DJ Drama On “People’s Party With Talib Kweli”

In this episode of “People’s Party With Talib Kweli”, Talib Kweli sits down with DJ, record executive, and music promoter:

DJ DRAMA

Here’s what they got into:

• Drama answering the call to collab with Jean Grae on ‘Cookies Or Comas’
• Talib’s reaction to Pharrell rapping over his and Hi-Tek’s first single “Fortified Live”
• Drama’s work with Dead Prez on the ‘Revolutionary But Gangsta Grillz’
• His West Philadelphia upbringing in the Bottoms and Germantown
• The politically conscious household Drama was raised in
• Drama’s childhood being deprived of “G.I. Joe” and “The Dukes Of Hazzard”
• His new album, ‘‎I’m Really Like That‘, recreating scenes from the film “Juice”
• “Juice” being the reason for Drama picking up his first set of turntables
• The influence of his childhood friends, Philly graffiti artists Emerge and SAGA
• His long history with the Roots crew going back to his first mixtapes
• Bahamadia connecting Drama and Talib when she performed at Nkiru Books
• Drama’s father convincing him to attend the HBCU of Clark Atlanta University
• Meeting DJ Sense and Don Cannon at college and forming The Aphilliates
• Jason Geter brining in T.I. to collab with Drama for his first single-artist mixtape
• Tip claiming himself the “King Of The South” before his name was known
• Drama telling the story of how he started working with Young Jeezy
• Being caught in between the public beef of Jeezy and Gucci Mane
• Getting raided at gunpoint by the Feds on RICO charges in 2007
• Working with Tyler, the Creator on the album ‘Call Me If You Get Lost’
• Winning a Grammy the same day he performed at Dreamville Festival

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