No Jumper - Conradfrmdaaves on Tattooing Before Rapping, Nipsey Hussle, PNC Breakup & More

Episode Date: December 31, 2022

Conradfrmdaaves speaks on upbringing, Nipsey and more! ----- 00:00 Intro 4:34 Conrad talks about his mother always busy doing hair and being outside and raised in the streets 5:49 Conrad on when he started to explore his passion for music 7:22 Flakko says that Conrad doesn't come off as a typical LA artist and asks Conrad when he first did time 13:13 Conrad talks about making a hit song on his first try and never going back to the tattoo shop after that 14:55 Conrad breaks down how "PNC" broke up, when they stopped moving as a group, and turned himself in for a g__ charge 17:31 Conrad doing time from 2015 to 2017, relearning the music game, and released with an ankle monitor 21:50 Conrad on if he knew "Vintage & Adventurous" would instantly be an LA anthem 26:35 Conrad on meeting Nipsey Hussle for the first time after doing 7 years 30:50 Conrad on Charleston clout chasing on Nipsey's name and rumors of Conrad saving YG from a crowd 32:45 Conrad on how linked up with Bricc Baby and Drakeo 34:03 Flakko considers Conrad an "old-school, new-school" rapper and names his top 5 LA rappers 36:17 Conrad on what's next for him in terms of music and working with Kalan Fr.Fr, Gunna, and Mozzy 37:15 Conrad breaks down what he means by "opps be nice" 38:33 Conrad on whether or not the politics are holding LA rappers back ----- NO JUMPER PATREON http://www.patreon.com/nojumper CHECK OUT OUR NEW SPOTIFY PLAYLIST https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5te... FOLLOW US ON SNAPCHAT FOR THE LATEST NEWS & UPDATES https://www.snapchat.com/discover/No_... CHECK OUT OUR ONLINE STORE!!! http://www.nojumper.com/ SUBSCRIBE for new interviews (and more) weekly: http://bit.ly/nastymondayz  Follow us on SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/show/4ENxb4B... iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/n... Follow us on Social Media: https://www.snapchat.com/discover/No_... http://www.twitter.com/nojumper http://www.instagram.com/nojumper https://www.facebook.com/NOJUMPEROFFI... http://www.reddit.com/r/nojumper JOIN THE DISCORD: https://discord.gg/Q3XPfBm Follow Adam22: https://www.tiktok.com/@adam22 http://www.twitter.com/adam22 http://www.instagram.com/adam22 adam22hoe on Snapchat Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

No jumper, coolest podcast in the world, man. And we're here with Croner right from the app. How you feeling, bro? And what up, man? Chitty, chenny, chenny. Same out. Yo, this is probably the fastest interview I've ever set up. Oh, yeah?

Yo, the fastest, man. So I was on Clubhouse. And you're a... So, first of all, like, I didn't know that everybody is connected. Like, I'll be in a clubhouse talking to Newport a lot. And I found out that, yo, that Newport is your boy. Yeah, my brother. That's my day one.

Nah, man. That's a fact, man. Now, let's break it down for you, right? So, you have this, like, one song, right? And that gets me in trouble a lot, bro. A lot. In trouble? In trouble.

Because, I don't, again, first off, rather, like, the kids, the civilians, and the babies love hit your rolling, right? But, like, we don't know if we allow to, like, rap it. Yeah? I get what you said. Are we allowed to, like, rap hit your rolling? Man, I mean, shit. Yeah, why not?

I mean, depends. This is how I look at it, like. So, all this is in the hit your rolling now. And how I hear it now, like, everybody don't know the same thing. You know what I'm saying? Yeah. So, like, you could be hearing. it and taking it, how you're taking it?

Yeah. You know what I'm trying to say? Yeah, of course. The words you're using this shit, you might not be using them for the way or using I use them. Yeah. So people could like shit for their own reason. So, yeah, you feel me? But I ain't gonna lie to you.

I went through a phase in my life where I didn't like that song. No, why not? Because all the feedback, a lot of feedback I was getting, you feel me? Feel me? It wasn't like getting me where I wanted to be rap-wise, like, for it, like, like, streetwise, it was rolling. Mm-hmm. Like, so that's why I actually made Vincent Adventures, bro. Wow.

I was, like, that was, like, a thing for me to do because, like, people would run up to me, like, oh, Tch-Rolling, kind of rapping that. Yeah. Yeah. Leave vies on my ass on the pistol show. Yeah, so I wanted to change that people running up to me and having a different vibe when they see me. Of course. So, yeah, like, but I know what you're talking about.

