No Jumper - Tripstar on Catching 2 Bodies, Signing to Moneybagg Yo, Memphis Upbringing & More

Episode Date: July 20, 2023

Tripstar talks about growing up in Memphis, being charged for self-defense in California, relationship with Dolph, Moneybagg and more. ----- NO JUMPER PATREON http://www.patreon.com/nojumper CHECK OUT OUR NEW SPOTIFY PLAYLIST https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5te... FOLLOW US ON SNAPCHAT FOR THE LATEST NEWS & UPDATES https://www.snapchat.com/discover/No_... CHECK OUT OUR ONLINE STORE!!! http://www.nojumper.com/ 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 on the world. I'm in here today with one of my favorite up-and-coming rappers, trip stars in the building. Yeah. How you feeling? Man, I'm chilling, man. Hype to get you on here.

Man, I appreciate it. It's an honor, man. I appreciate that. Yeah? Yeah. Hey, that means a lot, man. No, for sure. You've been killing it.

Like, sometimes I agree to interview a rapper because I just kind of like look at the views and the followers, and I'm like, yeah, I'll fuck with him. But then I actually, once in a while, when I tap him with the music, I'm like, oh, this is actually my shit. I really drive around listening to this right now. No, for sure, man. I appreciate that.

For sure, coming from you, man. I appreciate it. So, okay, tell me a little bit about growing up in Memphis. Oh, this is crazy, man, you know. Right here. If you could survive there, like, you can survive in the world, like, it was tough, but you know, you gotta be, it just made it every other, it just make you tough for real, like.

That's all I basically say about me, but I love my city, but it was tough, man. It was tough, man. I've said this on here a few times, but I was out in Nashville about a year ago on vacation with my girl for like a week. And I mentioned going to Memphis to somebody, and they were like, man, Memphis got some dark energy. It's a wild place. Do you agree with that? It is, man. I can't sit around, but I love it more.

It liked it. I'm just kind of, yeah. It's liked it. I ain't a lot of love it. It's liked it. In what way? Just that there's a lot of wild stuff. taking place on a regular basis.

I know you heard about Mith. I've heard a lot of stories, yeah. I know you see this shit. Like, I know you, it's just crazy, man. Like, man, I live in my city. It's crazy, like. What kind of area you grew up in? Huh?

What kind of area? Area I grew up in South Memphis. Like, I grew up in South Memphis. I grew up in, like, Westwood, my grandma, like, with a double tree, like. Yeah, I just, like, south part of Memphis. Like, there's nothing out there. What's the difference between South and North Memphis?

Well, difference are just a whole other hood. Like, it's a whole other side part of Memphis. Like, it's like, it's just a line. Like, I can't explain it. Like, they even dress different. Like, you could just tell who from South Memphis, you could tell who from North Memphis, like. You could tell just by looking at them?

Yeah, for sure. Like, even how they dress, like, we dress different. Like, it just, I don't know, man. It's crazy, but I got partners from North Memphis, so. Mm-hmm. Yeah. So, okay, what was your childhood? Like, do you have both your parents around?

Nah, no, just my mom. Okay. You never met your dad? Yeah, I met him. Yeah, I met him. Yeah, he cool. I met him one time. But he wasn't around?

No. Okay. Would you say you grew up in the hood or was it, what kind of area? Yeah, I come from the hood, man. I don't know. I'm from the hood out of him, yeah. There's nothing out there. Nothing.

Just barren. Yeah, it's just like, ain't nothing, man. I don't have matches. Flip those matches. Really? Curbaw. That's how we grew up, like, curribal. You see him, you know, a bunch of hustlers, like, you know, the projects, you know, like, that's what I grew up around, man.

What would your mom do for a living? Oh, she had, oh, she worked downtown, two-on-one pop up in the jail. Uh-huh. She had worked on, like, the third floor. She was, like, you know, the officers that worked on the floor. Uh-huh. Like, watching the pot and all this. She was when she did there for, like, 15 years.

And she did a tax. She had a tax business. My mom has just been a hustle Like that's where I really get the hustling for That's why I'm addicted to hustle Like really from her Like she just was a hustle Like it's seven of us

Like so When you say hustle You mean just working Or she just Yeah working She was grinding And doing other things as well Yeah

Like tax service Daycare She's doing something else Another project She got a skin care Like she got a book My mom's hustler like Right

She crazy hustle like Seven kids So where do you fit into that? I'm the third child. I'm the second child. Okay. I got an older sister. Yeah, man.

All right. So what does that like? Like, do you feel like you had to really compete for attention in terms of your mom or anything like that, no? No, but I know I had to be the man in the house. Like, I had to step up, like, really, like, for real, like, for real, like, for real, like, for real, like, yeah, I had to do out and had to drive early. It was just, everything was early for me. Like, I'm ahead of my time, for real.

Right. It's just kind of forced you to grow up because your mom needed so much help? Right, when you had to help pops around. You see what I'm saying? So I had to step up, like, really, like, take control there. So that's why I had ran to the streets, like, just to help my mom. Like, you ain't got to take care of me.

