Big 30 | Before They Were Famous | The Menace of Memphis

The man known as Big30 doesn’t so much rap as he does fire off lyrics at a break-neck pace -- and his not-stop delivery, not to mention those combative lyrics, paint a picture of the harsh environment he had to force his way out of. Check out any one of his songs and you’re bound to hear tales about shoot-outs, block wars, and the drug trade in uncomfortable detail. His breakthrough moment took place during a merciless verse on his childhood friend, Pooh Shiesty’s track, “Neighbors” – a song that would go on to being streamed over 30 Million times on Spotify and peak at the 51-spot on the Billboard Hot 100 Charts. But just as it looked like 30 was ready to the pop-off big time, he caught himself a charge that almost brought everything down on top of him. Know what he got arrested for? Then fill the rest of us in before we get to it in the story. Everyone else, stay tuned to find out that and a whole lot more on the newest episode of Before They Were Famous.