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At boost mobile, after 30 gigabytes, customers may experience slower speeds. Customers will pay 25amonth as long as they remain active on a Boost Mobile unlimited plan. All right, man. We back another episode of Club 520 podcast. I'm your host. My name is DJ Wells. This show is brought to you by Boost Mobile. You know the vibes, man. This holiday season, get your new iPhone 17. Del pull to your crib and head of the rest. We got a special guest in the building. Before we introduce, I got to ask this question, bro. Obviously, I know you're from Toronto, Brown, the same age group a little bit. Did you. Was you around for the Boost Mobile era, man? Was you tapped in with the next tail chirps and stuff like that?
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Said what the, boy?
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Boost Mobile, the next tail church.
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I remember. Next up, I used to watch NASCAR when I was a kid, so, like, Nextel cup was like, the big thing in nascar.
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Oh, yeah.
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On the jackets, for sure.
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So he's familiar, just in a different way. For sure.
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We tapped in for sure. One more time for the good people over there. Hard Rock Batman got us out here for Art Basel Miami, man. It's a vibe. Appreciate y' all. For sure. One more time for the good people at StockX. You know the vibes. Keep us clean, keep us fresh.
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For show.
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We got the gang, us, man. Special guest in the building. Introduce him last as usual, but to my far left, my dog, Bishop B. Hand out the pearlies. How you. What? Nasty.
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Sad and nasty. Cooling. Yeah, let's get to it. I'm excited about this one. I got some shit to say, but we'll. We'll get to that later.
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We got a whole lot to talk about for show still to my right, my dog, Young Nacho. Young T. How you? What day?
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20 something, man. Still. Still surviving, man. For my life, I cannot change.
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Martin, listen, my dog, listen. He on the campaign right now, man. 30 days in, 30 days out. He been trapping in the same shoes, getting to it man, you gotta. You gotta go to shoe that you wear every single day. You gotta buy the dope pairs, you know what I'm saying? You do all the work in.
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I do. I got my A sixes, the Stefan Diggs ones he sent me. Those are my shoes, man. I wear them a lot in the air. Don't worry about it.
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We're gonna get you some Adidas, though.
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Yeah, I love Adidas. Yeah, we'll get you a pair of hard.
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We might get you a priority, you know, Maybe we'll get you a pair of these. Don't worry about it.
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We're gonna get you trapped out for show, man. Let's wait for this episode, man. Listen, one of your favorite producers, you may not even know, man. Going crazy. Lot of songs. Still a lot more to go, man. Candace Fine is the one only. Mr. Murder Beast. Big Dog, we appreciate you sliding on us, brother.
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Appreciate y' all for having me, man.
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Love, man. For show, for show, for show.
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Tap in.
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Yeah, Come on, let's go, man. Listen, Crazy.
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He can take a seat, too.
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Get comfortable.
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This is a family show in the.
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Building, you know what I'm saying?
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Shout out to cop for sure now. Be here. You super tapped in, you know what I'm saying? This is the music buff right here on the show.
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Like, how do you feel about, like, being, like, unknown for real? No, I'm saying, though, when people. People don't know, this is Murder Beast for real. Like, a lot of people confuse you with, like, Ed Sheeran.
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I think I'm. I think I'm a good level of known.
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Yeah. No, I'm saying you're.
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I don't want to be known as Ed Sheeran.
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No, I'm saying people know you. I'm saying people know you, But a lot of. I promise, bro, a lot of people genuinely, I'm telling you, I think the.
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Right people know me.
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Right? But I'm saying you don't know me.
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It's like, you're not supposed to know.
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A lot of people don't know that. You are.
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That just happens. I'm not gonna lie. It kind of happens sometimes.
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Yeah.
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Yeah. My whole life.
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Nah, for sure. For sure, bro. How did you.
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I'll tell you guys a little story, okay?
D
Yes, sir.
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When I first, like, started working with Amigos and, like, QC and them, like, they couldn't even believe, like, this white kid from Canada was, like, making the beats, and they, like, they, like, flew me to Atlanta, and they were like, all right, so, like, make some beats. And I was like, what? They're like, like they literally didn't believe I was making the beats up. So I had to like make them on the spot. Like, look it. Like, I was like, I was like 17 years old. Like, look at, like, look at that. They're like, oh yeah, it's fire.
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How did you get into it though?
D
Shout out to Coach K. Did you get into music?
B
Yeah, shout out Coach and P. And I got into music through my pops and like he played guitar, you know, like there was always like music in my, in my household and stuff. Like I started playing drums. I'm left handed so I couldn't play guitar. Like his guitar. And so I started playing drums and stuff. And then growing up, getting into rap and stuff, like in the beats and then just like getting into like making beats on FL Studio and.
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Okay. Did you ever use Fruity Loops?
D
Yeah.
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Hell yeah. I still do. My guy FL Gang for life.
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Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes.
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Now the funny part about this and you talk about drumming and stuff like that, that's my guy.
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Really tapped in who you are, bro. I'm really excited to have you.
B
You're a drummer?
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Yeah.
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Oh, that's fine.
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Yeah, for sure.
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He not good, but he a drummer.
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He disrespectful.
