• All City Jimmy
    Dec 9 2025

    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!

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    1 hr and 18 mins
  • Rass Kass
    Dec 2 2025

    Legendary MC Rass 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,” “Nature Of The Threat” and “Handle the Truth,” and drops truth after truth about the state of hip-hop and society. Shout out to https://gold-diggers.com/ for hosting the show!

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    1 hr and 45 mins
  • YUNGMORPHEUS
    Nov 25 2025

    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

    1:03:30 What’s nextShout out to https://gold-diggers.com/ for hosting the show!#hiphop #rap #la #interview #music #pow #thetruthhurts #podcast #yungmorpheus #dancing

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    1 hr and 6 mins
  • OT The Real
    Nov 18 2025

    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!

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    1 hr and 7 mins
  • Banditdamack
    Nov 11 2025

    Banditdamack, one of Jeff's favorite rappers in Southern California & one of the best writers of his generation, sits down at Gold Diggers to share his unpopular truths about music, fashion, skateboarding and life.


    Watch to find out why the cops got called on him & Jeff the last time they sat down for an interview, stay for Banditdamack's honest reflections on music as therapy, storytelling and rhyme structure, rap's influence & responsibility, how AI is impacting art & much more.


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    00:00 Intro

    3:00 Upbringing in Hemet

    14:31 Starting music

    15:30 Early influences

    16:40 Writing his first song in juvie

    18:30 Hemet Vistas

    21:15 Writing as therapy

    24:25 Missing out on youth

    25:50 Lessons he learned

    27:00 Rap’s influence & responsibility

    28:55 Squabble N Rap

    30:15 Music Video

    30:55 Working at a warehouse

    32:00 Other artistic ambitions

    32:59 Favorite Movies

    33:53 Eminem inspiration

    37:50 Remble album

    39:00 Favorite rappers

    39:40 Mental health

    41:50 Skating

    43:00 Fame vs. Money

    44:33 Writing Tragic Tale

    46:00 Artists he studied

    47:00 Vans

    48:20 Life of Mine

    49:05 Modern music

    54:00 Goals for the future & evolution

    1:23:30 Unpopular Truth

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    1 hr and 28 mins
  • Myka 9 & Blu on 'God Takes Care of Babies & Fools'
    Oct 30 2025

    Myka 9 & Blu sit down together with Jeff Weiss and Rosecrans Vic at Gold Diggers in LA to break down their new collaborative album 'God Takes Care of Babies & Fools.'


    Shout out to https://gold-diggers.com/ for hosting the show!

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    23 mins
  • Blu on Suge Knight almost signing him, meeting Exile, Miguel, Aloe Blacc & more legendary LA History
    Oct 28 2025

    Blu joins Jeff Weiss at Gold Diggers to talk about growing up around LA & experiencing the city's wide-ranging history: from Suge Knight trying to sign him to Freestyle Fellowship and Low End Theory. He speaks on his collaborations with Exile, Flying Lotus, Samiyam, Madlib, U-God and more in projects like NoYork! and Her Favorite Color. He also drops knowledge about navigating the industry, both through his experience at Warner Bros. and as an independent artist.00:00 Intro1:06 Upbringing3:15 Biz Markie4:18 Discovering hip-hop & earliest influences7:00 Family history9:00 Going to high school with Miguel11:18 Dunking injury that led to his rap career15:05 Early LA scene15:25 Suge Knight trying to sign him17:27 Meeting Exile and forming a duo19:00 Below The Heavens & label collapse20:15 Aloe Blacc22:07 Warner Bros. deal24:49 NoYork with Flying Lotus, Samiyam, Madlib, and more25:50 Odd Future and Low End Theory26:46 Leaving Warner, going independent27:45 Blog Era28:30 Producing and Writing30:19 Miles32:19 Spirituality36:07 Best LA rappers38:01 State of hip-hop today39:15 Jazz41:51 Freestyle Fellowship44:20 Common46:00 Artistic philosophy47:47 NoYork and Her Favorite Color51:00 Working with U-God54:00 OutroShout out to https://www.gold-diggers.com for hosting the show!#hiphop #rap #la #blu #music #musicindustry

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    1 hr and 3 mins
  • Wallie the Sensei on "03 Flow," Boosie, Kendrick Lamar, Travis Scott & Future
    Oct 21 2025

    Wallie the Sensei joins Jeff Weiss, Rosecrans Vic and Free at Gold Diggers in LA to talk about his journey from singing in church to dropping “03 Flow” and beyond. He tells the stories of meeting and working with Travis Scott and Future, plus Kendrick Lamar and other Compton legends. With reflections on how Boosie inspired him to stay authentic, the balance between ambition & gratitude and how melody enhances music, this interview reveals Wallie's unique approach to his artistic career.00:00 Bow Wow & Lil Romeo1:59 Lil Boosie Inspiration4:17 Growing up in Compton and moving around L.A.8:05 Finding home outside California9:14 How Compton How Compton shaped him10:20 Starting music14:49 Going to jail and learning from it15:53 Scandalous and 03 Flow21:25 Future & Travis Scott27:39 What Kendrick Lamar Taught Him34:46 Creative process in the studio36:39 Melodic influences38:26 Industry success40:55 Balancing gratitude and ambition43:29 Next albumShout out to https://gold-diggers.com/ for hosting the show!

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    1 hr and 18 mins