No Jumper - The Pressa Interview: Losing Houdini, Toronto's Violent Reputation & More

Episode Date: December 29, 2020

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No jumper. Coolest podcast in the world. And today we're in here with the one and only press a. How you feeling, my guy? I'm sorry for having you. I'm great. It's nice to have you in here. Man, I appreciate you for having me, man.

No, no problem. I remember when I first heard you was actually because of DJ Carnage. Like we were doing one of those things where you're hanging out with somebody for the first time and you're kind of going back and forth playing each other artists that they ain't heard before. And he put your shit on and I hadn't heard it up to that point. and I was just like, holy fuck, this is, this is insane. This guy has one of the craziest voices I ever heard. And made quite an impression on me.

So it's dope that we're finally going to connect. Shout out to DJ Carnish, man. Yeah, good dude. And I also remember at the time, one of the things he said about you was, this motherfucker got some problems with the law. He might never come to America. I believe at the time it was, he is never coming to America. Which was, I think a lot of people when they first heard about you,

or not when they first heard about you, but at some point that kind of became the story with you. Yeah, but I beat the odds, you know? Yeah, is that how you feel? Yeah, to circumn that shit, you know? Right. Like, I mean, that's pretty wild. Like, just to think that you, you know,

could be in a very, very different situation. A lot of people who come from your circumstances are in a very different situation. Yeah, it's crazy. It's because a lot of shit I was young. I was underage when I did a lot of shit, So when I finally fucking, and then after I stayed out of trouble for like five years after that, like it's not like I stayed out of trouble.

I got arrested, but I never got found guilty for nothing, you feel me? Right. So I ain't got no adult record, you know what my youth record is crazy though. Like you feel? Really? So that's why you're able to travel and we see you in America and shit at this point? So do you live here most of the time at this point? Yeah, I live in LA.

Okay. So you fully made the switch. How is that? It's dope. You know, I've trying to chase my dreams, you know? Right. But, I mean, you got to miss some of the local shit. Like, one thing in Toronto, the food is absolutely fucking unbelievable.

That's like the whole culture, the whole vibe. You've been to Toronto? Yeah. Jamaica. Might as well be Jamaica over there. I've been to Toronto a couple times. And it's definitely like an amazing place that if I was from there, I feel like I would have a hard time walking away from it. And like, L.A. is amazing, obviously.

But it's got to be kind of a weird transition to an extent. Well, L.A. is like Toronto, though, now. Because for me, like, when I leave L.A., I need to go right back. Like, you feel me? Mm. And I, you know, like, the only reason why I don't be going over there to Canada, it's just because I don't want them to, like, ever not let me back in. Oh, okay. So you just don't really go.

back at this point in general. Yeah, I don't go back. Interesting. So I'm like crazy rich. Do you see like when you go through the border and shit, do you feel like there's a level of inspection on you where they're really looking at you? Like I'm sure like a pretty good percentage of the people at the airport and shit know you and stuff. But do you feel like they're trying to catch you doing something or they're looking for a reason to fuck with you? Yeah, just because they kind of know who I am. But then some of the police there are fans. Like the, the, the, the, like the TSA or whatever they, those people. Right.

They'll be like, oh, Presto, what are I? Be listening to your shit. Yeah. You're going on. You got a show today? And do you feel like they give you a bit of the benefit of the doubt in that you're doing something positive with yourself? Yeah, for sure. Yeah, for sure.

They'd be like leaving me alone right now. You feel me? I respect that. But, yeah, I mean, you have pretty crazy childhood. We got to talk about the way that you came up. it's definitely fucking something else some of the the stuff from your childhood do you do you remember like a specific point you sort of realized that you had a very unique upbringing in comparison to a very large percentage of people yeah like the first song basically i knew i was

unique from my city off the rip you know i mean because i knew there was no one like me coming out at that time you feel me everybody that i was rapping they're like they weren't like like full certified in the streets you feel me so when I started rapping I was like already 100% certified like you know like the whole streets knows me like everybody knew me before I was rapping you know right they just knew me and my niggas are just turned up piped up you know but you like you were super young when you first started rapping though right so like people knew about you from being out and about when you were like 12 and shit yeah they knew me from 12 and shit like all

that me and my brother are them two little niggas that always like if you ever been to my hood and you had to and you don't know me you never been there like right if you've been to my area and you know you don't know me or my brother you never been there like you're capping like you're lying because every time you go out there you'll see us out there on our dirt like ripping around everywhere you feel me right paint that picture for us though like what it was like in terms of what that areas like because a lot of people look it's hard for them to even imagine that canada has some pretty fucking intense hoods. All right so basically I'll just be like when I was young like when I was 12 and shit I used to see all them I used to see like shootouts and shit.