No, like, I definitely realize that, right? Because even with, like, you have a bunch of different, like, styles and flows, you feel me? Right? But, you know, let's actually back up a little bit, though. So where is Conrad from the ad from? What you mean? Like, I'm from about, like, from Roversie.

South Central. Gotcha. And how was life growing up? Shit. It was lit. Like, I mean, uh, My mom gave me everything. I grew up with all this shit.

I used to see me dressed right now. I've been dressed like this since I was young. You feel me? Pots wasn't there? My apostles in prison. My father went to prison when I was born, like, you know what I mean? Like, before I can remember. So I grew up, my, I had a step pops.

Big Herd from Main Street. Yeah. My boyfriend, you feel me? So I kind of grew up with him and shit. We went to church every Sunday and lowriders. There's shit like that. I feel moved, but... Church every Sunday?

Hell, yeah. God, dude. Wait, okay, so, like... So, like, how did Conrad from the app then go from, like, church every Sunday? I wasn't ever know church, nigga. I just was there. I just said I went with a lowrider, nigga.

Yeah. I was there. I went no church, nigga, though. I was in that motherfucker. Like, I used to be like this shit. I just paid attention. Like, all right, yeah, whatever. Play attention.

You feel me? Like, I don't know. But I never was no. church nigga, like, you feel me, I just, like, I just grew up with, like, you know, I used to go, because I used to run a lot rider, low rider. That was really where I went. I'm gonna keep with a hundred thousand, like, you know me, but shit, I grew up with everything, bro, like, I grew up popular, I always was popular, you feel me, like.

I used to, I always had a gang of friends around me and shit, had a gang of cousins and shit, because my mom was, like, popping and shit in my pop, so like, they friends, kids, we grew up deep. Like, it was always a gang of us, you feel me? Like, you know, I just grew up a street nigger outside all the time. My mama did here. You know, my mom did here, so my mama be at work to like three, four in the morning and shit, you feel me?

So, a nigga outside. Like, like... With like, no guidance. Like, you're just outside. I grew up in the streets, like, outside. Like, for real, with everybody outside. I used to be at my auntie house. I'm from the hood because of my auntie lived on 10th Ave.

So I used to be at my auntie house a lot. Like, my auntie, she had two sons. She got two sons, Brian and Brandon, they twins. But they don't even bang, but these niggas, we was at their house in the hood, you feel me? But I used to go over there and shit and just outside, thugging, growing up with everybody in the hood. Like, shit, I grew up like, everybody else

that really grew up in the streets from the hood. Like, you know, I was outside. Like, but just, the difference is, I'm just connected to a lot of different people from everywhere around LA and shit because my mom did hair. And then my step pops was like a nigger and shit, you know, the main streets. The nicks had went back from me.

Yeah. And then my pops, he from Compton, Paroo. And he was in prison. So I had like connections and shit to Compton. It's a lot of motherfuckers, little nigger. My mom was popping. So. Yeah.

Now, exactly, because I said an old YouTube video, probably from like nine, ten years ago, of you, like, they're just freestyling and shit like in your career with your men. Yeah. Yeah. I guess I start, you know, exploring that, like love for music. All right. So, like, I grew up really, like, loving music, bro. Like, I grew up around, like, death row shit and, like, four-life records.

And I come up on all that shit. Like, my people's been doing music, been in shit. Like, for us, with me, started really rapping and looking into it. I've been an artist. It's an art thing with me. Like I'm an art, nigga. Like, I used to be a tattoo artist. Like, I used to really do tax.

Like, you feel me? I worked in a shop called Project Inc. And all that shit. Like, so, like, art. Music is a form of art. You feel me? So, like, I've always been deep listening to music. But when I was in prison, like, when I was in prison,

I was in doing shoe terms and shit in the pen. Just being in that motherfucker by yourself and shit and listening in your headphones, niggas. I tried, I start picking up a pen and writing and shit. Sometimes, you feel me? I used to write to like Lil Wayne beats and boozy and I used to actually write over these niggas. Like I used to listen to this song that they was rapping on and write while they was rapping.

You feel me? Because I didn't have instrumentals like that in the pen. I've noticed that. Because like when I listen to you bro, like you really don't come off as a stereotypical LA artist, right? Like you got, like for example, Mali Tron, right? Yeah, yeah. And, like, rad free.

