (drum sets beat) 617 00:28:42,929 --> 00:28:45,849 (electronic music) 618 00:28:47,684 --> 00:28:51,146 - Moved to Canada, pretty early in life I came up 619 00:28:51,146 --> 00:28:53,356 when I was about 14. 620 00:28:53,356 --> 00:28:56,568 Under the banner of multiculturalism. 621 00:28:56,568 --> 00:28:58,111 As far as the division 622 00:28:58,111 --> 00:29:01,531 between us as humans, men and women, 623 00:29:01,531 --> 00:29:06,161 and also nationalities, I really don't believe... 624 00:29:06,161 --> 00:29:08,872 If we believe we'll ever eradicate 625 00:29:08,872 --> 00:29:11,541 that I think we're sadly mistaken, 626 00:29:11,541 --> 00:29:12,709 now of course, 627 00:29:14,210 --> 00:29:17,547 because our neighbors to the south have a little bit more 628 00:29:17,547 --> 00:29:20,633 of a vivid agenda right now on the go than we do. 629 00:29:20,633 --> 00:29:22,051 We get pulled into that 630 00:29:22,051 --> 00:29:24,053 because we're so closely linked to them. 631 00:29:24,053 --> 00:29:26,431 So we feel anything that's going on 632 00:29:26,431 --> 00:29:29,601 that reverberates from what it is they're doing 633 00:29:29,601 --> 00:29:31,478 in terms of their actions. 634 00:29:31,478 --> 00:29:35,398 I think now with social media, with technology, 635 00:29:36,316 --> 00:29:39,068 with the way we connect, we can have stories 636 00:29:39,068 --> 00:29:42,781 that come in from around the world in seconds now, 637 00:29:42,781 --> 00:29:45,700 in terms of knowing what's going on in the world, 638 00:29:45,700 --> 00:29:48,077 because seeing so much more of it 639 00:29:48,077 --> 00:29:51,331 because we're so in tune with so much more of it, 640 00:29:51,331 --> 00:29:53,500 of course, we're gonna be way more aware 641 00:29:53,500 --> 00:29:56,836 of it now than we were before. 642 00:29:56,836 --> 00:30:00,590 (suspenseful instrumental music) 643 00:30:00,590 --> 00:30:03,092 ♪ Seven a.m in the morning ♪ 644 00:30:03,092 --> 00:30:05,845 ♪ Checking out the hotel ♪ 645 00:30:05,845 --> 00:30:08,348 ♪ On the stripper round with Gucci ♪ 646 00:30:08,348 --> 00:30:10,475 ♪ Dress on the games ♪ 647 00:30:10,475 --> 00:30:13,603 ♪ Turn to the interviews before the show ♪ 648 00:30:13,603 --> 00:30:15,480 ♪ We the crowd everywhere ♪ 649 00:30:15,480 --> 00:30:18,399 (electronic music) 650 00:30:20,777 --> 00:30:22,153 - So what's my occupation? 651 00:30:22,153 --> 00:30:27,116 I'm a Audio Engineer/Producer fully artist ADR recorders. 652 00:30:28,701 --> 00:30:32,997 The list was on mixing engineer, sometimes mastering. 653 00:30:32,997 --> 00:30:34,791 I was born in Poland. 654 00:30:34,791 --> 00:30:37,377 I feel like I had a pretty interesting childhood, 655 00:30:37,377 --> 00:30:39,796 maybe a little bit more interesting than some people. 656 00:30:39,796 --> 00:30:42,507 I mean it was a good childhood, like nothing weird. 657 00:30:42,507 --> 00:30:44,175 But I grew up with my grandparents 658 00:30:44,175 --> 00:30:45,635 that I was about six years old. 659 00:30:45,635 --> 00:30:49,722 Then I moved to Germany and lived until I was 16 660 00:30:49,722 --> 00:30:53,184 and then immigrated to Canada where my father lived. 661 00:30:53,184 --> 00:30:55,645 So I've been here for about 15 years at this point. 662 00:30:55,645 --> 00:30:59,315 (gentle instrumental music) 663 00:31:00,859 --> 00:31:03,528 So this is a little bit of a different genre 664 00:31:03,528 --> 00:31:06,614 and this is definitely more high fidelity of a beat, 665 00:31:06,614 --> 00:31:09,450 I would say, more pop production, 666 00:31:09,450 --> 00:31:13,079 and again, I just get ads to sort of have a certain vibe 667 00:31:13,079 --> 00:31:14,455 of a certain song. 668 00:31:14,455 --> 00:31:16,833 And if I could, not necessarily copy the song, 669 00:31:16,833 --> 00:31:18,001 but give them the certain vibe. 670 00:31:18,001 --> 00:31:19,669 So I sat there and produced this 671 00:31:19,669 --> 00:31:23,256 and with pretty good results, I think. 672 00:31:23,256 --> 00:31:26,426 (lively upbeat music) 673 00:31:30,096 --> 00:31:33,433 (indistinct chattering) 674 00:31:36,477 --> 00:31:39,397 (electronic music) 675 00:31:42,400 --> 00:31:45,153 (warbling music) 676 00:32:08,384 --> 00:32:13,139 - Feel my take on the Vancouver Rap scene, is it's young. 677 00:32:14,307 --> 00:32:15,558 There's a lot going on. 678 00:32:15,558 --> 00:32:18,186 There's little pockets everywhere. 679 00:32:18,186 --> 00:32:22,190 There's people releasing tracks with Snoop, 680 00:32:22,190 --> 00:32:24,692 there's people releasing tracks with Dell, 681 00:32:24,692 --> 00:32:26,861 there's underground homies 682 00:32:28,112 --> 00:32:29,864 that have been putting out albums 683 00:32:29,864 --> 00:32:32,742 for years, getting signed to Bastard Jazz. 684 00:32:32,742 --> 00:32:35,787 There's like all these little pockets 685 00:32:35,787 --> 00:32:38,915 of stuff going on and it's bubbling. 686 00:32:38,915 --> 00:32:41,834 (electronic music) 687 00:32:42,710 --> 00:32:43,670 - Where was I born? 688 00:32:43,670 --> 00:32:46,422 Right here, Gilfred City, G Town baby. 689 00:32:46,422 --> 00:32:48,591 There's rainbow rappers, and there's real rappers. 690 00:32:48,591 --> 00:32:49,842 The rainbow rappers; 691 00:32:49,842 --> 00:32:51,636 that's, everything looks pretty, 692 00:32:51,636 --> 00:32:53,054 they dress and they got the drip 693 00:32:53,054 --> 00:32:55,348 the swag, they're dressed a certain way. 694 00:32:55,348 --> 00:32:57,850 They're always taking these type of pictures on Instagram 695 00:32:57,850 --> 00:32:59,852 where they're just like posing and doing all this stuff 696 00:32:59,852 --> 00:33:04,190 and it seems to be about everything except the music. 697 00:33:04,190 --> 00:33:07,568 And maybe that person might have like a hot hook 698 00:33:07,568 --> 00:33:08,403 or something and you might hit 'em out 699 00:33:08,403 --> 00:33:10,863 and be like, yo, let's do a song 700 00:33:10,863 --> 00:33:13,241 and everything have gotta be perfect 701 00:33:13,241 --> 00:33:16,077 and tailored to them for them to make a song. 702 00:33:16,077 --> 00:33:17,870 They can never adapt. 703 00:33:17,870 --> 00:33:20,415 And that's a huge thing that separates a lot of people 704 00:33:20,415 --> 00:33:23,126 I think, is being able to adapt to different styles, 705 00:33:23,126 --> 00:33:24,711 different flows, different beats. 706 00:33:24,711 --> 00:33:27,088 That's one of my favorite things is collaborating 707 00:33:27,088 --> 00:33:29,382 with people because I love the challenge, 708 00:33:29,382 --> 00:33:31,884 especially when the person's already laid down a verse 709 00:33:31,884 --> 00:33:34,387 or a hook and I've got to kinda adapt 710 00:33:34,387 --> 00:33:36,431 because I want the song to sound cohesive. 711 00:33:36,431 --> 00:33:38,683 I gotta like adapt to whatever they did 712 00:33:38,683 --> 00:33:41,310 and doesn't mean I gotta do copy their flow, 713 00:33:41,310 --> 00:33:43,896 but it's just like, okay, you're talking about this. 714 00:33:43,896 --> 00:33:45,982 You're rapping, like, then I just gotta, 715 00:33:45,982 --> 00:33:47,942 it influences the way I write 716 00:33:47,942 --> 00:33:51,404 and I feel like I could do that with anybody, any beat. 717 00:33:51,404 --> 00:33:54,657 (booming upbeat music) 718 00:34:04,000 --> 00:34:04,959 - One of the hardest things 719 00:34:04,959 --> 00:34:09,047 to get through in my creative life, artistic life, 720 00:34:09,047 --> 00:34:10,339 maybe just life in general 721 00:34:10,339 --> 00:34:12,759 'cause it was such a big part of me 722 00:34:12,759 --> 00:34:13,843 it such a long time 723 00:34:13,843 --> 00:34:17,555 Was when you know, my group, "The Family Compact" 724 00:34:17,555 --> 00:34:22,435 when we split up not due to any bad blood or anything, 725 00:34:22,435 --> 00:34:25,938 some of us had to go another path in life. 726 00:34:27,231 --> 00:34:28,066 Their life was taking them 727 00:34:28,066 --> 00:34:29,859 in a different direction, you know, 728 00:34:29,859 --> 00:34:32,820 and we decided to say, you know what, 729 00:34:32,820 --> 00:34:35,281 well, that's, you know, that's gonna be it. 730 00:34:35,281 --> 00:34:38,284 And so I started doing my own thing, 731 00:34:41,079 --> 00:34:43,539 I tried to do my own solo thing for a long time, 732 00:34:43,539 --> 00:34:47,919 but that really kind of took the wind outta my sails. 733 00:34:49,253 --> 00:34:53,091 And I think its the time looking back at it, 734 00:34:53,091 --> 00:34:55,468 I don't think I realized how much it affected me, 735 00:34:55,468 --> 00:34:57,678 until I could, you know, look back. 736 00:34:57,678 --> 00:35:01,099 But, you know, I see that as one of the big moments, 737 00:35:01,099 --> 00:35:04,519 sort of my professional life was just, 738 00:35:04,519 --> 00:35:06,729 you know, having the group split up. 739 00:35:06,729 --> 00:35:09,065 - [Glimmer] This is Glimmer from the Hipster Cartel, 740 00:35:09,065 --> 00:35:10,900 you're listening to the urban renewal project, 741 00:35:10,900 --> 00:35:13,653 with DJ Denise on 100.5 FM. 742 00:35:13,653 --> 00:35:17,573 - Yeah I feel like Vancouver's scene is, bubbling up. 743 00:35:17,573 --> 00:35:20,660 People are trying to do their own DIY shows, 744 00:35:20,660 --> 00:35:22,829 and making sure to bring out their friends 745 00:35:22,829 --> 00:35:24,747 so they can showcase what they're doing 746 00:35:24,747 --> 00:35:26,165 and having listening parties. 747 00:35:26,165 --> 00:35:30,002 I recently was invited to a video release, 748 00:35:30,002 --> 00:35:32,630 like a launch party, which was really cool. 749 00:35:32,630 --> 00:35:35,633 So the person who invited us came to the studio, 750 00:35:35,633 --> 00:35:39,220 and brought us a hand like created invitation, 751 00:35:39,220 --> 00:35:40,304 which was really cool. 752 00:35:40,304 --> 00:35:43,015 So people are really thinking outside of the box 753 00:35:43,015 --> 00:35:45,309 to bring people out to their events, 754 00:35:45,309 --> 00:35:49,105 so yeah, I love what's happening in Vancouver. 755 00:35:49,105 --> 00:35:51,649 - For music on the hip hop side, 756 00:35:51,649 --> 00:35:54,402 Canibus is really the guy for me. 757 00:35:55,319 --> 00:35:56,529 I mean, Eminem as well, 758 00:35:56,529 --> 00:35:58,239 but Canibus was the first guy 759 00:35:58,239 --> 00:35:59,866 that I would have to go 760 00:35:59,866 --> 00:36:01,200 and like check at the source, 761 00:36:01,200 --> 00:36:03,953 and look up things that he was doing. 762 00:36:03,953 --> 00:36:06,747 His, you know, he had the most intelligible terminology, 763 00:36:06,747 --> 00:36:07,832 that you'd ever seen, 764 00:36:07,832 --> 00:36:10,084 the level of metaphors and what kind of syllables 765 00:36:10,084 --> 00:36:14,297 he was crushing into such a small vortex was amazing. 766 00:36:14,297 --> 00:36:17,884 And so I was always aspiring to be an artist like Canibus, 767 00:36:17,884 --> 00:36:20,720 very lyrical, very thought provoking. 768 00:36:20,720 --> 00:36:23,973 (upbeat hip-hop music) 769 00:36:25,850 --> 00:36:29,687 Probably in 2009, when I then said, you know what, 770 00:36:29,687 --> 00:36:33,316 I wanna meet this man, I wanna work with him, 771 00:36:33,316 --> 00:36:35,902 and I just put it out there, I just reached out to him. 772 00:36:35,902 --> 00:36:38,237 We got on this track called "The Dream Catcher", 773 00:36:38,237 --> 00:36:41,616 collabed on it and then I was like, you know what, 774 00:36:41,616 --> 00:36:44,827 let's take it a step further, let's do a show together. 775 00:36:44,827 --> 00:36:48,080 (upbeat hip-hop music) 776 00:36:52,710 --> 00:36:56,005 We put that together, we flew 'em out. 777 00:36:56,005 --> 00:36:59,008 (indistinct) 778 00:36:59,008 --> 00:37:02,136 We usually played the truck and he never said like- 779 00:37:02,136 --> 00:37:04,555 - We put 'em up for two days and was amazing, 780 00:37:04,555 --> 00:37:07,350 because it was actually Canibus's birthday the next day. 781 00:37:07,350 --> 00:37:10,686 So to go out and do a show where he's like, "Yo Dangerous," 782 00:37:10,686 --> 00:37:12,396 he's like, "You know all my tracks right?" 783 00:37:12,396 --> 00:37:13,231 I'm like, "Yeah", 784 00:37:13,231 --> 00:37:14,232 he's like yeah 785 00:37:14,232 --> 00:37:15,233 "I want you to be my hype man, 786 00:37:15,233 --> 00:37:17,485 like we've been doing this for like 15 years." 787 00:37:17,485 --> 00:37:19,153 This is a even more so a dream, 788 00:37:19,153 --> 00:37:21,781 so I got to be his hype man for the whole show, 789 00:37:21,781 --> 00:37:23,950 and then he's like, "This is your show Dangerous, 790 00:37:23,950 --> 00:37:26,452 you close it out." right so we closed it out 791 00:37:26,452 --> 00:37:29,538 with the dream catcher track and it was just unbelievable. 792 00:37:29,538 --> 00:37:31,290 And then to take the man out for his birthday, 793 00:37:31,290 --> 00:37:34,377 we went for some teppanyaki, it was just unbelievable. 794 00:37:34,377 --> 00:37:37,129 The stories that this guy was telling me of hip hop, 795 00:37:37,129 --> 00:37:39,882 of him and, and Mos, and to live, 796 00:37:40,841 --> 00:37:43,886 I felt like I had reached the pinnacle on my career, 797 00:37:43,886 --> 00:37:45,179 I did nothing else. 798 00:37:45,179 --> 00:37:47,139 I felt like I'd already like died gone to heaven, 799 00:37:47,139 --> 00:37:48,975 and came back able to do a little bit more. 800 00:37:48,975 --> 00:37:52,228 (upbeat hip-hop music) 801 00:37:58,359 --> 00:38:01,570 - Like my mom raised me up learning the piano, 802 00:38:01,570 --> 00:38:04,156 from the age of like literally four or five, 803 00:38:04,156 --> 00:38:08,452 till I became a teenager (laughing) 804 00:38:09,495 --> 00:38:13,666 I turned 14, 15, and I'm like, mom fuck this shit, 805 00:38:13,666 --> 00:38:14,792 you know, this is not cool. 806 00:38:14,792 --> 00:38:16,419 I wanna be outside with the cool kids man, 807 00:38:16,419 --> 00:38:18,754 I don't wanna be doing piano lessons on the weekend, 808 00:38:18,754 --> 00:38:22,675 but I was raised playing piano, so I did a lot of that. 809 00:38:22,675 --> 00:38:25,052 The fact that now I'm still in school, 810 00:38:25,052 --> 00:38:27,346 so my mom's very happy (laughing) 811 00:38:27,346 --> 00:38:31,559 and I'm also doing other things, extracurricular stuff, 812 00:38:31,559 --> 00:38:33,686 so she likes that, she's happy. 