No Jumper - KennDog On Hate From LA Rappers, Turning Out a Stud, Streets of Watts, & More

Episode Date: August 14, 2022

KennDog talks about his come-up, his hit records, signing with a label, going viral on Tiktok and more! ----- 00:00 Intro 4:07 - Seeing his first body not too long ago 8:14 - Used to be short and fat like Flakko, playing sports when younger, running track making him taller 13:48 - Complementing Gina on her style, going from basketball to music 16:12 - Having a job as a janitor before music, dropping car freestyle video on Facebook and it doing crazy numbers 18:19 - Turning out “stud” that looked like Jada Pinkett 24:07 - “Catch this vibe” song doing 100k on SoundCloud 26:21 - Living with his pops and him not believing in the music, getting a job at the $1 store, being fired because an employee of 19 years ratted him out for stealing 29:38 - Becoming a mobile barber during the pandemic, making $400-500 a day 33:25 - Living with his aunt when song went viral, Charli D’Amelio doing tik tok 36:05 - Signing with Warner records for 9 months, getting out the deal and dropping the hit “Beethoven” 38:18 - Used to be a big Kendrick, YG fan back in the day 42:43 - Only having 7 songs out right now 3 of them being massive hits, signing to another label 47:25 - Introducing his team, them realizing he was special, Kenndog loving the fans, new music dropping 49:15 - Setting the record straight that LA needs to get behind Kenndog ----- 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

No jumper coolest podcast in the world, man, and we're back again, man. Bro, how do you? Well, first of, we're back with Kendall. How do you feel, man? Hey, sick. I'm saying, I'm feeling good. Yo, I was expecting like a perm, man, but you came in with the short cut, man. A pern?

Oh, fuck, no. A purr, God, nah, cause. I was like, why you was expecting a perm? Nah, because I seen a picture, you were, like, you had the whole dude, like the whole. Oh, yeah, nah, nah, no. Nah, that's my natural ear. Like, that's my, like, real ear for them. Oh, really?

Yeah. Yeah. Oh, shit. So, like, is that straight? Yeah. Man. I got good hair. Oh, you mixed with what?

I don't know. Like, something on my daddy side. Yo, I'm going to tell y'all this, man. You're the most interesting rapper that ever came through this building. Oh, yeah. That's a hell of a compliment, too, because y'all had a lot of people in this biz. I'm telling you're the most interesting dude in the world. This dude walked in with a PSP.

I can show it on camera Yeah, man Show it on camera, man He walked in with the old school PSP This is the OG This the OG This is the OG PSP The one that take the disc

You feel me How long have you had that? Shit, I like bought this motherfucker To be honest I bought this motherfucker Off my little cousin And like It was like 2018

2018? Yeah And you kept it for that long Bro I can't even like manage Like a console for more than a year How you keep a PSP for that old I said

It's like Take care of your shit I just take care of my shit Bro, I still got shoes From fucking high school That's in like pristine condition I definitely can't fit Nothing from high school, bro

Yeah yeah I believe that Yeah I gave like what I believe that A hundred pounds This is a high school I believe that shit Wait on a

Okay so like what games do you play On your PSP? Oh shit It's like Dev Jam Fight from New York Spider-Man shit what else I be playing call the duty Ratchet and clink

I never heard none of those games Like I'm a Pokemon guy guy like I got Pokemon on here too I got my shit jailbroken Really? Yeah it's jailbroken Yo I got emerald on my shit Back in the day though like jailbreaking phones was the thing right Like dudes would have these like jailbroken like in Android phones And then turn the Android phones into a Game Boy emulator

Yeah that's what I got really Yeah that's what I got on here Yo man Okay so first so first First off, man, let's just go ahead and break it down, man. Who is Ken Dogg? Like Ken Dog is a, you know what I'm saying? Like a young nigga from the east side.

It's like South Central LA. It's like Watts area to be exact. I ain't gonna say the streets and all that because you niggas, his fans. Federal. This where he'd be at. This way he'd be a. Bidja's, man.

So what was it like growing up in Watts, though? It's, it's Watts. It's the East Side. It's the east like it get bad bro. It's like, you feel me, fights every day, sirens every day, helicopters every day. You know what I'm saying? You like bodies, you feel me. So like riots.

It'd be, man, it'd be a lot, bro. Especially like being a young nigga out there, fool. It's like the gangbanging is just so like prominent down there. It's like stupid. It's like it's so bad for it's like the mainstream mafia crypt. You got the Broadway's right here. You got the East Coastes. It's like down the streets, you got the Bonnihuntas.

Then, like, further down the street, you got the PJs. You fly the rolling hunting car, fool. It's a lot. It's a lot, fool. So, you know what I'm saying? If you don't know how to fight, it's going to be real bad for you. It's going to be bad for you. God damn.

At least slapbox. Wait, so there was a bunch of affiliations. Now, did you ever get affiliated or did you kind of just stay away from that shit? All federal questions? I just. Nah, nah. It's like, I don't got a kin dog for the kids. All right, skip past that, right?

So growing up in an environment that bad, like, okay, so like, when did you see your first body? I'm something like shit, like, not too long ago. That shit was like, like, uh, like seeing it, like, my own eyes. Like, that shit was on, like, it's like, Normandy and, you know, something, like, Expo. It was on, like, Normandy and, like, Expo. Like, somebody got killed on the train tracks. I was driving. Somebody got killed.

I'm like, I was just driving. I'm like, God damn. Man, that's vicious. On the train track. Yep. Smoked him. It was bad. I'm like,

nah, that's horrendous. I wonder, like, was bro just waiting for the train or did they just catch him? Like, he was just running. Shit, I don't know the story. He for sure got chipped, though. That n'nig got popped. Me didn't get hit by the train or a car or shit like that. He got killed.

Man, bro. They caught the nigger. Bro, that's insane. Now, how was your early childhood? Like, was you, like, a two-family structure? sorry, two pair family structure, a single mother. How was you growing up? Shit, like, until I was, like, nine,

I had, like, both my parents in my life. And then, like, they ended up getting, like, divorce and shit like that. You know what I'm saying? You feel like, the shit was cool, you for me, like, but it's like, me and my pop's always, you know, so I got into it. So I'd be, like, back on. Like, he, a Gemini, you from me, he do weird shit. But, yo, bro, hold up.

