1 year ago

Tion Wayne speaks about his rise, growing up in London, Pop Smoke, investing in his music, how his life changed since and more.

-----
00:00 Intro
0:05 Tion on if he feels like he's the hottest rapper in the UK
2:30 Tion breaks down growing up in North London and when he started to take music seriously
4:20 Tion on how the UK Drill scene helped the region be more noticed commercially
6:10 Tion talks Pop Smoke coming to the UK and music helping the two countries connect more
9:15 Tion on his first few songs that blew up that happened to transcend different era's in UK rap
11:00 Tion on how his first songs he made with Russ Millions went platinum and shying away from promoting the wrong things in his music
14:20 Tion on always believing in a song and put money behind it, like his song "Body"
15:50 Tion on how he feels about people monetizing things he did in the streets when he was younger on YouTube
19:20 Tion on the thin line between representing where he's coming from and doing things to gain attention for the wrong reasons
21:05 Tion stands on his statements of not needing recognition from the U.S. to make it
23:50 Tion on how he linked up with Fivio Foreign on the "Body" Remix
26:00 Tion talks about ArrDee and Central Cee
28:00 Tion on making music with artists in other countries that don't speak English
28:40 Tion talks about how his life has changed after acquiring fame and how security has changed
30:20 Tion on if having songs that already went mainstream affects his creative process in the studio
32:00 If he feels like he's more concerned since gaining so much attention and some officers even being a fan of his music
33:00 Tion talks not growing up around a lot of w people, but having a lot of w fans
34:45 Tion on how he was able to get his accounting degree, how the Nigerian culture really emphasized education and always wanting to start his own accounting firm
37:45 Tion on what made him want to incorporate iShowSpeed in one of his music videos and speaks on KSI pivoting from streaming to music
39:50 Tion gives Giggs his flowers for kicking down doors
41:45 Tion speaks on the police setting up a fake recording studio as a sting in his hood
43:30 Tion gives his advice to any artist who is in the position he was in 10 years ago
45:50 Tion speaks on getting into it on a plane in Dubai
47:45 Tion talks new music, releasing a mixtape soon and working with Blxst