The Breakfast Club - Lil Durk Interview

Episode Date: June 29, 2015

Lil Durk stops through on the day of his album release to discuss the new music, not wanting to hang in the hood, Chicago, Keke Palmer, crazy stalkers and much more. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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listen to 10. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha God. We are The Breakfast Club. Special guest in the building. That's right. A man that Kiki Palmer said he'd marry. She would marry. Yes. Lil Durk is here.

Lil Durk be putting it down. Of course. That's how you gonna start it like that? You damn sound like you got experience. You sound like you know it. What? What is wrong with y'all? Kiki Palmer said it.

And then I saw the Dej Love hearts exchange, so I'm sure that's something, too. They just cool. I just interact with females. I just interact with females. I didn't know you were such a hot throb. Like, one of our interns out there, she got her head done. Yeah.

She came on early. She took out her braids. She was like, Dirk is my crush. I'm like, oh, I didn't know. Actually, a couple of our interns were talking about it. There she go, right there. Don't put her on blast. She took out her braid. She was like, Dirk is my crush. I'm like, oh, I didn't know. Actually, a couple of our interns were talking about it. There she go, right there. Don't put her on blast. Oh, she's embarrassed.

There she go. She's about to walk in. Hey, girl. Hey! There she go. Oh, she don't even intern anymore. Who your crush is? Come here.

Who your crush is? Who you say your crush was? Put her on the camera, Jane. Who your crush is? Lil' Dirk. Why you doing like that? That's so embarrassing. I want somebody to picture.

Hey, you gotta have a man time. You right? Man. I'm out right now. Congratulations. Appreciate that, man. Def Jam, it's been a long time, man, for this album. People been waiting for it.

Three years. Why so long? It was me, though. It wasn't Def Jam. I was saying it was me going to jail and all that. I was setting back myself. So you're not signed to Coke Boys. You just...

That's my brother. We just affiliated, OTF Coke Boys. First don't get no money off this situation. Nah. I thought you was signed to him. I didn't know. Nah, that's my boy, though. Maybe I'm tripping.

Ain't you like the only drill artist from Chicago that actually got an album out other than Keith? Yeah. Yeah. Because it was Reese. There was a few of them at one point. I don't know. Everybody ain't working right now. How does it feel, man?

Feel good. Definitely been outstanding in Chicago. You know what I'm saying? All the energy behind it. Do y'all still speak to everybody in Chicago that y'all came up with? Yeah. Y'all still cool? Because I know one time y'all was beefing or there was rumor that y'all, you guys were

beefing. Who? You and Chief and all of them. Oh, that was light. That wasn't nothing.ing who you and chief and all them I know that was like I've been squashed now I heard you I saw you said that you guys got on FaceTime and hashed everything out yeah okay so you kind of to see each other in order to yeah it was um we was in LA I'm saying we were politicking it was just a lot of BS going on before, like a lot of threats. So we was like, all right, man,

we got to FaceTime this one. You know what I'm saying? But we squashed it one time. It was mostly just on Twitter, like guys were... Yeah. Twitter, Instagram. So what was that conversation like? What did y'all say?

In three hours? That's a long time to talk. Three hours. I was like, we just squashed it. You know what I'm saying? I was saying, we from the same hood,

so we was talking about different things too, but that's bro. So when y'all squash it, how fast does it go across the wire to let everybody else know, like, yo, it ain't no issue between us? Because the crews might not know that squash. Yeah, crews might shoot each other. All you got to do is make a tweet or something.

They're going to know. No, that's that simple. Yeah, and they just call them like, you sure? Charlamagne was doing this whole thing about stay out the hood, stay out of your hood. But you're from Englewood. So how frequently do you go back? hood Stay out of your hood But you're from Englewood So how frequently Do you go back Do you feel like

You gotta stay away From Englewood Listen You ain't gotta go to Only people who say They gotta go to the hood On interviews or anything Is the people

That never been Thank you for telling the truth No dirt That's all I be trying It's like if you been in the hood And you played in the hood You know what it is Alright so I ain't

