Hopoutso700 on Compton Upbringing, EBK Connections, Going on the Run for 5 Years & More

5 Aug 2026 · 1 h 5 min · 29 chapters

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In short

Hopoutso700 (Hopout) discusses his Compton upbringing, street/EBK connections, his “Yompton/Yaya/Yajeks” lingo, and the life events that shaped his music. He recounts his father being shot by police when Hopout was about 1, his mother leaving the relationship, seeing a dead body at age 7, dropping out of high school, and getting raided while on the run for five years. He also explains why he avoids giving cops easy locations in videos, and how signing to a label changed his professional approach. He promotes his upcoming album No Help (dropping July 24).

Guests

No other guest is featured; the episode is a conversation between Hopoutso700 and No Jumper host Adam.

Key claims

He says his fingerprints weren’t on the alleged items after a case went to trial, leading to freedom. He claims he was on GPS/ankle monitor and locked down at home while finishing the album. He says his family supported his rap career.

Notable examples

A police shooting incident involving his father (shot 11 times, later “walking” again); seeing a child’s death in an apartment complex; a raid at his home while he was asleep (garage door wouldn’t open); a music video moment involving a jet; meeting/connection with J-Bo (NorCal family ties; FaceTime while J-Bo was in jail).

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Chapters

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Hopoutso700's Background

0:45 to 2:00

Discussion about Hopoutso700's origins and connections to EBK.

“So what, you say Yaya so much that you had to turn it to Yompton?”

Unique Lingo and Culture

2:00 to 3:40

Exploration of unique slang and cultural references in Compton.

“Real, real, real, real rough and rugged, man.”

Upbringing and Family Challenges

3:40 to 5:50

Insights into Hopoutso700's challenging upbringing and family dynamics.

“So, how old were you when they split up?”

Impact of Violence on Life

5:50 to 8:10

Discussion on how experiencing violence at a young age shaped his perspective.

“and living that lifestyle, like what makes that a lot more appealing than just like, you know, going to college or just like getting a regular job?”

Realizations About Compton's Legacy

8:10 to 10:10

Reflections on growing up in Compton and its legendary status in hip-hop.

“You saw him die or you just saw him laid out?”

High School Experience and Choices

10:10 to 12:20

Hopoutso700 shares his high school experience and choices that led him away from academics.

“And then I had to explain the concept of jail.”

Pursuing a Music Career

12:20 to 14:01

Discussion about the transition from school to pursuing music as a career.

“So you get like, what were you like in high school, I guess?”

Deciding Against Graduation

14:01 to 15:10

Hopoutso700 discusses his decision to leave school and pursue music.

“I told them both on the phone, I said, I ain't going to graduate.”

Turning Points and Legal Troubles

15:11 to 16:46

He recounts a pivotal moment related to a legal case he faced.

“When did you start to feel like the music was actually working?”

Life on the Run

16:47 to 18:59

Hopoutso700 shares experiences of being on the run for five years and the challenges it presented.

“Isn't it hard to be on the run these days?”
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The Aftermath of Arrest

19:00 to 20:55

He talks about his arrest, trial process, and feelings after being released.

“that I'm finna do the ankle monitor and after we found all this shit about no fingerprints on shit.”

Connections and Collaborations

20:56 to 23:06

He discusses his relationships with fellow artists and the importance of family.

“We all in different parts of the ocean right now, alone, and niggas got to swim back.”

Unique Identity and Style

23:07 to 25:03

Hopoutso700 talks about his distinctive look and musical style.

“There's not very many men that we could close our eyes around.”

Musical Influences and Future Projects

25:04 to 28:00

He reflects on his musical influences and upcoming album drop.

“What about when you're like 45 and you start balding.”

The Unique Approach to Rap

28:00 to 29:58

Learn about the artist's distinctive style and approach to rap, emphasizing authenticity and versatility.

“And then I use my day, what I'm going through, the life and the way I live, and I put my shit together how I want to.”

Signing to a Label: A New Chapter

29:58 to 31:38

Discover the artist's journey of signing to a label and the lessons learned about the music industry.

“With the listening and gradually building interactions with the people.”

Challenges for LA Artists

31:38 to 33:04

Explore the obstacles faced by LA artists and the importance of expanding their reach beyond local neighborhoods.

“that I probably wouldn't even talk to if they were in the same room.”

Family Support and Personal Growth

33:04 to 36:15

Understand the role of family support in the artist's music career and personal development.

“And I'm like, damn, you picking up all his beefs.”

Cultural Perspectives on Weed

36:15 to 38:18

Discuss the cultural dynamics of smoking weed within families and generational differences in attitudes.

“Your parents aren't going to be like, why are you smoking a blunt in the interview?”

Fighting, UFC, and Modern Media

38:18 to 42:00

Dive into the world of UFC, modern media perceptions, and the evolution of fighting techniques.

“I was rushing to get back to the hotel so I could put on the UFC fight.”

Social Media Perspectives Among Generations

42:00 to 44:30

Discussing the different attitudes towards social media between younger and older generations.

“are more quiet on social media because they are the ones who maybe actually have shit to hide.”

Connection with J-Bo and Family Support

44:30 to 47:36

Talking about maintaining communication and support with a friend in jail.

“Trying to keep him understanding what I got going on without having to ask too much or have his head too much on the outside.”

Impact of J-Bo's Incarceration on California Street Music

47:36 to 48:58

Exploring how J-Bo's legal issues have affected the California music scene.

“it stopped the progression of California street music in general.”

Differences in Regional Rap Styles

48:58 to 52:16

Discussing the unique characteristics of Compton versus LA rap styles.

“like a soldier from this remote town of Stockton to come and like save LA street music.”

The Origin of the Name Hop Out So

52:16 to 56:00

Exploring the meaning and origin of the podcast guest's stage name.

“And the last thing I'm worried about is what another nigga think of me.”

Generational Legacy and Family Influence

56:00 to 58:26

Explore the significance of family names and their lasting impact.

“I'm going to die with that name and live through that name.”

Navigating Personal Challenges

58:26 to 1:00:06

Discuss the personal struggles faced while pursuing a music career.

“And you got a good relationship with him?”

Upcoming Album and Personal Milestones

1:00:06 to 1:02:24

Learn about the artist's upcoming album and personal achievements.

“my family house was under foreclosure so I had to make sure shit was right with my family and get them right.”

Final Thoughts and Show Closing

1:02:24 to 1:03:59

Concluding remarks and gratitude for the interview experience.

“for those who don't know and for those who do you know i'm last and shit what are we gonna do after Should we hop out?”
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Transcript

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0:00No Jumper, coolest podcast in the world, and we got Hopoutso700 on the podcast today. How you feeling, man? Good, man. It's Hopout, man. Hey. What's up, Adam? How you living? Good, man. What's going on? Turn this shit up, man. I got work to do. For sure. I mean, I found out about you from just like watching random EBK features and shit like that on YouTube. I started to be like, all right, who's this guy? And I started digging a little more and I'm like, oh, he's actually from Compton, but he's tapped in with all these guys. All right. West Laurel Street, yeah. Okay. And my guys, my niggas helped me get this ball rolling.

0:33For sure. I'm holding it down when my nigga gone. So I looked at my DMs. I seen I already had a DM from you. I'm like, all right, we got to tap in. We got to do this. For sure. Yeah, man. Let's get it going. So you're the first person I ever heard claiming Yompton. West Yompton. Mm-hmm. You say Yaya. Yaya. Mm-hmm. So what, you say Yaya so much that you had to turn it to Yompton? For Laurel Street. Okay. Mm-hmm. All right. Wait, so where's the Y come from? Yeah. From the Yajeks. We do Yajeks. It's projects. Women's in Orange. Come from the Yajeks. It's a whole lot to go into. So that's the lingo you say Yajeks instead of projects?

