{"id":665112,"date":"2025-04-24T21:33:11","date_gmt":"2025-04-24T18:33:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/ddgs-new-album-blame-the-chat-isnt-just-livestreamer-rap\/"},"modified":"2025-04-24T21:33:11","modified_gmt":"2025-04-24T18:33:11","slug":"ddgs-new-album-blame-the-chat-isnt-just-livestreamer-rap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/ddgs-new-album-blame-the-chat-isnt-just-livestreamer-rap\/","title":{"rendered":"DDG\u2019s new album Blame The Chat isn\u2019t just livestreamer rap"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2d27c76f5fd\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2d27c76f5fd\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/ddgs-new-album-blame-the-chat-isnt-just-livestreamer-rap\/#The_FADER_caught_up_with_the_Michigan_rapper_to_chat_about_his_forthcoming_album_dirty_macking_and_fan_input\" >The FADER caught up with the Michigan rapper to chat about his forthcoming album, dirty macking, and fan input..<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"deck\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_FADER_caught_up_with_the_Michigan_rapper_to_chat_about_his_forthcoming_album_dirty_macking_and_fan_input\"><\/span>The FADER caught up with the Michigan rapper to chat about his forthcoming album, dirty macking, and fan input..<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"content_blocks\">\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-270070\" class=\"content_block breaker triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left image\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1440,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/DDG_IG_3_gtjtr0\/ddg-blame-the-chat-interview.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_220,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/DDG_IG_3_gtjtr0\/ddg-blame-the-chat-interview.jpg 220w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_300,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/DDG_IG_3_gtjtr0\/ddg-blame-the-chat-interview.jpg 300w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/DDG_IG_3_gtjtr0\/ddg-blame-the-chat-interview.jpg 400w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_600,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/DDG_IG_3_gtjtr0\/ddg-blame-the-chat-interview.jpg 600w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_750,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/DDG_IG_3_gtjtr0\/ddg-blame-the-chat-interview.jpg 750w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_840,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/DDG_IG_3_gtjtr0\/ddg-blame-the-chat-interview.jpg 840w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_960,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/DDG_IG_3_gtjtr0\/ddg-blame-the-chat-interview.jpg 960w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1260,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/DDG_IG_3_gtjtr0\/ddg-blame-the-chat-interview.jpg 1260w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1800,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/DDG_IG_3_gtjtr0\/ddg-blame-the-chat-interview.jpg 1800w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_2400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/DDG_IG_3_gtjtr0\/ddg-blame-the-chat-interview.jpg 2400w,\" sizes=\"100vw\" alt=\"DDG\u2019s new album &lt;i&gt;Blame The Chat&lt;\/i&gt; isn\u2019t just livestreamer rap\"><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-270072\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>\n            The viewers are displeased. Over the past week, streamer-turned-r<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>er DDG has been on Twitch 24 hours a day putting the finishing touches on his upcoming album <i>Blame The Chat<\/i>, which seems poised to take the Michigan artist over the edge from \u201cpopular content creator who makes music\u201d to \u201cdecent rapper with talented friends.\u201d Today is Day 7, and Ty Dolla $ign has already laid down a catchy chorus, but the chat is buzzing, unhappy. Edits and critiques scroll by apace as DDG punches in bars: <i>you should say this, it would sound better phrased like that, this ain\u2019t it, etcetera<\/i>.\n          <\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-270073\" class=\"content_block breaker triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left video\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"video_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"fluid-width-video-wrapper\" style=\"padding-top: 56.25%;\">\n<p>    <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"DDG x Ty Dolla $ign Studio Session! (HIT-A-THON)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/y7SIO-LB470?