You only gonna find A couple motherfuckers Come up here like Yeah man we from the block Boy you wanna You know what the hood, you know what it is. All right, so I ain't nobody from here. You ain't going to find a couple motherfuckers come up here like, yeah, man, we from the block, boy, you know what I'm saying? No, we know what's up already. Absolutely. You know, that's interesting to hear somebody that's 22 and from Chicago say that. I even read in the Chicago Tribune, you said you didn't want to raise your kids in Chicago

because of the violence. Hell no. Self-explanatory, but explain it a little more. You know what I'm saying? Because kids in Chicago, like, just recently, a four-year-old got shot in the head. She was four. She got shot in the head. She survived, but just recently, a four-year-old got shot in the head. She was four. She got shot in the head. She survived, but come on.

She's four years old. She got shot in the head. I'm glad you said that because I think we had a rapper or somebody up here before, and it was like, nah, I go back to the hood all the time. I'm like, for what? Man, listen, I just told you. Pull him out. Oh, it's Prodigy.

Oh, Prodigy. I was like, pull him out the hood. You know what I mean? Get out, give back, try to make the hood a better place. There you go. We're just standing on the corner all You know what I mean? Get out, give back, try to make the hood a better place. There you go. We're just standing on the corner all day for what? It's all still love, man. As long as they know what I'm doing, I ain't got to be there

every day to show my face. I read you want Remember My Name to be a healing force in your community. How you plan for that to happen? Definitely for just everybody to rock with the music. I'm saying everybody know where I came from And the struggle Coming up so

Even if The whole album I'm saying They gonna rock With the jail Like they was Rocking with the mixtape You think people

Can relate to you more Because you did go to jail For you know Weapons, possession, charges And you really been Through a lot of stuff That you can talk about So people like

Okay we get it We can relate to him Yeah I'm not sure Because I went to jail Just because I'm saying but you've been through a lot of things like some people talk about it they don't really

never really live that life yeah we've been through a lot so i know they definitely can relate how do you move do you move any differently because you know when i used to see you in new york you a guy that's spring like you run everywhere you move around you go everywhere that's that young energy man he's 22 but you know you know he's real cool with chinks that was your guy and he got killed and your manager got killed does that make you no dollar rest in peace Go everywhere. That's that young energy, man. He's 22. But you know, he was real cool with Chinks. That was your guy. He got killed and your manager got killed. Does that make you move? Chino Dollar, rest in peace.

Does that make you move any differently or watch the way you move? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Of course. I'm saying it was just at opening day we should have been moving the right way anyway. You know what I'm saying? We were just running with our heads cut off. Excited because of fame and, you know what I'm saying, the money and the bitches. We just like, we making mistakes.

You know what I'm saying? So when stuff happened to Chino, I'm like, all right, we got to learn from this mistake. We got to watch out what we doing. So we was thinking it's cool. Like, we just thinking like that's only in Chicago. Then the thing happened with Chinks. So it's like, all right, now we got to really pay attention. Wasn't Chino one of the guys telling you get out Chicago?

Yeah, yeah. Stay out? But he got killed in Chicago, right? Yeah. He wasn't hanging out or nothing like that. It was just a quick stop are you are you numb the the death at this point because you see it happen all the time in Chicago so when it happens now when you're on are you numb to it or does it still had the same effect it got the same effect but it'd be like it happened every day so much you'd be like damn

all right you'll get called every day like what's the name of his dad you're like damn i was just with him a week ago right nothing funny you'll be like damn that's crazy but it happened so much to us in chicago it's like all right this ain't nothing new i'm saying but when they hit like chino and chinks and newsky it'd be like all right hurt bad yeah you're getting close to home so we definitely moving different now that we should have been did. You've also spoken a lot about your kids and wanting to make sure that they grow up differently and that you're there as a father. So what's your relationship like with your father?

