No Jumper - God Tier Podcast #3 - Compton AV’s Rise From Battle Rap To The Industry

Episode Date: March 22, 2022

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Got to your podcast, the coolest battle rap podcast in the world on No Jumper over here live with my co-host. Man, never lacking, bretta packing, cheddar stacking ass, lush Uno. We back with another installment of that flyiness. And this is going to be my favorite episode. I almost cussed. I almost cussed, but I caught it. This is about to be my favorite episode. That was like Miyagi with chopsticks.

He caught that. the flying F. We got somebody that I've known seen from the ground up. Take it all the way to the top. My dog, Compton, A.V. Yes. Look at go, man. Man, what's the deal, man?

Long overdue. That's what I'm talking about. Proud of y'all. Like I say, you gave me my flowers, man. I'm giving you yours. You already know we had these talks on the phone, man. Best to do it, period. And you stage yourself.

keep their heart. That's an FAPE fact. It is a thing to say before we even It's almost hard to get into like an interview style questions with so much history and how much we've came from and how much we You know I like I said

You know when we were you know first starting this I remember you like you know For the people that don't know and think that you've Either always had something or Things been easy for you I remember you from the ground up bro in the house 9 10 11 kids jumping everywhere to one or two bedrooms,

everyone in the living room, we all in there huddled up. I've seen it. You took care of your family. Yeah. Your mama. Yeah. Everyone around you, your brothers.

Yeah. Your homies. Yeah. At the same time. And you still, and you still a real, real dude from day one, man.

I just want to give you your flowers because I feel like as a homie, like it's crazy for us to be in here, me interviewing you now. from what we've came from, you know what's crazy to be. You know what's crazy about AV? Crack City, man. What I always admired about you is the fact that your success grows exponentially.

You feel me? We can see. First of all, does that hurt your neck? Yes. Own purpose, too. Yeah. You look like you getting icier by the day by the second, but you still remain humble. You know, like you're the same OG from day one.

always been like just a really chill cat. You know, you don't place, you, you don't place yourself above or below, but you right there with me every time, you feel me? And like, that right there in and in and of itself is inspirational. Amen. Well, that's what we're going to do. We're going to take all this off. Okay.

We're going to get all the real time. Yo, I ain't never seen nothing like this before. Let's go. So we're going to go ahead and put it like this. He said, I got to buy this up, though. I can't take all of it off. My boy, Diz was live and Compton with me when he was chasing a dream. He's been in the house.

I'm talking about. Just the raggedy microphone with this trying to make some beats. All of us, man. Just, you know, my sister's got the bedrooms. You know what I'm saying? The boys had to sleep on the floor. So like I said, and I used to have all the homies at my house, like all of us. You know what I'm saying?

Rest and peace to homie, you know what I'm saying? Everybody just like, rest and peace with my boy, true. But just everybody that came through just, just, just, that was focused on their dream. And that's what I meant about just seeing y'all too. You know what I'm saying? Even though we hear about me, I won't let y'all know. I've seen how the ground up was. built from y'all too you know what i mean like this said this whole interview means so much more than

these people and these cameras probably ever know you know i'm saying yeah because it's like three people that really like seen like we we've been around like a lot of us have been around each other and even you you guys have known each about it like i've met a v and 05 so i've known you so oh yeah so we actually so so yeah so you pretty much known them almost as long as i have you know i mean he probably talked me into doing the battle you probably see me do right right yeah so because i was done a long time ago, bro. You were nice as hell, man. I wanted to kill people. You belonged in the ring smoking people, but you had a bigger call in. You got insane history, but you still look young as hell. So, like, how old was you when you first started doing this? Oh, yeah, if he don't age, by the way.

Because you could pass for early 20s still. I stepped in there. What I was, when I was, when I stepped in there was 19, well, 18 maybe. Okay. Fresh out. 17, maybe, maybe, but for sure 18. Yeah, you were around that age. And how did y'all meet each other? Oh, man, that's a six story. It's a battle rap story Yeah, we was about the battle And like I said at the time How it go? How would go?

You know, it was just, oh Our partners. Right, our partners, CP So it was a two on two thing Hala versus each other Chris Phillips, wow, okay No, was it was it was CP? I was WALA from Watts

Hala from Watts We together were a tag team and you were partnered up with CP right? Yep, CP. Okay, so what happened was You had a problem with Hala Yeah.

I had a problem with C.P. No, I never had a problem with nobody. People always had problems with me. Or you guys, you got, well, you guys have friction or whatever the fuck it was. I love the West Coast, bro. These guys were just a little different deal. I mean, whatever. There was battle wrap friction.

It was it. It was battle wrap friction. Y'all had something going. Yeah, yeah, yeah, for sure. You had that going and I wanted to battle C.P. But we were both. So me and you, which was crazy, probably a two-on-two that should have been seen. There's a gangster.

There's a gangster. This is living over and said, hey. And I'm sure he don't do this a lot. Say, hey, I mess with you, bro. This ain't got nothing to do with you, man. Just don't throw nothing my way. And I don't throw nothing your way. You know what I'm cocky.

Yo, that's so. You know, I was short back then. Oh, my God. Yeah, you did. Right, overnight. So I'm short. You know, I got that little man complex thing happening. I tell him, yeah, just don't throw nothing my way.

You do you do. Because I had a kid. You already know what I got in my ear, you know what I'm saying? And that was a thing about that building, they politic too much. You know what I mean? Yeah. They told me that you would be ready. They made it seem like this is something that you wanted.

That's how they bung it to me. So I put it around. Right. So I put around. Right. Even though that wasn't true. But once bro, kept the gangster with me and told me, no, bro, like, honorable. And he told me like, I ain't going to say nothing, bro.

So we didn't even diss each other in the battle. So we didn't dissing each other's fucking partners. Like, you ain't never seen no two on two like that. We like cross-dissed and shit. Like, it's crazy. We just left each other out that shit. I'm glad he ain't trying to bamboozle you and just like send some straight. No, we body each other's partners.

That's why we end up being friends, though. You got to realize that that building was so political. When they tried to put us against each other, we seemed through the BS. Like I said, I had already watched him battle three times. He might have seen me battle twice. But it was no bad bluff was to get up in there and do that with each other. Like, you got to realize this battle stuff is losing the honor. And I see a lot of people bringing it back.

Like I see how, you know, not to bring name drop, but I just seen someone read. And Reed was just, you know, hands shaking and saluting the person he was battle. It will. I respect that. That's dope when they shake hands and get it all. Bro, it don't matter. Losing or winning, you a warrior. Come up in here with your chin up.

And that's what I honored about him. He came up in there like, hey, this is what's going to do every single battle. You know what I'm saying? This is when you was alone, too. Because I came in there alone. I ain't really having nobody coming in there. You know what I mean? And then I had to battle all these.

That's why I be telling people I have to go against real gangsters by myself. That's what I'm trying to tell you. We used to get in the car rides home. I'm with the ones, you know. I'm with the yanksters. He used to get in the clock. I said, we like him. So that was hard because you was, you was turned up by yourself, bro.

And that's what I say. You came up in there with a dream. And like I said, they're not going to tell you this. And I tell you this. And I'm on a camera, and I'm telling you this. I tell you this off camera. You're the best in the world, bro. And they say an artist.

When you say you are art in this game, you don't, like, I'm talking about from every element from aggression, to lyricism, from your sportsmanship, from being counted out and coming back in. Bro, that's why you're the best. Don't complain about nothing. You came out there and did it like a soldier's supposed to do it, bro. Yeah, man.

Those were those times, too, where it was just a do-or-die thing, too, man. That feeling of, like, losing is gone from battle rap. You go on to a battle, like, the events, the way they be today is just like, hey, man, we come in to do our thing. He's coming to do his thing. We're going to both say we won when we leave. That's really what battle rap is. It's safe.

Yeah, that feeling we're not. That feeling we used to get of, man, my whole shit might be fucked over after this night is like kind of gone. That's why I don't do it no more. I've seen it coming early. So what happened during that transition for you, for the people that don't know, you had that split. You had, there was a, there was a moment where you were like, this battle rap shit, I have a bigger calling than this. I'm going to go on to do my music shit. This is what I want to do.

I'm an artist before everything. What year exactly, I mean, I could remember if I look back, but if you want to tell us. Like 06 around that time, like 0.07. 06. Oh, seven, actually. It was 07 because he still battled in 07. Right. Okay.