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n \/\/trackYouTubeVideo('270073');\n<\/script><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content_block paragraph triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-270075\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>\n            DDG doesn\u2019t have to read the comment section to know what they\u2019re saying: four years into being a public figure, DDG is more than inured to the love and hate cycles of the internet. So despite the album\u2019s tongue-in-cheek title, he\u2019s savvy enough to ignore the unhelpful chatter. When I catch up with the rapper born Darryl Dwayne Granberry Jr. on the phone a week later, he\u2019s unphased by the incessant feedback, he tells me, \u201c If I&#8217;m getting criticized, I at minimum, finish my idea and follow through with my creativity before I allow any opinions&#8230; Sometimes you gotta just take what they say with a grain of salt.\u201d\n          <\/p>\n<p>\n            Lately, it\u2019s been feeling like DDG doesn\u2019t need anyone else\u2019s input to make a good song anyway. Before this year, you might have called his rap songs \u201cdecent for a <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">YouTube<\/a>r,\u201d but since the January release of \u201cPink Dreads,\u201d a collaboration with fellow streamer-cum-hip-hop-artist Plaqueboymax, the Pontiac, MI, rapper has leveled up to pretty good, full stop.\n          <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content_block paragraph triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-270076\" class=\"content_block breaker triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left video\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"video_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"fluid-width-video-wrapper\" style=\"padding-top: 56.25%;\">\n<p>    <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"DDG &amp; PlaqueBoyMax - &quot;Pink Dreads&quot; (Official Audio)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Lnwf58wdlhs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n \/\/trackYouTubeVideo('270076');\n<\/script><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-270079\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>\n            That song found the duo trading flexes over a particularly bouncy jerk beat, DDG\u2019s slinkily slurred melodies a perfectly legato counterpoint to the track\u2019s typically staccato snare patterns. Naturally, DDG\u2019s verse became one of the year\u2019s first viral TikTok audios. I won\u2019t hold my breath for a legion of DDG clones to spring up in his wake, but his approach to the sonic palette of mainstream hip-hop feels fresher than many of the past year\u2019s major label releases. In 2025, I\u2019d rather listen to DDG over a Drake-type beat than an actual Drake song.\n          <\/p>\n<p>\n            His upcoming album <i>Blame The Chat<\/i> ranges across a cross-section of radio-friendly sounds, from Afrobeats-lite jams to rage-adjacent knockers. There are a couple of jerk songs, both uptempo and more subdued, and a collaboration with Skilla Baby titled \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_new\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=xc2vEAngnFE\">In GTA<\/a>\u201d where the Detroit rapper hilariously threatens, \u201cplay with DDG and we gon take the stream on a hit.\u201d\n          <\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-270080\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>\n            While some of the songs on the record are years old, others are brand new, recorded on-stream as the fans watch. DDG is still finetuning the album\u2019s tracklist and mixing (he\u2019s holding out hopes of securing a guest verse from a rapper with millions of monthly listeners that I can\u2019t name), but the songs and demos I\u2019ve heard from the album are a marked step up from his previous output, his flows more assured and adroit even if his subject matter remains studiously shallow.\n          <\/p>\n<p>\n            \u201cI never been a lyrical artist,\u201d DDG explains. \u201cI throw metaphors here and there to make it more fun, but I like to vibe to the music I listen to. I don&#8217;t really want to hear about politics and saving the world.\u201d He says the album, which will be \u201caround 15 plus songs\u201d is longer than his typical full-lengths, with a \u201cwide range\u201d because he wants to, \u201cfeed any listener.\u201d\n          <\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-270081\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>\n            Part of that approach includes listening to the chat\u2019s input on the album. The weeklong Hit-A-Thon stream sits squarely between Plaqueboymax\u2019s In The Booth <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">series<\/a> and Kai Cenat\u2019s month-long Mafiathon streams, mixing the low-budget, live recording aspect of the former with the high-wattage antics and Billboard-charting artists of the latter. Guests ranged from Shaboozey and Kevin Gates to Rob49 and 310babii, interrupted by challenges like \u201chot chip in ice bath\u201d and \u201cFear Factor\u201d as rewards for every additional 5,000 viewers.