I can go. I know I'd take her myself. I went to the streets. I just started hustling, man. Is that something that she told you to do or did you just figure it out all in your own? It's something I wanted to do. This is something I saw growing up. Mm-hmm.

It's something I saw when I grew up, like. Just watching niggas get money. I wanted this shit. Like, I wanted to get money. Like, I didn't want to be fucked up and broke. Like, this is how... I just had my mind made up like that. I was just watching it, like, just growing up.

Right. Like, no pauses. It ain't stopped me for being nothing. Like, you ain't stopped me from doing nothing. Like, I still turned out great. Right. How'd you get into the game? Oh, like, rapping?

No, like, the street game. Streets. Man, just, uh... I got to... I got to keep it real just I'm in the streets. I'm in the hood. Like, just watching it, like, just in flooring. Like, niggas is putting up and bend in this, Porsche, you know,

bans. I want this shit too. Like, I wanted it. Like, something like, damn, what I got to do to get that? Like, so I just seen how they were doing. And, like, I just, man, I saw it young, 13, 14. I just saw it. Yeah, man.

But we're talking about, like, what hustle? Like, you know, selling weed? Yeah, I was selling weed. Weed at first? I sold it all to be on it that one. Right. I sold it all just a hustle. Starting at like what age?

Well, 13. 13? Yeah. And how long you feel like you were really in that shit? Well, like, some years. How old are you now? 29. Okay.

Yeah. Yeah, 29. So you were added with that shit. I'm going to assume until a couple years ago when the rap shit started cracking off, right? Yeah, yeah, yeah. So how successful would you say that you would? were. Well, I don't know. I made those $300,000, like, cash. Really? I had that, like, you know, I'm just saying, like, just coming up. I don't have made more than that, but I'm just saying

it's just, I thought there was something when I made that. Like, I was like, wow, I made $300,000. It was cool. Right. I thought I was, like, rich, like, in my world. Yeah, because at a certain point, did you get to the point of really moving, like, large amounts of shit? Yeah. I ain't telling up on myself because I ain't in the streets no more. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I don't want to, like, cross the line or anything. I'm just trying to figure out what I was like for you.

No, I ain't in the streets no more, but I did my shit. That was a past. I did my shit, you know. Right. All self-contained in the Memphis area, or were you, like, driving all over a place? Yeah, so now I'm really trying to get him a snitch. I ain't right. You got me.

I was moving around, man. Really? Yeah, I did my little shit. Okay. I did my little shit, man. And were you dreaming about rapping during all this? Well, yeah. It's like, yeah, no, like, countered because I wanted to rap.

Like, I've seen how I always been around music, I really, like, all my life, like, I've been around music. So I was just like, damn, so I just seen niggas in my hood rapping, like, niggas from my city rapping and they're actually coming up off of it. I'm like, wow. I just tried it one time, man. I just felt in love with it. Like I said, I already been crazy about music. music, a music junkie, like, real music junkie.

Like, I can't do nothing without music. Like, I can't take a shot. I got everything music around me. I'm hustling, whatever I'm doing, I gotta have music playing. Just rap or you listen to other music as well? I'm listening to everything. What else?

R&B, gospel. It was damn, like. Was music part of the household when you were growing up, or you kind of figured it out in your own? Yeah, it was part of the household. I grew up in the church too, like, I was saying up to the age of 10 and all that

I grew up in the church So I just always around music Just playing the drums and shit I did it all like Yeah man You took some pretty big losses at certain points When you were hustling I got it written down that you got 60-70K

That you lost at certain times Oh yeah How'd that go down? Oh once they just kicked the house in one time I had lost 150K Wow Yeah so that was one on them and just, man, getting cold up, man, 50,000.

Airport taking 30,000. You're talking about playing with 30,000? Yeah, I did. At one point, but I didn't know. It's like probably one of the first times I'm actually getting on planes and actually, like, not knowing, like, how much cash you're supposed to have

and all that walking through T, like, I didn't know that. So it was just, like, just not knowing. But you were never able to get that back? Oh, yeah, I ended up getting back. It was a fight. but they ain't a getting back. They always really, sometimes, they really give you a money bet.

It takes a while. Right. But they usually give you a money bet, like for real for real for it. Yeah, definitely. Even in the streets, like, you get your stuff. It just take a minute sometimes.

Right. So when did you actually start putting money into the rap? Well, like 2017. Mm-hmm. 2018. 17, because I went to prison, 2018.

Oh, yeah. What did you get locked up for? Well, it was, uh, self-defense. Self-defense. Yeah. All the way back then?

Yeah. Because there's a story going around. Is this the story that we've heard about, that you beat a body? No. That's a second one. Oh, okay. That was more recently. Yeah.

But so self-defense, like, you had to shoot somebody at that time? Yeah. Yeah. What happened? Oh. Self-defense really like, oh. Somebody tried to rob you or? Yeah.