No, I was still backing out. I think you made me do some of this stuff. He did the WRCs in 07. So that was your last shit. I was already. I was done, though. You got realized I was done. I did that when we was, where was that at?

But that's in Venice v. But that's my point. I want to know the transition. I went to support this guy. Right. Like I always do. And he's in my ear. Do it, A.B.

This is the stuff. Do it, A. It was you and Rockstar. Yeah. But I had charisma. I met Rockstar that day, bro. Oh, you just met Rockstar? I didn't know that guy was.

I didn't know him. It's not the Rockstar. We know. It was a different. Oh, that's not Rockstar? No, no. I thought that was. I better rock star, rock star.

No. No, the other, right. Yeah, I made it real bad, real hard. Let me not say that. We were younger, salute to Rockstar and all this success,

but I made it. Yeah, yeah. I ain't going to fun. I thought this whole time that was the same rock star. No, no, no. No, no. That was a different guy. He just had a similar name and he just spelt it similar,

I think, but that was it. What I'm curious about AV is like, you know, coming from Compton, you got literally one of the most storied histories of any city when it comes to hip-hop. NWA, M.C.A., DJ Quick, so Mossburg, all these legends. Saloo, yeah, yeah. Yeah, one of the nicest MCs, you feel me? Now, what, because, but there's not really much of a history as far as battle rap at that time that people knew about.

Like, how did you get in? It makes sense that you was making bangers. already crazy-ass music, but how did you get into the battling aspect of it? Like I said, CP. Got it, got to give it to CP. Just to be honest with you, I was a fan of this whole, like, just this culture. You know what I mean? Like a big shout-out to Project Blow.

I used to go to Project Blow with CP a whole lot. You was at the blow. But I never, I never battled. But like I said, I always have support for my friends, my humus. And, you know, one day we go to this pit, I'm seeing it. You got realized the pit was more like a, was more urgent. been like more like yeah so we see women and stuff like that so i'm thinking we had a club and one day they say everybody take note man the pit had women there man that's the difference

between scribble jam and the pit scribble dibble man me and the homies are going to wrap together after this is done guys he got a bandetta against scribble jam i swear to guys but it was just like i say though i'm just like i went there i'm thinking we had a club something like it's from you know yeah and i get called to the stage to battle else turd so man so you didn't even know you was in the battle no cp threw me on that car okay shots out to my boy else man but we're just chopping it up man were you influenced were you influenced by battle rap at that point had you watched like smack dvds oh all of us because that's what we're gonna do inside the house okay you know me and my brother was already doing the

recording putting them on uh my space at the time putting them on my space my little brother was A, V was like a West Coast smack battle. You was really the closest thing to West. Like, you, you fit in. I just don't like to say things because people be, but yeah, I'm there. You fit in the most. Like, you are in. Your style, bro, your style fit in the most.

Like, the whole man from the wheelchair got to push his arms to move, steel flare, wheelchair, that whole shit. Like, you know what I said some stuff for my day. And like, it was, but he would be like, steel flare, wheelchair, got to push his arms to move. But he's not even saying, like, it's just the way the. Yeah. He was the first, like, with a cadence. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Always, and he, it fit so perfect. It was so digestible. He could have, it wouldn't against anybody at smack on the time, like I, exactly. We wanted him to battle read. Yeah.

That's who we wanted to see him against. Yeah. We felt like Reed and A.V. Would have been like the craziest battle. Yeah, for sure. And who knows, maybe one day. Yeah. I talked to Reed before, man.

My brother talked to me. Yeah. He'd be back to battle rap. I talked to NAC too. He'd be, man. He'd be like, this is this. So he's still, what they call that, like, you're still competitive with these guys. Oh, yeah.

And that's what I meant about, like, it's good to seem smiling, happy and getting back to just, you know what I'm saying? Because that's how battle rapper make you feel. That's why I stepped out of it. Oh, you know, the toxic shit? Yeah, especially with him being my boy. You got to realize. He's like the toxic shit I thrive off of? Exactly.

Not really. At the end of the day, it does take a toll on me, too. Yeah, everybody. I ain't Superman like that, man. I'm a human being. I've seen it. I know I seem like Superman when I rap, but you know. I'm a salute.

Because he stayed through it. You are Superman, though. But I was telling them like this, like, you step in, music has always been my calling. I use battle rap as a catapult. A lot of people use, how do you say? A lot of people use, it's opposite, if that makes sense. A lot of people might be, and then start to do it in music, and that's what goes all wrong. Right?

So that was always, and then you meet a person. And like I said, I met him, and, you know, I own name drop, but it's between two of them. I watched three of them, actually. Let me get that right. Three special guys that wanted this so bad, and they wanted it more than me. I felt like I was dope at it and I was good at it, but did I always put my all into it?

No. I think I just won a lot because I just didn't get it. I was naturally good at it. So I won all the time. He really was this cheating-ass motherfucker, man. He's a cheater, man. He was naturally good, man. He didn't have to try.

You never had to try. I never really tried. That's bad because if I tried somebody would die. Well, people did die. People did die. A lot of you guys died and I didn't try. So at this time, that was bad.

Damn, some of y'all went to sleep and I didn't even try. You don't want to see my try. Did you have already, is it LMKR? Is that the, No, I hadn't even came up with that yet. That was, you know, I had Crack City in Conference. I was the first member from Crack City,

but correct. So you start, you're the origin of Crack City. Yeah, yeah, you're at my living room in Conton. First tattoo, all that, bro. Okay. And then you invited active in daylight? All of them at the same time. It wasn't like a split thing.

It wasn't like it was a second. It was just, I came up with something because I've seen all of us getting close. And then we just. And then I was like, hey, this is what I came up with y'all. We were just all the squad. Like, I don't know how. Because you got realized if it's city, that mean we wanted to be from city to city to I didn't say crack Compton or doot do.

Right, right. I left it out like so it can be. He was the dopest in his city. Right. Daylight was the dopest in his city. Him and act, Ross Boys was the dopest in a city. I left it and then even where he took it after that. Like he took it to all of you, you know, some of y'all are disrespectful, by the way.

I mean, you know, stop battling each other and dissing each other and coming for names. He's the guy out leaving alone. Uh, uh, uh, just stop being disrespectful is what I'm saying, because we open up the door for a lot of these guys. You know what I'm saying? That's crazy because I'm able to say we because I was a part of it. I started something and he took it to new heights, bro. They all took it to new heights. Shout outs to active.

Shoutouts to my brother Keyes, you know what I'm saying. Big old crazy. Shots to Keith. Yeah, shout out the keys, big dog. The big dog. So, yeah, no, like, you definitely, man, you, you, you've been inspiring just on how you even stayed focused on your craft, bro. And just, you always used to tell me, people, people will never hear this unless they hear it from somebody that's close to him that's, that's heard. He always used to tell me, like, bro, I'm doing this music shit, because A, B, and C going pop for me.

I'm going to make this happen. I'm doing this. I'm doing that. Goll or anything. He's always been this way. And just to see it now all coming together To see him his shit playing in a big ass football stadium All that shit

Commercials on fucking Super Bowl shit That shit's a trip bro We gonna talk about that Yeah we're gonna talk about that yeah To me yeah it tripped you out Imagine for me because I keep zooming back into that living room in Compton And just us battling at the pit and doing fucking crazy shit Like the barber shop in Compton we were all at

And fucking just all that random shit that we was doing When we was younger I don't think we ever even envisioned shit to be like this, but you were always, that's what I'm about to say. Yeah, I did. When I say we, I meant like kind of the rest of us. I've seen all y'all be. I've seen it.

You know, one thing about me is even put Ellen, like you asked about LNKR. Yeah, which came later you. I was able to see dope. I was always able to see it. I don't care. Bad, dark, skinny, small, like, it doesn't matter. I was able to see something special in, in everybody. I could see, well, not in everybody, but in the ones that I seen it in, I was

able to call it. Rather, they knew it or not. I was able to call it. for sure you're a visionary you've always been the best actually in bringing that out of your homies bro and i want to say this for some for for anyone listening it's good to have a friend like a v when you're an artist and just in general but i'm saying he's always constantly reminding you that you're dope that's the problem with the west coast you know what's the problem with the west coast is first one the the throwing the chair is empty so you got a

bunch of young ins running to the chair right let's get that established first but then the second is i don't fear dizz. Diz is dope and I'm dope. Period. That's the end of the conversation. There's no, you know what I'm saying. So I can be dope or let me take this and make it seem like I'm doper than you know. We both type. That's it. We both can be dope. We can coexist with each other and get this money and make this bag. It's so real because all that like I'm the goat shit doesn't mean anything. It's all just opinionated shit that has no value. Is it good that the throne is empty? Or is it a bad thing? Let me say this. You got that question can be spent.

