2euceface on East LA Upbringing, His Time in Jail, Signing to OTR & More

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1:26waiting for yeah hell yeah yeah i hadn't done no interviews this is mine like like my second one right because i see you did do uh negra the other day yeah yeah i did that one then i kind of rolled my ar there a little bit yeah i'm starting to sound authentic damn all right um but okay so was that intentional i mean i know you're kind of like new to being on the scene as a rapper and everything but like uh uh was it intentional that you wanted to wait to do an interview until you You had a bit of motion going on? Yeah, low-key. I wasn't trying to do too many interviews all at once. I wanted to let me get more numbers and do better in my music and shit.

2:05Yeah, yeah. Yeah, but this is my first one. No doubt. So you're from Boyle Heights? Yeah, I'm from Boyle Heights, East LA. Okay. So what was it like growing up out there? What was your childhood like? Oh, shit. That shit's like everybody else, you know? Just treacherous, ghetto shit. like just regular shit you know uh-huh so you have both parents around or no I just had uh my mom I had my mom and my brother my mom and my brother okay yeah so you never met your dad or you just didn't have a relationship with him um no my dad died when I was like two oh yeah I never met him damn okay so so you're you're the oldest kid in the house or um no I got an older brother okay yeah so was he did he have more of a relationship with your dad um yeah he did he met my dad before me okay yeah then I didn't get to meet him at all damn that's crazy so what was your uh what was your mom like like what kind of job she had and shit uh she worked at like a dry cleaners and shit she worked at a dry cleaners and she was um that's all she did pretty much for a long time nice so uh would you say that there was like a time period where you kind of realized that you were growing up in a pretty crazy place and that there was a lot of wild shit going on outside Yeah, like as a kid there was just like just a gang of bad shit, you know, I grew up in the projects um like in East LA and that shit was just you know it gets bad and that's pretty much where shit started, you know.

3:28Do you have any memory though of just like being exposed to some shit that a little kid shouldn't be exposed to when you're really young? I mean like yeah I can't really like say too much but like yeah it was more like um yeah just like shit that like you know just like shootings and shit that like as a little kid just seeing you're like hearing about and shit you know and just do you remember how your mom used to talk to you about that kind of thing in terms of like explaining to you the fact that dangerous shit was happening outside um nah she didn't really tell me like i didn't really have no conversation like that um really with my mom it's just kind of how it is it's just like kind of accepted the wild shit happens from time to time yeah yeah pretty much definitely um okay so would you say that your parents were like real focused on you were they strict like did you have like a your parents did they really care about you getting a good upbringing and a good education everything like that yeah hell yeah my mom used to um she used to like really like get up on me and like now i mean they like game bang and like Like, she would, like, tell me all this type of stuff, you know?

4:34She would get up on me pretty much. Like, she wouldn't want me, like, she would, like, tell me, like, I didn't raise you like that. But I still went down the wrong path. For sure. Would you say that you were, like, attracted to the streets from day one? Or was there, like, a time period where you were a good kid doing good in school and everything? Or are you just kind of always drawn to being outside, getting into some shit? Yeah, since I was young, I used to just be in the streets. I wouldn't really be at home and stuff, you know? I would just, I'd be with the homies, like, ever since I was a kid.

5:04I've been, like, outside, you know? Yeah. At what age would you say you jumped off the porch? Like 10, like, yeah, 10, 11. And you were just outside hanging out, like, every day? Like, what kind of shit were you getting into at that time? Shit, just posted with the homies. That's when I had met the homies and shit, but I used to live in, like, Highland Park with my grandma, and I used to just be outside with my cousins, you know, since a young age. probably like seven years old, I was already outside, but like, you know, I didn't really meet the homies until I was like 11, 12, started really jumping off the porch, you know?

5:37Would you say that they were trying to kind of, just you being so young, being 10, 11, 12, would you say that they were like trying to keep you away from certain shit, or did they fully just like kind of expose you to everything right away? What do you mean, like the homies or my people? Yeah, your homies, like the friends or the older guys that you're hanging out around, Like, were they kind of cautious about you knowing about everything? Or were they just like, you know, f*** it, he's outside now, everything's up for grabs? Yeah, basically, they were just like, oh, you don't care? Like, f*** it, like, we can't tell you nothing, type of shit, you know?