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I'm okay too. But that's what, that's what made me kind of like want to get into like making beats. Because I plateaued as a drummer. I was like, I don't know if I'm gonna get better.
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Yeah.
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And then when I started, like my boy introduced me to FL studio in high school and I was like, man, like, this is like the. Because like I love, I love trap music. I want to make trap beats. I know how to drum, so I know how to sequence and shit.
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Right.
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That's kind of like how I started. So, you know.
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Okay.
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Like I wanna. Did you know, like, yo, my, like I make good beats like they fire or did you think like nobody's with these ever?
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But not at first. At first my beats were pretty shit. I'm not gonna lie. Can I swear?
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Yeah, yeah. Get your shit off.
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We cuss all day.
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Yeah. So like, I don't know. At first I was like, my beats weren't good, but I just knew it was what I wanted to do because I'm so passionate about music. It was just like, I knew it was it. Like, I don't know, like, I just knew it was it.
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So I want to ask not to fast forward a little bit. What was that first moment where you feel like you got the recognition you Deserve or somebody acknowledged your music that you really with. It was just like, all right. I feel like I'm a Rob or like, all right, I got something I can work with here, man.
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There's so many times, like, it's like when I was. When I was like, 16, 17, when I started working with, like, Chief Keef and Lil Dirk, that was like 2011. I feel like those times are good because, like, even those times, like, I was like, with them and, like, no one even knew who they were in Canada. And so I knew I was, like, onto something that was going to be big. That and, like, it ended up being big, you know, and it was the same thing when I found the Migos. Like, nobody was listening to these guys and. But, like, even just them giving me the recognition, I just knew what they were going to be. So, like, that was all I needed, really.
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Damn.
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What was your first big placement record?
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Pipe it up. 2015.
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And you was out.
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I was like. When I first, like, like, made like, my first, like, 20k off music, I was like, holy. Like, before that, I was like. It was like Western Union, PayPal selling beats. They had me flagged at Western Union and they thought I was doing fraud.
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So 2015 is when you closed finally, like, it started.
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No, it was always clean.
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No, I'm saying.
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You was getting flagged. I thought you was be hearing people. Your favorite tra. Tr.
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West Union pay. I don't. Western Union payments is crazy, though.
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You don't even know about that nowadays.
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I swear to God, that is.
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Is that sh still open?
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No, bro. That's a scam, bro.
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No, it not, bro. It was not a scam. I did it in college, bro.
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It take a lot.
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It take like. They take a lot of money from you, though.
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They hit you for about 10%.
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Listen, wait, they were hitting me for 10%. You a know you didn't get all your bread. You didn't get that a child.
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Come on. That's.
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You was green. You was at Walmart.
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You thought you was getting your money straight up.
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I hope so. PayPal was giving me the for respect shout out. PayPal, man.
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Yeah, for sure.
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That is hilarious.
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Oh, so how did you link up with amigos, though, man?
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I had, like, a formula. I would just always hit people up on Twitter.
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Okay.
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So, like, I would find people like, that was around them. That was their right hand, man. I'll hit them up like, yo, I'll give you beats if you can Give my beast to Quavo and take off at the time, because Offset was Locked up. And they're like, man, I ain't even rapping right now. I'm engineering. Skip with the flip. But he was like, I'm just. I'm just engineering.
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My God. Yeah.
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I ended up sending him the beats and then they got the beats and then. Yeah, then real, real money hit me up off the Migos page. He's like, is this the white boy? I'm like, yeah. And he's like, I'mma call you. And then he called me. And then like, that's how everything just started right there.
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Yeah, cuz, motorsport. Motorsport is classic, bro.
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That's a hard ass beat.
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In the car that thumps.
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For real. Like, who said your tagline like, oh, that was baka.
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Okay.
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Drake's boy.
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Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
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Oh, that's hard. I was going to ask how you got that too.
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We were literally like working on music and he ended up saying that on one of the songs. And then I was with Sunny Digital in Toronto and I was like, yo. I was like, because like these guys all had tags. Like I had my Momo murder tag and shit. But I was like, I wonder if I like use this as a tag. And I played it for him. He's like, man, try it. You never know, it might work out. And then when I started sending Drake beats, I always put that on thing. And then like, Drake was like, yo, like, you should start. So every time you send me a beat, just put this tag on it. Kind of like how that started.
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It's a staple for sure.
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Nah, for sure.
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And that's a jump around. But boy, every time you turn that two K, Malk, no. Yeah, yeah, you start that off, boy.
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With what?
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Come on, man. Butterfly effect, man. Oh. Oh, yeah, that was the 2K. Which one was it?
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20.
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Don't let me mess it around. I'm sorry, but as soon as you type to the low screen, it was a 20.22k, 23, 24. Let me not it up.
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It was one of those. I know I had a couple other songs in 2K, I think too, but.
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That was like the low screen game. And then we went to the park. That was playing me and your tag.
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Yeah, man, it's crazy.
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I think that's why I start playing 2K. What was it? 20, 22. That's when I first started playing 2K.
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Another story about butterfly effect. Two springer on the blue Jays. Like, that's his walkout song. So every time he would walk up to the plate. You hear that? Yeah. So like every time you go to the Game. You hear this like, seven times, six times. It's crazy.
