Dirty Glove Bastard: Off The Porch

Interview by Spitty

We recently got to catch up with the legendary Brooklyn MC Talib Kweli! During our chat he told us what his experiences were growing up in Bedstuy, how his parents influenced him, and how being into music, movies, and poetry shaped his artistry. He shared when he initially jumped “off the porch”, why he started to take the craft and culture serious at 15yrs old. Kweli explained why he thinks people downplay conscious rappers, Jay z shouting him out in a song, and he told us a few stories about the classic single “Get By”!

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Interview by Haze

We recently traveled down to Limestone Creek, Florida to chop it up with 1900Rugrat for a special edition of “Off The Porch”! During our sit down he talked about his life changing the past few months, reveals he was adopted when he was 14, still having a relationship with his family, growing up in Limestone Creek, his neighborhood changing a lot, his hobbies as a kid, jumping off the porch at a young age, knowing his best friend/brother Rick since he was 6 years old, struggles he had to overcome including being homeless at one point, rapping since he was 13 years old, Chief Keef being a huge influence on him, his journey rapping before his career blew up, his freestyles going viral on TikTok, explains how he found the beat for “One Take Freestyle”, recording the song in one take, posting the audio, shooting the music video, performing at On The Radar, recalls recording “Clean & Dirty”, working with DrewFilmedIt, going to Kensington with Skrilla to shoot the “Auntie Ain’t Playin” music video, reveals he almost put Skrilla on the “One Take Freestyle” remix, recalls the first time he met Kodak Black, explains how Kodak jumped on the “One Take Freestyle” remix, shooting the music video, his upcoming debut project ‘Porch 2 the Pent’, being vulnerable on this album, reveals that Lil Yachty will be on the album, his life changing, producers he worked with on the album, explains the title to the album, upcoming performance at Rolling Loud in LA, recalls his first time performing at RL in Miami this past December, goals, shares advice for new artists, and much more!

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Interview by Spitty

We recently sat back down with Trapboy Freddy for a brand new “Off The Porch” interview! During our conversation he talked about having a great start to 2025, not taking rap for granted anymore, dealing with temptations, goals he set for himself while he was locked up, being more focused than ever, his thoughts on the Luka trade, Future bringing him at his show, learning the power of of manifestation, supporting the New Dallas movement, explains how the song “Having Our Way” was created, giving back to the community, announces he will be dropping ‘Trapboy Freddy Krueger 4’ project this year, his relationship with Young Thug & Young Dolph, explains why he named his new project ‘Clone’, his music video “Talking About Love” that he filmed in jail, still having his kennel, upcoming project for the ladies, what he does to keep his vibrations high, fatherhood, and much more!

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Interview by Manny Akiio

We recently sat down with buzzing Florida artist BossMan Dlow for an exclusive “Off The Porch” interview! During our conversation he talked about his career taking of the past couple months, coming up in Port Salerno Florida, playing basketball as a kid, jumping off the porch when he was 13, tells the story of how he got locked up in the 10th grade, getting expelled from school, explains why he feel like school doesn’t prepare you for the real world, changing his life after his last sit down, reveals the wildest thing he saw while locked up, writing his first song while in jail, making motivational music, his song “Rotation” getting the streets attention, “The Biggest” gaining him a new audience outside of just the streets, getting YTB Fatt on the remix, putting on for his city, explains the definition of “2 Slippery”, working with Loe Shimmy, the sports references in his raps, explains his creative process, upcoming music video for “Finesse”, signing with Alamo Records, explains why its difficult to make it out of his city, wanting to create more opportunities in his city, what to expect from him in 2024, upcoming project that he plans to drop in February, staying consistent, shares advice to the youth, his nickname Big Za, other investments he wants to get into, and much more!

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Interview by Haze

We recently caught up with buzzing Florida artist C Stunna for an exclusive “Off The Porch” interview! During our sit down he talked about the way of life in Fort Myers, being big into church activities while he was growing up, jumping off the porch, being the youngest of all his siblings, going to college for one year, explains why he stopped going, rapping since he was 12, starting to take it serious about 4 years ago, recall this first studio session, getting good feedback when he dropped it which motivated him to keep pursuing music, his song & video “Unleashed” being one of the first ones to really pop for him, being tripped out when people started asking him to take pictures, his song “Freebandz” taking off in 2020, knowing that his song “Motion” was going to be a hit when he recorded it, not feeding into the online trolls, reveals how the remix with Loe Shimmy & Wizz Havinn was created, the turn out for the music video, labels reaching out to him, initially not liking his song “Al Roker”, his song “Feel Myself” being one of his favorites, explains his creative process, wanting to get back into writing, working with Luh Tyler on “Why U Hatin”, getting a lot of support from some of the bigger artists in Florida, his thoughts on the music scene in Fort Myers right now, there being a lot of unity in the city, working with Skrilla on his new single “Curtis Jackson”, announces his next project, signing with MNRK, goals for 2024, longterm goals, wanting to get into acting, shares advice for the kids, and much more!

