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! ----- 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 ----- 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!!! 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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