Both those tapes got two different styles, bro. Right? So, like, you definitely switch it up a lot, man. Mm-hmm. Now, you spoke on prison. So exactly, when did you go to prison first? With the prison, I was at the locked, I got locked up to go do my prison time at the age of 17. Yeah, that, yeah?

Yeah, I got locked up at 17. I went to juvenile hall first and then to the county and to the pen. Yo, like Conrad is such like a smooth, nice dude, man, that it's hard for me imagine. Like, you was really thugging that hard at 17? Geeked up, man. Gang shit, man. Waller. This shit.

Oh, bro. Like, me here this shit, noodle. Like, dudea, dude, been doing this. Bro, I went to jail in 2004. Like, shit, nigga. I did seven years at that time. So. Wait, so, like, you went in 04 at 7.

and then got out at 24. Yep. Bro, what exactly did... Okay, so what exactly did niggas give a 17-year-old seven years for? That just seems like a crazy number, bro, because a 17-year-old

is damn near a juvenile. Oh, shit, nigga. Nicket, what me, nigga? When you were starting an age, and you put her in a gun, and rob them up as fuck how old. They're taking your ass, nigga. And they're going to try your ass as an adult

because you're out here acting like you were a dog. I guess that's how they see it. So, you feel, that's what happened. Man. So you got out in 2011 at 24 years old. And then how soon after that did you Pac-Man and Newport Linkup for the PMC? So I always knew Newport, nigh, around the hood for a long time.

Just because I was always like funny nigger around the hood and tanked up, you feel me. I came over from jail, I met Pac-Man and shit, Pac-Man stayed in the hood. He stayed on 8th Ave, then he had moved to 10th Ave, like, around when I came home. He was like just now transferring, moving from over there or some shit. So he had moved on the block and he had a studio. And he had a studio and I used to be thugging and shit. Like, me, right, like, we used to really be thugging.

I was like a whole different nigger than, bro. Like, you feel me? Like, but Pac-Man had like a little shudging. studio in his bedroom. Pacman was already rapping. That was this thing, like he was rapping. He was doing that. Like, you feel me? I was doing tattoos. I used to go Tad on Pat on Pacton. I had a spot on the hood on Brian Hurst. Me and the Hummy Tent, we used to just sitting there. I used to be tired. Like, a motherfucker. So, um, my homie Sam, man, rest in peace. That nigga took me to the studio when I first came home from prison for the first time, you

feel me? So like, that was my first time really seeing the studio. Like, that was my first time really seeing the studio like when I went to the studio but I didn't really go back after that I was just outside with I wasn't tripping on rapping you feel me I really was more in the tatis bro I ain't gonna lie I was more when I came from prison I was more into being a tattoo artist but that niggins in Pac-Man was rapping bro Newport was popping on Twitter and shit already yeah Newport always was cracking on social media you feel me like so he was popping on Twitter so like I don't know one day I was at a Oh, I was at the studio that the homie Sandman took me to, but this was on Brian, so we

just on the block on some regular shit. So I'm over here with the homies studying like regular. And one of the homies, I was over there, a beat came on and I started rapping, clowning, talking shit, you feel me? Mm-hmm. And he just thought my voice and my flow was hard, you feel me? But I really had wrote rap in prison. Yeah.

You feel me? I had sick-ass rap from the pen. So any time shit came on. I had this shit in my head. I could f-f-f-h-nigs would be like, what the fuck is that? Like, you feel me? So I snap on some shit, you feel me? And one of the homies paid me, bro.

He paid you for a verse? Yeah. That's a good homie, man. I didn't need a rapper nothing, nigga. That's a good homie. That n'hud. Because he was like, get on that song. I was like, ah, bro, I ain't doing that.

He was like, no, get on the song. And I didn't really want to get on the song. So he gave me 50 bucks to get on the song. How soon? Like after jail, because jail was 2011. Was this like 2012, 2012, 2013-ish? It's like 2012. I got out of 2011.

It's like 2012. So, one of the homie, Juneboy, was basically there and shit when I rapped. Yeah. You feel me? June boy and Pac-Man was real close. They was real close. Like I said, Pac-Man always was rapping doing this thing. That's why, you know, we play ball.

