No Jumper - AB Dankoo on Getting Shot, Making “I’m Still Alive” In Response & More

Episode Date: August 16, 2022

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No Jumper. Coolest podcast in the world. And today I'm sitting down somebody I'm a big fan of. You say your name so that I don't mispronautize it. A.B. Denko. Danco. I just want to make sure it wasn't Dank who or anything. Nah, man. It has to be tweaking. Okay. So you're somebody that our audience might be familiar, even if they don't know right now

at this exact moment who you are. Yeah. You are the motherfucker that we have talked about on the podcast many, many times because you got shot and made a song about it. Yeah, I'm funny. Amazing song. I'm still alive. I'm still alive.

If you don't know what I'm talking about, that's what we're referring to. So, yeah, I guess we should start at the beginning. Tell us a little bit about what your upbringing was like. Oh, shit, like, what you mean like? Where you grew up? When you were a kid. Okay, but, see, it was just like, yeah, kind of rough. I mean, we had to have it out, but we were decent.

See, I mean, you know what I'm saying? We went fucked up, but we were fucked up because, you know what I'm saying? Right. In Chicago, though. Yeah. What part of Chicago? Southside, Inglewood. Okay.

And so you're coming up out there, and you have both parents? No, just my mom. Okay. Where's your dad out? Yeah, Arizona. Okay. And you just didn't really have communication with them your whole life, or you did? Yeah, I did, but I ain't ever want to be over there.

There's always with my mom. Yeah. You just weren't interested. How was your mom, though? She's like you carry you? Yeah. Um, bro. Okay.

Um, and so were you just seeing crazy shit happening outside? Like, what's it like growing up over there? Yeah, yeah. So let me see. Probably when I was like, like seven, I was in the street of a shootout. I mean, in the middle of a shootout when I was a kid. You just were standing there? Yeah.

And somebody started shooting at the older guys that you were standing around? Yeah, basically. And you didn't get hit, obviously. But like, wow. No. Nah, my fucking push me out the way. How did that affect you? It's like, damn.

I mean, it's really like, as a key, I ain't really know what was going on, though. Right. I'm saying? Until I got getting a lot older, like, damn, it was really, like, fucked up out of her. Right. But were your parents, like, concerned about you even being outside and stuff

since that kind of stuff was a possibility? Oh, yeah. When it started cracking like that, yeah. Uh-huh. And leave from the front of the house. Right. And so you're knowing about all the games. from a young age or when do you start finding out about that?

No, from all the gang shit, that shit started happening. I mean, I already knew about it like, I already knew about it like, my fucking gangbanger shit, but, but what do you mean by that again? I don't want to say the wrong shit. No, I mean, just like, did you know about the fact that there are gangs, like, doing shit outside your house? Yeah, all the time. Right.

So as a kid, that's just like something you're learning about and you're just interested in it. Yeah, everybody in school knows what's going to. on all the kids. Right. Yeah. So are you thinking that you were going to be part of it, though, at this point? No, no, I wasn't on none of that. Right. I just knew everybody. I knew what they were doing, I knew who they was into it. Uh-huh. Yeah. So you're just an observer. You weren't dying to get involved? Yeah, I'm, bro. I was just telling, I was playing basketball and stuff. Remind me, who's the lit rappers from your area? What you mean? Like, Southside. Like, who do you look at as the top rappers from that area? Southside. Who are from the Southside? Who are from the South

side ever. Because you got, oh, you got, um, see, you got a little dark now. Oh, okay. So they're all, you consider them to be from where you're from. The south side, yeah. I don't fucking know. I've been in O Block, but I don't know what side of it is on. That's the South Side.

You got all them niggins over there. Okay. You're going to O Block when you're a kid or not? No, I ain't saying like, like, I'd be going over there. I'm just saying, like, music wild. Right. You know what I'm saying? Okay.

You never been over there? No. That's just, like, not a good place to go unless you're, a blogger. Unless you're from over there. Right. You don't go nowhere. Unless you from over there.