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Interview by Spitty

We recently sat down with buzzing Milwaukee artist 414bigfrank for an exclusive “Off The Porch” interview! During our conversation he talked about his experience at SXSW this year, his experience coming up in Milwaukee, the importance of having a solid team with him, jumping off the porch when he was 18, recording his first song he was 12, going viral on Vine, being a jack of all trades with music, dancing & comedy, his buzzing new single “Eat Her Up”, being on Billboard’s list for top TikTok songs, Milwaukee getting shine right now, his viral song “Backpack”, Flo Milli using the same sample, his thoughts on TikTok potentially being banned in the U.S., Druski bringing him out at a show, popular artists doing his dance, Eternal Music Group, reveals his favorite song to perform, people hating all the female rappers, lessons learned in his music journey, fatherhood, shares advice, working with Bfb Da Packman, and much more!

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Interview by Haze

We recently caught back up with Skrilla for a brand new “Off The Porch” interview! During our conversation he talked about his new mask that he wore while performing in Chicago & North Carolina, getting a lot of love in Chicago, having family in Chicago & Texas, dealing with fame, getting shot in Chicago, celebrating his wins, planning to stop doing drugs after May, his next album ‘Z’, sharing a video of him giving a fiend some Narcan in Kensington, losing friends to drugs, explains the concept to the album cover for ‘Z’, fatherhood, artists he wants to put on the album, recalls recording his buzzing single “Doot Doot”, the song going viral on TikTok before it was even released, Ice Spice showing love to the song, freezing up when he saw her, upcoming remix with G Herbo, bringing Kodak Black to Kensington, thousands of people showing up to his stream with Neon, police shutting down the event, the police officer who arrested him while he was on IG live getting fired, working with Jorjiana, thoughts on being nominated for the XXL Freshman this year, and much more!

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Interview by Spitty

We recently sat down with Starlito & Don Trip for an exclusive “Off The Porch” interview! During our conversation they discussed the new ‘Step Brothers 4’ album, they explain why there was a gap between part 3 & 4, standing the test of time by remaining relevant, being successful on their own terms, Lito preferring to focus on albums rather than singles, Trip dropping 24 projects in 24 months, their creative process, building a close friendship over the years, Trip’s verse on “Put The Gun Down Craig”, they recall jumping off the porch with their music careers, Lito signing with Yo Gotti in 2004, recalls getting $1k for a show for the first time, Lito reveals he wanted to be a producer at first, going back to college for audio recording, being hands on with the production, recording the new project in different cities, balancing fatherhood with recording, their unique song titles, inspiration for “Butterfly Effect” & “Royal Rumble”, Trip gets emotional when discussing “Yeah 5x 2.0”, and much more!

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Interview by Spitty

We recently caught up with Young Dro for an exclusive “Off The Porch” interview! During our sit down he talked about his musical influences, how he fell in love with Polo, nobody else in Atlanta rocking Polo like him, turning it into an acronym, connecting with some of the Lo heads in New York, explains what makes Bankhead so special, Bankhead’s influence on the culture, his experience being signed to Raheem The Dream, his single “Yes Sir” blowing up, jumping off the porch when he was 11, the circumstances that lead to him jumping off the porch that young, looking up to the local drug dealers, being friends with Daddy Mac of Kris Kross, how he felt dropping his successful debut album, Spitty shares a story of meeting Dro in LA back in 2008, explains why there was a long gap between his debut album & his second album, his album getting leaked online, going on a crazy mixtape run, explains how “Ain’t I” was created, knowing T.I. before each of them was rapping, reveals one of the biggest lessons he learned during his career, being open about his battle with substance abuse, going on 3 years sober, having to cut off people after he left rehab, explains why he has a flip phone instead of a smart phone, what he learned about himself once he got sober, his mindset around the time he overdosed, the inspiration for his verse on “Thank God”, recording the verse in the same place he OD’d at, the verse touching so many people, sharing his story with others, working with 1K Phew, the impact “My Patna Dem” had on the city, working with J. Cole, his reaction to hearing Gucci Mane’s spoken word on the outro, having Young Dro day, his initiative It Still Takes A Village, upcoming project with Zaytoven, upcoming P$C project, reveals that him & T.I. have an upcoming collab project, upcoming movies he will be in, shares advice for his younger self, and much more!

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Interview by Haze

We recently sat down with Ralo for an exclusive “Off The Porch” interview! During our conversation he talked about his history with DGB, celebrating his birthday the day before, recalls his birthdays while in prison, becoming an avid reader while locked up which inspired him to write his own book ‘Chosen’, reveals he will be releasing 2 more books, providing a better life for his children, being a father changing him, going back to being an independent artist, his new project ‘Chosen’ charting for the first time, getting into real estate, buying more land on his birthday, his relationship with his mother, Tay Savage joins the interview, Tay explains how he first linked with Ralo, Musl!ms protecting each other in prison, Ralo being big on forgiveness, their new single “Respect The D3ad”, pushing unity amongst the Musl!ms, fans saying this is Ralo’s best project, the inspiration for his song “Slime Survivor”, reveals he has never written a song, reveals the realest person he met while in prison, his song “Talking To Myself” being a very personal song, fallout with Young Scooter, always being outspoken, Shawty Lo’s reputation, his relationship with YFN Lucci, people respecting negativity more than positivity, shares advice for the youth, his thoughts on Kendr!ck’s Super Bowl halftime show, his thoughts on people saying that Lil Baby fell off, shares a funny story with Birdman, shares one of his favorite moments with Young Dolph, plans for 2025, and much more!

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