You feel, me? He been doing that. So we, uh, he took, he called. Pac-Man like, you heard this nigga come around, ya, he's like, nah, somebody else told me that nigga, whirred, you feel me, like, so he was like, yeah, we're gonna do something, we gonna fuck around. So like, about a month later, we on 10th,000,

one day we're on 10,000 and 60, and we used to be at the apartments right there thugging, and Pac-Man stayed down the street. This, when hit your Ricky, this song hit your Ricky popping. Pac-Man come down the street, he come and asks me, and you're like, hey, bro, you ever heard that song? They hit your Ricky shit. I'm like, yeah, that should be going crazy in the after hours.

Yeah. Like, yeah, that shit be going up. He's like, yeah, let's do something to that beat. That shit hard. I'm like, yeah, let's do it. So I came to his house that next day, and we loaded that shit, and we made hit your rolling, bro. Man.

That's how we made that shit. So, like, basically, like, a hit on your first trial? Yeah, yeah. That don't happen to, like, most niggas, though. That shit was like, that shit changed in my life. I stopped tattooing. Bro, you can ask that nigga Devine that worked at Project Inc. When that song came out, I had so many views, I never went back to that task shop.

I said, y'all can hire this shit. I'm done, nigga. Yeah. Here, right? I know it's crazy, too. Even after that, right? Yo, PNC was really out here. Bro, like, y'all had, like, STU with, like, 3 million views.

So y'all was really out here. about getting it. Now, like... Snapping. Man, now exactly when did, like, you realize, yo, this shit is different now, bro. Like, we lit, like, we on. The whole fucking wood is. This shit was just, bro. These niggas' dick rotting us now?

Bro, I can't, like, I could see that shit from a different view because I was a nigga that was in prison already, so I'm already, like, coming back into the world trying to figure out where my life heading. You feel me? I'm really watching that shit. You feel me? So, as I'm seeing, like, damn, I'm really becoming a real. real rapper, me.

Like, by the people's choice. You feel me? Like, niggas go in there and chase that shit, nigga. We just fucked around there. You feel me? Yeah. The people choosing this. So, I had, like, I just adapt to it, nigga.

Like, I just took it, like, for what it was. Like, yeah. You feel me, shit. Yo. And the one thing that I realized, too, man, is, like, your people really rally around you, man. Like, for example, when I was, like,

talking to like somebody, man. I think it was rock star. Yeah. And he told me, yo, like, this man's music, like, it's the soundtrack for, like, his neighborhood. Right? Like, they all fuck with him at every hood day, at every

function. They out here blasting his shit, bro. Like, he's really, like, the voice for his community, man. Now, PNC was popping. Now, when did you guys, I guess, stop being a group? Um, no, I, bro, I kept going to jail and shit.

In 2015, right? Yeah, I was doing like little violations and shit. Yeah. 2015 I went to jail to go, I turned myself in for a gun case. That's when I was like, I was like, I'm trying to just really do this shit. You put me? I went to jail and turned myself in with the mind. Said like, I'm going to go in here, study this rap shit, learnings business shit, figure

this shit out and come home and try to do this shit for real. That had to be tough though, right? Because, bro, at this point, this is like two years after hit your role in STU, you guys is popping, you lit right now, you're like a big deal out here. To be at your height and then say, yo, I'm going to turn myself in and sit down for two years. Like, again, did you know, though, that, yo, that like I can get this back once I come out or. Yeah, yeah, me, nigga, I go crazy. for me, nigga.

Yeah. I just knew, nigga, like, bro, I used to really, yeah, motherfucker gonna be arguing, because like some people, they just can't see, like, what they capable of, you feel me? And a motherfucker will be arguing with you, what they think can how, like, you and this, but this, man, look, I will give you everything right now and throw this shit down and come back around the block. Mm-hmm. Like, give me 30 days.

I'm gonna be back with this shit. Let's see what you do with the shit I gave. Like, bro, like, I know myself, bro. Like, so I was like, fuck it. Like, I, then I felt like, so like, like, I believe in like what you put out is what you give back. And I know that throughout my life, I ain't just been putting on no bullshit.

Like, so when I got a car to go to jail like that, I just felt like it was just a time. Like, I gotta sit down and learn something. It's part of my journey. So I'm gonna do this shit and get out and go up. I just, nigga, I just knew. Yeah. Like, I just knew what I could do, nigga.

Yo, facts, man. Now, like, you went in in 2015 and got out 2017, right? Yeah. Yo, that's like the biggest jump. I was supposed to get out. After that, nigga, the laws did some shit. I turned myself in to do three years and eight months. Yeah.

