No Jumper - G-Mo Skee on Beefing with ICP, Bay Area Horrorcore & Growing Up in a Trap House

Episode Date: August 2, 2022

G-Mo Skee talks about his come-up, his unique style, his influences, ICP, Juggalos, fatherhood, and more. ----- 00:00 Intro 0:55 - G-Mo has made a career of pulling no punches. Remembers his craziest “your mother gave birth to you bars.” 2:35 - The origins of his shocking style 4:10 - The Bay respects G’s unique sound and counter-culture style 5:05 - Diz and G-Mo met for the first time at Team Backpack 9:09 - Shoutout to Hopsin. Comparing G’s sound to other Bay area lyricists 13:00 - First rap influence was Master P and No Limit. Eminem was a big shock value influence 18:35 - Why G-Mo is the African Honey Badger 19:17 - Linking with Hopsin through mutual friends 21:50 - Diz and Lush try to convince G-Mo to do a battle 25:41 - Meeting Vinnie Paz for the first time after opening for him at First Fridays in Oakland. How they ended up making an album together 29:28 - Getting involved with the Juggalo culture and becoming a part of Magic Ninjas 33:44 - Considering himself a part of the Juggalo culture. Never becoming too knowledgeable on ICP or the Juggalo culture 38:20 - Never squashing the beef with ICP. No one ever responded to his diss track 50:03 - Being a fan of battle rap. Being a huge fan of Thesaurus, Marv Won, Dizaster, Canibus 56:28 - G-Mo spits the best verse yet on the God Tier podcast ----- 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!!! 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

God tear podcast, the coolest battle rap podcast in the world, live on No Jumper, and we back again. You already know what time, and it is, my co-host over here in the corner. Man, Twin Desert Eagles named Arnold and DeVito. I reload like Carlito when I'm posted up with Gimo. Oh, God. You play a Pied and the Lush Uno in the Function. And of course, the Master of the Filth himself. Filth, niggas.

You feel me? Yeah. Gmosky. What up, man? What's up with my niggas, man? Disaster of Lush, man. y'all niggas. No, we love you, man.

Watching y'all niggas forever, man, for real. Big homies. One of the most, like, uninhibited lyricists I've ever heard of my life. Like, you've made a career of pulling no punches. Yeah. Yeah. You can see him seeing all the shit that he did, too.

Like, he's staring forward. He's like, fuck. I remember listening to a GMO joint a while back is a few years ago. And he said some shit about his mother giving birth. And he said, I feel like it's like, you'll damn you want to punch me if I say what you said. Like, like, I want to hear this bar. Bro, this fool said something about like, y'all. I can't even say it, bro.

What is he talking about? You know what I'm talking about. I got a couple, like, fucking my mom gave birth to me bars. Which one was it? I'm going to tell you this, and you'll probably know the bar right now. I think it's on the song, G, is the record. And I think you use the word cunt. I'm going to say that.

Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. What is it? Oh, here it comes. What is it? How many niggas you know came out the pussy drinking Yeager? Yeah, yeah, yeah. And then. Ashen Blunts and his mom's cunt while she in labor?

A premature, a premature crack baby slash freak of nature. Come on. Born with deformities, so they stored me in the incubator, which is facts. I was stored in a motherfucking incubator. I was a crack. This is real shit. See, this is the problem. That is the fire bar then.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. It's fire. It's real talk. That's as real as Tupac rapping about his childhood or whatever, man. You know what I'm saying? And even though you was a crack feed. Yeah, mama, all that, man. That's your version of that.

Straight up. Straight up. That's fire. Okay, so that's the thing. Like, you'll have a bunch of, I don't, I don't want. want to use the word shock value, you know what I mean, but like... Yeah, he is like that though. But you say shocking shit.

Shocking ass shit. But very well crafted, like the punchlines, the polysyllabic rhyme schemes, the structure, the delivery, it's all there. You know what I mean? Yeah. But you say these things, but then it's, I feel like there's a greater purpose behind it. It's not just to say some wild shit. I was just thinking about tripping?

No, man, it's just like my person. of who I've always been since I was like in elementary school. Like I just always had a bad fucking mouth. Always said fucked up shit and funny shit. Was the raccoon thing always there? No. But I've always been a hat, motherfucker, though. But just never normal hats, though.

That's the fucking thing. Like, I used to. Russian pilot. Yeah, bro. Like, I used to wear all type of fucking hats. Like, you know what I mean? I used to wear like, I would wear two bandanas that would make a fucking X on my head. Like, you know what I just used to wear like crazy.

You stood out and you always were different. Yeah. Which is how you rap too, which is, I kind of feel like this is part of your artistic nature. Like even your shirt. Actually, that is who I am. Like, when motherfuckers, like, I don't know if y'all remember back in school, like, motherfuckers thought hot Cheetos were cool. So everybody was eating hot Cheetos.

I'm like, man, fuck hot Cheetos. Like, that's just how always been. You know what I mean? Motherfuckus was always on something. And I'm like, man, that shit is weak. I don't care about that shit. I want to be different than motherfuckers. Like, you know what I mean?

That's just always who I've been. And it's crazy because you're from Richmond, California. Yeah. The Bay area. Yes, sir. To me, like, the benchmark of the Bay is being unique. Yeah. Being outside of them.

It's one of the most accepting places for individuality that I've ever been to. You know what I mean? So you could really, and the Bay is going to fuck with you if you're yourself. You know what I mean? Like, yeah. No, that's actually funny that you put it that way because it's like I was one of them dudes where motherfuckers would be rapping like cypher in there's some shit on the street or at the college you know what i mean cc college and shit and you know they kind of be all on the same

type of shit generally and then i pop up i'm hell of short or whatever and i step up and just be completely different saying like ridiculous shit and motherfuckers just like couldn't wait like to see what the fuck i was going to say this time or that time right motherfuckers just laughing and just fucking with it you know what i mean so i don't know if y'all ever met one of them dudes maybe dizz you You had to be one of them dudes where it's like, you hit that motherfucker cypher and it's like you just. Well, I mean, we used to, me and you used to like we've, so what was it, the backpack? Team backpack.

I think that's when I first met you actually. Yeah. I met this motherfucker in a cipher, you know? And we both fucking went. Hey, we was, we was chilling at that one house. Remember, like there was that fucking house we were smoking and fucking. Yeah, on the sunset. Yeah, yeah.

She was crazy over there. I had a good time up there with you guys. I felt the real hip-hop vibe. You guys were like really like stuck to. to your roots out there and it was a real good experience. And you, you did a bunch of those, though. You were, like, killing it every week. I was just there for that one.

I was just there for another one, too. I think I did too. Yeah, yeah, right. That I was with you. Yeah, and you were with me the second time. That this nigga disaster, like, completely freestowed that shit. Yeah, yeah, it was kind of funny because, like, before you went in, like, I was sitting there and shit and the homie catalyst was rapping and this nigga did, he hit me.

He's like, yo, like, should I spit my written shit? Like, if I spit my written shit, it's going to be like, whatever. But if I freestyle, I'm fined my written shit, it's going to be like, whatever. but if I freestyle, I'm fin to kill all this shit. And I was like, freestyle that shit. And I remember Catalyst's last bar was like something about Jeremy Lynn. And this thing of, Diz just slid up. Like, Jeremy Lynn, I slid in.

I slid in a thing I went crazy. No, that's so crazy how I did that. I'm gonna tell you straight up. I can't believe he remembers it yet. Nobody, like nobody has ever made like, because when you ended your shit, every motherfucker in there, everybody fucking behind the cybers. Everybody was like, it was fucking the dope. Not because I forgot my, so basically what happened was I had just wrote the round.