813 00:38:33,686 --> 00:38:35,855 She doesn't really understand what it means, 814 00:38:35,855 --> 00:38:38,107 when I tell her I'm doing a show, 815 00:38:38,107 --> 00:38:39,984 she's like, oh you know, "Good for you," you know, 816 00:38:39,984 --> 00:38:40,943 (both laughing) 817 00:38:40,943 --> 00:38:42,987 she doesn't really understand you know like 818 00:38:42,987 --> 00:38:44,989 what it means but she's encouraging, 819 00:38:44,989 --> 00:38:46,407 and she's very supportive, and she loves it. 820 00:38:46,407 --> 00:38:49,660 (upbeat hip-hop music) 821 00:38:56,125 --> 00:38:58,419 - And if you don't know my name is Dawreckage 822 00:38:58,419 --> 00:39:01,088 I'm the nigga with the loud mouth from Vancouver 823 00:39:01,088 --> 00:39:02,340 Whadup' party people. 824 00:39:02,340 --> 00:39:04,759 (crowd cheering) 825 00:39:04,759 --> 00:39:06,594 Well I teach Krump 826 00:39:06,594 --> 00:39:09,305 (crowd cheering) 827 00:39:20,566 --> 00:39:22,526 - I call it an aggressive style of dance, 828 00:39:22,526 --> 00:39:25,154 because I love it, because it's powerful. 829 00:39:25,154 --> 00:39:26,238 It's a powerful style of dance. 830 00:39:26,238 --> 00:39:27,990 krump started in the early 2002, 831 00:39:27,990 --> 00:39:31,869 by two originators are Tight Eyez and Mijjo. 832 00:39:31,869 --> 00:39:34,205 They created their own style, 833 00:39:34,205 --> 00:39:35,081 putting together different moves, 834 00:39:35,081 --> 00:39:36,707 that they seen in the hip-hop world 835 00:39:36,707 --> 00:39:38,125 from rappers to war movies, 836 00:39:38,125 --> 00:39:41,545 from movements and clowning and movements in hip hop. 837 00:39:41,545 --> 00:39:44,673 And I actually thought when back when I was in Edmonton, 838 00:39:44,673 --> 00:39:47,176 beautiful fucking dance. 839 00:39:47,176 --> 00:39:49,095 Like I said, I started in the early 2000s, 840 00:39:49,095 --> 00:39:52,723 and I was actually on a movie called "Rise," which was dope. 841 00:39:52,723 --> 00:39:54,225 And it showed huh... 842 00:39:54,225 --> 00:39:58,145 My phone is going off just put it directly(chuckles) 843 00:39:58,145 --> 00:40:00,731 it shows clowning, krumping and stripper dancing, 844 00:40:00,731 --> 00:40:02,942 and the one I fell in love with was krump, 845 00:40:02,942 --> 00:40:06,028 and I've been krumping ever since. 846 00:40:06,028 --> 00:40:08,239 - Then of course some mad rappers, 847 00:40:08,239 --> 00:40:11,409 gonna like drop some cooler shit here. 848 00:40:12,618 --> 00:40:16,997 (instrumental upbeat music) 849 00:40:16,997 --> 00:40:21,752 Big drop here, oh, no I was wrong sir (laughing) 850 00:40:21,752 --> 00:40:24,171 I gotta set my shit up right? 851 00:40:25,464 --> 00:40:27,800 ♪ No point in running ♪ 852 00:40:27,800 --> 00:40:32,805 ♪ It's already here ♪ 853 00:40:33,973 --> 00:40:38,769 ♪ He had a tale, he's coming ♪ 854 00:40:38,769 --> 00:40:41,522 ♪ Come face your fears ♪ 855 00:40:41,522 --> 00:40:42,731 - I didn't grow up in the city, 856 00:40:42,731 --> 00:40:45,443 I remember having boots on and going out, 857 00:40:45,443 --> 00:40:46,819 and playing and making tree for it. 858 00:40:46,819 --> 00:40:49,447 That's what free time was, you know, 859 00:40:49,447 --> 00:40:52,116 I had a dog growing up, I had like three cats, 860 00:40:52,116 --> 00:40:54,285 that all either got eaten by coyotes 861 00:40:54,285 --> 00:40:55,786 or something happened to them. 862 00:40:55,786 --> 00:40:57,872 At some point we had pet rabbits, you know, 863 00:40:57,872 --> 00:40:59,039 and they got eaten by coyote. 864 00:40:59,039 --> 00:41:00,249 We would go coyote hunting, 865 00:41:00,249 --> 00:41:03,586 and we had four acre farm that we lived on. 866 00:41:03,586 --> 00:41:05,212 We lived on the house area, 867 00:41:05,212 --> 00:41:07,298 but the rest was just like rented by other people. 868 00:41:07,298 --> 00:41:10,176 And at one point there were cows living on the farm, 869 00:41:10,176 --> 00:41:12,428 so I feel like I come from a pretty humble 870 00:41:12,428 --> 00:41:14,763 grounded background of just like wilderness, 871 00:41:14,763 --> 00:41:17,224 and you know I didn't start getting electronics 872 00:41:17,224 --> 00:41:19,560 until I was older and even then it was like, 873 00:41:19,560 --> 00:41:21,479 you only were allowed to use it for a certain time, 874 00:41:21,479 --> 00:41:23,731 you had to go outside and play so- 875 00:41:23,731 --> 00:41:26,901 (lively upbeat music) 876 00:41:35,493 --> 00:41:39,330 - Is it getting signed and not getting signed on both sides? 877 00:41:39,330 --> 00:41:44,168 I mean, it's fast becoming less lucrative to being signed, 878 00:41:46,795 --> 00:41:50,799 and then as they say, being put out to work (chuckles) 879 00:41:50,799 --> 00:41:52,092 so that you can pay 880 00:41:52,092 --> 00:41:54,762 for somebody else to have more than you do. 881 00:41:54,762 --> 00:41:58,807 So a lot of people are now aware of that, 882 00:41:58,807 --> 00:42:02,102 and once again, with technology being what it is, 883 00:42:02,102 --> 00:42:03,854 giving the independent artist, 884 00:42:03,854 --> 00:42:08,192 just as much if not more control and ability 885 00:42:08,192 --> 00:42:11,403 as to what the bigger people had in the industry. 886 00:42:11,403 --> 00:42:14,782 I think things have definitely changed, 887 00:42:14,782 --> 00:42:17,535 I still think it's okay to be signed at a certain level, 888 00:42:17,535 --> 00:42:22,540 because big promotion can really get you from A to B, 889 00:42:22,581 --> 00:42:24,542 but if you're ready for it. 890 00:42:24,542 --> 00:42:26,752 If it's the right part of your equation, 891 00:42:26,752 --> 00:42:28,546 if you set your game plan 892 00:42:28,546 --> 00:42:32,424 and that's the right time and the right area, 893 00:42:32,424 --> 00:42:35,427 where you're supposed to be, I think it can work, 894 00:42:35,427 --> 00:42:39,181 there can be a symbiosis there and they can work together. 895 00:42:39,181 --> 00:42:43,811 - My main source of income is from my day job (laughing) 896 00:42:43,811 --> 00:42:46,438 So I would love to say that I could make a living, 897 00:42:46,438 --> 00:42:49,149 just off music but realistically, I can't. 898 00:42:49,149 --> 00:42:51,193 I probably put more into my music, 899 00:42:51,193 --> 00:42:53,487 than I get out of it at the moment but I love it, 900 00:42:53,487 --> 00:42:54,738 so it's a passion of mine. 901 00:42:54,738 --> 00:42:56,991 But during the day I work as a physiotherapist, 902 00:42:56,991 --> 00:42:59,827 so I did go to school, went to university, 903 00:42:59,827 --> 00:43:01,287 got my master's degree. 904 00:43:01,287 --> 00:43:03,330 And I work during the day, 905 00:43:03,330 --> 00:43:06,292 like at full time as a physiotherapist and I love it. 906 00:43:06,292 --> 00:43:08,544 And so that's how I like make most of my money, 907 00:43:08,544 --> 00:43:11,463 enough to like live comfortably I would say 908 00:43:11,463 --> 00:43:13,674 if I was just on the grind all the time. 909 00:43:13,674 --> 00:43:16,468 So personally I think it's good to have a day job, 910 00:43:16,468 --> 00:43:19,430 to support your career as you're developing it. 911 00:43:19,430 --> 00:43:21,849 And also to have something to fall back on, 912 00:43:21,849 --> 00:43:23,350 like you never know, 913 00:43:23,350 --> 00:43:26,270 if you're gonna be super successful in music. 914 00:43:26,270 --> 00:43:28,897 So like for the young kids coming up they are like, 915 00:43:28,897 --> 00:43:32,276 "Oh, I'm just gonna drop everything and just do music 916 00:43:32,276 --> 00:43:33,569 and not work a day in my life," 917 00:43:33,569 --> 00:43:35,487 I'm like, good luck (laughing) 918 00:43:35,487 --> 00:43:36,989 I wish you the best. 919 00:43:36,989 --> 00:43:38,866 - [Delivery Man] By the pizza. 920 00:43:38,866 --> 00:43:42,453 - Yeah so can you get a pizza for delivery? 921 00:43:43,454 --> 00:43:47,583 - Oh you want Hawaiian? - Pineapple, green peppers. 922 00:43:48,792 --> 00:43:51,503 - Oh you got our address? - Yeah, I got your address 923 00:43:51,503 --> 00:43:52,796 - Same place? - Same place 924 00:43:52,796 --> 00:43:53,797 - Yeah 925 00:43:53,797 --> 00:43:55,841 - Yeah I guess couple of bands, 926 00:43:55,841 --> 00:43:57,801 like ranted was a big influence of mine. 927 00:43:57,801 --> 00:44:01,013 She got me into hip-hop when Tim Armstrong, 928 00:44:01,013 --> 00:44:03,223 Travis Barker and Skinhead Rob started 929 00:44:03,223 --> 00:44:05,934 this project transplants in 2001. 930 00:44:05,934 --> 00:44:07,811 They did like California Babylon, 931 00:44:07,811 --> 00:44:10,939 I believe they were on a shampoo commercial, 932 00:44:10,939 --> 00:44:12,149 in the 2000s. 933 00:44:12,149 --> 00:44:13,400 It's one of those tracks everyone knows, 934 00:44:13,400 --> 00:44:15,986 but no one knows the band of. 935 00:44:15,986 --> 00:44:17,613 So that was actually my big transition, 936 00:44:17,613 --> 00:44:20,074 was around 2001 there listen of transplants 937 00:44:20,074 --> 00:44:22,618 and getting me into hip-hop and kind of the underground. 938 00:44:22,618 --> 00:44:25,162 That was like the underground LA low-rider kind of scene, 939 00:44:25,162 --> 00:44:27,706 and that's what I really enjoyed when I was growing up. 940 00:44:27,706 --> 00:44:30,959 (upbeat hip-hop music) 941 00:44:34,880 --> 00:44:37,591 - The way I look at life is like, you know shit happens. 942 00:44:37,591 --> 00:44:38,425 You know what I mean? 943 00:44:38,425 --> 00:44:43,180 You might be huge today and might not be so huge tomorrow, 944 00:44:43,180 --> 00:44:45,307 like, you know there's been times, 945 00:44:45,307 --> 00:44:49,269 where shit I've had fucking so much money. 946 00:44:49,269 --> 00:44:51,647 Money I needed someone to help me count, 947 00:44:51,647 --> 00:44:54,358 but then there's been times where I've been broke too. 948 00:44:54,358 --> 00:44:55,859 So you never, you never know, 949 00:44:55,859 --> 00:44:57,653 I think you just have to roll with the punches, 950 00:44:57,653 --> 00:45:00,030 but the best advice I can give 951 00:45:00,030 --> 00:45:03,242 is not to believe everything that you see. 952 00:45:03,242 --> 00:45:06,495 (upbeat hip-hop music) 953 00:45:23,971 --> 00:45:25,681 - And I think for the most part, 954 00:45:25,681 --> 00:45:27,641 us as human beings, regular human beings, 955 00:45:27,641 --> 00:45:29,518 out there working doesn't matter, you know, 956 00:45:29,518 --> 00:45:32,646 if you're working at, you know, furniture warehouse, 957 00:45:32,646 --> 00:45:36,150 you're mechanic, you're a radio superstar, 958 00:45:37,484 --> 00:45:41,572 there should be harmonic, unity in all our races. 959 00:45:42,406 --> 00:45:46,452 And we shouldn't have to deal with the same shit, 960 00:45:46,452 --> 00:45:47,536 over and over again, 961 00:45:47,536 --> 00:45:51,582 like the world just keeps recycling, just keeps recycling, 962 00:45:51,582 --> 00:45:54,001 you know, oh, let's go back to the 70s, 963 00:45:54,001 --> 00:45:55,419 okay what happened in the 70s? 964 00:45:55,419 --> 00:45:58,547 Well fashion was this, there was this racial uprising, 965 00:45:58,547 --> 00:46:02,176 there was this war over in Chechnya, 966 00:46:02,176 --> 00:46:05,637 there was this, okay so then let's just recycle all that. 967 00:46:05,637 --> 00:46:10,601 Alright put that enter, boom, let's just recycle a decade, 968 00:46:10,934 --> 00:46:12,978 that's how I feel like the world is. 969 00:46:12,978 --> 00:46:15,439 - Glimmer from the Hipster Cartel (laughing) 970 00:46:15,439 --> 00:46:16,774 you know that song? 971 00:46:16,774 --> 00:46:19,610 ♪ We can't have right now ♪ 972 00:46:19,610 --> 00:46:22,321 ♪ We can't have right now ♪ 973 00:46:22,321 --> 00:46:25,199 ♪ We can't have right now ♪ 974 00:46:25,199 --> 00:46:26,950 - That's a tough question, 975 00:46:26,950 --> 00:46:29,077 I mean I feel like there's a lot going on, 976 00:46:29,077 --> 00:46:30,829 and there's a lot of people 977 00:46:30,829 --> 00:46:32,790 that aren't necessarily telling the truth, 978 00:46:32,790 --> 00:46:37,002 about what they're doing environmentally. 979 00:46:37,002 --> 00:46:40,172 And not necessarily really does come down 980 00:46:40,172 --> 00:46:42,508 to the individual but you know it does, 981 00:46:42,508 --> 00:46:46,094 using less waste minimalized you know, 982 00:46:46,094 --> 00:46:49,515 I feel like that's an important step. 983 00:46:49,515 --> 00:46:51,934 I feel like my weekends are lazy, 984 00:46:51,934 --> 00:46:56,939 sleeping's, making coffees, listening to some records, 985 00:46:57,189 --> 00:46:59,066 maybe checking out some new music, 986 00:46:59,066 --> 00:47:01,819 going to different record shops and thrift stores 987 00:47:01,819 --> 00:47:03,987 and hunting for some gold. 988 00:47:05,614 --> 00:47:08,867 (upbeat hip-hop music) 989 00:47:37,479 --> 00:47:39,147 - My parents were both professionals, 990 00:47:39,147 --> 00:47:41,358 they were both working that nine to five life. 991 00:47:41,358 --> 00:47:44,528 So grew up with a brother and a sister 992 00:47:45,445 --> 00:47:47,239 and we had everything we needed, man, 993 00:47:47,239 --> 00:47:50,117 we had everything we needed, not everything we wanted, 994 00:47:50,117 --> 00:47:52,077 but we had enough man. 995 00:47:52,077 --> 00:47:53,412 - I met everybody there like, 996 00:47:53,412 --> 00:47:56,540 we were touring for like two weeks together. 