6:11They just wanted me to kick it. Definitely. So what kind of music were you into at that time? Or like, what was the sound of your childhood? Like, growing up, I used to listen to, like, Tupac. I would listen to Tupac and, like, Eminem. I listen to MLM a lot and like, all the old school rappers, Biggie. And then I started listening to like Draco and shit. Like when he started coming out, YG, mostly like just like the gay man. Hell yeah. Did it ever stand out to you that you mostly listened to black artists? Or like was there a time period where you got more interested in Hispanic artists, Mexican artists?

6:47Yeah, like once I started kicking it with the homies, I started like, they put me on to like Conejo. I started listening to Conejo. That's pretty much like the only Hispanic artists I'll listen to like that. Really? So like the more street rap type stuff doesn't really appeal to you that much? What do you mean? Like Hispanic rappers? Yeah, like Mexican gangster LA rappers. Like that's just not really your bag? Nah, I wouldn't really listen to that shit. That shit would be like weak to me. What, really? You think you're the best one? Like everything's been kind of weak up till now and now you're coming out and you're making it look good?

7:20Like, no, I'm not going to lie. Like, there's other Mexican rappers. Like, you know, Suede. Yup. I got to give it to, like, you know, like him. Like, you know, people like that. Like, Bravo the Bag Chaser. Like, I'll listen to, like, Austin the Pac-Man. Yeah. I'll listen to, like, them. But, like, I don't know. But I'm talking about, like, old school, like, you know? Oh, yeah. Like, old school rappers. Yeah, I listen to, like, a gang of, yeah, Mexicans. No, yeah, that makes sense. I mean, I was doing an interview with 6ix9ine the other day, and he basically said, he said, if you ain't black you can't rap and what he meant by that was basically like nobody's trying to hear you rap unless you're black and when you really think about it it's like there's really only been like a handful of really popping white rappers over the years and when you really think about hispanic rappers in general all the way from you know puerto rican rappers in new york to mexican rappers in la and texas etc it is like it has been an uphill battle you know it's like still to this day it's kind of hard to think of like real superstar hispanic rappers from america and yeah there are a bunch now but it does kind of seem like there's like a ceiling almost yeah it is like there's not like a mainstream like super hot like top top billboard like number one artist like that's like mexican i don't think so like i think like probably like d-baby d-baby goes hard like i think like yeah he's like pretty up there i feel like d-baby and mexican ot down in Texas and then out here you know we got Ojeezy going crazy you know somebody like well really Shoreline Mafia in general you know Peso's been going pretty crazy lately but did that ever like kind of occur to you like when you were young rapping just like that this was sort of I don't know This episode is brought to you by Google Chrome You think you know a browser but Gemini and Chrome that's new.

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10:18I don't really see nobody else. Yeah, pretty much. Yeah, and I mean, a lot of times, like, once one person comes up out of an area, it's easy for other people to kind of emerge from that same place, you know? But, like, when you haven't seen anybody from your section really be able to achieve success, It's hard for an up-and-coming kid to imagine it. Yeah. That's really what I used to think about. Like, damn, there's really nobody coming out of my section, so I really got to go harder. Definitely. So, okay, but that's later on once you started having some success as a rapper. What kind of kid would you say you were during high school?

10:53How far into high school did you make it? Probably like ninth grade. I went to like two semesters in like ninth grade, and then I started going to jail, and I went to the halls. Okay. So that was when you first started getting in trouble, or you were getting in trouble off the elementary school and shit as well? I didn't start going to the halls until, like, 15 years old. Yeah, until I started high school. Okay. So at 15, you get arrested for what? I got arrested for, like, a robbery. Okay. Yeah. What kind of robbery? What happened? I can't really talk too much about that, but, like, you know, I'm not really trying to talk about, like, that.

11:31but I started going to the halls and shit, you know? Okay. It was just downhill from there. I just kept on going back to our surrounding county and stuff. Well, I mean, that's like a nightmare scenario for a lot of people going to jail. For you, was it not that bad? Was it kind of exciting? It was low-key exciting, yeah, because all my homies were telling me about that growing up. I had got put on with the homies and shit, And then they just started telling me about, you know what's going to happen further down the line. Like, you know, if you continue down this path. So I already got laced up with going to jail and shit.

