You might have heard of him from song “King Troup.” He passed away, god bless the dead. When I got out, Thug was one of the first people I ran into through one of my OG’s, Troup. That’s when I was like, “I’m gonna really do this shit.” I was incarcerated for about 9, 10 months before this. When did you start properly focusing on music? That’s the same thing I would tell any young n-a now: focus on something bigger and better so you can actually live off it. It’s easy to get sidetracked. You got women, violence … A lot of shit will throw you off track if you don’t stay focused.Īll she did was want me to better myself and get outta the streets. She’ll call me and we’ll just talk, and at the end of the conversation she’ll tell me, “Stay focused.” That’s one of the main things you can do, stay focused on whatever you’re doing. As I got older and became a man, that shit just stuck with me, staying focused. The shit she was telling me as I was growing up. In what ways has she inspired you in your music? You mention your mom in a lot of your records.
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I ain’t never just been rich, but I knew how to hustle and get me some money so I put it in my music. Just a six month run and you stack that paper up. Of course, you’ll spend on gas and stuff like that, but you don’t go to the mall, you don’t do nothing extra. We used to do this shit called “six-month runs” where you don’t spend no money for six months. In my hood, we was always on some grindin’ shit. Why is it important to keep that message in your music? You got family locked up, you got family you gotta take care of, you can’t forget about that when you’re going up and succeeding in your career.Īll your projects have at least one song about just grinding and staying motivated. The money’s coming and I’m just reminding myself, “Don’t let the money change you,” and I hope it don’t change me, because with all the shit going on, you can’t forget. Who were you talking about on “Money Don’t Change You?” It’s doing exactly what I wanted it to do. I fuck with the whole project though, honestly. “Pedestrian,” “Top Off,” and that “No Joke.” Man, I just really fuck with that, it’s another vibe. I’ve been getting a lot of good feedback from that song. Once I finished my verse, I had stepped outside. He was outside the room. I told him jump on it. So he just heard the song I was doing, and I kind of heard him on it. I was just vibing out like I always do and Pablo … We be working outta the same studio so he might be in the studio before I get there or vice versa. What was the first song you did from DS3? I did Drip or Drown with me and Wheezy that was kind of an appetizer. I’ve been working on DS3 since I dropped DS2. I didn’t do anything different, but I worked harder, and tried to enhance all my songs. You’ve been talking about Drip Season 3 for a minute, how did you approach this project? Billboard spoke with Gunna about Drip Season 3, working with Young Thug, and secrets on how to properly “Drip.” 2, the highly anticipated project has established Gunna as one of the artists to watch coming out of the red hot Atlanta music scene. Gunna also penned a deal with Thugger’s YSL imprint, and gave fans the explosive 7-track Drip or Drown produced entirely by up and coming Atlanta beat smith and frequent Young Thug collaborator Wheezy to cap off 2017.Īnd now with the release of the Drip Season 3 on Feb. Drip Season 2 followed up in Spring ‘17 highlighted by the buzzing intro “ Phase,” and was received with critical acclaim which earned him even more attention. Gunna wasted no time using this energy and bit of spotlight, closing out 2016 by dropping the first installment to his now highly anticipated Drip Season series. Gunna Brags About His Crew's Success on 'Almighty' Featuring Hoodrich Pablo Juan: PremiereĪnother major reason for the grind-hard mindset comes in large part from Kitchens’ mother, whom he explains taught him to keep focused no matter what, as he still does to this day. Not for nothing, that mentality seems to be working out quite nicely for the 24-year-old melodic rapper. Since 2016, Gunna has released a constant onslaught of songs and projects after debuting - and standing out - on Young Thug’s star-studded No My Name Is Jeffery track “ Floyd Mayweather,” which featured the likes of Travis Scott, and Gucci Mane.
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