LaRussell joins Jeff Weiss, Rosecrans Vic & Free at Gold Diggers in LA to talk about meeting Jay-Z, Kyrie buying his album, his Super Bowl performance, and why his goal is to give away $1 Million. He breaks down how Vallejo's communal culture and the Bay Area's independent hustle shaped his mindset, helped him build confidence and take a bet on himself. And he has plenty of complimentary thoughts about The Algorithm.00:00 Intro1:17 Childhood 1:58 Radio 5:50 Being Independent in the Bay Area11:08 Growing up in Vallejo13:50 Earliest Musical Memories & Lil Wayne 18:21 Founding Good Company19:45 Building Community21:08 Meeting Jay-Z22:21 Confidence, Quitting His Job & Betting on Himself 26:44 Advice for younger artists & dealing with vanity metrics 29:20 The algorithm 31:00 Marketing32:33 Spending as much as he makes34:40 Kyrie Irving Buying His Album & Giving it Back38:30 Super Bowl Performance & Success40:30 Writing Books42:55 Why Ads Work46:00 What He Considers The Bay48:10 Lightning Round Shout out to https://www.gold-diggers.com for hosting the show!

Flyana Boss sit down for a wide-ranging conversation about ageism in rap, Teezo Touchdown & Tyler, the Creator, Missy Elliott defending them on Twitter for their viral "running" marketing campaign, building a career without industry permission, their futuristic aesthetic, the importance of whimsy, cats, the Grateful Dead, and much more.Make sure you hit that follow button & leave a comment letting us know what you thought about the show. 00:00 How Flyana Boss Met at Music School1:30 Moving to LA to become stars3:40 Tyler the Creator & Teezo Touchdown14:13 Eyrkah Badu 16:30 Family & Upbringing19:30 First Musical Influences21:30 Building their Futuristic Aesthetic22:50 Missy Elliott Defending Them On Twitter for Running & Viral Marketing29:00 Selling Weed & Working Before Breaking Through 30:30 Are Artists Ever Too Old To Be Creative?42:00 Leaving Their Label & Going Independent 50:00 What It Takes to Break Through Today57:30 Unpopular Truth1:03:28 Lightning Round1:08:30 What's nextShout out to https://www.gold-diggers.com for hosting the show!

RXKNephew doesn't believe in dinosaurs. He has a lot of thoughts about cats, fatherhood, and John Fetterman. In this episode of The Truth Hurts, RXKNephew sits down with Jeff Weiss, Rosecrans Vic & Free at Gold Diggers in LA for a wide-ranging conversation that covers his life, career, and unpopular truths.

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00:00 Max B

5:50 New York Rappers

7:30 Meeting Your Heroes

9:20 Drugs

10:10 Yeezy Boots

12:00 Favorite Cities

17:00 Cats

21:08 Prison & Fake Rappers

24:20 Streamers

25:30 Kanye

26:24 Parenting

29:22 Slitherman

31:00 God & Dinosaurs

34:00 Gangs

35:00 Bakersfield & Free

42:08 Drakeo

43:35 Feeling Happy

44:38 State of America today

45:50 Conspiracies and Epstein

50:00 Other rappers

52:00 Playing real instruments

54:30 Drinking

58:00 John Fetterman

1:01:00 Britney Spears

1:01:35 Everybody trying to go viral

1:04:40 Making music

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NBA All-Star Baron Davis, AKA Bart Oatmeal, joins Jeff Weiss, Rosecrans Vic & Free at Gold Diggers in LA.He shares his unique story, from growing up in South Central amidst the G-Funk heyday & LA Riots, to joining the NBA, working on films, being on Dancing With The Stars and becoming a rare rapper-athlete who makes music outside of the mainstream with a refined & specific vision. He touches on how his experiences in New Orleans, the Bay Area and New York City impacted his life and musical influences, including several incredible Lil Wayne anecdotes.

