Ep. 57: Big Baby Scumbag | Artist Interview
Where Are All My Friends | Discovering Creative Careers with Inspiring Entrepreneurs
English - August 03, 2020 07:00 - 1 hour - 75.9 MB - ★★★★★ - 245 ratingsMusic Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Big Baby Scumbag is an independent rapper based out of Tampa, FL. He's performed with legends like Lil Pump, Smokepurpp, XXXTentacion and Ski Mask the Slump God.
He's released music with Lex Luger, Lil B, Oliver Francis, Meltycanon, lil aaron, and several others.
This week we sit down with him to hear his story and learn how he got so good at executing a vision and building an incredible brand around his project. We get into his early days before rapping, we talk about incredible memories from playing Rolling Loud and touring with Oliver Francis, and he gives amazing advice to anyone chasing the dream!
Timestamps:
0:00 - Intro
2:20 - Who you are and what you do
6:40 - Playing early shows with Lil Pump, Smokepurp, XXX and Ski Mask
9:04 - Dropping “Jelly” and playing Rolling Loud
11:36 - The Tampa music scene
17:00 - Going from a fan, to becoming an artist
22:05 - Skinny Scumbag pushing him to start rapping
25:04 - Dropping “The Trenchez” with Lil Xela on Elevator
28:40 - Touring off of one song
29:55 - The payoff of chasing music instead of working random jobs
33:11 - Making music and touring with Oliver Francis
43:27 - Don’t overthink things as an artist
46:38 - The importance of building your brand and how to do it
49:51 - Dropping flexedupshawty.com
51:14 - Dropping Juvenile Hell with Lex Luger
52:35 - Incorporating his favorite cultural influences into all of his music
57:34 - Educating a new generation about past legends
59:28 - Advice to anyone who’s next up
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