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Gina Views and Lush sit down with Jaz The Rapper for an in-depth conversation about her career, rise, the industry, behind-the-scenes of battle rap, and more.

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00:00 Intro
2:35 Jaz talks about not liking Lush when they originally met
5:55 Jaz on starting battle rapping 12 years ago and growing up in Brooklyn
11:14 Jaz on when she found she could rap and starting to rap at 15
12:30 Gina asks Jaz if she goes through her old rap books for bars, and who are her influences
14:30 Jaz talks about listening to Marshall Mathers LP at a young age
19:08 Gina asks if there should be limitations on Drill music
21:20 Jaz talks about rapping on MySpace, performing at clubs and starting battling rapping at 19
25:45 Gina asks Jaz if she has any regrets on becoming a battle rapper instead of a regular rapper
27:00 Jaz talks about female rappers changing their style to all look the same
31:03 Gina asks Jaz about always being seen as the young girl when she started rapping
34:10 Jaz says females that dress and look sexy get more attention while battle rapping
35:45 Gina asks Jaz what was the worst situation with a male fan or battle rapper
37:48 Lush asks Jaz about feeling any pressure to lose her v card
43:20 Gina asks how certain information gets around and then used in battle raps
48:00 Jaz talks about not having any real beefs and anyone that beefs with her is a hater
53:08 Jaz on being exposed where she worked as a 911 operator
59:04 Lush says Jaz's voice was made to rap and her father influenced her to rap
1:04:14 Lush asks Jaz about females not writing their own rhymes and practicing battles
1:05:45 Gina asks who was Jaz's best battle and who was the easiest to go against
1:09:45 Jaz talks about not overflowing with battles and flooding the market
1:16:30 Gina asks Jaz about her Geechi Gotti bar and people thinking they were beefing
1:19:15 Jaz talks about getting booed at a battle rap session and her battle rap group the Bardashians
1:28:30 Jaz talks about the beef with Official and Casey
1:31:25 Jaz on visiting Tsu Surf in jail and his impact on the battle rap scene
1:36:00 Lush asks Jaz if there will ever be a female champ in battle rap
1:36:40 Lush and Gina give Jaz her flowers and says she's in top 5 of female battle rappers
1:39:30 Gina asks Jaz who were the top 5 freestylers of 2022
1:42:28 Jaz on Pat Stay and where she was when she heard the news
1:46:10 Gina asks Jaz about meeting Fab for the first time and him posting a picture with her
1:54:00 Jaz talks about wanting to battle the top men in battle rap
1:57:30 Lush asks Jaz if YouTube or other apps affected battle rap scene in a negative way
2:00:00 What is the most important thing a battle rapper needs to win?
2:09:40 Jaz talks about looking up to Conceited
2:15:40 Jaz talks about working as a 911 operator and missing her job
2:24:30 Jaz on if she will create her own podcast and enjoying being more of a guest than hosting