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Rum Nitty talks about his rise to fame, transitioning from gang bangin to worldwide battle rap fame, battling for $150,000 from Drake and more!

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00:00 Intro
3:05 - Started to rap at 10 years old. Being influenced by west coast rappers, especially Brotha Lynch
4:52 - Keeping a low profile on social media to avoid giving out ammo for battle opponents
6:22 - Feeling like a failure after using his rent money to fly to his first King of the Dot battle
14:00 - Having a love of words and valuing his intelligence, but when he first started was only in it for the check
14:55 - Remembering the Tycoon Tax Battle. Flying out of the country for the first time for World Domination. Lush paid for his hotel
16:20 - Being loyal in this industry and era that doesn’t respect loyalty
18:25 - Crazy run of battles on King of the Dot: Arsonal, O-Red, B Magic. Battle versus Magic was his first time getting paid
23:10 - Surreal experience of being recognized at the Ether Battles, seeing Cassidy and Dizaster for the first time
25:20 - Being inspired by Brotha Lynch. Learning how to incorporate criticism
26:22 - How he came up with his legendary “Grab the nose runnin’ I’m comin’ down with something” bar
32:55 - Always mentioning Dizaster as the goat of battle rap. Breaking down his Top 10 battle rappers
34:36 - Moving from King of the Dot to URL. Getting a huge reaction from his first battle vs Ave
37:00 - Dizaster and Rum Nitty are going to battle. Diz: “You want to battle me” Says Rum is on the Mt Rushmore of Battle Rap
39:35 - Dizaster says Rum is harder to write for than Geechi because he’s such a shadowy figure
43:00 - Battling for 150K in front of Drake. Agreeing to split the bread if he made to the finals
47:28 - Trying to get a feature from Remy and Drake after winning the Westworld battle
48:30 - Rum and G Will on their new Westworld venture with GTX. Creating a platform for young artists and battle rappers
58:05 - G Will on battle rap saving his life
1:01:55 - Diz on the positive side of battle rap and its potential to help people. Not promoting drug use. Lush being known as the wavy guy in battle rap
1:05:40 - Previewing the matchups for the upcoming Westworld event on July 30th. Rum and G Will on starting their own league
1:10:34 Rum Nitty reveals his list of rappers he wants to battle. Wants to battle Illmac, Conceited, Cassidy
1:13:48 - Rum says he would battle Saint. Wants to give young guys opportunities like people did for him