Yeah. The throne cannot be empty and had a wrong person sitting in it. Okay. And then it's bad. Yeah. But then the throne can be taken and have the right person sitting in it. Which usually what happens, though. And then that you're able to play musical chairs with that situation though.

Right. You know, the right people can sit down and just make this whole thing bigger. It's not about talent, bro. You're looking at, I'm talking about you're looking at elite warriors, bro. You just said you had Gucci. You just had act yourself. You know what I'm saying? I don't really talk today, but day, you can't take away what's dope.

not going to do that. You know what I mean? If people play right and play fair, this West Coast thing is dangerous, period. We all come from the same place. It can get ugly for anybody in any city. But we are fans of everybody. And that's okay. What's the problem? What's the problem? It's so simple. It's simple. But that's the thing about that greed, that hate, that envy, and it just, just, just, you don't got an uncle that's in the industry. So it's hard for you. Right. Right. So your brain doesn't think. that you should help because you taught that no help is the way when really is supposed to say man when I get in my position that's why I started this this this rich off rap situation I don't do this

to be stunned that's why I took it all off yeah but this right here is rich off rap bro I didn't say I was that's it inspires me until I got rich off rap it's it's bigger than just you hearing the words right it's like really I got on here I went to go buy me a beat machine had a battle at the at the what they call it. Where? The place you used to go buy the beat stuff. A guitar center? Guitar center, bro. You had a battle there? Listen. I ain't even know about this. He was older to me, way older to me.

Right? Leave it up to you to do some shit. And he beat me. But I told him like, I don't really battle. I came here to buy a beat machine and you battled me. You just ran up on you sort of rapid. Yo, you won that battle just off taking it. Right. And he was waiting for that moment his whole life. Fuck that guy.

Hey, you probably still work there. Right. But he worked there? You know what's crazy? He was an employee. You know, it was crazy? No, no, because we only want to disson like that. Oh, it was.

He ended up, he ended up co-producing one of, like, one of my records that I gasped up on. We fuck with you. We fuck with you, man. I'm going to say this. My bad, bro. I'm going to say this. My bad. You know, this is an untold story.

This is an untold story. I always want to tell people like, bro, I stepped in that guitar center and do something else. If I knew I was coming to battle you, you wouldn't have left that guitar center. And that's what I'd be trying to tell people. Anything I said, when I wanted to battle somebody, I knew they was going to lose. Right. But that's what I'm saying about just in general. I didn't come.

He was ready to take my head off and he didn't even know me. Instead of saying, look at the young man. I'm fresh out of there, bro. Just got off my first job. I only worked seasonal at Target. I never had a job, y'all. But I worked seasonal at Target, bro, for two weeks, three weeks. And I was using my money to go buy me a beat machine.

Instead of him, when he's seeing that and being OG, he was supposed to say, hey, man, you up here doing this. brought all the work this stuff. Man, come sit down and make, and let's work something out. We end up working in the future, but he was older than me back then and didn't even tell me that. And he didn't even do it. That's the misguidance with the West Coast. He was so ready to take my head off and be the best that he didn't see that.

We could have something special and built later. And we probably would have had 40 records. Right. 50 records. Instead, we just got one. So has there ever in your eyes, that's a crazy way to look at? Has there ever been somebody that holds the crown in the West Coast that you feel like has been a good example?

Oh, you're trying to start problems. No, no, no, I'm just curious. Man, that's what I said. That question is hard. You haven't got to answer it. It's many of you that could have sat in a chair and had that. But you've got to let, you got to let Dog have his. You got to let Snoop sit down first and actually run.

Like right now. And salute. Yeah, bro. Because what he's doing right now. How could I say this? Pock is gone. Shook did have it. And then who's next?

Snoop. I mean, you can argue Dre too, but, you know, Snoop. Right. We believe Snoop. I believe the same thing. I agree with you. Understand. He kind of already had his...

It's not saying that he's asked who didn't. Right, right? Drey did. Right. And then that's where it kind of stopped. Okay. When... Man.

Like, why did it take this loan for Snoop to get his? It should have been, and that's the problem with the West Coast. That is the real ass shit. It was automatic with Snoop. And then after Snoop, who is supposed to be? After Snoop? Who is supposed to be? Game or K-D.

Do you hear me? After game. After game, it's supposed to be... Kodad. Yeah, Candwick. Why did we... Why didn't we keep Kada? That's his name.

Why didn't we keep going? And that's what I'm trying to say. They'd rather just leave it open and all the young is get into it with each other. Well, we kind of lost an Ipsy and then it's been like that. Now it's been that way. But I feel like that's where it stopped, really. I don't even want to say that. Well, I ain't going to even say it, bro.

I'm going to be quiet. Well, I've been learning to be quiet lately. Something that's really like, like you have a vision. Hey, there's power in silence, man. You have a vision that supersedes like yourself. And I think that's something that I've always. admired about you like I've never seen another rapper that's able to have gangbangers from different hoods all in the same video on the same tracks you feel me you dabbing them each up there's

like you got this one video it's like there's the Crip homies there's the blood homies there's Hoover's all right next to each other all supporting you and putting whatever differences they may have aside pushing like a greater what does all gangs have besides the violence unity you know brotherhood your brotherhood Them is my brothers. Once I say this is my brother, and he say you as your, you as brother, you're my brother. Yep. Right. I know him enough to know that he ain't going to be around, no.

Right. And them the type of people I dealt with my entire life. I was able to meet him because of who he was and who I was. I was able to meet you because of who you was. Like, you always congratulated me, bro. Even when I went battle rapping, you always told me about stuff I wasn't doing in battle rap. Right. That's dope to hear that you know what I'm doing outside of battle rap.

Like I said, and that's the thing. about we're going to be connected regardless. You know what I mean? So having these hoods, my brother is a blood. I grew up with all crips. My uncles is crips. Some of my cousins is bloods. You know what I'm saying? And like I say, when it come around family time, it's family.

And that's what I always try to create with mine. Crack City, family. LMKR, family. Honey, bloods, honey, crips all in the same building. There's bitches in here tonight. Bro, it's women. Why are you mad? But that's a thing, though. It's popping in the night, and y'all got in for five.

because you're my people. Everybody else got charged 20. I don't feel like a lot of other people could do it like you did though. You feel me? But that's what I'm trying to say. Oh my God. Listen, I wanted people to know.

See, people started stuff to, right before, we didn't have this word clout back when I was coming up. Right. So people start like for popularity. Respect, popularity. Right. That all came with what I was doing. So that wasn't what I was going for.

That came with what I was doing. But when I tell you, I knew every single member from my group personally, personally, all 500 of them, personally. 500? Yeah, I had 500 members. He was on some shit like that. He really did.

People in Jersey, people in New York, people in Atlanta, all that. I thought you guys were like 1,000 people at one point. My whole girl, Tokyo. Go best friend, that's my best friend. Tokyo Vanity. She's the original LMKR. But look at all her videos growing up. You know what I'm saying?

And big shoutouts to her. It's just knowing them personally. I used to get on Skype and talk to her and Cheeky all day. Wow. On Skype. Way back then. Skype. So what I'm saying is like, I just think I was naturally like that.

I don't know. I don't know how to say it like because it just happened. But I feel like everything is more in person important when you know everybody personally. Absolutely. You know what I'm saying? Everybody like, man, I can't do this to my boy, A.V. Man, he's trying to throw some fun for the city tonight. Man, I don't want to be the one to ruin it.

Why would I be the one to shoot his party up, bro? This is my brother. So coming in here like that, even if they did have beef just out of respect for me, they didn't do it. and I salute them back. You know what I'm saying? And I always had money or business opportunities for them to do with me. So they knew I wouldn't know no BS.

You know what I'm saying? So that's how I broke in this whole... I ain't going to say I was the one that first did it because I just had an interview about somebody making it seem like I was the one that first did it. I didn't say that. I was saying when it had died down... I'm a historian, bro.

You first, fool. I don't know what you're talking about. Right, right, right. Hey, I'm going to go with what he says because this is a walking... encyclopedia right here. So it's Lush be saying the shit. That's not just because you're my partner.