Damn. They gave me three years, eight months for the blick, because I already had a pass, because I did seven years already. So, yeah, you still out here running around, nigga with blick, like, nigga, like, we're gonna smack your ass. They gave me three years, eight months. They gave me like 16 months double up,

plus one year prison prior, all type of shit. Like, you know what I mean? So, but when I was in prison, they had like, saw all type of laws changing milestones and shit and all that shit, and they let me out on the ankle monitor after two years and six months and all that shit. So. Man, you know,

like rap in 2015, even the culture, was entirely different in 2017. Like, in 2015 was like the Kendricks, the J-Cold, the Drake's. Then in 2017, was the Cloud era, right? Like the Rainbow Head, like SoundCloud rappers, man. So, like, when you got out in 2017, was you like, yo, what is this? So when I got out, I really didn't pay attention to shit. Shit, bro. I was like tunnel vision.

I really didn't pay attention to a lot of shit. So what I did when I got out, I had read this book when I was in jail called Everything You Need to Know About the Music Industry and shit. Again, my cousin from Long Beach, C.G. From insane, he gave it to me. He was on the other yard with me and shit, you feel me? And, nigga, I read this book. So when I got out, I had, about.

basically applied some of the things to the book, the business and shit for getting my branding and, you feel me, and getting my distro keys and tune cores and certain things for DSPs and just learning the music, that shit. So I got with my boy, my boy AC, and we locked in and we started doing all that shit, putting the shit together, you feel me?

And then I forgot about it. So I got into the music. music or world and I really just didn't pay attention to how the sound and what every niggas was doing I just was focusing on rap making some dope-ass shit like just rap so I just kept making music bro I really weren't paying attention to what what they had going on like you know what I'm saying yeah not like this 2018 was probably your busiest year right you drop I think like two albums like that year right 218 Radford and then Mali Tron No, Molly Trone came out before that, I re-dropped it.

Ah. I redrop that shit. That's old. Monitrone was from 2014, I think. Really? It's old. Yo. I re-dropped that shit.

I know it's crazy, too. When I got out. It's old, but like that shit fit the sound of that time, though. Man, that shit's old, bro. Right? It still fit the sound of. The 12, 13 music. Yeah.

That's old. No, but like I realized too though, right? Like, like, levels. You like drop that shit like years ago. Yeah, but that's new. See, levels later. Video just dropped though, right? Like about like a slice.

When I got out of jail. So I dropped levels when I got out of jail when I got out of prison. 2017, like 18. Yeah. That's when I was really working in though. That's when I did levels, first day out, all of that shit, all of them son of the shit I did. Right. I dropped, but rap free and shit, I had dropped all that before that, before I went to jail.

Yeah. Oh, you feel me? Like, I just redropped it on the platform when I got out. But yeah, like levels, that's new, though. I did levels. Actually, I did levels after Ventus and Adventurers. Yo, speak on that. So when you was in the studio making that song, bro, like folks had to tell you, bro,

when this drop is for the F up the street. Like, did you know instantly or this is going to be a LA anthem on the drop? What, Vincent and Venture? Yeah. Hell not. Know you and know that? How can you not know? Bro, that shit is different.

I just was working. Mm-hmm. I just be doing songs, leave. Man. I just be doing songs and that shit is like, like, oh, there you go. Man. And like, once it dropped, the one was like, that realization of, yo, we are about to be out of here. this shit is taking off crazy right now.

When I started getting called for all of fucking shows, I started like really knowing like this shit changing. Like this is different from me. Just really like seeing, it's really like being on stage and all the people just seeing the city like fucking were at. I'm like damn this shit worked. Like I've been doing this shit forever, me. This shit worked me.

Like I went to jail, turn myself in with like a like a guy. goal like to come on me come on and do this. Absolutely. Niggas standing on the stage like, yeah, nigga. Know yourself. Now, like, now I would assume that label started calling, right?

Yeah, I've been to a lot of meetings, nigga, I sat around there with Motown, all the type of motherfuckettling. You wouldn't sign them? I never signed that shit. Here, so, like, why, though? Because, again, a son that's popping. Like, I would assume, and they out here, like, it offering you the bag, bro.

I'm talking about... I never talking no money with nobody. No. Oh, no? I never talk my money with nobody. Oh, man. Who called you, though? So, Motown called.

I would assume that... I went to dinner with Motown. Ah. And children, we ate at boys, and got out of fuck with them. They're good people. Yeah. I wouldn't even mind. She.