997 00:47:56,540 --> 00:47:59,543 That was like 2000 and what? 998 00:47:59,543 --> 00:48:03,213 That was super fast 2008 or some shit, 999 00:48:03,213 --> 00:48:05,048 not all of them were playing ball, 1000 00:48:05,048 --> 00:48:07,217 like lots of their homies and entourage was, 1001 00:48:07,217 --> 00:48:09,136 but Chris Brown couldn't play ball though. 1002 00:48:09,136 --> 00:48:12,472 Chris Brown was interesting, because he was playing, 1003 00:48:12,472 --> 00:48:14,808 like ball for like two hours. 1004 00:48:14,808 --> 00:48:18,020 And he performs at night time right 1005 00:48:18,020 --> 00:48:19,479 like nine o'clock or some shit, 1006 00:48:19,479 --> 00:48:21,106 so he'd be playing at lunchtime all the way 1007 00:48:21,106 --> 00:48:23,191 to like three or some shit, 1008 00:48:23,191 --> 00:48:26,403 like aggressive, hard, sweating, yelling, 1009 00:48:26,403 --> 00:48:29,865 fucking arguing basketball, man. 1010 00:48:29,865 --> 00:48:32,492 And then you see him go on stage, 1011 00:48:32,492 --> 00:48:33,535 I can say is like, 1012 00:48:33,535 --> 00:48:36,413 almost like an hour and a half or some shit. 1013 00:48:36,413 --> 00:48:39,583 And he's singing and he's doing flips, 1014 00:48:40,918 --> 00:48:43,295 and he's running around doing flips, 1015 00:48:43,295 --> 00:48:45,839 like for an hour and a half. 1016 00:48:45,839 --> 00:48:47,966 And then he's doing it again at the next show, 1017 00:48:47,966 --> 00:48:50,636 playing basketball all day long 1018 00:48:50,636 --> 00:48:54,932 and then doing flips all day for an hour and a half. 1019 00:48:55,849 --> 00:48:57,643 Like I was getting tired, you know, 1020 00:48:57,643 --> 00:49:00,270 so I'm just like the long days in a festival, 1021 00:49:00,270 --> 00:49:03,649 I'm like, how's this guy fucking doing that? 1022 00:49:03,649 --> 00:49:06,026 You know what I'm saying so Chris Brown is just like, 1023 00:49:06,026 --> 00:49:07,319 he got energy, man. 1024 00:49:07,319 --> 00:49:09,571 That's back in the days when people were like, 1025 00:49:09,571 --> 00:49:11,865 fuck Chris Brown, he beat up Rihanna. 1026 00:49:11,865 --> 00:49:14,284 (indistinct) 1027 00:49:16,286 --> 00:49:18,163 Dude that boy's in shape, man, 1028 00:49:18,163 --> 00:49:20,207 he's like a UFC fighter, man, 1029 00:49:20,207 --> 00:49:22,626 he's like 6'2 in real life, 1030 00:49:22,626 --> 00:49:25,879 and he's like lean and he's ready, man. 1031 00:49:26,922 --> 00:49:29,841 So I hope you in shape (laughing). 1032 00:49:29,841 --> 00:49:32,010 if y'all think I can fuck with Chris Brown man, 1033 00:49:32,010 --> 00:49:35,180 because it's not walk in the park, man. 1034 00:49:35,180 --> 00:49:38,183 (thunder rumbling) 1035 00:49:38,183 --> 00:49:39,476 (electricity buzzing) 1036 00:49:39,476 --> 00:49:41,937 - How is the documentary coming along 1037 00:49:41,937 --> 00:49:43,397 - So where do you reside, 1038 00:49:43,397 --> 00:49:45,273 like where do you call home and shit? 1039 00:49:45,273 --> 00:49:46,733 - Far, far away 1040 00:49:46,733 --> 00:49:49,027 - Oh, far away really give or take? 1041 00:49:49,027 --> 00:49:51,279 - 1500 miles give or take 1042 00:49:51,279 --> 00:49:53,407 - 1500 miles, interesting. 1043 00:49:54,741 --> 00:49:56,910 So why'd you choose me out of all the directors, 1044 00:49:56,910 --> 00:49:58,453 you could have chosen. 1045 00:49:58,453 --> 00:50:00,872 (indistinct) 1046 00:50:02,249 --> 00:50:04,334 - (laughing) really? 1047 00:50:04,334 --> 00:50:06,878 - Then that child would come over to my house a lot, 1048 00:50:06,878 --> 00:50:09,047 in 1995 and just bring rhymes, 1049 00:50:09,047 --> 00:50:12,426 and we'd share rhymes or whatever. 1050 00:50:12,426 --> 00:50:16,096 And you know sometimes Prevail would be there, 1051 00:50:16,096 --> 00:50:18,306 and one night we just had this wild idea, 1052 00:50:18,306 --> 00:50:19,850 why don't we combine forces 1053 00:50:19,850 --> 00:50:21,727 and try to make like this super group. 1054 00:50:21,727 --> 00:50:23,020 Now bear in mind, 1055 00:50:23,020 --> 00:50:25,063 me and Prevail already had a group, 1056 00:50:25,063 --> 00:50:28,442 we were split spirit, we were a duo. 1057 00:50:28,442 --> 00:50:32,529 So in my mind I liked the idea of this super group, 1058 00:50:32,529 --> 00:50:34,197 but I felt like me and Fred, 1059 00:50:34,197 --> 00:50:37,951 hadn't really expanded as a dual at the time, 1060 00:50:40,287 --> 00:50:41,204 regardless, 1061 00:50:42,831 --> 00:50:46,334 Prevail my child and myself and DJ Kelo C, 1062 00:50:47,669 --> 00:50:49,212 decided to form this group. 1063 00:50:49,212 --> 00:50:51,965 We had been drinking and just making up silly names, 1064 00:50:51,965 --> 00:50:54,051 Like, what should we call it? What should we call it? 1065 00:50:54,051 --> 00:50:55,886 You know what I'm saying, the bowling balls, 1066 00:50:55,886 --> 00:50:58,388 let's call it the paper plane, 1067 00:51:00,182 --> 00:51:01,224 I think I said something like, 1068 00:51:01,224 --> 00:51:02,768 yo, let's call it the big dicks, 1069 00:51:02,768 --> 00:51:04,352 I was like, no, no, no, no, no, 1070 00:51:04,352 --> 00:51:07,230 let's call it the swollen members and it's it stuck. 1071 00:51:07,230 --> 00:51:10,609 We laughed about it but by the next day it stuck. 1072 00:51:10,609 --> 00:51:14,321 - Well I met Moka when I lived in Victoria, 1073 00:51:14,321 --> 00:51:17,574 and this is all before the Swollen Members stuff, 1074 00:51:17,574 --> 00:51:21,286 this is when Moka was still doing stuff on tape, 1075 00:51:21,286 --> 00:51:24,539 like tapes, like you gotta literally buying a mix tape. 1076 00:51:24,539 --> 00:51:28,960 And Jeff back and all those dudes out there and Moka, 1077 00:51:30,212 --> 00:51:32,964 we were just, boy, I just appreciated his music, 1078 00:51:32,964 --> 00:51:35,258 and we were just friends at first and in that aspect, 1079 00:51:35,258 --> 00:51:38,220 and then I just started doing some tour managing, 1080 00:51:38,220 --> 00:51:40,138 cause I was like, yo, blah, blah, blah, 1081 00:51:40,138 --> 00:51:41,681 and Moka was like, yeah, sure, 1082 00:51:41,681 --> 00:51:43,350 you can find some dates for me that's dope. 1083 00:51:43,350 --> 00:51:46,895 And that was after the smaller members side of it, 1084 00:51:46,895 --> 00:51:50,398 and Moka is just a dope dude, man, outside of the music, 1085 00:51:50,398 --> 00:51:51,858 So that's why I was drawn to him, 1086 00:51:51,858 --> 00:51:53,151 to even wanna work with him. 1087 00:51:53,151 --> 00:51:54,069 - High school was cool, 1088 00:51:54,069 --> 00:51:57,239 I went to four or five different high schools. 1089 00:51:57,239 --> 00:51:58,448 I was moving a lot with my family, 1090 00:51:58,448 --> 00:52:02,160 I got kicked out of a few different schools. 1091 00:52:02,160 --> 00:52:04,913 But yeah I had a great high school experience, 1092 00:52:04,913 --> 00:52:07,749 and from moving around a lot and from changing schools, 1093 00:52:07,749 --> 00:52:09,501 I got to meet a lot of different people, 1094 00:52:09,501 --> 00:52:12,587 and different neighborhoods and a lot of us we still cool. 1095 00:52:12,587 --> 00:52:15,215 Yeah my parents have always been awesome, 1096 00:52:15,215 --> 00:52:16,800 and you know I came up, 1097 00:52:16,800 --> 00:52:19,219 my dad was in a band called the "Payolas" 1098 00:52:19,219 --> 00:52:21,012 and he was the you know, 1099 00:52:21,012 --> 00:52:22,973 songwriter and singer in the group. 1100 00:52:22,973 --> 00:52:25,767 So I came up around music and studios and stuff, 1101 00:52:25,767 --> 00:52:28,228 and then my mom's always been an amazing artist 1102 00:52:28,228 --> 00:52:29,980 and poet and sculptor 1103 00:52:31,106 --> 00:52:32,607 artists of all different types, 1104 00:52:32,607 --> 00:52:34,943 so that inspiration's been really cool. 1105 00:52:34,943 --> 00:52:38,071 They've always pushed me to do music 1106 00:52:38,071 --> 00:52:41,783 and pushed me in my graffiti even and things like that, 1107 00:52:41,783 --> 00:52:43,827 so yeah they've been awesome. 1108 00:52:43,827 --> 00:52:47,330 - I think if you are a real gangster out here, 1109 00:52:47,330 --> 00:52:49,708 there's more ways than showing the gun, 1110 00:52:49,708 --> 00:52:51,751 to show that you're a real gangster. 1111 00:52:51,751 --> 00:52:52,669 unlike you were saying, 1112 00:52:52,669 --> 00:52:54,379 the realest gangsters speak in silence, 1113 00:52:54,379 --> 00:52:55,922 that's been the rule from day one. 1114 00:52:55,922 --> 00:52:57,716 You don't need anybody to know you're at gangster, 1115 00:52:57,716 --> 00:53:00,385 Why, what does that do for you? 1116 00:53:00,385 --> 00:53:01,803 You know what I mean? 1117 00:53:01,803 --> 00:53:02,846 I don't know. 1118 00:53:02,846 --> 00:53:05,473 - Hip-hop's gone more mainstream, 1119 00:53:05,473 --> 00:53:07,434 and because it's mainstream, 1120 00:53:07,434 --> 00:53:09,769 it's less focus on lyrics and more of you know, 1121 00:53:09,769 --> 00:53:14,274 it's all about selling it rather than what hip hop is. 1122 00:53:16,276 --> 00:53:21,281 And hip hop is you know it's truth, it's about the struggle, 1123 00:53:21,907 --> 00:53:24,910 whether that struggle has a racial minority, 1124 00:53:24,910 --> 00:53:27,954 or it's a struggle in terms of class, 1125 00:53:29,497 --> 00:53:32,209 in terms of poverty whatever it is. 1126 00:53:32,209 --> 00:53:36,087 It's about the struggling, it's about life, 1127 00:53:36,087 --> 00:53:37,631 that's what hip-hop is to me. 1128 00:53:37,631 --> 00:53:38,673 And hip-hop got me through 1129 00:53:38,673 --> 00:53:41,760 some of the lowest points in my life, 1130 00:53:42,928 --> 00:53:47,349 because it was filled with lyrics that mattered 1131 00:53:47,349 --> 00:53:50,393 and now I'm hearing some of the newer stuff 1132 00:53:50,393 --> 00:53:51,770 from like, these lyrics are about nothing, 1133 00:53:51,770 --> 00:53:53,813 but yeah like all the newer stuff, 1134 00:53:53,813 --> 00:53:55,607 it's just like all the beats sound the same to me. 1135 00:53:55,607 --> 00:53:57,359 I don't know, I'm I getting old? 1136 00:53:57,359 --> 00:53:59,236 Is that what's going on? 1137 00:53:59,236 --> 00:54:01,029 Like I don't hear any creativity in the music anymore. 1138 00:54:01,029 --> 00:54:02,656 - Grew up as a bit of a punk rocker, 1139 00:54:02,656 --> 00:54:05,784 low in the pop punk scene I mean, 1140 00:54:05,784 --> 00:54:07,911 yeah, Travis Barker's a big inspiration 1141 00:54:07,911 --> 00:54:10,413 for a lot of drummers as he was for me growing up. 1142 00:54:10,413 --> 00:54:12,499 But from there actually, 1143 00:54:12,499 --> 00:54:16,002 I had a lot of inspiration from jazz and Latin. 1144 00:54:16,002 --> 00:54:18,129 My drum teacher, Scott Robert was amazing, 1145 00:54:18,129 --> 00:54:19,714 I mean Benny grab, 1146 00:54:19,714 --> 00:54:22,968 or even go into the more drum and bass side of it. 1147 00:54:22,968 --> 00:54:26,137 (lively upbeat music) 1148 00:54:32,143 --> 00:54:34,062 - I watched a lot of hip-hop artists, 1149 00:54:34,062 --> 00:54:35,188 and even though 1150 00:54:35,188 --> 00:54:37,524 there's some really good emergence happening, 1151 00:54:37,524 --> 00:54:41,528 I still think it's an untapped market, it's an open market. 1152 00:54:41,528 --> 00:54:43,238 - I like to think of Vancouver kind of like, 1153 00:54:43,238 --> 00:54:44,572 it's like a teenager, you know. 1154 00:54:44,572 --> 00:54:47,075 Like you know when you look at like New York, 1155 00:54:47,075 --> 00:54:51,121 okay, you look at like, LA, you look at(indistinct) 1156 00:54:51,121 --> 00:54:55,667 identities, and we're like still finding that, right. 1157 00:54:55,667 --> 00:54:57,335 - The day in the life of DJ Denise, 1158 00:54:57,335 --> 00:55:00,880 oh my gosh, It is hectic, it's crazy. 1159 00:55:00,880 --> 00:55:02,549 So I have four kids, 1160 00:55:03,591 --> 00:55:07,178 So to start off, I've got to wake up, 1161 00:55:07,178 --> 00:55:08,596 (hinges squeaking) 1162 00:55:08,596 --> 00:55:11,391 make sure that my kids are getting off to school, 1163 00:55:11,391 --> 00:55:16,021 and from there I'm usually checking my emails right away, 1164 00:55:16,021 --> 00:55:18,648 getting everything set. 1165 00:55:18,648 --> 00:55:20,859 Say we're start talking about a Monday, 1166 00:55:20,859 --> 00:55:23,361 I'm making sure that I have all of my confirmation emails, 1167 00:55:23,361 --> 00:55:26,197 for what's happening on the show. 1168 00:55:26,197 --> 00:55:28,825 Then I'll be checking out some new tracks, 1169 00:55:28,825 --> 00:55:32,370 also for a DJ set I'll probably have during the week. 1170 00:55:32,370 --> 00:55:34,497 And for the rest of the day, 1171 00:55:34,497 --> 00:55:36,541 I'm always just listening to music. 1172 00:55:36,541 --> 00:55:39,044 - [Man] I think the biggest myth in hip-hop, 1173 00:55:39,044 --> 00:55:42,297 is how they try to tell you it's a young man's game. 1174 00:55:42,297 --> 00:55:46,343 That's just the studio executives basically enforcing, 1175 00:55:46,343 --> 00:55:49,846 a younger signing deal is country music. 1176 00:55:49,846 --> 00:55:51,389 You got country music with all old, 1177 00:55:51,389 --> 00:55:53,266 fucking bearded fat guys, you know, 1178 00:55:53,266 --> 00:55:56,102 still doing it doesn't matter how old they are, whatever. 1179 00:55:56,102 --> 00:55:59,147 RnB, you got a lot of older people doing it, 1180 00:55:59,147 --> 00:56:00,398 and also rock and roll, 1181 00:56:00,398 --> 00:56:02,025 I mean look at (indistinct) 1182 00:56:02,025 --> 00:56:02,901 they must be 70 years old. 1183 00:56:02,901 --> 00:56:06,363 And I think their last tour made $105 million, 1184 00:56:06,363 --> 00:56:08,448 I mean there's no age limit to music 1185 00:56:08,448 --> 00:56:09,991 who have a really young audience, 1186 00:56:09,991 --> 00:56:12,243 It doesn't matter what you look like. 1187 00:56:12,243 --> 00:56:14,245 (crowd cheering) 1188 00:56:14,245 --> 00:56:17,415 (lively upbeat music) 1189 00:56:18,333 --> 00:56:20,168 - The nineties are hard to describe, 1190 00:56:20,168 --> 00:56:24,464 but well specifically the indie rock or whatever, 1191 00:56:24,464 --> 00:56:26,800 the scene it's so different. 