12:10So once I went up in there, it was just cool, you know? I wasn't really tripping. I already got laced up. I wasn't really scared of it. But you'd probably end up getting exposed to so many more people than who you would otherwise be associated with. because like when you're on the streets you're mostly around people from your neighborhood yeah you get locked up with everybody like all everywhere but not just everybody but like the bad kids the kids who are getting in trouble just like you that's how i used to think about it like i ain't really tripping because i'm gonna gang of kids just like me that don't give a right you feel me but was it mostly like uh people were getting along in there or is it like you know were there were there fades to be dealt with yeah hell yeah everybody's squabbling in the halls like it's going up.

12:55Everybody got phased. Everybody game banged. So it's just going up every other day. So you just walk in and it ain't nothing personal, but it's like, I'm from here. Oh, you from there? You got to squabble with him right there and you got to get that out the way? It's more like you walk up in there, yeah, like it's your first day and you're sitting at the table and you're just like, you're meeting everybody, you're banging on everybody and shit. And it's like your enemy might hear you banging or some shit. You might like, oh, what's up? You know, you just get off on him right there. Like, it just more of, like, all right, boom, like, here and now.

13:27How long do you feel like it took before you got kind of settled in and where you, you know, felt comfortable? My first time in the halls, I had a homie right there, and, like, he was already fighting some time, and I would just low-key praying to God, like, please put me with the homie, and I ended up going with the homie, same unit and everything. Like, I got right to, like, you know, be with him. Like, the next morning I came out, and I'm right there hugging the homie. So it was cool. Like, we were just doing it up, you know? Like, he's my homie from the streets. the homicino right definitely so yeah it's cool i was i was chilling hey how long were you in there like my first time probably like three months okay yeah and then you ended up going back a couple more times i got i got released and then i got released on house arrest and i just um i went on the run i kept on like going on the run after that i went on the run and i just got busted really for like blowers and shit just bullshit you know damn so you were just like totally out of control like the idea of just being on house arrest and just sitting in the crib it was just like impossible no i had did my house service but like i have um i went to court and they're trying to send me the placement they're trying to send me the placement they told me i'll come back at 1 30 so i was like that and i just left went to the hood and i just went on the run what were they like looking for you hard well like i ended up going home and then on my birthday i turned 17 no i think i turned 16 yeah i turned 16 and they busted me they went to my pad like at 10 o 'clock at night and raided my house.

14:49Oh, shit. So, yeah, that's how I got busted and shit. I got busted with a blower and shit. Damn. So then they locked you up again for how long? Like a couple months. I went to camp. Uh-huh. I did a camp program. Okay. Oh, okay, so you've been to the halls a bunch of times more in your, like, high school years, and then, like, once you've fucked up enough, they start sending you to, like, a camp thing? Like, how does that work exactly? Like, not really, like, more into, like, my high school. Like, it was my high school. Like, it was right after. right after I got busted I ended up going to the to camp I went to camp and then they just they send you like if you f***ing up they're just gonna send you to camp right like the more you f***ing up the worse it gets for you definitely and was rapping even a thought at this point or no I used to rap yeah I used to rap in the halls that's where I started writing my shit I started writing my shit in the halls and I got out and that's where I really like started doing it more definitely like would you say that during this time period like like did you have some up ideas about uh being locked up because i've definitely heard a lot of people say over the years that like when they were kids that they kind of like expected to go to prison at some point to go to jail that it was just kind of almost like taught to them that that was just like part of growing up in this way of life yeah hell yeah i was already accustomed to that shit i was already like looking forward to that shit type i was going i was already looking forward to going to prison you know really so when you first got locked up this you weren't looking at like a bad thing this is just kind of just like oh this is like i got homies that wish they could be in my shoes like the homies used to tell me that like you got homies that wish they could be in your shoes homies is doing life like you feel me i wish they could be your age and go to the halls right so i was just like damn this is a blessing yeah that's kind of crazy i mean do you look at that now a little differently like damn like i i feel like that is such a sort of pessimistic worldview that like a lot of people it's very hard to even imagine that it's not like um how anybody should think or you know that's not how a normal kid should live or like think but that's just how i was taught like you know i was just raised different but i will say that the differences though too is that it's almost worse like when you see a video of somebody who gets arrested for doing some crazy crime and they just start crying their eyes out and ratting on themselves and all this shit and it's like damn this is a person who really didn't expect to ever get caught like if you rolling around you know shooting at people or shooting people successfully or whatever like you you should not be that surprised when you get caught up you should probably have a little bit of a plan for what this is going to be like in your head but a lot of people roll around just committing crazy crimes for years and years and years and and acting like they can never get caught and then when they do it's just pure shock and surprise they didn't plan for it at all i trip I don't know That type of shit Yeah That shit's crazy Definitely So okay When you At what point Did you end up Getting out of This camp situation Was that That was your last Like longish Time period locked up Not my longest But like up to then Yeah Up to then It was my Longest time being locked up Okay I got I ended up getting Released And I went back home And I ended up I forgot what happened I think I went on the run I went on the run again Or some shit like that No they tried to send me To placement They tried to send me To placement And I wasn't trying to go And what's placement?