Yeah. Yeah. And they lost their life? Shut the fish. Is it tough to talk about or is it just like out of respect? It's kind of talk. You know, I'm not one of them guys to glorify, ooh, I don't even bring the energy.

Like, I just don't, like, I ain't gonna send it a lot of you, but like, I ain't know, this ain't my, that ain't my shit. Like, I just did what I had to do to defend myself, like, for real. Like, I don't even, I hate talking at it. Like, it's cool that we're doing anything. but I'm going to be somebody like just out and just just period like because it ain't nothing I don't glorified or nothing like for real for real I ain't it ain't nothing I'm excited about it ain't cool like but I did what I had to do you see what I'm saying like and I'm here talking to you

because okay I'll just put this out there is that we interview a lot of Chicago rappers and something that I keep hearing people in the streets in Chicago say is that basically like that's how you get your rep in Chicago is that they don't really care if you're getting money or whatever it's like yeah you got to have bodies in order to really be some of you. somebody in certain environments, which is kind of hard for somebody like me to even comprehend. Yeah. That could be that serious.

Yeah. Is it like that in Memphis or is that not glorified as much? I feel like it liked it like in the world. Like they go in for this shit. Like, you know. Some people glorify this shit. Some people don't like, I know I don't. I just know I'm, I know what I'm gonna do when it's time.

So that's why I ain't. Is it something too where like, I mean, it's a small city you might know, know about the family of certain people and stuff and you don't want to necessarily like open old, open up old wounds. What you mean about it? Like what you mean? Well, you know, if you talk about, like, you know, if somebody loses their life and like they got brothers or sisters or family members and it can be kind of weird for them to see

somebody, like they might perceive you talking about in an interview as being kind of distasteful. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Can, yeah, you know, people take stuff different. Like, but you know, I'm handling everything. respects, but I ain't, you know, I ain't, I ain't know how to be smoking a dead ops and all this shit. You don't do all that? Is that, do you feel like that's not cool in Memphis in general or is that just you? No, it's just me.

No, that's just me. I'm just me. I'm just me. I'm just me. I'm just one-on-one. I'm just me, like, for real. And so how long do you have to go sit down for that? Or were you just sitting down a wait in trial? I was fighting. I was fighting and they end up, because they don't actually, California, don't have a self-defense law. It happened in California. here what were you doing here? Yeah, it does. Okay.

You were out here hustling to some extent. Oh, damn. So it wasn't somebody locally. It was somebody out here. Yeah, it was out here. It was out here, man. It was crazy. It was out here.

Well, you were going to do a purchase, and somebody just tried to relieve you of your money. Some of quick shit. Yeah, that's a quick shit. They tried to give me. I was on point. Wow. So what was it like being locked up out here as somebody who's not from him? I ain't on like.

It was crazy. hell. Right. It was crazy. Hey, y'all, y'all, county jail, how, this shit, like, this shit was crazy, like, fighting. Ah, yeah, for sure, you had to fight. We're fighting them all for them. Like, even, like, I had to learn, like, the whole shit, like, you know, they come, like, where are you from, and now, that? Ooh. And you're, like, Memphis. And they're like, what? They're like, fuck Tennessee. I'm like, what? I'm like,

fuck Tennessee. What the hell? Really? Like, you know, y'all shit set up different, like, California shit set up different, like, different streets of hood every street of hood like because I talk to so many people that are from here who got locked up out there and hear it about how you have to fight and how you know. No, for sure.

This shit different. I're like, but being from Nashville or from Memphis, how do you even figure out who you got to fight in that environment? I should ain't like that. Right. I ain't like a cat. I ain't gonna make you tough.

Yeah. Hell yeah. But then you end up. And I hate to have him, but I needed that experience. was crazy hell in there. Like, they were cool. Like, I ain't saying it was cool, bro.

Like, I ain't, I ain't saying I glorified during the town, like, but it was like college, like, and gladiated school at the same time. Like, it was college and gladiated school. I learned a lot of shit in there. And it was, it made a n'gay more tough, like, mentally. Because like, all the gang shit and all the politics, it's all the first time you even hearing about most of this, right? And the politics shit is fuck crazy out here.

Like, you know, we don't see this shit down no wrong from. Like, we don't, like, we don't, like, this. Like, where I'm from, they don't even know about this shit going on, like, and they don't even know this shit. Right. Man, just from, I ain't allowed them to be real. Those folks fuck me up when they said blacks get hurt cut on surgery. I ain't going to lie, they fuck me up in this.

Just the whole separation, like the whole, I ain't allowed to fuck me up just saying that because we don't see that down the world from. But so when you've been locked up in Memphis, and it's not divided on racial lines? No. Okay. Hell, no. I ain't never seen that. Real?

Listen to me. Adam, they fuck me up mentally. I'm like, I'm calling my people like, bro, we had different phones and shit. We're not using this. This shit is separate. Like, this shit. Never seen no shit like this in my life, bro.