Well, I never talked to no numbers. that type of shit with people. I just, we just cool, good people, I just know people. I'm confused, though. So, PNC was popping.

You went to jail and came out, drop a hit again. At that time, the entire L.A. is fucking with you. That song is a certified banger and hit. And no record labels

offered a deal? Yeah, no. Oh, man. No, like, I'm not saying, Like, they didn't offer a deal, but like, like, not, nothing like that. Like, I've been to labels, I've been to meetings. I talk to people who sat down and talk, like, let them hear my music and shit. Like, and then shit, that's just it.

Like. Yeah. A question for you, though. I think they didn't call back. I don't know. Was. I just, you know, though? Huh?

Like, because, you know, like, for example, though, right? Like, you being, like, Conrad, right? being in a jail you're filming with the tattoos right do you do I think that these like dudes at these labels were just like terrified to do business with you

yeah nah because I don't never think I get that type of shit off yeah like I ain't even on that so like I don't know how I'm a if you're sitting there just scared of me from looking at me you're stupid not that's fact

you just on some weird eyes animated shit like you tweaking bro Yeah. Because niggins don't even come off like that, bro. Like, I'm a human being, you feel me? Mm-hmm. Nika ain't walking around on animal shit, you feel me? So.

Your fact? I don't know, bro. What the fuck happened, bro? I don't know, bro. I've been to a lot of meetings, though. They know, they know, they know meeting, they... It's... They're lost.

Like, shit. Like, shit. Even in Motown, if I was... Well, I was dealing with somebody, too. Like, I had somebody that out on my team, I was dealing with. with that kind of was like in the middle of shit. And I don't know. I kind of feel like that's where I like took kind of like a lot, big contact loss.

You feel me, not fucking with him no more. So shit like that. Like, you don't know. So, but I'm out here though. Tap in. Yeah, man. Crazy. Like, when did Conrad meet Nipsey Hustle?

I met Nip when I got out of the PIN after my seven. years he was already booming doing this shit yeah I was doing tax I used to I just go up to the shop and shit and see bro and shit like well let me do them tats when you try to get my shit booming and shit and shit so yeah I made like when I got out the pen and shit and crazy when I was doing tass and shit bro was going doing this shit and my little cousins and shit my little cousins and I got uncles that's younger than me like my mom got my my mom got little brothers and my granddaddy kept spitting them out.

So he's like little niggas, young niggas in LA, you feel me? Yeah. So when I came on from the PIN, they showing me, I did seven years. I don't know what the fuck of my book is and YouTube. I don't know what none of this shit is. Nika, they showing me this shit. They show me nip going crazy. I'm like, oh, I got the hood.

Woman at the time. Like, what, nigger? So I was just watching that shit. But I was on my attach shit then. Like, you feel me? Like I said, like, I said, like, The rap shit nigga came from the streets. I'm just fucking around.

Yeah. I'm in it when I came home, bro. Now, tell me the first time you are rapping, Mpsy Hustle. First time I rap with him. Yeah. I never really, like, been in the studio rapping with him. Not what I heard, right? Like, so, like, he been in the studio while I was rapping.

Yeah. Like, type shit, like me rapping, he came in it. We was in different rooms. Because I was at one of, he had, when he was doing, When we see is that when he got Kendrick Lamar when he was doing victory laps, when he was doing that shit, he had like a big-ass whole studio. Yeah. He had the whole shit was his.

So he let us come up there and work, you feel me? So I used to be in the room working when I came on from jail. You feel me? He used to come in there and like, you ain't this motherfucker snapping, nigga. I got songs that I never put out that bro wanted to get it. on and shit like niggia this shit crazy bro like you feel me like but like we never like had a session and shit together and shit like that you never like you know now where were you at once the news dropped that Nipsey Hustle had like passed away I was at the home girl house um

home girl lady Jeez well house yeah and who called you or did you see it on like social media And I was on live, I'd be going live and shit. Yeah. I was on live and all my comments on live started saying nipsey, nipsy got shot and shit. I'm like, fuck off my shit with that shit. So I got off live, you know? Yeah. So I asked the humming I was sitting by me like,

what this niggas saying that shit? Whatever, we let it go. Like, you know what I mean? Because the internet, like, a nigger don't really like jump on the internet, bro. You feel? course so the home girl came downstairs and was like bro what they talking wrong so you feel me so she got the call and it was real so we just slid and smashes of the hood and shit like fuck man now like how exactly how did

his death affect you it's just like making me just go crazy bro because I just seen I seen what bro did bro and like that shit was far like yeah that shit was like a dream. Absolutely. It's like... A dream. See that's it? Like, for real, bro, so

let me hear my cup. Like, bro, it just make a nigga want to like... Ground harder. It just like, it put a battery pack. Yeah. And now, like, when you see, like, how much Nipsey means to, just, the city in general.

