Blueface On ‘People’s Party With Talib Kweli’

In this episode of “People’s Party With Talib Kweli”, Talib Kweli and Jasmin Leigh sit down with rapper:

BLUEFACE

Here’s what they got into on this one:

• The 90’s rappers that Blue’s style has been compared to
• Black and Latino relations in his hometown of Mid-City, LA
• Breaking down lyrics from “Outside (Better Days)“
• Oakland’s contribution to hip hop and how living there shaped him
• Criticism of his off-beat style of rapping coming from the East Coast
• “DeadLocs” being the first song to get real notice on SoundCloud
• Using guerrilla marketing tactics to escalate his notoriety
• How being a Crip has been a double-edged sword as a recording artist
• His song, “Respect My Crypn”, putting a target on his back at home
• Love for Snoop Dogg and his status as a West Coast legend
• Getting signed to Cash Money West after linking up with Wack 100
• His collaboration with Cardi B on “Thotiana” being a game-changer
• Blue’s past of being in a relationship with two women at the same time
• Experiences working with video director Cole Bennett
• Backlash over a video of Blue throwing money to people on LA’s Skid Row
• Getting put on blast over lyrics in his song “Disrespectful”
• Blue’s warning to rappers about LA after the murder of Pop Smoke
• His claim of sleeping with over 1000 women in six months
• Controversy over women sleeping in bunk beds at one of Blue’s houses
• How the boxing match against TikToker Kane Trujillo all came together
• Blue expands on his response to Jake Paul’s trolling of him
• The chances of a boxing match between Blue and rapper 6ix9ine
• Blue using the platform of TikTok to his full advantage
• His love of Hennessey and Talib letting them sponsor his wedding
• How he got into the restaurant biz with Blue’s Fish and Soul
• The enormous potential of his protégé rapper ChriseanRock
• What’s next for Blueface

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