It's crazy, though, because as much as that shit sounds racist and backwards and stuff, from talking to so many people in that environment, it makes me realize that actually that kind of allows for things to run smoother. Yeah. Because then it's like, it makes like, all right, if you're a random black dude and you want to steal something from a Mexican dude, you have a real reason not to because of the fact that your own gang is going to, or your own race is going to handle you if you go and fuck with some other race. So it kind of creates a lot more border, right?

It is. It is. It is. It is. It is organized. It is organized. Although the fact that you have to show up and just fight other people from other gangs randomly is like that's just going to wild. County Jets.

Like, I mean, like, where are you from? So, you got to end him over her. You got to end me down there. Like,

this shit was going on. Like, God, damn. But they're telling you you have enemies just because you're from out of town or what?

No, I'm just saying what I saw. Okay. I'm just watching this going on. Like, I'm just watching how the program being run. Like,

someone somebody coming in. Like, where are you from? Who are you from? Mm-hmm. This shit was crazy. Like, I went through shit in their motherfuck

like a nigga was like, like, it was, up, we was in that junk. I ain't know what the hell were going on out. I didn't, you know, I still didn't understand how y'all talk, like, how y'all. Trust me, if I got locked up right now, I'd be confused with fuck too. He came to me, like, you're tripping?

I'm like, I'm like, no. I ain't tripping. You know, that means something different where I'm from. Like, that means, like, you tripping, like, ooh, like, we don't take it, like, fighting or tripping, like, where I'm from, what we said. But I didn't know that man, you're fighting, like, out here. You tripping, you tripping, like, ooh, that man, you want to fight, like. I didn't know this shit like.

So when I walked, because when he came to me, he was like, you tripping. I'm like, no, like, no, I'm just chilling, ooh. Because that's how we take it down there. So I walked out, one of them nigg hell out. No, because he's trying to fight. Ooh, ooh, he's trying to do what? I'm on there. I ain't know he was on there.

I ain't know that. What you say, because you're tripping? Like, what you're trying to fight? Oh, come on. Come on, I love this shit. Come on. I ain't know that what I had to learn everything. learn everything, bro.

Like, I ended up turning it to one to head, like, just on bullshit. Like, you weren't affiliated by the time you left? No, I was out of ready. No, I'm already, like, I'm already, like. From something that kind of translates to out here. Exactly. And they ain't know, that ain't know nothing about it. Right.

You know what I'm saying? Yeah, because I've seen, like, that's confusing to a lot of people while there's, like, certain Memphis rappers who, you know, they're straight up from a hood. That is an L.A. hood. Yeah. But I've seen YouTube videos that kind of explains how. how certain, like, trafficking routes

and why it might end up being like that. Not, not, like, right now, but, like, in the past. And that's how they ended up kind of... Because to a lot of people, it's confusing, like, how could you be a bud or a crib? Yeah. And you're from the other side of the country. Exactly.

But it's like, if you're really doing business, it actually kind of makes sense, right? They were, like, man, I was like, man. I ain't never heard of that. It's just a lot. You just, they ain't never heard or stuff. I ain't... It was just crazy, man.

Like, it was crazy. And it was crazy. But how long were in there. there? Oh, I did, like, I wanted to say I fought the case probably like four or five months in the county. And I did the rest of the time, like, in prison. Well, how long was it in prison? Two years in prison. Yeah. Wow. And you decided to go with the self-defense? No, they ended up, like I said, California does not have a self-defense charge. Okay. Yeah, so they broke it out, like, all the way down to an assault. Like, they had to

wire this shit like, because it was actually, it was self-defense, but they don't have a lot. But they don't have their charge. Right. Y'all don't have their charge out here. Like, it's just no such thing is self-defense, I was like, wow. Like, then they were just like,

I'm a feeling with the gun. It was just all there. Like, I had to do, they just had to give me with something. Like, you're supposed to have a gun. You're supposed to stick with you. You got gun charges already. Some of your pass.

So it just, that's how they did it. So, you know, coming home, man. But so then you end up going back to Memphis and how different was shit? Because probably everybody that you knew was all like just talking about this shit for two years. Yeah, that shit was crazy. It was cool.

I came home and got straight to my money. Like, I ain't, I ain't waste no time, man. Like, people forget. I went to jail. That's how fast I got back to it. Car. Back free. Like, I just backed to myself.

I don't play. I ain't take, I didn't waste no motherfucking time because I had to come out here every week to check in for parole. So I was on parole for a year. You had to come to L.A. every week? every week. We're talking about coming home

broke, bro. Like, come home with no money. You know what they can't. And you gotta get a flight every week? Every week. What the fuck? That seems like

impractical. Like you might as well just stay out here, right? But how long were you having to go back and forth? I couldn't really afford to stay out here like that. Like I had, I had it. I'm trying to save as much as I can.

I'm trying to, I just came home, man. I've been gone at the time. Like, two years, like, change. Like, this shit happened. This shit was crazy. But when you get back, you get back to working on the music shit right away too?

