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Charlamagne Tha God
Wake that Ass up early in the morning.
Boss Man DLO
The Breakfast Club.
DJ Envy
Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy. Just hilarious. Charlamagne Deguy. We are the Breakfast Club. We got a special guest in the building.
Charlamagne Tha God
Yes, indeed.
DJ Envy
We got Boss Mandelo.
Charlamagne Tha God
Welcome.
DJ Envy
First time up here? How you feeling, brother?
Boss Man DLO
I'm cooling, bro.
Charlamagne Tha God
You got. You got all the money, man. You got in that left pocket.
DJ Envy
You got.
Boss Man DLO
He got it all right.
Charlamagne Tha God
In the right pocket. Show me something. Yeah, you got something, all right.
Unknown
Hey, man, people love you. They call up, ask why you haven't been up here yet and everything. People love you.
Boss Man DLO
Yo, I think I supposed to be coming.
Unknown
Yeah.
DJ Envy
What happened? You got sick?
Charlamagne Tha God
You got sick?
Boss Man DLO
Yeah.
DJ Envy
You got sick.
Unknown
What's been going? Yeah.
Charlamagne Tha God
What's wrong with your immune system? What's happening?
DJ Envy
What's wrong with your immune system?
Boss Man DLO
It's crazy, you know. You ain't got enough water. You know, on tour, I'm, you know, show after show, sometimes three, four shows a night.
DJ Envy
So eating messed up, I'm sure.
Charlamagne Tha God
You gotta wear condoms, too, man.
Boss Man DLO
All that got. He said music just, you know, that shit. I ain't gonna lie. Like, I had my last show in Daytona. It was like I was about to pass. I kind of, like, blacked out for, like, five seconds type.
DJ Envy
Is it the drink? Is it the smoke?
Boss Man DLO
Dehydrated type. I ain't drinking no water. Trying to, you know, Don Julio.
DJ Envy
And now what? Now you say this yourself? Or did the Doctor say, you need to drink more water. Because that's the first thing when somebody gets sick. And I need to drink more water.
Boss Man DLO
Yeah, yeah, let me drink my water.
Charlamagne Tha God
It happened to me passed out one time years ago. Wilding out all night. We be in the clubs every night. I passed out on the floor in the studio.
DJ Envy
Right, Right there on the floor.
Boss Man DLO
You know what?
DJ Envy
You know what I did?
Charlamagne Tha God
Dehydrated.
Boss Man DLO
I'm in front of people, the lights. I'm like, damn, I can't pass out right here like that. Shit crazy. So I had to slow it down right quick.
Unknown
What you doing now to help that, though?
Boss Man DLO
Are you.
Unknown
Are you still drinking water? Cause I just offered you one. You was like, no, I'm good. I was talking.
Boss Man DLO
Yeah, I'm drinking water. You know, I'm trying to, you know, work out a little bit.
Unknown
You gonna cut back on the Don Julio?
Boss Man DLO
Yeah, I'm done drinking.
Unknown
That's what's up.
Boss Man DLO
I gave it up. I'm sober, man.
DJ Envy
So you're not drinking at all no more?
Boss Man DLO
I ain't drinking.
DJ Envy
So what was the last experience? Something must have got you back.
Boss Man DLO
I really didn't even drink like that. Like, I wasn't no drunk. Like, I really never really drank. I just take a little sip to loosen me up for the show type shit. But you really talk like, how you rap.
Unknown
I know. Hell, yeah. Have you ever performed. Have you ever performed a sober.
Boss Man DLO
It come out like that.
Unknown
You ever perform sober?
Boss Man DLO
Nah.
Unknown
You think you can?
Boss Man DLO
Like, what you mean? Like, all the way, so.
Unknown
Yeah, all the way. Nah, like, sober is sober.
Boss Man DLO
No.
Unknown
Yeah, no.
Boss Man DLO
You know, I thought you talking about, like, just off the liquor.
Unknown
Yeah, no, like, no liquor, no weed, no nothing.
Boss Man DLO
I ain't never do that.
Unknown
Okay. You feel like you can.
Boss Man DLO
Yeah, but, yeah, nah, nah, I can.
Unknown
Yeah, yeah.
Boss Man DLO
Cause I done did like, over 200 shows, so now it's kind of like, you got it.
Charlamagne Tha God
What you getting to show Jesus. Jesus.
DJ Envy
Don't let him count your pockets.
Charlamagne Tha God
I just want to count a little pocket watching, that's all.
Unknown
It must be an increase right now. That's right.
DJ Envy
You counting your pockets right now.
Charlamagne Tha God
I know you're gonna leave Uncle Lil something. It's the holidays, you know what I'm saying?
Boss Man DLO
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
DJ Envy
Let's go back a little bit. How did you get into rapping? I know your dad's a truck driver, and they said that your brother influenced you to rap. So how did you get into rapping? What made you say, you know what? I'm gonna get rid of all the fboyish and the illegal ish and start doing rapping. What got you to that shit?