It was a good round, but I had just fucking wrote it and I kept looking at it, trying to recite it without looking at it, and it kept going nowhere. And I was like, man, I'm going to go up there. These fools all got fire bars. I'm going to just be like, da-da-da-da-da-da. And it's going to leave nowhere. But if I just freestyle from the beginning, it's going to sound coherent. And like I actually wrote it, you know what I mean?

And like, it did come off like that, even though I was just fucking just going off the, like just. Kilt it, though. Yeah, I was grabbing words. It was just real official, authentic freestyle and shit. I want to say, that team backpack was fine. You know what? You inspire me for years. There's some this thing of disaster.

Like, the first cipher, when I first met you, this nigga disaster, like, I'm, like, fueled by motherfuckers giving me props and shit. Like, especially when, you know, you one of the motherfuckers that's like, you ain't really going to wear and shit. So when an emcee that you hell of respect give you props or any type of nod, it's like, man, for me, that shit fuels me for fucking years. So I remember, I'll never forget this conversation. I walk up, I'm like, what's up this?

Like, it was my first time meeting him. And he was like, yo, they were showing me your shit like yesterday. You know what I mean? They're like, yo, this the dude that you're on the cipher with. And he's like, nigger, you said something like, nigger, I'm too busy shooting a porn film in a cornfield or some shit. And he was like, nigga, that's how I know you a real rhymer, nigga, because I got this battle with this, nigga. He's like a hillbilly dude and all of this shit. And I wrote that.

I wrote Cornfield, cornfield. Oh, my God. I remember. Do you know what he's talking about? he's talking about the SMP battle. Oh, wow. Because the guy was from a place called, like, corn. He was, I think he was from a place called, like, Cornfield.

Cornville? Or Cornfield. He was from a place in Canada called Cornsum. And, like, I was putting, orchestrating some shit. And then he did it. And I was just like, what the fuck? Like, I was tripping out on that. Yeah, I came out.

I knew, like, I was like, okay, so this guy is like a real, like, he's a mutant writer. You know, you know, me being a narcissist. I was nobody else could do this type of shit. You know, I was just thinking like, damn, I found another. one that thinks like that so i really respected you that's crazy dude that shit hey that drove me for years disaster like that shit drove me for years my nigga like inspire me like you feel me like always show love you never know how how he because he's saying he thought about it for years for me i forgot that happened that we even had that but it makes perfect sense that we had this conversation because i

know which battle i can remember that period of time where i was i was tripping out on just your syllables like you know how to your syllables are insane but in and he and he's you know He's an artist who he has battled, but he doesn't, like, he's not in battle mode every day. But he thinks in, like, cool G-rap type of fucking, you know what I'm saying? So, like, to me, I just appreciated what you did right away, and I knew you were special from that. No, like, you definitely in the same, and y'all are different. And I know you fuck with bro and stuff, but you and Hopson are, like, you don't be in battles, but, like, every single track, you're going battle the concept that you rhyme.

You're going to battle the topic. You go battle the beat. Shout out to Hobson. Yeah, big shout out of Oz, and that's the homiegers. I think it was his birthday yesterday. Happy birthday, Hobson. You feel me? That's my nigga, man.

Happy born day, ha. It's my nigga. But, you know, taking it back to some Bay Area shit, although the Bay, like, it's crazy because this is a, the Bay is the soil where you got a rapper like, you know, Del the Funky, almostapien. Yeah. Then you got E-40. You know what I mean?

Then you got Lil B the Base God. You got all these different, Gwap Dad. You know what I mean? All these different styles. and they all get accepted. There's no real, although there is a definitive base style, which is like the turfed out shit,

it's different. But then where you're from, for people that don't know, the rich is one of the wildest cities in the fucking country. Been there one time. Yeah, rich city, yeah. Rich city is at the city of pride and purpose. It's active

as fuck, and you don't really see that much stylistic diversity from rappers for out. And I know like, you know, other than I'll say like locksmith, you know, I don't know anyone that's even in a remote Yeah, really locks from Richmond. You know, you know it was fire too. RIP, Johnny Cash

was crazy. A lot of people don't know about Johnny Cash. Incredible rapper who was like nice, he would have been a big star if he had stuck around for sure. Yeah, that motherfucker was fire. But like, smooth. But you So he grew up at Richmond, your whole your whole life. What part of the rich are you from?

Man, I'm from a lot of parts of the rich. Like, I've lived in Central I lived on the south side. I've lived in San Pablo, you feel me? Like, nigga, I used to live around the Kona from the YMCA on the south side, you know, Coronado and all of that shit. And then, you know, I lived across the street from Caesar Chavez, close to Richmond High. You know what I'm saying?

And I've also lived in Pablo. Like, I haven't been everywhere that I'm a motherfucker. Yeah. And you know, there's some considerable talent that emerged from there, like I AM Sue and all that. Yeah. There's dope. Cool John. Shout out my nigga, cool John.

Yeah, yeah, absolutely. Well, how would you describe Richmond for, for someone that don't know what's up with it. Richmond is like, yo, stay out the shit, stay out of the way, you'd be okay, just stay out the way. But like, you know, motherfuckers get sucked into that shit. It's a lot like a lot of other places.

You know, I think what's unique about Richmond, though, is like it's a small, it's small, but it's cut into hell of turf. You know what I'm saying? So it's like you could be one place to another place. You know, you could be from fucking central to North Richmond in the snap of a finger and they fucking hate each other. Or like they have this history, you know?

me like you got to fucking you gotta know where to fuck you at you know I mean but I think that That's like L.A. Yeah. Like L.A. is huge right? Richmond is small as fuck. Everybody got to go to the same mall. You go to Hilltop Mall, RIP Hilltop Mall.

RIP Hilltop mall. RIPE Hilly. I love Hilltop. Yeah, like everybody. Yeah, that shit's just over with it. That's overwit. But you know what's crazy. North Richmond or I'm going to say

NARF, the NARF, NARF. That's such a unique place. and it's isolated, like, it's literally the type of shit you hear about, like, in a movie, like, you know, there's the train tracks. Don't cross them tracks. You might not make it back. Right. There's only two ways to get in and out, literally.

Like, and if you, and it's isolated from everything else and over there, that's definitely a lady. He was rapping over there? No. Hell not. That's what I'm saying, fools don't, you don't go over there like that. I have one North Richmond story in here. Like, that's it like, but it's crazy even going over there.

But how did you get influenced by, like, the cultures that really drove you, you know, from the whole, you know, horror core and, like, juggalo scene? Like, how did that even reach you out there? Man, so the first that I could remember being a fan of was Master P in No Limit. Because, like, my big brother and my big cousin, them niggas had all the CDs. And there was a lot of CDs, like a lot of other artists. Well, and they lived in people that don't know. They moved to the rich.

