Dirty Glove Bastard: Off The Porch

EST Gee has become one of the hottest rappers coming out of Louisville. And he also has a crazy backstory. Within the last few months, he was shot 5 times, his mother  & brother passed away and he’s been banned from performing in Louisville by the police.  Last week, we sat down with EST Gee while he was in Atlanta for in-depth “Off The Porch” interview. During our conversation, he talked to us about his music blowing up this year, life in Louisville, being the biggest street rapper ever to come out of Louisville, getting football scholarship to Indiana State, catching a trafficking charge for 12 pounds & was facing 10 years in prison, getting shot 5 times last year including once in the eye, his mother passing away a couple weeks ago, his brother getting killed a week later, explains how he has stayed focus on his career despite all the recent tragedy, talks about the music scene in Louisville, the police in Louisville trying to ban him from performing in the city, the police confiscating his jewelry, working with Sada Baby on his song “Taught Different”, his music video “On The Floor” featuring Icewear Vezzo & Payroll Giovanni, his upcoming project “Ion Feel Nun”, his label EST (Everybody Shine Together), explains what being a father means to him and much more!

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We recently sat down with South Carolina rapper Homicidal Hands for an exclusive Off The Porch interview! During our conversation she talks life in Charleston, doing hair, trying to put Charleston on, her musical influences, the meaning behind her name Homicidal Hands, music scene in Charleston, support in her city, her new music video “Hit Em Up”, dropping a new mixtape on her birthday, and much more!

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Music allows an individual the opportunity to reinvent oneself and that is exactly what Daniel Payne, formerly known as KD is doing right now. After a decade of releasing music under KD, the Birmingham native and now Houston resident is reintroducing himself to the masses as simply Daniel Payne. And during his recent trip to Atlanta, we caught up with him to talk about the name change, the current state of Country Rap Tunes, T.I.'s trap music museum and so much more. He explains his growth as a person and as an artist led to the name change & he compares the change to Tity Boi morphing into 2 Chainz. He talks about his new “3rd Coastin On Purple Waves” EP & the heavy Houston influence on there. He explains how he first linked with DJ Burn One & their long working history. He states that he was the first rapper from Birmingham to use the internet to promote his music outside of the city. He compares how artists promoted themselves on the internet 10 years ago to now. He speaks on producer B-Flat’s production style and their great chemistry from working together for over 10 years now. He then explains the huge difference with the rap scenes in Birmingham & the one in Houston. He talks about being inspired and relating to UGK & Scarface and then explains why he called out T.I. and his Trap Music Museum on Twitter recently. He also talks about the current state of Country Rap Tunes and if he considers Lil Nas X & NBA Youngboy’s music as Country Rap Tunes. He explains what Dirty Glove Bastard means to him and talks about his upcoming albums and more!

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We recently spoke with VA rapper Mochaveli for an exclusive “Off The Porch” interview! During our conversation she discussed being excited for 2021, living in Hampton Virginia, being originally from North Carolina, learning consistency and dedication as life lessons, being a big Lil Wayne fan, linking up with ACM Juice, being the first artist on ACM, proving herself to her label, building her own fan base, music scene back home, thoughts on female rappers, new single “Cocky” , working with Flame Blazin, creative directing her own video, opening up her own store “Hot Commodity”, other projects she’s working on this year, and much more!

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Recently we sat down with Jacksonville rapper Foolio for an exclusive “Off The Porch” interview! During our conversation he talked about life in Jacksonville right now, being from the Northside of the city, long 15 friends to gun violence before he turned 20 years old, using music as his therapy to cope with those losses, getting shot when he was 15, detailing that shooting on his song “True Story Pt.1”, speaks on the recent shooting that took place in Houston, explains how he linked with Zaytoven, the music scene in Jacksonville right now, beef among the rappers in the city, his song “Bibby Story” that was dedicated to his 16 year old brother who was killed last year, his new single “Play With Me”, upcoming project ‘Love Me Like I’m Dead’, his music going to a new level this year, explains why he has remained independent, and much more!

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We recently sat down with buzzing Florida rapper Soulja K for an exclusive “Off The Porch” interview! During our conversation he discussed how he had to cut his hair during his recent stay in jail, growing up in Jacksonville, jumping off the porch, biggest life lesson, getting his buzz with “Intro”, his fallout with Foolio, the music scene in Jacksonville, his “Gangsta S***” music videos blowing up, his new music videos “Dirty Stick”, “Gucci Mane”, remaining independent, fatherhood, and much more!

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Recently we caught back up with Mobsquad Nard for another exclusive “Off The Porch” interview! This time we had him visit us in Atlanta where he talked about his mother passing away while he was in jail, how that tragedy is now fueling his motivation to be more focused than ever, his new album "I'm Serious" + much more!   

0:17​ Reveals that Grind Hard is recording a compilation project  

1:04​ Speaks on his mother passing away while he was in jail last year, says he was allowed to attend the funeral but not her burial & reveals that his mother was his biggest supporter  

8:03​ Explains what was the first thing he did when he was released from jail  

9:34​ Talks about being rusty when he first got back in the studio & reveals he wrote 100 songs while in jail including his new single “Murda Scene”   13:35​ Talks about his new album “I’m Serious” (drops 9/13/19, one year since his mother passed), says that the Intro track is one of his most personal songs he’s recorded and reveals the features & producers he worked with on there  

27:11​ Speaks on the exploding music scene in Jacksonville/Duval County and the beef in the city among some of the rappers  

32:51​ Speaks on genuine love vs fake love  

35:15​ Reveals what he would change about the streets & talks about upcoming projects

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Central 8a8y DGB Off The Porch Interview

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Recently we caught up with buzzing Dallas rapper Erica Banks for an exclusive “Off The Porch” interview! During our sit-down she talked about her music career taking off the past 3 months, life in Dallas, going to college to become a nurse, dropping out to pursue music full-time, starting off writing poetry before started to rap, her freestyle videos going viral on social media, not being bothered when people compare her to other female rappers, being influenced by Nicki Minaj, Asian Doll & Missy Elliott, the rise of female rappers, the music scene in Dallas right now, signing with 1501 Certified three months ago, the importance of having a team, her new self-titled project, her buzzing single “Buss It”, working with Beatkiing on “Toot That”, making her best music when she’s pissed off, how she handles negative comments, and much more!

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We recently sat down with Indiana artist/producer/engineer AP Guada for an exclusive “Off The Porch” interview! During our conversation he talks about life in Kokomo, jumping off the porch, teaching himself how to make beats, transitioning into rapping, engineering for other artists, his inspiration behind creating, engineers being under appreciated, the music scene back home, his single + video “Rari” taking off, upcoming EP, and much more!

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