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What was that? Springer, like, making that.
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That's a crazy ass, man.
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Be crazy.
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I made that beat with my boy Felix from Stoney Creek. He's in.
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Okay.
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And I made that in my mom's basement. And I remember I sent Travis the beat. And then I remember facetiming him when he was like. He was like, recording the beat and, like, writing it, writing to it. And that was crazy times. That's one of them ones for sure.
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A huge record, bro.
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No, I appreciate it.
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Appreciate it.
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Every time I hear that song, I only say Murder on the Beat.
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It's one of those every time. And I feel like that's a special record for Trav, too, because, like, if you go to his show, like, that's the one record. He's gonna perform the whole thing. No, there's no feature on that. No, like, that's. So that's the record that gets the. Gets the. The show to the next level.
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I went to Astroworld, and that's what Damner calls the chaos.
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No, don't do that.
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Like, we're not doing all that.
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No, not that one.
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Come on, man.
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I'm saying when the people get hyped, bro.
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That's what I'm saying.
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You matter of fact, he do start chaos.
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It's not funny. It's not funny. It's not funny. It's not.
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It's not funny.
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It's not funny.
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Came to our house, bro.
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That Indianapolis, bro.
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I see.
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Because we went to Vegas. He plays that. He. He plays this song.
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What happened?
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Unless they start fighting.
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No, that did not. That didn't happen. That didn't happen.
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That was just one time.
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That was one of the most randomest of kind club appearance we ever had our life. Shout out to Lito. We pulled up off the Humbug just off the Strip and was like, damn, Murder dj.
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It was going crazy.
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It was fight weekend and they did not disappoint.
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Yeah, whoever got to fighting, it was fight weekend. Everyone's pissed off and shit.
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Yeah. They said, somebody gonna win this fight, guy.
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Was somebody on your. On your team who was ever on the stage with you was like, they trying to start the fight now. I was like. I was like, yeah, I like them. I like James.
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How often you DJ out there in Vegas, though?
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A lot, man. I did like, probably like over 20 shows this year.
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That's hard.
B
It's cool, man. It's fun, you know, that's a.
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We always. Every time we out there, we always Try to find, like, where to go to hear the hip hop music so they randomly man up there that night.
B
That should just be fun and a good time every time. It's always good vibes. Except that little altercation. Y' all came.
C
Maybe y' all brought you that. It might have been us, bro. For sure.
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I want to ask you this question. Obviously, you make your own music and you dj. Is there, like, a balance you have to keep in that? Because obviously when you playing sets, got to be tapped in with everything that's going on. So that means you much. Excuse me. Pretty much keeping an ear to everything that's going on as well.
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Yeah. Like, it's like, man, I'm not going over there. Like, it's not an ego competition with me. I'm not going to play two hours of my own music. I'm. I'm trying to make everyone have a good time and, like, cater to everyone in the crowd, especially Vegas, because, like, it's people from everywhere.
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Yeah.
B
You know what I'm saying? So you got to kind of play a little bit, you know, I know sometimes I go over here and I'll play a couple rock songs. I see people over here like, oh, but it's like, it's all good. I got y', all, like, you know, and then it's like, they're like, oh. Like, it's like, you gotta just play for everyone and make sure everyone just has a good time.
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You know, you better than me. I'll be playing all my. You'll hear my tagline, every song.
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Control the crowd and keep everybody happy. That's the best part.
B
You gotta be able to stop and talk to people and, like, you know what I'm saying? Make sure everyone's good and, you know.
E
What type of music did you start DJing at first, though?
B
Man, I started DJing, like, after I started to get a little, like, my name out there. People, like, want to start booking me because, like, I had a brand and people wanted to see me.
E
Yeah.
B
So that's how all this started. I started DJing, like, around, like, motorsport and Butterfly Effect.
E
Oh, so you ain't even have. You wasn't even dj?
C
You just figured it out?
B
I just dj. I like the party. I'm here for Art Basil. Like, you know what I'm saying?
D
No shout out to T. But that play is gonna be 2010 envelope.
C
Our podcast started because of my house parties.
B
That's a fact. That's a good story for sure. Damn, you guys got to do, like, a podcast anniversary. Do, like, A house party. Do a podcast in the house party.
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Well, we can't go back to the house because.
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Go to another house.
C
Actually, I got a new house.
D
Y' all at me.
B
Yeah, there you go.
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Yeah.
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Matter of fact, yeah. Shout out to the person that bought the house. Yeah. We want to have a reunion tour.
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Respect.
D
Shout out to 520.
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That's fine.
D
But if we do, we gotta book you. What's up?
B
Yeah, come on, let's do it.
C
Oh, now you.
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Man. What was the first place you DJ'd at? You was you, like, when you got.
B
It, like, man, the first place I DJ'd at was in Hawaii.
D
Wow, that's hard.
B
That was the. Oh, yeah. That was the only reason I started DJing, because, like, they were like, yo, look it, like, you can go get a vacation and go DJ at the end. I'm like, all right. I never wanted to dj. I didn't want to be a dj. I never, like. I don't know. Now I appreciate it. I appreciate the art of DJing. I appreciate the art of producing. I appreciate all this.