1:08I'm doing a 24-hour vlog in the hood. I'm going to let them see how they're going to answer all them type of questions. Oh, I got to pull up for that. Yeah, for sure. Oh, yeah? For sure. We just left the turn. Okay. But y 'all got like your own lingo. So we're saying Yajeks. For sure. I mean, that does sound kind of hard. You got it? Just because like Yaj rhymes with like prah. So it just has like a little ring to it. You feel me? Yeah, I fuck with that. Yonting, Yajax, for sure. For sure. Land of the arms, where nigga from. So is turning Bs to Cs just too old school, and now we're just turning Cs to Ys?

1:39Like, I don't know. It's just like a futuristic. Everybody doing it like us. That's what I'm saying. It's some new lingo. For sure. I'm just trying to wrap my head around it, but that's what you want. You want to get the white people on their toes. You've been around for some years. Oh, it has. For sure. For sure. All right. I'm going to have to get put on to the lingo in the future. But all right, so what was your upbringing like? Real, real, real, real rough and rugged, man. It's the land of the Lions, Tigers, and Bears. You got to make it through that for sure. It was good, though. It was very learning.

2:09It was a learning experience for sure. It made it a man early. I had to help and get through. I didn't have time to play no games. You know what I'm saying? And when I was one years old, my pops got shot. You know what I'm saying? A lot of times. And it changed a lot for everything around me with what can happen. I got introduced with shit coming almost to an end or close to an end early. But so your pops didn't pass? No. Boy, it f***ed him up real bad? He's back. He's walking right along with me. He is. They tried to f*** him up real bad. But I saw a clip of you saying that your mom and him, like the relationship didn't work out basically because of the shooting.

2:44Yeah. He was a great father, though. Just freaked her out too much? She couldn't stand looking at that shit. Imagine somebody getting shot 11 times. Right. And you wanted the first to respond for them. You know what I'm saying? That's crazy. They still got a great relationship though. They do, okay. But your dad, so I'm guessing he was outside doing his thing. Handling his business, yeah. You don't usually get shot 11 times by accident. So, okay. Was he kind of like, did he change his life after that or is he still? It was by the police. It was by the police? Holy shit. He good though. What kind of situation was it though?

3:17Some bullshit. That's probably him calling. For real? Yeah, jail call. It's my pops. Oh, so he's locked up again, right? Okay. Damn, that's crazy. So, but damn, how did he get shot 11 times by the cops? What happened? Some bullshit. Yeah, I thought. Damn. Yeah, I thought. Okay.

3:41So, how old were you when they split up? One. So you were really young. They just had me and shit. Oh, okay, okay. Then I ended up having my first birthday, and they said she came to the hospital and told them. She couldn't do it. My mom would tell me the whole story. Let me know. She came to the hospital while he was in the bed and let him know she can't be a part of his lifestyle. Really? Mm-hmm. Damn. So you got to take that into consideration. Would you rather marry a woman who knows about the streets or one who's not comfortable with it? And for the sake of me, because he sharpened up. He sharpened up every which way.

4:11For real? I wouldn't expect him to change nothing. I know how shit was back in his day growing up. You know what I'm saying? I'm 22 years old right now. You get what I'm saying? And it's tough for a nigga. You feel me? It take a lot of self-control. You get what I'm saying? For sure. Take a lot of self-control. So I know it was a challenge he was facing. He had to figure out how he'd get through. No matter who trying to stop him, he ain't going to figure out how to get through. But being that he'd been through some shit like that, was he trying to tell you to stay out of trouble and like real stay away from the streets?

4:37For sure. I knew what could happen early if you take this shit for granted, you play thinking that it ain't some shit that can do that, thinking you can't be hurt. And I learned about all that shit early. I learned about what a man can do. You know what I'm saying? what can be done what a man capable of. There's a lot of people not knowing what a man is capable of out here. You get what I'm saying? That shit just made a nigga all around the ball not play no games. But so you learned a lot of like lessons from your dad but it wasn't enough to keep you actually like on the straight and narrow. You were still interested.

5:11A nigga had more life lessons that I was dealing with on my alone time that a nigga had to be able to do something about get through the problems of provide for if it was providing needing to be done for those lessons, all type of shit. And due to that, I had to go around anyone telling me, hey, this is maybe how I want you to do anything, whether who they was, you know what I'm saying? It's a life I'm still looking at through these eyes. And a nigga had to handle certain situations, you know what I'm saying, without waiting for no words. I can't do no second guessing. Neither can none of my niggas.

5:44We got to move on. Okay, but for you, like, what's the difference? or like what makes, you know, rapping and being in the streets and living that lifestyle, like what makes that a lot more appealing than just like, you know, going to college or just like getting a regular job? Like what do you think it is that makes you want to? I don't think it's more appealing. I think that with what I had left, the fact, well, anybody, with what you have left, if you make something out of that shit, right on to you. You get what I'm saying? every field ain't as open as some is for people you get what I'm saying?

6:20It ain't as much of a wide opportunity so when you just get what you get and don't take no shortcuts to change anything just get what's given to you and make something of that shit that's always going to be respectable so it was never just me looking at the fact that I'm different or staying away from college like that's not interesting to me the other shit is interesting more than me You know, my environment was what was set out in front of me, and I became and got a part and got with that shit and made something of it. Now nigga getting Sony money. You get what I'm saying? Instead of just shitting, bullshitting or getting mad at somebody else because they ain't the same thing.

6:58I ain't got time for that shit. Nigga got money out here to get, man. You know what I'm saying? Like I told you, I was going to be here. You know what I'm saying? Law of attraction. You know what I'm saying? I got a different plan out here. Shit going to get done. Just mark my word. This is my second ever interview in life. You get what I'm saying? For sure. life. I ain't never even had a job interview. You get what I'm saying? How old are you again? 22. 22, right. Okay. So, yeah. Damn, you never even had a job? No. I don't knock it, though. Don't get me wrong. I tried to work when I was 13. I just couldn't.

7:26I was painting houses with my neighbor. He was really a part of Sherwin-Williams, the company. How many days did you make it? I made it. How many days did I go? Yeah. Like three months. Got my first check, and it was like, it was as thin as the paper envelope. I'm like, yeah, this ain't me. right but it was cool it felt it felt good to do something honest right yeah i used to i was getting up and going every day i used to paint houses where i would be up on this tall ass ladder like second or third story just painting the side of this house and i would just always think like what if i slip and fall because i'm doing this bullshit for like 10 bucks an hour equivalent to the year to pay the whole time that'd be what i'd be thinking about yeah you know i'll just be like what if i die up here real shit you ain't you didn't i didn't luckily but you know anything could happen um because you know i've known a few people in my life who like their parents like got paralyzed from like falling off a ladder shit happened people said white people don't have problems you can fall off a ladder um okay so uh is there like any moment like from your childhood or whatever that really stands out as like just an inflection point where like things just really started to change like this is when you realized how real shit was outside?

8:43Hell yeah.

8:47Seeing that first dead body as a kid. Really? For sure. You saw him die or you just saw him laid out? I heard it and seen it. We had a kid seven years old. Little ass boy. Little ass boy just playing outside. You were seven? Mm-hmm. In that apartment. You just come outside just hearing screaming and then when you go up to where that screaming come from, it's just horrific. For sure. On the walls, everything had changed me. I never forgot about it. I was there early, you know what I'm saying? I done drove past sirens and seen blinking lights, but that ain't no interest to it, nigga. I see what happened.

9:20And then heard what might have occurred before. That shit was crazy. Well, nigga, me and my little brother, all we was doing was getting close. The police didn't stop us. We was just looking at it closer, trying to get a better look. Was that dude you knew or not? Nah. No. It was an apartment. Person in the apartments. Still. That was just wide open. As a kid, that shit's heavy. You can see it, for sure. You were seven, dude? Because, like, my kid's five and a half. Never forget that shit. She don't even, like, understand the idea of somebody killing somebody. Yeah, yeah. You know, like, at seven, yeah, you're a little more advanced than five and a half.

9:50People like that, man. Don't introduce her to none of this shit. Yeah. That ain't the time. Nowhere near the time. And don't think they don't obtain that shit when they come across any sign of that shit. Just like the kids when they see these games and people, they obtain that shit, bro. Yeah. For sure. We just not in the mind of theirs to be sitting with them all day to understand that they do understand that shit. They do. Yeah, because my girl was pissed off because I told her that Crip Mac and Brick Baby were in jail. And then I had to explain the concept of jail. I had to explain. She's asking me if I'm going to go to jail.