Hey gunshots on my block every day like every other day and shit really all them niggas would be at my crib you feel me like they'll be standing outside my crib you feel me like all them older niggas that be cripping and all that shit. Uh-huh. It'd be like outside my crib. Right. So that was just normal shit because people think that there's no guns in Canada. Yeah, I used to look out my window and shit and see like, like, niggas playing with

their guns and shit when I was like seven, six. And I used to be like, yo, go back inside and all that shit. Right. Is it mostly just like, like in your area, was it, the issues would be caused by just like other neighborhoods just having problems with the neighborhood that you were from and Was it mostly just territorial type shit or what was the source of all this conflict? I don't even know. It's done. I just Toronto being Toronto, you know. For sure.

I used to be like, they used to play dice outside my house, like in front of my house all day. Right. And I see them running around, running away from police, all that, all that shit, you know. Right. Yeah. Did you, but it's crazy just to think, like, do you look back at those things, you look back at those things? Like do you look back at those times now and feel like holy shit like I thought all that shit was normal because you're like one person that managed to actually get out of there and break away from that and sort of be able to see a lot more of the world and stuff but like all the stuff that you thought was completely normal at that time has to seem pretty extreme now huh? Yeah.

Yeah. It's all normal to me like it don't matter life is life you see me like I'm proud to be going I'm proud that I went through all that because Now I know like the purpose of life and shit, you know? Yeah. If I was just a rich kid from nowhere, I would be fucking just worried about the wrong things, you hear me? Right. Now I got like a bigger purpose and like I have a stronger purpose. You for me?

Definitely. Okay, so from day one from super early on, where people trying to tell you that you should rap just because you had such a unique voice? Nah, they never used to. I just used to, I was just rapping. I don't even think people really like my voice at first. Really? Until they hear what I'm saying, you know?

And then some people like it. And then most people like it, but some people they don't like it, you know what I mean? Because they don't understand it and they're not really, it's not really communicating with them, you know what I'm? Like, I'm on a whole different vibe, like, only the real ones kind of connect with me, you feel me? Right. So how did you start rapping? My homie died and shit, and I just I just started rapping.

I made a song about him. The Wask Gang song? So that was how you actually started rapping. That was the first real song that you had ever done? Yeah. That's the first song that I put out on YouTube. So prior to that, you were just fucking around, and was that the first time that you felt like,

wow, this is like something so momentous in my life, so traumatizing that I got to do something to remember him? How did that song come about? I just wanted to show them that like, like, I'm the guy, like, and, and, like, we're the guys in my neighborhood, and there ain't nobody, really than us in the city, you know what I'm, you know, is. Right. When it comes to the street shit, it stands and falls in our ball court, you know what I mean? When it comes to street music, like, they got to come and listen to us, you know, you. you feel me they're not gonna they're not if they're looking for street music you can't go find it from

somewhere else you for me you gotta come to like my guys like me bernaband sudini fucking y g jney like you feel me right um but did you feel like um oh i saw some people saying basically that that was the first time that song sort of like ushered in a new era in terms of canadian street rap that like it just brought a completely different energy kind of like that song right there it was like the drill type moment sort of unfolding in canada where you're seeing sort of like people dying and and it's being there being memorializing songs and like you know really kind of capturing like what was really going on yeah like we're because we're like in the image and like we're out every day so all we had to do is call the cameraman to them pull up you for me right and we'll just shoot at we shoot all

our videos on the block. Most of our videos just on the block, you feel me? Right. But then after that, I started doing videos like all try to like go on a whole different type of scale and start

doing like little crazy different type of videos you found me. Right, so that kind of got you motivated and realized that you actually had the potential to make something out of this? Yeah. Interesting. So who would you cite as like influencing and your music when you first started to do it though.