C
What's harder, though, is it, like, producing a track or making the beats or dj?
B
They're both difficult in their own ways, you know?
C
Yeah.
B
I don't know. They both come with their own things. Like, I know a lot of producers that probably can't dj. I know a lot of they can't produce.
E
Yeah. For you to pick it up and then begin book. So crazy. You a natural.
B
It's fun. I'm still like, man, I'm from a small town in Canada, bro. Like, 40 or 30,000 people. Like, I'm still just, like, that kid at heart. So it's like, it takes, like, I got to get into the. The mode to be able to do that. Sometimes I go to do a show, and I'm, like, still kind of shy at the beginning. I gotta, like, warm up a little bit, you know? But that's just what comes with it.
D
But speaking of the crib, I know you tapped into the hoop situation. I'm saying, you're the ambassador out there for basketball. What's that like, man?
B
That's what. When you guys shout out to Adidas. You know what I'm saying? Because so, yeah, so like, my hometown in Canada, Fort Erie, a few years ago, I found out that, like, they're developing. They got, like, the best, like, development program in Canada. Number one basketball team. Number one. And two men's team in Canada.
D
Yeah.
B
Number one women's team in Canada. Like, top 10 team in America for Prep schools.
E
Yeah.
B
So I got involved with the school, got them partnered up with Adidas this year, like, literally like, like a month ago. And just like, you know, just bringing awareness to the school and to the kids, you know, giving them the right education, helping with the curriculum and just like, man, they're going crazy, man. So I'm glad I can help them. And you know, they're taking kids to college, universities and stuff. Couple kids went to the league, so.
C
Damn, you know, that's fire.
D
So they warming up to your music, you know what I'm saying? Look, he's a high school coach, I'm a moderator.
E
I know.
D
I'm saying, I know the pregame mix. I know that. Gotta be fire.
B
Yeah, for sure, for sure.
C
Yeah.
B
They're going crazy, man. Shout out to Fort Erie.
E
Did you hoop yourself?
B
I was okay.
E
What was it?
B
I had a little corner. 3.
C
Oh, that's your back.
B
They used to call me Kyle Corbin.
C
Oh, that's my little guy. Tell him that. Yeah, he said corners were like, Bruce.
B
Like I played like a little bit of ball and not much. In high school I was playing like travel baseball.
D
Oh, okay.
C
Turn me up.
B
Yeah. I was like decent because I'm left handed. So I was like, that was my first thing. I was like, man, I'm going to go to the mlb. Then I was like, this ain't for me. And then I was like, I'm going to be like a professional gamer. And then I was like, honestly, that's still kind of like I'm still, I'm like amazing at video games.
C
Okay.
B
I could have did that. Right now I'm playing arc raiders. Insane.
C
My nephew a gamer.
D
Yeah.
B
That game is like, it's. It's like this is the only classic game that's came out probably the last couple years. That game's amazing. 10 out of 10. I advise everyone, anybody watching this, go get that game. I play FIFA.
C
Okay.
B
I play pga. I'm really good at pga.
C
Oh, that's fire.
D
I'm have to see you in FIFA. I'm have to see.
B
You should have man. You should have brought it. Yeah, could have played right now.
C
You play 2K.
B
I'm okay at 2K. I used to play the game. I feel like it's like robotic basketball. It's like I don't want to play that.
C
Shout out to Ronnie.
B
Fight night.
C
Good people. You good with me? They don't feel robotic. I feel like I'm still there. I feel like I'm back in the league.
B
I know a lot of people Be hooping, though, online and. Yeah, yeah, I know, I know. Ronnie got my guy, like, all maxed out, and I just don't be going on there.
C
Ah, man, you gotta try, man. We gotta get you on the stream. We play a little.
B
We can do that.
C
I'm down for sure. Then we can do FIFA or whatever.
B
Yeah, I play like, man, I play like NHL. I play everything, bro. Warzone Pubg. Battlefield, like Gears of War. I play everything.
D
NHL. The old NHL games are like Sega and the old Genesis.
B
Dangle so fast.
E
They let y' all fight on there?
D
Yeah, of course.
E
That's hard. That's hard.
C
That's definitely lit.
D
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E
No, that's a fact.
B
Yeah, I don't know. That's a good part of the game, you know what I'm saying? Like, in fact, gets the teams all pumped up, you know?
E
Was music always in your household? Like, how did you catch a niche for it? Okay, always.
B
Like, my parents were always playing the radio, always playing, like, CDs and stuff. Dad was always watching, like, live bands, like DVDs. He had all the collection and stuff. You know what I'm saying? Like, everything.
D
How do they feel about your music? Because I know obviously, it might be a little bit different than what they was playing in the household, but how's it now?
B
At first, my mom was always like, she's still like, whenever, like, a song's very vulgar, she's like, why do they got to do that?
C
Or like.
B
Or, like. But, like, my mom's, like, a real. Like, she's like a. Like, a student of the game. Like, she knows, like, a lot of shit. And, like, if I, like, drop a song with a rapper and, like, they didn't do justice to the beach, she'll be like, why did they do that? Like, why didn't they do that?