And it's the truth. Hey, look, and I like y'all saying that. When it was forgotten and nobody wanted to do it no more, I did it. There it is. That's what I did. And what's crazy about... In the 2000s. Right.

Okay, in the 2000s. So what was crazy about you too is like you've transcended several different generations of L.A. rap music. You know, you came in the game and the, early 2000s. You were there for the whole jerk movement and all that. You was there for like the whole like, you know, K dot Dom Kennedy wave that came after that. You were there for the whole, you know, Draco and Grito wave. And the thing about it throughout all these different movements, you've remained Compton A.V. Never switched up. Never really tried to fit in any other molds and just

done your thing. Have you ever been tempted to like, yo, let me try to flip this style, that style. Yeah, because I'm a fan. But like I said, I'm original. So I know to make something I'm influenced by it completely mine. And that's what music is supposed to be about. That's what battle rapping is. You hear somebody that you like, and then you manipulate, you, you, it's like, when you say, you take some big and some pot and you mix it up in the pot with a sprinkled big.

You're quoting Eminem right there, right? You get the illest and realest cut killers tied up in the knot. And then he starts talking about how he, this is what he became. His influences, there's nothing wrong with that. That's the problem with people. People hate to say that they're. I've always looked at you like, yeah. No, but like, is it Pock?

Is it Pock? Of course it is. I've always thought that and we've always known that about it. Okay. So we got to take it all the way back to the goat. This is young Pock right here. Yeah, I'm going to tell you why it's Pock. It's a, at his age, he truly, truly, truly believed.

He believed in himself before the world did. And just him and his rebel ways made me a fan. and I think my deep tone it catches you like that but I rap completely different I know that Can to see There's something to be with my enemy

I don't be doing that Like the realist Nah but you know The influence is To me it's obviously That more than it's anybody else You know I'm saying Because you just have that realness about you

I think it's more just your vulnerabilities You rap about things that really mean shit And even when you're rapping about your party shit, just like Pock had his other sides to him, you have that too. Like, you got your thug passion songs for the girls. You got your club beggars. You got your shit.

So I feel like you are definitely, like, yeah, you are. I feel like Pock rapped about what was happening in the world. And that's the thing about, how can I say this? If I'd have been before Pock, y'all would be saying, that's A-V. You know what I'm saying? It's just like Michael Jordan. He was the first thing y'all seen.

So y'all say, but always like I got all right hey guys I'm a content AV all the Jordan fans you have to be a Jordan fan if you grew up in a household watching Michael Jordan not just the highlights guys so you like him

see I love Kobe Bryant and that's why we don't wear Jordans after 14s right I used to come home watch his games when I was in school I watched all of the basketball games when Kobe retired I retire with him Oh, God.

That's what you call a fan, guys. So you guys like a lot of rappers right now. You don't love them. You don't love them because you don't buy their full project when it comes out. You wasn't outside. You stream it, just like everybody else. But when you love something, you buy it. I love how he's talking to everybody like they're four years old right now.

No. And you guys are not poor. You guys are not for. What I'm saying is this is just... This is how you do it. No, because we got to bring love back to it. Yes. You know what I'm saying?

Y'all are at least five. They're at least five. See, now Deals are you going to have y'all think I'm talking about y'all like y'all for it. What I'm doing is I'm talking to y'all. That you know that conscious thing that's back there that know what's right from wrong. I'm talking to it because that person, that thing need to kick in. Let that thing kick in, man. It's genuine.

Yeah, realize that the only way to make this sport. Hey, but you know, I got to mention one thing, Ben, you know, I just, I can't, I can't let you get away before I get on you about this. One thing because you my boy. Yo, ain't nobody more than A.V. Thought Tupac was going to come back. Boy, A.V. used to hound the shit out of me about the shit. Man, calling my phone, like, listen, bro, this the year. No, I didn't.

This year. Yo. All right. I'm going to take you. He don't come back. I never told you what year he was going to come back. Man, he used to give you with equations. Like, look, man, four plus five plus six or seven, he coming back.

Man, you remember you told me some stuff. One day we was driving down the street. You started telling me some stuff about the moon in the star. And Howard Pee and Abraham Lincoln. Bro, like, all right. So look, man, you, you thought you thought Tupac was coming back. Why you keep saying I thought was? Yeah, yeah.

How long did you do it? Yeah, he's still thinking. Why you keep saying words like was? He still thinking. First of all, first of all, does, how is you? We got to cut that. I'm going to ask you a question. That's a different time.

I'm an actual question. Hey, no matter if I believe in some random conspiracy. Diz. I'm actually a question. I'm asked you a question. I'm asked you a question. And you're one of the most. paranoid. I love because I know my favorite.

Right, watch this. Watch this. You want the most paranoid because I know, right? Let's say this, Diz. Do you ride around like nothing can happen to you? Are you always on a swivel? Yes. Right? Yeah. So imagine how you would be if the whole

world was on it like that. Do you die on Las Vegas Boulevard? Answer the question. Yes or no? Don't you dare? Don't you try to flip it? I know you. You smart. And I know you better. Hold on. Can I ask you a question? Just one simple question. Just one simple question yes yes do you die on los vegas wait wait wait a v a v let me play devil's advocate oh you play different and you want to say no so bad i know you i got a question do you die on

los vegas boulevard after you jump somebody at the mj that's what i was about to say why you do that though if you if you want to go at home ask yourself this why you do that though why you we we just just this question paranoia what you've been through the media trying to destroy you i get all that just just the storyline to what you're doing and you're trying to give me in trouble for the whole world because now they're going to just be like, ah, this is just me talking. I didn't, hey, at home, question, at this height of your- At this height of your career. Right, because that's what is, anything with Tupac will be serious.

I respect that. Right. Do you die on Las Vegas Boulevard? Other than that, just go look at four different people. He was flown to the hospital in a helicopter. Should night drove him to the helicopter, a ambulance pulled up. These are all different, different. He's in Cuba.

He's going to start fucking with me now. He's going to start doing anything. Anything too pox alive, man. Shut up, A.V. Look at just the news reporters. Why they all said different things. Some said he was airlifted. Some said he was driven.

Some said ambulance picked him up. A.B., could I ask you a question about that? And why they can't never find out who do something to some big, but when little rai ra from the hood do something, they can find his shoe print and come get him out the house. I guess I ain't got no answer. No, but A.B, then let me just, you make some very solid points. But in response to that, if you moving like that, if you're super paranoid, head out of swivel, why are you getting in the mix and doing things like getting in altercations out of- Oh, you don't know why? Yeah.

Because that's just called, let me see the best way to say that. What's the best? That's just being niggad him. Okay. You just the nigger. Things happen. Bro, I wanted the smartest people in the world, but if he pop off right now, I just pop off because he means. my boy. Yeah. I don't have no, I don't have nothing in that time to say positive when my people

are going at it. We've been through that before. So it's like some of this stuff is a diversion to me. Yeah. You know, when things are like a, when, when I get, when I get, when I mean, all this makes sense. When I'm, when I'm sucker punched, I don't know how to react. Yeah. Right. But my original plan was to for it to be like this. So if I talked to you before this, we'd have mapped this out. But we can walk in right now like, hey, you ready this? We finished. And that nigga pops. So let's settle it then. Let's settle it then. What year is he coming back, A.V?

That's what I'm trying to tell you. At this point is when it's your video game and you realize it. He kind of make me want to have hope because you know, Tupac is my, that's my goat. How can I say? Exactly. You're not the only one. All right. I wanted you to know something is he's living his life.

Well, let me not say this. He's living his life right now, dear is right? He's fishing. And the whole thing, this is what he wants you to do. The whole thing of what he planned it was to live forever. And he's still alive. When you listen to his music, you hear it. When you listen to everything, has he left yet?

He can always rebuild two-pock after a couple months. Is he still talked about as the best rapper to ever live? Yeah. He is. So in his eyes, his job is still done. Remember that. He already thought this out 100,000 times. I don't know what's happening, man.