10:21She's like, am I going to go to jail if I do bad in school? You know, all this shit that I just kind of realized right then. Like, damn. Well, you got a close relationship with them. So when she see they not there and always be around probably where you at, she don't want the same for you. And then she listening to you tell it to her. So she going to believe. You know what I'm saying? But if I was real honest with her, if she was like, why are they in jail? I'm going to have to be like, they had guns on them. She would be like, well, you got a gun too. There's just so much shit that the kid's not ready to understand.

10:50Yeah. You know? So, yo, when you're a kid, is there ever a moment where you realize, damn, I'm from a legendary-ass city? Yeah. You know? Very young. From a hip-hop perspective. Like a lot of cities in LA or in SoCal would be lucky to have one huge legendary rapper and Compton got like 10 of them. It's kind of crazy. No, for sure. Yeah. For sure. So is that like something you thought about as a kid? Like, hell yeah. I can do this because all these dudes did it. I can do this because all these dudes did it. Movies like Straight Outta Compton and shit, you know what I'm saying? Like it made a nigga want to go hard just watching them do their thing before anybody made movies and offsprings of that shit.

11:31Like that shit made a nigga want to get his group, make sure we right, where you coming from, where you grow up, and go right from there, go hard from there. That shit made a nigga want to go hard all around those lines. And they've been watching, in my head, a nigga been watching people do this before my time. So it was like, hell yeah. Like that's what a nigga want to do. And he could be out here doing many things, doing something with your craft that you can better day by day. That's cool. That's acceptable. You get what I'm saying? And you ain't got to be the toughest. Go find something to do.

11:58And hopefully people tie to it. When people like call it bombed in, does that like not really make you too happy? Nah, that shit don't affect me. It's just whatever. You got your way of speaking and I got mine. Because that's like local pride either way, right? That's like they business. That's what float they boat. Just don't disrespect my, that's my thing. Okay. So you get like, what were you like in high school, I guess? What was your high school experience like? I was a nigga, man. You know what I'm saying? For sure. Everybody wanted to be like me. I was cool. And I made a way for others that had a hard time.

12:37I was like that. If that explains it, I had a good heart, too. So you were popular, but you weren't beating people up so much as being a positive figure? I was getting money. I got sick. I dropped out sophomore year. Some shit went bad. I had to go away. You know what I'm saying? But throughout my years on the way up to being there, I was a good person for sure. I was something that I could look back on and be glad that, you know, knowing that's the time that people normally want to go back to. I wish I was still in school. Dude, I'm glad I was the way I was in there. You know what I'm saying?

13:11And I didn't leave school by choice. I had to. You know what I'm saying? I only had 40 credits left. It wasn't shit, but I had to do what I had to do. But you got caught up because you were serving some shit? No, no, no. Just life had changed and a lot of stuff got woken up and a nigga had to go away. But you caught a case, right? Yeah. Okay. And you were locked up for how long? Just a little minute. Okay. But that f***ed up the high school thing? Yeah. Damn. Is that a regret? I called by print? Nah. It wasn't a regret because I didn't do it on the low. I didn't do it. I knew that the life I was living, it wasn't going to happen.

13:52You get what I'm saying? If I wanted it, I knew what I was going to do to make myself make it happen. And I wasn't doing those things. You get what I'm saying? I called both of my parents and I told them, and they'll tell you this, I told them both on the phone, I said, I ain't going to graduate. You get what I'm saying? I said, this is what it is for me. It's not that it's hard. I'm not focused on it. I told them straight up. You know what I'm saying? This is 10th grade a little bit before a nigga getting out. I'm telling them I'm not going to do them the last two years. And then life ended up going how it went.

14:17You get what I'm saying? And I just had to follow through what I had to follow through with. It was hard for them to hear that shit, and they didn't accept it. It just ended in the phone hanging up, but that's how that went. Why did you not want to finish school? You were like, start just believing in yourself as an artist and shit like that? At the time, it was like, it's something I got to do with my time right now.

14:36Like, school, they let you come back to when you get older. The shit that I had to do right through at the moment was not going to be able to be missed, and it wasn't going to be able to just be able to come back to. You mean like with the music? Like it was starting to kind of form in your mind? You were like, I can do this? I had to press go. You know what I'm saying? Being younger, I never know that time. People be talking about, you're going to know when. You're going to know what to do when you got. Nigga, I knew when I had to do what I had to do. And I pressed go. You understand what I'm telling you?

15:06And I got that shit done. For sure. I got that shit done. I'm still on the way to the top. Right. I got work to do. When did you start to feel like the music was actually working? when i caught my case when i just caught this recent case that i just um uh got it all uplifted off of me i um was facing well the max was 16 years but i was facing eight you know what i'm saying and it was just because a nigga was going whatever it was i was going to go with the flow of it and then trial realizing trial and hearing my lawyer tell me about trial just take and go do trial and they went through trial and then it came back my fingerprints wasn't on none of the shit that I was finna sit down for.

15:44So if I would've never, if I would've stuck with the public defender and just sat down, I would've took a ride for three things that didn't have nothing to do with a nigga. You get what I'm saying? I fought it and it showed that them three things didn't have nothing to do with a nigga so I'm still I'm able to do this now. Was it like a robbery or something? It was some bullshit, a raid. I was asleep. I thought some niggas was coming to ride me. I woke up. The doe didn't kick but they kicked it so that's what woke me up and then I hear Jason Oliver if you do not believe this is real, call 911. I'm like it's over.

16:12Wait, so you thought it was like a home invasion, but it's the cops. It ain't never happened. I ain't never been in no raid, and they ain't never had that much of a show of a moment for me. I'm moving around. I was on the run for five years also. You know what I'm saying? And that's what led to this? I'm starting my album, getting my shit going. If you listen to the album, the first album, I'm dropping my next album, July 24th. It's called No Help. But if you listen to the first album, it talk about me thinking, I'm down for it. I'm going to go away. It wasn't no. I'm thinking it's over. every other song other than a song you might have caught a good vibe from.

16:44It's listening to the gold in a minute. And then you're on the run for five years? For sure. Isn't it hard to be on the run these days? Nah, you just got to know how to move. It was cool at first because that took five years. I wasn't what everybody see to know me as now. I could walk in the store. You know what I'm saying? I could move around. I could switch the hair up. Now, nigga, everybody know a nigga. So now when they came from me in that raid, it was also a good and a bad thing. Yeah, they came and booked a nigga and I had to do trial for the shit that I'm now free from. But I was also on the run.

17:15So I had a warrant with that. You get what I'm saying? So I had a hold on me. I didn't get to get out. I didn't get to belt. I would have belted out as soon as I went down. They took$20 ,000 from me and then I got the money back though. They took$20 ,000 from me. Like you had it in your room? Mm-hmm. Damn. They tried to save some bullshit, but that money came back because they seen that check stuff from Sony. but I was just gonna say it's like a crazy scenario to imagine look check you're in bed they start banging on your door do you shoot at the door I'm in the bed look or do you wait till they just get through the door I just signed my deal I'm in the bed I'm in the garage I got a bed in the garage I'm sleeping the whole moment of me where I slept at before the money hit all the shit I'm in the garage sleep they kicked the garage though if it was a regular average though That motherfucker would've hit, would've opened.

18:03That garage door didn't open, nigga. The wood busted off and everything. But boom, once I realized it was that, I got up, got myself together, and walked out to what I had to walk out to. As soon as I come out there, they just showing the nigga off. You gotta hop out, look who he got, and all this other shit. Because they gotta identify themselves, right? Otherwise, all kinds of bad shit should happen. They should have a song that they play. so that like everybody knows that when you hear that song it's going down. The intercom, come out, bring your ass off this motherfucker. They should play Metallica.