Boss Man DLO
I ain't never really rapped till like 2019, you know what I'm saying? I just. My homeboys, I was in jail. My homeboy said they had a studio. Like, they. I'm like, damn, they made a crazy move, like, you know what I'm saying? So when I hung up the phone with them, that's when I just started writing. I just tried some shit. For real? For real.
DJ Envy
In jail, you just started writing?
Boss Man DLO
Yeah.
Unknown
That was your first time ever even trying to rap or writing.
Boss Man DLO
We used to, like, just in the hood, freestyle, but like, every, like recording a song was. Yeah, 2019.
Charlamagne Tha God
You was locked up during the pandemic too, right?
Boss Man DLO
Yeah, yeah, I've seen. I seen. I was in there. I seen Covid. Like, I seen when the dude first got off the ship, whoever it was. And then the shit spread like, I was watching all of that. I'm watching Cruise. Shit blew up, you know what I'm saying? I'm watching my own. My mama got it, my daddy got it, you know?
Unknown
Did it go through the jail?
Boss Man DLO
I don't know. Everybody was getting sick.
DJ Envy
But y'all weren't testing. They weren't testing.
Boss Man DLO
Ain't nobody testing, though, you know what I'm saying? Cause I was. I went to South Florida. Like, I know for a fact I got it. Cause I was in there on some like, it's no AC in here and I'm still cold, you feel me? So I know I caught it. But it was like, you can't really say nothing because then we gonna go back on two week quarantine where you have to sit in the cell, no call, no.
DJ Envy
Oh, y'all were just sick. Just like effort. We gonna fight through this.
Boss Man DLO
Yeah, you sick. You gotta just where that. Like, just go lay down, bro.
Charlamagne Tha God
I bet you it ran through the jails fast, though. What do they call it?
Boss Man DLO
Damn.
Charlamagne Tha God
I can't remember what they call it, but it's when everybody catches it.
Boss Man DLO
So everybody like a hot potato, like, wake up the next morning, he sick. Now. Wake up, next morning, now he got it. Wake up, next morning, he got it. Like, it was just going like that.
Charlamagne Tha God
When I listen to your music, man, it seemed like you a big basketball fan.
Boss Man DLO
Yeah.
Charlamagne Tha God
Was that your dream to play ball or something? Or you just.
Boss Man DLO
It was okay. Yeah. Yeah, it was. But damn, I don't know. I just was lazy.
Unknown
Yeah.
Charlamagne Tha God
Did you ever play when you was younger?
Boss Man DLO
Yeah, I played like, I played Six. No, I ain't made the team sixth grade. I ain't made the team seventh grade. I made the team eighth grade. I was kind of dedicated at that point. And then Streets took over a bit in ninth grade. It just slowed down, getting lazy further in the Streets, then Kick Dot, now that shit over, basically.
DJ Envy
And you remember the first song that took off, the first song that you was like, oh, this could really be something. And not just some hobby that we doing in the studio.
Boss Man DLO
It probably was. It's called Boss Man. It's like one of the first songs I made in 2019. Like, what it did in, like, just our little Treasure coast, you know what I'm saying? Had everybody turn. So it was like, oh, shit. You might. You might know what you doing for real. You feel me?
DJ Envy
Now, with all the artists out at the time and all the artists looking for people, was there anybody that came to you that wanted to sign you, and how come you decided not to sign with a particular artist?
Boss Man DLO
I had got. It was like a couple, like, Gucci had tried to sign me, and it was like a little misunderstanding. I don't know. I guess I wasn't really. I guess I wasn't communicating with him. I guess it was the lawyers, you know what I'm saying? So that ain't work out. But I think what you call what is what Lucci was. I think it's a gang was trying to sign me, but I didn't. You know, that ain't work out. So I just. I ended up with Alamo, like, after that.
DJ Envy
What made you go with Alamo? Why was the Alamo Reason?
Boss Man DLO
Cause it was really, like, you know, I was. I'm kind of. At the time, I was looking at the right way. Cause he over there, and then I'm saying, like, okay, shit, he doing good. He ain't complaining, you know what I'm saying?
DJ Envy
More of an independent route.
Boss Man DLO
You feel me? And it's like they was coming correct, too.
DJ Envy
And the Gucci. So the Gucci thing dissolved because of the attorneys. But you would've loved to sign the Gucci bruh.
Boss Man DLO
At the time, bruh, I was so deep in the streets, it was like it didn't even matter about the money. I know me being where Gucci gone, you know what I'm saying? I know I'm gonna snap. So it was like, damn. But it just. The conversation wasn't right for it to go further.
DJ Envy
Did y'all speak after?
Boss Man DLO
Yeah, we were supposed to. We supposed to do a song. I think he ended up dropping it Before I could because I was on tour, so I really couldn't really get to the studio. But yeah, we talked out of that though.
Charlamagne Tha God
Was that your first time being locked up back in 2019?
Boss Man DLO
I mean, I done been to the detention centers and shit before that, but that was my first time. And no, that was like my second or third time in jail.
Unknown
Yeah, that was the longest time you.