Yeah. Master P is from Richmond, damn. Silk to Shocker went to De Anza High. Like, yeah, like, they were out there. When they lived in the bay, it was Richmond. Yeah. So, like, that was the first shit I listened to or whatever. Like, and then, I don't know, I just got into other shit. I actually remember my brother put me up on, like, Eminem, like, when he first came out,

the Slim Shady LP. I was hell of young. Like, you know what? I might have been, like, fucking what, like, seven or eight or some shit? this and like you know it was the slim shady LP it was fucking crazy I just remember I was getting dressed in the morning on my bro was like hey little nigger listen to this and he popped that shit in and I had never heard nothing like it I didn't know you could do shit like that and I was young and shit so I was like this the shit I like right here talk that shit like it just

resonated with me and ever since then it's like I don't know like more hardcore aggressive punchliney shit just kind of piqued my radar more than more than the fucking mainstreamy see shit. Like, I'm like, nah, I want to fucking rip somebody's face off with this. I was going to ask you next. Do you feel like he's influenced a lot of your shock value and approaches to where you, like, so my thing is there's two kind of like ways you could approach this. People either say this shit that you say this shit that you really fucking believe this shit and they love hearing it or they say it for entertainment purposes and to get reactions out of people. Do you feel like that influence kind of like you have that in you or was that like just a natural thing? You've always just wanted to poke reactions out of people. with what you say. Well, I've always been a fucking, like, I've always had a bad mouth, bro. Like, I used to hang out with motherfuckers that was older than me, right? Like, I was like six and my homie, Johnny and Nelson and my nigga William, like, they was like already in high school. So I was like a little more mature as a little kid and more into like crazier shit. Yeah, you was in a Dragon Ball too, right? Yeah. Yeah. You like Dragon Ball Z?

Yeah, fuck with Dragon Balls. Hey, hold on, man. We got, we're going to have to go on a little pause to derail this fucking this lane real quick. Who's your favorite character from there? What's your favorite saga? What's your favorite? The cell saga? The cell saga? That was like the original saga that everybody watched. Yeah, I fuck with the cell saga. My favorite character is I want to say Vegeta

but I also really like Go Tanks. Oh wow. You went to the offsprings? Yeah, yeah. I fuck with go Tanks. I think he's he's hella funny and he's Dragon Ball the most successful, like, all-time... Franchise. ...of cartoons, because I feel like it started when we were kids, and they were kids, right? Like, Goku was a baby and all the shit.

And then we watched this motherfucker grow up half kids, and his kids had kids. He has grandchildren. And now he has grandchildren. And the fucking shit's still going, and we're getting old. We're going to become old as shit one day and watch the shit. They go and still have kids. Like, what's going on with that shit? Bro, that is definitely...

Shout to Dragon Ball. Dragon Ball Z is the shit. Like, how they used to pump out episodes in Japan. and shit like that. Like, the motherfuckers had shit forever. Like, you know what I mean? They just fucking killed it. Did you like all types of anime?

Was that just... Nah, that was it. Like, I fucked with that. As I got older, there's a couple of animas I fuck with, but I don't... Like, motherfuckers think I'm a big anime head. I'm like, nah, not really like... I fuck with Death Node or some shit.

I'll say... See, we... Everybody that likes Dragon Ball, but you know why you like Death Note? I feel like it's a thought-provoking thing. And this, again, goes to, like, people who like like Dragon Ball Z. I think you have to have a really big imagination.

to like that type of shit. You have to be really creative. And then death note is like a mind fucking season. Like it's one season. Like I think it's like 30 episodes or some shit. And the whole thing, like I don't know if you're familiar with exactly what it's about. But it's like at one point, like, and not to give away too much for who hasn't watched it, but it's like a detective trying to catch a fucking killer, you know what I'm saying,

who's like knocking shit off, right? And they become like best friends type of shit in the thing. And they're both trying to figure out who's the who. Like so the killer trying to figure out. figure out if he's the detective. The detective's trying to figure out if he's the killer. And they take you through this whole thing where they're playing tennis together, eating together,

fucking playing with each other's brains. And it's just a really thought-provoking fucking anime. So I'm not surprised you actually... Well, it's a trip that you like it. I do for sure. Let me tell you something about Diz that a lot of people, because, like,

you would think that due to the frequency of the cultural references that Diz makes when he raps, you would think that he watches a lot of TV. I don't. Like, yeah. He knows I don't watch shit. Yeah. Yeah, he watched Dragon Ball.

Like, but we're talking about, like, back in the days, I used to watch a lot of TV. Like, it might come up. I used to watch movies, TV, listen to a lot of different music. But you could make a reference to something you ain't never seen. Like, you'll be like, you can watch one scene. Because I can see one scene and be like, boom. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I've done that a lot of my battles where I'll just, I won't watch the whole fucking movie.

Like, it's just a movie playing in the background and I'll catch something. Yeah, hell yeah. Straight back. Like, you ain't never watch the Sopranos, but you know, like, Tony Sopranos. I watch animal shit. sometimes like when I'm writing never had a soprano bar I'll watch some animal shit

you know what I'm saying like you know what I mean like Animal planet type shit yeah like I just watch some fucking graphic animal shit and they're talking all the scientific words that's why he's like that he raps about the horrid like you can find all the like

the reasons why people are into the shit there and you want to see people get you like seeing animals tear each other apart and that's how you rap you like a fucking animal yeah yeah I'm the motherfucking African honey badger that's my shit right there because I'm a little nigga A tough motherfucker right there.

Don't sleep on the African honey badger. Don't they like fuck the most? Don't like honey badgers? They're like the horniest animal. I did not know that. Yeah, fool. I did not know that. That's a fact.

They fuck. The honey badger is the most fearless animal. I know he's the most fearless animal. You know what I mean? Like one of my homies that told me that like back when I was younger and shit like when shit would go whatever and motherfuckers act like bitches and shit like I just go at them. Like you know what I'm saying? Just fucking like whatever.

Like you're talking that shit. You're being a. Sucker, you know what I mean? You're taking shots? Like, I would go, bro. Like, you know what I'm fucking going? How did you and Hopson link up? Because y'all both have similar mind states.

Your first record that you put out was Mubbson. Wasn't it? No. No. It was like one of your early records, wasn't it? Like, the joint y'all did in like, I want to say 10, 11 years ago. Well, regardless, your link up with him makes a lot of sense because you both have crazy minds like that.

I know Hop 2 personally, so he's just like you. You know what's crazy is my homies met Hobson first. Like Noby. you know what I mean? They met him first and discovered him and all that shit and they fucking went out to L.A.

and fucked with him and everything and then they came back like, yo, check this dude out. And I watched this shit and I'm like, damn. You know what I mean? I saw the similarities

between us and shit so I hit him up and he was hell of cool. Like he's like, man, what's up with it? And I showed him my shit he's like, man, you dope. And like, you know what I mean?

It just was like that and Hobson is a cool motherfucker it's not like me and my homies were ever super famous or no shit like that but he genuinely fucked with us. So he'd pull up on us Give us a verse and shit.

Pull up to the barbecue and shit. And he'd fuck with us. Like, just a real nigga. You know what I mean? So that's why I fuck with him because, you know, he's going up and going up and going up. But he still fuck with us. Like, you know what? Let me tell the honest truth.

We got this song called a non-essential rapper that we made a music video using Animal Crossing. And the funny shit was I was just trolling on stream. I was live streaming and shit. And I started singing this fucking song. And I put it on Instagram and Hobson's seen that shit. He's like, bro, that shit funny as fuck, bro. Let me get on that shit. You know what I mean?

Like, just cool shit like that. I like how you incorporate humor into your shit, man. Like, that's really needed, dog. People are not funny in their shit. They feel like the shit should always be serious. They go into the studio and it's like serious recording. But, like, you'd be like putting mad humor into your shit. I love that.

Even in your serious songs. Yeah. You'd be doing like funny shit. That's my shit. I just want to be like myself and do the shit that I'm interested in, like my first album, actual. album. It's called my filthy spirit bomb, which is obviously a Dragon Ball Z reference

and shit. It's like, I ain't give a fuck. I'm like, a filthy spirit bomb, though. Like the spirit bomb's supposed to be pure energy. Angelic, the pureness of everybody's soul in the fucking world, but your shit's just the ball dirt. He's the filth. Yeah. Yeah. That's the style, right?