18:07They put you in like a home? It's like a big ass facility. It was Boys Republic. Oh, okay. And they tried to send me to Boys Republic. I wasn't even there for like 10 minutes. I left. AWOL. And I tried to, you know, I escaped. Right. Went back home and I was just on the run. And I just kept on going back. They kept on doing the same shit, trying to like send me to placement until they sent me to the county. And then I just, yeah, started going to the county from there. Oh, okay. So, but then at that point, at least like you do your jail time and you're done with it. Like they don't have to hunt you down over and over.

18:35Yeah, I'm already off juvenile probation and shit. Well, like, I was still on juvenile probation. I ended up getting caught. They sent me to the county, and they sent me back to the halls. They sent me back to the halls, and then I got out. I got out, and then the same shit happened. It had me, like, twice because I was still on juvenile probation. Yeah. And then, yeah. Wait, so how old are you now, and how long have you been free? This is, like, I'm already, like, 18. Oh, wait. You're 18 right now? Oh, no, no, right now? You're talking about right now? Yeah, right now. Right now? I'm 22. Okay, so you're 22.

19:02How long, when was the last time you were locked up? The last time I was locked up shit recently, to be honest, I just got locked up probably a couple weeks ago. What was that for? Like a probation violation, like a parole violation. Okay. Yeah. But do you feel like you're kind of like at risk for getting locked up again? Or is it like a situation where if you mostly keep your nose clean, you're good? Yeah, I'm on parole. I'm good. I'm pretty, you know, I'm clean and shit. But you got to watch like how you're moving around. Like if you get pulled over or whatever, it could be bad. As long as I'm not doing no dumb shit, I'm not, you know.

19:32Right. I'm doing good, yeah. Definitely. So, okay, like this time around, though, like when you got out or like when did you actually start to think you were going to take the rap shit more seriously? To be honest, this time I got out. I got out of prison. I got out of prison recently, like in January. And then I met the homie. I met the homie Grifo. And then I ended up meeting Flip and Solis, you know. Okay. I ended up going there from there. So Grifo is the one you met first. Yeah. Like how did you meet him and how did he, was he the one who told you like, yo, you should make a song or did you already have shit recorded?

20:04Yeah. Well, I met him through the homie. The homie Chino was in prison with him, and then the homie took me to the studio, you know? And then that's how I met him. And then, yeah, pretty much he told me to get up in the booth type shit. Like, you know? He knew that the homie could rap, and the homie told him that I could rap. So that's what he told me to get up in the booth, you know? And I just spit some shit. Yeah. I'm with it. Today, I'm listening to your music, and I hear you mention that Griefo puts you on, and so I go click on one of his videos to watch his shit. and it's like the the beginning is like a skit where like uh he's like his manager or whatever is like calling him and telling him like bro you're gonna be late for your no jumper interview and i'm like what the and i had to go search for it because i'm like i didn't interview him and yeah but i think i think that they were uh you know putting it into the into the air so yeah because i mean now i want to interview him now i'm like oh shit i want to make that come true that would be cool yeah make that happen but wait so so why were you around him that that he even like recognize your talent?