18:39But anyway, so how long were you locked up for that shit? For that shit, that shit, they only had me in there for what, 25 days before I got on pre-trial release. Okay. Pre-trial release is when you're able to get out and do the trial. You're in a fight. So I was on GPS. I had ankle monitor and GPS but I was on GPS first. Stayed on GPS until I fought my case and we came to the solution that I'm finna do the ankle monitor and after we found all this shit about no fingerprints on shit. You get what I'm saying? Boom. Then I took the ankle monitor and locked my ass in the house. Did some work. This album that's finna drop on July 24th, I made that.

19:12You get what I'm saying? Chill. And now I'm back. I got work to do, videos to make up. I was just in the hood all day shooting. I got there at six in the morning and stayed until it was time to come in with you. But so you feel like you couldn't really do what you wanted to do as a rapper before because you were on the run and shit? Nah it was getting done But I couldn't I didn't feel like I could just How easy it was To do a video Where I can Just where I'm at now Show my area And still probably be in that area Cause I gotta stick and move And things like that I couldn't just do that You get what I'm saying I couldn't just do that back then Yeah man if you shoot A rap video out on the street The cops are coming sooner or later For sure In that same area They're always coming So like you know If you wanna not talk to the cops That's probably like One of the main things So if you look at my shit You see my old videos It's in big mansions big places that I gotta get to that doors is gonna be closed within and they couldn't have disclosed locations they had to get right and I had to get them done and get up out of there damn but so you could have like a phone and post on Instagram and shit they weren't like tripping on you that hard like while you were on the run could you like just have a phone and be on some regular shit with the phone it depends on where you on the run from and where you go if you got like the feds after you for 10 murders you can't even have a phone people.

20:27They're going to be on a nigga no matter what. But what I'm saying is don't be on the run and be in that same city where you're on the run fine. Move around. That's what I'm saying. You go to Florida you're good. Move around. That's all I say. I don't know where you go. Move around. Right, yeah. Move around. You got to go somewhere else. You're going to be good just sitting down. Right. Definitely. Okay. So after that, so you sign your deal, they come find you that day and then you get out a little bit later i got to celebrate a little bit they just give me hold on ain't that good but but they came they came i should have my shit together when they came okay and so how'd you feel when you beat that case though great because it went to trial wasn't meant for a nigga to circumference from me i wasn't supposed to fall from me it wasn't supposed to be over right there it was supposed to it's motive this shit that's what me and all my niggas is going through right now every single one of my niggas is going through their own trial and air and making it through.

21:23We all in different parts of the ocean right now, alone, and niggas got to swim back. You get what I'm saying? We all doing that and having our fair share doing that. Trust me. And it ain't nothing. It ain't niggas' first rodeo at all. Drake's going to be back, I'm telling you, man. And we ready. We young, man. We young. Not many niggas just fully and could keep taking these years and shit, nothing. We going to take them, nigga, because we going to handle anything that come our way. But, nigga, don't think it's over for nobody. We just getting started. I'm telling you, nigga. that video on that jet wasn't no just a video for fun I was looking at this one I'ma leave you on watch how I come back you know what I'm saying nigga that nigga wasn't no joke where'd you take the jet to we took it to his hood oh you're talking about when J-Bow got it you ain't seen me on no other jet I was just wondering I'm like I ain't even been on a jet that video was this one I'ma leave you on watch how I come back that was a good moment I wonder how many people How many people chartered Jets from, where was it, L.A.

22:22to Stockton, or was it somewhere else? I don't know where, where, for sure. Oh, okay. But it was there, and we made it. Yeah. No, that was a good moment. Okay, so how'd you meet J-Bo? That's my boy. We met. Gangster's always going to cross paths. Was he coming to Stockton, or you were going up there? I was going up there. Or was he coming to L.A., I mean? I was going up there. You were just going up there. How come? Yeah. You got connections to NorCal? I got connections to NorCal, for sure. For sure, I got family out there. Okay. He family. Uh-huh. For real. We're going to always cross paths, though.

22:54Okay. So is this like music business or? Yep, just music. Music and family. We know each other. Barmas, we know each other. I know his kids. You know what I'm saying? Like his love over there. So you mean actual family? Like you're related to him almost? For sure. There's not very many men that we could close our eyes around. You get what I'm saying? Family. For sure. And you knew him since before he popped off as a rapper? Hell yeah. He's my boy. Okay. Oh, there you go. He's good. Keep him. He's a good one, right? Yeah, he's sharp, yeah. You got a good haircut and shit. Absolutely, yeah. He's sharp.

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23:36We call that an Edgar. He got that Zah, too. I smoke. You smoke? Here and there. Yeah, absolutely. Oh, and I got something for the case. Yeah, I got something. I got some beanies and shit. I got some sweatpants. Got my gear. Yeah, I got something. I'm going to put something right there, too, in the front. Oh, let's go. Yeah. We got to do that. Let me see. You open it right now? Sure. You want to put it in there? Boom. High five, man. You choose the placement, I guess. Okay. In front of this Jesus candle or whatever right here. Yeah. That's going to be a little bit. there it is legendary

24:23damn all right there we go you right there keep that right there that's just there a lot of strange things in here it's an icon in here right now man legendary very legendary yeah uh so you feel like you kind of got some of your swag from northern california and stuff because i feel like i don't see that haircut in Compton a lot. This haircut you only seen on me, huh? It's pretty unique. You don't look like you're from LA. You ain't seen this from nowhere. It's all my real shit, too. You know what this all is? What? Wisdom. Wisdom. I ain't cutting a damn thing. I don't touch it. I just get up and go.

24:56How long you been growing it up for? Like a year and a half. That shit is dense. From when I started rapping. Okay. From when I started rapping. It's damn interesting. I've been rapping for two years now. What about when you're like 45 and you start balding. You just got to rock until it falls out? When I'm 35 and I just start balding, my shit going to be healthy and I'm going to figure out something to do with it. Because, yo, shout out to my boy Rico Reckless, but he kind of got, he got his hair twisted up in braids and shit like that always. The older he gets, the more that that shit keeps going back little by little.

25:31Now, bro, now when I interview him, the comment section is all about that. It's the weight. You got to be cool. That weight, it's going, it's going, everything and it's getting wet and sweat whatever all that shit and your normal style is for you to be rocking it in the back you gotta be cool that's why I put my shit on top of my head that's smart though yeah you ain't finna see my shit going on back here I'm gonna keep my hair keep my hair in line yeah jeans is good over here I don't know how people pull their hair back and like put it in a tie in general cause I hate that feeling on your forehead pulling your shit back my motto is no cute shit man get up and go get the job done right and then be pretty bro so that's important to you to not to have like a unique style that doesn't look like the average LA dude or whatever?

26:12I want to look like me. I want to look like the nigga I got in the mirror and made myself become me. I got my style. I feel like people are going to be trying to do this here. You know what I'm saying? Make that the style. That's the new cool. I mean musically too your shit don't sound like LA music at all. It's like in its own category. Now let me hear you. How I am. Talk to you. I mean, it's like definitely like kind of influenced by the sort of Stockton J-Bo type sound. But then it's also kind of like more like raw, distorted vocally. It's not like master. It's kind of like drill-ish. Yeah, honestly.

26:48It's kind of like weirdly like minimalist. But there's like a lot of rap that kind of falls into that category now where dudes have their own like vocal kit and like sonics and everything. I never thought I'd hear you tell me how my music is. Right. Yeah. Now look. Just for the people who like listen to this but haven't checked it out yet. For sure. I appreciate that. Check me out. Hop out on our platform. I want you to know this album that's dropping on July the 24th. That's going to open up the flow of pain and not just drill and all this. It's going to talk about opening up on what I went through and what I'm going through.

27:24And my voice. I'm learning how to use my voice naturally. I'm getting that out on the album too. All right. That's what's up. For sure. Yeah, like who do you think influenced your sound? Like who made your... I feel like I listen to a lot of odies and stuff like that. You get what I'm saying? And R &B. But if I could say I got a sound. I don't feel like I sound like nobody, but who made me want to like talk my shit is like they were older artists that I tied to. You know what I'm saying? I like to hear DMX. I like to hear 50 Cent. I like to hear pop. You know what I'm saying? I like shit like that.

