On this episode of the podcast, DJ Khaled opens up about his life growing up in the streets of New York City. He talks about how he got his start in the rap game, how he dealt with the pressure of being a rapper, and how he was able to break out of prison and become one of the most successful rappers of all time.
00:00:13.120I guess the rapper channels by their voice? Easy.
00:00:15.180I've been thinking cause I've been drinking. I ain't been sleeping, but I've been dreaming. Money, drugs, peace. That's all I've been seeking. Easy.
00:00:25.280And my mom was out there trying to hustle, get her money up. You feel me? And she was doing everything she could.
00:00:30.200And I ain't even... I'm going to get every single rapper.
00:00:32.680That's my... That's the apple of my eye. I'll take a bullet from my mom any day. You take a bullet from my mom right now. No question. No questions asked. But it was just...
00:00:40.180Like something that inspired me about Tupac was just his way of speaking on how he felt at any place in time.
00:00:49.080And like not caring about what anybody else had to say about his beliefs.
00:00:54.540Audience that's listening, they can understand how to make it. You know what I'm saying? I'm trying to give them the formula.
00:00:59.420I'm trying to see New York win finally. You know what I'm saying?
00:01:01.900I'll just look straight at the camera. Y'all know the chat's over here.
00:01:04.280We got a curse or something. You know what I'm saying? The last people that come out here was A$AP Marvin and GS9.
00:01:07.980Like every day, it wasn't like he just going to sit me down and just tell me like, oh, da-da-da-da-da.