Club Shay Shay - Hitmaka Part 2
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What is the journey of Hitmaka from Chicago to Grammy-winning producer?
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Why does Hitmaka believe Chicago produces superstars?
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What personal experiences shaped Hitmaka's career path?
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How did Hitmaka transition from Young Berg to Hitmaker?
Part two is underway. Why'd you start rapping after only putting out one album? Because the situation happened, the dynamics happened with the change situation. It kind of was like, blackballed me for getting my shit took I'm like I'm the victim like how y'all mad at me niggas did some bullshit to me so that happened and a lot of people didn't understand that I was writing and producing my records as an artist. Right. So I always knew, like, a salute to my brother Rob Holiday, who's here with me right now. He made all them records with me, Sexy Lady, The Business. I told... The man sitting to the left of us right now, bro, when I met him, this is a blessing that God got on my life. It's just a situation, bro.
I ain't know that man. I heard a beat CD. I told him to drop out of school. He was in, like, a sophomore, junior high school. He dropped out of school and moved in that house with me. So... It's just different situations. So at that point, being blackballed, I'm like, man, what can I fall back on? All I know is music. My shit's still hot. They just don't want it from me. Right. So I decided at that point, I'm like, yo, I'm going to just get behind the scenes and get on my producing shit. I wasn't even a hit maker or nothing like that. I was just producing as Youngberg or whatever. And then one special day, I ain't going to lie, I just went in the booth. And I cannot lie to you. I just was like, hit maker. I just said it before the song.
And then it just clicked. God dropped that gem on me and got me out there. That's been it. What? My first one, I think. I said, Hitmaker, I was living in Miami at the time. And I was working out of studios. And I used to, like, bro, like, my whole process, I ain't had no, like, I had money. My parents had money, but they wasn't really f***ing with me like that. I went through so many different trials and tribulations. So at that point, all I could do was, like, get beats and... and write songs from my house and just sit and write the song from my house and give me a fifth and just drink some Ciroc and write and write and write and write and write. Then go to the studio and dump my songs. And from there, that ended up leading me to be the guy named Jerz, who's Vincent Herbert's cousin, who gave my song to Vincent Herbert.
At that time, they had a TV show called Tamar and Vince. And Tamar and Vince ended up flying me to L.A. And Vincent Herbert kind of put the battery in my back and gave me my first big placement.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the journey of Hitmaka from Chicago to Grammy-winning producer?
0:00–0:25
2
Why does Hitmaka believe Chicago produces superstars?
0:25–1:15
3
What personal experiences shaped Hitmaka's career path?
1:15–1:38
4
How did Hitmaka transition from Young Berg to Hitmaker?
1:38–50:50
5
What challenges do artists face with streaming revenue?
50:50–51:03
6
How does Hitmaka perceive the impact of major labels on artists?
51:03–51:53
7
What is the significance of therapy in Hitmaka's life?
51:53–52:52
8
How does Hitmaka navigate his relationship with his mother?
52:52–1:41:35
Speakers
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