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Rico 2 Smoove on Being a Black/Mexican Norteño, LA Rappers Dissing Him & More
Podcast |
No Jumper
Publisher |
No Jumper
Media Type |
audio
Podknife tags |
Hip-Hop
Interview
Music
Categories Via RSS |
Entertainment News
Music
Music Interviews
News
Publication Date |
Jun 10, 2024
Episode Duration |
01:47:44
Rico talks about his upbringing, his music, NorCal, his opps, doing time, and more. 2:30 - He bounced all through Sacramento, Mom was on dr***, they were homeless going from shelter to shelter 4:20 - Says mom was messed up when he was young, says at 11 CPS tried to take him so she got right 5:00 - Says when he was 7yrs old his big brother got locked up for life for attempted m with gang enhancement, says seeing his mom on dr*** was normal because of the environment he was in 6:55 - Says he was embarrassed to see her mom in the park using, says she got clean when he was 11 and he actually went through the process with her, going to meetings 8:32 - Says he’s Black and Mexican and he grew up with his mom’s side which was Mexican 10:10 - Says coming from Northern Cali he’s labeled as a certain type of artist, says he just wants to be labeled as a artist, says he likes to embrace both cultures 13:41 - He was looking for role models when he was younger and ended up with role models who just tried to crash him out 15:20 - Says some people are just so in tuned with the street life they get out from doing a bid and just get back to it 17:12 - Says he lived in a predominantly Asian area also but it was all hood, different trenches but the same struggle 18:27 - His first case was at 14yrs old, him and his friend did a beer run 21:30 - Says he had a conditional release with a time period for him not to mess up again, says he caught a 5yr charge at 16 and didn’t get out until 21yrs old 22:38 - Says getting locked up during those years in his adolescence kept his mind little, says the games and politics took over his mentality 24:03 - Says he feels bad about what he put his mom through at his younger age, says he was being selfish 27:16 - Says during the end of his stay in prison he did productive things, says he was taking college classes and making his own re entry plan for getting out 31:26 - Says when he got serious with music he just wanted to be a voice for people who felt his type of struggle or grew up in his environment, even if their his ops 33:12 - Says he’s never listened to any of his oppositions music unless it came across his page, says he sees them get motion and salutes 34:31 - Says his first real success was his song “Militant Mindset” 37:50 - Says fans took to his music because they seen him advocating and politicking with legislatures in DC 39:30 - Says Big Tone and him linked up and Tone gave him a lot of advice, says right now he feels like he’s moving but he could do better 44:58 - There needs to be 10 Thizzlers for up north, says he’s always been independent for most of his career says he wasn’t going to d ride 46:59 - Says people not wanting to work together because of politics can be a set back 50:01 - Says he’s an old soul and a lot of his old stuff is based Sugafree and the banging on wax album 50:55 - Says he’s not trippin, he was in juvenile hall, got down with his enemies multiple times back to back and the same day they’ll all be programming 52:36 - Says the objective has been to plant people in the industry in order for them to crash out and push agendas 54:10 - Points out 6ix9ine as an example of a plant sent to crashout, says your character and content matters in the long run as far as if it will last Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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