1 year ago

Dolla Dame talks about his early days, signing to FOD, signing artists, the business and more.

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00:00 Intro
1:20 Coming out of East Oakland and running the streets with a passion for music
3:15 Getting a good response from his music and the business aspect
5:45 “Cap Rappers”, buying followers/views and doing features based on clout
8:22 Dame says that new artists in the Bay Area are “losing the touch of the OG sound”
11:30 Dame talks about getting signed to FOD record label and the exclusive benefits
12:50 Dame on giving back, signing other artists to FOD and industry competition
16:20 Philthy breaks down the criteria to finding the right artists
24:36 Promoting your music through conflict and switching up after success
26:38 Rapper losing their lives over street beef, PNB Rock and the "Pandemic Panic"
30:25 Rappers making themselves targets, clout chasing and fans wanting to fight
37:00 Drill rappers, getting fly to stay motivated and how to fool the audience on social media
42:50 Dame talks about losing his brother to a seizure and Philthy says he’s done rapping
46:00 How Dame met Philthy, got signed to FOD
54:40 Philthy talks about what it’s like to be an independent label
59:05 Dame says he is a hotter artist than Lil Wayne
1:01:30 Philthy says FOD is the hardest movement in Oakland
1:05:30 Philthy Rich announces his retirement