Like, who did you want to be like? And was it local people? Was it shit that you were listening to online or on the radio? Or what was it? You know, I wanted to, like, I wanted to, like, from the rip, I wanted to, I thought I was going to be like, I wanted to be like the gangster Justin Bieber for Canada, you feel me? Like, all them, like, just people look up to me and all the girls love me,

you feel me? and well I'm in the from the streets like you want it to be everything yeah all together all together like you feel me like all like all one package you know right how long did it take before people started really tapping in with you like in terms of bigger artists and shit were they just showing appreciation like right away uh Torrey lanes was always fucking with me from the rimp from wasking my first song right and then I kept going hard I was just getting crazy views, crazy views. And then Meek Mill reached out to me.

Right. That's when, like, everything, like, crazy, you know? That's when, like, I did my song with Murder Beats, Nova Came. That's, that's the song. I hadn't heard it in years, and I was listening to it yesterday. Just like, holy fuck, this song blew my mind when I first heard it. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. And then, fucking, yeah, Mick Mills picked that shit up.

and he kept posting it and everything and then the weekend picked it up right everybody else was picking it up like tie dollar signs well so everybody was picking it up at that time you know Travis Scott was going crazy to it right and then yeah a lot of people was just fucking with me and so was all this before you caught your case that sort of slowed your career down a lot there Nah, Meek Mills reached out to me while I was on my case. Uh-huh. Yeah, I caught a case and then I was on house arrest and shit. And then Meek Mills, I dropped Novakane and that shit went crazy.

Are you able to speak about the situation that got you that case? Yeah. Yeah, understandably. How did you, like, how did you actually end up beating that, though? Like, what, can you tell us a little bit about just exactly why you're able to be here today in terms of that whole situation? Yeah, I guess I'm just here today. That's how God works, you know? Right.

God just puts you where you need to be at times, you know? Right. And God felt like I needed to be here. So he said, yeah, go ahead, you know? Wow. Yeah, that's crazy. Were you on that Drake tour before that case, or was that after? That was a germany case.

Oh, wow. So when I caught my case, the reason why I was able to leave Canada is because I was telling the judge like, yeah, I'm going to go toward Drake, you know? And they're like, yeah, that's dope. Oh, you feel me? Mm. They just let me, they just let me go.

My lawyer was, my lawyer got like a bail variation. Right. And I was able to just perform. And they gave me like 30 days I was supposed to go for. And then my lawyer just kept extending. it I even need to go to court or nothing, you know what? Right. And that was my adult case.

So you had like, what kind of arrest did you have before that when you were younger? I don't even like talking about that show either, you know? Right. You kind of left all that in the past. Yeah, I don't really want to tell them because it's gone, you know? Yeah. Doesn't mean if I bring it out and it goes still on me, you know? But do you feel like you've kind of had to deal with that reputation in a way?

like and do you feel like that's sort of like it's something that people are excited about like from the fan base because you know a lot of times it's kind of hard to get people to pay attention to a rapper unless that rapper has some sort of violence like associated with their name yeah it's not really violence it's just like being out there every day you know what i mean it's just a violent neighborhood in general you know what i mean so it ain't violent to us is normal to us you know i mean like for us it's you know what i mean like for us it's for our moms and stuff all this shit's normal like they come outside of the hood, acts

their neighbor for sugar, acts their neighbor for rice, you feel I mean? Like it's peaceful, it's more peaceful than even going to like the suburbs and shit because people next door don't even fuck with you, you feel me? Right. Here you could go ask 10 different people for sugar. 10 different people for

bread. Like, you know what I mean? If you're, if you need an audience, you could act 10 different people. If somebody would knocked on my door, my name neighborhood and ask me for sugar, I would be very, very confused. Right? But that's normal in my, in my hood. Right. Oh, you need some sugar? Then they'll come back and then they need something.

Hey, go ask them because last time we gave them sugar, so we could go ask them for some onions, you know? So that's how it is. And it's not violent. It's very peaceful. It's loving over there. I miss the love over there. You feel me?

To be honest. Right. When it comes to all the other shit, it's just like knuckleheads running around, you know? Right. Yeah, I mean, like, Toronto's kind of got reputation over the last few years as like one of the craziest places in rap. Like, I don't know, is this one trap geek video that like everybody kind of, I think, has seen at this point that sort of like summarizes how dramatic the careers of a lot of the up and coming rappers from your city have been over the past couple years and how many tragedies there's been? How do you feel about that? And then the city sort of having that reputation?

