Locksmith talks about his early days in the battle scene, the Bay Area, his place in the industry, and much more! 00:00 Intro 1:11 - Growing up in the 80s and 90s in Richmond, CA 3:01 - Growing up poor with a black mom and middle eastern dad 13:13 - Locksmith’s older sister was a conscious rapper 20:05 - Locksmith lost an Unsigned Hype article in The Source to Eminem 24:35 - How Locksmith accidentally entered his first battle and got the name Locksmith 30:32 - Going on The Wake Up Show with Sway 35:50 - Winning the KMEO Battles for 4 weeks straight 39:05 - How Locksmith made it to MTV Battles in 2003 44:02 - Locksmith remembers losing to Reignman in the finals of MTV Battles in 2003 50:15 - Lush battled the fake Locksmith 51:45 - Experiencing fame for the first time after the MTV Battle 52:25 - How Locksmith connected with E-A-Ski to produce his first radio hit “What Is It” 58:42 - Remembering the New Bay Movement Show at Sweet Jimmy’s in 2003 with Mistah Fab, Balance, J Dandridge, etc. 1:02:10 - Locksmith says Keak da Sneak was the biggest thing in the Bay 1:04:35 - Starting to make money off rap and signing his first record deal 1:07:00 - Locksmith remembers discovering Smack DVD and Fight Club in NY and did his first battle against Iron Solomon 1:12:22 - Locksmith describes what it was like being a lyrical rapper during the hyphy movement 1:14:08 - Connecting with Mac Dre in 2001. Remembering the legacy of Mac Dre as one of the hyphy legends 1:21:36 - Locksmith on not being hyphy and how the New Bay Movement led to the hyphy movement 1:25:02 - Throwing shots at hyphy on “The Truth” from the last Frontline album 1:30:00 - Locksmith gives E-A-Ski his flowers and explains why they grew apart 1:33:00 - Breaking down the connection between Camp Lo, Ski Beatz and Jay-Z 1:37:18 - Locksmith explains why he’s not that interested in battling anymore 1:41:55 - Reflecting on the trauma that led to “Hardest Song Ever” and the impact it has on fans 1:55:44 - Locksmith reacts to the passing of Takeoff and new wave of rappers dying 2:01:33 - How gentrification has affected the Bay Area --- NO JUMPER PATREON http://www.patreon.com/nojumper CHECK OUT OUR NEW SPOTIFY PLAYLIST https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5te... FOLLOW US ON SNAPCHAT FOR THE LATEST NEWS & UPDATES https://www.snapchat.com/discover/No_... CHECK OUT OUR ONLINE STORE!!! http://www.nojumper.com/ SUBSCRIBE for new interviews (and more) weekly: http://bit.ly/nastymondayz Follow us on SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/show/4ENxb4B... iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/n... Follow us on Social Media: https://www.snapchat.com/discover/No_... http://www.twitter.com/nojumper http://www.instagram.com/nojumper https://www.facebook.com/NOJUMPEROFFI... http://www.reddit.com/r/nojumper JOIN THE DISCORD: https://discord.gg/Q3XPfBm Follow Adam22: https://www.tiktok.com/@adam22 http://www.twitter.com/adam22 http://www.instagram.com/adam22 adam22hoe on Snapchat Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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