\n          <\/p>\n<p>\n            Consider it a logical endpoint of the IG Live and SoundCloud snippet economy, where fragments of songs by A-listers (Playboi Carti, Lil Uzi Vert) and beyond (Pi\u2019erre Bourne, OsamaSon) form their own sort of currency. Fans\u2019 obsession with the details and detritus of the creative process, multiplied by instant, unceasing media cycles, means watching their favs make a song in real time isn\u2019t enough \u2013 they want to weigh in on every part of the product, from the music to the marketing.\n          <\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div>\n<p>\n            \u201cDuring that week, I just let all the supporters get into my creativity and kind of collabed with them on what they want,\u201d DDG says. \u201cBecause at the end of the day, they the consumers, it&#8217;s not me. I&#8217;m creating the product for them to enjoy, so I&#8217;d rather just give them exactly what they like.\u201d\n          <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-270097\" class=\"content_block breaker triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left video\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"video_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"fluid-width-video-wrapper\" style=\"padding-top: 56.25%;\">\n<p>    <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"DDG - The Method (Official Music Video)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WkHwnrr3wZM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n \/\/trackYouTubeVideo('270097');\n<\/script><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content_block paragraph triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-270083\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>\n            This album-by-committee approach would be off-putting from almost any artist, liable to yield insipid music. <i>Blame The Chat<\/i> avoids focus group fatigue because its title is a bit of a misnomer &#8212; talking to DDG, I get the sense that the most important part of soliciting feedback from viewers is knowing how much of it to ignore. Accordingly, the title reads more grateful for their support than accusatory &#8212; \u201cIt\u2019s just basically blaming [my viewers] for this great album that I\u2019m finna put out.\u201d\n          <\/p>\n<p>\n            I\u2019ve always thought of <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_new\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@xtraclipped\/video\/7486542860850859294\">clipfarming<\/a> and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_new\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/science\/article\/2024\/jul\/17\/auramaxxing-will-this-make-you-more-sexually-attractive-or-just-a-bit-tired\">auramaxxing<\/a> as two sides of the same coin, split only by a performer\u2019s commitment to the bit. DDG strikes me as indicative of our current era of imagemaking, where the gap between being corny and being cool isn\u2019t just razor-thin, but nonexistent; the same footage will be gassed by fans and lampooned by haters. In the face of polarizing reception, some artists appear scared to be earnest, deathly afraid of being labeled cringe by onlookers.\n          <\/p>\n<p>\n            The wisdom of the crowd can be a double-edged sword, but DDG knows how to wield it better than most major label rappers. So what could be a self-conscious exercise in pleasing people instead feels like a Platonic ideal of what a low-stakes, on-trend album might sound like, invigorating if not inventive, with a little something for every mood. Imagine if RapCaviar wasn\u2019t just listenable, but enjoyable.\n          <\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div>\n<p>\n            The FADER caught up with DDG ahead of the release of <i>Blame the Chat<\/i> to chat about his favorite Michigan rappers, working with NLE Choppa and Kyle Richh of 41, and his best advice for dirty macking.\n          <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-270088\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>\n            <b>The FADER: You&#8217;re from Pontiac, Michigan. I wanted to hear about some of your favorite Michigan rappers.<\/b>\n          <\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div>\n<p>\n            My favorite Michigan rappers? All time, I say\u2026 Doughboyz Cashout. Tee Grizzley, gotta put Eminem in there, shit\u2026 Blade Icewood, what else can I say? I\u2019m more of a current type of dude, I like artists like Babyface Ray, I like a lot of the Flint artists.\n          <\/p>\n<p>\n            <b>It&#8217;s cool to hear you mention Doughboyz Cashout and Blade Icewood and even Ray [who\u2019ve been around for a second], just because I don\u2019t know that the sound of Detroit and Flint is always in your music.