OT The Real sits down with Jeff Weiss & Free at Gold Diggers in LA to share his story. He grew up in Massachusetts and moved to Philadelphia: a city that will “eat you alive” if you don’t respect it. He’s been in and out of jail, where he learned life lessons and honed his freestyle and writing skills. He talks about working with Benny the Butcher, filming in Kensington before Skrilla made it popular, sampling Billie Eilish, being a white rapper, and much more.00:00 1:31 Upbringing4:00 Early music influences 5:40 Moving to Philly10:30 Early Influences15:00 Music taking off18:05 Jail24:20 What he started writing about26:15 Being a white rapper27:30 What people get wrong about Philly29:05 25 Soldiers Freestyle31:25 Becoming an actor37:35 How his perspective & style has changed40:20 Sampling Billie Eilish 41:05 Career Trajectory43:10 The Modern World45:40 Getting out & going back into jail54:20 How he approaches Music59:50 Karma1:00:45 Unpopular Truth1:02:30 Advice for the kids1:04:55 How he’d like to be rememberedShout out to https://gold-diggers.com/ for hosting the show!

Banditdamack, one of Jeff's favorite rappers in Southern California & one of the best writers of his generation, sits down at Gold Diggers to share his unpopular truths about music, fashion, skateboarding and life.

Watch to find out why the cops got called on him & Jeff the last time they sat down for an interview, stay for Banditdamack's honest reflections on music as therapy, storytelling and rhyme structure, rap's influence & responsibility, how AI is impacting art & much more.

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00:00 Intro

3:00 Upbringing in Hemet

14:31 Starting music

15:30 Early influences

16:40 Writing his first song in juvie

18:30 Hemet Vistas

21:15 Writing as therapy

24:25 Missing out on youth

25:50 Lessons he learned

27:00 Rap’s influence & responsibility

28:55 Squabble N Rap

30:15 Music Video

30:55 Working at a warehouse

32:00 Other artistic ambitions

32:59 Favorite Movies

33:53 Eminem inspiration

37:50 Remble album

39:00 Favorite rappers

39:40 Mental health

41:50 Skating

43:00 Fame vs. Money

44:33 Writing Tragic Tale

46:00 Artists he studied

47:00 Vans

48:20 Life of Mine

49:05 Modern music

54:00 Goals for the future & evolution

1:23:30 Unpopular Truth

Shout out to https://gold-diggers.com/ for hosting the show!

Myka 9 & Blu sit down together with Jeff Weiss and Rosecrans Vic at Gold Diggers in LA to break down their new collaborative album 'God Takes Care of Babies & Fools.'

Shout out to https://gold-diggers.com/ for hosting the show!