28:08And then I use my day, what I'm going through, the life and the way I live, and I put my shit together how I want to. You know what I'm saying? The way I try to rap is I want my bars to sound rare. Not like I put them together hella good. I want them to sound rare, like he up in there trying to do something. He up in there trying to rap about something. Alongside of hearing me throughout him, my bars better have 90 % of real shit about me, but a nigga won't, like, I'm trying to get out my style. I got a style. I'm trying to get it out. I got a style. You got a different vision. For sure. Sonically.

28:41For sure. For sure. And I'm not afraid to be versatile. I don't just rap one way. Do you think that a lot of LA rappers get held back because they sound like old school LA shit or the music always has some sort of reference point back to some classic shit? because I feel like Draco was kind of like stands out to me as like the first like big LA rapper that kind of said all that old school shit I ain't trying to sound like I'm from California at all I don't give a f*** he kind of like rewrote that and then I feel like that you kind of fall into that category too as somebody who's kind of like yo we're gonna just like make this shit from scratch like we ain't gonna make this shit sound like LA rap I feel like my shit sound like that and And probably his sound, the way his sounded, like in his own ways, because I'm not going to compare myself to him, but I want to rap and show the people my way of rapping.

29:43Not just want them to think that I can rap. So make some shit that they already are tied to or can easily open doors to so it can be easier for me. No, I don't care how long it takes for my style to grow on you. You know what I'm saying? I'm going to keep putting my shit out. You get what I'm saying? I'm going to keep putting my shit out. And it's taking for me really well. I like to think I'm doing really good. You get what I'm saying? With the listening and gradually building interactions with the people. You know what I'm saying? I'm listening to my shit. Right. Do you listen to like drill music from like Chicago or Philly or any of that type of shit?

30:19Yeah. I listen to a little bit of everything. I like to hear what's going on in places I'm not in. For sure. My label in New York. So I'll be out there and I'll be hearing what sounds they got that way. Okay. So why did you decide to sign? It was just them hollering at you? They saw the potential and you just decided like this could take you to another level? I want to get through that next door. You know what I'm saying? I could keep doing this shit for me and for my people that's closest to me. You get what I'm saying? Or I can open these doors and show the world how serious I am about this shit.

30:52And that's a great way of starting that. I'm not saying that's all. It's people that can probably take off without none of the things, no way, shape, or form being done. but I wanted to that was a that was like a promotion to the fact that I'm getting into this shit want to be taking this shit serious and it's gonna make you fastly quickly learn what's going on right and like that being signed to a label it's like a job it's a job yeah it's gonna make you learn what that job takes for it to be ran and go on for you to be on that side of those things you know alongside and within that job so being a part of a label it made me get on how this music shit is being ran.

31:28Aside of the music I never knew on the professional side, I was pushing my own shit, being the judge of my own shit, checking my own numbers and what's recouping. It's some whole other ballgame, and I'm attached with people that I probably wouldn't even talk to if they were in the same room. Right. Doing business with them. You know what I'm saying? For sure. I mean, what do you think it is that holds back a lot of L.A. artists? It feels like we've just had so few real stars pop off over the last however many years. Get out of your comfort zone. The ones that's popping off, getting out of their comfort zone.

32:00You gonna do your thing in your neighborhood. You know what I'm saying? But your neighborhood should be a big support system and you doing your thing around the world. Yeah. You get what I'm saying? Get out your comfort zone though. It is a weird thing because it's like the fans want to see you in your neighborhood. They want to know that you're accepted in your neighborhood. The fans are actually like with it enough that they give a fuck about stuff like that. But then ultimately You have to be able to make music that like Extends past just talking about some Some shit going on in your neighborhood For sure You gotta be able to You know it's gonna be a crowd of people That feels to How you talking about the neighborhood And can tie to that same shit But there's a big crowd that Don't live in the neighborhood And know how it goes on over there And what goes on And going through different trials in life That you could rap about Right Embrace the people That's what They the ones listening to it Right I mean get your shit out there for sure Talk about what you need to.

32:53Embrace the people. Why are you rapping about killing flies? Killing what? Flies. I don't know what the hell that is. That's not even your city. What? I heard you on the J-Bo song. You said something about killing a fly. And I'm like, damn, you picking up all his beefs. Nah, nah, nah, man. We was cleaning the house. And we was swatting them around the house. You know what I'm saying? Oh, okay. What sound do it make when you got the fly swatting around your home? I don't know. I got a salt gun. Yeah? Oh, you really killing them. Listen, buddy. I feel you. Get it done. No, no, no, no. Nothing like that.

33:35I'm not around the house and shit. Okay, so if you're tapped in with somebody in another city, whatever smoke they're into, you're just signed up to? Nah. And if somebody's doing that, you better be in that smoke. I don't do that. That ain't my bargain. for sure who is doing that they better be in that smoke and accepting everything that come with it though right you can't be halfway in hey man hey you know what I'm saying for sure how you shit together for sure you gotta be on point man how you shit together do you feel like Compton's like a super dangerous place to be at these days it's not a game it's not a game not a game how you shit together yeah that's another one how you shit together that's not a game right You know, you or just be with the right person.

34:26You know what I'm saying? You ought to be the right person or just be with the right person. You know what I'm saying? That go for me. That go for anybody. Make sure your shit together. Right. Yeah, no, definitely. I mean, I feel like people always try to be like, oh, I went to Compton and they got nice green grass in their front yards. Like, this shit is nice. It's not in the trenches. People, like, think that just because people live in houses. It has its parts like every city. It's people that is making beautiful living out there. Don't get the city fucked up. It's just parts. It's parts and if you turn down, motherfuckers will turn up on you.

35:03Shit like that. Definitely. So how'd your family feel when you decided to get into rapping? They weren't feeling the decision? You said that they had to... It was all for it. Oh, so they were? My family supported me in every which way. My rapping ain't based off of... My rapping is based off of how you feeling, this may be on your mind, I'm just saying it for you and on a beat that may be cool. You know what I'm saying? But they was all for it. They wanted me to go all the way, make sure this shit going all the way, anything you set in your mind to, or you could be doing something that you're going to go all the way in.

35:41You know what I'm saying? I'm going all the way. I'm not going to be playing no games with this shit. And I'm going to manifest that every day I go to sleep. You know what I'm saying? Every step I take with my feet, I'm not finna play. You know what I'm saying? That's all they put on. They made that acknowledgeable enough. Make sure your ass followed through. They were supportive, though. My family was supportive. All my family supported. They love my music. My siblings love my music. They full of smiles. They always love to hear new things. They gonna be happy about this. So there's gonna be a lot of waves on here, but this gonna be a real positive one for them.

36:15They gonna like this. Your parents aren't going to be like, why are you smoking a blunt in the interview? Nah. No? I take care of my business. So they've accepted that part? I take care of all my business. They ain't going to ever say no shit like that. That's the kind of thing my parents would be pissed about. You ain't going to ever say no shit like that. You look like a fuck. Don't do it in front of them. Don't smoke with them. I don't ever ask no dumb shit like that. Oh, okay. You've never smoked a blunt around your parents? Yeah, I have. You have? You feel me? But that's how I know that he said don't do it.

36:40Yeah. But I have, you know what I'm saying? But that's not something we're not mixing and doing all that stuff until a nigga really get older. That's just still a value I hold with my parents. You know what I'm saying? There's still certain shit that I don't let them see me doing. I don't want to see them do straight up. Your parents don't smoke weed? I feel like your parents are probably younger, and they probably don't think it's bad. Hell yeah. Yeah. Hell yeah. Yeah, my parents are like ancient white people. They got boundaries, though. They're not into smoking weed. My parents are strict on both ends.

37:10They got boundaries, though. It's love, but don't get it f***ed up when we get comfortable. Yeah. My parents told me they smoked weed in the 70s in college. Yeah? Yeah, but. I wonder what that time was like. Probably some dirt. Some stupid trash weed, if you were thinking about it. Y 'all was still smoking that shit, huh? Do you ever see pictures of Bob Marley? And he's just smoking the worst weed you ever seen? I think he had chronic. He ain't had chronic. Nah, dude. He had loud and then. Nah. Yeah, it's not good, man. He makes some hits off that shit. I mean, you think because he's like an icon of weed, But if you see, like, today's weed is so futuristic.