No, it's just It's like It's like what It's like what Kodat says Like A lot of rappers Get it over there because like A lot of people have ego

Issues and they say like They want to kill somebody and get a Like what Kodat says you know Kodat says kill somebody Get a dime Killer rap nigger get a dub Like it's like more clouded to like Get a rapper or something

I don't know. Right. So you really feel like that is like a thing that's happened with the culture out there where certain people feel like they're going to make a name for themselves or some shit. It's just like no one wants to, no one wants that ever a person to blow up. Like I pretty sure a lot of people don't want me to blow up. Is that part of why you don't really care to be over there? No, not that.

I could be over there regardless. And I ain't nothing about that. Like I know how to move and shit, but it's just be police, be on me a lot, you know? Right. They be trying to lock me up off the rip, you know what I mean? Like, as soon as I step in the city, like, they are on my ass, you know? Mm. Can you tell me about Houdini and what it was, like, losing him?

Yeah, like, Houdini is, like, my, like, day one brother, like, from young, young as fuck, you know? I mean, his dad and my dad knew each other before we were born and stuff, you know? Right. And then Houdini was just a sauced-up kid. he ended up moving from my neighborhood to like Brampton like later on but then he

he still rocked with us like to the fullest you know what I mean always in the hood and stuff you know right but I was like a lot of a lot of people moved out the hood but then they still find their way back you know and then

yeah he was dope for sure he was a goat for my neighborhood like he's a goat in this music shit like he don't sound like you from Toronto he sound like he got his own sound and just dripping in a way you feel me right so would he needs to run around in LA a lot too right I think he met you before right yeah I think so I think we got a photo together or something you met him at the um the rolling loud show right yeah I mean losing somebody like him

though or like when you lose the various rappers that have been coming up by your city does that just make you feel more appreciative of the fact that you get to be here and does it make it feel more important that you're able to represent for your city? It just feels like regardless, I'm a rep for my city. Regardless, like, no one ain't going to get in my way of what I need to be in life, you feel me? Right. I could be in the roughest part, the deepest trenches, whatever. Like, I'd be in the trenches all the time, you know what I mean? I'll be in America in the trenches, you know? So, it's the same thing everywhere, bro. You feel me like when you're a rapper like a lot of niggas just probably like you like like like your jewelry and

sharing one want to come up off you off your jewelry uh-huh so just a dangerous life everywhere in general you know what I mean right get crazy everywhere but nah I hear what you saying like it's just I ain't going out like that so that has nothing to do with me you know like them niggas that was future. That was their destiny, you know what I mean? Right. That's not my destiny. Like, I know what my destiny is, you feel what is? What is your destiny? What do you feel like you feel like you feel like? What do you just feel like you got to do with this life? I just got to be like the biggest, the biggest to come out of my, like Canada, you know, from the muddy, from the street and able to give back. Like, I'd be giving back all the time, you know what I mean? Like, there's a lot of shit that I'd be doing for

kids that be playing basketball and shit, buying them a bunch of jerseys and just taking care of kids that play ball, that I go to the league later on in life, you know? Like a lot of me and a lot of my friends, I have a couple of kids that are in the NBA that are my homies and shit, like, you know? So they're like, used to play for the same organization as me and shit, right? So I'd be going back to that same organization and, like, helping out the kids that hopefully they'll make it later on in life. Right. What kind of reactions do you get from them, or are they, like, shocked to see you taking time on your schedule to do that sort of thing?

They don't really know that I'm behind it like that. You know what I mean? I just deal with my teacher, like, my neighborhood teacher, like, is, like, a mentor back in the day, you for me. Right. So I just kind of, like, go through when I'm a little. my mentor and shit and he just handles all that I don't care if they they know I'm involved or now you know it's more on the hush you know respect um so in terms of where you're at right now in your career like what what are you motivated to actually like what like what steps do you feel

like you need to actually do to take your shit to the next level like where where how do you view what you're trying to do and where you're at uh I just need to take over America real quick. I did Canada, I did Europe, you know. I just got to come turn up America at one time. Once I get the exposure in America, I'm out of here, you know. Right. I was listening to that new song, Ambitions, and I thought it was incredible. Yeah. Like, that was really amazing. I told her it just reminded me of how fucking unique your style is. Yeah, I know. I was appreciated that. How much are you recording at this point? Like, how much do you, how much work do you actually put in and how much do you like do you just work by yourself do you like work with producers on

stuff like what's your creative process like i think i just put out like seven songs but in a year i probably got like other songs or thousands of songs you for me i probably right now got like 2 000 songs 3 000 songs like just even shit i forget about you for me It just be whatever, whatever I feel like it's good, I just put out, you know. I'd be recording all the time. I got a studio in my crib. Where do you stay out here? Stay out here.