Yeah. So I just never been afraid to be myself or represent the shit that I like or try to fit in with motherfuckers. It's like, man, fuck that. You know what I'm going to do my thing? And I'm going to be myself and if people like me for me then my job is easier. I ain't got to fucking try to be whatever the fuck.

I'm just be GMO and make this shit work. We should get this guy to battle, man. We should. Did you feel did you feel? I fuck somebody up in the battle I ain't gonna lie. I would talk some shit and it would elevate me too. It sounds like an easy call.

We could have that combo like yeah. You're actually fit for this shit. All you have to do is just get back into the mind state of remembering that there's no beat now. Yeah. Because I know you're used to, like, recording right now, like, in the studio. So you just got to get back into that, you know, your own rhythm.

You know, you got to be the beat. It'll free you up, to be honest. It's like liberating. You're not confined to the metronome anymore. These niggins trying to give me to battle, y'all. We're good at this. Look, if it wasn't something that we thought that you would excel at, we wouldn't even, you know what I mean?

You have a battle-rap style. Yeah, you do. Even like we could confidently say that even within your artistry, you have a battle rap style. Your style is kind of battlewrappy. You're talking to people. You're dissing shit. A lot of your verses. You have songs that are really topical, but you have other songs where, you know, you're just talking your shit.

You feel me? A couple of stories don't get caught. In fact, there's like directs. Like you'll, you dis-so, like, in one of your records, you're going at mainstream rappers. You feel me? Like, you just like, now, like, I don't think you necessarily have something against Drake, you know what I mean? Drake caught strays because, but really like, I took it as a metaphor. Why you get at the homie Drake, man?

I took it as frustration about like, hey, I'm a talented motherfucker. I deserve the recognition. No, he's taking shots at the throne. It's cool. That's essentially what you were saying, right? Yeah, man. It's like one of those things where it's like, I'm like, I'm underneath the underground of this shit. I don't give a fuck.

I'm talking my shit and I never expect Drake to hear it. But the way the world, or life works, one day I might be somewhere. You know what I mean? And it's like, damn, now motherfuckers are digging up my old shit

and I don't diss fucking this person, that person, that person, just for the sake of making, like, ridiculous fucking bars and being like, nigga, nobody can fuck with me.

Like, I'm like the most known, unknown, nigga in the world, I feel like. You know what I'm saying? Like, I get a lot of props and shit

from motherfuckers like, Vinnie Pats. and all of these nods and shit. But you know, like my fucking digital shit ain't all crazy millions of views everywhere and shit like this. So it's like being one of those people you feel underrated and shit,

you get on that verse and you just like, ah, a fucking bite idiot and everybody. It's more like a compliment to Drake because whoever was number one at the time he was going to diss them. It just so happened that Drake was the most talked about person and to him like, fuck that. I could beat Drake.

I was the nigger at high school. That's about a rap soul right there. When Lil Wayne was the best rapper alive, I was making songs in high school like talking shit about it. Yeah, like I'm one of those motherfuckers. But really, though, I got older and I'm like, yo, little Wayne really was fucking Wilden though. You know what I'm saying?

I was just like, incredible rappers of all the time. Yeah, that motherfucker was killing me. Period. Now I was just Matt. It was like my competitive spirit of like, fuck that I'm fucking five foot four, but fucking I should be more known than that digger. aside from anything like Wayne like he's he's a different topic like Wayne actually turned out to be that guy that like understands all this shit has a crazy pen has longevity knows like like battle

rap and lyricism he understands like the dynamics of it he's a fucking listen to the songs way he's barring out like crazy he checks out all the boxes little way nobody can fuck with him and like nobody ghost writes his shit bro fool's got ghost riders everywhere bro. I ain't nobody. Little Wayne is crazy, bro. Yeah. But, like, you know, you have had a lot of pretty heavy cosines, especially from like a Upper Etchalon underground perspective. Yeah. And so talk about the whole Vinnie Pass link up, and that led to a whole project and all that,

like with his camp and shit. Talk about that. Mind-tricked. So, I was at First Fridays in Oakland, right? The coolest place ever. You don't know about First Fridays. Yeah. Like, in high school, Vinie Pass became our. favorite fucking rapper like Jedi Mind tricks and all of that I was like damn like this

nigga nobie put me up on that like you know what I'm saying you for that incredible fucking like I just was like this nigga's the truth you know what I'm saying yeah Jedi minds beats bars everything everything like like nigg is crazy ill bill all of them niggis like that shit like that shit was like yes these niggas stupid nice and so you fuck with that aggressive white boy shit yeah yeah yeah I fuck with the aggressive punchline I fuck with that big L shit you know what I'm saying just like ridiculous like you know battling me is like fighting a gorilla in a phone booth, you know what I mean? Like, them Big El shits.

I feel like Big El really originated that fucking, like, that's like your, that punchliney, shocky shit was like Big L. Like, that's one of my biggest influences. Boom, that's what I was going to ask you. He's the fire. So I'm like fucking walking down first Friday with my niggas and shit. And some dude passed me a flyer and he just kept it pushing. Like, he handed me a flyer and he kept it pushing.

I fucking look at the flyer. I don't remember dude's name, but he worked at a, uh, what the fuck is that place called in Oakland, bro. The new parish. It was the new parish. So he fucking handed me this flyer and he kept it pushing. He disappeared in the crowd. I turned the flyer over.

I see Vinnie Paz and Ill Bill coming to town. And Hobson and them was on the flyer. I'm already connected with them. And they had a sugar free and all of this shit. And I love sugar free too. So this whole flyer was like, nigger, what the fuck? I'm like digging through this crowd trying to find this, nigga.

You know what I stop? I'm like, hey, bro, how the fuck can I open for this? This is this. Like, he's like, nigga, you got to give me a $200 deposit and sell some tickets and shit. I'm like, hold on. Get that nigga that money. Let's go.

You feel me? Nicker gave me like 60, 70 tickets. He's like, nigga, sell these fucking sell 10 for yourself and keep the money and shit. We sold every one of the motherfuckers. And we pulled up on, I think we pulled up on Hobson and them first. And we did it with them. And then we did the Vinnie Paz show. So we did that.

And at the end of that shit, I was fin of cut. But I'm like, man, fuck that. I'm going to go knock on this niggas door. Like, this is my dude. Like, I fuck with this nigga. So we knock on the dough. And it's hell of funny. Like, motherfuckers open the door.

And we go in there, it's like dead silent, right? Like, you listen to Vinny Badger. You're serious dudes, though. Yeah, like, serious motherfuckers. Like, I'm like, yo, so we walk in there as quiet as fuck. And this, Nick, Vinny looking. I'm like, yo, bro, I'm the opener and shit. You feel me?

I just wanted to come say, what's up before a nigga cut out or whatever. And Vinny was like, oh, you Gmo? Gmo Ski? I'm like, yeah. He's like, nigga, that's the illish rap name I ever heard, Gmo Ski. I'm like, for real, because he's like, yeah, nigga, I'm Vmo Ski now, bro. I was like, oh, shit. So I gave me five and shit.

He was like, I'm a peep. I'm a peep. And I just cut. And then, like, a few months later, this niggas hit me up. Like, yo, that nigga Vinny showed me your music and shit, bro, I got these beats for you. I'm like, this nigga Vinny showing me my music. Oh, it's lit. You know what he?