Is that a thing because I've realized that Like people put a lot of stock Into like the horrors And the signs Are you a believer in that Do you really think that dad can dictate Somebody's personality? I feel like Gemini niggas

I always got into it to it with Gemini niggas Always like Niggas like really I don't know like niggas like two-faced it Fool like they'd be cool And then they get on some weird shit I don't fuck with it Me personally no

All Gemini's well most Gemini So now I know to stay away from Gemini niggas Gemini niggas For a nigga is fake or something Ain't no telling fool. They two-faced it. That's the thing. It's like y'all two-faced.

Wait, what's your side? I'm a Virgo. Okay, so what are the characteristics of a Virgo? Shit, me, nigga. I'm chilling. Just that nigga, him. I'm a-thead. Him.

Himma-theads. Him. Yeah, that part. Wait, all right, so Virgo's the way. Just calm, chill, common collective, thorough. Like, what are Virgo's? Yeah, I'm sorry. Vergo's, kind of, you know, I'm so like, motherfuckersers be chilling.

You feel me, get bitches. Like, get to the money. So, Virgo's. Or Mr. Biches. Huh? So Virgil's or Mr. Biches. Oh, most definitely Mr. Biches. That's my middle name.

Yo, I feel like you're assigning all the great characteristics to Virgals. Yeah. And, like, assigning everything bad to Gemini's. Hey, that's just, my experience. To be honest, I can't really, like, speak on 100% of Gemini's, but it's, like, the ones I came across, I always got into it with them niggas. Yo, now, is that because a Gemini took, like, one of your girls or what? Fuck no, I ain't no, I ain't never, I bullshit you nothing.

No girl ever like... I have never had a nigga take one of my bitches for them, ever. Okay, so like have a girl ever cheated on you though? No. Like cheated, like no, no. Yo, you've been dating some real upstanding women, bro. I only had, you find, one girlfriend. I don't do girlfriends for my mom. I don't do girlfriends. That's just like not my style.

I was born to you from me like, have bitches for like, my pop's like, he was a pen for my mom. He was a pimp. That's why I got this tattoo for him. Like an actual pimp or just like a slick talking about it? He was a real deal pimp for him. Wow. I got this with my pops.

Wait. It's like slick back off boondocks. Oh, man. Yo. Now like, okay, so what type of, I guess, a game did a pimp teach you? Like, if your father was a pimp, what type of game did you get from him? Hey, the game is to be sold, not told, my dad. Never trust a bitch.

Game is to, yeah. That part, too. Don't spend a dollar on that bitch. Let the bitch bring him her hip, right? Is that what it is? Yeah, yeah. You know, that's the basics of it. You know, that's the basics of it.

But they get way more intricate, you know. Yeah, right. So growing up, man, now, you're a six-fix now. So I'm assuming you was always a big kid. Somewhat. I used to be, like, short and fat. Really? No offense.

You know, hold up now. So why do you think I'm short and fat? Nah, like, you're not short and fat. Like, you feel me fluffy. You know what I'm saying? Tell a bitch you're fluffy. I'm not fat, bitch, I'm fluffy. I'm pleasantly plump.

Yo, I like to say I'm tall and thick. Pause, no homo. Tall and you're not tall for them. You know, I'm like five-nine. Hey, for the motherfuckers that don't know who flaco is really like. Five-one? That nigga, Uzi height. Nah, bro, because Uzi is like five-foot-three.

How tall is you? You know, five, nine. Lie again. Lie again. Lie again. All, all, all, all, listen. Order real, though. They, okay, so like, they imagined my height in the office, and it came out.

I was like five foot eight. But I like to say I'm five, nine. Nah, five, eight. Let's be real. Yeah, man. You know the truth. You feel like, rest of the piece of the road. Right, but, okay.

But growing up where you was like six foot six big as fuck. Now, how did you avoid the sports and get into music? I did play sports. Yeah, let me guess. You was a titan. Nah, I ain't even play basketball. I mean, uh, football. You was a basketball player.

I played basketball and, you know, some, like, track. I ran track for a little bit. You ran track with your long-ass legs? How fast was you, man? I wasn't that fast, but I, you from me? A high jumper. I think I got, like, a, I think I got, like, two, like, second place for my medals. That was a while.

I was in, like, eighth grade, though, when I ran track. God damn. But I bullshit you not, like, running track, like, made me tall. Wait, wait, wait, wait, break that down? How to run and track make you tall my brother? I was just like, I was just like active at a young age. Like, if you like, I'm telling you, bro. That shit just like activated something in my jeans.

That just was like, all right. And then it's like ninth grade. I was playing basketball. Tip grade, I played basketball. Like junior senior year, I didn't fuck with that. I was like, fuck basketball. Yo, that's probably why I'm short as fuck. Because I actually tried track in like eighth grade.

What you were doing? Shockport. Nah, man, running. Yo, listen, shout out to like, Mr. Hill, right? So I was doing track in the eighth grade man and I went to, I believe like three consecutive practices right? Yeah. But I don't know what it is

yo. So the first day, bro, I was fast as a motherfucker. I'm talking about bro like I think I ran like the 40 yard dash in like Yeah. In like a little under like probably like round like 11, you feel me? Right? Seconds? Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

No, sorry, the 100 yard dash right? Yeah, you know, honey. Yeah, around like 11 seconds, you feel me? And then I don't know, like the following day, my time just kept going down, down, down and down. I just don't know, right? Because, bro, I started off a beast, fast as fuck. And then eventually my shit just, like, fell off. So I just, you know, said, fuck it.

You know, I just left. Right? You go on to practice. I went to three straight practices. And then after that, I just said, fuck this shit, bro. You feel me? You got to go to practice. I know, man.

Yo, like, that's, like, been one of, like, my, like, one of, like, my biggest downfalls, right? I've always said this. if I would have started playing football early, I would have been in the NFL. That's what this thing would be said. Yeah, that's what my brother would be said. Yo. If I was the state players, I'll be in the league right now, man.