Right. But now that I've been there and I follow a bunch of them on Instagram or shit, I realize that they're outside having a good time. Like the O'Block rappers are posting flyers. Like, hey, we're doing a video shoot today. Like, we're having a barbecue, whatever. Like, they'd be talking about shit like as normal. Like, they're definitely not acting like they're scared of somebody

showing up and killing everybody. Yeah, maybe too. So that's cool. What were you listening to as a kid? Well, I was listening to it. Let me see. Hey, everybody coming up. I was listening to Chief Keefe, Duck, him, Herb.

Let me see. Yeah, Lou Wayne and I was talking about it. Okay. Yeah, that was about it. When did you, so you were playing basketball. That was your big thing for a while? Yeah. When did, how far did you take it with that?

Sophomore, yeah. And then you just fell out of it? Yeah, now really, first year, like when I got older, like, man, I ain't going to the NBA. So I was really, like, falling back when I said, but I was hooping, though. Right. But so once you got done with basketball, what did you turn your attention to? I started, I had started rapping. Okay, you started rapping right around then?

Yeah. And how was that going? I mean, I just liked it to rap. I'm really trying to be famous, getting the money off of it. Right. It was just fun to do. She didn't listen to. Uh-huh.

At that point, I ain't really know what I was going to do. Right. Because I always thought I was going to play basketball. So you were kind of in that middle position and not knowing whether you were going to, I don't know, like do something with the rap into the basketball or maybe go have them like a more normal life? What did you consider the options to be?

I ain't know. because I would be like, I ain't want to go to college I barely like the school. So I was trying to figure it out. I ain't know. Right. And so then are we fast forward into the shooting incident or when did that occur?

A little laid on down. But how old are you now? I'm 20. 20? Yeah. So this basically happened fresh out of high school or if you didn't finish high school? Yeah, I finished high school.

Okay. And so you're just doing it. doing the rapping thing. Yeah, just robbing. Can you tell me about the day that you got shut? Yeah, I can. Where are you at? I was somewhere near in the city.

I was going to say, why I was at the door. Okay. A house or a residence or a business? No, one day I decided to walk. I don't know walk. They just started shooting from like a block away. Ain't even know who I would. I was always gone.

Really? They were a block away shooting? Yeah. I'm like, what the fuck? And were you in an area where you thought that you might be having this kind of issue? Yeah, though. I was telling. It was like at first when they started shooting.

I'm like, damn, hey, they're blowing that bitch. I turned around. They're shooting at me. You're saying they're really a block away or where they're like across the street? They're like a block away, like half a block away. They're fires there. Right. I feel like it's got to be incredibly hard to hit somebody from a block away, though.

It was a lot of shots, yeah. Right. And so did you just get hit right away? Do you run, hide, or how to go? I was almost out of that as soon as I turned. I tried to run. It was over the way. Where'd you get hit?

My leg. Just the leg. Yeah. Which part? Like right above my ankle. So you haven't really, how much is it affected you physically? Like, you were on crutches and shit in the video. Yeah, I was.

I'm both motherfucking feet still hurt. Uh-huh. I can't really sleep at night sometimes Really? It still hurts like that? Yeah, like it'd be aching. Does it hurt worse one in rains? No, I ain't felt that yet. They said that it happened.

Yeah, that's what I heard too. I never understood that. But I heard of so many rappers said over the years I figure it's got to be true. Yeah, I'm bro. Okay. So how long are you in the hospital? A day.

A day? And then you go home, but you're... Yeah, I'm trying to get out the same day. They got you on crutches and shit? Yeah. bro, they put me in the sleep, put some shit in my leg. I was out of the. Right.

Okay. And then you decided to make a song about the whole incident? No, not right there. I was chilling. Like, probably like two weeks later, I was chilling. Uh-huh. And then that's when I was like, fuck, I'm from the rock. I play a little beat, shit.

I was messing on FaceTime my girl and messed with my grandma. Then I just got to say in that shit. I'm still alive. Then I just went upstairs my roommate, that shit. Right. Yeah. And so you feel like that was going to be a big song for you right there? Uh-uh.