So I hooked up with Seelands. And then Vinny hit me. He just put me on a little track and shit on his little EP is, uh, carry-on tradition EP and shit. And, like, you know, motherfucker text me. Like, what's up with my little brother and shit? And it's just like the did shit, like that shit inspired me for 10 years. Like, you know what I mean? Like, yeah, nigga.

They're real lyricist, man. Like, it's good to get that recognition, man. You know, it's actually real. You know what I mean? So even if you're not in that conversation with the drakes in the world, like, the lyricist that you admire. Yeah. Like, now they have that mutual admiration for you.

And, like, there's something to be said for that. And another crazy, like, I want to talk about your introduction to and relationship with juggalo culture. and how that all manifested. And then, is it Magic Ninja, you was a part of, with the twisted and all of them? Like,

break it down because, you know, there's not like a strong or an obviously strong juggalo presence in the Bay Area and Richmond and places like that. You know what I mean? Like, how did that come from? Where did that originate?

That's like in the, in Detroit. Yeah. That came from ICP or from Detroit. Right, right. You feel I mean? Like, yeah. So, like,

Midwest is real big. Like, I was just doing my thing. and then I got invited to do the gathering and I didn't know a lot about the juggalo shit Like, whoop, yeah, whoop, all my niggas, you feel me? I didn't know a lot about it, but they invited me to the gathering

And I was just hella ignorant. I didn't know what it was And they wasn't offering to pay me So I turned it down. Oh, you tweaking. I didn't know. Like, I'm ignorant as fuck. I'm ignorant.

I didn't know too much about the shit like that. But like they was like, nah, bro, we don't pay niggas. Like, you come here and you hustle shit. And so I like, I turned it down. And then the next year, they hit me up again and offered me like something. Like I think they offered to at least pay for my travel and shit this time. I'm like, you know what? I was a little more knowledgeable.

That shit looked huge and shit. I'm like, hard. I'm a slide. You tried some fago? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Well, I slid to the gathering and I did my set and fucking motherfuckers love that shit. I sold all my shirts and then I cut. I can see them like just like you're.

you know what I want to I want to throw something in there it's a crazy it's a crazy like full circle thing yeah yeah bus it so I I did my set and then my homie inner demon was like man twist it about to play bro like I fuck with them niggas like we got to go over there I didn't know who they was at the time and I was on mushrooms I was high shit let's go right so I fucking go to the main stage gathering I go to the main stage highest shit on shrooms right and I see Twisted performing and they had these fucking gigantic beach balls I was fucking like bouncing through the crowd and I'm just like that shit probably look crazy it was fucking ill I was like oh this shit's dope I'm like oh yeah these niggas

raw so then I go home and like maybe a month later they met the manager George shout out my nigga George he hit me up like hey man what's up we want to do some shows with you you know what I mean twisted or whatever I'm all right for show so I do three shows with them big ass shows that I'd never done before like you know what I'm yeah and that was lit I go home. George calls me, man, we're trying to sign you,

bro. Like, who do you, who, who, I just had my fucking baby and everything.

I'm like, I'm about to get signed, nigga. All these, like, you know what I mean? The crowds

I just experienced this shit, I'm like, nigga, hell yeah. Put me down. So I sign with them. Now, this is where

the shit come full circle, right? The next gathering, I'm there with Twisted and I'm on mushrooms again. Again.

I'm on mushrooms again. And I'm in the fucking audience. And Twist Twist is about to perform and I get a fucking text message like, yo, G, Twisted wants you to come out and help push out the beach balls. And I'm like, damn, that's crazy. I mean?

I was just highest shit last year, like, watching these shit. That's true. No, I'm pushing them around. Yeah, I'm pushing the bitch. Like, that shit was full circle. Like, made me feel like I was in the right place at the right time type of shit. That's my trip right there. Yeah.

That's my trip right. And it happened while he was shrewbing, so that shit was fun. No, yeah, you feel the, you feel the gravity of that moment way more. Hell yeah. I could see that audience, like, based on your content and just what I take from Juggalo's, which I really like about Juggalo's is like, they're, they're going to fuck with you if you're comfortable in your own skin. It's not like, although, yeah, they like that wicked shit, you feel me, that filth shit

that you be kicking, like, which is similar in, you know, tonality to that. But as long as you're, like, comfortable in your own skin and being yourself, it's going to strike a chord with them people, I feel like. Hell yeah. So it make a lot of sense that they grab. So once you felt that love was that just like, fuck it, I'm running with it. You feel me? Like, I'm signed a Magic Ninja now, which is one of the biggest labels in the juggalo world.

Like, did you, are you like, do you consider yourself part of that culture now? Yeah, yeah. Like, I feel like a lot of motherfuckers are juggalo's, whether they juggalo's or not. If you were part of that shit, if you've been there, you feel me, you're a part of that family forever. You know what I'm saying? But I always kept it real with motherfuckers. you know what I mean? Because I wasn't very like knowledgeable about everything.

So I didn't want to get called out for being fake and shit. So motherfuckers like I would tell people like, I'm not a juggalo. You know what I mean? Like I don't come from this world and shit. I just keep it real. Like, you know, I mean, I've always kept it solid. Like, I don't know. I don't know this shit.

Yeah. Like I don't know the songs and shit. Like literally I got invited to the gathering to spit because the motherfuckers heard my shit and liked me. But I'd never been like, I never listened to like an ICP album or no shit like that. So I didn't want to come in that culture. in front. You know what I mean? I had the Great Melancho. I know everybody had the Great Malenko,

but I did own that album when I was in a... Like I said, like, I didn't know who Twisted was. That was my first time seeing them, like, when I performed. I had one of their other albums, too. But yeah, you know it's a trip. Then you wind up, kind of twisted and ICP have a whole falling out. You feel me? There's the the beef between the two labels, Psychopathic, and a Magic Ninja, and you, and this is

why we know. This guy's a battle rapper. What do you think he fucking did he fucking starts making disc tracks no no that is that's not what happened he made it did you not make a disc right i did but it but it's what happened it was like uh i didn't mean to put it exactly what happened it is but but it's different though i thought it was cool and the track was fucking hard appreciate it appreciate it but the story behind it is pretty fucking funny though like it is so so so we're getting ready to go on tour it's like a day before tour You know what I'm saying? And Violent J dropped a disc track to twist it and to Magic Ninja.

And Young Wicked was a part of that too. Yeah. Yeah, yeah. Because he was, there was the whole thing that it happened or whatever, I guess. Like he was a, Violent J was saying like, oh, Young Wicked is fucking my niece. And he was all upset about that. And it was like, and then the whole fallout between them happened, right? And then, so then you.

So, so, like, I'm at the fucking office. Violin J drops that disc. And, you know, I'm with the staff and everybody. And they're playing that shit on the phone. It's a music video and everything. And, like, we all watching it and all the staff, they're like, ah, man, this shit ain't even worth responding to, man. Ignore this shit, man.

This ain't nothing. It's woo-ty-woo. But the motherfucker inside of me was like, man, what you mean? This nigga roasting y'all-nick's cuss. You better do something about this shit. You know what I mean? And so, like, that is so funny. Like, yo, in the video, they put a picture of the building that I'm sitting in watching this motherfucker

disc track. You know it? Oh, my God. Like the Magic Ninja headquarters. They put a picture of it in there. I'm like, in that building and shit. So I'm like, oh, hell no. They don't took the Magic Ninja logo and put Dick swords, all type of shit.