1192 00:56:28,343 --> 00:56:31,346 Culturally, there's a huge difference, 1193 00:56:31,346 --> 00:56:35,600 I think even though musically is like so similar, 1194 00:56:35,600 --> 00:56:39,729 culturally, there was a big difference between, 1195 00:56:39,729 --> 00:56:40,814 I just mean musically. 1196 00:56:40,814 --> 00:56:42,440 All music is very similar, 1197 00:56:42,440 --> 00:56:44,442 but culturally there's a big difference 1198 00:56:44,442 --> 00:56:46,403 between like indie rock and the nineties, 1199 00:56:46,403 --> 00:56:49,030 and like hip-hop, probably in the 90s. 1200 00:56:49,030 --> 00:56:52,742 But also now where hip-hop if people succeed, 1201 00:56:54,452 --> 00:56:57,080 or they're doing well or even if they're not so much, 1202 00:56:57,080 --> 00:57:01,584 they blow everything up and brag about it incessantly, 1203 00:57:02,419 --> 00:57:06,131 that's part of the culture and that's cool. 1204 00:57:06,131 --> 00:57:09,426 I mean no one's gonna look down on you, 1205 00:57:09,426 --> 00:57:11,803 for talking about how great you are 1206 00:57:11,803 --> 00:57:13,096 or how great you were, 1207 00:57:13,096 --> 00:57:14,931 or something you succeeded at. 1208 00:57:14,931 --> 00:57:18,643 But in Indie rock you're supposed to be humble, 1209 00:57:18,643 --> 00:57:20,979 you're not supposed to celebrate your success 1210 00:57:20,979 --> 00:57:21,813 for whatever reason. 1211 00:57:21,813 --> 00:57:23,690 I shouldn't say you're supposed to, 1212 00:57:23,690 --> 00:57:26,609 but the the overall kind of feeling 1213 00:57:27,610 --> 00:57:30,196 was that trying too hard also trying hard 1214 00:57:30,196 --> 00:57:33,491 was also something that was frowned upon 1215 00:57:33,491 --> 00:57:34,742 during that era. 1216 00:57:34,742 --> 00:57:38,163 It is hard to put your finger on exactly, 1217 00:57:40,290 --> 00:57:41,916 why or where it came from, 1218 00:57:41,916 --> 00:57:45,378 but it's culturally I would say interesting time. 1219 00:57:45,378 --> 00:57:46,754 (man snoring) 1220 00:57:46,754 --> 00:57:49,632 - Oh, sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry, 1221 00:57:49,632 --> 00:57:51,134 I got the goggles. 1222 00:57:52,427 --> 00:57:55,263 (robot warbling) 1223 00:57:55,263 --> 00:57:56,931 - Okay, I won't do that again. 1224 00:57:56,931 --> 00:57:59,100 (robot warbling) 1225 00:57:59,100 --> 00:58:03,813 (laughing) that's some good shit. 1226 00:58:03,813 --> 00:58:06,316 (man snoring) 1227 00:58:07,400 --> 00:58:10,153 (robot warbling) 1228 00:58:11,446 --> 00:58:13,364 Just fucking with you. 1229 00:58:13,364 --> 00:58:15,700 Alright I gotta go to bed (laughing) 1230 00:58:15,700 --> 00:58:18,786 - I don't know why he keeps telling him this stuff though, 1231 00:58:18,786 --> 00:58:20,955 but it seems right, right? 1232 00:58:23,208 --> 00:58:24,334 - He was just so dope, 1233 00:58:24,334 --> 00:58:27,128 I mean, the stuff that's on video that you see, 1234 00:58:27,128 --> 00:58:28,755 that's on the internet now. 1235 00:58:28,755 --> 00:58:31,799 I mean I wasn't at that one, but that's exactly how it was, 1236 00:58:31,799 --> 00:58:34,302 it was an event, he used to have people, 1237 00:58:34,302 --> 00:58:37,180 when he started spitting just coming outta everywhere. 1238 00:58:37,180 --> 00:58:40,725 And I was so young, you you know, it was just New York. 1239 00:58:40,725 --> 00:58:42,602 That's how it was I used to see fat boys, 1240 00:58:42,602 --> 00:58:44,687 like prince Markie Dee and all those dudes, 1241 00:58:44,687 --> 00:58:46,814 and they used to be everywhere. 1242 00:58:46,814 --> 00:58:48,274 Like you just go somewhere, 1243 00:58:48,274 --> 00:58:49,651 you like walk in white castle, 1244 00:58:49,651 --> 00:58:52,904 and you're like, oh, he's right there da, da, da. 1245 00:58:52,904 --> 00:58:55,114 So to see Biggie before he blew up to me, 1246 00:58:55,114 --> 00:58:55,990 he was just a rapper. 1247 00:58:55,990 --> 00:58:57,325 He's just some dude on the street, 1248 00:58:57,325 --> 00:59:00,495 and then further as you go I'm like, oh, 1249 00:59:00,495 --> 00:59:03,581 as I left I'm like, is that the same dude? 1250 00:59:03,581 --> 00:59:05,375 I'm like but how many fat dudes, 1251 00:59:05,375 --> 00:59:07,001 are that dope with a fucked up eye? 1252 00:59:07,001 --> 00:59:08,169 That's the same dude. 1253 00:59:08,169 --> 00:59:10,380 - It's the funny thing talking about that, 1254 00:59:10,380 --> 00:59:13,341 nobody really ever knows for certain, you know, 1255 00:59:13,341 --> 00:59:17,428 I could sit here and make up some glorious story, 1256 00:59:19,430 --> 00:59:23,518 but it was just in me from the second I heard it. 1257 00:59:25,228 --> 00:59:26,980 I hear something on the radio or whatever, 1258 00:59:26,980 --> 00:59:28,898 my records, literally vinyl records, 1259 00:59:28,898 --> 00:59:30,733 my parents were playing, 1260 00:59:30,733 --> 00:59:32,485 'cause this was the 1970s, 1261 00:59:32,485 --> 00:59:35,280 and I would just want to emulate it. 1262 00:59:35,280 --> 00:59:37,323 And it's funny because I remember, 1263 00:59:37,323 --> 00:59:39,909 by the time I started going to grade school, 1264 00:59:39,909 --> 00:59:41,411 you know, I'd go to grade school, 1265 00:59:41,411 --> 00:59:43,788 like singing the songs I hear my parents playing, 1266 00:59:43,788 --> 00:59:44,998 'cause I thought it was new music. 1267 00:59:44,998 --> 00:59:46,791 I didn't know what they were playing was, 1268 00:59:46,791 --> 00:59:49,836 you know, from 20 years prior (laughing) 1269 00:59:49,836 --> 00:59:52,005 a lot of it or whatever. 1270 00:59:52,005 --> 00:59:53,298 People they were like, what's that? 1271 00:59:53,298 --> 00:59:55,300 What are you singing, what is that? 1272 00:59:55,300 --> 00:59:56,968 You know what I mean but yeah. 1273 00:59:56,968 --> 01:00:00,138 - That okay was definitely my favorite joke for sure, 1274 01:00:00,138 --> 01:00:03,474 I got to dance with her, got to open for a sell out crowd, 1275 01:00:03,474 --> 01:00:07,770 and you know, everyone just super responsive warranty, 1276 01:00:07,770 --> 01:00:10,106 definitely ares up there (indistinct) 1277 01:00:10,106 --> 01:00:12,984 But yeah with school members, 1278 01:00:12,984 --> 01:00:15,737 and then as well as Canibus, D12, 1279 01:00:21,200 --> 01:00:23,244 - Someone like Moka Oonly you know, to me, 1280 01:00:23,244 --> 01:00:25,038 I looked up to and I still think, 1281 01:00:25,038 --> 01:00:28,374 as far as if I can consider him up here and he's a friend, 1282 01:00:28,374 --> 01:00:32,712 because you know he's been in the industry for years 1283 01:00:34,255 --> 01:00:36,966 and he's got just albums of albums, 1284 01:00:36,966 --> 01:00:39,010 of albums, of albums, of material. 1285 01:00:39,010 --> 01:00:42,722 Like I don't think anyone has that much material out there, 1286 01:00:42,722 --> 01:00:45,516 but then, you know, right now someone like Mike Mees, 1287 01:00:45,516 --> 01:00:48,478 people are saying is very, you know, successful 1288 01:00:48,478 --> 01:00:50,772 because he does have a big following 1289 01:00:50,772 --> 01:00:54,525 and he's definitely done some things that presently. 1290 01:00:54,525 --> 01:00:57,695 I would say currently he's probably, you know, 1291 01:00:57,695 --> 01:01:00,239 someone that is doing very well right now. 1292 01:01:00,239 --> 01:01:03,117 - Fazz is watching, they, watching everything, 1293 01:01:03,117 --> 01:01:04,577 they love when you drop music videos, 1294 01:01:04,577 --> 01:01:08,081 they love when you drop music video, they love it, 1295 01:01:08,081 --> 01:01:10,416 drop it, show all the guns you want, 1296 01:01:10,416 --> 01:01:12,001 you're gonna get a million don't worry. 1297 01:01:12,001 --> 01:01:15,171 (lively upbeat music) 1298 01:01:18,841 --> 01:01:21,469 - Are you where you see yourself today, 1299 01:01:21,469 --> 01:01:24,138 or did you see yourself as someone else? 1300 01:01:24,138 --> 01:01:25,932 I obviously thought I would be, 1301 01:01:25,932 --> 01:01:30,520 one of the biggest actors in the world right now, 1302 01:01:30,520 --> 01:01:31,437 Right here? 1303 01:01:33,022 --> 01:01:35,108 Hi, my name's Cart. 1304 01:01:35,108 --> 01:01:36,859 Can I do that again? 1305 01:01:36,859 --> 01:01:39,278 (indistinct) 1306 01:02:09,058 --> 01:02:12,395 Anyway, but yeah, I thought I'd be a big actor, 1307 01:02:12,395 --> 01:02:16,774 when I was started out acting in acting class, 1308 01:02:16,774 --> 01:02:18,735 my teachers would pull me aside 1309 01:02:18,735 --> 01:02:20,027 and say you need an agent 1310 01:02:20,027 --> 01:02:21,112 you should get out there. 1311 01:02:21,112 --> 01:02:22,947 You know, you're one of the best actors in the class, 1312 01:02:22,947 --> 01:02:25,533 like straight up saying that to me. 1313 01:02:25,533 --> 01:02:27,285 And I think it almost gave me an ego, 1314 01:02:27,285 --> 01:02:29,620 that I didn't deserve to have at that stage. 1315 01:02:29,620 --> 01:02:32,749 And I just burned it out, like I just went in, 1316 01:02:32,749 --> 01:02:35,543 like I was the best thing in every audition, 1317 01:02:35,543 --> 01:02:37,837 I'd walk in I mean, I'd book some stuff, 1318 01:02:37,837 --> 01:02:40,882 but like I was going up for some big roles at the time. 1319 01:02:40,882 --> 01:02:42,800 And I got close to really close to book 1320 01:02:42,800 --> 01:02:43,968 and a few large ones, 1321 01:02:43,968 --> 01:02:46,179 but I think I shoot myself in the foot 1322 01:02:46,179 --> 01:02:48,014 because I think I have a afraid 1323 01:02:48,014 --> 01:02:51,100 of being famous type mentality and... 1324 01:02:52,059 --> 01:02:55,229 Like I don't know if I would want people 1325 01:02:55,229 --> 01:02:57,774 to come up to me and like introduce themselves to me, 1326 01:02:57,774 --> 01:02:59,609 say hi to me all the time. 1327 01:02:59,609 --> 01:03:03,529 And I don't know like I'm kind of reclosed that way right. 1328 01:03:03,529 --> 01:03:07,366 (bright upbeat hip-hop music) 1329 01:03:14,957 --> 01:03:18,377 (instruments clattering) 1330 01:03:19,712 --> 01:03:22,131 - The people that follow that and believe that, 1331 01:03:22,131 --> 01:03:24,717 can't really separate the reality of it that, 1332 01:03:24,717 --> 01:03:26,385 most of these people there... 1333 01:03:26,385 --> 01:03:27,428 I just saw a rental, 1334 01:03:27,428 --> 01:03:31,474 for a 2016 Rolls Royce for 150 bucks an hour, 1335 01:03:31,474 --> 01:03:32,475 That I know for a fact, 1336 01:03:32,475 --> 01:03:35,019 is only rented up to rappers in this city. 1337 01:03:35,019 --> 01:03:36,479 And like, that's the thing, it's an illusion, 1338 01:03:36,479 --> 01:03:38,481 and that's why I say I like the hip-hop I listen to, 1339 01:03:38,481 --> 01:03:39,565 is a lot of underground stuff 1340 01:03:39,565 --> 01:03:40,858 It's a lot of more heartfelt stuff 1341 01:03:40,858 --> 01:03:42,527 because I wanna hear the real stuff. 1342 01:03:42,527 --> 01:03:46,197 (lively instrumental music) 1343 01:03:53,579 --> 01:03:54,956 ♪ Lucifiana tap a lady ♪ 1344 01:03:54,956 --> 01:03:59,961 ♪ Grinding now she make a nigga wanna man up ♪ 1345 01:04:00,378 --> 01:04:04,215 ♪ Luicifiana, damn you're a bad mama ♪ 1346 01:04:04,215 --> 01:04:07,301 - Well you know tough love existed for sure, 1347 01:04:07,301 --> 01:04:09,804 but it wasn't anything negative, 1348 01:04:09,804 --> 01:04:11,722 like you know nothing like child abuse, 1349 01:04:11,722 --> 01:04:13,391 I didn't experience none of that. 1350 01:04:13,391 --> 01:04:16,310 My parents were loving without a doubt, 1351 01:04:16,310 --> 01:04:19,647 loving they both grew up in rural Kenya, 1352 01:04:20,731 --> 01:04:22,608 very traditional up upbringing. 1353 01:04:22,608 --> 01:04:27,196 So they raised us with still that traditional element. 1354 01:04:27,196 --> 01:04:29,699 So discipline is an important factor 1355 01:04:29,699 --> 01:04:31,951 in that traditional element. 1356 01:04:31,951 --> 01:04:33,077 That's how you live your life. 1357 01:04:33,077 --> 01:04:34,579 That's how you build a life. 1358 01:04:34,579 --> 01:04:36,122 So that's how they raised us. 1359 01:04:36,122 --> 01:04:37,540 Everything. 1360 01:04:37,540 --> 01:04:38,749 School is very serious. 1361 01:04:38,749 --> 01:04:40,835 - The thing I'm trying to break for every artist, dude. 1362 01:04:40,835 --> 01:04:43,170 I'm a young, black getting it, bro, like dude 1363 01:04:43,170 --> 01:04:45,006 and I ain't tied to no mother fuckin' buddy. 1364 01:04:45,006 --> 01:04:46,632 I don't owe no mother fuckin' buddy. 1365 01:04:46,632 --> 01:04:48,634 And if I wanna fuckin' tour, 1366 01:04:48,634 --> 01:04:50,511 I just tour pay for my own tour. 1367 01:04:50,511 --> 01:04:52,847 I don't wait for the government. 1368 01:04:52,847 --> 01:04:53,681 You know what I'm saying like, 1369 01:04:53,681 --> 01:04:54,682 that's what you, 1370 01:04:54,682 --> 01:04:56,017 I own all my own music, 1371 01:04:56,017 --> 01:04:57,018 I own my own studio. 1372 01:04:57,018 --> 01:04:58,519 I have shit like this in my house too 1373 01:04:58,519 --> 01:05:00,062 and in my office in Yale town. 1374 01:05:00,062 --> 01:05:02,607 But I'm not doing enough selling drugs, dog. 1375 01:05:02,607 --> 01:05:04,817 I'm doing enough opening up with legitimate companies. 1376 01:05:04,817 --> 01:05:06,944 Yeah, we probably also sold a couple QPS 1377 01:05:06,944 --> 01:05:08,070 with a couple half pounds, 1378 01:05:08,070 --> 01:05:08,905 but my ass, 1379 01:05:08,905 --> 01:05:09,989 once I got my profits, 1380 01:05:09,989 --> 01:05:11,574 I never ran to the club to chase bitches, 1381 01:05:11,574 --> 01:05:12,408 I saved my share. 1382 01:05:12,408 --> 01:05:14,869 So I sold, quick 20,000, 30,000. 