Music Is A Team Sport Feat. Dat Boi Jizzal & Young Sauce

In this episode Durell is joined by two indie hip-hop artists Dat Boi Jizzal and Young Sauce. Durell begins the episode talking with Dat Boi Jizzal and Young Sauce, asking them about their earliest memories of music. Dat Boi Jizzal shares that his earliest memories of music was him listening to Flavor Flav and Public Enemy. Young Sauce shares that his earliest memories of music was his mom buying him a LL Cool J album. He shares that he loved that his mom bought him his first rap album because most mothers don’t buy their kids rap music to begin with.

Durell asks Dat Boi Jizzal what it was like to grow up on the westside of Atlanta. He shares that it was a pretty rough neighborhood and there was a lot of violence and he was glad that he was able to survive and have the opportunity to pursue music. Durell asks Young Sauce what it was like growing up in the Midwest. Young Sauce shared that music is what really saved him from staying out of trouble. Durell shares that music is so powerful and it really makes a difference in helping people through growing up through tough times. Durell shares that he didn’t grow up in the streets or was disenfranchised but he did learn about what that was like through some of his childhood friends who came up through that. Young Sauce asks Durell about what it was like growing up in Orlando as an African American because he had heard stories about them being mistreated. Durell shares that he didn’t see a lot of mistreatment because it really depended on the part of Orlando that you came up through. He shares that he grew up in a very middle class neighborhood.

Durell and Dat Boi Jizzal talk about him being a part of a legendary hip-hop group called Dem Franchize Boyz. Durell asks how they all met and Jizzal shares that they all went to the same high school. He shares that when they all met he was the only one doing music at the time. Jizzal shared that they formed the group after they started recording in a home studio. After they formed the group they started getting some of their records playing in the city and that led to them recording and releasing their hit record “In My White Tee”. Durell asks Jizzal what it was like to be signed to a major record label. Jizzal shares that being signed to a major label was great, and they were signed to several labels throughout their run as a group. Jizzal shares that the exposure was great because of the access to people and resources. He shares that when the group signed with So So Def and Jermaine, it changed his life because he refers to Jermaine as a Berry Gordy type of guy.

Durell and Jizzal talk about him starting his company Gutta Entertainment and that he was able to sell 10,000 units as an independent artist. He shares that at that time he was still doing some big tours such as “The Scream Tour” with artists like Bow Wow. He shares that during that time he also had several artists that he was helping develop including Young Sauce. Durell shares that at that time there was so much to be said for being able to push units hand to hand. Durell shares that when indie artists build and establish their brand they are then able to convert interested fans into supporters.

Durell and Jizzal talk about the power of being able to be a global artist. He shares that one of the great things about being global is the opportunities that he still gets to be able to go and get money overseas. He shares that he doesn’t take that for granted because there are artists that have had success in the past overseas but aren’t able to still go back and touch all of the people that still love and appreciate them across the pond.

Durell and Young Sauce talk about the work that he has been putting in as an independent artist. He dropped a mixtape called “Back To Basics”. He shared that he was named one of the Fall 2021“Artists To Watch” in ``XXL Ma