D
That's why.
B
Because sometimes beats hard, but the artists don't do it, like, justice. You know what I'm saying? So.
E
But yeah, so you have felt that way before. Like, damn, you could have came a little harder.
B
100.
C
Have you ever told anybody 100%?
D
Oh, damn.
B
A lot of times I've told people to redo verses, and sometimes they're like, nah, that's it. I'm like, all right, cool.
C
What's that like, though?
E
Like, are you like.
D
Are you like, hey, hey, don't be my up now?
C
Hey, that ain't it. You ever ask, have you ever seen. Have you ever seen. You seen Safari on the Breakfast Club? Top five freestyle of all time? Plug that in right here. He was rapping. He was saying a freestyle, and Charlamagne was like, that ain't it. No, that ain't.
B
Yeah, I think I seen that. I think I seen that. That's up. Have you ever did that?
C
Have you ever did that?
B
Not like that. Like, I'm not going to disrespect somebody. Like, it's still like, they're trying their hardest, hopefully.
E
But is it like, you. Is it like you in a studio session with them, or they just send it to you and be like, hey, man, answer this FaceTime real quick.
B
It would be both. Like, it would be both. Honestly, I've had. I've had both. Sit.
E
Okay.
D
I can just, like, imagine says, you know, everybody got their crew and everybody bobbing the head. He just like, nah, There's a lot.
B
Of yes men in music, so I can only imagine probably in, like, basketball, too. And I don't know.
C
Oh, yeah. People always tell me, man, you played good tonight. I might have four points.
E
Whatever you was.
C
You was.
D
You was in your bag, though.
C
No, I wasn't.
B
But but, man, they. But that's like. They're just like, a fan of you. They really play well.
E
Yeah.
C
Like, it's like.
D
You know what I'm saying?
C
Like, then you got people like them that tell you the truth.
B
Like, yeah, for sure.
E
Because their music, they probably. They probably like, man, I'm just trying to stay around, man. Boy, you killed it.
C
Boy, that hook crazy. And then you got him in the back like, that ain't it. Have you ever took the be from.
E
Somebody and gave it to somebody else?
B
Hell, yeah.
D
That's hard.
C
Rip on the beat.
E
That's funny.
B
That's kind of up, like, nah, he.
C
Brought in there and start doing whatever they was doing. You know, we're gonna take that one back.
B
I don't do it a lot. I don't do it a lot.
D
Now I do see this combo of music producers. I'm gonna ask has you having a situation where you've given multiple artists the same beat and you had to have a conversation about it or somebody took it.
B
Butterfly effect was one of the beats.
D
Oh, oh.
B
I had Nicki Minaj on the beat first.
D
Wow.
B
I got Quavo on it, and then I got Travis on it. So that was like a whole, like. Yeah, it's just like, you know, there was like three songs.
E
So what did you do?
B
Yeah, like, how does Travis drop the song?
E
Oh, that's how that played out.
C
Yeah.
E
Oh, okay.
C
Once Travis dropped it, is it like.
B
Yeah. I ended up with the Quavo joint. I ended up remaking a beat with the. With the acapella, and we made a bigger than you with Drake and two chains.
C
Oh, yeah.
E
Damn.
B
Me and Drake, like, we restructured that whole acapella and remade a whole song for that. So that was dope, man.
E
Hits on his. On his.
C
Oh, he got hits.
E
Yeah. That's crazy.
D
It's green.
E
Who's somebody that you would want to work it. Work with in the future that you ain't even, you know, I mean, got in the lab with.
B
Who's someone I'd want to work with now?
E
Yeah.
B
I think me and playboy Cardi got to get back in. We did some way back. I'll be back in with him. Who is like, definitely like Justin Bieber.
D
Yeet.
B
Yeah. Shout out to ye is. He's going crazy.
E
Yeah. That's one of his favorite artists.
D
Yeah, he's definitely m tapped in.
B
Yeah.
E
He's a festival.
D
I'll ask you a question. There may be a lot of pocket, but let's just see what happens. What's the beat you heard? You was just like, yeah. See what happens probably tonight. What's the beat you heard? You was like, damn, I wish that was my beat.
B
Ooh.
D
Or a song. You was like, damn, I wish I had that song. I made that song. Deep in thought. It's real.
E
Or has the song gave you influence to like. All right, I'm going to the lab tonight. You just heard something. You just like, damn. I want to go to the studio right now.
B
Which beat I wish I made?
C
Yeah.
B
My Kitchen by Gucci. Gucci was like one of my favorite artists growing up. I had the hood classics I used to. And I had the DVD. So I put it in my little.
C
My little 350.
D
You could only.
B
You could only play it when you were part.
E
So you know all about the movie, all that.
C
Yeah.
E
No, that's tough.
B
Gucci's a legend, man. Like, yeah. Hell, yeah. So the first time I ended up working with him, I gave Drake this beat, and then one day he told me to pull up to his crib, and he played me back on road right before you got out. He's like, yo, this is gonna. Or. No, he played it for me. He's like, yo, this is gonna be Gucci single when he comes out. So I was like, damn, this is crazy. Like, well, after that, then I got to meet him. We worked on a bunch of other records together as well. But, man, Gucci's a legend. You know what I'm saying? He passed away for everybody. Everybody.