Boss Man DLO
Spent in there that time. No, no, I was locked up. I was locked up like damn near all of 2018. And I got out early 19. I was on probation trying to rapid shit. I'm in the club violating. I was violating all. So then I got violated in like probably like six months, seven months of like trying to rap a shit. So that cut all that off and then I was gone like 20 months. That was longest, like 20 something months.
Unknown
Has the success been going a little bit too fast for you? Cause like, you came up like quick. Like from our point of view, you had. You dropped your first mixtape last year. You signed your deal last year and then you got hit records and performing all around the world now.
Boss Man DLO
Yeah, I say. I say probably like, you know, like the success kind of. I feel like it kind of came. But as far as like me grinding, I feel like, nah, like it's 2024. Like I was grinding since 2019, you know what I'm saying? I count me going to jail as part of the grind. Cause I went to jail for doing that, you know, doing this so.
Charlamagne Tha God
For doing what?
Boss Man DLO
For like, you know, rapping. Like, I went to jail cause I violated.
Charlamagne Tha God
Oh, you was in the club?
Boss Man DLO
Oh, yeah. Yeah, I was in the club. Okay, bro, I ain't gonna lie, bro. I'm in the club, bro.
Charlamagne Tha God
So you been lying the whole time?
Boss Man DLO
Yeah, I'm in the club. Like we. We like performing and promoting our shit. You know what I'm saying? So I'm in the club, I'm vibing. I'm turned. That phone go to vibrating in my pocket. I like, oh shit. Pull it out.
DJ Envy
Mama boys at the house.
Boss Man DLO
I ain't even answer that shit. I already know what that. Call me.
Charlamagne Tha God
You was on house arrest.
Boss Man DLO
Nah, I'm on probation. I had a curfew at 10 o'clock. Feel me? So it was probably like 12. She pulled up.
Unknown
So you still just party like fucking. I'm out, I'm out.
Boss Man DLO
So then the phone vibrate again. I pull it back up. It's a text message. Yeah, Po just left. You violated. I love that. Put the phone up pocket. Fuck that partying.
Charlamagne Tha God
I feel like they need to make different stipulations if that is what the profession you're chasing. Right. Like if you say I'm a rapper. Yeah, your work hours are different, basically. I feel like they should make adjustments for that.
Boss Man DLO
We up all night.
Unknown
Yeah, but how can they account for that? Cause then somebody used that and they not really a rapper, you know what I'm saying?
Charlamagne Tha God
I'm really in the club.
Boss Man DLO
Okay, yeah, see, but then you. Cause you grinding at that point. So it might not be to the level. You can't show no show contracts and all that. You ain't even getting booked, you know what I'm talking about? I'm paying people to perform at the time. I wasn't supposed to leave the county. All kind of shit. I'm all out the county.
DJ Envy
So how was the transition from the street to the industry? Because the industry is different, right? I mean, I remember when yo Gotti first came in and yo Gotti would barely talk. Cause he just. It was a transition. So how's the transition been for you?
Charlamagne Tha God
Shit, I'm barely talking too, you know.
Boss Man DLO
Nah, it's really like. It's like. I feel like bro, once you like, you know, I ain't do a lot of time but you know, some people brains click earlier than you know what I'm saying? But just for me, my love periods of times and four times going to jail. The last time 20 something months actually touching the reception center of prison and seeing what I seen, you know what I'm saying? And covet going on all in that like you could. I could have literally lost my mom and dad to quit like that in jail. Like that's the worst. You know what I'm saying? That shit, I don't know, I feel like. And then seeing the money you getting out of this, it's kind of easy for me. Yeah, I don't need to prove nothing. I don't need to go to jail. I done did that. Feel me like. And I done been in the streets for real, for real. Like anybody know they know. So I don't need to prove like, I don't need to be trying to do no street shit to prove nothing, you know what I'm saying? I'm a businessman now. I'm rapping.
Unknown
Yeah. I heard you say to Wallow and Gilly when you did million dollars worth of games that you value reactions over numbers.
Boss Man DLO
Yeah. Oh yeah, for sure, for sure. It's like. Cause I don't know, like the numbers, you know, you can't really tell, bro. Numbers is all that computer shit, you know, just too much going on. You don't know. I feel like you need to be focused on how people turning up at your shows. You need to be focused on, you know, how many comments you getting. You know what I'm saying? How many people sharing your. Whatever you posting. That's. You know what I'm saying?
DJ Envy
I get it. Cause you say if I do 10 albums, it don't matter, but if my records is bumping in the club and I can sell out an arena, who cares about those albums?
Boss Man DLO
Exactly. Exactly.
Charlamagne Tha God
And you still getting club money like the show, man.
Boss Man DLO
Like, that ain't nothing gonna beat that show. That's where you. That's where. You know what I'm saying? Most of your income really beats the show money.
DJ Envy
Yeah, that's the IRS to just make sure they. Cause they be watching.
Boss Man DLO
Oh, you know, I ain't gonna. I got them people. I ain't gonna. I got them out of the way. I ain't gonna play with them. Just don't.
DJ Envy
People don't play with them.
Boss Man DLO
I ain't gonna play with them.
