Name: Pistol Mcfly On His Psychedelic Road Trip From Watts To Japan
Uploaded: 2022-10-04T17:15:00+00:00
Duration: 1 h 5 min 34 s
Description: Lush called Almighty Suspect for the assist to talk with Pistol McFly about his upbringing, moving in and out of LA, his mom saving him from the streets, Nipsey Hussle, PNB Rock, music and more. 00:00

1 year ago

Lush called Almighty Suspect for the assist to talk with Pistol McFly about his upbringing, moving in and out of LA, his mom saving him from the streets, Nipsey Hussle, PNB Rock, music and more.

00:00 Intro
0:20 - Almighty Suspect co-hosting today while Dizaster is in Lebanon
0:55 - Pistol McFly watches all the God Tier podcast episodes
3:30 - Origin story behind the name Pistol McFly. Pointed a g*n at his brothers when he was a little kid
4:43 - Growing up in Watts, playing basketball, avoiding gangs while his whole family was affiliated
5:44 - Lying to get into his first real studio session, getting paid off his first songs by getting placements on TV
8:15 - Moving away from songwriting. Looking for ways to use his lyricism led to SMC cyphers
11:55 - Politics in different parts of LA. Getting shipped to North Carolina
16:01 - Moving out of North Carolina after two years because of the r__sm in the south
18:58 - Pistol feels like his mom saved his life by moving him out of LA in middle school
20:10 - Pistol says his homie was l___d and k___d in North Carolina
24:28 - Getting into rap, attending all the major cyphers, working with Nocando
29:50 - Pistol on his relationship with Nipsey Hussle. Getting a copy of ‘Bullets Ain’t Got No Name’ from Nipsey directly
31:22 - Pistol doesn’t understand why PNB Rock was at that particular Roscoe’s
34:35 - Getting judged for not wearing jewelry and designer
35:28 - People get tricked by the nice weather in LA into thinking it’s not dangerous
37:34 - Pistol encourages rappers not to test the waters. No shame in not wearing your jewelry
44:29 - Lush and Pistol remember their ___ trip together
1:03:46 - Pistol on plans for new music, fashion brand, and we*d business
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