Yeah, right away. I'm talking about right away. Because you're thinking that's how you're going to get out of this situation? Yes, that's exactly how I would think. And then when I, when I was locked up, like, when I was in prison, like, I was just like, damn, man. I really want to give up on this shit. Like, I really don't want to rap when I come on. It's like, I don't know if I wanted to do it.

Like, because I was going hard right before I went to, like, my shit was going up. like my shit was going up dog in the city like my shit was going on then they happened so they just brung me down like I didn't want to do it like But do you feel like you still had that momentum when you got back Yeah for sure so I just got my

My partners, my brother's head about it was on My family That was on my ass So I got straight back to it then I lost one of my closest friends man Adrian man Soon as I came home Really Like soon as I came home

shit fuck me up. I'm like, I really didn't want to rap. How'd he pass? Man, uh, I ain't saying, man. It was just like stress. I didn't know you could actually die from stress. Really? I didn't know that.

I didn't know that. You know. He was just going through a lot of shit? Stress could actually kill you. I didn't know that. Like, they told me, like, that's it. It was crazy, yeah. They told me stress, man.

Like, that's what I heard, man. Because I wasn't there. Wow. I was out of time. It's terrible. And I went straight to him, like, drove straight to him. Came straight to Memphis, drove straight to him and that. It was just crazy, though.

But it's a piece of Adrian, yeah, man. Wow. Because he had something in the dreams, like, for the rap shit. Like, I'm telling him, I'm about, I'm a big house. I'm about your roads, runs. Like, I promise I'm gonna do that when I come home. We're talking about this shit while I'm in prison. He never missed a phone call.

Like, he picked up every call, like, even if he's big, he in the streets. He's busy. What's up, bro? he's still going to answer the car why he's busy. Like he was one of them. So, you know, my brother, so we had all these dreams

built up like for a few years and then he just passed when I come home. Fucking me up. That's terrible. Yeah. So you had a relationship with Dolph before he passed?

Oh, yeah, I had a relationship with Dolph. What was that like? How'd you know? Dog was cool. I was cool. I was cool, that human being Reds be Doug. Yeah.

That was cool, man. Interesting. Does he ever talk about signing you or working with you or anything? Oh, we talked. We talked about it, but I never signed with them. We talked about it a few times, but I never signed with them. No, that was cool people.

Like, I actually had family over there, like, just over there in their organization. You know what I had? Yep, so it was just, yeah, it was cool. But I never signed, though, but, yeah, he was cool people, for sure. Interesting. So you being from South Memphis, how did you end up tapping in with Moneybag? Oh, tapping in with MoneyBank. I just been knowing MoneyBair just from going to the studio.

I first started rapping. I started going to the studio. So I'm saying, that's how I met Moneybell. Like, just, I had came to the studio with Black Youngster. Yeah, I came to the studio. Yeah, I came to the studio, shout out the Black Youngst. I had came to the studio. I had went with him to the studio.

And now they was making a tape together. Moneybag, Yo, Finis two times, Black Youngster, Big Homery, G. You see what I'm saying? I did a tape together. So I'm just in the studio. I'm not rapping around this time. I'm just in the studio. Like, young, oh, just, no, you know what?

I did, I did have, like, a song or two out. I did have, like, two songs out around this time. But once I saw that, I knew I was, I thought, ah, y'all fucking start going to the studio, for real, for real. Like, after he took me that, like, see that? I saw Money Bad that day. I met him that day. Like, shook it out of hand.

Then I started going to that studio. And then he always at this studio. Then we started sharing the same producer, Young Swad. Shout out the Swag, too, so. and just running into him through the years, like same studio, because I started rapping like 2015, 14. So 14, 15, 16,

I'm going to that same studio. I'm seeing him. I watched him get signed. I watched this shit go up. It was crazy. And we just always stayed in contact, you know. He smoked good weed. I always had the good weed.

That's how I built the name for myself, too. I always had just, you know what I was saying? I always had the good smoke, whatever, with that wool. And, uh, just a locked in from there, man. Just. He just saw you working your ass off. Yeah, I had came home.

I was just home one year. He seen me like, it back, like my partner, Joe over there. Joe, that's my partner. That's my man. Shut out of Joe. Joe was just like, man, trip going hard, man.

When you get truck, bad was like, like, I like Trump. You know, he just always been my man. Like, my partner, like, I ain't said we hung out of every day, but when I seen him, it's love. Like, he always, like, it was already, like, it was already a love.

like a mutual respect I really like so they would just tell him then he just so I just end up pulling up on him one day and he's like

man come on let's put something together oh we put it together man like he wanted to help me like he threw the ladder down that must be crazy

because like I don't know if everybody realizes but like Moneyback got some of the craziest sales and streaming numbers in the game right now

like it's actually kind of ridiculous no one because I interviewed him probably 2017 2018 and then

a couple years later, too. I think I interviewed him twice. But, like, I remember back then being a fan of his music and everything, but sometimes when I realize how fucking huge he is now, it's kind of insane. No, he's dope. It's my man. So, like, he just, he, like, fully puts you on the game. Like, he just starts teaching you everything about how to move around.