Fire. I'm like, man, hold on. So, like, that same fucking day, like, that second, like, George damn there gave me to go. And I just, like, wrote the fucking disc track and recorded that shit and dropped it. like hours after his shit dropped. Like, because I, like, personally, I felt like they dropped that shit the day before we went on tour so nobody could respond to it or some shit. So, like, I'm like, nigga, what you mean?

I'd be battling. Like, I wrote that shit hella quick and recorded it and put that shit out the same day. That's just like the battler spirit in me. That's just the honey badger in me. Like, bro, I'm ready to rap. Like, you feel me? Like, you know, but, you know, I got a lot of backlash for the shit because it was none of my business.

I didn't really know everything or the relationship. and all of it. I didn't really know. I just like, oh, this nigga rapping. I'm rapping too. What the fuck? Like, you know what I'm saying? So I just spit my shit and went on tour, which is fucking crazy because the juggalo's and shit like, you go on tour after disinbiolid Jay. They are going to fuck with you. So they were fucking with me, but I love the whole squad, though. The whole squad had beef, right? So I guess so. But like, a lot of people say like, bro, I think Violent J and them said, like, man, we don't really, we ain't got a problem with nobody else on the label, bro. This is just personal between

Woo-ty, Woo-Woo-W-W-W-W. Yeah, yeah. But when they dropped that diss, I was like, oh my God, I want to diss somebody. Fuck that. I'm going. Like, you know, you know how it is. Like, bro, I'm ready to rap. Nothing personal, you know what I mean? It's hip-hop. Like, you know, you came out rapping about everybody. Let me do my shit. So the juggalos is tripping on you a little bit

from that. Yeah. What's the relationship with, is there, was it ever squashed between ICP or, like, did you ever have any interactions with them? Because they're the ones that throw the gathering, right? Yeah, yeah.

Mm-hmm. No, I've never, ever, ever, ever talked to them. Okay. But I met a few people from the label and shit, and they was cool. You know what I mean? Like, they was cool with me and shit. So it was like, it was, all that shit's dead then at this point. Yeah, I don't care about it no more.

It's like, nobody responded to my disc track. So it was like, fuck, fuck it. I mean, it happened. I loved it, though, because it kind of like set me apart. That's why battles are better than disc tracks, because you can't, the motherfucker can't run away. Yeah. Yeah.

Right there, you have to respond, or it's a choke. The fact of the matter is this. Like, and I really respect what ICP have done and like the whole movement they created and the whole lane. Like I got a lot of respect for them. I fuck with a lot of the artists they're affiliated with and all that shit. But on a lyrical level, they're not even in the same stratosphere as you. Like so if one of them tried to respond to that diss, it wouldn't have turned out good. You feel?

me like they might need to have somebody over there that got bars like that you feel me let the pit bull off the leash type shit you feel me like i appreciate that you recognize that because like when it happened i kind it kind of gave me like a sense of relief because i didn't want to be a juggalo rapper like as what people call it i didn't really want to be that so when i dropped that this it like kind of set me apart like you know i'm not all the way like that like you know what i mean right and that was like a thing like you know i signed to this shit but But, like, you know what? saying? That's not who exactly who I am.

You know what I mean? Like, yeah, you're a punchline having syllable flipping. Like, you know what I mean? If anything, I feel like the overlap comes from the horror core shit. Yeah, yeah. And to me, like, it's similar. It's similar, right? And what I'm thinking is with you, it makes me wonder is, you know, growing up in the rich, you see a lot of violent shit.

Yeah. And you compartmentalize that and turn that into like, into filth. Because I grew up in a crack house. You know what I'm saying? Like I've, motherfuckers had to shower with their shoes on. You know what I'm saying? Type of shit like that. Just like dirty floor. Dope fiends coming in and out.

A fucking lock on the refrigerator. Like, that's how a nigga grew up. Just like seeing dope fiends come home beat up and shit. You know what I mean? Just filth. You know what I mean? So it's just like, that's who the fuck I am. You like, you know what I mean? From them trenches. Just from the fucking, you know,

but people get it fucked up because. of how I represent myself on the mic. They don't know what the fuck. Like, are you a fucking video game nerd? Are you this? Are you that? They don't really know how to take every element of me and just like, this is GM.

I can really relate to that. Yeah. I can really relate to that. Yeah. Because there's no genre. There's no, there's no template for it. You're just being yourself 1,000%. It happens to people that are themselves.

Yeah. And then like, you know, you have a record of yours that really sticks out to me that it kind of mentions something that Diz touched on earlier. how no matter what there's humorous elements to the song You know what I mean? It's the song you have for your daughter You made a song for your daughter

But I think she was like six months old Or something like that And you wrote it And you talk about like hey like Like I don't give a fuck If you have funk with the police I don't give a fuck if there's people Whoever if there's people bullying you

I don't give a fuck if there's Mystical Dragons Whatever I'm slaying them with a sword Whatever yeah I'm gonna be there I'm gonna be there That's all about And, I mean, even to this day. That's why I was touching, by the way.

I appreciate that. It made me kind of emo listening to it. But at the same time, it's like, it's not soft. Yeah. It's still like there's elements of the film. Yeah, the fucking beat is crazy. Like, it's not like you would, like a nigga wrote a song about his daughter to this fucking house by the cemetery ass beat. Which is funny, too.

Because it's almost like, it's like if you fuck with my daughter, I'm a kill you. It's the type of shit that I feel like you would make if, if, you. you were going to make a song in that regard. No, I completely understand. Like, he just has, like, his vibe that he sets, and it's just this crazy, like, you know what I mean? Like, I love it, bro. It's your artistry. He's just, it's always this vibe that he comes with, and it's from inside his head, and you don't see it anywhere else.

It's just it comes from him. He's just a creature. The G-Boski creature. So talk about impf gang. Yeah. Is that your homies from back in the day, or how did y'all hook up? What's the, what's the deal? I know that's the movement.

Yeah, yeah. So the inf gang, that's my niggas from high school. You know, my nigga Novi, you know what I'm saying? Like, my nigga Crowder. All my homies, like, we all clicked up in high school and it was like a, it was like a fucking umbrella of artists, you know what I mean? Like, just a bunch of people on their umbrella. We was never really a rap group. We all just did our own thing and shit like this. And it's like over the years, you see how shit formulates like perfectly. You know what I mean? Like my nigga Noby got good with the beats and shit. You know what I mean? Like, And it's like different elements and shit, you know, but we always roll together and shit. We still fuck with each other. Like, it's the Inf Gang. You know, we throw our pinkies up. And I've just always represented it all throughout my career and shit. Just I'd holla Infgang. Like, you know what I mean?

Throw the pinkies up and shit. And Noby, he just fucking working with a million motherfuckers in the Bay Area. You know what I mean? And rich motherfuckers come through, get beats from him. He's shooting videos and shit now. Noble Cinema, you know what I mean? Got his own studio and shit. And it's like his fucking Instagram name is Infgang.

So, like, everything. everything he does is like he's still keeping us pushing that line yeah so you know it's just like it's a family like to my niggas talk to my niggas every day you know shout out my nigga crowder was supposed to be in the building he couldn't make it that's how it go that's how it go so that's the movement is there going to be is there going to be like an inf gang project coming soon or something like that man we really do need to get to that man it's just like motherfuckers been doing their own thing like my nigga noby he he ain't really been rapping like that you all live far from me other? We do now?

