Rum Nitty on How He Rose To The Top of Battle Rap

Rum Nitty talks about his rise to fame, transitioning from gang bangin to worldwide battle rap fame, battling for $150,000 from Drake and more!

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00:00 Intro
3:05 – Started to rap at 10 years old. Being influenced by west coast rappers, especially Brotha Lynch
4:52 – Keeping a low profile on social media to avoid giving out ammo for battle opponents
6:22 – Feeling like a failure after using his rent money to fly to his first King of the Dot battle
14:00 – Having a love of words and valuing his intelligence, but when he first started was only in it for the check
14:55 – Remembering the Tycoon Tax Battle. Flying out of the country for the first time for World Domination. Lush paid for his hotel
16:20 – Being loyal in this industry and era that doesn’t respect loyalty
18:25 – Crazy run of battles on King of the Dot: Arsonal, O-Red, B Magic. Battle versus Magic was his first time getting paid
23:10 – Surreal experience of being recognized at the Ether Battles, seeing Cassidy and Dizaster for the first time
25:20 – Being inspired by Brotha Lynch. Learning how to incorporate criticism
26:22 – How he came up with his legendary “Grab the nose runnin’ I’m comin’ down with something” bar
32:55 – Always mentioning Dizaster as the goat of battle rap. Breaking down his Top 10 battle rappers
34:36 – Moving from King of the Dot to URL. Getting a huge reaction from his first battle vs Ave
37:00 – Dizaster and Rum Nitty are going to battle. Diz: “You want to battle me” Says Rum is on the Mt Rushmore of Battle Rap
39:35 – Dizaster says Rum is harder to write for than Geechi because he’s such a shadowy figure
43:00 – Battling for 150K in front of Drake. Agreeing to split the bread if he made to the finals
47:28 – Trying to get a feature from Remy and Drake after winning the Westworld battle
48:30 – Rum and G Will on their new Westworld venture with GTX. Creating a platform for young artists and battle rappers
58:05 – G Will on battle rap saving his life
1:01:55 – Diz on the positive side of battle rap and its potential to help people. Not promoting drug use. Lush being known as the wavy guy in battle rap
1:05:40 – Previewing the matchups for the upcoming Westworld event on July 30th. Rum and G Will on starting their own league
1:10:34 Rum Nitty reveals his list of rappers he wants to battle. Wants to battle Illmac, Conceited, Cassidy
1:13:48 – Rum says he would battle Saint. Wants to give young guys opportunities like people did for him

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