21:01What do you mean? Like how I came around him? Yeah, like how did he first even hear your shit? He didn't. He just told me to get in the booth. Oh, okay. He told you to make a song. Right, right, right. Yeah, he just told me hop in the booth and then he heard me spit some shit and he was like, damn, you know? I guess he was f***ing my shit. Hell yeah. And he was like, here I am, everybody, you know, was f***ing me. No, that's what's up. Like, did Flip get in tune through him or did Flip find your shit on his own? Yeah, that same day. That same day I met Flip. the same day I met Grifo I met Flip I met Solis and Flip and so what was your impression of Flip when you met him like in terms of he just started making music with you right away like I was just tripping out you know like I already was listening to his shit since I was a little kid so I was just like damn you know I was more like I couldn't even believe it and then I ended up being like you know because I saw I seen some people trying to make it into like an OTR versus DJ Flip thing, like as if those are like the two people that you could sign with as a Mexican rapper in particular coming up out of LA.

22:02But you're saying that you like basically just got locked in with both of them all at the same time. So it's not like a either or type situation like they with each other and everything. Yeah. Yeah, basically. Yeah. We all like, you know, partnership, partnership. For sure. What was OTR talking about? like uh like did like how did they convince you that that you should want to work with them i mean like he just asked me the homie asked me like if i was trying to um like get signed this yeah the homie grifo and i was like it i was like i'm down you know this is my dream i've been dreaming a rapper since i was a little kid so i was like hell yeah yeah but like what do you think that a label is bringing to the table that you need in terms of like making your shit bigger.

22:47I mean like shit like just putting me out there you know the exposure I wouldn't have the exposure myself you know that I would with a label type shit. Right. Yeah definitely. But so what's your relationship with Flip like at this point? Are you guys just like in the studio a lot together or? Yeah hell yeah that's my brother right there that's my boy he like trust like he's been doing everything for me you know he's been helping me a lot with this like with all this rapping shit you know I'm always in the studio with him working and shit. He's filming all my videos. You know, that's my boy right there.

23:20Is that the closest you've ever been to a white person? Type of shit. The homie's not white. The homie, the homie, that's not. You don't look at him like a white person anymore. The homie, the homie up thing. Nah, yeah, because I came in and you're with Flip and you're with Blanco. Yeah, for sure. So we all looking white as well. I mean, I'm saying, you know, it's like two white boys who clearly are, you know, moving a certain way. That's my name, too. That's my name. Like, Blanco, that's what, you know. Oh, they call you that, too? I was like, is that really your, hood name? Uh, I mean, type shit?

23:48Nah, not really, but, you know, that's just what the homies call me. Okay. Where'd Deuce Face come from? Just cause I got the Deuce on the side of my face, you know? I got, I ended up making my Instagram name, and then I just went with it, like, you know, as a rap name. Why'd you get the Deuce on the side of your face? Is that, like, the street you live on, or some shit, or? Um, yeah, some shit like that, yeah. It's like the B, you know? Oh, okay. It's like the second letter of the alphabet. Oh, okay. So you guys rep the 2 as well as the B? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Okay. That makes sense. for sure. So yeah, like, did you, all right, so.

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26:13Like, you know, it sounded like, you know, up in the hills. Like, I'm like, damn, maybe I've been to some of these cribs that he might have paid a visit to. Nah, I wasn't doing none of that shit. Like, like, Santa Claus. No, I wasn't doing none of that shit. Nah, fuck that. Nah, nah. But, I mean, hey, you were saying you were listening to Draco the Ruler, you know? I'm just saying, like, it could. Oh, actually, no, that might not have been an influence for you to do it, But that might have made you want to rap about it and not do it. Yeah, type shit. Yeah, pretty much. Honestly, whether you ever did do that or didn't do that, I mean, that seems like probably one of the best crimes to avoid.