I'll keep a hundred with you, bro. If I was you, bro, you niggasites? Come on, bro. It's over for the league, bro. If I was six foot seven with my, no, because you actually built sturdy. Like, you're not like a scrawny nigga. Yeah, like a tall scrant.

I used to be. I used to be. Right, because you guys are both. built like sturdy. So I would think 6'4-7-66 and built sturdy, you had been like a linebacker or something, man, like in a league. Now, when you play basketball, were you like one of those

kids? Now, I feel like high school coaches, fuck kids up, and here's why. Because niggas would be 6'4 playing center in high school. Yeah, that's exactly what I was doing. That's retarded though, right? That's stupid. In high school, I was like 6'3. You feel me. Playing center. Being center. But, like, you must have known.

I can shoot, though. I can shoot. shoot like a motherfucker, but they, like, never let me shoot. But you must have known them. Like, I'm six-foot-three playing center. I got no hopes of going to college and playing ball, because, like, there's no six-foot-three centers in college. Nah, them niggas, in college, that niggas, like, 6-9, 6-10 centers. Different. So I'm like, come on, bro.

It's like, I got to start, like. Like, playing guard more? No, like, not a guard, but like a power forward. Bro, at 6-4-6, you don't know power forward, bro. No, hell yeah. How? A power forward? And in the league?

Like college and the league. Because six, six, listen, because six foot six, you got a guard who like Anthony Davis, right? Like, you know, and he's like, what, six foot, eleven, seven feet, you know. Nah, that nigga, a power forward? Yeah. Oh, shit. That's different. Now, listen, you could be a small forward.

Yeah, they can be a small forward. So. Even a small forward, bro, it's kind of like, you're still undersized because LeBron is like six, nine. Paul George, like six eight, you know. like most like small forwards right now or like six 10 right like Ben Simmons you know who's a point guard like small for it so bruh your coach shut you up for failure man now when did you put down the sports and picked up the mic uh oh uh that's genie by the way how you doing jena hi yo this man said damn yo like who's that no yeah i was looking at you i like that suit you got

on man man all right but back to the mic man yeah when did you like put down the basketball and picked up the mic. To be honest, like sports, I really wouldn't even, like, in the sports. Like, it's like basketball. Like, the only reason I played is, like, because I was tall. And you feel me, like, motherfuckers have always been like, oh, do you play basketball? Oh, your brother played basketball. Do you play basketball?

So I was like, fuck, I'm feeling just start playing basketball. I'm down there got, like, peer pressure into playing sports. So, you know what I'm saying? Wait, be real. When this nigga was hot was out here playing ball, was you like, yo, this is our ticket out the hood? Nah, hell, hell no. I was like, hell no.

No, I'm just like, I'm just trying to play basketball, you know what I'm saying. Yo, you're saying, bro, you know, listen, and you saying that, bro, like, that nigga was ass at ball. Like, I couldn't even fathom he taking this out the streets. Who, that ain't? Yeah. Nah, hell no, like, hell no, that nigga went to college and everything for basketball. Oh, really? Yeah.

Yeah, right? So you thought, yeah, yo, this is my mail ticket out the streets because this is a nigga, you know, by to go to the league. It's like, not for me. Nah. Not for me. You know what I'm saying? He really wasn't that, he really wasn't that hard. But he was cool.

He was cool. He was a cool little hooper or whatever. Not that hard means he was super cheeks. Nah, not, not. Super cheeks, you feel me? I mean, so like, that nigga, uh... I forgot the name of the school. I forgot the name of the school, like, that nigga went to, like... Oh, really?

Wait, is that me or you? No, that's me. Let me turn my shit off, my fault. I bet. But shit, like, that nigga, you from me, scholarship, all that. Not all that, right? Okay, but when did you start rapping? Like, late.

2019. 2019? Yeah. Yo, I've heard... It was like a year out of high school. Yo, I've heard the same story from Lester like guys like Blueface and Potsmoke, right? And they told me, yo, I started rapping just by accident, man.

Yo, I went to the studio, my friends, like, booked it already. They fell asleep, so I just started rapping. And then instantly, I knew I was going to be a star because that shit was just fucking fire. Now, was it like, was that the same thing for you where your first time on the mic, you thought, damn, this shit is, yeah, bro, I'm a now. With this.

How the fuck did I'm starting rapping? Shit, boys, shit, you know, bro, like a nigga had like a little, like, bullshit-ass job as like a janitor. I used to be a janitor. You know what I'm saying? So I'm like cleaning up and shit. I forgot who I was listening to, but I'm like, damn, like, instead of saying that, that nigger would have said this.

Instead of doing a hook like that, I would have did it like this. So boom. I was like, fuck it. I'm like, fuck it. Like, I'm feeling just start, like, writing this shit because it's stuck in my head. It was bars and shit that was stuck in my head. So I'm like, all right, I'm going to write it down. Boom.

down. I'm like eventually I end up having like a full long gas rap. It was like a long gas rap. Like I showed the hummies. It was like oh that shit hard and I was like for real. It's like that shit hard then you go record that shit and then I was like all right cut like I'm about to like do a little like freestyle video in the car you know the little bullshit little car video. Yeah. I was like did one of them like post that shit on like Facebook up in like 2019 it was a minute ago of 2019 and it was like late at night if I posted that shit that shit went up I was damn I did another one boom that shit went up boom I did another one that shit went up I was

like I was like fuck it I'm gonna go like record something wait hold on when you say like went up was it just some like Facebook famous shit like a thousand views 20 shares nah not not nah that shit was like that sure like 500 shares wow uh it was like 20 30 000 views on like Instagram or Facebook Facebook on Facebook wait so at that point though like you would have had to have some type of, you know, like hood notoriety or some type of like fame, right? Yeah. Right? So, like, how did you get that, though, before the rap?

I got that fucking, like, Facebook Live or I was on, like, Facebook live, like, with me some of the homies. You flinty, like, the ex-hummies, I don't fuck with them niggas no more. Oh, shit. But, um, we definitely gonna get into that. Shit, yeah, I ain't tripping. But, so, boom, you fucking Facebook Live.

