B (1:25)

I'm still on the comedian high. Yeah, he's the best.

A (1:29)

Yeah.

B (1:30)

Let me just do one thing real quick and tell everybody kind of who you are. Right?

A (1:35)

Okay.

B (1:36)

You're one. You're like the OG. You're one of the beginning guys who did the SoundCloud that whole era. Yeah, the SoundCloud era.

A (1:45)

Yeah. Yeah, there was a. There was a few people that came before me, but in terms of that 2016, the year 2016 was like when the world kind of got on SoundCloud. So, yeah, they do really call us the pioneers. But yeah, there were some people before us. Like, I knew about SoundCloud proudly with my junior year in high school. It's like 2014. So, yeah, about two years before I started rapping for real. I already knew about some people on SoundCloud as I was finding new music. Like it was artists like Young, Lean, Xavier Wolf, Rob Banks, Denzel Curry, all type of people. Off of 305, all type of people. But those were the real, real pioneers when not many people knew about it. But when I came around, my class of people came around, that's when everybody was on. That's when the Whole world was on it. We had the labels trying to figure out what the hell was going on. Like, they didn't even know how to navigate SoundCloud. They didn't know who to sign, who was lit, who wasn't lit. And then when X came around, X was like the. No, matter of fact, Bolt was like the first bridge between the mainstream and the underground. But when X came around, X was the one that was getting mainstream numbers. So that's when the like, line started getting blurred between what was really underground and what was mainstream.

B (3:07)

You know, I'm older and I come from like Tupac and Biggie and Run DMC and all that stuff. Right. When I listened to the SoundCloud, it didn't sound anything like that.

A (3:20)

Totally different. Totally different.

B (3:22)

I don't get it.

A (3:24)

So history repeats itself, right? So when rap came around, it was seen as different? Yeah, it wasn't accepted by many. It was seen as a sort of counterculture.

B (3:38)

That's not true. It was accepted in 84. 3. Okay. That's when the run DMC, Allen 83.

A (3:47)

But what, rap just turned 50, right? 1974.

B (3:51)

Really? That's when Ram started.

A (3:54)

Yes. I didn't know that 1974 is when rap started because it. Rap just turned 15, 20, 24. Yep.

B (4:01)

Dude, when I was in high school, everybody loved it. Yeah, everybody. We'd have those big recorders and put them down on the field and we'd practice.

A (4:12)

So you see how. How when it grabs. Grasped you, it grabs you, right?

B (4:17)

Yeah.

A (4:18)

The SoundCloud era was like that, except for a whole new way, new wave and new sound rep. It's like Umbrella. It's just Umbrella pretty much. So Umbrella rap. But how can I put it? For example, like, if you went to a Warhol show in 2016 or 2017, opposed to going to like a YG show in 2016 or 2017. Both shows had a lot of people, but one show just looked like a rock show. Like mosh pits, everybody jumping water getting thrown, people jumping off stage, crowd surfing. It was like that.

B (5:02)

That's cool. That must pump you up.

A (5:04)

Oh, yeah, yeah.

B (5:05)

But you ever have something like that where people weren't as psyched and you just.

A (5:11)

So when. Probably when like I first. First came out work because I started rapping, probably. Matter of fact, I dropped my first stuff, like the day I graduated high school, May 22, 2015. That's when I dropped my first anything. So it was that. And then I pretty much. Since the day I graduated high school. I mean, honestly, when I was in High school, like, my junior year, that's when I started figuring out I was going to do it. Then by the time I was a senior, I was like, all right, I'm already locked in. And then by the time I had dropped cool, I was already locked in. But when, like, I started getting noticed, probably like three or four months into me, like, dropping music pretty much. And then I started, like, doing shows. Like, my first few shows was, like, I had some shows in Minnesota. I had a couple shows in Chicago. But, like, the shows were, like. It was some people there that like, that, like, that, like, knew the music. But then there were a lot of people there that was just. That just heard about this new kid that's lit. He's rocking shows, don't know any music, but hear people talking about it, though. So come to the shows and, like, they're in the crowd interested just to see what's gonna happen. And then when they see the people that do know the music, the way they acting, he kind of follows suit.

