Diverse Mentality Interviews

#7 - Former G-Unit Artist DTAY Interview

DTAY stops by Diverse Mentality to talk about his upbringing in Nashville, becoming friends with Young Buck, saving Buck's life during a robbery, signing with G-Unit, meeting 50 Cent, G-Unit tour, making music and much more. Timestamps: (0:00) – Growing Up In Nashville AndMeeting Young Buck (5:14) – Still Moving In The StreetsWhile Young Buck Is Focused On Music (9:23) – What Lead Up To A ShootingThat Almost Took Young Buck’s Life (16:29) – Saving Young Buck’s LifeFrom Robbers That Wanted To Get Him (25:35) – Running Around With YoungBuck On The Cash Money Tour With Juvenile (30:56) – 50 Cent’s Reaction ToEating Food Out His Kitchen When He First Met Him (40:20) – 50 Cent Wanting Him OnYoung Buck’s “Prices On My Head” Track (45:59) – 50 Cent Making Him RandomlyPerform With Young Buck At The 2004 BET Awards (53:17) – Getting Robbed For TheG-Unit Spinner Chain (1:04:39) – Young Buck Trying To GetThe G-Unit Spinner Chain Back In Chicago (1:08:49) – Chicago Gangs AlmostStarting A War Over The G-Unit Spinner Chain (1:13:48) – 50 Cent Doing A CrazyThing After Getting Hit In The Head With A Bottle At A Concert (1:18:45) – Snoop Dogg’s Homie’sChain Getting Robbed And His Friend HEADBussa Getting It Back (1:24:49) – 50 Cent Putting Him InHeadlock For Getting Robbed For The G-Unit Spinner Chain (1:35:24) – Young Buck Deciding HeDoesn’t Need 50 Cent To Sell Records Anymore (1:42:15) – Fighting With Young BuckOn The Tour Bus (1:50:01) – 50 Cent’s Energy TowardsYoung Buck Changed When He Tried To Come Back To G-Unit (1:56:55) – Young Buck Taking Future Off HisTrack Before He Blew Up (2:07:13) - Working On A Movie That 50 Cent Will Executive Produce

#6 - Former G-Unit Artist Hot Rod Interview

Former G-Unit Artist Hot Rod stopped by Diverse Mentality and spoke about how he got discovered by 50 Cent, signing to G-Unit Records in 2006, His single "Be Easy" with Mary J. Blige flopping, his debut album "Fast Lane" never coming out, 50 Cent getting mad at him and kicking him off stage, nearly getting killed shooting a music video in Jimmy Henchman's hood and so much more. (00:00) – Intro (00:27) – Upbringing In California, How He Got IntoMusic (08:49) – Drake Knowing His Music, Working With SameProducers (22:13) - Stealing Over $500K Worth Of Verizon Phones,Getting Locked Up For It (34:45) – 50 Cent Calling Him At Work And Telling HimTo Quit His Job And Record Music For Him (51:00) – What Surprised Him About Meeting 50 Cent (1:04:40) – 50 Cent Testing Him Immediately In The Studio (1:12:49) – 50 Cent Not Trusting Him, Testing Him WithMoney And Women (1:21:00) – Working With Eminem, Dr. Dre, 50 Cent AndFinishing His Debut Album (1:26:19) – Shooting XXL Cover With 50 Cent (1:29:51) – Regretting Not Speaking Up When 50 CentAnd Jimmy Iovine Were Selecting His First Single Off His Album (1:37:16) – Being The First Artist Without A 50 CentFeature As The Lead Single (1:49:37) – Getting Sent Home After Partying In 50Cent’s Mansion And A Girl Goes Missing (1:58:19) – Potentially Losing His Deal With G-Unit IfHe Didn’t Perform Well With 50 Cent (2:05:57) – Violating His Parole Because He Was SeenOn TV With 50 Cent (2:11:51) – Why His Single “Be Easy” With Mary J.Blige Flopped (2:27:04) – 50 Cent Kicking Him Off Stage And ThrowingWater At Him For Messing Up Lyrics (2:35:43) – 50 Cent Giving His Song To LL Cool J AndHearing Himself On The Radio For The First Time (2:42:49) – 50 Cent’s Goon Saving His Life AfterShooting A Video In Jimmy Henchman’s Hood (2:54:04) – Why 50 Cent Didn’t Want To Push His Single“Bump My Sh*t” (2:58:39) – Tila Tequila Wanting $100,000 For HisViral Song “I Like To F**k” (3:07:47) – Remixing David Guetta’s Music And BuildingA Buzz In Europe (3:13:05) – 50 Cent Launching New Label G-Note RecordsAnd Him Being The First Artist (3:22:52) – Why He Never Signed The Contract WithG-Note Records (3:32:06) – 50 Cent Saying He Respects Him For DoingHis Own Thing (3:36:25) – David Guetta Hearing His Music And WantingTo Work With Him (3:42:33) – Wanting Out Of His G-Unit Records ContractAnd Moving On (3:45:57) – Diddy Partying With Women And Using DrugsOn Them (3:56:19) – Running A Successful Company And WorkingWith New Artists