Yeah, yeah, he did. Immediately put me on game and he showed me a lot. He helped me with a lot. Yeah, he's solid. He'll give you his last. Like, he wanted him. He started putting you on his projects right away? Yeah, right away I had got on the album.

Right away. Gangson's playing. Right. Yeah, I believe you. I'm on that album on Madden. He put me on the Madden Soundtrade. That's kind of ridiculous, too. Yeah, that was dope, man.

That was dope, man. That was dope, dog. Shout out the bag for there. That was crazy. Do you feel like everybody started treating you differently once you had that cosign? Well, what's like who? Like who? I don't know.

Just people in your life. Oh, yeah. People have been around. People running out with money. All the type of shit, Adam. All the type of shit started having this shit went crazy. Like, people started acting weird. Like, people started acting weird because they thought,

I was for that weird, like, so they went on style acting, like, it was just crazy, shit. I'm like, damn, like, I should have went to the NBA or something. Like, rap shit crazy, like. Right. And it's just crazy, like, and what's so, what I hate about the brady, like, what I was wondering, like, why the fuck do people lose their closest person when they get signed, bro? Like, have you, like, do they scare you, like, sometimes, like, this shit doesn't, like, scared? You mean, lose, like, just, like, just follow? out or like die?

Like some crazy shit, like you lose a loved one. So that happened to you? I just told him. Oh, that's told him. Oh, that's... I'm just saying I love, I'm just saying, I'm just saying, I'm just saying this shit. Just sing like every... Every rapper I know, I've seen this shit happen to every rapper.

Like, it's like weird shit. Like, I don't know if you, I don't know if you look into that, like, every rapper to get signed that they lose a love. That shit is weird. I just feel like, oh, no, buddy. I just feel like this. Yeah. Especially when it happened, like, it happened to me.

I'm just saying, my man. Then I get signed. Like, it just was crazy. Like, what the hell? Like, I wouldn't, I wouldn't, I wouldn't even make music if I had to do that. You know what I'm saying? But the situations weren't related in it. No, no, no, no.

Hell no. And I'm just saying, like, I'm just talking that loud for real. Yeah, no. This rap shit, like, it's just crazy. Like, how I peeped that. about a lot of rappers. Like, they all lost their closest man before they blew up.

Well, it's just weird. That's interesting. I don't know if you ever looked into it. Like, it's just crazy. But when it happened to me, I was like, why the fuck through this shit that happened? When somebody, like, when... Why the hell this guy has that happened when the meat?

Like, when your shit's going about to, going up, like, why? Everything's going so well for you. Man. And that shit had happened. You'd be like, what the fuck? Like, what the hell? out the blue. So it would just be like, I wish I would have just went to the NBA, man.

Was that an option at one point? I played sports. I played basketball for sure. Right. That was my shit. That was my shit, Adam. So you signed to Bread Gang. Yeah, I'm signed to Bread Gang.

There was no conversation, but you signed it to CMG? No, I really don't want to conversation. That's family, though. Yeah, that's family. Shout out of the got it. Big home. He can give you all the game in the world every time you see you. But Moneybag, at this point.

has, like, gotten to the point where he's so big that he wants to sign his own artist directly? Yeah, he's signing his own artists. You know what I'm saying? I'm pretty sure if I just, if you hollered him, anything, like, anything can be possible. Like, yeah, yeah, yeah, but, bro, go, talk to God. I just never did it, like, just,

because I'm still, I didn't know, I ain't, like, I'm just being signed. It's new to me. I'm a street, nigga, like, I don't know nothing about being signed. Like, I really had to, I wanted to be a student first where I made any other move. Like, I still, I just wanted to learn, like, How this shit go, how people are, like, how this shit really is.

Like, I just really want to stay. I ain't really want to make another move out of the bag. Because I wanted to study it first. I just wanted to see, like, you know what I'm a street nigga, like, I ain't know. Did you start moving around with them all the time going on tour with them and shit? Yeah, for sure. We went on tour immediately. The album went number one.

It went platinum like this shit. We went on tour immediately. And what was that like just seeing like a totally different level of lifestyle? Crazy. Telling you, man. Going on tour, that was crazy. I'm like, wow, I'm on tour. Even just jumping on my first private jet

with him, I'm like, that was crazy. First time with a jit, like, we're broke. It's crazy, like, first time, bro, seeing something, like, bro making a million dollars and two days. Really? Like, I'm seeing these three days, million dollars. From shows and features and everything?

200 to show, like, I'm seeing. 200 a show. My own eyes, like. Wow. There ain't no cap on it. Like, it ain't no fair tale or nothing. He showed me like, and not to be like, that way I fuck with bro, like, anytime he's showing,

he ain't popping it on you, like, he motivating you, like he wants to everybody around him with, like he ain't liked it. Like, he's real humble, he just, I don't know but the world probably don't know, but dude, bro, real humble. For real, for real, for real, for real. He don't cut nothing about none of this shit, like, for real, he don't come about.