B (6:35)

That's exactly the way you're having a good time.

A (6:40)

Yeah.

B (6:41)

When was your last show?

A (6:43)

My last show was probably, like, two years ago, because, honestly, I really ain't been doing many shows because I'm about to drop an album for. For one, and then.

B (6:55)

I'm sorry, let's get back to that. Yeah, you're about to drop an album?

A (6:59)

Yeah, yeah.

B (7:01)

First album in how long?

A (7:02)

First album, like, two years since my 20s.

B (7:04)

Were you in jail for two years? Were you on crack for two years?

A (7:08)

No, sir.

B (7:08)

What the hell? What were you doing for two years?

A (7:11)

You know, when you move to a new place, you got to get your feet. Your feet settled and all that.

B (7:17)

Yeah.

A (7:17)

So that pretty much changed the whole trajectory of my career in a good way. Because when I got to Atlanta, I start. Pretty much the whole city was me. Like, as soon as I got there, like, I started doing mad songs, mad features of people.

B (7:36)

You start doing that.

A (7:37)

Mad features, like, a lot of features, a lot of songs. I was doing a lot of songs with people. Like, last year, only two things that dropped was block this with Caribou. And that went crazy. And then Hope is Real with Me, Seti Handrew, Tonino Paved the Highway. And we just did on the Radar for that. That came out that got like 80,000 likes. Probably like 2 million views or something like that. And honestly, it put me in a different head space for my music. Like, I feel like I started making way different way crazy music. Not necessarily totally different, but, like, I locked in on the sound because when they. In my career, pretty much just all the 2024. Okay. The 2024 was like self reflection and groundwork.

B (8:22)

Okay.

A (8:22)

Because honestly, my whole career, like, I've been a pretty versatile artist, but, like, I never had a direct sound that I stick to. Like, I would rap on a lot of different beats and people knew, like, okay, well, yeah, if you drop something, it's gonna be good. But I didn't have a niche sound, like a specific thing to me, you know, saying, yeah. Had to work on that. Worked on it.

B (8:48)

But you work on what you like. So if something. If something moves you, what do you give a. If anybody likes it? If you like it, you put it out. And they either get it or they don't.

A (8:58)

No, that's a fact. That's a fact. But at the same time, when you've been doing something for so long, instead of just doing it, start becoming more intentional with it.

B (9:09)

Would you be willing to make a commitment to knock out three albums a year?

A (9:22)

Three albums a year? No, actually, that's not bad. Especially in times. In times that, like, we in now. That's actually not crazy.

B (9:36)

That's how you're gonna pop. Really huge.

A (9:40)

Yeah. Three hours a year.

B (9:41)

Sure. Because, you know, I've met a lot of you guys, your underground rappers. I met a lot of the underground rappers, and, you know, the ones that are doing the work all the time are the ones I think that are doing the best. Like, what did famous Dex do? He hasn't done something in like a year or two, right? Yeah, but he's about to pop, you know.

A (10:07)

Famous Dex.

B (10:08)

Have you ever done anything with him?

A (10:10)

Me and feminist decks have extensive history.

B (10:12)

Okay.

A (10:13)

Show extensive history.

B (10:14)

Oh, okay. Jesus Christ. This is like Biggie and Tupac.

A (10:21)

Extensive history. Very extensive history.

B (10:23)

I think they were friends at the beginning, weren't they? Tupac and Biggie. Yeah.

A (10:28)

Yeah. Me and Dex. Me and Dex still friends. I still love him.

B (10:31)

For sure.

A (10:31)

For sure. Me and Dex have no bad boy. None of that.

B (10:34)

I like.

A (10:34)

I do.

B (10:35)

Yeah, He's.

A (10:35)

Be honest.

B (10:36)

Yeah.

A (10:38)

First impression. You're a live wire. Like, I'm a live wire. Yes, a live wire.

B (10:43)

Like.

A (10:44)

Like, in the best way possible. Like, how can I say this? I don't know what you're going to say, and that's that. That, like, adds to the aura. That adds to the aura.

