Interview by Spitty

We recently sat down with the legendary B.G. for an exclusive “Off The Porch” interview! During our conversation he discussed thinking he was career was over when he began his prison sentence, being the heart of the streets, making relatable street music, New Orleans culture, explains what Super Sunday is, getting his start rapping at Stan’s barbershop, getting introduced to Birdman, explains how losing his dad at a young age effected his life, jumping off the porch in 1992, gangsta bounce music, being in a group with Lil Wayne called The B.G.’z, explains how the Hot Boys formed, ‘Chopper City’ ushering in a new sound for Cash Money, Mannie Fresh building the sound, working with Mac on “Ns N Trouble”, not dropping any music videos for his first 3 solo albums, the other independent labels in New Orleans during that time, “Cash Money Is An Army” being his first music video, their slang being so influential, his friendship with Soulja Slim, their plans to become the new face of the city after they both left their labels, their ‘Uptown Souljas’ project getting leaked, wanting to film music videos for some of his classic songs, reveals that Bun B taught him how to count his bars, explains the creative process at Cash Money, reveals Mannie would could cook up in 10-20 minutes, his experience being on the Cash Money & Ruff Ryders tour, not caring about the hate that Southern artists received, Prodigy reaching out to him to work on “Y.B.E.”, his relationship with Juicy J & DJ Paul, the Baller Blockin movie, coming home two days after his birthday, violating his probation for rapping, having to turn over his lyrics to his probation officer before his music is released, his new project ‘Freedom Of Speech’, upcoming album with MikeWiLLMadeIt, another upcoming album with Boosie, upcoming movies, and much more!

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