Charlamagne Tha God
And you. Is it true? I think somebody told me you started getting. Your first show was 2500.
Boss Man DLO
First show, 2500. Damn.
Charlamagne Tha God
And now you had a buck 50.
Boss Man DLO
And I was spinning.
Charlamagne Tha God
Look at God.
Boss Man DLO
I was spending. I probably done spent 3,000 to, you know, get to where I'm going. The first show was in Tallahassee, like, five, six hours away. You got rental clothes? Yep. Yeah, man. Home, boys, hotel, Huge shit. Yeah, man.
Charlamagne Tha God
Yo, but that lets me know that you had a bigger play in your mind and you had a vision. Cause you already was getting the money. So it wasn't about the money. You just want to put yourself in a better position in life.
Boss Man DLO
It was, you know, like I said, I was starting off. I was paying people 500, a thousand to perform or open up for somebody. So. Not me. Actually receiving 2,500 is like, you know what I'm saying? I don't care. I ain't even need to make no money. I feel like it's gonna get big anyways. I didn't care about making money at that point.
DJ Envy
Now, you also did something that we haven't seen before. You announced your album or SportsCenter. Yeah. Who came up with that concept? What was the idea of that? It was funny when I heard you.
Charlamagne Tha God
Little curry.
DJ Envy
Yeah.
Boss Man DLO
You know, I was talking about it like, damn, man. I'm trying to get on Sports Center. You know, label made it happen. Label made it happen.
DJ Envy
That was all your Idea.
Boss Man DLO
I brought it up, you know, we all talked about it. It was all like some really, some. I'm just high saying something and actually.
Charlamagne Tha God
High saying I want to go back to the basketball. Because you do make a lot of basketball references because that's how I know you really, really loved it. So what got you away from it? Was it just bad grades getting cut? Like you didn't have nobody really pushing you to do it? Like what was it?
Boss Man DLO
Yeah, it wasn't really. No, it wasn't really no push to, you know, do it. But I kind of myself, like, I kind of just always was watching tv, watching NBA and shit. So I kind of just always liked it. You know, certain moves raise your certain shits. I just wanted to go outside, copy it, you know. And then I just, I wanted to play it. But then, you know. Screech, bro, was you good? Yeah.
Charlamagne Tha God
Not at the streets, at basketball.
Boss Man DLO
No, I said I would. Nah, nah.
DJ Envy
You know, everybody say they good at basketball.
Boss Man DLO
You said you good at basketball.
Charlamagne Tha God
We don't believe.
Boss Man DLO
No, no, no, I was hard, I was fine. But I just didn't, I just didn't like, I don't know, like I just, I started smoking. So then I started not caring about practice. You know what I'm saying? You know how to screech it just slowly go like step by step. Go to smoking. Now you don't care about this. Now you just going. Now you breaking the houses. Now you, oh, you tripping.
Unknown
Damn.
Charlamagne Tha God
Hold on.
Unknown
It don't usually go like that all the time.
Charlamagne Tha God
Don't usually go like that.
Boss Man DLO
But that's how mine went. I don't know.
Unknown
I got you.
Boss Man DLO
I got you.
Unknown
Damn.
DJ Envy
Now when you put out your first, your first single, it was a big, big single, right? Number one record.
Boss Man DLO
Yeah.
DJ Envy
Did you feel like. Cause at one time they be like, ah, he got one record. Do you have any pressure? But like, damn, they gonna think I'm a one hit one. I gotta come back with a second record. Cause that one, that one record was rocking for a long ass time.
Boss Man DLO
Yeah.
DJ Envy
And then I kind of. You broke through that with a couple other records after that. But at first was that pressure on you? But like I gotta make another one.
Boss Man DLO
I mean I didn't really, I don't know. Cause I just like, I just, I already had. I guess my goal was kind of a little too small of what I thought I was gonna get out of this. So when I, when the one song did what it did, I'm like, well shit, I'm gonna make some more but if I'm one here one day, I'm.
Unknown
Cool with that, too.
Boss Man DLO
I ain't had nothing. Yeah, so.
Unknown
Cause.
Boss Man DLO
And it kept going. I'm like, damn.
Unknown
And TikTok really, really blew that shit up. Get in with me. So do you feel like without TikTok, it wouldn't have blew as quick as it did and it wouldn't have been.
Boss Man DLO
No, no. Definitely not. Not without TikTok. TikTok is a whole, like, TikTok catch your song. You. You gone, you gone.
Unknown
Do you rap with that song?
Boss Man DLO
Just TikTok itself.
Unknown
Yeah. Do you rap with that in mind, like saying a little catchy shit, or you write differently because, you know, TikTok is all about what them kids. Some. They just need one catchy part and then that shit will go up. Is that how you. You keep in mind that.
Boss Man DLO
Not really TikTok, but I just was always thinking that when I just started rapping, like, anyway, well, 20, 19, I was rapping differently. I was rapping kind of for, like, what I wanted to hear and what my dogs want to hear. But then I started to really understand, like, you can't. You gotta rap, man. It's a billion people out here, boy. You can't rap for 20 motherfuckers. You know what I'm saying? That's right.