1383 01:05:14,869 --> 01:05:17,038 I started to invest into legal things, 1384 01:05:17,038 --> 01:05:18,998 opening up studios, 1385 01:05:18,998 --> 01:05:20,416 focusing on that, 1386 01:05:20,416 --> 01:05:22,793 opening up that didn't make enough money as I wanted. 1387 01:05:22,793 --> 01:05:24,295 Opening up junk companies, 1388 01:05:24,295 --> 01:05:25,796 opening up dispensaries, 1389 01:05:25,796 --> 01:05:27,340 opening up other shit, 1390 01:05:27,340 --> 01:05:28,174 you know what I'm saying. 1391 01:05:28,174 --> 01:05:30,092 So like, you have do other things 1392 01:05:30,092 --> 01:05:31,719 and boom me hit a jackpot 1393 01:05:31,719 --> 01:05:32,887 as soon as you don't give up. 1394 01:05:32,887 --> 01:05:33,721 You know what I'm saying. 1395 01:05:33,721 --> 01:05:37,642 All of a sudden you're able to fund your music career. 1396 01:05:37,642 --> 01:05:38,809 ♪ Yeah we ride, yeah we ride ♪ 1397 01:05:38,809 --> 01:05:40,227 ♪ We smooth with the tile ♪ 1398 01:05:40,227 --> 01:05:42,021 ♪ Every block going around ♪ 1399 01:05:42,021 --> 01:05:43,731 ♪ All around ♪ 1400 01:05:43,731 --> 01:05:45,983 - My parents were against it. 1401 01:05:45,983 --> 01:05:48,319 'Cause I got really into it. 1402 01:05:48,319 --> 01:05:50,446 I was like, yo man, I got, I gotta do this, 1403 01:05:50,446 --> 01:05:51,781 like I got to style down so, 1404 01:05:51,781 --> 01:05:53,157 I was very into it 1405 01:05:53,157 --> 01:05:55,493 and I was running around telling people, 1406 01:05:55,493 --> 01:05:56,619 oh, I'm gonna be a dancer, 1407 01:05:56,619 --> 01:05:58,663 I'm gonna be a tour dancer. 1408 01:05:58,663 --> 01:06:01,707 (crowd cheering) 1409 01:06:01,707 --> 01:06:04,919 (bright instrumental music) 1410 01:06:04,919 --> 01:06:07,672 (crowd cheering) 1411 01:06:15,388 --> 01:06:19,308 I go by Wreckage, my real name is Kofi Amoah 1412 01:06:19,308 --> 01:06:21,519 I'm a Ghanaian descent from Africa, 1413 01:06:21,519 --> 01:06:24,188 but I just go by Wreckage, 1414 01:06:24,188 --> 01:06:26,524 just get the whole name out there so. 1415 01:06:26,524 --> 01:06:28,234 - And where I'm from Nova Scotia, 1416 01:06:28,234 --> 01:06:29,110 we just had this. 1417 01:06:29,110 --> 01:06:29,944 I don't know if you heard it, 1418 01:06:29,944 --> 01:06:30,903 the so Brooklyn challenge, 1419 01:06:30,903 --> 01:06:33,280 everybody was free styling over this beat. 1420 01:06:33,280 --> 01:06:34,657 Just started rapping over that beat bit 1421 01:06:34,657 --> 01:06:36,909 in their best verse so whatever. 1422 01:06:36,909 --> 01:06:38,369 And it was good to see a lot of people 1423 01:06:38,369 --> 01:06:39,996 from where I'm from, coming together 1424 01:06:39,996 --> 01:06:41,247 and doing their thing. 1425 01:06:41,247 --> 01:06:43,332 But to showcased the talents as well. 1426 01:06:43,332 --> 01:06:44,917 Everybody coming over to Woodworks people, 1427 01:06:44,917 --> 01:06:46,335 I didn't even know that rapped 1428 01:06:46,335 --> 01:06:47,503 was doing it. 1429 01:06:47,503 --> 01:06:50,506 And there's a lot of talent there as well. 1430 01:06:50,506 --> 01:06:53,843 - So what's my opinion of the Vancouver Rap scene. 1431 01:06:53,843 --> 01:06:55,803 Again, I think it's actually 1432 01:06:55,803 --> 01:06:57,638 in an interesting spot right now 1433 01:06:57,638 --> 01:07:00,141 because you have all these artists 1434 01:07:00,141 --> 01:07:01,851 that were on the come up 1435 01:07:01,851 --> 01:07:04,186 over the last 10 years, or longer 1436 01:07:04,186 --> 01:07:07,231 that are definitely seeing success now. 1437 01:07:07,231 --> 01:07:08,983 So I think it's again 1438 01:07:09,900 --> 01:07:11,402 positive in a way. 1439 01:07:11,402 --> 01:07:13,988 I mean, I remember when we were kinda doing hip hop, 1440 01:07:13,988 --> 01:07:16,699 it was almost like that was 10, 12 years ago. 1441 01:07:16,699 --> 01:07:18,034 It was almost a little bit dead. 1442 01:07:18,034 --> 01:07:19,368 Like there really wasn't too much 1443 01:07:19,368 --> 01:07:21,871 coming out of Vancouver at that point. 1444 01:07:21,871 --> 01:07:23,748 And now when I look at Junk, 1445 01:07:23,748 --> 01:07:24,832 is doing really well. 1446 01:07:24,832 --> 01:07:25,833 And I remember that's a guy 1447 01:07:25,833 --> 01:07:27,293 that I met at The Anza Club 1448 01:07:27,293 --> 01:07:29,670 that was 10 years ago longer. 1449 01:07:29,670 --> 01:07:31,964 And you see Snak the Ripper, 1450 01:07:33,007 --> 01:07:34,091 you see Merkules. 1451 01:07:34,091 --> 01:07:36,802 And those guys are like on top of the world, right? 1452 01:07:36,802 --> 01:07:40,056 And so I really think it's growing 1453 01:07:40,056 --> 01:07:41,182 and there's more and more great, 1454 01:07:41,182 --> 01:07:42,433 Vancouver hip hop coming out. 1455 01:07:42,433 --> 01:07:44,477 As I said again, I'm so Lowkey Bands 1456 01:07:44,477 --> 01:07:46,020 and you got a lot of young kids 1457 01:07:46,020 --> 01:07:47,480 and everybody's sort of doing their thing. 1458 01:07:47,480 --> 01:07:49,857 And I felt like the community definitely grew, 1459 01:07:49,857 --> 01:07:52,485 and it's less about the battle rap scene, 1460 01:07:52,485 --> 01:07:53,736 like it was 10 years ago 1461 01:07:53,736 --> 01:07:55,738 and people would dis each other a lot. 1462 01:07:55,738 --> 01:07:56,572 I felt like 1463 01:07:56,572 --> 01:07:59,200 and instead of helping each other. 1464 01:07:59,200 --> 01:08:01,744 And to me coming from the German hip hop scene, 1465 01:08:01,744 --> 01:08:03,287 that back then when I left 1466 01:08:03,287 --> 01:08:04,914 was very supportive 1467 01:08:04,914 --> 01:08:07,458 and you know, everybody was in the crew 1468 01:08:07,458 --> 01:08:08,709 when helping each other out 1469 01:08:08,709 --> 01:08:09,877 just to make it bigger 1470 01:08:09,877 --> 01:08:12,838 because back then German hip was still sort of underground. 1471 01:08:12,838 --> 01:08:15,257 And so when I moved here, 1472 01:08:15,257 --> 01:08:17,009 I was slightly disappointed 1473 01:08:17,009 --> 01:08:18,177 because I felt like, 1474 01:08:18,177 --> 01:08:19,804 you tried to connect with these people, 1475 01:08:19,804 --> 01:08:22,431 but they would treat you like you weren't good enough 1476 01:08:22,431 --> 01:08:23,516 or, you know, 1477 01:08:25,267 --> 01:08:27,895 or there was just this like little bit battle mentality. 1478 01:08:27,895 --> 01:08:29,021 And I didn't feel like 1479 01:08:29,021 --> 01:08:29,939 it had to be there. 1480 01:08:29,939 --> 01:08:31,899 - [Man] Really wipe my ass. 1481 01:08:31,899 --> 01:08:33,776 - [Machine voice] I'm unable to do that for you, sir, 1482 01:08:33,776 --> 01:08:35,653 I am a computer generated voice 1483 01:08:35,653 --> 01:08:37,613 built to track your motion and your movement 1484 01:08:37,613 --> 01:08:38,823 throughout the world. 1485 01:08:38,823 --> 01:08:40,491 - [Man] Fucking useless. 1486 01:08:40,491 --> 01:08:44,328 ("Little T - For my city") 1487 01:08:53,420 --> 01:08:55,005 - My five year goal, 1488 01:08:55,005 --> 01:08:56,841 I'm definitely working on my green card. 1489 01:08:56,841 --> 01:08:59,093 I'd like to be, you know, in LA, 1490 01:08:59,093 --> 01:09:01,303 I work with some people like Day 1 already there. 1491 01:09:01,303 --> 01:09:03,681 So I'd like to expand there. 1492 01:09:03,681 --> 01:09:05,266 I see within five years, you know, 1493 01:09:05,266 --> 01:09:07,059 touring Canada, North America, 1494 01:09:07,059 --> 01:09:08,227 probably Europe. 1495 01:09:08,227 --> 01:09:12,189 I also just see myself producing more movies. 1496 01:09:12,189 --> 01:09:13,274 ♪ Riding on our bags ♪ 1497 01:09:13,274 --> 01:09:14,900 ♪ Holding down a city street ♪ 1498 01:09:14,900 --> 01:09:16,026 ♪ street tag ♪ 1499 01:09:16,026 --> 01:09:17,236 ♪ Moving through a city ♪ 1500 01:09:17,236 --> 01:09:19,155 ♪ I attached on large ♪ 1501 01:09:19,155 --> 01:09:22,199 ♪ On large ♪ 1502 01:09:22,199 --> 01:09:25,703 ("Baby C - Game Plan") 1503 01:09:32,751 --> 01:09:36,505 ("Little T - World Wide") 1504 01:09:42,344 --> 01:09:46,098 (heavy upbeat hip hop music) 1505 01:09:48,893 --> 01:09:52,730 (bright upbeat hip pop music) 1506 01:09:56,483 --> 01:09:57,443 ♪ We kick here in the door ♪ 1507 01:09:57,443 --> 01:09:58,611 ♪ Ain't got my four four ♪ 1508 01:09:58,611 --> 01:09:59,445 ♪ Air on the mic ♪ 1509 01:09:59,445 --> 01:10:00,863 ♪ They know us, it's raw ♪ 1510 01:10:00,863 --> 01:10:02,865 ♪ Trying to give rich, live like I'm poor ♪ 1511 01:10:02,865 --> 01:10:05,659 ♪ Stay on my God, they know I go high ♪ 1512 01:10:05,659 --> 01:10:07,536 ♪ Ain't out here trying to live above the law ♪ 1513 01:10:07,536 --> 01:10:09,205 ♪ Ain't out here trying to be ♪ 1514 01:10:09,205 --> 01:10:11,040 - Hip hop, always shifts, 1515 01:10:11,040 --> 01:10:12,833 it always trying to... 1516 01:10:13,918 --> 01:10:15,461 There's always somebody who's not happy 1517 01:10:15,461 --> 01:10:16,754 with the way that it is 1518 01:10:16,754 --> 01:10:18,589 or they say, I don't fuck with it like that. 1519 01:10:18,589 --> 01:10:21,383 So I'm gonna do it in this way. 1520 01:10:21,383 --> 01:10:24,929 I think, anytime that there's mediocrity 1521 01:10:24,929 --> 01:10:25,846 in a scene, 1522 01:10:27,181 --> 01:10:29,850 it is an opportunity for the other people 1523 01:10:29,850 --> 01:10:33,312 to show off their true originality. 1524 01:10:33,312 --> 01:10:35,397 Yeah, I work as a landscaper, I love it. 1525 01:10:35,397 --> 01:10:36,815 And it actually can be inspiring sometimes. 1526 01:10:36,815 --> 01:10:38,651 Like you find that 1527 01:10:38,651 --> 01:10:41,654 your vocabulary and your vernacular changes 1528 01:10:41,654 --> 01:10:42,905 based on what you're doing. 1529 01:10:42,905 --> 01:10:43,739 And so, 1530 01:10:44,782 --> 01:10:45,824 you know, I was working in a kitchen. 1531 01:10:45,824 --> 01:10:47,743 I had a lot of like food lines 1532 01:10:47,743 --> 01:10:50,246 because like heard new new words. 1533 01:10:50,246 --> 01:10:52,623 And so like with the gardening thing, 1534 01:10:52,623 --> 01:10:56,335 like you know, I wrote this song like, wow, 1535 01:10:56,335 --> 01:10:57,962 and actually we just recorded it 1536 01:10:57,962 --> 01:10:58,796 and it's gonna come out 1537 01:10:58,796 --> 01:11:01,090 and it's getting good feedback. 1538 01:11:01,090 --> 01:11:03,133 The tenant of title is like old leaves 1539 01:11:03,133 --> 01:11:04,260 might be called the forest. 1540 01:11:04,260 --> 01:11:06,845 But I wrote it like, as I was raking up leaves. 1541 01:11:06,845 --> 01:11:09,265 ♪ I'll find a rake for these old leaves ♪ 1542 01:11:09,265 --> 01:11:10,099 ♪ Until the dirt ♪ 1543 01:11:10,099 --> 01:11:11,767 ♪ Till they've grown trees ♪ 1544 01:11:11,767 --> 01:11:13,018 ♪ Maintain the roots ♪ 1545 01:11:13,018 --> 01:11:14,561 ♪ So they don't freeze ♪ 1546 01:11:14,561 --> 01:11:17,273 ♪ See beyond the forwards of your own needs ♪ 1547 01:11:17,273 --> 01:11:18,899 It all came to me kind of like, 1548 01:11:18,899 --> 01:11:20,067 oh, I'm just raking up all these, 1549 01:11:20,067 --> 01:11:21,318 and then you put it together. 1550 01:11:21,318 --> 01:11:22,444 So sometimes actually 1551 01:11:22,444 --> 01:11:24,613 what you were physically doing all the time, 1552 01:11:24,613 --> 01:11:26,031 like a lot eight hours a day 1553 01:11:26,031 --> 01:11:29,243 really affects, where your mind goes, 1554 01:11:29,243 --> 01:11:30,661 playing with words, right. 1555 01:11:30,661 --> 01:11:33,580 (thunder rumbling) 1556 01:11:34,415 --> 01:11:35,249 (electronic music) 1557 01:11:35,249 --> 01:11:39,169 - The alien is telling him how to do the documentary. 1558 01:11:39,169 --> 01:11:40,296 (alien expectorating) 1559 01:11:40,296 --> 01:11:42,006 - Sorry, can you repeat the question? 1560 01:11:42,006 --> 01:11:44,049 Am always your original question? 1561 01:11:44,049 --> 01:11:46,927 - The aliens, a filmmaker. 1562 01:11:46,927 --> 01:11:48,637 That's outta sight. 1563 01:11:48,637 --> 01:11:49,471 I don't get it, man. 1564 01:11:49,471 --> 01:11:51,015 Like where did this guy come from? 1565 01:11:51,015 --> 01:11:54,393 - Is he wearing a suit, this alien (laughing) 1566 01:11:54,393 --> 01:11:55,602 - No, I think that's his skin. 1567 01:11:55,602 --> 01:11:56,437 That's his skin. - That's real. 1568 01:11:56,437 --> 01:11:57,563 - Yeah, yeah, yeah that's his skin. 1569 01:11:57,563 --> 01:11:58,939 It looks like a suit probably, 1570 01:11:58,939 --> 01:12:00,232 but it's just, it's like, 1571 01:12:00,232 --> 01:12:02,359 probably like a latex rubbery texture. 1572 01:12:02,359 --> 01:12:05,529 (bright upbeat music) 1573 01:12:09,908 --> 01:12:11,910 - First thing, when I came here 1574 01:12:11,910 --> 01:12:13,829 and I went on YouTube and Google, 1575 01:12:13,829 --> 01:12:15,831 you know, I tried to find Vancity hip hop, 1576 01:12:15,831 --> 01:12:17,124 like who is Vancity hip hop, 1577 01:12:17,124 --> 01:12:18,375 what's going on Vancity hip hop. 1578 01:12:18,375 --> 01:12:21,211 And I saw young Merkules okay. 1579 01:12:21,211 --> 01:12:22,046 - [Host] Okay. 1580 01:12:22,046 --> 01:12:22,880 - And I said, yo, 1581 01:12:22,880 --> 01:12:24,923 this big boy is disgusting though, 1582 01:12:24,923 --> 01:12:26,091 this is what's here. 1583 01:12:26,091 --> 01:12:27,718 And I never heard of his name in Toronto. 1584 01:12:27,718 --> 01:12:29,595 I never heard of this guy's name. 1585 01:12:29,595 --> 01:12:30,429 And I heard this guy, 1586 01:12:30,429 --> 01:12:31,472 I'm like, yo, this guy is disgusting, 1587 01:12:31,472 --> 01:12:33,515 how come this guy is not busting right now? 1588 01:12:33,515 --> 01:12:36,727 But it was at the time when things were happening now. 1589 01:12:36,727 --> 01:12:37,895 he was getting the sway show, 1590 01:12:37,895 --> 01:12:38,937 things were popping off. 1591 01:12:38,937 --> 01:12:39,772 And actually one of my first shows, 1592 01:12:39,772 --> 01:12:41,440 Shout out shout out. 1593 01:12:43,400 --> 01:12:44,735 Where head entertainment. 