You don't go to give me the city. I'm out here. I'm out here, though. That's all they need to know. If they want to come find me, I'm in LA, you know? For sure. What's your lifestyle like, though? Like, you know, there's a lot of people out here party a shitload.

you live more of like a simple lifestyle what's what's the speed that you're living at I ain't in no hype shit you know and just trying and get in and get out you from me uh-huh I'd be like just chilling doing not everything I do I advertise you for me like I just be I do all this all the shit that these niggas be doing maybe out here doing too you for me right I just don't be advertising all the shit, you know. Uh-huh. You know, LA, you know how this shit goes.

It's Hollywood. Yeah. Yeah, I could go Hollywood if I wanted to, you feel me? Right. But I'd be just chilling me, you know, for me? I could turn the Hollywood switch on whenever I want, you, you know? Definitely.

And more times I got it off. But do you like doing that kind of stuff? Because, I mean, some people, you see certain rappers who blow up, and they sort of take it upon themselves to, like, actually start doing rich person shit famous person shit and then you have other people you mentioned kodak who comes from mind whereas like he could seemingly make you know hundreds of millions of dollars and he doesn't give a fuck he's still basically gonna be doing the same shit and living the type of life that he wants yeah exactly i i don't be out here chasing the clout and trying to

cloud up and nah bro i'll just come do little interviews like this and get my club you know come Come check in, no jumper, you feel me? Get my little fan, little year fans and shit. You feel me, I ain't going to be on the IG talking shit and I'm being hyped up and doing all that shit, you know what I mean? Right. You'll just catch me posting a picture. Yeah.

Promoting my music. Well, you want to keep like an element of mystery, right? Like if you're putting yourself out there on fucking Instagram live all the fucking time. And then who wants to fucking see you? One doesn't even care about your video. Right. I mean, they don't care what you got to say because you said it 50 times already

on fucking IG Live. I actually was watching Instagram Live with you kind of like not arguing but having a conversation with your brother, right? About, he was like saying like, you're just smoking blunts on Instagram Live. Like, we need to educate these people. Like, they already know how to roll a blunt.

Yeah, I know. He'd be like, nah, he'd just be trying to tell me to pipe up on IG Live. Like, because he's more piped up. Like, you know? he's the type to I talk his shit on there you know what I mean

I don't know I go on there roll up a blunt say it's popping you know play some music right I mean you are like a very like low key

sort of chill person right like sometimes you have to like change your fucking attitude in order to do rapper shit right that's what my brother be trying to do like fam you gotta you gotta do this this is what the fans want to see like

this is what the fans you don't see what these guys are doing knowing their family these guys are these guys are bringing in fans they're getting views like niggas will get 2,000 views on live you feel me?

Meha I'll just get like six, seven hundred, you know what I mean? And sometimes people will come on my shit because I'd just be smoking like motherfuckers be like Yeah, la la da, da, put your hands on the right I can't do all that shit about you, you know what I mean? Yeah, it is weird

I mean that shit out of my character like You see people like you You can tell when somebody's whole personality has been completely skewed and just like stretched them into somebody who they're totally aren't. And it's awful for me when I see an artist that I really respect and they're just doing some goofy ass shit on Instagram. And I'm just like, damn, like they were so tight. And they're letting the fucking likes and the comments fucking derail what they had going on, you know? Yeah. It's definitely something to be conscious of.

So how do you feel about like the up-and-coming generation that's coming out of Canada right now? You have anybody that you that you fuck with and is it important for you to still like work with the up-and-coming generation? You know, you've been out for a couple years, so you've got to kind of feel like you're certified to some extent, right? Nah, I'm rescued. We certified regardless. Even if I went pop today, buddy, these nickers know what time of this girl, you know? I don't even need to be talking about, no.

all that shit like all that boom boom bob shit you know I can talk about girls all that and niggas they fucker they you for me do you think your fans want to hear that kind of shit from you though if you went fully soft like do you feel like your fans want to hear some street shit from you like they probably obviously for sure we're gonna always give them street shit I'm just talking shit you know I'm just saying like this is what type of nigg I am like I could be whoever I want and still be certified out here you know mm-hmm I guess know what time it is but I feel you. So your brother just got out of prison? Yeah, my brother just got out of jail. BFR Bundog?