When I felt like that was when I played it for people, I wanted to play and shit, then they was dancing to it. I was like, I'm going to shoot the video, dance, and say everybody dancing to it. Right. Where did you shoot that video? It looked like a little, like, family party. everybody was like kids hanging out and shit

and my little kids and shit I'll rent that out right yeah okay so you got a space for it yeah did you feel like you might be drawing more attention to yourself like damn you're gonna make the people who tried to kill you

want to kill you a lot more once you got a song out dancing around joking about it right I want to think about that really they don't even know what the fuck they don't even know who they shot for real yeah they don't they probably know now right no they don't

You don't think? No, they don't, man. Really? So you were just, they knew where you were from and you were in that area? No, they don't know what I was from. Then why they shoot you? To me. In Chicago, where shit happened?

Yeah, but like people get shot for being from certain areas, right? Or at least in L.A., that's how it would work. It's like, you might get shot just for being in a certain area because they assume that you're part of a certain crew, right? You don't even think it was like that? You think it was just random as fuck? Hey, let's just shoot this guy? I know it was random. Really?

I know for so, man. Wow. That is scary, because then it's like, oh, that could happen to anybody. Yeah, it can't happen to anybody. Damn. You got to watch out here. Does that kind of shit make you want to move different? Yeah, I've been moving different, but it's like that one little day, y'all does.

Fuck, I'm going to grab some chips. Some chips, right. Yeah. So you wouldn't do that again? You want to walk down that street again? Yeah, no, I ain't walking down that street. Right. So how, how does the song?

come out and like it started going kind of viral? What was this like? Yeah, I just, I post that bitch on Instagram. That bitch started going up and shit. Like, my shit, I never did none of that on, bro. And from now, everybody started reposting that bitch. Right. 16, he had put that bitch on Facebook and Instagram.

16 did it. Oh, okay. And everybody, we have Khalifa tweeted that shit. Go ahead and black reposted it. I thought my... I felt like there was like a Twitter. video about it that was like damn they wiling out here they get a shot making a song about or something like that oh bro right but how did you feel because you're probably having people hate on you too right

yeah everybody hate them you felt like everybody was hanging i thought we we all looked at it like damn this kid's tight like you got shot and you don't give a fuck no nothing i don't think that was in hell oh really yeah i watched that video wait so some of other dudes were hating on it i'm talking about up in here yeah because you know you remember that though like it took them mad long to realize that you were Rabbit roll getting shot. When I was watching that video back, I'm like, bro, my whole staff is fried as fuck. Yeah, why they ain't in this bitch today? I was trying to holler at them. Man, I would love to see you walk AD down and just scare the fuck out of him, but he couldn't make it today. I was waiting on his ass for a month.

Hey, I would like to see that happen. We've got to introduce you this guy Flacco. I bet. For sure. But yeah, all right, so you felt you were mostly getting hate? Uh, no, it was like, it was like, like 50-50 with it. Okay. You, were you, uh, were you getting labels hitting you up once they started seeing it? Yeah. A couple.

They were just seeing the potential. They're like, fuck, we can make some money off this. Yeah. Okay. Um, so what's, what was your mentality, though, once it starts blowing up? You just try trying to take advantage of it? What did that look like? Oh, bro.

I'm like, damn. Yeah, let me, um. Keep going with this shit. I'm brother. Hmm. But I had dropped a video, like, next day and shit, because I don't talk to me. Okay.

Just keep dropping shit after that? Yeah, I'm bro. Keep moving. Makes sense. Yeah, yeah. Okay. So, did you manage to actually, like, tap in with any of the rappers who were showing love when there was different people reposting and shit like that?

No. They weren't really communicative? Mm-mm. Probably, like, not nobody. big though right well like on a Chicago level you start having a lot of people tapping in yeah because making getting attention for somewhere like 16 in Chicago is probably like one of the bigger cosines you could get from a media personality right mm-hmm so did you feel like you're going places and all of a sudden everybody knows who you are I mean not not

not everybody but really my fuck only know like the I'm still alive part right yeah they I don't really know who I am. But you were saying my leg hurt now I got to fuck from the side. Yeah, it's a funny song. I was playing. That shit had me dying, bro. That was funny as fuck. Because really, I like fucking from the side.

That's one of the best positions. That's shit underrated. I'd be saying, too. You're a freaky boss. I mean, you know, the spoon. You got to fuck with the spoon, man. Like, who wants to use your leg muscles? I've been working all day.