It's like five niggas on, like, one live, like, we don't lie, like, talking to people and that shit just start going up. We had, like, one K viewers and shit. We like, what the fucking bitches just on us? We're turning out dyke bitches on a lot. Turning out dyke bitches. Nika dyke bitches like, shit, you, for me.

Explain that for me real quick. How did you get a butch lesbian dyke, aka Young & Mae? Yeah. To get turned towel. Shit, that bitch, that bitch seen something that she liked. That bitch is like, I see a train.

She was like, I don't see five niggas. I see a train. I'm like, damn. Oh, God of heaven. Now, would you ever push the green light on a dyke hey bullshit you not all right this was like 20 20 for it was this a dyke it was a dyke you know what I'm saying she was a dyke you feel me like but she was like pretty as fuck in the face full like she'll like jada pink it in the face who whoo even like

she tapped in like on instagram like she starts sending me news and all type of shit like I never fucked the nigga before but I want to try it with you like like I knew her yeah like barely knew her like I like met her once you feel me I talked to her for a little bit but she chose up on the nigg Yeah. So I was really debating. I talked to my pops about it and everything. I was like, damn, this bitch really, I'm like, this bitch looked exactly like Jada Pinkett. Full. Like, she had like a little fro. Like a little baby little fro. I'm like, damn. I didn't do it though. No? I didn't do it. I was thinking about it. I shouldn't do it. Here, so why was it, you know, like, why did you, I guess, turn it down? Because if she's a,

if she wasn't a dyke, you would have probably went through it, right? For sure. It's just like the, I don't know It's like a mind thing It's like I know you a dyke You feel me I don't know, I should have did it though I was, I fucked that out Yo, that's how I know

You've been getting pussy for too long Because I know a lot of Ashley Negroes Who would have But it's a go for niggas What? Like, nah, pussy like not that important Fool like I didn't It's like sex is cool

But it's like All right bitch like what now Yeah It's like a lot of bitches like don't know how to hold a conversation. A lot of bitches don't got shit going on for their selves. It's just like these bitches just be like sexy bums. Of course.

You're a sexy bum. Like it's a sexy bum. And you feel like growing up with your father like knowing a game like and he's the one who kind of instill that into you of yo bro. Like these bitches really ain't shit. Most definitely. Most definitely. Oh man. It's like my whole life.

Like that's why like girlfriends like brought like I don't do girlfriends full. I keep a starting five. A starting five. Yeah. And do they all know their starting five? All of them know. All of them know about each other. Now, like, do you guys have, like, group dates and shit?

Nah, no, I ain't, you feel, like, taking it that for her. I ain't, I ain't taking it that for it. Because, like, bitch, it's, like, you from, like, catty, you feel me? And you feel, like, they like to, like, jealous. Yeah, you from me, I don't, you from, like, going through all that shit, like, the passive aggressive. You, feel me, oh, I'm around this, bitch, but I don't got time for that for them.

Not facts. And, like, do you plan on having a starting five for that? or do you eventually want to just settle down with one girl and be monogamous? I don't know, man, because I don't fuck a lot of niggas bitches, bro. A bitch is really like. Yo, listen, like, there was a lie from like this guy called Wilda Descense, right? And he said, yo, I got like niggas trying to kill me for some shit that I forgot I'd done. Now, do you ever feel paranoid fucking niggas, bitches, bitches like, damn, but like this shit might, you know, like come back.

Because niggas is sensitive. Niggas is very sensitive, bro. Especially since. I got in fights. I got in fights because of bitches, like, with niggas. Man. I got in fights, bro. Like, I don't even know this nigga, but the nigga, he hate my guts.

For fucking his bitch. I mean, I can imagine, though, right? Like. I'm like, to be on, I didn't even fuck with the bitch like that. It wasn't like I'm trying to make this bitch my girlfriend. Like, oh, yeah. You feel like, I'm the new nigga. No, I'm just a nigga that fuck on her from time to time.

Boy, that's even worse, though, bro. If I'm, like, feeding his hoe, I'm out here sheltering this hole. I'm out of feeding his hole. All right? Feeding his hole. Right? Like, I'm telling this whole is my queen

and then a six-foot-six rapper is slutting her out for nothing for free. Like, this nigga ain't even giving a bitch a chain of rock, brother, right? Like, this whole just sucking semen for free

and I'm out of her feeding her. Yeah, you love it. There's even more fucked up. You rubbing her feet, cooking her food? I ain't doing half of that. I'm just supplying a nigga, you know what I'm saying?

Soul pole. I supply soul pole because the only fans coming soon. Uh, bro. If you fuck my bitch, I would, like at least want you, bro, to at least, like, feed the bitch or give her, you know, like,

a couple of dollars, right, so, like, I can feel like this nigga tricked on my bitch, right? I'll go get her, like, some, you know, like some Arby's or some dinnies or something in the morning. Bro, listen, bro, just for me, right? If you ever come across my bitch, bro, at least feed her first. Feeder. All right? I'm a feed her, dick.

It's diabolical, man. You know, all right, man. But, all right, so, so, hood famous, right? You start a rap and now did the hood just like just all of a sudden just like rally around you and do you feel like they rally around you just because you're a hood famous or was your shit just so hot that was just undeniable niggas just started shane it. Yeah, that's exactly what it was for. Just so hot. Yeah, that's exactly what it was. You feel like because a lot of niggas already like don't like me like for no reason.

You feel me? Mm-hmm. And Watts. Like the whole city. There's motherfuckers that don't like me in Long Beach. There's motherfuckers that don't like me in the valleys. especially in LA. Speak on that, though.

Why don't niggas like you, man? I mean, shit, look at me, fool. I ain't trying to be no cocky niggie, but I'm a young fly nigga for, it's like, you, for me? And then I rap, it's like, cuz it's like, it just is what it is, bro, motherfuckin'n, just hate a nigga, you know what I'm saying? Way y'Hole.

Damn. All right, so, so what's the freestyles when viral, right? When lit? What was the first song you dropped that I actually got some, like, you know, I'm traction? and shit? Um, a song called like Catch This Vive. Catch this vibe.

Yeah. It was a song called Like Catch This Vive. That shit did like a hundred K on, uh, like SoundCloud. Wow. Because at first I was just dropping on SoundCloud. Yeah. So, yeah, I mean like that shit, you can me smack like a hundred K. It was motherfuckin' like listen to it tapping in. Like I was doing like little shows at parties.