1594 01:12:44,735 --> 01:12:45,611 They got me that show 1595 01:12:45,611 --> 01:12:47,946 and they got me the open for Merk. 1596 01:12:47,946 --> 01:12:49,073 And I got to see him live. 1597 01:12:49,073 --> 01:12:50,783 And I'm like, yo, like this guy, 1598 01:12:50,783 --> 01:12:52,242 he has the capability 1599 01:12:52,242 --> 01:12:55,329 to really open the door for advanced city hip hop. 1600 01:12:55,329 --> 01:12:57,081 And that's just how I feel. 1601 01:12:57,081 --> 01:12:58,207 I'm not, I don't ride dick, 1602 01:12:58,207 --> 01:12:59,458 I don't know the man, 1603 01:12:59,458 --> 01:13:00,751 I'm just talking what I'm talking. 1604 01:13:00,751 --> 01:13:01,668 And from what he's doing, 1605 01:13:01,668 --> 01:13:03,420 he's dropping albums and he's getting numbers. 1606 01:13:03,420 --> 01:13:04,254 He's doing tours, 1607 01:13:04,254 --> 01:13:05,172 he's getting numbers. 1608 01:13:05,172 --> 01:13:06,423 That's the things that you need 1609 01:13:06,423 --> 01:13:08,425 to make it like a thing where you see like, 1610 01:13:08,425 --> 01:13:10,552 yo, we have artists out here 1611 01:13:10,552 --> 01:13:12,513 from Vans, he's from BC. 1612 01:13:12,513 --> 01:13:13,972 Oh, okay, that's in Canada. 1613 01:13:13,972 --> 01:13:15,182 JGeezy from there too. 1614 01:13:15,182 --> 01:13:17,142 Let's see what else is in Canada. 1615 01:13:17,142 --> 01:13:18,769 Let's see what else is in the country 1616 01:13:18,769 --> 01:13:19,728 because right away, 1617 01:13:19,728 --> 01:13:21,397 you already know when you hear Canada, 1618 01:13:21,397 --> 01:13:23,273 first thing you think of is, right? 1619 01:13:23,273 --> 01:13:24,108 Right now, 1620 01:13:24,108 --> 01:13:27,611 for everybody to kind of just ramp through this door, 1621 01:13:27,611 --> 01:13:29,446 out here in Vancouver. 1622 01:13:29,446 --> 01:13:30,322 Three years ago, 1623 01:13:30,322 --> 01:13:31,323 I don't believe that. 1624 01:13:31,323 --> 01:13:32,825 Now I believe that. 1625 01:13:32,825 --> 01:13:35,661 - My favorite rapper would be Eve. 1626 01:13:36,829 --> 01:13:38,705 She inspired me to get into music, 1627 01:13:38,705 --> 01:13:42,376 growing up, having her as a role model. 1628 01:13:42,376 --> 01:13:45,546 She was a strong, independent female rapper. 1629 01:13:45,546 --> 01:13:48,173 And she wasn't, like all girly. 1630 01:13:48,173 --> 01:13:50,968 She was okay with just being like badass 1631 01:13:50,968 --> 01:13:52,719 and just like more of a tomboy. 1632 01:13:52,719 --> 01:13:54,972 And like her album dropped when I was in high school. 1633 01:13:54,972 --> 01:13:56,849 I think it was in grade nine 1634 01:13:56,849 --> 01:13:58,851 when Ruff Ryder's First Lady came out. 1635 01:13:58,851 --> 01:14:00,686 And I was just like in awe, 1636 01:14:00,686 --> 01:14:01,770 I was, I was like damn, 1637 01:14:01,770 --> 01:14:03,105 if she can do it, I can do it. 1638 01:14:03,105 --> 01:14:04,398 And to this day, 1639 01:14:04,398 --> 01:14:05,983 I just fuckin' love her. 1640 01:14:05,983 --> 01:14:06,817 She's amazing. 1641 01:14:06,817 --> 01:14:08,735 I wish you would come out with more music now 1642 01:14:08,735 --> 01:14:10,571 'cause like there's other 1643 01:14:10,571 --> 01:14:12,489 female MCs that are like more popular now, 1644 01:14:12,489 --> 01:14:13,657 she's got a couple tracks, 1645 01:14:13,657 --> 01:14:15,742 but like I'm just dying for her next album to drop. 1646 01:14:15,742 --> 01:14:17,453 I don't want her to stop making music 1647 01:14:17,453 --> 01:14:18,287 'cause I love her. 1648 01:14:18,287 --> 01:14:19,121 ♪ 10 questions ♪ 1649 01:14:19,121 --> 01:14:19,955 ♪ One Checklist ♪ 1650 01:14:19,955 --> 01:14:20,998 ♪ Betty yet, can you get us on a guest list ♪ 1651 01:14:20,998 --> 01:14:23,125 ♪ Accept this or reject this ♪ 1652 01:14:23,125 --> 01:14:24,960 ♪ Either way last night was epic ♪ 1653 01:14:24,960 --> 01:14:28,130 ♪ Hop and day, everyday I should warn you ♪ 1654 01:14:28,130 --> 01:14:29,006 - A lot of times, 1655 01:14:29,006 --> 01:14:31,175 I spend my days writing music, 1656 01:14:31,175 --> 01:14:35,220 doing artwork and then, you know, meetings, 1657 01:14:35,220 --> 01:14:37,514 meeting up with different people, planning out tours 1658 01:14:37,514 --> 01:14:41,185 or you know, different ventures and shows 1659 01:14:41,185 --> 01:14:43,061 and things like that. 1660 01:14:43,061 --> 01:14:43,979 And we also, 1661 01:14:43,979 --> 01:14:47,357 I help run a hip hop drop in Center and East Vancouver. 1662 01:14:47,357 --> 01:14:49,985 So we're doing that every week as well. 1663 01:14:49,985 --> 01:14:52,154 And just planning out the curriculum, 1664 01:14:52,154 --> 01:14:54,531 getting guests, people to come in for workshops 1665 01:14:54,531 --> 01:14:57,743 and then actually teaching hip hop ourself. 1666 01:14:57,743 --> 01:15:01,079 (indistinct chattering) 1667 01:15:03,290 --> 01:15:04,333 - What the fuck men. 1668 01:15:04,333 --> 01:15:06,502 (indistinct chattering) 1669 01:15:06,502 --> 01:15:07,336 I'm trying to talk to the girl. 1670 01:15:07,336 --> 01:15:11,048 (indistinct chattering). 1671 01:15:11,048 --> 01:15:12,299 - Man I quit, 1672 01:15:12,299 --> 01:15:13,717 I quit. 1673 01:15:13,717 --> 01:15:15,511 - And I'm taking these tips too. 1674 01:15:15,511 --> 01:15:16,970 (all laughing) 1675 01:15:16,970 --> 01:15:18,847 I grew up in North Preston with my family, 1676 01:15:18,847 --> 01:15:20,432 we got a big family. 1677 01:15:20,432 --> 01:15:22,059 My main source of income right now 1678 01:15:22,059 --> 01:15:24,645 was work actually on BC Ferries. 1679 01:15:24,645 --> 01:15:26,396 So I'm traveling a lot to the islands, 1680 01:15:26,396 --> 01:15:27,981 things of that nature. 1681 01:15:27,981 --> 01:15:31,360 So yeah, I got a little hustle hustle here and there, 1682 01:15:31,360 --> 01:15:33,111 but that's just how it goes, you know. 1683 01:15:33,111 --> 01:15:35,822 ♪ I knew ♪ 1684 01:15:35,822 --> 01:15:38,825 ♪ I said I'd see yah after the show ♪ 1685 01:15:38,825 --> 01:15:42,412 ♪ Where and what if I do not know ♪ 1686 01:15:42,412 --> 01:15:45,082 ♪ Can you tell me where to go ♪ 1687 01:15:45,082 --> 01:15:48,919 ♪ Hey, can you tell me where to go ♪ 1688 01:15:48,919 --> 01:15:51,255 ♪ Ohh, yeah ♪ 1689 01:15:52,881 --> 01:15:54,675 - I am absolutely not 1690 01:15:54,675 --> 01:15:58,887 where I thought I would be, four years ago. 1691 01:15:58,887 --> 01:16:02,558 Life took a really interesting turn 1692 01:16:02,558 --> 01:16:05,185 when I did some soul searching. 1693 01:16:05,185 --> 01:16:09,231 After the third time of dropping out of school 1694 01:16:09,231 --> 01:16:10,649 and I was really... 1695 01:16:10,649 --> 01:16:12,067 Because I'm a perfectionist 1696 01:16:12,067 --> 01:16:13,902 and because I'm an overachiever, 1697 01:16:13,902 --> 01:16:16,238 I saw myself dropping out of school 1698 01:16:16,238 --> 01:16:18,115 as complete failure. 1699 01:16:18,115 --> 01:16:20,784 I thought I had failed myself as a person. 1700 01:16:20,784 --> 01:16:22,244 I had wasted money. 1701 01:16:22,244 --> 01:16:23,996 I thought I had failed my mother. 1702 01:16:23,996 --> 01:16:25,872 I thought I was failing my family. 1703 01:16:25,872 --> 01:16:26,999 And I really was... 1704 01:16:26,999 --> 01:16:29,334 I had no idea where I wanted to go in my life. 1705 01:16:29,334 --> 01:16:31,628 I was directionless and I was lost. 1706 01:16:31,628 --> 01:16:34,423 And you never really get out of that. 1707 01:16:34,423 --> 01:16:36,925 I just feel like now I'm a little bit more sure. 1708 01:16:36,925 --> 01:16:40,637 (heavy upbeat hip hop music) 1709 01:16:41,930 --> 01:16:44,474 - When I moved from Victoria to Vancouver 1710 01:16:44,474 --> 01:16:45,475 around 1992, 1711 01:16:47,561 --> 01:16:49,521 the scene wasn't big here at all. 1712 01:16:49,521 --> 01:16:52,149 You know, hip hop, wasn't a mainstream thing. 1713 01:16:52,149 --> 01:16:54,776 I got a little acceptance, 1714 01:16:54,776 --> 01:16:57,195 me and my boy prevailed, 1715 01:16:57,195 --> 01:16:59,197 we soon moved to the US, 1716 01:17:00,240 --> 01:17:01,533 moved to San Diego. 1717 01:17:01,533 --> 01:17:03,952 And people, they embraced us, 1718 01:17:07,205 --> 01:17:08,957 tenfold of what, 1719 01:17:08,957 --> 01:17:12,169 how we were embraced in Vancouver. 1720 01:17:12,169 --> 01:17:15,464 So we really earned our stripes 1721 01:17:15,464 --> 01:17:16,840 in Southern California 1722 01:17:16,840 --> 01:17:19,426 and had great teachers. 1723 01:17:19,426 --> 01:17:22,679 We had a place in the Golden Hills District, 1724 01:17:22,679 --> 01:17:23,805 just in south San Diego, 1725 01:17:23,805 --> 01:17:25,724 like south of downtown. 1726 01:17:26,808 --> 01:17:27,893 We get up, 1727 01:17:27,893 --> 01:17:30,354 we had a band that we had assembled 1728 01:17:30,354 --> 01:17:31,772 like a Jazz band, 1729 01:17:32,606 --> 01:17:35,108 but you know, we'd have 'em play hip hop stuff. 1730 01:17:35,108 --> 01:17:37,486 We'd curate the songs with them. 1731 01:17:37,486 --> 01:17:41,657 So most days we're about rehearsing with this band 1732 01:17:42,532 --> 01:17:44,910 because we had some upcoming shows 1733 01:17:44,910 --> 01:17:46,328 and we were always doing, working on 1734 01:17:46,328 --> 01:17:49,039 doing appearances and all that. 1735 01:17:49,039 --> 01:17:50,832 If it wasn't, 1736 01:17:50,832 --> 01:17:55,170 doing band rehearsals or going on graffiti missions, 1737 01:17:56,046 --> 01:17:57,631 I'd often take off by myself 1738 01:17:57,631 --> 01:18:00,258 and walk around Seaport Village, 1739 01:18:00,258 --> 01:18:01,677 which is just a chill place. 1740 01:18:01,677 --> 01:18:02,636 I'd take a notepad 1741 01:18:02,636 --> 01:18:04,429 and go right and sit by the water. 1742 01:18:04,429 --> 01:18:06,181 Seaport Village is... 1743 01:18:07,099 --> 01:18:10,769 It's like this true tourist trap essentially. 1744 01:18:10,769 --> 01:18:15,524 With all this marine and nautical themed shops and cafes. 1745 01:18:16,900 --> 01:18:18,819 What-have-yous 1746 01:18:18,819 --> 01:18:20,529 It was a special time, man. 1747 01:18:20,529 --> 01:18:23,573 Undeniable, I met some of the greatest people. 1748 01:18:23,573 --> 01:18:27,411 And like I said before, the best teachers, 1749 01:18:27,411 --> 01:18:30,997 who were very well educated, in the streets 1750 01:18:31,873 --> 01:18:33,625 and in the music lab. 1751 01:18:34,793 --> 01:18:39,047 ("J-zeey - Mary, Mariah, Toni") 1752 01:18:41,842 --> 01:18:43,468 - But there's so many artists today 1753 01:18:43,468 --> 01:18:44,553 that they just rather 1754 01:18:44,553 --> 01:18:46,096 take pictures on Instagram. 1755 01:18:46,096 --> 01:18:47,764 They just rather be in the club, 1756 01:18:47,764 --> 01:18:50,392 hosting parties. and this, this and that. 1757 01:18:50,392 --> 01:18:52,102 And then they'll have all these pictures 1758 01:18:52,102 --> 01:18:54,104 where they might even be with other Whack Rappers. 1759 01:18:54,104 --> 01:18:55,647 And they're just like, they're posing, 1760 01:18:55,647 --> 01:18:57,315 they're looking all cool. 1761 01:18:57,315 --> 01:18:58,817 But then when you go to their shows 1762 01:18:58,817 --> 01:19:01,570 and you hear them performing, you're like, dude, 1763 01:19:01,570 --> 01:19:04,489 first of all, I can't even hear you perform. 1764 01:19:04,489 --> 01:19:06,366 Second of all, it's just a track. 1765 01:19:06,366 --> 01:19:07,534 You're just playing the track 1766 01:19:07,534 --> 01:19:09,119 but I can't even hear you performing. 1767 01:19:09,119 --> 01:19:10,245 It's just a track playing. 1768 01:19:10,245 --> 01:19:11,663 And you're just on the stage, 1769 01:19:11,663 --> 01:19:13,123 just either dancing around 1770 01:19:13,123 --> 01:19:14,833 or doing whatever, whatever. 1771 01:19:14,833 --> 01:19:15,959 Stage performances, 1772 01:19:15,959 --> 01:19:18,879 that's how you can tell who a whack rapper is, 1773 01:19:18,879 --> 01:19:21,214 is when you see them on stage performing 1774 01:19:21,214 --> 01:19:24,092 and you're like, yo, you had all these views, 1775 01:19:24,092 --> 01:19:26,052 all these likes, all this... 1776 01:19:26,052 --> 01:19:28,764 You get up on stage and it's just like, 1777 01:19:28,764 --> 01:19:30,348 like, what is this? 1778 01:19:31,349 --> 01:19:32,267 What am I listening to? 1779 01:19:32,267 --> 01:19:36,271 ("7eclipse 007- La Short Cutz") 1780 01:19:47,866 --> 01:19:50,202 - Like on the littlest biggest deal on the mix tape, 1781 01:19:50,202 --> 01:19:51,119 I got John Merkules. 1782 01:19:51,119 --> 01:19:52,829 I'm more battling, I'm raw. 1783 01:19:52,829 --> 01:19:54,247 I'm like, I'm hungry right. 1784 01:19:54,247 --> 01:19:55,457 On my second album, 1785 01:19:55,457 --> 01:19:56,500 it's like back to the basics. 1786 01:19:56,500 --> 01:19:59,503 I was really learning about a lot about myself. 1787 01:19:59,503 --> 01:20:02,297 I lost my dad, I lost people like Randy Ponzio. 1788 01:20:02,297 --> 01:20:03,131 I work with David (indistinct), 1789 01:20:03,131 --> 01:20:04,049 I work with Moka. 1790 01:20:04,049 --> 01:20:05,383 That was that album. 1791 01:20:05,383 --> 01:20:07,010 I feel good, I'm in LA 1792 01:20:07,010 --> 01:20:08,887 and I'm doing tracks with Doug C. 1793 01:20:08,887 --> 01:20:09,721 I actually am... 1794 01:20:09,721 --> 01:20:11,014 I've done Marlene (indistinct), 1795 01:20:11,014 --> 01:20:11,848 I've done movies. 1796 01:20:11,848 --> 01:20:13,266 You know, I've had my TV show. 1797 01:20:13,266 --> 01:20:14,559 So I'm feeling like 1798 01:20:14,559 --> 01:20:16,686 I can talk a little bit about that, right? 1799 01:20:16,686 --> 01:20:18,355 By the time I did T, 1800 01:20:19,189 --> 01:20:21,316 Travis Turner was Snoop. 1801 01:20:21,316 --> 01:20:23,360 I mean, I was in a really good place. 1802 01:20:23,360 --> 01:20:25,153 You know, it just depends where you're at. 1803 01:20:25,153 --> 01:20:26,363 - And again, going to the illusion 1804 01:20:26,363 --> 01:20:27,989 of it being the untouchables, 1805 01:20:27,989 --> 01:20:30,534 and now there's these "Gatekeepers." 