How do you even like deal with clowns like Charleston White cloud chasing off the homie name? I don't even want to talk about none of them. I don't even mention them to his name. Yeah. I'll mention none.

Clown shit around me, bro. I don't care. I don't even know. Yeah. None of that shit. Nah, man. Bro, listen, I definitely understand, bro.

Right? Shit like that is definitely like, you feel me? It's definitely like a fucked up thing, man. But like, pass like that clown though, right? A video actually, like, went, like, super viral. I think it was at the marathon, I think, right? Now, like, the title was wild, right?

But hopefully you can break it down for me. So the title was Conrad saves YG from a crowd of fans. Right? Shit going around there. Oh, fucking out. I remember that data, or not? Well, it's like this. There ain't even nothing.

It's like, why you want to come to the thing that kind of, you know, shit, pay his respect. So, you feel, me, him and Karen Silver and shit, they ask us to, can we, uh, me and my brother Frike Friacis and shit? Yeah. Like, walk him over there. So, bro, we're just walking over, yeah. And, uh, like, we just walk him over, yeah.

It's just a lot of commotion and shit, so I'm up, I'm like, I'm like, you move on the way, like, but, and then just, yeah. You know what I mean? Just regular shit. Bro, I know, I know, I know you know focal, bro, so. Yeah, definitely, man. And I'm like, when did you, well, how did you get that song, right, with Brick Baby and, uh, Drake-O?

Um, shit. I had the So I used to be honest Nicky Draco about that shit Like

Yeah We can do a song nigga nigga we gotta do a song nigga Because you know Nicker This big

LA nigga yeah Yeah I don't even think no nigga in LA harder than me So I used to be like nigga

I used to be texting that nigga And all that Yeah He's super lyrical though He go crazy Yeah

That nigga That nigga I think Yeah he go crazy So I used to be like Nick Let's get it in So

I end up, you know, I'll be in traffic, bro. I be studios, you know, with homies, bouncing different studios, homies, just fucking with all the homies and shit. I was at Paramount Studios and Brick had a session up there. And I went up there in the back with Brick had a session and shit. And then Draco was in the same studio. Yeah. And he had a session up there, so we just ended up working.

Man question for you right right so right now as a again right so I would consider you like an old school new school rapper right

where you was like lit and pop it in like 2011 you came out and like you're still killing it right now who's your top five L.A. rapper right now me me me

Me, me, me. Outside of you. Me, nigga. Everybody experienced, nigga, me, nigga. You feel of you? Here. Here, so, like... I get Roddy Rich, son.

That, nigga, hard. And in his own lane, doing his own thing. But, nigga, I'm grue for me, nigga. Here, so, like, my life top off. My ownies, nigga. Oh? My ownies, nigga. If you want another name, G.I. Joe.

Pac-Man. Okay, Giaccio Pac-Man. Uh-huh, Jay Sloan. You know what I mean? Uh-huh. Port. Cool me? Homies, bro.

Me. Me? Here, right? So, like, my personal top five, right? I'll probably say definitely Roddy. Definitely Kendrick.

Uh... I don't like Kendrick anymore. No? I think he's intelligent. He's dope. He got some gang with the music. I ain't fucking. with that shit. Is it because he's too like, you know, like...

It's just not letting and listen to where we can't feel that shit, that shit. That's shit. Is he like too lyrical? It's just, look, if I want to learn something, I don't want to read a book. Yeah. I'm listening, bro, real quick. Yeah. And hear what you're talking about?

You feel, I'm gonna take that game. But I can't listen to that shit music, like for his on some music shit. Like, man. Man, right? So, yeah. So you, Roddy, Blast. Blast, dope as fuck, too. Yeah, man.

Yeah, right. Wally the Sensei, you know. Right? And he's hard. Yeah. And you, right? So I think that's five or four, but I'm not even sure, right? You feel me?

