3 years ago

Yvngxchris talks about his upbringing, focusing on music, inspiration, Lil Tecca, Lil B, Ice Spice and more!

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00:00 Intro
3:57 - Growing up, hating school, growing up listening to Andre 3000 and Lil Wayne, his parents supporting anything he wanted to do
5:16 - Seeing Lil Wayne’s “A Milli” video and being convinced he wanted to rap
6:34 - Finishing Highschool school at 17 so he could keep pursuing music
10:10 - Turning on Chief Keef to hook up with a girl to, drill music
11:18 - Posting his first song to Tik Tok getting 5k likes, screaming at 3am recording in his parents house
14:50 - His first show, meeting the team he has now
16:24 - Going on Tour with Lil Tecca, being yourself when performing, the power of tik tok
19:38 - Reacting to Ice Spice video of crowd not feeling her, trolls faking “boos” on peoples concert footage
21:47 - Signing to Alamo records, not wanting to be a industry plant
24:06 - Signing to Columbia Records, getting a manager who made his vision come to life, not knowing about Young Chris who was signed to Rocafella records
27:05 - Working with Lil Yatchy, shooting the “Damn homie” video with him, wanting Erykah Badu colab
29:42 - Being a big Lil B fan, using sample from his Joe Biden song, Lil B saying it was fire
32:33 - Dropping his “Virality” mixtape, people being carried out his show from the mosh pits