<\/b>\n          <\/p>\n<p>\n            I don&#8217;t really try to sound like where I&#8217;m from, but I enjoy Michigan music. But I also always feel like Michigan music, as well as L.A. music, they have they own cult listeners. As an artist, I don&#8217;t want to have a cult sound. I want to have a cult <i>fanbase<\/i>, but not a cult sound.\n          <\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div>\n<p>\n            <b>Thinking specifically about the new album you&#8217;re about to put out, I&#8217;m curious when you first started recording the material, and whether you knew initially, \u201cOh, I&#8217;m in album mode now.\u201d<\/b>\n          <\/p>\n<p>\n            Man, just doing the Hit-A-Thon for the week, and being live for 24 hours and just making music. And you know, when you get the whiteboard out, you get to writing the songs down, it just feel like album mode. So during that week, I just let all the supporters get into my creativity and kind of [collaborated] with them on what they want. Because at the end of the day, they the consumers, it&#8217;s not me. I&#8217;m creating the product for them to enjoy, so I&#8217;d rather just give them exactly what they like.\n          <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content_block paragraph triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-270098\" class=\"content_block breaker triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left video\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"video_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"fluid-width-video-wrapper\" style=\"padding-top: 56.25%;\">\n<p>    <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"DDG, DaBaby - motion (Official Music Video)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rGZvYkL8emw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n \/\/trackYouTubeVideo('270098');\n<\/script><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-270089\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>\n            <b>Even when I write something for The FADER and I see people talking about it, it can be a lot to digest. So I&#8217;m curious what that&#8217;s like for you as a creative person, when you&#8217;re very much in real time, on livestream, getting feedback. <\/b>\n          <\/p>\n<p>\n            I developed a very thick skin and [tolerance] for it. I know it&#8217;s just the internet. I know it&#8217;s not going to translate into real life. I know if someone is hating on me or whatever, it comes from a place of obsession in a way. It&#8217;s like, <i>I like this person so much I want to talk about them<\/i>, you know what I&#8217;m saying? [And] I don&#8217;t even know them.\n          <\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div>\n<p>\n            So I don&#8217;t really let it get to me at all, especially in the sense of making music. If I&#8217;m getting criticized, I at minimum, finish my idea and follow through with my creativity before I allow any opinions. So during the week, a lot of the times, the fans\u2019ll hear a beat and they be like, \u201cNO!\u201d I got a song with Ty Dolla $ign and Rich the Kid called \u201cSpeed.\u201d And when Ty Dolla $ign played it everyone said \u201cNo, No, this ain\u2019t it, this ain\u2019t the one, do this.\u201d\n          <\/p>\n<p>\n            They wanted me to do this super singy record. And I was like, \u201cNah, summer time. Why would I do that?\u201d So then I hopped on the \u201cSpeed\u201d song, and now it&#8217;s everyone&#8217;s favorite. Sometimes you gotta just take what they say with a grain of salt, at least finish your idea, and then keep going and see how they feel afterwards.\n          <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content_block paragraph triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-270090\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>\n            <b>I know when you did the project with OG Parker, [at the time] it was like, \u201cI found this producer that I really want to work with.\u201d This one you&#8217;ve got a bunch of different people working on it. How are you connecting and forming relationships with producers in your current era?<\/b>\n          <\/p>\n<p>\n            I don&#8217;t like to use too many different producers, but I tried to keep it really close to home in terms of, my label people know them, or their manager know my manager, or something like that, just to alleviate any problems and make it an easier process. Because I dealt with using random producers. I like to use beats off of YouTube a lot, and in doing so, you might run into these kids that, they really want to take advantage of a moment, and they might want to charge you an arm and a leg for a beat that&#8217;s not even worth that much.\n          <\/p>\n<p>\n            So dealing with that in the past, the people that I work with are people that, we have mutual business relationships outside of just us. You might know my manager, you might know people at my label, you might be signed to the same publishing, whatever, just to make everything easy so we can get the project out quicker.