26:48That just seems like it's hella easy to get caught. You're going to get crazy time for it. I don't know. Maybe I'm naive. Yeah, shit. I don't know. Yeah, because that song is called 4, 5, 9s and 2, 11s. Yeah. What's that mean? Is that like the police code or something? Yeah. Ah, okay. Yeah. Got it. But did Flip ever have a talk with you at some point? Like, hey, bro, if we're going to really do business like this, you got to start keeping your nose clean a little bit. You know, you can't be getting into all the same shit. Yeah, for sure. Nah, hell nah. I don't fuck around at all. Like, you know, I told myself I wasn't going to fuck around or do any like you know i wasn't gonna like do any bad shit you know at all i told god i wasn't gonna if i could do with this music shit like it wasn't like but they do the homies do talk to me and like you know tell me to like you know stay clean and not up you know go to the hood and you know stay about a bullshit i mean what about going to the hood though is that like you can go you just try to be in and out or is it like you just try to be kind of low-key or you try to just I'm just low key.

28:00I'm just not even trying to do no bullshit. I'm just trying to do this music and just make it off this music. Fucking bullshit. But do you feel like if you go back that there's a good chance the cops are going to be kind of targeting you and shit like that? Yeah, hell yeah. I'm pretty sure. Nah, yeah. It makes sense. But when you go back, though, I don't know. What's the vibe like? Is everybody real proud of you? Is that a common theme? They're all excited about the fact that you're having all this motion as a rapper and shit? Yeah, the homies be like supporting the fuck out of me. Yeah, they be loving that shit.

28:32Hell yeah. Hell yeah. They fucking me and shit. They like hell yeah. They be encouraging me and shit. Definitely. Yeah. So you said in one of the songs that your bro told you you should have been rapping. Was that about Griefo or was that about somebody else? No, that's like the homies. The homies used to tell me like all your shit. Like the homies been telling me to rap. Like they've been telling me since I was like, like since I was in the halls. Like I used to spit some shit to the homies and they'll like record me and they'll be like, A4, you should have been rapping. So I just put it in my song.

29:02Nah, definitely. All right, we had a couple different incidents where different Hispanic rappers that have been coming up out of L.A. or Southern California have kind of ended up in weird situations because either them or their homies have said anti-black shit. And it's kind of been almost sort of surprising to see how much that seems like it kind of affects the emotion that somebody has in their career or whatever um is that something that like like would you have thought of that or is that like something that you was that something that you were used to hearing as a kid or is that like kind of foreign to you what do you mean like the um like then like what do you mean well okay so drex had the situation where he was on live and you hear one of his homies say the n-word in the background oh yeah no i don't want to be saying that in my music like i don't i don't say that in my music at all like right um yeah i'm trying not to like i don't have that in my vocabulary you know really you just like grew up not saying or anything or did you have to kind of pull back and stop at a certain point yeah basically really what's your mentality on that you just don't think it's cool or you just um i'm just like you know i'm i'm not that raised you know i'm not gonna be saying you know oh okay because are we talking about the hard r right now because i feel like Nah, I'm just not going to say it.

30:21You don't say it either way? Yeah, I'm not trying to do all that. Nah, basically I'm not doing all that. Definitely. I mean, from your perspective, does it feel like it's a low, in terms of tension between Hispanic people and black people in L.A., does it feel like it's not a lot of animosity at this point? Because I do hear from people sometimes about, yo, that shit used to be way worse, and now it's not really that crazy. I mean yeah it probably was way worse back then yeah probably not that crazy no more yeah but shit yeah everybody's different I mean shit that's definitely for the best you know yeah some people be tripping and shit some people you know don't give a shit yeah it's all bad that's that's it's bad enough that you got all these gangs that have issues with each other but in terms of like entire races kind of being pitted against each other you know that shit seems like the worst case scenario yeah that shit fucked up Definitely.

31:17So how many times you had your house raided?

31:24Two? No, three. Really? Yeah. These situations, like that's how they arrested you? Like they raided the house because you were on the run and that's how they found you? Yeah. Well, twice, yeah, twice. Yeah. My pads have been raided. Yeah, just because they're looking for me and shit and they cut my pad and do the most, you know? Really? Damn. So what, they just rip the whole shit up or like they go through everything? Or they're just looking for a person so they don't go through everything? Yeah, they were just looking for me to be. Oh, the first time they did flip the f*** out of my house. Yeah.