Yeah. And how long was he in? He got like 10 years. 10 years. And so he's out and like, how is that? He got out of probation just now, so he, um, he's all over the road right now. You feel me? Really? So if you had him out here and shit? He's in Dubai. No, no. I saw those photos. Yeah. You were out there with him? Uh, nah. Oh, you, you couldn't make the trip?

No, I couldn't. I didn't want to go. You didn't want to go to Dubai? Why not? Because I'm trying to get back in America, everybody. Oh, so you're afraid that if you leave, you might not be able to get back in? Not even that. Like, I just don't like dealing with, like, police on the border, like, you know? Yeah. Like, I don't even know what to tell them.

Like, I don't even talk to the police. Right. When they were secondary in me, I don't even know what to say. Like, you feel what I mean? So you have so much paranoia about crossing the border that you're kind of not trying to fuck with Dubai? I mean, I don't want to go to the border. back because I couldn't smoke weed. That would suck. No, I'm going to go. I'm going to start. I'm going to go back and forth and now.

It's just, bro, I'm trying to figure out of America. Like, I could be over there any time, you know? Like, that's, those are my stomping ground. Like, those are, that's my playground. Like, I go, I'm out here. I don't really got too much people in America. It's just me out here. But I got a hell of people in Canada and Europe and shit in Dubai. Like, right. We go over there and be living. Hollywood out there, you from me? But me, my focus is trying to get some American exposure, you know what I'm? So how'd you end up doing that song with Chef G and Sleepy Hollow in them? Like, how'd you create that relationship?

Uh, fuck. They were RCA and I'm with Sony, you know what? Oh, okay. So we kind of just came together on that type of shit. Interesting. How did you guys all get along though? That was interesting. Because that's like the Brooklyn drill scene. I'm got you. You're like Toronto. God. Street God. I, fuck.

You just, I didn't know how to talk to people, too. You know, like other people are, there's other people behind me too. And, you know, you know, I'm not me talking all the time, you know? Right. I just pull up and we just show out, you feel? I mean, we're trying to hear to make great music. We're here to make greatness. You know, I'm right.

definitely um is press in a relationship uh fuck crazy right now like it's kind of crazy right now in what regards as in you have a crazy relationship or it's crazy how much pussy you're getting nah nah nah no no no no

no his whole team is giggling right now I ain't here talking about this Boom Put him on the spot Made him uncomfortable That's what interviewing

It was all about Um So What direction Do you find yourself Pulled in Musically at this point Like the kind of shit

That you want to be making The kind of shit That you feel like Is where you're best suited Like what's the stuff That gets you hyped right now I like fucking I just bought a $20,000

Dog I fucking been fucking with him Fucking with her Like For a little bit Like, you know, just... That's the energy. $20,000 dogs.

She's 20 bands and I just been trying to take care of this dog. Really? Just looking at this rich-ass dog. Just thinking about her that inspires you to make music. Yeah. Oh, what are you talking about? Like, what I like to do? No, I'm talking about like, you know, when you get in the studio,

like what kind of music you like making these days? Like, what am I doing like for like just like for chilling? I mean, we could talk about both for sure. But I feel I like that, though, $20,000 dog music. $20,000. I'd be talking about my dog saying, yeah, my dog Tony Mass. No, yeah, you got to say that. My dog are rolly and shit.

I was listening to Rio de Young O.G song, and he was, like, making fun of somebody for having, like, a $200 dog. He's, like, dog fighting, but he got a cheap-ass dog. And I was like, damn, I never heard somebody clown somebody for that until right now. But $20,000 dog, you can't be fighting that. Yeah, you can't be fighting that. No, no, no. My dog don't fight. No, definitely.

And I just chill, you know. But okay, musically, like what's the shit that you're excited about? I'm like, what kind of shit do you feel like they really want to hear from you? They want to hear some street shit, obviously. That's just how it goes, you know? I'm just giving them the real and giving them the truth, you feel me? And just giving them what it is to be a nigger like me coming out the streets of Toronto, you know? Yeah.

representing for Toronto out here in America and show y'all motherfuckers at like Canada's sweet I know I understand you feel me like you know yeah but like where I'm from me my niggas we we ain't sweet you know what I mean but I understand where y'all come from

because I understand like that's the the vibe Canada is like we're like peacemakers you feel me that's like they teach us manners please and thank you That's why I got, like, manners and shit, you know? Like, a lot of, you'll see a lot of people, like, kind of from Canada, like, please, thank you. Even real niggas from the street, like, oh, thank you.