\n          <\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-270104\" class=\"content_block breaker triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left pull_quote\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"pull_quote\"><p>I just let all the supporters get into my creativity and kind of [collaborated] with them on what they want. Because at the end of the day, they the consumers, it\u2019s not me<\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-270091\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>\n            <b>One of the collabs on here I really fucked with was \u201cFine Shyt\u201d with BIA, which I saw on stream your ex didn&#8217;t want you to put out?<\/b>\n          <\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div>\n<p>\n            Nah, that\u2019s an old song, like five years ago, four years ago. We just never put it out. \u201cFine Shyt\u201d is definitely coming out though.\n          <\/p>\n<p>\n            <b>At the time, I feel like people were under the assumption the reason you didn&#8217;t put the song out was because of the pride line [\u201cThat boy feminine, he pussy, he be celebrating pride\u201d].<\/b>\n          <\/p>\n<p>\n            Yeah, that&#8217;s what they was saying [coughs]. But at the end of the day, music is art, you know? I don&#8217;t have anything against no one that is gay or lesbian or bi or transgender, whatever &#8212; that has nothing to do with me. I have friends that&#8217;s a part of that community, I don&#8217;t discriminate whatsoever. So that&#8217;s why, when I said the line, especially saying it on live, I didn&#8217;t feel no type of way, you know what I mean? I didn&#8217;t feel like I messed up, or I&#8217;m gonna get canceled because of this, or whatever, you know. It made sense, the bar made sense. I feel like it was a bar.\n          <\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-270092\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>\n            <b>The other collab that I really wanted to ask about was working with NLE Choppa and Kyle Richh \u2013 I think \u201cOuch\u201d might be the best song on there. And I just wanted to hear\u2013<\/b>\n          <\/p>\n<p>\n            Really?\n          <\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div>\n<p>\n            <b>It\u2019s between that and \u201cPhone Off\u201d for me. I also really like \u201cPump 4,\u201d I can\u2019t lie, you were kind of on some Drake outro type shit with \u201cPump 4.\u201d You\u2019re not going all the way confessional with it, but I see the vision for sure. But something about \u201cOuch\u201d \u2013 it\u2019s a cool song, and I didn\u2019t feel like [you] got totally cooked on [your] own beat.<\/b>\n          <\/p>\n<p>\n            The fans been telling me they didn&#8217;t like that song, that&#8217;s why I&#8217;m  like &#8212; I don\u2019t know, they just\u2026 it&#8217;s not mixed at all, so it sounds very dry, but aside from that, yeah, I just, I didn&#8217;t know that people actually liked it. So that&#8217;s honestly good to hear, because every time I play it for them, they be like, \u201cNah, this ain&#8217;t it.\u201d And I&#8217;m like, \u201cMan, it&#8217;s Kyle Richh and NLE Choppa,\u201d like, that&#8217;s kind of an easy layup, right? [But] I&#8217;m gonna revisit that song since you said that.\n          <\/p>\n<p>\n            \n          <\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-270094\" class=\"content_block breaker triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left video\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"video_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"fluid-width-video-wrapper\" style=\"padding-top: 56.25%;\">\n<p>    <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"NLE Choppa Dirty Macks DDG In Front Of Germany Girl..\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IOd4IxEiNSk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n \/\/trackYouTubeVideo('270094');\n<\/script><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-270095\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>\n            <b>And the last question that I wanted to ask you, because you&#8217;re very famous for this. If I have a homeboy who I&#8217;m trying to anti-wingman and curve out of bagging somebody, do you have any advice for me?<\/b>\n          <\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div>\n<p>\n            Well, you got to start off by letting them know that he has a girlfriend. And then, if that doesn&#8217;t work, you can say you know, maybe he got an STD or something. We can take it as far as you want to take it in terms of dirty macking.\n          <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"author\">\n    <span><br \/>\n      By <span class=\"credit_name\">Vivian Medithi<\/span><br \/>\n  <\/span><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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