Yeah, I'll make it harder. We do now? Yeah, I live mad far and shit. So, like... You and the yet yuts now. Yeah. So it's a little tough and shit, but like, if we put our mind to it, we can do it. We actually recorded an MFgang album right before I got signed. Okay. And like,

I don't know, I fell out with a couple of motherfuckers. Like, once I got signed, it's like, you know, you know how it goes, you lose motherfuckers. You know? So we lost a lot of people and shit. and, you know, I feel like right now our circle is tighter than it's ever been. Like, you know, you got the niggas that's going to be there in the end. You know what I mean? You got the niggas that's going to stick through thick and thin and motherfuckers that's going

tell you when you wrong. Motherfuckers that's going to listen when you feel a certain type of way. Like, you know what I mean? Everybody around us is strong and really give a fuck and really want to be there. Like, if you want to be there, you know what I mean? And right now we got everybody that's going to be there. So now all it takes, you know, one of my niggas from them, gang he live in Tulsa now you know what I'm saying so it's just it's a little hard to get us all in

the same room right right right now you haven't it's crazy going through your catalog because there's a the commonality is the the vibe of your lyrics you know what I mean like you always going to be have this skill set you always but there's a lot of different like topics and shit and then you have certain records like you made the wave dash joint stuck out to me where Word, word. First of all, what does that mean for people that don't know? You feel me? Because I feel like I...

Did you know what the Wave Dash is? So it's a Super Smash Bros. Like, advanced technique. Okay. Right? So Super Smash Bros. Malay, that is, right? The one on GameCube, the one that's the most competitive, right?

Like a Wave Dash, it's like, it's hard to explain. But pretty much what you're doing is jumping and holding down a the same time and like dodging at the same time so instead of you jumping you just kind of like scooting on the ground hella fast you know what I mean like super fucking fast like it's called a wave dash and like so for a regular motherfucker that plays regular smash bros like nigga thinks he's raw as fuck like he beats all his friends and shit and then he goes and he plays a real nigga and smash bros that can wave dash like nigga see the wave dash like what the fuck are you doing nigga like and you can't touch them you cannot fucking put a hand on this thing spamming the shit or what

Yeah, like, bro, it's like a form of movement. So, like, if you seen my fucking hands... I never really played Smash Bros. Like that. That's my shit. Yeah, Smash Bros. is hard. That's my shit. I fuck with the one on Switch.

I ain't really good. Yeah, the newest one. Yeah, yeah. So wave dashing is a form of movement. Like, motherfuckeruck is that wave dash. They don't walk across the stage. They don't run. They don't run.

They just wave dash. So, like, imagine that you're fucking jumping, holding down and shielding like, like that. Like, just constantly. But then at the same time, you're fucking throwing. moves in there. You know what I'm saying? So you're doing all these fucking three buttons to move but you're doing fucking down smash, up smash, it's fucking ridiculous. Like it's really crazy.

That's what a wave dash is. But in the context of the song, you're just like, we in motion, we move in like crazier than anybody else could. Like that's okay. Yeah. Exactly. It's crazy. All the, your catalog is really deep. You approach things from a lot of different angles. You're still west with it, but in a really abstract kind of way that you don't really see anybody else doing, but it's, it's ill. Where do you see yourself going from here besides doing a battle on GTX?

Man, I don't know. I have no fucking idea. I just, I fucking make my music. I fucking go ham. Try to seize every opportunity I can get. Whenever you do a battle, you should have an album ready. You just put together an album. This is what you should do.

Work on your music shit. soon as you're ready to drop an actual album, then work on a battle, hold the album, drop it with the battle, so then you have something to promote your album too, because I'm gonna be real with you, man. Battle rap is a really, really, really good way

of getting your music out there. Yeah, that everybody knows that. And you're so advanced. It's your own marketing. A lot of battle rappers want to put time into their music, but they can't, you know what I mean? Like, they don't have the luxury to do that because they're so, like, in the mix,

trying to be competitive with battle rap like you have a whole wave dash behind you at this point you feel me like but it's like free marketing you get what I'm saying like instead of like once you finish your album you're gonna want to put your shit out there whatever fucking formula you have I don't know if you're you know

campaigning online buying ads or whatever the fuck it is I feel like doing a battle is for free and just as just as powerful if not more hell yeah so you're you're better off once you do have a product thinking of

possibly doing a battle. Hell yeah. Nah, y'all think it's, man. For real, for real, y'all. One of us. He's one of us. But no, that's cool, man, that you're even you're even, you'd even consider it.

I think, like, you know, with time, you know, there's definitely no pressure on that. And there's a financial incentive. That's another conversation. Yeah, of course. It's not for free. You're actually getting paid. This ain't the gathering. This ain't the gathering. You're actually getting paid to market your shit.

You got to look at it. like that. Look at it like that. You're getting paid to market your shit instead of paying somebody to to market your shit the way they want to instead of you being in control because however you push yourself, that's literally, you know what I'm saying? They're successful rappers that have seen their biggest bag from battle rap. A lot of them at this point. Straight up. I watch the fuck out of battle rap, man. I really watch. I'm a big fan of that shit. So I'm up to speed. So I can write some shit about some nicks. Who are some battle rappers that you fuck with nowadays?

some battles that you enjoyed nowadays uh man because i i do have eras of like who my favorite battle rappers was like or any area when i was in high school like the source was my nigga man i fucking love the source like we just announced him on gt x by the way that's my dude like that motherfucker he really inspired me with them you know you know what he did to everybody when he was doing all the multis makes a lot of sense again so when we were doing grind time in the bay yeah like 2008 2009 2010 you was pop up and shit like he was doing it around that shit i was watching all that shit i watched jump off i watched all that shit bro the w rc's and shit i watched all that shit fucking so at that time my

favorite battle rappers was uh thesaurus and ilmac for no but i love ilmac it was desaurus and marv one because he's funny as fuck again another dude we announced just on gt x2 shots after marv one man i guess by now those i've seen it yeah you're right yeah those was my two favorite battle rappers at that time. Like, they was just too fucking funny. Well, Marv was fucking hilarious. Like, that motherfucker had me and my cousins and shit just walking around inside jokes, like quoting his fucking little

freestyles and shit. Like, that was my shit. But you're a regular Joe with a super regular flow. So that'd be a cheeseburger, fries, and a regular Coke. And then after that era, disaster was my favorite battle rapper. You couldn't tell me shit about disaster. Like, flat out.

And he still is. How many dubs him? like getting on these podcasts. Yeah. Like, yeah, disaster. Just a fucking Velociraptor with it.

And I fucking loved watching the cannabis battle because I love watching one-sided fights and one-sided battles. I fucking love just watching somebody. You're a special type of consumer.

No, no, I'm the same way. I miss. People like will be like, oh, it's, like,

people like classics normally. They don't want to see you. I prefer body bags to a classic. I'm actually glad that I'm able to talk about this. Because this, my nigga, I was so fucking.

fucking mad about that arcane battle. You have no fucking idea. I was pissed off. I was so mad. I'm like, how to fuck do you pull out receipts that a nigger is, you know what I'm saying? Let's talk about it. Yeah, yeah, that fucked me up. Like, you know, I was such a big man.

For context, I pulled out receipts in a battle versus a guy proving that he bought bars off another battle rapper. And I showed it to the crowd and because it was his home crowd, they got mad and they weren't, they didn't want to accept it. They started booing. they were not reacting to my shit, but I really exposed the fuck out of them. I'm glad you understand that.

You know, we don't fuck with no ghost writing. I was pissed off live. I was pissed off live. Ghost riders are not allowed in batter wrap. You die here. Straight up. But I also really like Charlie Clips.

I feel like every time I watch him, I'm extremely fucking entertained. Clips is one of those guys. So I fuck with Clips. Shot off the Clips. I fuck with Tay Rock. Man, rock right now is unbelievable.