1806 01:20:30,534 --> 01:20:35,121 And I see all these singing competitions and of people, 1807 01:20:36,498 --> 01:20:37,499 they'll go up on the stage 1808 01:20:37,499 --> 01:20:39,668 and they'll just be in tears 1809 01:20:39,668 --> 01:20:42,087 and they'll just be distraught 1810 01:20:42,087 --> 01:20:44,339 because they'll say things like, 1811 01:20:44,339 --> 01:20:46,466 "Oh, I have nothing else to live for. 1812 01:20:46,466 --> 01:20:48,009 You know, I'm giving it all." 1813 01:20:48,009 --> 01:20:49,678 But I'm like, what do you like... 1814 01:20:49,678 --> 01:20:52,305 It's like, they're sacrificing themselves for something. 1815 01:20:52,305 --> 01:20:53,890 And they're putting everything on the line. 1816 01:20:53,890 --> 01:20:56,059 And I'm like, what is that, like for what? 1817 01:20:56,059 --> 01:20:57,686 Why would you wanna live your life that way? 1818 01:20:57,686 --> 01:20:58,728 It just confuses me. 1819 01:20:58,728 --> 01:20:59,729 And it's like, okay." 1820 01:20:59,729 --> 01:21:01,439 So these select people 1821 01:21:01,439 --> 01:21:03,650 tell you that you're not good enough. 1822 01:21:03,650 --> 01:21:05,861 And then your whole life 1823 01:21:05,861 --> 01:21:07,279 is just down the drain. 1824 01:21:07,279 --> 01:21:09,155 And then that you're a failure to yourself. 1825 01:21:09,155 --> 01:21:10,740 I think that is not self love. 1826 01:21:10,740 --> 01:21:15,078 (bright instrumental hip pop music) 1827 01:21:17,789 --> 01:21:19,583 - Yes, I was a 19 year old kid 1828 01:21:19,583 --> 01:21:21,835 and I saw a lot of what the Rascals 1829 01:21:21,835 --> 01:21:23,712 and swollen members were doing in the city. 1830 01:21:23,712 --> 01:21:25,964 And I just wanted to make sure that 1831 01:21:25,964 --> 01:21:27,757 my friends and other people 1832 01:21:27,757 --> 01:21:30,552 would be able to hear some of the music. 1833 01:21:30,552 --> 01:21:34,472 So I really got myself immersed in the radio 1834 01:21:34,472 --> 01:21:37,225 business, you know, just getting friends out, 1835 01:21:37,225 --> 01:21:40,145 making sure that, they were able to play their songs. 1836 01:21:40,145 --> 01:21:42,564 And just being a part of community. 1837 01:21:42,564 --> 01:21:46,443 - Like Steve Nash, my one and only Steve Nash, 1838 01:21:46,443 --> 01:21:48,486 I'm a big basketball head, right? 1839 01:21:48,486 --> 01:21:49,696 So I'm like, 1840 01:21:49,696 --> 01:21:52,157 yo, I got Steve Nash and I see another celebrity, 1841 01:21:52,157 --> 01:21:53,742 I see another celebrity, 1842 01:21:53,742 --> 01:21:54,993 I'm like, damn. 1843 01:21:56,161 --> 01:21:58,163 Yeah awesome, that sounds was cool. 1844 01:21:58,163 --> 01:21:59,706 I went to like Rascalz school, 1845 01:21:59,706 --> 01:22:00,540 you know what I'm saying. 1846 01:22:00,540 --> 01:22:02,167 So like, I graduated from Rascalz school. 1847 01:22:02,167 --> 01:22:04,711 So like they give back, 1848 01:22:04,711 --> 01:22:05,754 they go back to Africa, 1849 01:22:05,754 --> 01:22:07,172 they do trips like that 1850 01:22:07,172 --> 01:22:09,090 with like Soul guy and like Kemo 1851 01:22:09,090 --> 01:22:09,925 and those guys, 1852 01:22:09,925 --> 01:22:11,301 they do lots of community work. 1853 01:22:11,301 --> 01:22:14,179 So like that was always in the forefront. 1854 01:22:14,179 --> 01:22:17,557 Like, no, like when I first read, like you might think, 1855 01:22:17,557 --> 01:22:19,225 like, oh girls, this isn't (indistinct). 1856 01:22:19,225 --> 01:22:22,312 The first tour we did was a high school tour 1857 01:22:22,312 --> 01:22:24,189 across the whole country. 1858 01:22:24,189 --> 01:22:26,858 It was just Red talking to kids, 1859 01:22:26,858 --> 01:22:28,026 staying outta trouble, 1860 01:22:28,026 --> 01:22:29,277 all these things. 1861 01:22:29,277 --> 01:22:31,071 And then we perform after. 1862 01:22:31,071 --> 01:22:33,365 So God, that was the first tour we did 1863 01:22:33,365 --> 01:22:35,659 before we was even clubs, right? 1864 01:22:35,659 --> 01:22:37,035 So like Red really 1865 01:22:37,035 --> 01:22:38,954 put that in us, you know. 1866 01:22:38,954 --> 01:22:41,373 Like he made sure like, yo bro, 1867 01:22:41,373 --> 01:22:44,167 like these kids need us to come there. 1868 01:22:44,167 --> 01:22:46,711 It's not all just about hitting the club at nighttime. 1869 01:22:46,711 --> 01:22:48,755 Like we gotta do the daytime shows, 1870 01:22:48,755 --> 01:22:49,923 go to the schools 1871 01:22:49,923 --> 01:22:52,509 and like speak to these kids, 1872 01:22:52,509 --> 01:22:55,220 so that was just embedded. 1873 01:22:55,220 --> 01:22:56,972 ♪ Offspring real on release ♪ 1874 01:22:56,972 --> 01:22:58,765 ♪ Sweat peace to Japanese ♪ 1875 01:22:58,765 --> 01:23:00,642 ♪ Will travel, more lases ♪ 1876 01:23:00,642 --> 01:23:03,061 ♪ Paying all these, switching my face for sees ♪ 1877 01:23:03,061 --> 01:23:04,854 ♪ All day, for the waste, for the waste ♪ 1878 01:23:04,854 --> 01:23:06,690 ♪ It's great, great ♪ 1879 01:23:06,690 --> 01:23:08,400 - In my life, the way it used to be 1880 01:23:08,400 --> 01:23:09,734 is so much different. 1881 01:23:09,734 --> 01:23:11,820 Now I live in a family neighborhood. 1882 01:23:11,820 --> 01:23:13,571 I take my kids to school, 1883 01:23:13,571 --> 01:23:15,031 you know, I'm like responsible 1884 01:23:15,031 --> 01:23:18,076 (laughing). 1885 01:23:18,076 --> 01:23:19,035 I'm responsible. 1886 01:23:19,035 --> 01:23:21,329 I actually am surprisingly responsible. 1887 01:23:21,329 --> 01:23:22,747 I don't know where it came from. 1888 01:23:22,747 --> 01:23:24,499 It must be my sisters and my mom, 1889 01:23:24,499 --> 01:23:28,503 but I yeah I can be irresponsible like 1890 01:23:28,503 --> 01:23:30,296 if you're out partying with me on the night, 1891 01:23:30,296 --> 01:23:32,007 I'm definitely 1892 01:23:32,007 --> 01:23:34,217 gonna be close to the wildest one of the night, 1893 01:23:34,217 --> 01:23:35,510 depending on the night, 1894 01:23:35,510 --> 01:23:37,846 like I'll hit the dance floor, man. 1895 01:23:37,846 --> 01:23:40,015 I will be everywhere. 1896 01:23:40,015 --> 01:23:41,433 But yeah... 1897 01:23:41,433 --> 01:23:43,560 And in this evolution, 1898 01:23:43,560 --> 01:23:45,687 I'm not afraid to do any kind of music. 1899 01:23:45,687 --> 01:23:47,605 Like I said, I will make a gangster track. 1900 01:23:47,605 --> 01:23:48,773 You want a gangster track. 1901 01:23:48,773 --> 01:23:50,817 You wanna track, for guys ride 1902 01:23:50,817 --> 01:23:53,903 through the hoods of fuckin' Los Angeles, California. 1903 01:23:53,903 --> 01:23:55,613 I will provide you with that beat. 1904 01:23:55,613 --> 01:23:59,451 (lively upbeat hip hop music) 1905 01:24:07,542 --> 01:24:09,127 I know that street, 1906 01:24:10,170 --> 01:24:11,212 that's how I grew up. 1907 01:24:11,212 --> 01:24:13,590 If you want some sort of light poppy 1908 01:24:13,590 --> 01:24:15,091 Taylor Swift type track, 1909 01:24:15,091 --> 01:24:16,342 I'll give you that too. 1910 01:24:16,342 --> 01:24:17,677 Like I do not care. 1911 01:24:17,677 --> 01:24:20,847 (lively upbeat music) 1912 01:24:29,481 --> 01:24:32,484 I'm not the artist that pigeon holes himself to one thing. 1913 01:24:32,484 --> 01:24:35,028 And I'm going out with that label. 1914 01:24:35,028 --> 01:24:36,738 Like so that I can always, 1915 01:24:36,738 --> 01:24:38,281 you know, branch out, 1916 01:24:38,281 --> 01:24:40,950 oh, look what he is getting into this time. 1917 01:24:40,950 --> 01:24:42,327 I don't know if you'll ever even hear 1918 01:24:42,327 --> 01:24:44,579 any my music after of this movie, 1919 01:24:44,579 --> 01:24:45,705 who knows, 1920 01:24:45,705 --> 01:24:48,374 but regardless of all that, 1921 01:24:48,374 --> 01:24:50,585 it makes me happy making music. 1922 01:24:50,585 --> 01:24:51,878 - That's one of my iconic tracks, 1923 01:24:51,878 --> 01:24:53,129 'cause this was a time when 1924 01:24:53,129 --> 01:24:54,964 Jay Z did the "22 Twos", 1925 01:24:54,964 --> 01:24:57,092 Canibus came out and did "33 Threes". 1926 01:24:57,092 --> 01:24:58,009 And I said, 1927 01:24:58,009 --> 01:25:00,595 let me come and hit you up with "44 Fours" 1928 01:25:00,595 --> 01:25:02,263 and hadn't been done yet. 1929 01:25:02,263 --> 01:25:03,848 So this is before then Jay Z came out, 1930 01:25:03,848 --> 01:25:06,184 did his own version of "44 Fours". 1931 01:25:06,184 --> 01:25:08,186 And I crushed "44 Fours" 1932 01:25:09,020 --> 01:25:10,355 and probably about, 1933 01:25:10,355 --> 01:25:11,439 I don't know, 1934 01:25:11,439 --> 01:25:13,233 a minute 14 or something like that 1935 01:25:13,233 --> 01:25:14,067 where it's just like, 1936 01:25:14,067 --> 01:25:15,276 ♪ Four- 44 in the morning ♪ 1937 01:25:15,276 --> 01:25:17,821 ♪ It's a Longman that this is the 44th warning ♪ 1938 01:25:17,821 --> 01:25:19,656 ♪ The 44 threat in 44 days ♪ 1939 01:25:19,656 --> 01:25:21,783 ♪ Someone wants me to die in 44 ways ♪ 1940 01:25:21,783 --> 01:25:22,742 ♪ I hear something ♪ 1941 01:25:22,742 --> 01:25:23,827 ♪ I grab the four, four ♪ 1942 01:25:23,827 --> 01:25:24,828 ♪ Four crash through the door ♪ 1943 01:25:24,828 --> 01:25:26,079 ♪ Four fall to the floor ♪ 1944 01:25:26,079 --> 01:25:26,996 ♪ 10 minutes later ♪ 1945 01:25:26,996 --> 01:25:28,915 ♪ 454 was dressed is steal a mess ♪ 1946 01:25:28,915 --> 01:25:30,291 ♪ But I got the go ♪ 1947 01:25:30,291 --> 01:25:31,835 ♪ Jump in the four door ball of bill ♪ 1948 01:25:31,835 --> 01:25:33,002 ♪ for words to describe me ♪ 1949 01:25:33,002 --> 01:25:33,962 ♪ I'm born to kill ♪ 1950 01:25:33,962 --> 01:25:35,964 ♪ Turn on the lights again to clear-view ♪ 1951 01:25:35,964 --> 01:25:38,174 ♪ Suddenly a glance in rear view ♪ 1952 01:25:38,174 --> 01:25:40,093 ♪ There was an Acura trailer with four passengers ♪ 1953 01:25:40,093 --> 01:25:41,886 ♪ I guess to be four more massacres ♪ 1954 01:25:41,886 --> 01:25:43,179 ♪ Pull a U-turn quickly ♪ 1955 01:25:43,179 --> 01:25:44,055 ♪ Go the other way ♪ 1956 01:25:44,055 --> 01:25:46,182 ♪ As I pass the four, whether the bullet spray ♪ 1957 01:25:46,182 --> 01:25:47,851 ♪ I hit all four of my targets ♪ 1958 01:25:47,851 --> 01:25:50,061 ♪ Then I put a car over and I parked it ♪ 1959 01:25:50,061 --> 01:25:51,229 ♪ I'm on foot ♪ 1960 01:25:51,229 --> 01:25:52,355 ♪ 44th and Oak ♪ 1961 01:25:52,355 --> 01:25:54,232 ♪ And I remember I got four joints to smoke ♪ 1962 01:25:54,232 --> 01:25:56,192 ♪ So look around outta enemy and sight ♪ 1963 01:25:56,192 --> 01:25:57,235 ♪ So I grabbed the weed ♪ 1964 01:25:57,235 --> 01:25:58,403 ♪ And I grabbed the light ♪ 1965 01:25:58,403 --> 01:25:59,404 ♪ I stopped blazing ♪ 1966 01:25:59,404 --> 01:26:00,238 ♪ Damn ♪ 1967 01:26:00,238 --> 01:26:01,281 ♪ Believe this is amazing ♪ 1968 01:26:01,281 --> 01:26:02,198 ♪ I stopped dazzing ♪ 1969 01:26:02,198 --> 01:26:03,199 ♪ Next thing you know ♪ 1970 01:26:03,199 --> 01:26:04,450 ♪ I'm on fourth and 40 night ♪ 1971 01:26:04,450 --> 01:26:06,369 ♪ And I got no more joints for light ♪ 1972 01:26:06,369 --> 01:26:07,203 ♪ Do the math ♪ 1973 01:26:07,203 --> 01:26:08,538 ♪ Four joints and 40 blocks ♪ 1974 01:26:08,538 --> 01:26:10,498 ♪ That I heard 40 shots from 40 cops ♪ 1975 01:26:10,498 --> 01:26:11,916 ♪ They're all trying to get me ♪ 1976 01:26:11,916 --> 01:26:12,750 ♪ But just like the matrix ♪ 1977 01:26:12,750 --> 01:26:14,377 ♪ They can hit me, dangerous is ♪ 1978 01:26:14,377 --> 01:26:15,461 ♪ I hear someone holler ♪ 1979 01:26:15,461 --> 01:26:17,589 ♪ My boy Machete with the six, four power ♪ 1980 01:26:17,589 --> 01:26:20,425 ♪ Climb 444 steps to the 44th floor ♪ 1981 01:26:20,425 --> 01:26:23,428 ♪ At the top was my alarm clock 444 ♪ 1982 01:26:23,428 --> 01:26:24,512 - So everybody's on this right. 1983 01:26:24,512 --> 01:26:26,389 Where you get this okie okie okie business. 1984 01:26:26,389 --> 01:26:27,807 So yo, when I was a young youth, 1985 01:26:27,807 --> 01:26:29,893 yo I beer Okie top okie dokie talks, 1986 01:26:29,893 --> 01:26:30,727 all that was hard. 1987 01:26:30,727 --> 01:26:31,561 It was stupid. 1988 01:26:31,561 --> 01:26:33,479 And I was like, it was like, yo, 1989 01:26:33,479 --> 01:26:34,480 I that's just my shit. 1990 01:26:34,480 --> 01:26:36,065 Everybody had their line that was mine. 1991 01:26:36,065 --> 01:26:38,067 So it started to form into like, okie this 1992 01:26:38,067 --> 01:26:39,611 everybody's just started calling Okie 1993 01:26:39,611 --> 01:26:40,486 and that's what it is. 1994 01:26:40,486 --> 01:26:41,696 And the fresh water thing, 1995 01:26:41,696 --> 01:26:43,364 I think was me when, 1996 01:26:44,365 --> 01:26:47,035 I started really like, really like 1997 01:26:47,035 --> 01:26:48,036 getting into like 1998 01:26:48,036 --> 01:26:49,996 my faith and my spiritual, 1999 01:26:49,996 --> 01:26:51,331 you know, side and feeling like, 2000 01:26:51,331 --> 01:26:52,165 there was a time 2001 01:26:52,165 --> 01:26:54,751 where I decided to like kind of like slow down 2002 01:26:54,751 --> 01:26:56,628 and not be crazy like I used to be 2003 01:26:56,628 --> 01:26:59,505 and not be surrounded by the people that I used to be, 2004 01:26:59,505 --> 01:27:01,466 knowing the poison that came with that... 2005 01:27:01,466 --> 01:27:03,134 So I felt like it was like a rebirth. 2006 01:27:03,134 --> 01:27:04,969 So the freshwater thing is like that, 2007 01:27:04,969 --> 01:27:06,638 that, yeah, that splash. 2008 01:27:06,638 --> 01:27:09,432 - I got to see Sharon Jones 2009 01:27:09,432 --> 01:27:12,769 live with the Dap-Kings in Stanley Park. 2010 01:27:13,645 --> 01:27:15,480 That was amazing. 2011 01:27:15,480 --> 01:27:18,316 That was she's rest in peace. 2012 01:27:18,316 --> 01:27:19,984 She passed away now. 2013 01:27:21,027 --> 01:27:24,239 But yeah, that was a really special show. 2014 01:27:24,239 --> 01:27:26,366 Even then, I didn't know she was sick or anything. 