We just got sold on this or what just happened? You just did. What is he doing over here, man? This guy has a salesman. No, no, that's a. I mean, you like, bro, it's. Hold on, man. A.B.

and Cole, piece of work. That's a A.V. a silver tongue devil, bro. He gets like, you feel me? He's cooling the other side of the pillow and the winter with the AC on, right? Come on, bro. Now, it ain't even that, bro. It's just like I feel. And when I feel, like I say, man, regardless of the fact, even if he is dead, let's give it to the ones that say he is dead, right? As far as his

physical form, right? For what he was going for, for what he was going for, he's still alive. He'll never die. He'll never die. And any artist in this building that do music would hope to do it like that. You know what I mean? And that's what I meant. We'll give that to you this. But if he's somewhere right now, you would never know.

And don't be wishing death on no real one. Pimp, your bet. Shut up, man. I ain't wishing no death. I said I hope he's a lot. Hey, that's like you coming from me, though. I still got like a 1% in there now because of you, man. Hey, you know, it's just like Rick Rawls says some special,

Rick Rawls say, you don't just catch me at your local 7-Eleven. Imagine he just comes back Just buff his fucking tall Just I'm just saying His levels to this Right Say Mr. Miyagi

Go-toe thing Hey what just happened is Is there's still a battle rapper In there And you just got Yeah Yeah You just got two one

Yeah I think you won that Yeah You just got two one Hey you know it's crazy I always thought about I said me and Diz ago We still be friends

Because it would be Be respectful Hey homies Homies go Because I don't I don't What I'm trying to No, no, never, never.

I'm just saying it was set up for me and bro to go a couple times, even after that first time just go. It's just like, we could have manipulated it. I could have got up there and battled you with all the good things you did. And you can get on there and say, and you can get on there and battle me and just say, or we can battle each other on what we should have did. What we should have did.

You know what I'm saying? Not me dissing you, but just what we should have did as far as how we moved. We was just young and dumb, bro. Yeah, you could always look back on shit like that. I'd be like this. Mark it yourself. Branded yourself. Boom.

People will be laughing, but it's educational to the people that's watching. And you can do the same thing to me. Yeah, stop putting this ugly in your videos. Oh my God. Right, right, because we all came up out the trenches doing stuff just to get by and get make it. Like, you know what I'm saying? But like I said, they ain't got to be disrespectful, bro.

I never disrespect my brother. Let's hope to see we could get you in the ring one day, just on some big shit, like a big money fight. A big money fight for A big money fight for AV. Even if you don't, it's clear that battle rap still like was a part of shaping your sensibilities. you're still a great lyricist. I want to go over some certain records in your catalog which stick out to me.

And it's crazy that you have records that you made like several years ago, which still got legs, which still get run. Like, when you craft a song, like, you know, we're going to talk about them individually, but like, for example, run me my money. Money dance. That ain't you. You know what I mean?

Records like this that still are relevant several years later, Like, is that a conscious thought when you're creating it? Yeah, for me it is. At one point in my career, it wasn't not the younger me, but when I realized, like, this thing is real, you know what I'm saying? Like, I got to, I got to pay bills, man. You know, granny's, you know, granny doing bad. I got to pay bills, man.

You know what I'm saying? So everything becomes real. When I did running my money, that was a message to the city, like, like, because I had stopped throwing parties. And I knew I had to stop throwing parties because I wanted to make myself exclusive. So the promoters just to always call and say, Yeah, I'm going to let you in 10-year boys in to come perform tonight. I mean, y'all going to pay me.

What y'all mean? Because if y'all pay me, I pull up, I pay myself and I pay y'all. I pull up with 300, 400, 400 people. Like, y'all got to pay me. So in a sense, I just created a record. Like, my manager kept saying at the time, you need a single. You need a single. And I hate when they tell artists that, right?

Don't nobody listen to nobody because they don't even know what a single is these days. Right? So they say, you need a single, you need a single. So I decided to say, let me tell you one thing about me. I'm a young person. I put myself on the podium. I wanted you to know where I was from before I got disrespectful. Right?

And then you don't want to make it like just men. That's what made E40 and two short so big. It's like he said, Nicky, don't act like a big. Y'all can be just do. But the women that always excuse their self, I go hard on the end of it. It's like running my money.

Whoever owe me something better paid. Right. And then money dance was just a sequel. Well, you know, after you pay me, now I'm doing the dance for it. The thing about it. That's so amazing about it, that it like is a real sequel. It's a sequel. It's a sequel.

It's a sequel. It's a sequel. It's like, running my money. It's like a personal song. You're talking about yourself. But anybody. It resonates with anybody. A doctor won't think money.

That's what I'm saying. A scientist won't think money. No. The president won't use money. In fact, same thing with Money Dance. And Money Dance resonated so much. You even had people. Shark the entire concept.

Think about this. Copy that shit. Oh, yeah. Make that own. Yes. Wow. Think about this. Think about this.

Drop names. You don't dance. Well, you do dance. But you don't dance a lot like me. No. I be gigging. I bet you. A check and make you dance.

You put the right check at somebody. Listen, bro. How many times? All right. There's only two reactions you can get. Hey, man, right there's only two reactions you can get from a check. We're doing all the dance. A substantial amount.

Right. A check, right? you either look at it with the wide eyes like oh my god or you start dancing that's what i'm saying all your songs don't make a motherfucker one of that no i'm just saying in a sense bro that's how i write records like yeah i try to get i try to get i try to get i try to like even a granny going to say ooh baby when she get that money you know what i'm saying anybody going to get that money and be like ooh hit a little jig to it so that's what i mean you know think about it throw some money up it's international too i was in strip clubs a lot yeah yeah we had a show together you can't be at the strip club

and not throw the money up and watch the money land. A few years ago, me and A.V. had a show. Wait, wait, where we should be around, bro. We was co-edlining that. It's called, we was outside. We was outside. We was outside, man.

And you know what's crazy? We was in the strip club getting paid. How many motherfuckers can say that? You feel me? And like... Yeah, my price go up, I think, well, back then I was doing my original price and in 2000. Now I'm doing my original price and I need $5,000. Off 10-9.

Yeah, if it's a strip, if it's a strip, club. That's, yeah. All y'all promoters message. Yeah. So money dance blows up. Yeah. And then you have specific, uh, celebrity, um, you feel me, reality show females, whatever that yeah, got they own money dance joint. Yeah. What was your original? Look at these guys not dropping names over here, man. I don't want to. I don't want to see this. I don't want to see shit right here, man. You see this. All right. So look. I'm going to tell you why. It's not on me to do that. I'm sure. I'm going to tell you why.

I don't want to make my boy uncomfortable. Right, right, right. First of all, we come from. No, no, no, no, no. No, no, no, no. Yeah, you can do whatever you want to do. Hey, you do it. I'm going to say, I'm going to say this.

I'm going to say this. I'm a grown man. And when they come to women, like my mother, my grandmother, my, my grandmother. Shout out to your mama, man. Yeah, exactly. Me raising a young lady right now. I try, especially in this contact sport, I don't want to involve women. because women go overboard.

And when women overreact, like I said, even when I was going through that situation with her, we weren't worried about her. We was going to tap everybody around her. And that's what I meant about. So now I'm glad I didn't say her name because this shit got dark.

You know what I'm saying? And listen, even even even like, how can I say this? Like, like thank God it didn't happen. The right things went. the right people reached out. Men was men.

We shook hands and then we left it alone. I can't say that. Sounds like you got wiped up. Now, I might not be the smartest, man, but from where I'm saying. Yo, we're the worst, man. We like a virus coming into your fucking YouTube channel and you can't stop it.

It's all good. You know what I'm saying? Just go do a little research on Compton A.V. You might figure out who you're talking about. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I drop wrap the label. That's what you gotta do is research. No, but like I said, it's all good

because you don't even want to make a sense. seem like that. A lot of people get up here and try to be too macho. You're going to keep a respect. You know what I'm saying? Like, that's not, that's not what I'm doing, bro. That's not what I'm doing. You know what I'm saying? Like, if a person came up in here talking bad about me, I believe y'all be like, hey, man, don't, don't do that to California. And that's what I meant about. That's my character. You know what I'm saying? Because ain't nobody going to talk about lush when I ain't there. And ain't nobody going to talk about this. So I try to leave it there. I don't even let the tough guy roll put me in none that ain't, that ain't what it's about, bro. I'm a man first,

bro. And if a man want to be a man, we can talk like men, we can get it over with like men, however he wanted to do it. So I'm saying, I don't even take the tough route, that type of thing. And plus we're dealing with females, bro. It's a little different. As I reflect back and I look at all the things because there was people in my ear telling me to do some of them things I was reacting to doing. Right. And like I said, and I don't take nothing back because I had to do what I had to do for my career. But in the most part, I do want the women in this sport to understand that even you have to be original. And you can't go out here. Standing like that, talking like that, acting like you the best and doing all that,

unless you put in the work to do that. Even you got to do that. We don't tell you how to be the best woman. You just figure out how to do it. So don't come into this sport without that intent. Be the best you. Don't come in here like they say young and may. She get cracking.