37:44Even the worst weed today is like. I wouldn't put it past you, though. Bob probably knew something. He was getting his eye on him. Well, they were probably having to smoke so much. And he had a high curve. Imagine if you pass him a backwood full of futuristic za, he's going to pass out. He's going to have to take a catnap. For real. Not for sure. Just like anybody in the UFC could beat the out of Bruce Lee. I hate to say it, but, you know. Why do you think that? There's just been a lot of advances in fighting. What did you think about that McGregor fight? That shit was insane. I was rushing to get back to the hotel so I could put on the UFC fight.

38:21You bullshitting. Yeah, and I turned on the TV, and he's just laying there with a broken leg. And I'm like, what the fuck? You got to get this shit there. That shit rigged. You asked me. Oh, you thought it was rigged? What? A lot of people think that shit was rigged. I don't got the time for that shit. I don't know if it's true, but they said they saw him going into the clinic, getting his knee checked out a couple days before. I mean. rigged and they still let the bets and shit go on for him to fight I mean if I'm him and I hurt my knee I'm not saying shit about my knee I'm going in there I'm getting paid and then I can get knee surgery okay which I think everybody is assuming that that's the problem they pay niggas on both ends or something right you lose you win you lose you get some money or something right oh yeah yeah you get a lot of times it'll be for somebody like him it'll be five million dollars to show up and five million dollars if you win some shit like that he don't give up free money that's their business though yeah man i mean that's what like any logical person would do is just show up lose get paid nobody considers it like a real loss because it's obvious you just injured yourself not for sure yeah i'm some real shit so you'll be watching ufc you watch sports in general yeah hell yeah i was with it i used to play sports back then i ran track and hell shit too for real yeah oh shit i like i'm big on working out exercising oh really getting a job calisthenics, all the shit.

39:40Hell yeah, staying fit. Nigga, knock something out, nigga. I mean, yeah, you do got a nice little bicep. Knock something out. Ain't no nice little nothing. Pause, yeah. So you squabble ready? Knock something out, nigga. You ready for a squabble or squabbles are too old school? Get out there. What you talking about? Nigga ain't never too old school. Get out there. I mean, a lot of drill rappers and shit will be like, I'll never fight someone if my life depended on it. I'm just killing everybody for the rest of the time. seems kind of impractical but win so you lose so they did a roll fight yeah for sure Swamp Story is to try to try to make fun of LA and be like oh LA is just people running fades that's that fade shit that Instagram that white boy who did his first interview on here he don't be saying no bullshit about me I don't think has he made a video about you no no he's making like clips and shit but he always said like have a good artist or something I don't tell you he do his thing I don't cross paths yeah like he always said he say some shit.

40:38Like every time somebody send me a post, it don't be no bullshit. He's a real op to a lot of people in NorCal, man. They really want to smoke his ass. He bullshitting, see? I don't see. Bro, I seen him like, I'm not even going to involve you by naming the people I'm talking about, but I seen him make a video about a rapper talking about how the rapper's, everything he's lying, he's talking about his lies and he breaks down why it's lies and what bodies he's claiming, all this shit. I'm like, bro, this is brutal. This is like really career devastating shit right here. I don't get it, son. He know too much.

41:14I don't know. And now he's out here, people know what he look like. I don't know how he even know what anybody did, but that's shit. That's crazy. He got spies, I guess. World is a crazy place. Is it very important for you to not talk too much on an interview or on social media about whatever you got going on in the streets. You believe in that code. You should do more than you speak of anyway. Get shit done. Ain't nothing to talk about. Talking about it ain't gonna help nothing. Right. We all learn that. Yeah. I mean, it's kind of weird because you got all the old heads just talking about everything every night on social media and shit.

41:57And then a lot of the younger dudes these days are more quiet on social media because they are the ones who maybe actually have shit to hide. Maybe the older people lived more life to not care where this shit could go. The younger people got more life to live to where this shit could go somewhere bad or something. Fuck some, it's a lot of people that can't handle doing this. You know what I'm saying? I don't know how to take punches, jazz, or they got bullshit out there. I don't know, you get what I'm saying? but you just gotta know how to conduct yourself. It's your body. You know what I'm saying?

42:33Well, a lot of young people are kind of like rare on social media and shit. Like they don't post a ton on Instagram. But then when you like look at an old head Instagram, they post like 10 times a day a lot of times. It's just like a different attitude about what's a cool way to express yourself on there. Whatever floats your boat. You like big on social media or not really? Yeah, for sure. I like to think I'm doing some numbers. I get good, good, good interactions. Good, good interactions on YouTube. Good interactions on my platforms and shit. Label be telling me, letting me know the shit looking good.

43:07I feel like everywhere I go, I'm always getting love. And it's crazy. You want to know what's crazy? I get love from the youth. I'm always taking pictures with people up in my age. You know what I'm saying? But the youth, I love sharpening up. You know what I'm saying? Making sure I'm sharp for the children, man. Like, for real, bro. Because it's surprising that I'm even being liked or this music is something to them or in a way. And I always think, you know, back to my good songs, they ain't liking that bullshit song. But, you know, these kids, they growing up fast. But I just love the fact that I can see the youth, make them happy, make some kids smile, man.

43:42Because I remember being one and then seeing that person that I thought was so cool to me, happy to me. Or when they interact, I mean not happy to me, but like just a person that I wanted to be like. And when they interacted to me, when they interacted with me, it made me just feel like that could happen to me even more. That could happen for me more often. Or like this person sees me. You get what I'm saying? And I love when I have that moment to do that for the youth. Just see them and acknowledge them. You know what I'm saying? Yeah. I always stop. I'll stop walking and come back to make sure I don't miss somebody that's trying to show love to this shit.

44:18Because I started this shit from nothing, man. Right. You know what I'm saying? So to see what it's come to It's crazy Yeah yeah It's nothing to you But it's like the biggest deal Ever to them So you gotta Always try to make that time You know For sure Okay so How often do you talk to J-Bo Because we were on FaceTime With him from jail earlier What's the connection With him Every day You know Over those type of phones And shit Be a little hectic For all of us You get what I'm saying But I always let my brother Know I love him Tell him something positive let him know if I got plans and what I'm doing with the work.

44:53Trying to keep him understanding what I got going on without having to ask too much or have his head too much on the outside. I just put it on him and try to let him go through his time, handle his minutes. I love the way my nigga adapts to his time and get that shit done. I'm telling you. It's a way it may look to these people. But, man, personally and with his family and with everybody, he makes sure everybody's still taken care of. He makes sure everything's still right. He makes sure all his shit together. and he check in, he always smiling. Like, he always smiling. You get what I'm saying?

45:25And I never, never, never want to see that get taken away from that nigga, man. Nothing is still his joy. You know what I'm saying? And that's why I say, man, he going to be back. But this shit just, nigga adjusting to a time right now. This shit big time. I'm not going to sit here and act like it ain't as hard. You know what I'm saying? It's hard. But them ones that knew the game plan, learned the game plan, and had their shit together and was really learning from my brother know what to do when we adjusting to this time. The ones you see in this building, like, we adjusting to this time, you get what I'm saying?

45:53But it's hard though. Nigga, gangsta, I ain't finna sit there and act like it ain't. It's hard though, you know what I'm saying? Knowing, at first you see how it look with the people and shit, we gotta know to keep our heads out of that and know what's going on personally with our thug, you get what I'm saying? Knowing that your brother coming back, y 'all gonna be back. I don't know how y 'all was, nigga, even though he was just right here, like, nigga, I was just right there, watching him right here, you know what I'm saying? Trying to be quiet enough for my thug to get his time in, you know what I'm saying?

