In 2014, AmirSaysNothing took a full plunge into the world of music, and he hasn't looked back. In the eight years since his fateful decision, he's released a handful of projects, worked with illustrious artists and producers including Project Pat, Slug of Atmosphere, Mike Shinoda, and Evidence, and toured across the country.

Amir joins the Washed-Up crew to discuss his soccer background (01:47), dropping everything to fully pursue a music career (03:13), releasing his first song and realizing that music was a viable career (09:11), becoming becoming friends with Slug of Atmosphere on Twitter, and getting a feature from Project Pat (12:28), meeting DJ Paul of Three 6 Mafia in an empty bar (18:30), rumors of him being in the Illuminati (22:16), the tour life (25:11), navigating the music industry as an independent artist (28:18), learning lessons about being an artist from Slug (37:35), and his thoughts on the new Kendrick Lamar album and his other music influences (40:43), before getting put on the hot seat for Julio's rapid fire round (50:27).

This podcast was supported by Bet Online and The Football Boutique.

Cast

Hosts: Ramsey Abushahla & Julio Monterroza

Producer: Roy Cho

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