Like, love performances at party and shit. Yo, bro, like, like, bro, like, bro, that's surreal. Because how did you, first off, what marketing, that you used to get your song popping on soundcloth? Because most niggas will drop a song on soundcloth, and that shit ain't doing nothing. Oh, nah, nigg. I sent that shit to the nigga every fucking person

I had on fucking every platform. Wow. A nigga on fucking Instagram. How many followers I had at the time? Like 3,000 followers. I sent that shit to at least 2,500 people. Yeah. Like 500, the motherfuckers are like spam accounts, you feel me?

Mm-hmm. So, nigga, I sent that shit to like 2,500 people. people on my Facebook had like 5,000 friends I sent it to 5,000 friends like Snapchat um sent that shit to everybody and the motherfuckers that like like really you know what I'm saying like know me know me mm-hmm I'm like the motherfuckers still got their messages I'm like hey just listen to my song woo woo yeah you know what I'm saying let me know if you like it blah blah blah and then shit that shit start going up like that shit was cool I'm like then I end up like taking a break for a minute off music.

Why? I don't know. I mean, shit, life, nigga. I ain't had no money. I didn't go get a job, all type of shit. I handle money. Yo, like, you strike me as a dude who is definitely, like, level-headed

and, you know, and who's on point? Because most niggas, bro, if they get 100K on SoundCloud, bro, most niggas don't give a fuck about about, bro, niggas would be, like, on their friends deflated air mattress. Like, I hear flexing on Instagram with their Gucci belts knowing, yo, I'm up, nigga. K on SoundCloud?

Hell no. But niggas taunting the outs for a week straight if they get 100K in on SoundCloud, man. So, so like, you know, so like what made you say, bro, I'm gonna walk away from a 100K on SoundCloud and, you know, like focus on my priorities now? My pops, man, I was, you know what I'm saying? I was, like, stand with my pops. Yeah. He was on my ass, like, he like, nigger, he like, that's cool and all that shit.

I busted you know, my pops didn't really, like, believe in the nigger music and shit like that. Nah. But my mama did, though. She, you feel like, always support me to the max. I bought the song on iTunes and all that. Yeah. Like, if we streamed it, like, all the time, always played it for her friends, all that.

But, like, my pops, you feel like, that nigga was always on my ass. Like, nigga, you need to get a job. And you need to, ooh, you need to go do this, you need to do that. I'm like, I just got tired of hearing that shit. So then I ended up getting like a little job after the 99 cents, though.

You feel me? I was, like, working that little shit for a minute until they caught me stealing. You feel like, during the pandemic then they fired my house. Now, was you stealing because, like, you was really down bad horrendous or, you're just like a clefto media? Nah, I was stealing because I know I could get away with it. But it was just one bitch-ass nigger named Freddy.

Freddy, if you're watching this. This is my name. What you that come over? That's my name, Frederick. Yeah. Yeah. Oh, shit. A bitch-ass-nignaid name Freddy, though.

Oh, God. A nigga name was Freddy. That nigg was, like, Filipino. I mean, was, like, working out the 99-cent stuff for 19 years. Damn. That nigga was the wannabe manager. Them motherfuckers didn't give him shit, but a little ass like a plaque. That was it

He didn't get a pay raise No nothing All he got was a little plaque That said like 19 Whoa You feel me You feel me You know

He said he should have post that shit And went viral Because the one nigga Like was working At Burk King for 30 years He got a fucking Laffy Taffy Yeah

He gave us some bullshit Bro bro Bro that's the same Yo Cause this nigga ain't miss a day For 30 years And got a

Laffy Taffy That's a Come on man I'm man So Freddie got a plaque It was filling himself Man brother.

Yeah, I'm saying, that nigga ratting me out, because look, I'm a nigga at my job, at my job full. Let me see. Like, niggas that was like, working there was probably, like, four niggas and like 10 bitches. So I'm cool with all the bitches, you feel me? I don't really fuck about the niggas. I'm, you feel like, cool with all the bitches.

So like, I'm ducked off in the back. You feel like, talking to like the, you feel like the supervisors and like the managers and shit like that. You feel like chopping it up with a bullshit, you not, because they was on Snapchat. that thing is sending me videos with them in their panties full. Really? Oh, God in heaven, bro.

God. So I'm chilling. I'm big chilling. So boom, I'm like, all right, you from like the pandemic going on. It's like the store, like, stupid crowded. Like, his motherfucker is buying all the can goods and toilet paper and all the stupid shit. So I'm like, all right, I'm feeling, you know, so I fill up a basket. I'm going to go to my car.

And I'm like, y'all taking everything before I could even buy it. You know, taking all the bacon and there? I'm like, nah, can we take some baking, some eggs, some bread, cheese, milk. You know what I'm saying? Take this back to the crib. Yeah. Like so I could like like follow me outside like on the low like oh look he woo woo and the niggot on me and the next day like they called me in it was like all right did you steal something

woo woo all right like what you steal how much did you steal yeah hey it was what it was like they already had me so i just i just gave myself fuck brother do you said all right man i did it bro. I didn't give it for you. They wasn't really giving me no hours like that anyway. Man, now after you got fired, I know Pops was like, nigga, like what's next? After I got fired, nigga, I started cutting here. I start cutting here like, I was in a pandemic. Okay. And it was perfect. You feel like the barbershops was closed. Of course.

So I'm like, all right. I was working at the 99 cents though. You know, so I saved up. You know what I'm saying? Like from my first car and boom, I start cutting hair, right? Boom. And I'm making bread. I'm everywhere. I'm all over the city cutting here. I'm telling you. I'm all over the city for, you feel me. I'm in the hovers. I'm in the 30s. I'm in the PJs.

I'm in the Knicks. Yeah. You feel me? I'm everywhere. So I'm making, like doing that, I'm making like four $500 a day. Of course. I'm making like four $500 a day. At the 99 cents though.

And that's on. Weekly, I'm making $300 in two weeks at the 99 cents. Yo. And that's on, but on, on, on like the low, and the cousin nigga and who come here, bro, he run it up. like, you know, like, we probably pay like, I think it's like a hundred bucks per haircut. So like, you know. Oh, look, I wouldn't even charge in a hundred.

