1 year ago

MBNEl talks about growing up in Stockton, being Asian contributed to his success, doing business the right way, not doing disses, and more.

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00:00 Intro
1:42 Stockton is its own little world
6:54 The first video he ever released did 20k views the first week
9:14 His second video went to 100k very fast, says being Asian definitely piques interests
12:58 Since he found a manager he learned so much more and how to go about things the right way
14:40 Doesn't carry cash anymore, got pulled over once and cops took his money
16:01 Not doing diss
17:33 Stupid Young is one of the first who taped in with Nel
18:51 Moved outta Stockton to avoid chaos and after a gang sweep in his area, his phone was taped for 6 months
21:19 How his style evolved and his broad musical influences
23:08 Nel says melodic and emo works better for his style, says rappers are too concerned about everything but the music
24:16 Some fans say he sounds like Polo G
26:58 Relationship with Empire, having real creative freedom
27:53 F*ght at the mall video, says he'd still get down if needed
29:28 The Youtube saga about Nel and his chain was made up, Youtubers doing police work
30:27 Cops for sure are watching, one day Nel was in court, judge was listening to his music, had screenshots of DMs, comments exchange, and more, so Nel is careful about everything
31:25 Says kids don't get it until it happens to them
32:34 Nel says little white kids from the suburbs instigating want you to d*e for real
38:35 International tour coming in October
41:50 Nel asks if Adam feels like he's in danger sometimes