She give it up. She don't separate herself from no man. You know my body son? You know my body son? That's it. You know I'm giving it up. Dad is what called a shit. Hey, do your thing.

That goes to anybody that wants to. be in this sport. That's it. And like I said, it's just the viewers, the viewers give a minute. I've always felt like that. Shout out the official, too. I had an amazing battle. I'm going to ask you a question. Well, I'm going to say, well, I'm going to say, all right, I'm actually a question.

All right. They, really, people starting to think that money makes them good at rap. Oh, they're tweaking. People starting to think that? They've been thinking that. Yeah. Right. It's been 90% of the whole fucking deal is how much money's behind you pushing you and 10% of it is the bars.

You're going to notice we've been doing this interview. We were talking to them. Hey, you at home, money doesn't make these guys good. No. Okay? I don't care how much money they got. We asked you a specific question. We asked you who better.

We didn't ask you who had more money. We asked you who's better. This is better. He's right about that. That's the problem. Answer the question. That's why I asked you, do you die on Las Vegas Boulevard? You say no.

It all comes full circle. You say no. This guy's a wizard, man. Hey, man. He doesn't get away from the guy. That's over here. That's a cold piece of work right there. You're casting spells, A.V., man.

That's an actual question. You don't want to answer. You just cast it a spell. You want to be like everybody else. I asked you a question, bro. All I asked you was, I can't deal with this guy. Right, right? We said, this is the thing.

You can put them both on a podium. One has more money and one is a dope lyricist, right? And what's sad about it is the world of vote for the person with the most money or the most popularity. No, we gave you a rap in a rap and told you who's better. You know what? I've always wondered why I love you so much. and I just realized it.

It's because you, like, the way you say things and the way you put things. No, I don't. It's crazy. Everyone asks me this shit, man. Everyone asks me this shit. Hey, hey, hey, you need to play more chess, let's connect. You say it full of circle, right?

You'd be playing Connect four. I've been saying that too a lot. But all of them games, though. Connect four, chess, all of the games are, they're all one and the same. Like I said, your life, everything, everything, bro. Everything you do. It's like playing Call of Duty right now, right? have everybody like so when you deploy right now you got a hundred and how many people 100 or what

when you deploy how many people when you deploy right one what that's 149 that's 149 that's 149 different mind states right and we all get mad when a camper kill you when a camper kill you get mad but guess what in real life you only got one life and he played like that you know talk about a video game or something right now listen bro don't disrespect the video game I'm telling you that there's a oh yeah you forgot you're a cold duty beast not I forgot about that. Oh, I thought you were going to say, like, I play games all day. No, no, no, I was saying you're really good at that.

You're killing people at that. So, like, I take, I'm just saying, I'm going to tell you why people say, like, you're dealing with 149 different personalities on how to play one game designed. That's what make this game tight because what they did was they left it at free will. They built the level, gave you the weapons and told you to go out there and do what you do. I see what you say, yeah. Right? And the winner is the last team standing.

right so when you playing this game you have a leader you have a shooter you have a camper you have a sniper camper you have all of those different points of view on your team too and you have to utilize I'm for show the sniper that's what I'm saying I like I'm the rusher that's my problem I go out there swinging you know I'll be screaming yeah I'm trying to pop some shit from a tree of them down where my team had they like hey the objective is to win the end of the game we'll buy you back when we get some cash. You always end up being respond later? I get hit, bro.

Because you go in critical. I'm tearing it down, though. Before you die, you take like five of them with you. So now we have an argument. You got that air of blood. I'm taking them with me. Right now we have a mental art. Like, now we're at the end of the game and they're talking about, yeah, I won the game.

Yeah, you won the game. You got one kill. You have one kill. I thought video game is supposed to be fun. But see, that's fun for them. They're thinking. The mental, the poise, the calm, the way they move. That's very tactical.

That's a sport too. And that's why I say you need to play chess. Everyone keeps telling me. Less connect for more chess. Yeah, I'm disrespectful with chess. I give you this whole side. I make it look free. This little buddy right here is going to be the end of your life.

You looked over him. See, that's who I was my whole life, though. That's who you are. They looked over you, but you kept moving forward. Eventually you'll be a king. I like how to sound. No, that makes a lot of sense. And I feel like, look, anybody that's been in the rap world or even been at a club, really, in L.A. in the past several years, knows you.

Yeah. If they out at lunch to not know you, they definitely know your music. But, like, do you feel that you get the recognition that you deserve from overall? No, no. And why is that? Today's time. Today's time. You don't appreciate the artist, especially right now in my living.

So it's a single-driven market? It's a single driven market. Too many artists. It's oversaturated. You can't focus in on something. Everybody's trying to do some, including myself. Like I said, and that's the thing about just, just, just, just trying to put yourself out. It's just like every single day I'm trying to figure out how to come different.

You know what I'm saying? And like I said, just one at a time for me, I know eventually I'll be the biggest in the game. It'd be new to them, but it won't be new to nobody here. He's always had this attitude. It would be not like, how can I say this? like, it's like going to win a Grammy. Yeah. It's super important.

I told my brother this. I say, bro, one day I'm going to take you to Miami, bro. I told you this too. I said, we're going to drive. Right? We're going to drive. My dog. And I say, we're just going to sit down, bro.

And I don't even want to drive the car. I just want to see you all iced up. You know how stats is, bro. I just want to see him. I just want to sit in a passenger and kind of watch it like a movie. I just want him to be. And then the win I get from that is, I never did nothing to nobody.

I never took none. I never tried to downplay nobody career. I never did none of the stuff that all these people do. I'm going to be able to sleep that night with all of my millions and millions of dollars and me on top of the world and I'm going to sleep good.

Some of these guys can't even sleep at night, bro. That's why they look like that. You asked about my youth because I don't do nothing wrong. I don't, I don't... This is some real life lesson shit for people to learn. I'm only willing to hit and touch with us. Other than that, every man. People need to hear this shit.

Now, you could play the young version of you in a movie. That's like you like. That's what I'm trying to say. It's because that's what it boiled down to, bro. This whole shit about you being, being able to rest your conscious. Yeah. And to know that you have good karma because that's what you're putting out.

Is the realest shit everybody needs to learn. It's what I've been on. You know what I'm saying? And it's changing my life. And I think everybody needs to let go. You need to just let go. This is real shit we're dropping right now. If you're listening,

We laughed a lot. We said a lot of crazy shit. But at this moment, that right there leading into this is what you need to understand. You know what I'm saying? And it's just, it's an amazing thing to see. I'm saying, how was you willing to do it?

I know what I'm, I know what I did. And that's what I meant about that, and it sounds so small. It sounds, oh, he's talking about jury and he's talking about a car and his brother. No, it's about the feeling I just told you I was going to have. I want you to listen to the message in the feeling. I said that I'm sitting back watching something.

and I wanted to take care of my whole life, live it out right in front of me, knowing what I did, knowing how I did it. Incredible. And knowing just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, every person out there chasing a dream. When you do it like that, trust me, you go to sleep well at night. This, this, this, this right here is my favorite part of the whole interview because a lot of

people are probably struggling with that, like him saying this is going to free a lot of you because, yo, for me, like, I had to find that myself, too. You got to let go of all the vindictive energy, the, you know, just wanting to be better than, that whole thing better than. Like, you don't got to be, like, he was saying this in the beginning. You could coexist. Giving somebody props, and this is a big, big thing for the battle scene. I want the battle scene to listen to this. If you noticed, I don't have a problem telling somebody they're incredible. It doesn't take away from you when you tell somebody how amazing. they are. It's okay. It's good for them. It's good for people to see. It's good for you.

There's nothing about it that's bad. This whole toxic energy, we all need to be brothers about it. And whoever breaks through breaks through and you're just happy for them. But until then, it's like we could all enjoy our shit and coexist because it's all anyways, opinionated, subjective bullshit to begin with. Everybody is somebody's goat. Everybody to go to some fucking neighborhood. So I'm just saying why do we even care for that? You know what I'm saying? And that's a real thing, bro, just being able to just have a clean

conscious about it all. Be at peace. Y'all keep thinking this about money. Comfortable on your own skin. I chose this as a little boy. And I'm going to be that little boy to the end. I didn't, I wasn't know, I wasn't the, that's the problem.