No? I was charging 25 and I pull up on you. 25? Charging 25. Oh, you was running that shit up. So you got to think how many heads I'm cutting a day. God damn. I'm making four, 500 and I'm only charging $25.

God damn. Here, so at that point, though, like, you're making like $4,500 a day. Mm-hmm. You know. I start buying, you for like, red bottles, you for like designer and shit like that. You know what I'm saying? A nigga was making so much money that my pops thought I was like selling drugs, like with my cousins in them. Yeah.

They thought I was, he thought I was like selling drugs and the nigga kicked me out. Yeah. So then I had to like, tap in like, tap in like my auntie. Okay. Tap in like with my auntie. I was like, can I move in? Uh-huh. Well, like your brother tripping, blah, blah, blah, blah.

Up in the garage. I asked their fucking move in the garage. She was like, yeah, you got to clean it out. Over. I'm sure. I was in that bitch that day. You know what I'm saying? And chilling, man.

But bro, if I was making $4,500 a day, the last thing I'm doing is picking up a mic. So, all right, so like, after you came back, okay, so what inspired you coming back to music now? Because at that point, you're up, my dick. Like, you're rich. Like, that's Dr. Bunny. I mean, like, inspire. I ain't going to say, like, something inspired me, like, it's like, to be honest.

I just like to, what the fuck is the word? Like, create. Mm-hmm. So I'd be, like, creative. I like to draw. I like to paint. You feel me shit like that. Yeah.

You feel me, like, make clothes. and you feel me paint on shoes and jackets and you feel me so I just see like music is like drawing of course I see it's like making like a piece of art yeah of course here here right so like okay so how soon and soon after that then did did like you drop Beethoven oh shit alright wait hold on so the first uh it's like viral song I had is like drip like me it's a song called drip like me it's like I'm sorry for dripping That weird?

Well, hold up though. Is that the song you dissed Little Baby in? I didn't diss little baby. Fuck, why everybody keeps saying that? I just said, like, Little Baby, because that's what we say up in L.A., like, little baby. Like, what's the deal?

Little Baby? What's the deal? Little Baby? You feel me? I didn't diss little baby. No, I didn't diss little baby because. Yo, Fab. At that time, bro, I was reading articles.

The niggas talking about, bro. Little baby can't come to L.A. He's banned from L.A. I said, damn, this nigga. I'm like, I'm like, what the fuck? When I start seeing that shit, I'm like, what this niggas talking about right now? I did not disditch little baby, bro.

You feel me? But, you know what I'm? Reached out to him? Uh-huh. Like, do you reach out to him like, bro, listen, man, like, you're not banned from L.A. He wasn't going to see that shit. Okay.

He wasn't going to go see that shit. He probably got a million fucking DMs, because he wasn't fin to see it. But if I meet him, you know what I'm saying? Like in person? I'm saying, like, if I bring that up, then I'd be like, nah, it wouldn't even that. Yeah, you feel me?

For me? But on me, that's like, that song, It was like went viral at the time You know what I'm saying Like I'm down bad You feel like staying in the garage And my auntie house cause Fucking rats and roaches

And all that shit Flies in this bitch every day You know what I'm saying That shit went viral For like sign my first deal with I can't say Because I had to sign the NDA when I left You feel me

Wait Because I can't talk shit about him Wait hold up So that so went viral Now how viral did it go That shit went viral That shit like number one on TikTok Bro

We should like right now It's like 90 million streams. Wow. Now, at what point did you call him and said, my nigga, we out of here? Who? Did they? Yeah. Yo, my nigga, we, we are, we gone. We already knew. It's just one TikTok or called Charlie DeMilio. Oh, shit. She did a video to it. Oh, you out of here. She did it. Labels and start, brr- Really? Yeah. Wait. So, here, right? So how many views did that song have on YouTube before Charlie picked it up? On YouTube it had

shit probably like 800,000 on YouTube. Okay, so. Because it started like going like yeah. Like baby viral. It starts bubbling. You feel me? But when she did it it was out of here so whenever I meet her. With the back up a little bit though. Yeah. Because 800,000 views bro, some niggas

been rapping for 40 years and ain't got like a 10th of that. So at what point was you like, yo something is happening here and I don't know like far this is gonna go like was it at like 100,000 views you was like you know like something is happening here uh yeah yeah i say about like 90 000 views like because it started like going up on like all platforms oh really like not just youtube it was going up on like apple going up

like 20 000 a day yeah you feel me sound cloud Spotify i'm like all right this shit bubbling yeah and then she did it that's just start doing like it's over it started doing like a hundred thousand views a day then 200 then 250 I was like damn then that's when the label started tapping in man you like then I signed my first deal now question for you like when you hear you know because like you probably signed your deal at 2020 right yeah 2020 I signed my first deal right so at that point though you were well aware because I just heard like May sign five if like 5k so you were well aware like oh damn like yo these like bro like these labels is out here nigger hunt and really like like

trying to fuck over niggas for real for real so like how did you protect yourself when going into those deals or was it like bro like fuck this shit i had a lawyer i got a good-ass lawyer oh really that's how you feel like got my first deal and you feel like that's how i end up getting out that motherfucker too really i ended up getting out that motherfucker yeah so i signed to their ass for like nine months yeah it's like warner records i can say it you from okay okay you feel like signed to them you for like for nine months because like they was on some bullshit like shelf the nigger for nine months I couldn't drop shit. Wow. And then I told my lawyer, I'm like, I'm like, fuck this. I want to get out this deal. She was like, all right, give me some time. Boom. You feel

me? Like in a week, I end up getting out that deal. That same week. It's like drop Beethoven. Oh, wow. Wait. Hold up. So like they just said, nigga, go or let you buy your way out of it? Nah, they let me go. Within nine months? Yep. That's crazy. And then you dropped. Then I dropped Beethoven. The smash of all smash. That was like three times as big as drip like me. Definitely. Because like bro, because, okay so, so, like when I first heard Beethoven, bro, my first, like, my first

reaction was, who is this nigga? Right? Like, like, what is this shit? You feel what I mean? Right? Because it was like different. You feel me? Like, definitely. I got I mean, bro, I got some shit for him. Man. I got some shit. Yo, so like, why'd you choose to go down like the path of

like contemporary rap, opposed to like the regular, you know, L.A. It's about fun, bro. Like, I like to, like, be, like, creative, like, with my songs. Yeah. It's not just, like, a nigga rapping. It's not just, you feel me, oh, I got the big fat 40 with a Mac on my hip and I don't want to rap about that. Yo, that shit.