Charlamagne Tha God
That's right.
Boss Man DLO
So once I figured that out, I just started like, okay, what would people want to say? What would people be in the club wanting to say? And you know, when they turn they on that drink and they feeling good, you know what I'm saying? That's how I started rapper.
Charlamagne Tha God
I think it's the melodies, though. Cause them kids on TikTok don't know what the hell you talking about when you say, I take a seven, make it 20, and I make it 21.
Boss Man DLO
Like, young, crazy.
Unknown
Some of them know.
Charlamagne Tha God
You think they know what he talking about.
Unknown
Some of them.
Charlamagne Tha God
I don't even know what he talking about.
Boss Man DLO
I ain't going to lie.
Charlamagne Tha God
I just know it got something to do with something.
Unknown
He was born in 1978.
Boss Man DLO
You don't know BR a lot. They have babies at my shows, bro. Like, literally.
Charlamagne Tha God
What you mean, babies?
Boss Man DLO
Like they two, three, five. Singing the shows?
Unknown
Yeah.
Boss Man DLO
Why? I don't know.
Unknown
TikTok should be trending, but they turning up.
Boss Man DLO
They know the music. Like, they literally know the music. He barely can talk. He talking about Big Z.
Charlamagne Tha God
Did they charge him?
Unknown
I was very sad.
Charlamagne Tha God
How much the baby ticket?
Boss Man DLO
That's a good question. That's a good question. That'll be crazy.
Charlamagne Tha God
That sounds like a charge waiting to happen. You got three and four year olds in the club.
Boss Man DLO
Hey, it's all age event.
Charlamagne Tha God
Yeah, I saw a tweet that said I like boss man D? Lo because he don't talk too much about killing. He just popping shit about being fresh and getting money. What do you think when you hear, when you see posts like that?
Boss Man DLO
Like that's what I, you know, I kind of love posts like that. Cause that's the whole vision from the beginning. Like man, that's all. You know what I'm saying? That kind of always out like bro, we just started killing each other bro. Like it don't even make no sense no more. Like to the point where like it's dumb cause ain't nobody even getting no money. That's right behind or nothing. You know what I'm saying? So I'm just trying to change it up, bro.
DJ Envy
Now Florida. Have you moved out of Florida or you still live in Florida?
Boss Man DLO
I'm still in Florida.
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DJ Envy
Do you. Does that scare you? Bother you? Worry about. Because, you know, usually when people get into trouble or they get robbed or, you know, it's usually their home team, their home, you know, hometown that usually comes from. Does that bother you?
Boss Man DLO
I don't stand my hometown. Cause like rob or nothing, but like police don't like me. I don't like them. You know what I'm saying? We don't have a lot of words, so what do you feel?
Charlamagne Tha God
Like you got away?
Boss Man DLO
Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
Unknown
And he made it. What? And he made it.
Boss Man DLO
Yeah. So anytime I come around there, they gonna do it to me. I'm going to jail for damn seed. Whatever. You know what I'm saying? Yeah.
Unknown
Harassing you.
Boss Man DLO
Yeah.
Charlamagne Tha God
You got a record called finesse. And there's a line where you say I can teach finesse and I'm about my check.
Boss Man DLO
Yeah.
Charlamagne Tha God
And I bring that up because we saw a Vlad TV post. Well, Vlad posted he accused your manager of attempting to scam him, but then he later took back the statement. What was the conversation that led to? I Guess the misunderstanding.
Boss Man DLO
That's what I'm saying. I don't know. You know, it's. It's all kind of, you know, shit going on on the Internet where somebody might be acting like they my manager and dropping a number, and then people fall for it like you don't. You know what I'm saying? My manager is in my bio. How'd you listen to somebody talking about, you know, Tommy is. I'm DLO manager. That ain't. That ain't what my bio said. You know what I'm saying? So then you've been unsent your money. Just watch sending money anywhere, which, you know, that's not how you do business. You know what I'm saying?
Unknown
Yeah.
Boss Man DLO
So that's what he said.
Charlamagne Tha God
He sent the money to somebody claiming to be your manager. But then he did publicly apologize.
Boss Man DLO
Yeah. And said that I don't scan. I. I ain't. I don't do shisty.
Charlamagne Tha God
You just said you broke in somebody house.
Boss Man DLO
Because I did. I used to. I did. I did. I did. But, you know, that was on some. I'm a kid. I'm just doing what I need to do, thinking about some money, you know what I'm saying? As you. You know, I got older, it's like, I don't do shiesty things to people just for my blessings. It ain't cause I want you to say I'm real. You feel me? Cause I know how I'm gonna get blessed for being real. You feel me? That's how I work.
Unknown
And you was on Clubhouse, and you had said, Tia Kemp was in your DMs trying to smash. But then she had said, nah, I ain't. You was trying to get her for a video, and she said she got receipts. What video was that?
Boss Man DLO
I don't even know nothing. I never knew nothing about no clubhouse. I never been on that app, nothing.