People be bullied and they'll want to grow up and be bullies. Grow up and be better and bigger than the bully. Sheesh. This was, this was, I came in that little boy from Compton that wanted to chase his dreams and that's what I did. When I lay down, I told, I told the hummies, the hummys are telling you right before I got here. I said, hey, I said, yeah, you could drop your little drizzle, you know, cry.

But at my funeral, man, bust it down. Make sure it's lit. Turn up, man, I'll live mine like a gangster, bro. I ain't do no, none of that. None of that. None of that. None of that. No funerals.

It's parties from now to infinity. Oh, my mama, we lit, bro. Parties from now that are infinity. We lit because I showed y'all that you can be honorable. I showed y'all that you can be great around the grates. I showed y'all that don't have fear for nothing, nothing. Nothing in this world, bro. Nothing.

Nothing. I want that to be said like nothing, bro. And I understand that I'm so powerful at this point right now that even I save lives. I save my life and I save whoever I call my app. That's why I be quiet so much. That's what I was telling you earlier. I know what I can say, and I know how my homies going to react. Right.

But do I do that and have my brother sitting in a prison cell because of me? Do I do that and have one of my homies get hit and go down because of me? When I control the situation, nobody more about it than me. Me, I know what I'm going to do. So when I bow out of situations, I'm a grown man. And that's the thing people don't understand. Learn to be a man. Keep on trying to be the biggest gangst in the world.

You're a bitch. So, like I said, be a man. first, man. Let the rest of that come out later, bro. So, with that being said, you're such a confident person. What's been your biggest obstacle in this game, and how did you overcome it? I still haven't overcame it.

Like I say, that's, you know, the cliche thing is to be on, no jumper, chains on, Cardi, buzzed down, and then say you made it. Like, I'm still doing my thing. I got a long ways to go from what I feel like is success. You know what I'm saying? This was a point. This was something I...

Although you are on no jumper with a Cardi bus down. Yeah, no, for sure, for sure. But like I say, is that where to stop? No. That don't wear a stop. I know, I know my baby going to have babies. He's never, he's, I don't think he's, he's always going to move the goalpost. Oh, yeah, for sure.

This is what's inspiring by AV. Like, this is as a, as someone that's been in his life for over fucking 15 years, 18, actually, 18 years. Now, something I've always wondered about. That's crazy. So, so a couple of things I want to touch on, but like, one thing is like, obviously, you got Compton in your name. You're Compton A.V. You're beyond solidified in. the whole entire Southern Cali region and beyond, like, but is there, do you have any aspirations to, like, attack other regions and, like, you know, put in work in a similar manner in Atlanta, in New York and like, yeah, yeah, yeah.

Oh, sure, the plan is to be global to be, you know, like, the biggest. That's the plan. Because I feel like you have that. I always want to know. He has international style. You have that transcendent style that's beyond just. Yeah, that's the plan. But like I say, you know, they say everything is about home.

It starts off with your accent. It start off with you walking out, having a simple conversation. I know who from Atlanta, by the way they talk. I know who from New Orleans, by the way they talk. You know what I'm saying? I've been struggling with that. The whole thing, just take Compton off your name. And then, you know, people from Compton call me Compton.

They don't even say, Avey. They be like, what up, Compton? So it's like I'm getting my payment or I'm getting my just due from my people. Who do you see that more from that says take Compton out of training? You know, it's crazy? Just like record execs and people like that. Back in the day, they used to do that. Now they don't.

And when I tell you, my fans from Atlanta and my fans from New York, they call me content. that's fire you get what I'm saying so it's like I'm still I want to run back and tell the people y'all told me to take Compton on my name and now look like you don't got to do all that you know what I'm saying it's like I'm living out what I knew would be and that's what I said about just being universal man we had this thing the West Coast had this thing and we can have it again we got to stop thinking we can't I feel like you have a lot of tracks that are universal I feel like money dance is a crazy track that would go off in Croatia here's the thing about money dance

like you obviously had Holland, wherever. So much foresight with that record that years later, it winds up getting crazy placements. Even after that whole debacle, you feel, me you're shorty trying to shark it. You wind up with, you know, you maintain your rights to that concept the whole time. Then you, what, it was recently in commercials. Yeah. I was watching the same.

So far, man. I was watching the damn Super Bowl. Big sound out of net 30. Right. I'm with my girl. That shit. I was like, that that's my partner song. What the fuck?

And that's what I meant about understanding. records. You know, that was the second I knew, I understood. You know, I feel like people around you, like, where the people around me didn't understand the record is like, I knew it. But that just goes to show six years later, after I dropped that song, it made me the biggest, damn, I didn't even realize. Think about that. Because he kept, it just was so fresh the whole time. Because I'm trying to know like it. How many other rappers would have given up? How many other rappers would have just given up on that record? It is a timeless song. You know, would have been satisfied. Okay, the shit got a million on YouTube. It did

whoop-de-wompty-womp. It's, you know, got me this amount of love and then just be like, I'm on to the next. I'll never be over any of my records because at this point, I'm doing records for legacy. Right. So everything I put out right now is to go along with my catalog and my legacy.

And see, artists are not doing that. You know what I'm saying? They really not. Like Nipsey made meaningful music. That means when Nipsey passed, his music going to live on forever. He understood that living. These guys are getting up in here

with all this lean and all this smoking and not even knowing what they're talking about. You can ask around, rapper right now. He said, I don't be doing what I'm talking about. I've seen a couple of them said on the interviews. You know what I'm saying? And that's the thing, legacy. They go out as far as how far they dream it. I just dream it so big, bro. I just dream it so big. And God willing, that's where I'm making. And if I don't, I'm okay with that because I'm going to be a record exact. I'm going to be a boss. I can put these other people that dream this big out,

and at least I can be a part of what they see and a part of they dream because I understand it because I was that artist before. And that's why I mean just energy, bro, your energy. This whole thing I'm going through might have just been for that little thing for so-and-so from, I don't want to even give him a city. Right. Because he can be a diamond and rough from anywhere, right? But little so-and-so from boo-bo-bo-bo-bo-bo-bo-bo-bo-bo. Little Jimmy from Little Rock, Arkansas.

Right. This is what I went through all of this for. And when I find him, it makes sense. You went through the industry. You went through this. You did this. And then now he don't got to go through it. And then that's when you get your boom.

So you basically like the dude in Call of Duty that catch five by. so the team can win. Yeah. So it's the same thing. That's him. Frontline. That's him. You got a front line sometimes.

They're going to always remember me no matter what, bro. You know what I'm saying? Knock on wood. Anything happen to me. I'm a legend here. Period. Come on, man. You dig what I'm saying?

No, no, bro, because I live mine. Like I said, I'll never want nobody to be sad. I told you. Listen, this is me in front of you. I ain't even joking. Bro, any, like, it can happen. I'm just telling you, that's what I do it for. When you go, like, niggas going bang my music.

bro I'm talking about they gonna stand outside on cars and go up for me I ain't no regular nigga what you're talking about they gonna throw parties in the city for me bro it's gonna be parties when I'm gone talking about we celebrate hey y'all remember this by Compton a V a whole fucking section to just my music and they're gonna scream a word for word for word that's why all my records got to be timeless they should be doing that now no I'm saying they do that now I'm just talking about imagine you know how I'm saying of course when you go bro you hit the headlines people start posting you you damn near like a new artist to the rest of the world that that's

And then you go crazy. That's what's crazy is you can put in all this work your whole life. And once you get to that level, it's like you've started yesterday. Yeah. It's your brand new person. And that's the thing. You know what I've seen that happen with a couple artists. Artists that I didn't know.

Artists that I didn't know. When they died, I was like, damn, I wish I had to tap into this. Pretty dope. And so you put a lot into every record you make. And you seem to be very selective about the collabs you do. Like you just did a joint with the Yellow Hill. And Haiti baby from up in Stockton. What's that called Jumping?

Jumping. Yeah, jumping. Yeah, that thing. That's your most recent city, right? Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. What makes you select? Like, how is it that you come up with the collabs you do? Because you're not just doing records with everybody.

