Lil Mexico talks about his rise, Houston, the culture he grew up on, rough family upbringing, Tyga, Bad Bunny, Paul Wall and more.
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00:00 Intro
0:47 - The origin of Lil Mexico's name, taking issue with rapper signed to Durk named Lil Mexico who are not latino
3:29 - Thoughts on Tyga using the Mexican culture with “Ay Caramba” song, not doing it the right way
4:58 - Being born in Mexico but family migrating to Houston when he was a young kid
11:05 - Coming from Mexico at 7-8yrs old, not wanting to learn English at first, started learning to talk to this girl he liked
12:49 - Fighting in school over being called a “w*tback”, learning his American accent off the radio
14:28 - His older brother being in and out of prison, being thankful to not have been locked up in state or federal prison
15:39 - His mom being locked up in federal prison raising himself and his little sister at 16 yrs old, never met his dad
17:21 - His mom getting locked up for helping Mexicans get from Texas etc to other places in the U.S
21:00 - His brother getting k*lled in Houston, that making Mexico focus on music even harder
23:04 - The first time he made a song, originally wanting to be a producer, his brother rapping first
28:54 - Cardi on Bad Bunny concert having more people than the Super Bowl, Bad Bunny doing g*y sh*t, it just being who he is
37:00 - Wanna work with Chito Ranas when he comes home
40:19 - Everybody realizing it’s cool to be a Mexican right now, Moneysign $uede not sounding like a LA rapper, Free Peso
50:33 - Mount Rushmore of Houston rap UGK, Getto Boys, DJ Screw, Screwhead clique, teaching Doknow about DJ Screw’s influence, Mike Watts
54:09 - Baby Bash being a legend, him being from Cali but always being in Houston
55:03 - People hating him for saying the n___, not being able to help it
56:23 - Paul Walls music having a big impact
58:25 - Signing to a Corrido label, being the first artist on his type of wave signing there, not originally wanting to sign
1:04:27 - The lanes of Mexican music and artist starting to merge together, his ideals coming to life working with different artist and musicians
1:09:55 - Doknow and Mexico meeting once before, Doknow on getting tickets for his mom for all the rock shows
1:20:20 - Tulum being watered down, Puerto Vallarta being lit, calls the other Lil Mexico his son
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