Yeah. His latest shit, I'm not sure if you've seen it. But he just battled T-Top. Yeah. Yeah, I saw that. Oh, you did? Yeah.

This is probably the best Tehrock I've ever seen. Him and Kashin right now are arguably the craziest. He brought the big body bitch back. Yep. You know, so crazy, I tweeted that before. So, like, we were, like, people were following, like, my tweets and what I was saying, and, like, everybody was reacting to me, like, saying, oh, Tayrock's going into the... At one point, I was like, yo, if Tayrock does a big body bitch scheme right now, this whole

battle is over. And then within, like, 10 minutes, he started doing it. And I, my shit got flooded with thousands of messages. Like, he's doing it! Everybody was just messaging. We were tripping that he actually did. I seen it coming because I just, I was like, he's going to do it.

Like, I just don't, like, it was just a battler in me where I just knew he was going to do it. I just kept looking at T-TOP. I'm like, it's coming. It's coming. And then when it came, I'm like, it's really fucking happening. And I just started tweeting this shit. Incredible.

And he's one of those. And shots out to T-Rog, man. Shows-A-Rog. I love T-T-T-T. He's always at a top-notch level. I never got to really say this, but, you know, top is like, of the best fucking battle rappers of all time just that night i think he took a more personal approach

with tay rock in front of a crowd that was more large and it was just more of a strategic mistake that he made that anybody could make you know i'm saying he he tried to dig in too deep and rock was just very straightforward he had very um like his shit was like clap the gas smack this cat grabbed it like and it was just just all very coherent easy to understand easy to follow and with that like he was able to like hit him but like that those guys are both superstars and that shit was crazy man. Now, as an elite rhymer and, you know,

in that upper echelon of like emceeing skills, do you feel that the best lyricists at this point are in battle rap? I do. Hell yeah. Hell yeah. Easily. And you don't got to say that just because you on a battle rap podcast. No, no, no, no. That's real shit. I've said that shit several

times just talking to my friends and shit like nigger, the best lyricists are battle rappers. Like, these motherfuckers just get better and better and just push the fucking shit. Like, motherfuckers is this fucking super saying God for like, you know what I'm saying? Yeah. They say Gohan's about to be the strongest, but that's another conversation. Hey, but that's

really crazy, man, because, you know, there's a lot of shots out and respect to all the MCs out there that have just built hip hop and just that have put out the craziest records, but to get the recognition constantly that we are, and I know it's genuine from you because you were watching WRCs when you were a kid. You were watching all this stuff

when you were like, you were feeding your mind all this shit because you knew that's where the fucking cutting edge shit was at. And that's kind of what we try to portray to everybody that if you want to come find the cutting edge where the shit really happening, no filter, it's really going to always be in battle wrap. There's different avenues for you to look, you know what I mean? That's fucking true. Another reason, and I feel like we're fucking beating Mr. Ed to a pulp at this point, but

I'm going to just say it again, another reason why it makes sense for you to hop in that arena as one of the best of this. Yeah, there goes Mr. Ed again. He's in someone's bed in the godfather. Yeah, no, like, it's a good thing to explore with him. Like, I think, you know. Speaking of which, he'll come around to it. I know he ain't got no beat.

It's a cappella, but you got something for us. You got some bars you can kick? Nick, I thought you never asked. Come on. Go crazy. Hold on, man. Let's get this moon going. Look, uh, I'm fin to make you rappers get a better job.

Put my foot in your ass the same place you have. head is lodged. I'm an elder god and y'all niggas some cheddar bibs. With these metaphors, I go harder than metapy. My nigga with these bars, I'm the shit regardless. Y'all some uncle fuckers, a bunch of Ricky Martins.

My villain origin story is this. Niggas treated me like a car because they had to jump me to get me started. Now I'm talking shit. G-mo for parliament. I give women abortions. With a socket wrench, toxic shit. Ten baby mama, some Tristan Thompson shit. Dick hanging like

dictators and Dennis Rodman, bitch. The niggas looking after us was on crack and dust. I used to find massive bugs in my Captain Crunch. Now I'm crushing niggas like roaches and ants and cereal milk is all I pack in blunts. Oh, I'm rapping, huh? Oh, that is so good.

Look, the things I write spring to life demon like. You think you nice, please. I don't believe the hype. I spit crack, cocaine, Liam Neese and White. I take your team and squeeze the life out of his breathing pipe. These motherfuckers so weak, how do they sleep at night?

I'm hammered like the last nail in the feet of Christ. Oh, wait a minute. Niggas talking shit about me, all right. Mew, meo, meo, meo, meo, meo, meo. That's the sound when G-mo bring the fight. Man, my flow's butter. You know, my ex, don't trust her. Any bitch who let me hit is a goat fucker.

It's no jumper. Give me Adam's phone number so I could join the Illuminati with the rest of the Skoll and Bone brothers. I escaped the lake of fire I'm the flame runner broke out the gates of hell with a pair of chain cutters Now a little nigga

Frenna fin to make the game suffer Me and Brenda's baby Got thrown in the same dumpster A niggas teeth crooked Like the government But every bar is cruel Unusual punishment The chain saw over heat

When I gut a bitch So I gotta handle that motherfucker With oven mitts And I got knives So tall they my size Stick them in a nigga's stomach and twist them counterclockwise. I celebrate every time a cop dies with a 40 ounce

and a three piece from Popeyes. My nigga, I can dance. Oh, you got a lot of fans. Fuck with me, they're going to be paying to see you hologram. Bars, nigga. Come on. Hey, I'm going to say it. You want to say it?

You want to say it? We both say that. That was the best God tier verse we've heard thus far. Word up. There's been some hot ones. That's just, though. Come on, bro. That was a little taste too.

Phil. Yeah. That was Phil's right there. You know you just wrote that. We can tell by the comments. You have to. Hey, some of that was Team Backback,

no, I had to put a little something on that one. Yeah, yeah. That was fire, man. I'm going to tell you this. Adam, we need an Illuminati invitation. Oh my God.

That was so good. Yo, appreciate Chalbiz, man. We appreciate you. No, that was it. And I hope that sets the standard now. You feel me? You can battle around. We need, like,

I mean, yeah, I think, point like no we already knew that but like dog and we just heard would work in the battle because it's that without a beat yeah like if you just did that maybe like just to give you a little constructive criticism just a little bit quicker but to be honest with you you're actually good because there's crowd reactions so that's like it's almost tailored for a battle because you got these little pauses where the crowd would fit and then you go back to your punches and you have your shit so cleanly mapped out you would

two minute rounds bro he would kill it Yeah, you'd be like writing three songs. Hell yeah. You've got to write three songs and memorize them and perform them back to back. You've done this easily, bro, a million times. A million times, for real. Yeah, and that tends to be with, you know, with emcees that are stepping into the Acapella arena for battle rap.

That tends to be the biggest problem is memorization, especially in that context. You're so road tested with all the performances you do. And Team Backpack for show, you couldn't fuck up on that. They wouldn't give you a M-C to go through there, man. Yeah. No edits on Team Backback. Yeah.

Oh, shit, man. My niggas. With that being said, my guy. Anything else to plug in? You know what I'm saying? Hey, man, follow me on Twitter and shit or Instagram, all that. Just search G-M-O-S-K-E.

Ain't nobody else named that shit. G-M-O-S-K-E. That's me. You feel me. Yeah, man, Mr. decides. I never plug my shit in, but you already know what it is.

Follow God. your fucking podcast too on Twitter, man. My boy right here, man. And with that being said, we about this beyond. This beyond.