Off music. Meeting them, talking to them, seeing their vision, seeing where they're going to go. You know what I'm saying? Yellow different. Yeah. That's why I like him. I'm different. Misunderstood at times.

Yellow's super different. Yellow from the west side like me, so I'm fucking yellow. And, you know, it's just with every other story. You know, a little bro looking at this, you know what I'm saying? But he's just going to have them run-ins. You're going to see yellow when he, in full, like, just rap mode, and you're going to see yellow when he's down. Yellow going to show you, like, at the end of the day,

y'all might look at me. I'm superman. But I'm human. You know what I'm saying? You just got that heart in him. You know what I'm saying? Same thing with Haiti. Haiti, like, man, I'm trying to come down here to, like, L.A.

or something, like, be down there, bro, and do what I'm doing in the Bay Area, make the same imprint that I'm doing in the Bay Area down. down near. Haiti Wild. He got a whole different energy. You're looking at, imagine looking at three of the same type of artists, but different styles and different emotions on how to put it together.

That's what makes the record dope. That's why it's so bipolar. You're dealing with, as much as you want to say it, but you're dealing with like four. Completely different personality. I'm talking about personality. 15 rappers. Yeah, yeah. That sounds like you.

You know what I'm saying? Exactly. But that's what we are. We misunderstood. You know what I'm saying? left you alone, you probably wouldn't tap into the other side of you. So you need them. You just never knew it. You need the energy.

Yeah. I use it up all the time. So when you hear me talking about them, some girl told me, who are your ops? Well, you don't know. And the point of rap music is not for me to mention these guys. I'm just saying because that's what they say. Who are your ops? Think about it. What a corny question.

Right. I don't mention them because I don't want to give them a platform. But I do have ops. stupid like everyone does especially where I come from especially making things happen right making stuff happen I don't care if it's an

op in Sony Records I got a I don't care if it's an on a hundred and 23rd I got a hop you don't know my life but that's the thing everybody be so like you know the reason why Jay Z is so successful because he just didn't do it like that he never made

he never made the other thing bigger than him he always talked about something and you followed it that's why I said I don't got to say names go do the research on everything else I put out and give me some more reviews if you want to know who Lush was talking about who this is talking about go dig deep search go become a fan because real my real fans know exactly this is yeah that's what I'm saying bro yeah like I say bro you know I mean people walk up and tell you the best I'm talking about from here though because they seen it the whole thing bro

the whole thing Give me the type of fans I want. I want the fans that really, really, really, really know. Not because I got on no jumper and I spit out 100 million names to get attention. I'm going to work for mine, bro. I don't need to say nobody name. Everybody know what they did wrong.

Keep it over there. It's all good. I'm going to get mine. My family straight, bro. I love it. And that car, you cost a lot of money. To slide that in there at the end. That's how you guys, men.

What's next, man? What's next? From here, what's the next movie? Just, you know, my label. You know what I mean? Me actually... Rich off a rap. Yeah, Rich off rap.

Just me actually getting ready to sign an artist. You know what I'm saying? It's going to be a challenge for me. You can say what artist that is or you kind of just... No, not, because I haven't found him or her yet. Okay. And they've been pressing me lately because, you know, a lot of... I used to say him.

It could be a her too. Fire. Yeah. Or her in him. And just continue, like to, like I say, like I got some more legacy to build. And I know, I just know the new and improved me. And when my heart is, like, you know, they asked me. You know, they asked me...

You and your prime right now, man. I feel like you just don't get better, bro. They asked me a year ago if I loved it, and I told somebody no. Like, I don't love music no more. Like, yeah, I told them that for sure. You was lying or what? No, I was telling true.

That's the crazy thing about it. You love it right now? Right now, I do. I love it again. I feel like you never fell out of love with it in my head. You just been on it since day one. And the thing is... But it's what I try to tell you like...

There's ups and downs. I get it. You know, not everything. You know, probably three things. in my life I've capped about. You know what I'm saying? And I don't even say it's cap. But a lot of people say like they say, uh, you be rapping about

drinking and smoking. I say I rap about having a good time and drinking and smoking is involved. I'll be saying the homies is high and we pop in champagne. That ain't you don't mean I'm drinking it. Right. But like I use the elements to get by. So people say, oh, cap because A. A.V. City smoked a blunt on so and so

and so back then. Like, bro, music is music. This is a bad thing. None of those rappers sell those many drugs, bro. or they just wouldn't even rap. Like, God. And then, oh, I didn't got swayed on by you rap. He said, God. I can't, I can't ever, I would never conceive that you didn't love it,

especially after seeing them bars you spit. Was it on leakers or one of them things? Like, you had, you had some freestyle. They did recently. Yeah, that went over their heads too, man. That was so far. They went over, a lot of bars went over their heads. Y'all got to look up everything we're talking about.

What I said, Nadi's niggins. What could you say this? It was like, uh, uh, Buley Calf show. Oh, yeah, yeah. Yeah, there you go. What was you saying, right? What I say, uh, now these niggas calling my phone trying to rekindle. This Lamborghini only fit two.

It's not a limo. Yeah, I heard that shit before it dropped. But we were in Vegas driving around, remember? That's my battle rap since, right? So what I be tripping off of this, like, I'll everybody get that, right? This Lamborghini only fit two. It's not a limo. But that right after that I said, you niggas not invited to the party this time.

Right? How are we supposed to pull up to a party in the in the Lamborghini is two of us. Yeah, yeah. At the height of my career. But I wanted people to know like the limo goes with the party. You're not invited to the party this time. So it's an easy concept. You know who I'm talking about. They know who I'm talking about.

It's an easy concept for people to grasp, but it's way deeper. So if you like a lyricist, you're going to catch those nuances. It's like I'm sneaky, bro. You just have a bikini only fit too. It's not a limo. You niggis not invited. to the party this time. I'm bawling,

but I got another million on my mind. Niggas breaking alarm clocks. They should have set them early. Show them what's the true definition in net 30. So it's like, bro, Net 30 changed my life. It's just a whole glow different after that.

It's a basic term, right? That's what some people would say. It's a basic term. And it's a couple different ways to say net 30. Like, I want people to know that it's the opposite of the way what you guys are thinking.

Like, they, they, they bought my stuff and they owed me. They owed me a check. Not the other way around. Not I took a loan from them and then they were going to use my stuff. Ain't no advance. They took my stuff and told me that this subnet, this substantial amount of money, wherever, you know how they talk, is going to take this long to get to you.

Yeah. I was waiting on my money. Relatable. They use my material. I've seen it. Right. So, but, you know, People are reading the online version and it says a loan. No. It was a, the loan was them using my record and already happened. But you're like the smartest dude about your business ever.

I already know you. Exactly. I loaned them my joint. So then they can pay. No, I'm just telling you because that's how people are reading. You know, the haters got to try to find anything.

You know, and it's the first time I say this. But that doesn't even make any kind of sense for anyone that knows. Exactly. But exactly. But I'm just telling you, I got to clear it up for all the guys at home, you know,

all the people, all the people that's going to say something. Yeah, I did loan them my record. That's why you see the word loan inside of the definition. People just got a twist it. Yeah, right. It's the opposite way. They owed me.

He's a hog when it comes to negotiating. You can't fuck with him. Yeah. That's a fact. I think that's my new lawyer. You got to hire Compton A.V. My mom always started in. Like, when I used to talk to her, she'd say, yeah, yeah, whatever, Johnny Cochran.

She'd go all right. Her and my grandmother always say that, bro. Like, damn. That should have been a lawyer. If the card you don't fit. you must have quit. Yeah, for real, for real. Always got a punch with shit.

And you know, like I said, I want people at home to know this, like, some girl recently told me, like, oh, you do it show off. And I said, that's just how you see it. To me, I'm motivating. When I looked at people on TV or I looked at cash money, and I looked at, and I looked at meat mill and I looked at all these dudes like Little Dirk and they bust down, it motivates me. The thing is, though, when you come from nothing, it's not showing us. off.

Yeah. Period. Amen. You know what I'm saying? Amen. This has been an incredible segment. Yeah. I knew it was going to be fire.

I ain't know it was going to be like. Yeah. So shout-outs to her that said that. So I'm going to put my joint back on. Yeah. This part of this segment was dedicated to you, sweet. A.V. Man.

Compton, A.V. Crack City. My fellow. God tier podcast, man. The coolest battle rap podcast in the world. Can't wait to see what you got going on next. Man, anything you want to say to take us out. about this B.R.

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