2015 01:27:26,366 --> 01:27:28,284 And I felt a vibe of like, 2016 01:27:28,284 --> 01:27:30,370 this is really special to get to see this. 2017 01:27:30,370 --> 01:27:32,872 George Clinton and Parliament. 2018 01:27:34,874 --> 01:27:36,626 That was a really crazy show. 2019 01:27:36,626 --> 01:27:37,710 I liked that a lot, 2020 01:27:37,710 --> 01:27:40,171 just he was wearing like a wizard costume 2021 01:27:40,171 --> 01:27:42,090 and he had like a wound 2022 01:27:43,549 --> 01:27:45,969 and he was like shooting vibes at people in the crowd 2023 01:27:45,969 --> 01:27:47,971 and she like that (laughing) 2024 01:27:47,971 --> 01:27:50,890 And just the songs were, you know, like original G-funk. 2025 01:27:50,890 --> 01:27:54,143 Like it really captured the 70s kind of funk vibe. 2026 01:27:54,143 --> 01:27:56,271 It was cool to be around that life. 2027 01:27:56,271 --> 01:27:58,398 - Just try to keep it cool with everything I do. 2028 01:27:58,398 --> 01:27:59,691 I just try to stay smooth, 2029 01:27:59,691 --> 01:28:01,109 keep myself level headed 2030 01:28:01,109 --> 01:28:03,444 'cause I'm one of those kinda people like, 2031 01:28:03,444 --> 01:28:05,780 I used to have really bad anxiety, 2032 01:28:05,780 --> 01:28:06,614 you know what I mean. 2033 01:28:06,614 --> 01:28:07,657 So I learned over the years, 2034 01:28:07,657 --> 01:28:11,327 how to control myself and to control my mind, 2035 01:28:11,327 --> 01:28:16,332 to just tell myself that nothing is too hard to handle. 2036 01:28:16,332 --> 01:28:18,835 Everything can be done if you just take your time 2037 01:28:18,835 --> 01:28:19,877 and do it right. 2038 01:28:19,877 --> 01:28:21,921 So basically, my biggest thing, 2039 01:28:21,921 --> 01:28:23,214 when I'm getting ready for something like that 2040 01:28:23,214 --> 01:28:24,549 is what am I gonna wear. 2041 01:28:24,549 --> 01:28:25,633 - Welcome to the show, 2042 01:28:25,633 --> 01:28:26,718 Travis, welcome back to the show. 2043 01:28:26,718 --> 01:28:27,969 - Yeah, thank you very much. 2044 01:28:27,969 --> 01:28:29,595 You know, always grinding, 2045 01:28:29,595 --> 01:28:31,347 so appreciate being here. 2046 01:28:31,347 --> 01:28:34,100 - Well, I actually, I met Maestro 2047 01:28:35,476 --> 01:28:38,688 when he dropped the "Conducting Things Album" 2048 01:28:38,688 --> 01:28:39,939 and he was doing a promo tour 2049 01:28:39,939 --> 01:28:42,275 and I was in a rap group called the Maximum Definitive 2050 01:28:42,275 --> 01:28:44,402 back then, and back then, 2051 01:28:44,402 --> 01:28:46,904 and we had a track called "Jungle Man Out" 2052 01:28:46,904 --> 01:28:49,490 and the video was on much music, 2053 01:28:49,490 --> 01:28:50,992 but I was wearing the masks, 2054 01:28:50,992 --> 01:28:52,869 so I didn't rap in that. 2055 01:28:52,869 --> 01:28:53,828 It was just dark 2056 01:28:53,828 --> 01:28:58,499 and I believe Roger (indistinct) 2057 01:28:58,499 --> 01:28:59,792 and yeah, so Maestro, 2058 01:28:59,792 --> 01:29:00,710 we were on tour with him 2059 01:29:00,710 --> 01:29:02,462 and we just became, we were friends since then. 2060 01:29:02,462 --> 01:29:04,297 And I, now I'm (laughing) 2061 01:29:04,297 --> 01:29:06,549 I did some tour management stuff with him 2062 01:29:06,549 --> 01:29:09,552 and his son's godfather big up Chance. 2063 01:29:09,552 --> 01:29:12,096 But now I've just kinda 2064 01:29:12,096 --> 01:29:14,724 veered myself more into film and television, 2065 01:29:14,724 --> 01:29:17,101 but I still can't get away from the music. 2066 01:29:17,101 --> 01:29:18,603 So I just kinda... 2067 01:29:20,021 --> 01:29:21,522 Yeah, I always double and dabble, 2068 01:29:21,522 --> 01:29:23,983 I always say I'm out, but I'm always drawn back in. 2069 01:29:23,983 --> 01:29:25,193 - As far as major labels go, 2070 01:29:25,193 --> 01:29:27,695 I would probably just avoid that. 2071 01:29:27,695 --> 01:29:30,865 I've been down that road before 2072 01:29:30,865 --> 01:29:34,202 and it's just so many fingers in the pie 2073 01:29:36,579 --> 01:29:39,582 and I find it really difficult to know 2074 01:29:39,582 --> 01:29:41,209 who to trust or whatever. 2075 01:29:41,209 --> 01:29:42,377 I feel with a smaller label, 2076 01:29:42,377 --> 01:29:43,294 like a boutique label, 2077 01:29:43,294 --> 01:29:44,504 like (indistinct) you know, 2078 01:29:44,504 --> 01:29:46,130 I get to know the people 2079 01:29:46,130 --> 01:29:49,801 and I have a much greater sense of security and trust 2080 01:29:49,801 --> 01:29:53,179 with people that I've had a proven track record with. 2081 01:29:53,179 --> 01:29:54,138 You know what I mean. 2082 01:29:54,138 --> 01:29:56,641 Instead of a rotating cast of 2083 01:29:56,641 --> 01:29:58,351 interns and people that yield 2084 01:29:58,351 --> 01:30:00,186 probably never even meet some of them, 2085 01:30:00,186 --> 01:30:02,438 you know, at a major label. 2086 01:30:03,815 --> 01:30:05,900 Yeah, pick your poison and stick with it. 2087 01:30:05,900 --> 01:30:08,486 (horn honking) 2088 01:30:10,363 --> 01:30:11,864 - What's up J-Geezy. 2089 01:30:11,864 --> 01:30:13,199 - What's up man. 2090 01:30:14,492 --> 01:30:16,452 - Well, you didn't sign the contract. 2091 01:30:16,452 --> 01:30:18,663 - No, I didn't find a contract. 2092 01:30:18,663 --> 01:30:19,580 We're not . 2093 01:30:20,498 --> 01:30:22,333 Check this out. 2094 01:30:22,333 --> 01:30:24,210 Here's this guy online, 2095 01:30:24,210 --> 01:30:25,795 DJ More Money. 2096 01:30:25,795 --> 01:30:28,548 He claims he is the king of G town. 2097 01:30:28,548 --> 01:30:29,590 His song, 2098 01:30:29,590 --> 01:30:33,469 video on Youtube just hit over a million streams. 2099 01:30:33,469 --> 01:30:34,554 Now I'll tell you one thing 2100 01:30:34,554 --> 01:30:36,514 I ain't signing no damn contract, 2101 01:30:36,514 --> 01:30:38,307 unless I can be the number one 2102 01:30:38,307 --> 01:30:41,394 undisputed King of G town, you heard? 2103 01:30:43,312 --> 01:30:44,564 - Okay, okay, all right, 2104 01:30:44,564 --> 01:30:46,190 meet me here tomorrow, 2105 01:30:46,190 --> 01:30:47,024 I'll take care of it. 2106 01:30:47,024 --> 01:30:48,025 - Okay. 2107 01:30:48,025 --> 01:30:49,652 - I'll bring another contract. 2108 01:30:49,652 --> 01:30:50,695 (metals clinking) 2109 01:30:50,695 --> 01:30:54,282 - [Man] Lily, locate DJ More Money. 2110 01:30:54,282 --> 01:30:57,034 - [Alien] Locating DJ More Money. 2111 01:30:57,952 --> 01:31:00,663 (alien expectorating) 2112 01:31:00,663 --> 01:31:04,500 DJ More Money otherwise known as Tyrone Power. 2113 01:31:05,668 --> 01:31:09,338 (" J-Geezy - It Was All a Dream Pt. 2") 2114 01:31:09,338 --> 01:31:12,008 (door thudding) 2115 01:31:14,135 --> 01:31:16,888 (metal clinking) 2116 01:31:18,347 --> 01:31:21,017 (door rattling) 2117 01:31:31,903 --> 01:31:35,114 (footsteps tapping) 2118 01:31:35,114 --> 01:31:38,117 (gunshots cracking) 2119 01:31:41,329 --> 01:31:44,332 (footsteps tapping) 2120 01:31:46,876 --> 01:31:48,085 (door banging) 2121 01:31:48,085 --> 01:31:50,838 (metal clinking) 2122 01:31:57,720 --> 01:31:59,388 - Eazy, eazy wake up 2123 01:32:00,848 --> 01:32:01,849 - Yo J-Geezy, what's up? 2124 01:32:01,849 --> 01:32:05,561 - Yo, contract, signed, filled, and delivered. 2125 01:32:05,561 --> 01:32:07,438 - Sweet, what changed? 2126 01:32:07,438 --> 01:32:10,733 - DJ More Money is no longer in the picture. 2127 01:32:10,733 --> 01:32:12,527 Someone took care of him for me. 2128 01:32:12,527 --> 01:32:13,361 - Sweet, that's good. 2129 01:32:13,361 --> 01:32:17,073 'Cause I really wanna have you in this movie. 2130 01:32:18,157 --> 01:32:20,451 - But the guy just like off that dude, 2131 01:32:20,451 --> 01:32:22,286 and now he's getting, 2132 01:32:22,286 --> 01:32:23,996 he's getting the papers finally. 2133 01:32:23,996 --> 01:32:24,997 - Wow. 2134 01:32:24,997 --> 01:32:26,374 - What's going on. 2135 01:32:26,374 --> 01:32:28,125 - Wow, that is crazy. 2136 01:32:29,544 --> 01:32:32,296 - So my five year plan is just to keep dropping music, 2137 01:32:32,296 --> 01:32:34,257 but to use the knowledge that I've gained 2138 01:32:34,257 --> 01:32:36,968 over these last five to 10 in years 2139 01:32:36,968 --> 01:32:37,885 and apply it 2140 01:32:37,885 --> 01:32:39,971 and kinda think outside the box 2141 01:32:39,971 --> 01:32:41,597 and not necessarily do things 2142 01:32:41,597 --> 01:32:43,099 the way I've been doing them before 2143 01:32:43,099 --> 01:32:45,393 and kinda upgrade my strategy 2144 01:32:45,393 --> 01:32:46,561 as I go along. 2145 01:32:46,561 --> 01:32:48,688 - Yeah, well I've just been doing what you said, you know, 2146 01:32:48,688 --> 01:32:50,606 eliminating competition. 2147 01:32:50,606 --> 01:32:53,109 (alien expectorating) 2148 01:32:53,109 --> 01:32:56,571 - Oh, you didn't mean like eliminate, eliminate them. 2149 01:32:56,571 --> 01:32:58,573 You just meant like be better than them. 2150 01:32:58,573 --> 01:33:00,783 Like get more like 2151 01:33:00,783 --> 01:33:03,494 views and more streams and more popularity than 'em. 2152 01:33:03,494 --> 01:33:04,745 That way better? 2153 01:33:04,745 --> 01:33:06,163 (alien expectorating) 2154 01:33:06,163 --> 01:33:09,083 - Oh, oh my bad, my bad, I'm sorry. 2155 01:33:10,459 --> 01:33:12,295 Hey I misunderstood. 2156 01:33:12,295 --> 01:33:13,296 (alien expectorating) 2157 01:33:13,296 --> 01:33:14,463 - Huh? (alien expectorating) 2158 01:33:14,463 --> 01:33:18,259 (producer laughing) 2159 01:33:18,259 --> 01:33:20,553 (alien expectorating) 2160 01:33:20,553 --> 01:33:21,846 - Was that dumb, 2161 01:33:21,846 --> 01:33:23,598 I was crawling all over the floor, 2162 01:33:23,598 --> 01:33:26,058 you shit (indistinct) everybody's shit was whack. 2163 01:33:26,058 --> 01:33:29,854 (alien expectorating) 2164 01:33:29,854 --> 01:33:32,523 - Sorry, can you repeat the question? 2165 01:33:32,523 --> 01:33:34,108 - It all makes sense now. 2166 01:33:34,108 --> 01:33:35,693 So what you're telling me, 2167 01:33:35,693 --> 01:33:38,863 the alien is the producer of the film 2168 01:33:38,863 --> 01:33:42,283 and he hired that guy to do it. 2169 01:33:42,283 --> 01:33:43,117 Huh. 2170 01:33:43,117 --> 01:33:43,951 - [Man] What? 2171 01:33:43,951 --> 01:33:45,494 Producer of the movie. 2172 01:33:45,494 --> 01:33:48,456 - What did he say? - That's what he said. 2173 01:33:48,456 --> 01:33:50,499 Right, well you so smart. 2174 01:33:50,499 --> 01:33:53,002 He speaks fucking alien, dude. 2175 01:33:53,002 --> 01:33:55,546 Producer, is the alien. 2176 01:33:55,546 --> 01:33:58,215 - The alien is the dog. - The alien is the producer. 2177 01:33:58,215 --> 01:33:59,717 - [Man] Wait, the dog can understand the alien? 2178 01:33:59,717 --> 01:34:00,551 - Yeah. 2179 01:34:00,551 --> 01:34:01,677 - How often do you guys talk? 2180 01:34:01,677 --> 01:34:03,429 - The last, like 10 minutes. 2181 01:34:03,429 --> 01:34:05,473 - I need to get high (laughing) 2182 01:34:05,473 --> 01:34:06,307 I'm going to bed. 2183 01:34:06,307 --> 01:34:07,183 - All right, man, good night. 2184 01:34:07,183 --> 01:34:09,185 You wanna watch "Vancity Raps". 2185 01:34:09,185 --> 01:34:11,145 All right, let's do it one more time then. 2186 01:34:11,145 --> 01:34:12,480 (man singing) 2187 01:34:12,480 --> 01:34:13,356 ♪ Vancity Raps ♪ 2188 01:34:13,356 --> 01:34:14,315 ♪ Vancity Raps ♪ 2189 01:34:14,315 --> 01:34:15,441 ♪ Vancity Raps ♪ 2190 01:34:15,441 --> 01:34:17,818 (electronic music) 2191 01:34:17,818 --> 01:34:20,029 - So can I have my body back 2192 01:34:20,029 --> 01:34:24,367 or yeah can you like get that thing out of me 2193 01:34:24,367 --> 01:34:26,077 that you put in me. 2194 01:34:26,077 --> 01:34:27,703 (alien expectorating) 2195 01:34:27,703 --> 01:34:28,996 See, it's the end of the movie. 2196 01:34:28,996 --> 01:34:29,955 I did everything you said. 2197 01:34:29,955 --> 01:34:32,208 Can you get that thing out my body now. 2198 01:34:32,208 --> 01:34:33,250 Yeah, just take it back. 2199 01:34:33,250 --> 01:34:34,835 Take it in your space shift. 2200 01:34:34,835 --> 01:34:36,420 Take off to wherever you gotta go. 2201 01:34:36,420 --> 01:34:38,631 But I need to get on life movies done 2202 01:34:38,631 --> 01:34:42,134 and I get everything said and yeah. 2203 01:34:42,134 --> 01:34:44,845 (alien expectorating) 2204 01:34:44,845 --> 01:34:48,057 - So we just finished filming "Moka Only" 2205 01:34:48,057 --> 01:34:49,517 good interview. 2206 01:34:49,517 --> 01:34:51,143 This is pretty much our last 2207 01:34:51,143 --> 01:34:52,395 that was our last interview. 2208 01:34:52,395 --> 01:34:53,229 We now got our film 2209 01:34:53,229 --> 01:34:54,772 and now we're gonna hit post production. 2210 01:34:54,772 --> 01:34:56,816 - Yeah, thank you for having me aboard 2211 01:34:56,816 --> 01:34:58,275 "TNT Star Entertainment", 2212 01:34:58,275 --> 01:34:59,735 Travis Turner but 2213 01:34:59,735 --> 01:35:04,740 more than thank you, everyone who came a part of the film, 2214 01:35:04,782 --> 01:35:07,243 you know, I'm really glad that 2215 01:35:07,243 --> 01:35:10,246 we've in one way or another, we've been working together 2216 01:35:10,246 --> 01:35:11,747 over this last decade, 2217 01:35:11,747 --> 01:35:12,957 in the Vancouver scene. 2218 01:35:12,957 --> 01:35:14,625 So it's really cool to just see 2219 01:35:14,625 --> 01:35:16,085 how it's all come together. 2220 01:35:16,085 --> 01:35:18,170 - Yeah, totally TNT made a good point. 2221 01:35:18,170 --> 01:35:19,046 He said, 2222 01:35:19,046 --> 01:35:21,882 Vancouver's got a very humble hip hop scene 2223 01:35:21,882 --> 01:35:24,427 and I think that's a good way to describe Vancouver. 2224 01:35:24,427 --> 01:35:25,970 And I like that. 2225 01:35:25,970 --> 01:35:27,430 And you're gonna see that in our movies. 2226 01:35:27,430 --> 01:35:30,516 So anyway, peace out, "Vancity Raps" 2227 01:35:43,112 --> 01:35:46,949 (lively upbeat hip hop music) 2228 01:35:47,305 --> 01:36:47,333 Support us and become VIP member to remove all ads from www.OpenSubtitles.org