E
He found them. They're found, amigos.
B
He found. He was a part of a lot of. A lot of. So. Yeah, yeah. Shout out to Walt.
D
Early on, you think of Flocko. You look at Nicki Minaj like she was on them early.
E
Typ, French Montana.
C
Yeah, man, I was gonna say Thug, too.
E
Gucci found Thug.
B
I was signing a lot of, you.
E
Know, My bad, man.
D
That's crazy.
B
Scooter. Shout out to Scooter.
C
Scooter.
B
Oh, for sure.
C
That's my.
D
That was my dog, man. That's crazy.
C
Go ahead, be here.
E
You still stay in Canada now or you just.
B
I live in la. I move around. You know what I'm saying? I'm liking. I'm liking Miami, man.
C
Me too.
D
Yeah.
E
Soon as he got off the foot, Indiana, it's 15 degrees. Where we from today, you guys.
B
You guys still live in Indiana?
D
Yeah.
E
Why you say it like that?
C
We left the snow this morning.
D
It came to sunshine.
B
Damn, Indiana's cool.
C
Shout out to N. Got that.
B
They got that casino when you go through the south side of Chicago and you get to the Indiana.
C
What is it called?
D
Oh, yeah, that's a little. Talking about shout out to the region, but that's a little bit different.
C
I've been there a couple times.
E
You was way, way far from shout.
C
Out to the guys.
E
Each one having a dinner there tonight. Well, yeah, We're from the capital. The actual Indianapolis.
B
Oh, Indian. I've been there too.
C
Yeah, you probably did.
B
I did. I did tour there with G Eazy. I brought out Jeremiah in Indianapolis. Oh, yeah, I did a show in Indianapolis in January, didn't I? At a club downtown. Okay, January.
E
You probably did Rebel.
B
Yeah.
E
Yeah, you probably did Rebel.
B
I did a little club down there. It was cool. I'm sure there's a good food. It's like right downtown. There was a lot of.
E
You did. It's a nice club. Real nice club.
B
It was a pretty nice club.
C
Yeah, it was cool. It was cool.
B
It was good vibes in there and. Oh yeah, it was when Trump Coin was going crazy. So I like, I was. I bought Trump Coin at the time and I was like watching the. When I was DJing, it kept going up. I was like, holy. What?
C
You would have bought it.
E
He said I was.
C
It was crazy.
B
I got off stage. I got off stage and I sold the. At the top and then it just dumped. It was crazy.
C
I had just found. Remember, I just found. Was crazy. Was crazy. He made a play. Boy, I had a hundred thousand and. What's it called? Bitcoin. And I didn't know.
E
Oh, yeah, keep that.
B
Don't sell it.
C
I. I don't know the passcode.
E
Yeah, he can't sell if he wanted to.
D
Yeah.
C
17 and I'm locked out. I got an email the other day and we. I was looking at it and we all in here like, where do you got it?
B
They got that Coinbase or something.
C
Yeah, we could.
B
We can help you find it.
D
Coinbase, tap in.
C
Okay.
B
We'll talk about that off camera.
C
Good thing you brought that up. Yeah, we back.
D
That's like Homer who had a hard drop of the bitcoin and had all that bread on there. He only had three attempts of the password.
E
Yeah, I don't know what I do.
B
That's crazy.
E
No, he was really at the studio really trying to think.
B
That's crazy.
E
How to retrieve this money. A little bit of it at least.
C
I was about to see. I cash it out.
B
That's crazy, man.
E
You big in the crypto world, though.
B
Yeah, I like. I like to invest in like modern you know? Yeah, yeah, Anything. Anything modern really. Like, you know, crypto's cool, obviously, like real estate. I've been a bunch of startups and shit. I'm in this disposable wipe company. Good wipes. This is killing it. Number one wipe company in America.
D
Tap in Good wife here. You heard it first.
C
Let's get it. So this is like wipes for like.
B
The Wipe your ass.
C
Oh, we got some shitty booties. Listen, whoa, no, no, no. Listen. You can wipe whatever you want to be here. Don't act like they don't.
E
You can wipe your tv.
C
I thought he said it was for you. Cuz the way y' all do the studio is crazy.
E
You gave me Hollyhood.
C
I'm just saying the way y' all.
D
Do the studio, the way they be doing the second floor.
C
Second floor is crazy.
B
You know, they got like the dude wipes and. But good wipes is for everybody. So like one day I posted them and like all these girls that were like hitting me up like, oh, wow, my mom loves those.
E
And hey, man, they need a multi.
C
Purpose shout out to moms. The way the studio is being treated.
E
Is we need a 100 pack.
B
We got you. We. We'll send y' all something.
E
We need a whole pallet.
C
She's pretty good, cuz the way Mike and treat that. We call them Eminem. They go crazy.
D
Our production team.
E
That's wild. Shout out Good wives.
C
You guys are crazy.
B
Shout out to Ed Sheeran, man.
E
Look, he know. That's why when he sat down, he knew like, bro, it's not the first time it happened. Like, so I had a whole argument arguing about him, man. People was like, bro, you know how Google just be posting people? I'm like, no, this is a legit real person. That's why I want to ask you.