46:15that shit hurt, you get what I'm saying? But I love that he getting it done and he getting, like I said, in my trial, nigga, it was a big woe and a big, almost over for me and I made a whole album off thinking it was over but it got all that bullshit behind me. Look at me now, you know what I'm saying? Nigga only like this about certain reasons, not about them people and what, you know what I'm saying? I know what to do and what not to do so to make them stay away from me, you know what I'm saying? And sharpen my youngs so that they can move right in this field and we don't end up in the positions, you get what I'm saying?

46:45None of my niggas fighting no trial trying to figure out how we is you get what I'm saying that shit real cause okay yo J-Bo they tried to give him a seven year plea deal he said nah I'm gonna take it to trial then he decided nah actually I'm gonna take a plea deal so we don't know what time he ended up accepting but when we just talked to him on FaceTime he said I'll be home in a year or two basically I'm gonna be back yeah he's like you know he's got nothing but confidence put it like that From their own time stamp on it, nigga, we're going to be back. That's all that matters. You know what I'm saying?

47:19He's going to be back better than he left. I promise you, niggas don't even know he got shit. He got shit, bro. In the vault. In the vault. Don't even get me started on him. He got plans, blueprints. This nigga is not finna play when he come on. Okay. Swamp Story said, and I think it's true, he said when J-Bo got his case, it stopped the progression of California street music in general. The wave that was coming forward, it just... So then is it safe to say it's going to start with him? I mean, if he got back out right now, I do think that it would produce a shitload of new energy in terms of street music in general, for sure.

48:02Watch him double down. He's going to be all right. Watch. He's all right. You see it? I really wanted you to see that. that you know i'm glad y 'all got the topic you don't see him what he told you is yet the government's coming you know i'm saying so make sure you're ready for that too yeah yeah nah yeah i mean that's just crazy to think that uh if he were if he were to get out because like you think about it he was locked up for a long ass time and then he got out for whatever like six months or some shit turned up so crazy and really had a wave going before he even got out because they had a whole bunch of videos and singles ready to go and then was killing it the whole time he's out then boom he gets this case and it just kind of stops the momentum all he's gonna overcome that shit though yeah don't worry yeah you're gonna overcome that shit you think he's like he's the chosen one for california it's like he know what time it is for him he gonna do his thing he gonna make it count for sure i mean that that's like a good narrative right there is like that it it takes like a soldier from this remote town of Stockton to come and like save LA street music.

49:10And what them soldiers or them heroes or them people that have the support, main 90 % of the support system behind them, what do they got? 90 % of the commodity or the city or the neighborhood that knows about the heroes, they have a support system. You get what I'm saying? or a city that loves when they come out. You get what I'm saying? Or a team that's going to make sure they go all the way with him. As long as we keep my nigga with that, he ain't going to have no problem doing what he got to do. You know what I'm saying? He know what he got to do. So we just keep supporting my nigga. Let him see the nigga ain't going nowhere.

49:44He's going to be right here when you come on. With more work put in. Yeah. For sure. Because I'm not going to lie to you, when he was having that whole wave, that was the first California rapper that when I'm around all these Chicago drill rappers and shit like that, that they would be mentioning him like every time. Somebody like Q50 would be like, yo, what's up with that J-Bo, dude? This shit crazy, blah, blah, blah. And I would just be like, damn, that's crazy. Like, that hasn't really happened to me. Where like the hip Chicago rappers are tapped in on an LA rapper. That just like, that was kind of, that was new.

50:20For sure. Which is kind of crazy. They know what it is. We know what it is. They know what it is, for sure. Hmm. Yo. Yo, Snow Stories is getting his teeth whitened. So he can't respond right now. That's hilarious. That's what he was calling? Yeah, I tried to call him. Tell him. Tell him. Hoppy are here. He going to be stunned. He going to be shocked. Yeah, I just sent him the picture. Damn, he's switching his numbers and shit. He's like a real rapper. What's the difference between LA and Compton? Is there a stylistic difference, or is it all the same from your perspective? It's L.A. and it's Compton.

51:02Those who need to know the difference know the difference. It's L.A. and it's Compton. That's what I'm going to say. Can you see somebody and just know if they're from Compton? Is there a thing? I'm going to see somebody and go know if they're from Compton or where they're from. That's what I'm going to do. I'm not going to try to guess. Oh, you just ask. I'm going to go see. I feel like you can tell when a dude's from Long Beach. You can tell. You can kind of tell when someone's from over there. From the, you know, certain shit that appear obviously. It's body appearances that appear obviously and shit.

51:37Oh, the tattoos and stuff. That's cheating, though. But morally, nigga, going to go see. Going to go holly. Swamp Story said that you're his goat. He just said my goat. He did right on. I'm going to take my flowers. You know what I mean? It's better than all that does shit. You know what I mean? I just did my work done. For sure, nigga gotta make this shit big, bro. For sure, I'm trying to make this shit big. Alongside my real supporters. You know what I mean? That's what he's saying. He can be bullshit and playin' whatever, man. If he honest, right on. But nigga, my people, I gotta really be that.

52:10That's what I want to be to them. You know what I'm saying? The ones that know where I started, know what this shit looked like when I was wearing the same clothes every day to what it is now. You get what I'm saying? That nigga dedicated. And the last thing I'm worried about is what another nigga think of me. there's avity on me man he said i hope he doesn't think i'm gay i keep calling him cali's most handsome rapper hell no

52:34close the message you keep looking at the phone oh yeah he wrote it like a poem too like two separate lines adam i hope he doesn't think i'm gay i keep i knew he was gonna do calling him cali's most handsome rapper like why you write a poem like building in that he put that in the air damn that's bizarre i didn't know that that was the i mean you know you you want the girls to think that but you don't really want the bloggers like what is that no disrespect to the communities out there no diddy women you know you got a girlfriend you asked that question like like that was gone wow me wait it's just like no It immediately occurred to me that like, I don't really know what kind of guy you are.

53:23Cause I don't know if you're the kind of guy that has a girlfriend or not. And I ain't doing the girlfriend thing. I'm a man. So I'm going to have a woman. Wife only. Oh, I'm saying in my stable, a woman in my stable. Okay. Ain't going to be no girlfriend. Cause it's like, if you're single, then by definition, there's like an element of chaos in your life, you know? Because these hoes will have shit going wacky. stay out there like with with when you're really trying to do some shit out here it's certain shit you can have and can't have and have time to be worried about you know i'm saying if they making they self a worry when it comes to dealing with other people you get what i'm saying and and this i stay focused let's say that i stay focused i stay focused okay i'm hands-on too like like i know what i can do to get what i need to get done out the streets so other than that this music is Shit is what I love to do.

54:18It's going to pay off for sure. It's going to pay off. Do you just smoke weed? You drink? You party? Hell no, I party. No, I don't drink neither. I hate drinking. Shit. I'm just trying to figure out what type of time you're doing. I smoke weed, though. Just weed? Yeah, I keep my weed. I got to have my weed. Yeah. I don't do no partying. Partying? Shit. And I definitely don't drink, though. I don't like the drinking and shit. That ain't me. No, okay. I like to stay on point. No lean? Yeah. Once in the blue? Once in the blue, for sure. That's real, though. That is the way that you should experience lean.

54:52I don't sit there and make it. She's like, oh, I'll just. No. I'm going to f*** with it when I feel like it. Like, I heard Rio the Young OG say, like, me and PZ drank the most lean or some shit the other day. And I'm like, man, you don't want to drink the most lean. Like, you could drink lean once in a while, but you don't want to be the dude who drank the most of it. That's for me. That's a drug that when I'm feeling away, it's one of my choosings. And it's in my category of likens. You know what I'm saying? And it ain't my category of abuse. I'm weed. It's what I abuse. You know what I'm saying?

55:19If I ain't got my weed, it's going to be a problem for somebody. But a nigga like to smoke his weed. Okay. So how did you get the name? Hop Out So? It was given to me. It was given to me. So my name's Tiny Bebe from West Yontham, though. Tiny Bebe. Okay. Yeah. Big Bebe, Little Bebe, and Tiny Bebe. Are there any other Bebes here or just you? Mm-mm. Okay. My pops is Little Bebe. My uncle is Big Bebe. does it piss you off that people call it little baby little baby sometimes like i hear academics calling him that not shit i don't think he i don't think he little baby care about that shit none he can't even hear that so you were basically like chosen by another baby was it like a family member a brother or was it just like somebody in the hood that just said you know what like this my little homie nah that was from my dad oh your dad yeah when i got my put on from the hood, that's what name was brought down and gave him to me that I can live up to now.

