Open Mike Eagle talks to Lush about his early days, mentorship, positive influence, divorce and more. ----- 0:00 Intro 2:30 Lush discusses his family's connection to the New York music scene 6:45 Lush asks Mike what “art rap" means and why he doesn’t use that term anymore 11:25 Mike says that mainstream rap is in its “weird” phase and gives credit to Lil Wayne 16:30 Lush and Mike talk about The Bay and ATL being the most supportive of their local artists 17:40 Lush brings up Almighty's Music to Mike Eagle and knowing his dad’s music 24:50 Mike says it's important for rappers to learn their own music, perform it well, and discusses Ice Spice’s marketing failures and performances 27:49 Mike speaks on rappers punching in every line and not being able to perform that style live 37:20 Mike on growing up in Chicago and all the artists that emerged from there: Twista, The Cool Kids, Chance The Rapper, NoName, Chief Keef 42:20 Mike says that many Chicago OG's were locked up and not able to mentor young people 47:40 Mike talks about his fanbase being mainly white 49:58 Mike on working with kids in after school programs and showing them a different way 51:30 Mike speaks on fashion style at rap battles and pulling up after work 52:30 Lush on Mike working with Flying Lotus and Anderson .Paak 55:40 Mike talks about promoting his album as an independent artist and how his ex reacted to his divorce album 59:30 Mike talks about his newest album and going back to his roots in hip hop ----- 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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