B (10:55)

It's making you nervous, dude.

A (10:57)

No, no, it's not. It's like. It's like, I want to keep talking to this guy. Like, I want to know what the he gonna Say next.

B (11:04)

All right, well, let me tell you what I want to say next, because first I want to get your head right, because you're a good guy. And you walked in here and I was like, okay. Like that, Right, Okay. To commit to three albums a year.

A (11:17)

Okay.

B (11:18)

And when you said, you know, when you've got to go to a new town and you got to get yourself settled, I lied. I don't know. Okay. And the reason I don't know is because you're a man and the show goes on and every day. We work every day. And the greatest part about your job is you've never worked a day in your life. That it's a fun. You love it, and you're great at it, and people love your stuff. Give them what they want. Let's give it to them. It's better for you. It's better for your family. It's better for the girlfriend. You got that can't speak. God bless your soul, Right?

A (12:09)

For the record, it's not my girlfriend, but you go, keep going.

B (12:12)

Keep going. Well, then it's not nearly as funny.

A (12:15)

No, keep going, keep going, Keep going.

B (12:16)

To go. Who was she?

A (12:18)

Keep going. Just keep going.

B (12:19)

I want to know.

A (12:20)

That was great. That was great.

B (12:21)

We are going. I want to know who she is. She's not your girlfriend.

A (12:25)

That's my friend's friend.

B (12:26)

That's your friend's friend? You're your friend's friend? What are you doing? Yo, why?

A (12:37)

I ain't gonna lie. Totally behind this podcast. I just. I just want the camera to know. Warhol telling you, watch this, watch this. You gotta watch everyone, though. But specifically, you don't even gotta watch it for the. For the interviewee. Watch it for him. Watch it for him, though. This is comedy, bro. It's real, but it's comedy at the same time.

B (13:02)

I'm not a comedian. We just had the comedian who's fantastic, by the way. Oh, my God. I think, wouldn't it be cool to get all the underground rappers together for a benefit for. For the homeless or something, right? And it goes from the rappers to the comedians to the rappers. Or you have a rapper and comedian thing. I don't know if that would work because you guys are all jumping up like you're on pcp. Is it. Is it. Is that gonna work or no?

A (13:41)

I mean, I don't see why I wouldn't work.

B (13:45)

Okay.

A (13:45)

I don't see why it would not work.

B (13:47)

Does everybody on Molly laugh and. I mean, they want to dance and whatever. They don't want to Listen to a skit. Do.

A (13:54)

They don't do drugs, Keith.

B (13:57)

Yeah, I'm straight. Let's talk about that. Let's talk about that.

A (14:02)

Are you.

B (14:02)

Are you doing drugs now?

A (14:04)

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Still.

B (14:08)

Wow. That's the first one who's like, yeah, yeah. You're the first person that didn't lie to me.

A (14:15)

Yeah. Because I'm be honest. Moderation is more than anything. If you have moderation, you have self control. And saying like, I'm not going to tell nobody. Don't have fun in whatever way you want to have fun. I'm going to tell you, be safe. I'm going to tell you, don't overdo it. But not from the line. Just like I smoke weed. Sometimes I buy perks, sometimes I drink clean, and then sometimes I don't at all.

B (14:44)

Okay, let's talk about the perks. Where are you getting perks from?

A (14:48)

People that get it directly from doctor or the pharmacy for the. Like that.

B (14:53)

Dude, you gotta get this stuff from the doctor.

A (14:57)

Yeah.

B (14:58)

Your friends are gonna tell you whatever the hell you want to hear.

A (15:01)

Oh, no, trust me. I know, I know. You know something? You might be able to say too much about that, but. Yes, yes.

B (15:07)

There's a difference between what a press pill looks like and a regular pill.

A (15:11)

Mr. Tate, I've been doing this probably, what, since before I started rapping? Yes. All right. I scared you that much?

B (15:22)

Yeah.