Unknown
Okay?
Boss Man DLO
That's why I don't.
Unknown
Yeah.
Boss Man DLO
Oh, no.
Unknown
Never. Never been on Clubhouse.
Boss Man DLO
Never.
Unknown
Okay.
Charlamagne Tha God
You answered that like, I don't know what you're talking about, Ms. Officer.
Boss Man DLO
Cuz I heard that, but I never. I was like, I don't even have a clubhouse. I don't know what the. I don't do all that gossip. I barely be on. You know what I'm saying? They be telling me I need to go live. And you know what I'm saying?
Unknown
Do you know it all. You know Tia Kemp?
Boss Man DLO
Huh?
Unknown
You know Tia know. Okay. Y ain't never had no words.
Boss Man DLO
You said we ain't never had no words.
Unknown
Have no words or whatever, like. Like back and forth. He was trying to smash and she.
Boss Man DLO
That's.
Unknown
That was the story, okay?
Boss Man DLO
Hell no.
Unknown
She licked them teeth. That be over, don't it? You know, I ain't never get you.
Boss Man DLO
We never try. I don't. Man, I don't know her like that, man. We never. I don't know what she got going on.
Unknown
Got you that shit.
Charlamagne Tha God
Your man Florida is the funniest niggas on the planet, man. You know, I think the craziest people in America come from Florida, right? Yeah, the Bronx and all of Florida.
Boss Man DLO
Yeah.
Charlamagne Tha God
You dig? It's something to that.
Boss Man DLO
I don't know. Florida got their own water, man. Yes, real. That's why when I'm going all these different states and it's cold and shit like this, I ain't used to this shit. I'm used to 80, 90 degrees.
Charlamagne Tha God
That's right.
Boss Man DLO
We going at 18 and shit. I can't deal with it. That's why I can't live nowhere else.
Unknown
So you just came here for this? You getting right back on the plane. I'm going back, okay?
Boss Man DLO
No, I'm sick of it. They just told me it's 47 in Florida.
Charlamagne Tha God
47.
Unknown
A little chilly for Florida.
Boss Man DLO
Oh, no.
Charlamagne Tha God
What artist giving you advice like, who do you reach out to when you trying to figure this game out?
Boss Man DLO
I kind of. I kind of, you know, Rod Wave, he would definitely be chopping it up with plows. You know, I don't talk to a couple. I just take, you know what everybody say and I just run with it and I put my sauce on it. Cause you know, you always gotta do what your brain. You could listen to other people. What you gotta do with your brain, man. That's how I move.
Charlamagne Tha God
I saw a video that I think could be a valuable lesson to a lot of young brothers, man, especially brothers coming up making money. It said it showed you allegedly getting your money and jewelry stolen by a woman while you were asleep. How's that experience influenced the way you.
Boss Man DLO
Move now, man, My album dropped December 13th, man. My album dropped the 9th, man.
Unknown
No, that's right.
Charlamagne Tha God
It's a great answer.
Boss Man DLO
Yeah, yo, great answer for the show.
Charlamagne Tha God
Does your success mean even more to you? Knowing that you self invested shit like.
Boss Man DLO
It'S definitely. It's definitely a way better reward. You feel me? Cause like knowing you grounded for it, you did it, but you know, by yourself, you know what I'm saying? And you know now you had a little help from your homeboys. You know what I'm saying, so they still with me and just knowing that that hard work, like I said, I been grinding like five years, so. But it's kind of, you know, people ain't gonna see that whole grind from that.
Charlamagne Tha God
So I think the number I saw, they said that you and your team put up 100 racks independently before any label got involved.
Boss Man DLO
Yeah, I had spent. Yeah, I spent about 100 racks for sure. Before you could, before we seen any type of money.
Charlamagne Tha God
And what does that go towards, like just for people on the come up, trying to figure things out, like, where did that money go?
Boss Man DLO
It's just. It might not be, you know, it might not be as hard for some other people, but you know me, I had to travel damn near an hour and a half to go to the studio. You know, I'm driving cars that at the time, you know what I'm saying? I might have a rental sometime, so I might be straight. But I had bought a BMW X4 and it was like, you know, I was road running in it. So, you know, at a certain point. Cause I had a problem.
Charlamagne Tha God
Yeah, yeah.
Boss Man DLO
So you know, I'm going an hour and a half, two hours to the studio. Anything, I would tire. Today the motherfucker fuel pump, tomorrow the alternator the next day. Like it just. So you gotta deal with the car, the gas going back and forth, the studio time, mix and mastering, you know.
DJ Envy
The look at the club, video shoot.
Boss Man DLO
Videos behind the mic, performance clubs, promoting, pushing, you know, paying 954. You know, the blog pages, post your music, say cheese. They want a thousand.
Charlamagne Tha God
What about DJs? Call some of them out. Some of them DJs you have.
Boss Man DLO
Hang on. Most DJ, they gonna spin you for free, okay? They gonna spin you. They show love that way, you know, they show love to me. I show love back. That how it kind of went.