My father's been in jail 22 years. Since you was seven months old, I read. Yeah, seven months. But I rock with him. I'm saying every day, talk to him on the phone. I was going to visit him. He had a big name in the street, so it's like he was here. So what, he got

life with him? Yeah, he had life. I'm saying, they passed that new rule in Chicago, that new law, so he'll be home in a couple years, like three. What are you locked up for, if you don't mind? Drugs. Okay. They really, they ain't even catch him on drugs, you know, they just locked him up because he ain't snitch

on every Uber conspiracy yeah so he is gonna get home and that just happened recently you found that out yeah so what's your plans now

when your dad comes home you gonna take him on vacation I'm taking him to the jail room cause he he's everywhere he used to track phones

I gotta give him a point with iPhones all types of shit I gotta give him a point how iPhones and all that type of shit. I gotta give him a point. How did not having a father in the house affect you growing up? Because it's like your mom

and like two sisters, right? Yeah, and I got a big brother and I was like, oh, so my manager's here. It was f***ing me up, but you know what I'm saying? He played the dirty role to me, you know what I'm saying?

My big brother. So I definitely get, I know how I feel. So that's why I be on point with my kids on everything we do. Are you surprised with your success? We went to the club in our jersey.

And they knew every word from the mixtapes to the album to songs I've never heard before. And I seen it in your eyes. Like, damn, these, they really know. Yeah. It's the difference when they just rocking with you and know all your words. But I was turned up in that club, too.

And you credit social media, MySpace, with breaking you as an artist, right? Yeah, everybody, man, back then, you used anything to get on, bro. Tagged, all that. I'm saying we was doing the groundwork, all that kind. You still do the groundwork? You still on your Instagram, you still on all that yourself?

Yeah, yeah. It be 50-50. I be on there half of the time. Half of the time, I don't even know what's on my page. That's interesting because you got a lot of older radio personalities and DJs and program directors. They still don't believe in the internet.

They think the internet's not real life. They think if it's popping on the internet, it's not popping nowhere else and it don't mean anything. But you got to think about it. Everybody don't listen to radio. I'm saying everybody ain't got no Instagram. You got to do what you got to do.

Instagram isn't real life though. I will say that. A lot of people really think. They follow and they think it's real life. Man, that's for real. I just seen my phone with filters I ain't never seen before in my life. Like, how many people you done met on Instagram

and then seen them in real life and been like, that's supposed to be you? Yeah, a couple. I'm just talking music-wise, though. If a song got five million plays on SoundCloud, nine times out of ten is probably a hot record And people are probably rocking with it Now with the girls that love you so much

What's the craziest thing a female fan has done? Oh she sent the email What did the email say? What I'm a sucky from the back? What? Charlie makes it inappropriate You said that to another man What, I'm going to suck your ass from the back? What? Charlamagne. What did he say? Inappropriate. You said that to another man.

I mean, I catch him up to the back. I beat him up. Like, you big gay, man. And I want the email. Come here. All right, let him find the email. Yeah, she said some crazy ass in the email. Like scary crazy?

Or like, it turns you on crazy What she saying She was saying like She could be Beyonce Beyonce She sing like Beyonce She f*** like somebody else And it was a whole bunch of favorites You guys supposed to say that When that supposed to be

In the favorites bro Man I don't even want To bring it up I think she gonna Kill herself or something Was she cute She told you that was her I don't know

I stay away from that type. Well, how does somebody get your attention if they want to on social media? Like, what gets your attention? I don't really pay attention. I don't end on that date. You can hit up my DJ. You say, oh, your DJ?

You can hit up him on the other side. I believe him, too. And Sid, you can hit them up. They gone. Now, when Kiki was here she said you be writing poems and praying with her on the phone

and she she did not say all that nah hell nah you gotta do what you gotta do to get these especially somebody

like Kiki nah this woman saw some poems hell nah nah she used to pray for me on the phone for real though anytime she said you used to pray with me On the phone for real though Every time She said you used to pray with her

Quote Maya Angelou All kind of stuff She lying I hear him now Don't listen to Charlamagne He exactly But that's nice to know Like apparently y'all do have

A very special relationship And that's great Yeah she honest She cool I rock with her I bet your baby mamas Don't like her though My baby mamas

They don't They like who they like They like who they don't like So you. My big moms? They don't. They like who they like. They like who they don't like. So you and Tyga good now? Yeah, he cool. Keep it positive. Yeah, he cool.