A (15:22)

And then at that, like, like I said, I would never tell a person not to do what they want to do, but I'm gonna tell people, really, you don't need drugs at all. Because drugs, nothing but a real, like, escapism. For real, like, for one. And escaping from never gonna fix the problem. Like, that's how I want people to. To really know. Like, there's some people that do drugs because just they like doing drugs and it's funny for them. But then there's some people that. That do drugs because they actually have problems and they got. They gotta fight. And that's the people that we end up losing and like that because people really be going through and they be disguising it like they haven't fallen out.

B (16:04)

Yeah. Now I was losing them all, bro. We end up losing them all. In fact, the junkies, okay, are the least likely. Well, that's not true. They're more likely because it's being done more. But if you're a junkie, okay, you've been doing this a while and you know pretty much how much to take, right? It's the fentanyl piece now.

A (16:33)

That is everybody.

B (16:35)

It's all laced with hand. It's all laced with it. And really, the people that I know who have passed are people that didn't do drugs. They were sober. And I know one guy that got into a car accident. Doctor put him on pills for two months, and then he's off to the street. First time he bought. Slumped over the wheel, gone. And, you know, I loved that kid. Like, I loved him. And, you know, it's just everybody in the underground raps, like, how many people do you know who've died of an overdose of Fentanyl, bro?

A (17:20)

This is literally a long list of people. I'll be honest. The first person, the first person like that I ever knew, that I lost to was Lil Pete. No bullshit. Me and Lil Pete was both on tour, but he was on tour. He was on his own tour, and I was on my tour. And it's funny because we spoke like. Like, two or three days before y'all. Yo, like, as soon as you're done with tour, meet you back in la, let's celebrate. We both on tour. Like, that's late, man. Never made it back. Outsource. It was crazy as hell.

B (17:54)

How did he die?

A (17:56)

Fentanyl. Took the wrong pill.

B (18:01)

Yeah.

A (18:01)

Took the wrong pill and that took him.

B (18:04)

Who is the kid Dylan that was on the plane and then ate all the pills?

A (18:11)

Juice World.

B (18:12)

Yeah.

A (18:12)

He from Chicago, too. Mm. Juice World. Was a good friend of mine, too.

B (18:19)

How many others?

A (18:23)

Trying to think, bro. Right?

B (18:27)

You know anybody who wasn't a rapper? Somebody's daughter, somebody's son?

A (18:33)

A lot of people.

B (18:34)

It's too many to count, isn't it?

A (18:36)

Too many to count. And honestly, it's not even the fact that I really, like, knew all these people, like Will personally. That's where I might have met him in the past and this. Like that. But, like, regardless, still, he ain't nobody.

B (18:47)

Be like, that's right.

A (18:49)

That's crazy, right?

B (18:50)

Because their parents are gone.

A (18:53)

Their parents are.

B (18:54)

I mean, if you're married, you're divorced. If, you know, if you're normal, you're a drunk. If you're a drunk, you're dead. It's like. It's just the. There's no way out of that. Are you close with your parents?

A (19:07)

Yeah. Yeah. For sure. For sure. My mom, they and my parents.

B (19:09)

Okay.

A (19:10)

By the grace of God, I know a lot of people don't got that, especially at this age.

B (19:14)

Right?

A (19:14)

That's one thing I do cherish, for sure.

B (19:16)

What age?

A (19:17)

I mean, I'm 27 now. Yeah.

B (19:19)

At 27, you don't think most people have both their parents alone?

A (19:24)

I mean, for example, my man's Nino. He's. He. He came from, from the, from the foster care system, right? Feel me? And this is your father? No, no, no, no, no, no, no. My homie Nino. Nino paid. He's. He's another rapper. But like, his peoples, he don't know his peoples, you know what I'm saying? And there was one thing he was talking about in an interview. He was like, one thing that the foster care system needs to have is a way for when a child becomes a certain age and they're raised in the foster care system when they become a certain age, original parents information somewhere or name or something so they can possibly get in contact with her, maybe find siblings like that like that they don't got. And mind you, I wasn't raised in the foster care system, so I didn't know they had that or. Excuse me, I didn't know they didn't have that. Feel me? So for him to speak about that, that's like, it really rang in my head. It's like some people really don't got their peoples real. Me and my little brother, even though we got different mothers, we're blessed to both have our father, both have our mothers, you know what I'm saying? We got each other. A lot of people don't actually have that.