56:19You know what I'm saying? For sure. It ain't no friend, nothing, nothing. That's my real hood name. I'm going to die with that name and live through that name. You know what I'm saying? It's a generational name. There won't be an infant baby until you have a child? I'm going to have a certain route for my son that I'm going to have all my eggs in the basket on hoping he take if it's going to be the child that comes on. a name I wouldn't be naming no girl that name under but I'm gonna have my eggs in the level of where I want them to go with certain things I'm gonna say that that ain't gonna be no name their name is gonna take after me of when I choose to name them and that's gonna be the last name I'm thinking about adding to theirs I should make everybody submit their tattoos before they come on here so I can read them all Park Village on the back the V.

57:14Oh, okay. PV. Okay. You know what I'm saying? I got content on my back. Okay. That's what's up. I'm just trying to read that one right there. It's Barring Son. Sabrina Son. Good looking. Oh, Sabrina Son. That's my mom. Appreciate that. That's what's up. Yeah. Sabrina Son. That's my mom. Shout out to your mom. I appreciate that, man. She's still doing good? Great. Nice. For sure. Watching my every step of the way go. How old is she? My mom is an elf. I ain't gonna, I ain't gonna, my mom is around the age of 41 and 42. Oh, my God. Your mom is literally my age. That's crazy. My mom, yeah, man. That's beautiful.

57:50That's good. And the strongest woman. One of the strongest women I know. You got a lot of good years left. No, for sure. You know what I'm saying? Good, good, good. We'll be good. We'll stay sharp. We'll be blessed, nigga. Yeah, for sure. Absolutely. When's your dad getting out of jail? He got a 12-7-5 hold on him right now. So when they uplift his hold, it's a DA hold on him right now. Oh, so he done some short-term shit? He's not, like, doing, like, a long-ass bid? No, no, no, no. Nah, he gonna be back. That's over. The long part about it is over. Oh, okay. He gonna be coming back. I got no set date right now, but it's coming to an end.

58:22And that's why I'm gonna keep manifesting, because he finna be back so he can see what a nigga doing. Okay. And you got a good relationship with him? You talked to him? Great. He just called me. He just called me when I did an interview. I really, damn, he called me two times. He don't play as my main man, though. He was checking on me, trying to make sure I'm doing what I said I came down here to do, because he know a nigga. You know what I'm saying? He stay on me. I stay on him too. Yeah. Because of Warhead. You know what I'm saying? He be running around with Knucklehead. He good though. I make sure he good.

58:50I answer every call. Just the only call near misses. It's only due to this. I answer every call though. I'll be there for him. I need to. And where he at in there, my name good. So they ain't looking up for him. They ain't no nigga look just like me. And they make sure he good. He ain't gonna go through nothing. That's what's up. So, all right. What do you feel like you need to do this year to take your career to the next level? So this album dropping, I guess, is like a big piece of it? Yeah, man, I'm finna get some mainstream artists. Oh, yeah? I'm working with it, for sure. Yeah, mainstream artists.

59:21It's coming, though, man. I gotta turn this shit up, man. I did it big off my first album. It was really full of people that I wanted to work with, and I was surprised that they was willing to work with me and some of the homies, too. Other than that, this, I want to set me out, and this album that's coming out on July 24th, I want to set me out from the rest of everyone else that's been dropping and show what I've been trying to do. Show what I've been going through. One thing about it is I've only been showing 10 % of this shit. I'm finna show a full 700%. You know what I'm saying? Give them the whole thing now.

59:54You know what I'm saying? I'm finna start capturing every moment. I've been playing with this shit. On top of that, I can admit that I was playing with this shit without beating around the bush. But I was going through something. I was fighting this case. My niggas had just got taken away. You know what I'm saying? These things that I'm going through. my family house was under foreclosure so I had to make sure shit was right with my family and get them right. It wasn't no money that could fix anything with them staying where they could stay. They had to go. You know what I'm saying? And shit had to be moved quick on top of me being on ankle.

1:00:18And I can't really move for nobody. I didn't even keep going. It was just hella shit. You get what I'm saying? So it had me a little bit off. But I'm back. You get what I'm saying? I'm woke. You get what I'm saying? I'm not playing. And I'm doing more shit like this so that people can get to know me. They got their own image. They see a nigga's eyes and And it's a substance that is often. The only thing you sit there and watch the nigga do is smoke some weed. You get what I'm saying? People don't know me. So people think you're on drugs because your eyes are big? It's the shit I done seen. You get what I'm saying?

1:00:46They say that about a little dark too. It's real. You get what I'm saying? It's real. And when you don't speak and tell nobody this shit, it got to go somewhere. Right. So the eyes, that's where it comes out. I feel like I have really big eyes, but then I'm always smoking weed. So then I feel like my eyes are low. Nah, nah. And once in a while, like I remember one time I went to a party and this famous EDM DJ like called me over. And he's like, what do you want? He's like, I need some. I'm like, I'm not on anything. I just didn't because I was sick. I just got over a cold. And so I wasn't smoking weed.

1:01:19So my eyes were so big that he just thought that I was on something. Yeah. You good now? That was a long time ago. Good to have you back. Make sure. No, I'm good. I'm good. I'm glad you got it. But the show. All right. So, yeah. Tell him. Tell them what your mission is Oh man Check it out man Album drop on July 24th That's also my C day I turned 23 years old You know what I'm saying I got a milestone for every year You know what I'm saying My last year Was Before anything Was Starting this rap shit And making it go Then I caught my deal Then this year was Making shows That my album Got done And beating my case And actually saving my money When I got the money That was gonna be my milestone You know what I'm saying And now my 23 year old birthday gift to myself is getting no jumper done and xing that off my list for sure keep it going for sure it's only the start man it's only start and the ones that thought it was a game at one point you gonna see it ain't man i ain't got shit else to say about it this shit gonna happen though for sure it's hop out man yeah hop out sold 700 on all platforms check a nigga out for those who don't know and for those who do you know i'm last and shit what are we gonna do after Should we hop out?

1:02:34What'd you say again? Standover? Standover what? Metaphorically. Your shoes so you don't mess them up? I don't know. I'm just picturing. Just hop out. Every time I say it, I'm just like, damn, that's a gangster ass name. But I guess you could hop out. It was given to me, so I don't really know the true meaning of it. You can only carry on the energy of the name. Yeah. Not the specific meaning. It can only live to me physically. You know what I'm saying? I'll just be chill. Hopping out, going to interviews and shit. Leave me out there the next time. That time, I need you accessing me a little quicker.

1:03:11You left me hopping out a little too long on that time. You were outside before you could hop in? You know what I'm saying? I hop out and go to these interviews. And you had me out there a little too long. But yeah, man. A nigga hopping out getting business handle. Watch me, man. I'm finna be big. Adam, I'm telling you. Go to YouTube and You just watched, man. All my niggas are going to be big, though. On the radar, but I didn't even know you were on there. I didn't even see that yet. You didn't know that? I didn't know that. Oh, man. It's a couple things. A couple things. Gang. All right. Appreciate you, dog.

1:03:44Thank you for pulling up. Appreciate you, man. Big things to come. It's apathy on me, man. Apathy. It's hot, too, man. Much love. No jumper. Coolest podcast. Check us on YouTube, TikTok, Instagram. Like, comment, and subscribe. And shout out to our members who got to watch this one live. Hop out on all platforms.

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0:42 Hopoutso700 explains why he calls Compton "Yompton"
8:31 Hopoutso700 on the defining moment of his childhood
18:44 Hopoutso700 explains spending 25 days in jail before earning pretrial release
34:38 Hopoutso700 on Compton having successful families and beautiful neighborhoods
44:35 Hopoutso700 opens up about regularly checking on Jaaybo in jail

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