I ain't trying to, you know. I ain't into troublemaking no more. I'm cool now. Y'all had beef over, I guess you said a rhyme about Blac Chyna. Yeah. He caught feelings about that. Imagine you rap about Kylie,

what'll happen? That's a whole other level, huh? You and Game good now? Yeah, we good. He's crossed all your beats. We go with everybody. He's like, album's out today.

Album's out today. Yeah, we good with everybody. That was interesting though, they gotta give it up to him. I ain't the troublemaker no more. You look like the troublemaker. You used to be on the motherfucking ass.'t the troublemaker no more. You look like a troublemaker. You used to be on the motherfucking ass. When you approached him in the club, you looked like a troublemaker.

You was the first game in the club in L.A. That's what I hold me now, man. You cool. You also don't drink or smoke or anything, which is interesting. How did you manage to stay away from that? Because it's hard when you're in this business and you're out and about and everybody's always offering you stuff. I ain't never do that.

I always like being in my squad. I can't be high and drunk in Chicago. Being who I am, I can never be in my squad because no time for no slip-ups and stuff like that. What do you think can make Chicago better, man? Like right now, immediately. If everybody, they got voices, put their head together, but nobody can put their pride through that.

That's good, though, because you are leading by example. Like all the issues that you've had, you've squashed that and you know done songs with Chief Keef. That does really show people. Not necessarily him. Not necessarily him. I mean that's a good example though. That's such a good example

for other people. Oh yeah of course but everybody just get their head together and talk. You know what I'm saying? Like I say, show their group who they hang with, like, we feel chill. You know what I'm saying?

That'll make it better. So what changed you? What was the turning point? Kids. You were 17 when you had your first son? Yeah. Okay.

That gave you something to live for. Yeah, yeah, I was in jail. We was at the wildest hell that I had my son in. When I was in jail, I'm like, hell no jail. Then I had my son when I was in jail.

I'm like, hell no, I can't do that shit no more. And that changed you? Yeah, yeah. And you said you want to move to L.A.? I'm gone. By L.A. of all places? I'm gone. By L.A. of all places?

It's different. I rock with the high. It's different. You like the weather. Yeah, all that. I know my kids going like that. I'm out right now. Do you feel like they're very supportive of you in Chicago?

Because I know sometimes where you're from. Dirk talks like he's a drug dealer. Like he don't understand. He's like, I didn't say too much. Nope. It's crazy. You threw me the call. You know what I'm saying? Do you feel like in Chicago they're really supportive of you?

I know sometimes where you're from, it can feel like, okay. No, that's everywhere. Everybody going to hate you and everybody going to like you. But Chicago rock with me 100%. You got some people that don't like me. You got some people that like me. Do you want your mom still living in Chicago? No. No? Okay, you're like, she Do you want your mom still living in Chicago? No.

No? Okay, you're like, she got up out of there? Yeah, yeah, yeah. She gone. Now, I remember, didn't you and Charlamagne have something a long time ago? What, y'all had beef? Me and Dirk? Didn't you say you wasn't coming to Chicago?

You scared of Chicago because something, Dirk invited you or something? No, it wasn't Dirk, but yeah, I'm definitely scared of Chicago. I don't see the problem. I don't want to be in Chicago. Why would I want to be there and I'm not from there? I know how they get down. I guess not.

I guess he was right. Ain't only be the mother motherfuckers. Ain't never been like, yeah, I go. Like Angela Lee. I've been to Englewood. And they never come back.

No, no. But I will say this. You've been to Englewood? Yeah, I was in the park that Derek wrote about. Why did you do that when you was there? I remember you told me.

That was a long time ago. Yeah, it was a while ago i was with your gunshots okay but i will say this i do think sometimes it's nice like for kids to see you and be like okay this you know it's very aspirational like if they see you come to where they're at and you know on a positive note it could be a good thing it could change somebody's life yeah before i go step in you know we gotta holler at them voices again right maybe not you you know because you're from there but i didn't know i didn't know i just knew where we was going you gotta get out and give back but chicago is a beautiful city other than you know i've been like usually when i go there i stay you know there's every city you once you tell you that you downtown where it's pretty yet right they

got great shopping and great restaurants. Once you pay downtown, you got all the hood. Is that the email, Yee? What? The email behind you. Let me see. I like to hear about these freaky hoes. Wow.