He's not like that. Is he moving around real militant? Yeah. For sure. That must have been kind of wild for you to see as well. Yeah. Crazy. Yeah.

Yeah. I'm sure. You got to be on point, especially making $200,000 a show. I don't know how often that's in cash, but it makes you a target for sure. That's a lot of money, bro. Yeah. No, I saw that. For real.

Wow. That's fucking crazy. Yeah, man. So when did this other situation at the restaurant end up unfolding? That was more recent? Yeah, it was a recent. That was probably like a month ago. A month ago?

About less than a month. So break it down for me. You had a restaurant, just a regular-ass restaurant? Yeah, I'm in a restaurant. Eating outside. Eating outside. And what? Somebody tries to relieve you of your jewelry, I'm guessing?

For sure, the jury. For sure with the jury. Because I don't beef. Like I told her, I'm going to be for my city. I don't get money. I don't, you know, I fuck with the robbers. Like, they respect me. They fuck with me in my city.

I ain't never had no beef. I ain't never. fuck with nobody in my city. Like, everybody would vouch me like, how anybody from my city, like, asking about me like, they're gonna tell you tripp just getting money, he'll fuck with no thing like here.

Uh-huh. Like, robbers, don't even fuck with me. Like, they're like, respect, like, because I show too much respect to the world. Right. I'm showing bones respect, junkie. I don't care what you is.

And this was just like a random-ass person thinking they were going to do something? Uh-huh. Some guys jumped out on me. Uh-huh. And how did you manage to get the upper hand in the situation, assuming that they had the element of surprise? I'm just paranoid.

I'm just paranoid. I'm just paranoid. I'm just watching it. I peeped some. I peeped it a couple times. I was already prepared. Mm-hmm. Did my shit.

And shit just got handled right there at the restaurant. Yeah. Self-defense. Right. And did you get arrested? Like, how did this unfold after? I went to jail. For a brief period of time, I'm guessing?

Sure. And then what? They check the cameras and they end up deciding that you weren't in the wrong? Self-defense. Mr. Self-defense. That could be a rap name. If you wanted to be a little foolish with it. It's Mr. Self-Defense.

It's kind of got a ring to it, right? I like that lot. No. Oh, yeah, man. Wow. It had it fast, too, that shit. I'm sorry. I'm a trauma from this shit right now.

That shit, crap. Yeah, I mean, even though it was self-defense and you probably feel like you did the right thing, is it still tough to deal with it? Just having that on, like, weighing on your conscience? For sure, because I got so much shit going for myself. Good-ass shit. So this shit doesn't...

You know, it should have flash. Flash cross. Right. So that didn't create more problems for you in the streets afterwards, though? I don't know, man. I just love them. I'm on my own. Oh, so you left,

you're not even staying out there anymore. I never was staying out there. Oh, oh, you haven't been staying in Memphis for a while? It ain't been a while. I probably been like a year probably. I already wasn't living there. Mm-hmm. How money back feel when he heard about this?

You just glad I was alive. Right. Just come out of her, man, come to my house. I want straight to the house like the next day. Do you look at the other? that situation, like you kind of made a mistake, though, by just being that publicly available? For sure, Adam. You shouldn't have been moving around like that?

For sure, Adam. No matter how high class the restaurant, I thought it was, nothing can happen. Because where I was, high class, bro. Like, judges, police lived there, like, prosecute, like, it's million-dollar houses where I was in. Like, this is some nice shit. You don't need to be, like, they did. They were crazy.

Like, they weren't even, like, they were crazy. like they won't even like I ain't a lot of smart people that be on it don't even do shit like right there you know what I'm saying you're from here but you know like but you know it did what it is

yeah it's the streets it's the streets like better you than him or better him than you I mean I don't know but

nah man but I for sure like yeah man yeah man self the fist don't right that's what we're running

But did you even have to, like, have your lawyer kind of fight it or anything, or did they just let it go right away? No, that shit was right there, man. That shit didn't even make it no one. Because this shit was just, this shit was like, this shit, you know. That's what it was. Like, that's just crazy. Damn, that's just crazy. So, yeah, like, how did that change how you sort of view your career and everything, just made you move around different? Yeah, it would move way different.

Way, way different. security. They've been moving different. Mm-hmm. Have you always been TripStar? That was always your name? Yeah, Trim Star. My last night triplis. Like, I got it, like, from there. My last night, triplets. Then, just playing sports with my partner column, you know, stuff, like, Tripp Star. That's why I got it from them. So it was just sports, and I just brung it to the rap.

Right. Trips' star, just stayed with it, like, it's organic. Yeah? Yeah, it's organic. Yeah, it's organic. Too crazy. That's hard. Yeah. Okay, so I mean, what do you feel like you kind of got to do to take your career to the next level at this point?