Charlamagne Tha God
What do you say to people who tell you that you need to switch up your flow? Cause I saw you say one time, motherfuckers, they want you to sound like Kendrick Lamar.
Boss Man DLO
Yeah, they want you to sound like Kendrick. They want me to sound like. They wanna be lyrical and shit, man. I ain't finna do all that thinking, man. We trying to turn up. Damn. Get high and turn up.
Unknown
Do you like Kendrick? You listen to Kendrick?
Boss Man DLO
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Unknown
That just ain't the you trying to be on N We got.
Boss Man DLO
You already got Kendrick Lamar, you know what I'm saying?
Charlamagne Tha God
There's mad lyrical Florida rappers though. Trick Daddy, historically lyrical. Rick Ross, Kodak. Yeah, you don't think so?
Boss Man DLO
I mean, like, dumb boys, real artists. I just don't call that lyrical.
Unknown
Lyrical?
Boss Man DLO
Yeah, they got good. Yeah, but it ain't like you really thinking, like, how Lil Wayne had you.
Charlamagne Tha God
Nah, them guys could rap. Them guys I just named.
Boss Man DLO
That's lyrical. That's what I think. Like Lil Wayne, Kendrick, like them. That's lyrical.
Charlamagne Tha God
You don't think Kodak lyrical?
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Rick Ross.
Boss Man DLO
Yeah, but not to a certain. You know what I'm saying?
Charlamagne Tha God
Not.
Unknown
He's saying they got lyrics, but they.
Boss Man DLO
Yeah, they have lyrics. Lyrical is where you literally, like, every bar, you. You know what I'm saying? Like, how they.
Unknown
You gotta think about it. You can dissect it. It can mean. Yeah, I feel you.
Charlamagne Tha God
I saw another photo. They say it was of you. They say you. You was in church with your family and the Internet was calling you a preacher's kid. And I'm like, well, what's wrong with that? So what?
Boss Man DLO
My guy, my daddy, he became preaching when I was like, probably like 14, 15. Like, I'm in the streets by then. So, I mean, he was like, he would. He change his lives? I don't know. He appreciates you. What the fuck? What y'all want him to be? A killer? I don't listen to that shit, bro. The Internet found down right. Me, they hate. I keep going.
Charlamagne Tha God
It's probably. You never know, your daddy prez might be the reason you in the position you in right now.
Boss Man DLO
You feel me? That why we getting all he blessing. We getting more chicken. It's simple. They. They talking. I'm getting chicken.
DJ Envy
Let's get into something off the album. What you want to hear off the album? The album is out today.
Unknown
Yes.
DJ Envy
What you want to get into?
Boss Man DLO
That been dropping tonight. We f. To turn up, but it's.
DJ Envy
It's tomorrow, so.
Boss Man DLO
Oh, tomorrow. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Oh, okay. I see what you're saying.
DJ Envy
Album's out now.
Boss Man DLO
Yeah, Al.
DJ Envy
So what you want to hear?
Boss Man DLO
We Roll it Loud Sunday. We at Club Lil. We finna do a goddamn mix.
DJ Envy
That's your first time I live. That's your first time performing at Live.
Boss Man DLO
Yeah, yeah.
DJ Envy
Now I know you're rolling loud this weekend. My son's actually. He's out in Miami, so he's excited to see you this weekend.
Boss Man DLO
Yeah, for sure.
DJ Envy
So what you want to hear off the album? What song you want to get into?
Boss Man DLO
I like that. 46th Street.
DJ Envy
46Th Street. Okay.
Charlamagne Tha God
We should do Shake that Ass remix, too.
Boss Man DLO
Oh, you don't hear that Glow with glow on it. She snapped. She snapped too hard.
Charlamagne Tha God
Y'all got A shoe record together, right?
Boss Man DLO
Yeah. We have step, finesse, step.
Charlamagne Tha God
Okay.
Boss Man DLO
Remix. Shake that out.
Charlamagne Tha God
How'd y'all connect?
Boss Man DLO
You know, I forgot. I think the first song we did see, just, you know, we just hit, you know, you hard. You hard. And then that should just, you know, we. Let's do one.
Charlamagne Tha God
Y'all record. Y'all record together?
Boss Man DLO
No, we weren't together. It was sent. We sent it through.
Charlamagne Tha God
Okay. Y'all met each other before, though?
Boss Man DLO
Yeah, we met each other at shows, like, two, three times. That my dog.
Charlamagne Tha God
You be extra fresh when she come around, don't you, Man, I be fresh all the time.
Boss Man DLO
Why are you blushing, bro? That my dog.
Charlamagne Tha God
Why you blushing, though?
Unknown
We gonna get a visual for Shake that Ass twerk song and remix. We going. We gonna get a visual for that.
Boss Man DLO
Oh, we playing on it. Oh, no, that sounds so old, bro.
Unknown
So.
DJ Envy
But it's still ringing.
Unknown
Yeah.
Boss Man DLO
Like, they do good. We'll shoot a video.
Unknown
Yeah. You know what I'm saying?