I go to lie, that shit sounded tough. Is that your shit? That was just some bullshit. What? Say it again, nigger. Say it again. That's a good guy. I'm not for to wrap that shit.

I got a big 540 on my hip body, let it go. Fon'Hunter. I'm gonna lie to him. See? I'm gonna lie, that shit just did kind of like, you know, like smack though. Come on, okay. Niggas ain't rapping like that no more. Like, I was like 2016 shit.

Nah, but all of the niggas rapping like this. I mean, shit, it's only going to get you so far. Of course. It's a ceiling to it. Not facts, man. Nah, I want to, nah, I want to make hits. I want to be after beat T or I want a nigga get a Grammy and shit like that. Of course, man.

I'm not trying to be hood famous. Fuck being her famous. Yo, when did like the L.A. niggas start rapping in like MLA format? what's that like that rainbow flow like like like it's draco started that shit right like and it's like the proper lawyer rap you feel like you know okay here so drako started right yeah draco started that shit got you yeah right because like here so like who's your biggest okay so like and who was one rapper in l.A where you looked up to like yo I'm trying to like be on his type

time yeah Yeah. Nobody, right? Because all these niggas is... Nah, nah, like back in the day, like, I used to be, like, a big, Kendrick fan. Mm.

From, like, a big, like, YG fan, even though, yeah. I used to be like a big YG fan. Not definitely, man. Now, here, so after you got lit, after Beethoven dropped, you lit, you signed a deal, when did you and your niggas fall out, man?

Yeah, it wasn't even... It was like... before the deal. Yeah, it was damn near like a couple months before I even signed my deal. Yeah, you know what, that's that though? The song was, like, going up, it was probably at like $5 million on, like, YouTube.

You from me, Spotify, it was probably at like $10 million. It was just like, you know what I'm sorry. The thing about my niggas, they, like, been rapping, like since they was kids. They always, like, wanted to be rappers. I was never a rapper, ever. So if like 2019, I was like, fuck, I'm like, let me just like try this shit.

Yeah. Like, it's fun. Like, it's cool. Like, I get to, like, do art. Mm-hmm. You feel me? So I start doing it. Then I start bubbling.

And then boom. It's like, first son took off, got a deal. All right, got out that deal. I was, I was, I'm, like, after my first deal, nigga, I fell off. Because I was. Why? Everybody forgot about me.

I only had like 10K followers. You, you feel? After my first deal. Yeah. Like, why is that, though? So, so why don't you think it translated it to Instagram. I wasn't doing shit like this. I wasn't doing like interviews and like going out places and shit like that. I was in the house. You feel me? Like then um, it's like got out that deal

boom like drop Beethoven again and went viral all over again. It's like, niggas like, damn, what the fuck do he got that? I don't. I don't. Like, you feel me? So it's just, you know, they, here, right? But like, you know, okay, but like most niggas would even pretend to fuck what you just so they can like, you know, get some, you know, like shine and clout. Like, what was it? You can't hide it. It's in your face. It's in your face.

It's in your facial expressions. A nigga could see, like, past the, oh, yeah, whoa, whoa. I could see it in your eyes. I can see it in, like, the way your face is right now. Like, you're not happy for me, for real. You could smell the craftiness and hungriness in their mitochondria. Yeah. And their model can.

In their organisms. Right. For real, bro. For real, bro. And then that shit hurt Because it's like Like these my day one niggas And we're kids

You feel me And shit just It is what it is though You for me I ain't even really Man Now like what's the best thing About being famous

Niggas Like Shit the money and the bitches The money and the bitches For sure The money You'd be surprised You'd be surprised

You'd pay you to come out And do a song Yeah this is Yeah this is why I fuck with him right Listen he's honest Right Because most niggas

Will come and say yo man this shit is still normal bro i don't know nah you know me nah i ain't even where i want to be at because i'm enjoying the fuck out this shit no so uh where like okay so where do you want to be at though shit uh the grammies i want to be at the grammies um nah that's kind of tough that's what it is i want to be at the gramees i want to add like you see how y'all got them little black things up there yeah i want my shit to be plaques oh shit just like that all in my house when a base kind of my house. He's like, oh yeah, you really a rapper. Yes, bitch. I'm really that.

Yo, bro, but you know, like, you can definitely do it because your music is definitely like Grammy ass, right? Like, for example, like Silk Sonic, right? Bro, them niggas is running it up, bro. They're taking everything now, and their sound is kind of, you know, you know, it's similar to yours kind of, you. Right? Okay. Right, but they just sing more and shit like that, man.

Now, big question for you, though, right? So now that you got to success, bro, what's next? What's next? Oh, I got a whole bunch of shit. I got a whole bunch of shit coming soon for. Yeah, also, too. You were supposed to, like, drop a tape, right? But that never came out, right? Um, something like last year.

I think the doo-wop, right? Or no? It's like, that's a song. Yeah. If, like, duwap is a song on me. But if, like, December for show, I'm dropping some shit like December. I'm gonna drop my first project. I might drop like an EP before that. I don't know. Yeah. Yeah. No, no, listen, because, like, I kind of,

realized that, right? Like, when I went to your U-2, I seen like nine songs, I went to like... Yeah, I don't got a lot of songs, so I only got, what? Nah, it ain't even nine songs. I really only got like seven songs out right now. Right. And two of them, or even like three of them, were massive songs. That's crazy. So is it like, you are just dropping, like, quality over quantity meaning, like... That's exactly what it is. That's the guitar. It's like a bunch of niggas, like a... It's like, drop... It's like four-five songs a week. You drop four, five songs a week, but the song's not sticking. Of course.