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00:00 Intro

00:45 Origins of Bart Oatmeal

1:36 Growing up in LA

4:44 Representing LA in basketball

8:49 Rappers who can hoop

12:28 Film career

17:28 The LA Story he wants to tell

19:50 LA Riots

23:39 Basketball as escape & responsibility

26:13 Grandmother’s influence and avoiding street life

28:41 New Orleans

39:22 Bay Area

41:08 Working with Royce Da 5’9”

41:21 New York & taking music seriously

46:50 Refining Bart Oatmeal’s sound

54:29 Ranking NBA Rappers

57:58 Dancing with the Stars

59:56 Favorite New York Rappers

1:05:00 Outro

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Leimert Park legend All City Jimmy joins Jeff Weiss & Free for a Shots Fired reunion. They get into deep & hilarious conversations about quitting sex, hating phones, semen retention, polyamory, lovebombing, and whether or not Drake is a fuckboi. He also talks about the relationship between the Bay & LA’s music, his history with Project Blowed & battle rap, the genius of Drakeo & Greedo, and more. As one of LA’s greatest freestylers, he also reveals his thoughts on the Kendrick vs. Drake battle.Check out All City Jimmy’s new album LVRSNH8RS. Make sure you hit subscribe & leave us a comment letting us know what you think of the show!00:00 Intro1:00 New album LVRSNH8RS2:00 First Music Memories & Comic Books3:52 Lyrical Influences5:11 Bay Area & LA Connection9:29 Starting rapping after his father died15:23 Battle Rap & Project Blowed 21:30 Drakeo’s Genius23:23 Phones & Navigating The Modern World 27:50 Going Sober & Quitting Sex36:45 The Spirit of Fuckbois40:15 Spirituality & Climbing Mountains46:22 What He Listens to Now47:57 Why he doesn’t like talking about other rappers51:20 Art vs. Money/Attention58:40 Kendrick vs. Drake1:13:55 What’s NextShout out to https://gold-diggers.com/ for hosting the show!

Legendary MC Ras Kass joins The Truth Hurts podcast for a deep, funny & revealing interview about his life and career. He breaks down the history of West Coast hip-hop as only an LA legend can: with plentiful stories about encounters with Digital Underground, Tupac, Coolio, and Rick Rubin’s Rolls Royce. He opens up about his relationship with his LAPD officer father, delves into the creation of classic songs like “Remain Anonymous” and “Nature Of The Threat," and drops truth after truth about the state of hip-hop and society. Shout out to https://gold-diggers.com/ for hosting the show!

YUNGMORPHEUS tells his story of growing up in Miami, moving to Boston for college and later New York to hone his craft. He recounts his days in breaking battles, highlighting Jadakiss, Common and Sean Price as some of the best dancing rappers. He, Jeff, and Free get into deep conversations about The Matrix, AI art, the nature of parasocial relationships, and much more.

00:00 Breaking

4:28 Unpopular Gym Truths

9:03 Musical influences

13:18 Growing up in Miami

16:28 College in Boston

20:18 Best dancing rappers

23:58 Moving to New York

35:29 YUNGMORPHEUS

40:29 AI Art

46:36 Next generation

53:10 Artistic process

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OT The Real sits down with Jeff Weiss & Free at Gold Diggers in LA to share his story. He grew up in Massachusetts and moved to Philadelphia: a city that will “eat you alive” if you don’t respect it. He’s been in and out of jail, where he learned life lessons and honed his freestyle and writing skills. He talks about working with Benny the Butcher, filming in Kensington before Skrilla made it popular, sampling Billie Eilish, being a white rapper, and much more.00:00 1:31 Upbringing4:00 Early music influences 5:40 Moving to Philly10:30 Early Influences15:00 Music taking off18:05 Jail24:20 What he started writing about26:15 Being a white rapper27:30 What people get wrong about Philly29:05 25 Soldiers Freestyle31:25 Becoming an actor37:35 How his perspective & style has changed40:20 Sampling Billie Eilish 41:05 Career Trajectory43:10 The Modern World45:40 Getting out & going back into jail54:20 How he approaches Music59:50 Karma1:00:45 Unpopular Truth1:02:30 Advice for the kids1:04:55 How he’d like to be rememberedShout out to https://gold-diggers.com/ for hosting the show!