I love you. I really do. Okay. She been trying. I sing. Oh, she wants to be the next Beyonce. Giselle Knowles. I sing like her and Nicki, Mariah, Aaliyah, anybody.

I rap on everything. Better than Nicki Minaj. Every time I write her remix, it's always better than hers. I write songs like, again, everybody other than Lil Wayne. I have two art scholarships. I dance just like Beyonce. I'm athletic. I beat all the boys in my grade in a race.

So as you can see, I'm talented. How old is she? She's a race. She does everything. Sounds like she's 15. Oh, my God. What is this? Is it a naked picture?

Okay, you might have to respond to her because she wants to die, she said, and she's suicidal. All right, now that's enough. See, now you went too far. Nah, yeah, she's trying extra hard to get some. She said she hasn't had sex in a year. She's not a hoe. She hasn't given head in two years. She said, I have 13 bodies, and I'm very ashamed.

Like, on God, I wish I would have waited. I'm currently celibate, which means that I'm not gonna have sex till I find the right person and to be honest that person is you damn and only you yeah 13 bodies

come on could die she said on God and on her daughter she needs to be with him but on the positive side she wants to build

forests and greenhouses in Africa which alright right she yeah you might want you might want to act like you ain't never got that too late now to build forests and greenhouses in Africa. Which, all right. Right, she, uh. Yeah, you might want to act like you ain't never got that either. Too late now.

It's my first time hearing that. 13 bodies. She said 13 bodies. Well, you got way more than 13 bodies. Let's not have a double standard, you know. For me? Yeah. What's the difference when you're a boy?

You ain't finna be no girl tomorrow. You want to go with me tell her You got 20 bodies How you gonna match my That shit over with At least she was honest She was honest Now Hip Hop DX You said French gave you

Advice about dealing with Deaf He told you Keep your expectations low What's that mean? All you just be saying Like just stay away From all the negativity

You know what I'm saying What y'all say You ain't really Gotta go to no negativity You know what I'm saying And what y'all say He say you ain't really Gotta go to no block You know what I'm saying Then when When this happened to Chinks You know what I'm saying

He was hurt You know what I'm saying He wasn't asking the phone For a minute You know what I'm saying He had finally called me Like man he hurt So I'm waiting

Another phone call When he good man We appreciate you joining us Remember my name Today man It's a movie Alright well Lil Durk Remember my name In stores right man, it's a movie. All right, well, Lil Durk, remember my name, in stores right now.

And it's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Had enough of this country? Ever dreamt about starting your own? I planted the flag. This is mine. I own this. It's surprisingly easy.

55 gallons of water, 500 pounds of concrete. Or maybe not. No country willingly gives up their territory. Oh my God. What is that? Bullets. Listen to Escape from Zakistan. That's Escape from Z-A-Q-istan

on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Hey guys, I'm Kate Max. You might know me from my popular online series, The Running Interview Show, where I run with celebrities, athletes, entrepreneurs, and their stories, their journeys, and the thoughts that arise once we've hit the pavement together. Listen to Post Run High on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. As a kid, I really do remember having these dreams and visions, but you just don't know what is going to come for you. Alicia shares her wisdom on growth, gratitude, and the power of love.

I forgive myself. It's okay. Have grace with yourself. You're trying your best, and you're going to figure out the rhythm of this thing. Alicia Keys, like you've never heard her before. Listen to On Purpose with Jay Shetty on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Hey, y'all. Niminy here. I'm the host of a brand new history podcast for kids and families called Historical Records. Executive produced by Questlove, The Story Pirates, and John Glickman, Historical Records brings history to life through hip-hop.

Each episode is about a different inspiring figure from history. Like this one about Claudette Colvin, a 15-year-old girl in Alabama who refused to give up her seat on the city bus nine whole months before Rosa Parks did the same thing. Check it. Get the kids in your life excited about history by tuning in to Historical Records. Because in order to make history, you have to make some noise. Listen to Historical Records on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Hey, everyone.

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