B (20:32)

For real. Have you ever overdosed or seen someone overdose?

A (20:37)

Never overdosed. Never ever, ever, ever, ever overdosed. Never overdosed, ever. By the grace of God, though I will say by the grace of God, because I'm be honest, bro, two years ago or like three years ago maybe, bro, I was recording in my man's crib one time, and like, mind you, this is one of my man's that's like, he a producer, but like, he get high. Like, he get way higher than me, bro. Like, he get high to the point where I be like, I don't want to get high no more, you feel me? Like, like, I'll be honest. I'm one. I'm one of those people, like, if I see a person too, too, too high, I might like, stop. Just. Just flat out, like, I ain't gonna lie. I'm cool. Like, you know what I'm saying? Because that is just like, I know what it looks like, you know what I'm saying? I know what it looks like. But specifically this time, I'm over there recording, right? He's making a beat and there's some girls over. But like, the Girls is getting hot, right? Cool. So I don't know what the he went in his bathroom to get, but he comes out, the girl takes whatever the he gave to her, bro. And like, bro, I'm telling you. Like, I'm sitting there listening to the beat, trying to, like, figure out what the I'm gonna say. Like, I'm not even recording it. He's still making the beat, right? I'm sitting here. The girl is probably, like, right here. Like, the couch is probably where Dylan is, right? So the girl is sitting on the couch. I see her take this and, like, I'm really, like, minding my business. I ain't paying no mind. About, like 30 minutes past. Like 30 minutes in, he probably almost done with the beat. So I'm. I'm fake, like, rapping in my head, and I'm damn almost freestyling for real, bro. I look over and, bro, the girl look like she's dead and not moving. Like, not moving at all, bro. So I'm sitting there and I'm like. I'm like, like, imagine you in my head. I'm like, she know what she doing, bro. She might be sleep. I don't know. Feel me. So I'm sitting there and, like, mind you. I do. I mind my business like a mother, but I still do have a good heart. So about five minutes passed, and the girl is still in the same spot. Like, like, same spot hasn't moved. I'm like. I tap a leg a little bit. I'm like, yo, bro, a leg heaviest. I'm like, what the. So I. I holl at my man's. I'm like, yo, bro. Yo, check on shorty, bro. You like, yo, what you mean she's good? I'm like, no, she's not good, bro. Like, I can't even focus right now, bro. I can't even, like, think about what the I'm gonna say. Like, bro, check him out. Like I'm saying. So he goes to check on the other girl. That's the other two girls that's there. They checking on her like, yo, yo. And like, she. She probably is not moving for, like, another about five minutes. So this is about, like 10 minutes. I'm saying that the girl is just sitting there flat out. Mind you, if she was sleep all that, waking them up, she would have got up, right? Okay. So about 10 minutes passed. The girl is still sitting in the same spot, bro. So at. At this point, like, I'm not even worried about rapping no more, bro. I'm. I'm Looking at. At, like, at the producer. I'm like, yo, bro. Like, I don't know what y'all do, but I don't do this type of bro. Bro, fix her. Like, get, like, get her together, bro. Get her some help or some water, something, like, you feel me? Like, I'm not with this. I'm not with the vibe. Like, he's like, no, bro, it's all good. I'm like, no, it's not all good. It's not all good, bro. Fix her now. You know what I'm saying? So, but, like, waking up for, like, five more minutes, probably about 20 minutes now, she finally get up. She finally get up. But, like, when she get up, like, bro, the way her face looked, you could tell if somebody didn't do something, like, some probably would have happened. You feel me? Like, you could just look like, I'm looking at her when she's getting up. It's like, bro, she woke up gasping for air. I'm like, nah, bro. And I left. Like, I seen her get up.

B (24:46)

Don't ever go back there again.

A (24:47)

I have. I never. I never went there. I never went there again after that day. I never went there again after that. I ain't gonna lie, bro. Hasn't seen me since that day.