D
Really.
E
I really want to ask you about your like, your musical, like your background. For real. For real.
C
That's crazy. Wait, what?
E
No, so that's why I wanted to ask about your musical background. Because people really just, you know, like how you said, what's the name of them treated you at qc like, bro, make the beats. Like they didn't believe who you was. Yeah, yeah.
D
Cause I'm tapped in because like him and Harry Fry, people were surprised like that, that like what they look like. I'm like, yeah, yeah, you can't put.
B
You can't put like how someone looks or where they're from. You know what I'm saying? That's one thing. Like, it's like, bro, I'm from a small ass town. Like, I used to think that's like. Like when I started making beats. It's like you had to be from like a bigger city to like make it in. You know what I'm saying? No one was really making it from, like small towns. And so, yeah, no matter where you're from, what you look like, where you're at, what language you speak, man, make whatever you want to make, a thousand percent.
D
I want to ask you this question as a part of who Loves Music sampling process. How does that work?
C
Work?
D
Is it like you go, you hear some stuff you, like, added? Did you got to reach out to the people? Or is it like.
B
Yeah, it's like a whole clearance the label. I just let the label managers, people deal with that. It's very complicated.
D
Is it very annoying? I can imagine.
B
Yeah, yeah, yeah. How you'd imagine.
D
Okay.
E
I'm sure it'd be people who don't even like, man, you're not even doing nothing with this. I hate that. I haven't even had to ask you. State, for the most part, half the time, the people have been dead and gone. It's their cousin State, boy.
D
They own every fee you can find. Boy, you play a note out of one of his, you are getting cooked. Yeah, that crazy people, they don't even.
B
Let you sample their, like, Prince. They don't even want you to sample this. They don't give a damn.
E
That's from that.
B
But like, hip hop, like, the art of hip hop is sampling. Like, they'll like going to vinyls, chopping up drums and. And like, this has all been sampling. So it's like, I don't like. You shouldn't shun it. You know, some people like why everyone's sampling and flipping records, but it's like, bro, that's the whole art of the game.
E
Real came and then was gold for that. I would try back in the day. I never thought Kanye made no money.
B
Yeah, he made some money.
E
No, you know what I'm saying, though, like, back then, when you start educating yourself about that. He sampled everything.
D
Did you see Shaka Khan came out? She was just like, if I know he was gonna do this with my son, I wouldn't have cleared it that.
C
Fire, too.
D
Come on, man. And like, we talking about big extra plug. I know my boy get his bread on tour for sure.
C
That whole album. He ain't. That was a mixtape. Ain't no way.
E
I wonder how does that work with Apple music, though? Like, does an artist get paid from that? You Know like Belly Gang just did his. Yeah, he sampled some stuff.
C
Yeah.
E
I wonder, like, how does that work so far?
B
It's like publishing royalties, like you get. You'll get paid.
E
Okay.
B
Goes through some other.
C
Who's a young artist that you like tapped in with and that you listen to that you like. Man, if I gave him a beat, man, I know he'd go through the roof. Like, I could work with him.
B
New young artists.
C
Yeah.
B
Zucchini kid from Atlanta, he's nasty. Okay. I actually did some stuff with him. It's not out yet. It's gonna come out top of the year. So shout out to Zoom Amified super dope kid out at the UK Nasty. This girl led by her, she's super dope from the uk. Yeah.
C
How you get tapped in with these people? Like, is it from labels or just you listen to their music? Like, yo, I like it, man.
B
Recently it's just like random. Like, like algorithmic. Like I'm just like playing Spotify and like you just keep like skipping and then you get into like the more random stuff that you don't know. You just keep going through it and then you find you like. Like, honestly, that's how I found some stuff like the last like few weeks. I don't normally do that, but yeah.
D
You know what's crazy? We just had Amari on the show shout out to.
B
Oh.
D
And he said one thing he does in the cars, he just plays mixes my different DJs and stuff. He's like, that's how I discover different stuff like that. Is that the new way or not? Like a common way to find it?
B
That's definitely a cool way. And like, I feel like, yeah, you always are going to discover something from a dj. Yeah. You know, got to. That's the whole point of dj. Put people on, you know, big responsibility as well.
D
I want to ask you, this was like nowadays, obviously with you being the other side of success. How many people ask you for a beat on a daily basis?
B
Probably a lot. Every day?
D
Yeah.
B
Yes, yes.
D
Have you.
E
How do you choose though?
B
If I. With someone, I'll send them a beat. Like if I. You know what I'm saying? Yeah, if I'm like a fan of you or like, I hear you. I'm like, yo, but what?
E
But damn. What if I'm a upand cominging artist murdering you ain't giving me a chance and I'm fired harder. What I gotta do, I gotta get.
C
What's your budget?
D
Western Union. Back to the Walmart, baby.
C
Western Union cuz. My man. P.S. but like, my God, he made. He made a song back in the day. Yes. We can't put it out, cuz.
E
Sonny Digital. That's my guy. Sonny Digital. We working on out. I did a remix to Rex on Rex on Rex. And I smoked it. Yeah, you bobbing your head. Cause it's a bop.