It's not resonating with people. Of course. It's like, you feel me, it's no time behind it. My songs be like a process, a thought process. Like, creativity. All right, boom. Like, let me do this. All right, boom.

Like, let me, like, get the bars, all right. Let me, like, switch the flows up. Let me do this. Let me do that. Okay, boom. You fly from the beat. You fly to the hook, to the lyrics. The motherfucking, what else?

What else is what I was going to say? It's like, but anyway, but anyway, on God, fool. You know what I'm saying? Yeah. Instead of just going to the studio being like, all right, yeah, put a beat on. All right, yeah, that's the song. All right, cut, put another beat on.

Come on, God. That's like shooting in the dark, but me, my shit, like, precise. Of course. Yo, like the, you know, like the, I guess, like, the closest person to you that I can even, like, think of, bro. It is like OT Genesis, right? You feel me? Okay. Right where.

I met that nigga one time. Bro. And he don't drop often. But when he drops. When he drops, it go. It goes. It go. You feel me?

And all his shit goes right now. Are you ever afraid of yell? Like, I'm in like a microwave era, bro, where like, bro, like, these new niggas, like, especially fans, bro, like, they forget about shit quickly. Yeah. Bro. Can you just drop? Mm-hmm. That shit came and went.

Like, it's gone now. So, like, are you ever scared of damn, bro? Like, even if I drop a massive hit, if I don't drop for another three, four months, like, I'm gone. Shit. If a nigga drop another one, they're going to come right back. All right. You know, facts, man. They're gonna come right back for they all come running back.

Oh yeah, and he made the other shit. Oh, yeah. You see what? It's like with Beethoven, that's exactly how it was. I dropped a drip like me. That shit went viral, crazy. Crazy. Sat down for nine months.

Anybody know the fuck I was. If I dropped Beethoven, oh, and this the nigga that made this. That was all in the comments. Oh, he made the other. Oh, this nigga back to back. Oh, he did. You feel me? Going crazy, man.

Now, question for you, though, right? So, like, would you ever consider signing to another label? I signed to, I'm signed right now. Really? Okay, so, like, why did you go back then? Like, because, like, bro, at that point, you dropped Beethoven, you, like, you're already hot, right? Like, for example, like, small artists would sign

because they, you know, because they, like, got their first hit. Beethoven was, like, your third hit. So why would you sign back to record label? It's like, to be honest, like, because it's like, I got, like, a real team behind me now. Gotcha. I'm saying? Up at my last label, I didn't have nobody.

I had no publicist. I ain't had no motherfucking. Look, I... Your brother. Like, that nigga's sitting right there. Like, I got the black hoodie. Like, that's my... Like, that's my nigga.

Like, that's my... Like, label nigga. Yeah. That's my boy. I got a publicist. I got, um... I got, like, two NRs. Oh, shit.

You feel? Me? Like, marketing team, all that. You, feel me? Yo, listen, bro. I definitely, like, see you going places, man. Here, here. So, first off, bring the team on.

Come on, guys. Come on, bro. Come on camera, man. on. Yo, come on, man. Man, bring y'all ass, man. Stop backing like that. Yeah, man. It's the interview. Y'all sitting there acting inside. Yo, yo, yo.

Is y'all niggas, we even sit there? Camera, man, bro. Come on camera, bro. Hey, listen, man, right? Because we're about to wrap up, so come on camera real quick, man. You feel me? Fuck wrong with you. Come on, man. Yo, come on. Yo, why y'all are terrified, man?

No, you're ugly, man. Come on, brother. All right. I. Come on, man, come on, man. Listen, no, man. Yeah, man. You listen, man. I'm going to show me,

because this dude came in with his brother and two dudes, right? Bro. Because, like, these dudes are, you know, again, man, like, this is a dude who's making shit happen with a team that, yo. It's like, this one nigga, TK.

Yeah, but behind him, man. That's my big brother. You're like, I don't know why my NR over there acting like a down. Acting like a little puppy or something, because, you know, man. I don't like that. Nah, you're out of here for them.

Nah, man. Nah, man. Yo, listen to me, this is Ken Dogman, his team, man. You know, what's your names, man? Mike right here, took the mic. You ever take the mic, man? This day, day, this TK. Man.

Yo, you know, last question for y'all, man, was what did you guys know he was special? Did my take to Mike? Yeah, a nigga, shit, a nigga was all he, a nigga did everything. He, painting shoes, paint art. Mm-hmm. And I didn't do this thing with the music, like, for me.

Yo, listen, man, facts, man. Now, listen, before we, we, like, you know, wrap it up, right? And, like, head out, though, man. Do you guys have anything to say to the fans, man, like, what's coming up? What's next? The last, you know, you know, like, what to look out for? Like, where do they go? How do they follow you?

I love the motherfucking fans, because I'm like, get my following up, car, on me. Follow me on the gram at Ken Dogg underscore underscore, K-N-N-D-O-G underscore underscore, I got some new shit dropping. I ain't gonna lie it for like a nigga been like slacking like a little bit on the dropping.

Like what I got saw though for? I got a bunch of shit in the vote. I'm gonna start going crazy. So be on the lookout. You're definitely, yeah, this is Ken Dogg, his two compadres. Hey, look, I want to politics for him real quick. Okay.

Real brief, real brief. Go ahead. Hey, look, LA need to be showing love to Ken Dog. He dropping hits that's not just in LA. They're going global. Like, you niggas can stop acting like like y'all don't see what the fuck is going on. Yeah, that point.

He really doesn't. doing it. Like, he really got songs. Like, he really viral, bro. Like, two deals within nine months. Within the same year. What do you niggas talking about? Three hits. Y'all want somebody to be big, but y'all don't support. Y'all got a chance to do it right now before even. Fuck all these LA diggers. You diggers' you diggers is bud shit anyway. Oh, God. All nobody would listen to y'all in the club. There ain't nobody listening to your shit in Germany, Australia. I'm not going to fuck about none of you niggies. I'm

God. God. Damn. Hey, yo. Ken Dawke said that. Flacco is a civilian, please, you know, you know. I am part of that, man. Listen, man, Ken don't talk in the shit, man. No jumper, coolest podcast in the world. Man, we out of here, folks. Peace.