B (24:56)

Dude, I. I thought you were gonna tell me she.

A (24:59)

No, no, no, I'm be honest. She didn't die on my face. But, bro, the way this was going, like, I'm already almost pressing the panic button in my head. Like, nah, this about to die.

B (25:11)

And not only that, no bull. There's something like that my head up, bro. Dude, you call 91 1, okay? And you get the hell out of there.

A (25:21)

Oh, what I'm telling.

B (25:23)

Make certain.

A (25:23)

Like, yo, I'm sitting there with those.

B (25:26)

Other guys that are going to get arrested, okay? Right? But you call 91 1. They deserved it. They left that look, though.

A (25:35)

This the dumb though. Like, I remember it vividly as hell.

B (25:40)

Because, hold on, I said that, okay? They deserved it. And the reason they deserved it is because they left that little girl sitting there, okay, to die.

A (25:51)

And I'm.

B (25:51)

They're only lucky that she did it.

A (25:54)

I feel like, no, I ain't gonna lie. I feel like if I wasn't there and it, like, didn't make me uncomfortable, like, the worst would happen. You know what I'm saying? Because, like, mind you, though, this the thing, the girl, she asked him for, whatever he went into the bathroom to go get. Like, it wasn't just like, he went to go get. Gave it to Her. The girl asked for it.

B (26:15)

She didn't say. She say, give me enough drugs to kill me. She said, hey, can I get a press perk? Or, hey, can I get.

A (26:22)

Can I get Marjorie? Look, I don't know what the it was. I don't know what it was. I didn't see it. I just, like, mind you, I'm sitting here listening to the beat in my head. Like, I'm probably looking this way, but I'm just like, they're right here. So they're in my peripheral. I hear what's going on. I'm saying, so, boom, she asked for it. He's like, what he said. He said, yo, you sure? And she's like, I know what the it is. Just give it to me. And I ain't gonna lie. As soon as I heard that, I knew it was some other. I'm like, all right, bro. Like, that's when I got to really minding my business. Cause I'm like, all right. And then when all that happened, that's when I'm just like. Like, my soul, like, my brain is telling me, look, bro, something ain't right. Get the on. But my heart is saying, I don't know, bro. Make sure she's okay before you just get the on.

B (27:09)

Do you love your parents?

A (27:10)

Yeah, of course.

B (27:11)

You love when they're in love with their son?

A (27:13)

Yeah, of course.

B (27:14)

Okay. You've got what's called a high bottom.

A (27:18)

A high bottom? What does that mean?

B (27:19)

That means that you were raised right.

A (27:21)

Oh, yeah.

B (27:23)

Okay.

A (27:24)

So through all the bull I went through growing up, that molded me into the person that I am now. The bad and the good. No bull.

B (27:31)

I know, but the reason it bothered you when it didn't bother anybody else in the room is because your parents raised you right. They raised you to be a good soul.

A (27:44)

Yeah.

B (27:45)

Right.

A (27:46)

Thanks.

B (27:47)

All right. Bring all good souls to me, okay? Tell your friends I want people here, because these kids listen to you. They look up to you, right? These younger kids, they're 16, 17, 18 years old, and their friends are handing them drugs, okay? And they're taking them. And if you say something and they listen to this podcast and they listen to you, or they get the clips that we put on social media and they hear this, okay, you're going to save lives now. We're never going to know how many you say, why are I going to say one? That's all I. Dude, I'm certain you're going to save at least one. Bring all good souls to me, please.

A (28:35)

Sure.

B (28:37)

All right. Where can people find you?

A (28:39)

Instagram, Warhol, Twitter, Warhol, SS, YouTube. Same. All the same, man. Hey, Richard, I ain't gonna lie you, bro.

B (28:49)

You're about to stay.

A (28:51)

I had. I had a great time, boys. A great time. I'll be back for sure. Hey, you.

B (28:58)

Appreciate you coming. It's been a blessing and it's in a really good time.

A (29:04)

See you next Tuesday.

B (29:11)

It ever gets old.

C (29:12)

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