Charlamagne Tha God
That's the only thing that you probably gotta, you know, stay focused on is the ladies because it's a lot of. They see you getting all of this money, you out every night, and I know they on you heavy. That's probably your biggest distraction right now.
Boss Man DLO
Nah, nah.
Charlamagne Tha God
He started blushing when we bought up Glorilla, though them for Christmas.
Boss Man DLO
You said, when I'm getting. You getting glow for Christmas, you know? You know, on that. On that step, she said she want a C8.
Unknown
Okay.
Charlamagne Tha God
Okay.
Boss Man DLO
N. I would blow up.
Unknown
Yo, this remind me of bro. Man from the fifth floor. So funny, though.
Charlamagne Tha God
Boss man DLO man D. Curry out now.
DJ Envy
Pick it up, man. We appreciate you for joining us, brother. I appreciate you, Boss man. Dlo, it's the Breakfast Club. Good morning.
Charlamagne Tha God
Wake that ass up early in the morning.
Boss Man DLO
The Breakfast Club.
Podcast Summary: The Breakfast Club with DJ Envy and Charlamagne Tha God Featuring Bossman DLow
Episode Title: INTERVIEW: Bossman DLow Talks 'DLow Curry' Album, Hoop Dreams, Switching His Flow, Responding to VladTV + More
Release Date: December 13, 2024
Host: The Breakfast Club, Hosted by DJ Envy and Charlamagne Tha God
Guest: Bossman DLow
Description: In this episode of The Breakfast Club, DJ Envy and Charlamagne Tha God engage in an in-depth conversation with rising rapper Bossman DLow. They explore his journey from the streets to the music industry, his personal struggles, the creation of his debut album DLow Curry, and recent controversies.
DJ Envy and Charlamagne Tha God warmly welcome Bossman DLow to the show. The hosts express their excitement about having him as a guest, highlighting his growing presence in the music scene.
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Bossman DLow opens up about his health challenges, attributing his recent health downturn to dehydration and the demanding nature of his tour schedule. He recounts an incident in Daytona where he nearly blacked out during a performance due to dehydration, leading him to reassess his lifestyle.
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Discussing his path to sobriety, Bossman DLow explains that he has completely stopped drinking, despite initially thinking he could perform without alcohol. He emphasizes the importance of staying sober to maintain his health and career momentum.
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Bossman DLow shares his journey into rap, which began in 2019 while he was incarcerated. Encouraged by friends, he started writing lyrics and freestyling, leading to his first breakout track, "Boss Man," which gained traction on the Treasure Coast.
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The conversation delves into Bossman DLow's interactions with record labels. He mentions that Gucci Mane attempted to sign him, but due to misunderstandings and legal issues, the deal fell through. Eventually, he signed with Alamo Records, appreciating their genuine approach and support.
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Bossman DLow discusses the rapid pace of his success since 2019, attributing it to relentless grinding and perseverance, even amid personal setbacks like jail time. He emphasizes valuing genuine reactions and crowd engagement over mere numbers and streaming statistics.
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The discussion shifts to Bossman DLow's debut album, DLow Curry. He reveals the album’s release date and elaborates on the themes and inspirations behind it. Additionally, he touches on his unique approach to music production, focusing on what resonates with club audiences rather than adhering to trends dictated by platforms like TikTok.
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Bossman DLow addresses recent accusations made by VladTV, clarifying misunderstandings regarding his management and dismissing rumors about his personal life, including false claims about his interactions on Clubhouse with Tia Kemp.
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Exploring his musical influences, Bossman DLow differentiates his style from other Florida rappers, emphasizing his focus on creating club anthems over lyrical complexity. He acknowledges artists like Kendrick Lamar and Lil Wayne as lyrical influences but maintains his distinct sound tailored for high-energy performances.
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Bossman DLow discusses the financial investments he and his team made to advance his career, highlighting the challenges of financing studio time, equipment, and promotion. He underscores the importance of investing in his craft to maintain independence within the industry.
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Looking ahead, Bossman DLow expresses enthusiasm for future projects, including potential remixes and collaborations, particularly with Glorilla. He also shares his upcoming performance at Rolling Loud and plans to release visual content for his tracks.
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The episode concludes with warm remarks from the hosts, expressing their appreciation for Bossman DLow’s insights and contributions to the music industry. The team reiterates their support as he continues to rise in the rap scene.
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Key Takeaways:
Resilience and Reinvention: Bossman DLow's journey underscores the importance of resilience, as he navigates personal health challenges and legal issues while building his music career.
Authentic Engagement Over Metrics: Emphasizing genuine audience reactions and crowd energy over streaming numbers highlights his commitment to creating impactful, live-performance-driven music.
Independence and Investment: Investing personal funds into his craft before securing major label deals showcases his dedication and belief in his artistic vision.
Addressing Misconceptions: Proactively addressing rumors and controversies ensures he maintains control over his narrative and public image.
Conclusion:
This episode of The Breakfast Club provides a comprehensive look into Bossman DLow's life, emphasizing his transformation from personal struggles to a promising music career. His candid discussions offer valuable insights into the challenges and triumphs of forging an independent path in the rap industry.