You've been putting out mixtapes and videos and shit. Yeah, got stay consistent. Oh, we got deals on the table. We just keep working until we make sense. Just keep working. Yeah, man. Got major deals until I'm just working until it doesn't make sense for me and then I'm going to make the next move, man. But until then we're grinding, we're working, we're still learning, still a student.

running back still teaching me the game I'm still learning the game as I go get information because I'm quiet I'm talking more now like I'm just that's my biggest thing now I'm talking more now

I always been like I told I've been a hustler of my life so I hear from cameras I didn't talk much like Once you're a rapper You got to like kind of court attention

Yeah And I'm actually cool But the world don't know that though Because I'm always quiet I don't talk like You ain't know of them cool unless you just talk to me like Anybody ever tell you

You got the little dirt eyes going on Nah. Your eyes are like very big. Yeah, yeah, no, for sure. You feel like you, like, see everything? Yeah. That's always his excuses. He's like, oh, yeah, you know, I had so much shit happen to me.

I got to really be on point. No, for sure. No, I got this from my desk. I saw in a picture of my dad that looked like that, man. For real? Yeah, I look like that. Yeah, that's funny. So I gathered for him in the big eyes and I don't know.

Got it for him. My mom said I looked like Skeeter. Oh, duh. Oh, my God. That's pretty good. Oh, man. They could definitely put you all side by side. Not for me.

Editor. Throw Skeeter on the screen for a second. Who's the top five hottest rappers in Memphis? In Memphis right now? Money bag. Nish. No. My game.

Big Humma G. O.T.O.C. He's going crazy right now. Sick. He's going to go to crazy right now. Okay. sick on hard or what they're gonna miss him we gotta put glorilla on there too glow going crazy glow gloss all them all the girls shout out to the girls is rapping too they're

going crazy right now all the girls going crazy right down the rap scene right now right show shout out to memphis though we're going crazy right now we're gonna fly right now i ain't a lot you know glowrilla yeah yeah i made grow futile yeah she's a family she's cmg right yeah all is a family like yeah I said that shit. All those combing together, like, yeah, we always see each other, for sure. Right, definitely. Okay, so you got anything coming out that we need to know about? Yeah, I'm from the drop of all.

Imagine it's going to drop a tape, like, in two weeks. Oh, okay. Two weeks, yeah, son of a hustler. Okay. I just somebody would want to put out for a minute. I've been going to put this name with this tape out, like, before I went to prison. So I'm just putting it out now. So I just took some time, putting it out right now, like, probably, like,

like two weeks. We got no cap on her. We got Peasy. We got, who else I got on the? We got a Southwalk on there. We got a, we got a, we got an offset on there. Oh, a big thirt on the. Interesting name for the project, though, because you don't really, you never really have much of a relationship with your dad, but you know that it was a hustler? Yeah. Now, but I'm saying that from my mom. Oh, okay. There you go. Yeah. My mom. My mom. was the like but she told my dad he was getting you know he was doing his thing too like he was doing anything like he ain't fuck with me like you could have fuck with me for free like like you know what you could be a daddy for free you ain't got any kids yeah I got two boys crazy as hell about my two boys that's good that's good to see because you know you got to kill that cycle of yeah man kids not having their dads around for me you know so I make sure I

get them there feeling I ain't never had that you like no what I'm saying I wanted somebody about me go cars four-wheelers and a lot of this shit just popping up with this shit see that's what I do for my boy like yeah I never told him no honestly no no that's good to hear yeah that's the most important thing sure so man that's a that's a wild-ass story right there yeah but uh you know props to you for making it through all that yeah appreciate shit shit gotta be tough man yeah yeah be tough out of that. That's all I can say.

Tripstar. Okay. What should they tap in with if they want to get in touch with you? Tripp star. Two underscores on Instagram. You know what I'm saying? Trips star. I'm Twitter. I'm going crazy. I'm just working, man. Just watch my journey.

Yeah. I'm going up. For sure. I'm dying. I hear the next project. Man. Can't wait, man. I remember doing another interview. I love this shit. I heard no jump. I'll fuck with it. I don't know. I fuck with y'all tough. I asked you to watch this shit at the spot. like even when I was trapping this shit

this shit stayed on the TV screen like we just watching this shit like I fuck with it I was like real I had a homie who got picked up the other day and he told me that damn there every single cop and correctional officer etc had something to say to him about me and about the podcast. For real yeah like just like so you ain't

you ain't gonna be on the podcast tonight huh like just everybody had something to say about it I was like goddamn I'm glad they don't know about me for other things no for sure yeah Yeah, for sure, man. Yeah, I appreciate you. No, I appreciate you, man.

Come back with Moneybag next time. No, for sure. I'm a tell, bro. He's due, right? No, for sure. I spoke to him in like three, four years. That would be fine. Yeah?

No, for sure. I need a FaceTime for you then. Oh, yeah, let's do it. I don't put it together. No doubt. Tripstar, looking forward to the next project. Huh? I'm looking forward to the next project.

Man, appreciate it. Yeah, man. My guy. Two weeks. Tripstar, no jumper. Coolest podcast on the world. Check us out on YouTube, TikTok, Patreon, Instagram, etc. or like, comment, and subscribe.

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