Like, you know, a nigger out here, like, yeah, yeah, that's what's up. That's what's up means thank you, kind of. No, but I feel you because, like, every time I've been to Canada, because I grew up, like, in New Hampshire, so, like, Montreal is, like, a six-hour drive away. So we kind of go in there from a young age, and that's always been my impression is, like, damn, you cross this border, and everybody gets, like, 20. percent more friendly yeah so then when you're learning about pressa and you're learning about like everything that's gone Toronto and all the street shit and stuff you're like damn there are some mean ass people out here but you're saying that they have a friendly demeanor while yeah my mean guys with manners and in my hood right we're just some classy ass niggas from my city in my in my hood you

feel me that yeah just keep it real you feel me and just keep it thugging you know you're gonna out here blowing money in the strip club and spending their money on girls and shit like that. You don't get into all that? Nah, they just feed their family and they do their thing, you know? For sure. Shit, all right. Well, it was good for us to finally get to tap in like this. Man, last time I seen you, though, you had the Afro.

The Jerry Curls. And I was really fucking with it. Oh, yeah, you know, you had Jerry curls. Right. You know, that's it. Yeah, I'm misremembering it. Okay, you're right. But that was very lit.

I was like, wow, this is fucking some of the finest hair I ever seen in my life. So I just, I had to throw that in there. Yeah, that's that that drip. I could switch it up anytime. I keep telling y'all, bro. I go purring my hair. They ain't going to say shit about it, you from me? Right.

But how much do you care about the clothing side of things? Like, is that a big passion of yours? What? Just having fire outfits and shit all the time? Fire outfits, like clothes? Yeah, the clothes side of things. Yeah, for sure. Like, that's just part of it.

That's just part of the culture. We always been, like, when we were young, we always used to be fresh kids. We had this little group called fresh kids in the city. I was, like, 9, 10, my brother, like, 13, 14. But it's like all the fresh kids that are in the city, they could be, like, FK, you know? Your FK, gang, like, because you're fresh.

You have Jordans all. Or, like, you have 20 different Jordans, like, you're saucy, you know? Right. But, like, if you weren't saucy, you can't be F-K and we'll be at all the parties that, like, Drake's manager used to be DJing and shit. Because Future, he used to DJ a lot back in the day in my hood, like, on the strip and stuff. So, like, futures, like, knows a lot about our culture. You feel me? Like, what me and my brother and what me and my niggas been going to.

through back home, you feel me? Uh-huh. Going, dancing up with girls and shit, parties and shit. Oh, yeah? We're doing parties, like I'm 10 years old

in, like, a fucking party that's playing music. Yeah. Bubbling girls, dancing with girls and shit. 10 years old in the club, huh? Yeah, like,

it's all ages club. What a way to grow up, man. All ages, does all ages include 10-year-olds? That's crazy? All ages. I take all ages to mean, like, well, no,

I guess you could get a 10 year old in the I guess I never really seen a 10 year old in the club but you see 10 year old boys dancing and shit Break dancing and all that's crazy that was you you have breakdancing face not like breakdance but like fucking they're just like You know the robot Jabberaki boys right they're just super saucy they're dancing with all the girls They send a little boy out in the middle like and he'd come does his couple moves and everybody goes crazy are you on tic-tok have you taken your dancing to the internet like that no no no i was in dancing i was just in the corner watching the kid them dancing oh okay yeah i feel you fuck all right presser what you got anything dropping we need to know about anything to look forward to the garden express make sure that y'all go listen to the gardener express you

feel me that's the that's the drip right now everybody in canada going crazy for so yeah yeah y'all Americans better pick up right now because you know what I mean? Y'all got to be part of the culture right now before y'all start knowing me later when I'm already popping, you feel me? Yeah, catch up. Have you made it to the end of this interview? You probably already know what the fuck's going on. But I'm definitely hyped to see the new music coming out and shit

because the shit that I was listening to, the newer stuff, I was still like, damn, he ain't slipping up at all. This shit is hard. Yeah, I know. Fuck. Appreciate it, I appreciate it, huh? Appreciate it, man. All right.

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