I've been walking around. Trying to just lay down. shit. I'd be like, damn, we're out of them on. No, I like that. Raising awareness. It's getting it in. Oh, I get it in, yeah. But anyway, so what's the game plan for where you're going to take shit with music after this? Yeah, right now, we'll just keep pushing shit, working hard and shit, standing in the studio.

You would make a lot more music? Yeah, I got a lot of music. Okay. Do you feel like you just kind of hit the lottery with that one song, You think you got other songs harder than that one? I got songs way harder than that one. I was like, damn, what the fuck? Right. That shit tweaked me out.

I'm like, why the other shit ain't, um, ain't do this? Yeah. That is crazy. You went to fishing? Fishing? Yeah. Nah.

It's just a hat? Yeah. Okay. I just like grab this bitch. He told him to fish. I was just wondering. I mean, I don't know. I know some people who like fishing.

I went fishing a few times as a kid. You like fishing? No. Super boring You like that little That thing Catch to the ball Yeah no I play with that

But that's not really like my thing now I'm more of like I kind of like left that behind To focus on poker Yeah I think you're fucking them up Yeah What happened?

Shit Took all their money And now they broke They gotta go live at the fucking Battered women's shelter Or some shit I don't know But

I was thinking about that today Because I was listening to Kodak And he said When I say I keep the poker I ain't talking about the game. And I was like, you know, if I brought that up at the poker table, probably none of the poker players

would get it, because they probably don't really think about getting stabbed that often. Trying to get it in. I don't know. OK. What do you listen to these days? I've been listening to me. I've been listening to her, Polo G, Dirk, young boy.

This is you know, proletal. Okay. So you can listen to Young Boys still? What do you mean? He's not like the top op in Chicago. I mean, I said that Obok pack get rolled up. I ain't got nothing to do with me. Yeah, me neither. I like Young Boy, too.

I just listen to the Mule. I don't pay attention to none of that. Right. I don't respect that, for sure. You like Nook? Who, Nuck? Yeah. Yeah, I'd be fucking with him.

He's hard. Hey, why I would say, hey, you know, Drake stole my song. What song? Still alive. He said that too? Yeah, he's talking about something. I'm staying alive. I'm staying alive.

I'm staying alive. Are you thinking of the Bee Gees? No, I'm talking about me. Oh, oh, oh, oh, staying alive. No, he ain't said it like that, though. But you're talking about it on the fucking dance album that he put out? Yeah, I'm bro. He got to, he stole my little flow.

Well, listen, we're all alive. We're all alive. I feel like that album sounds less like your music than any other album he's ever put out, right? I'm not talking about, like, the whole song. I'm just saying like how I get that. I'm still a lot of how I just say my shit repeatedly. Like I'm saying, he just got that. Switched up.

Can Drake make it right by blessing you with a verse and a video and signing you? Hell yeah. Oh, bro. Seems fair. I'll tap in a little. He can really, bro. He can really just repost my shit. I'm going to get him for about that.

That would be a good look too. Drake will be decent. Throw you on OVO sound radio. That's some shit. That's how I found out about Kodak back in the night. Yeah They just played them on that shit On the radio show

In like 2014 or something And I was like, damn This song's hard as fuck And that's Scrilla Scrilla, yes Oh yeah That was the first song That was my shit

I love Kodak I don't know why I'm talking about them right now But All right so you plan on dropping the tape You got more videos coming out What's the playing? Yeah I probably for a job one

Oh my bro Okay Yeah What's the back? I don't know People just zoom by on the motorcycle. Our next spot, you're not going to have that kind of audio outside.

Fingers crossed. A few years when we get in there. Anyway, all right, so tell them what to look out for. Oh, shit. I got, I put DCG number on the Stead of Live remix. Nice. That's hard. That's not out yet.

That's coming out soon? Nah, that ain't out yet. It's coming out soon, bro. Ooh, all right. That's fire. Good show. All right. Appreciate your time, man.

You want to tell them anything else? Any other last words? Big A-B, man. That way. I'm still alive. Oh, oh, oh. No, a different song, right. Yeah, right.

You got to be fucked up. A.B. Danko. Appreciate your time, man. No Jumper, coolest podcast. Check us on YouTube, TikTok, Patreon, Instagram, etc. Like, comment, subscribe, nojumper.com, if you want to support. Appreciate y'all.