#5 - The Young Buck Interview

Young Buck stops by Diverse Mentality and talks about where he has been, his legal troubles, his upbringing in Nashville, how he got into music, working with 50 Cent on 'Blood Hound', signing to G-Unit, a possible G-Unit Reunion, how the G-Unit spinner chain got robbed in Chicago, El Chapo's cartel returning the chain, working with Linkin Park's Chester Bennington and much more. Timestamps: (0:00) - Intro (0:15) - Where He's Been, Dealing With Online Opinions And New Music (5:03) - Recent Legal Troubles (12:32) - Growing Up In Nashville, Trying To Make It As A Rapper (23:05) - Influencing Taylor Swift's Career, Saweetie Sampling His Music (27:35) - Trying To Make A G-Unit Reunion Happen (34:37) - Working With 50 Cent On 'Blood Hound' And Deciding To Sign With G-Unit (44:49) - Working With Dr. Dre & Eminem In The Studio (51:04) - Performing In Dangerous Places With G-Unit (55:55) - G-Unit Chaing Getting Robbed In Chicago And El Chapo's Cartel Returning It (1:03:35) - Hearing The Game Say "F**K G-Unit" Back In 2004 Before His Album Dropped (1:09:10) - His Fallout With 50 Cent & G-Unit (1:16:06) - Working With Linkin Park's Chester Bennington

#4 - Kidd Kidd Interview

Kidd Kidd returns to Diverse Mentality to discuss a lot from his new album Street Fame, the current climate of Hip-Hop, how he got J Cole and 50 Cent to work together, unreleased music with YFN Lucci, Young Buck, Lloyd Banks and much more. Timestamps: (0:00) – Intro (0:16) – Tour with DJ Paul (3:56) – Having 2Pac Syndrome (7:50) – Seeing Wayne’s work ethic (8:58) – How to constantly come up with new bars (14:20) – Adjusting voice for mainstream appeal (16:10) – Kidd Kidd being the best husband ever (17:40) – Finding the right partner for life (23:50) – Today’s dating climate (27:50) – Social media clout (29:40) – Lyrics from Street Fame album (32:20) – New Orleans artists and talent (34:18) – Fee Banks’ influence on New Orleans artists (35:20) – Every artist touring this year (37:00) – Are there more volumes to Street Fame? (38:05) – Having his son on Street Fame, being impressed with his rapping (45:37) – Producers on Street Fame (46:08) – Hip-Hop’s current state (49:00) – Being authentically you as an artist (51:50) – Kidd Kidd reacts to Oliver Anthony’s Rich Men North of Richmond song (56:45) – Living what you rap about (58:30) – How Kidd Kidd helped 50 Cent and J Cole collab together (1:03:00) – J. Cole owing Kidd Kidd a favor (1:06:57) – Underestimating talent (1:08:30) – Unreleased music with YFN Lucci, Young Buck, 50 Cent and more (1:12:30) – Wild unreleased 50 Cent verses with Kidd Kidd (1:14:13) – Kidd Kidd’s new chain and logo design (1:18:20) - Bringing 50 Cent’s music excitement back (1:20:15) – Loving Lloyd Banks return to music and working with him (1:24:14) – Gunplay incident at the BET Hip-Hop Awards, shows love to Mike Knox (1:26:25) – Similarities in 50 Cent and Lil Wayne (1:28:25) – Would you work with 6IX9INE? (1:34:10) – Street life is a lie (1:36:40) - Outro

#3 - The Benzino Interview

Benzino stops by Diverse Mentality to discuss his life growing up, how he got into music, running The Source Magazine, his issues with Eminem, 50 Cent's stabbing incident with Ja Rule, thoughts on A.I. music and much more. Timestamps: (0:00) - Intro (01:15) - Introducing Albania (06:51) - Being Raised In Boston The Race Talk (13:46) - Beef Beginning (18:41) - Benzino, Melle Mel and Uncle Luke (23:45) - Eminem: Unity Or Divisive? (30:08) - Fans Vs. Stans (33:39) - Is Em’ Part Of The Culture? (38:28) - The Game Vs. Eminem (40:43) - How Things Went Left (51:01) - White Hip-Hop Fans (53:09) - The Age Argument (54:36) - What Started Eminem’s Disses (56:40) - Rap Elvis (58:33) - Benzino Weighs In On A.I. (01:04:25) - Who Won The First Round? (01:07:39) - Rap Elvis Lyrics Breakdown (01:10:37) - Eminem: Still At The Top? (01:12:24) - Benzino, 50 Cent And The Stabbing Incident