For me, man. You, you, you. Yo, listen, question, man. So, like, what's next, right? Because in 2018, you spas. Then 2019, you, like, drop something. And since then, it's been no, like, official album. I just dropped a tape, an EP called Ventus and Adventures.

Yeah. I just dropped the seven songs, you feel me? So I got Caitlin for real on there. I got Gunna on the remix of Ventus and Adventurist. So I got Mazin E.phodi on the other remakes, Ventus and Adventure. Oh, two remixes. You feel me? I got My Nica, D-Fi.

on a song with me on there. I got seven bangers out right now on the platform on the top of adventures and adventures. Yeah. So I just put together what I was going to do

is I was put together another tape but I ain't gonna lie. I ain't like how it felt as a whole so I'm gonna drop all them and they singles. I got a song called

Opsby Nice coming right now. Driver and shooter. Ops Be Nice as a month. Wait, wait, wait, wait, what is Ops be nice about? Ops be nice. Bro, like, I never met like nice ops though. You line, nigga.

You line, I like, movie. Is having ops fun? Huh? Is having ops fun? Or nah? Nah, man. Like, I don't really know how to answer that shit. Yeah, but not question, right?

So like... But there's music, bro. Making music is fun, niggie. Like, In the studio lit, turned up, like, I come from a lifestyle. I come from some shit. Like, you feel me? Like, I really don't get a fuck about niggas.

Like, I really don't pay, niggins on mine. Like, I don't care, bro. Like, I make music, take care of my kids, bro. Like, like, niggas, I want to play with me, bro. Like, I don't even, like. You're definitely. Like, making music is fun, bro. It's lit as fuck, nigga.

Nika, chas in the bag, getting money is fun, nigger. Art is shit. It's the shit. Period. So I'd be nice is It's a dope-ass art So when he come you already already know Like you're already

Yeah man Do you think that the politics Or holding L.A. artist's back? Like, for example, right? Like Like dudes in who make it out Or are dudes like And who really

For example, Kendrick The karate's right like those dudes like probably put it on their backs you feel me so do you feel like politics or holding LA artists back yeah bro like I mean to me bro like certain shit just don't matter yeah like you feel me you don't matter bro like straight up and down like certain shit don't matter that depends on what you're doing though I slew everybody for what they want to do nigga whatever they want to do that's how they want to do it

You know what I mean? Like, this is life. This is the, this is the whole planet. You know how many motherfuckers out here doing crazy-ass shit, nigga, you got suicide bombers,

you got. All type of shit. All type of crazy shit, bro. Like, everybody doing a trying, motherfuckers is experimenting. Yeah. You feel me? So, like, I don't fucking know.

I really can't really speak for, because, like, some people just take certain lanes and do, it's just different shit. Like, you feel me? So, to each his own, bro. Like, for real, for real. Yeah. Not right. So, you know,

but last question, right? Exactly what do you think you need to take it to, like, the next level? Meaning, like, go from, you know, real L.A. legend to being worldwide international pop star, superstar. I need to...

Me personally, I need to do what I'm doing. Yeah. Just with a little more, what I'm about to do right now. A little more foot on the gas. Hits, more hits. Just keep making my music, niggas, shoot my videos, niggins. Buying houses and cars and flying around the world, nigger, and getting my people together, nigga.

You know what I mean? Shit like that, nigga. Keep discovering this life, it's existence. You feel me? That's where it's at. But really definitely making more music, bro. Making more music. That's where I'm at right now.

We're setting up, I'm building a studio in my house right now as we speak. Okay. I just got me a new space where I could build, so you feel me? I'm gonna build me a studio, so I'm gonna be working more. You feel me? It's just more music. My nigga got it. I'm already there.

Yeah, that's for sure, for sure. Yeah, like I've been doing this shit for a long time. Like, motherfoless can't fuck on you with this shit. I'm not even doing what niggas doing. You feel me? I agree. You feel what I got my own little play. So it's like, it's going to work because, like, can't nobody even get in that.

Can't even fuck with that. Like, you know, I let you in. Like, so. Listen, man, once Opspe, nice drop, bro, you definitely got to come back, all right? Come on now. All right? Come on now. I'm hype about this bitch.

I don't even be hype about something. I don't even be like that motherfucker fooling though. That motherfucker jumping. Yeah. Man, definitely, man. No jumper. coolest podcast in the world, man. Thank you, Conrad, for coming up, bro.

You already know, buddy. I appreciate y'all, man. Yeah. Peace.