C
The beats a bop.
B
Well, you used to rap.
E
Yes.
C
Archer freestyle.
B
You in a rap group?
E
No, I definitely don't. I will never be in a group. I'm bigger than the program.
C
And we're. His song was called Irken Jerk. You ever heard of Irken Jerk?
E
Nah.
D
Oh, man.
B
Man.
E
Enjoy, man. How old are you, man?
B
31.
E
Oh, yeah, you just. Yeah, you just missed it.
D
I'm happy. You know, I don't know what that guy going up there in Canada, but the Irkin Jerk did.
E
Yeah, they probably don't got urgent jerk. Y' all drink wild Irish rolls in Canada.
B
I know jerk chicken. I love Jamaican food.
D
Now, listen, I don't know the Urgent Jerk, though.
C
I'd much rather have jerk chicken than urgent jerk. Urgent jerk is like a.
D
It's a $10.
E
It's a brandy, man.
C
It's a $10.
D
Oh, really?
E
Yeah. What's some cheap liquor y' all drinking in Canada, bro? Oh, yeah, Some. Some. Some.
B
Crown Royal.
E
Wow.
B
Canadian Club. I don't drink that. Don't be doing that. I don't drink it.
C
That's for. That's premium. That's premium.
D
That purple bag always.
E
If you said crown war, you for damn sure gonna go wild. Irish Rose, you get drunk off of fifth for $3, you get at the.
D
Gas station, you get 10 on your pump, and then you get a fifth of that for about five. And you gonna have a great night or a bad night.
E
Yes.
D
Yeah, don't worry about it. Yeah, it just go. You gonna have a night good or bad?
B
In high school, we used to get four Locos.
E
There it is. There it is. So now you coming back down, right? Four Locos is original.
D
Four Locos. And they still had the ginseng in there. Yeah, that was different.
B
Tops you up just one.
E
All you needed was one.
B
Two of them, you gone.
E
Oh, yeah.
B
You done two you couldn't even get. You would have to. Like, people would have to go over the border in America to get them and bring them back.
D
D bootlegging them.
C
Y was smuggling back then. I wish you would have called me back then. I would have got. Yo, Plug is crazy.
B
They didn't. Yo, they didn't have Swisher Sweets in Canada for a long time. So we would drive. We would drive over the border and go to this native reserve in Buffalo and, like, cheek tag.
D
Yeah.
B
Get the swisher sweets and then bring them home and, like, roll blunts and.
C
Ah, damn, I wish I was.
D
Damn.
B
That was like before backwards. That was like before.
D
Like, you know, I had a swisher in a long time.
B
Yeah, that was like back.
E
That was the first, but that was the first. Yeah, yeah.
C
He reminiscing my boy back. Nostalgia.
D
Yeah, man, listen, this has been fun, man. We gotta do this again. We gotta get a production, man. We gotta get the urgent jerk.
C
Can you. You think you can help my man out?
E
What's up? What would a beat cost me?
C
Anytime somebody say, figure out it cost too much.
E
For sure. For sure.
D
Murder.
B
We appreciate you be, bro.
C
For real.
E
Yeah, we locked in. Shake on it, bro.
D
Yes, sir.
B
You got to do justice, though. I don't want to call you back. Be like, hey, you got to redo this.
C
You know what you going to do? You going to be like, it's going out. He said it to somebody else.
B
I said the beat to someone else. I'm sorry.
C
Shout out to Stock.
D
You can't. Listen, man, this been too much fun. We gonna do this again.
C
Murder.
D
Big dog. We appreciate you sliding on this, brother.
B
Y' all for having me, man. Real.
D
For sure, man. One more time for the good people over there at Boost Mobile. Man, shout out to StockX, keeping us fresh, keeping the studio clean as well. And last but certain, not least, man, Shout out to Hard Rob, man. Got us out here at Art Basel, having a good time. We appreciate y'.
B
All.
D
We'll catch y' all next time. Club 520.
B
Yes, sir.
E
The volume.
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Episode: Murda Beatz on working with Drake & Migos, “Butterfly Effect” w/ Travis Scott
Date: January 10, 2026
Host: DJ Wells (with Jeff Teague, Bishop B Henn, Young Nacho)
Guest: Murda Beatz (Music Producer/DJ)
This episode of Club 520 features world-renowned Canadian music producer Murda Beatz, best known for his work with Drake, Migos, and Travis Scott. The crew dives into Murda’s come-up story, major collaborations, and the ins-and-outs of songwriting, sampling, and DJing. Through lighthearted banter, Murda recounts tales from his early days hustling beats online, the making of iconic tracks like “Butterfly Effect,” and navigating the culture shock of breaking into hip hop as a young white producer from small-town Canada.
On being low-key famous:
On early hustle:
On the producer tag:
On “Butterfly Effect” creation:
On sampling ethos:
Inspirational advice:
The episode maintains Club 520’s signature blend of storytelling, authenticity, and locker-room energy. Murda Beatz shines as a humble yet influential figure in music, ready to drop gems for up-and-comers while never forgetting his Canadian roots. The group’s chemistry drives a lively conversation full of industry insights, laughs, and inspiration for the next generation of creators.