#BESTRAPPERINATLANTA: PESH MAYWEATHER
PESH MAYWEATHER | ATLANTA, GEORGIA
INTERVIEW TERRELL “REALIFE” BLACK
PESH MAYWEATHER CAME UP UNDER THE TUTELAGE OF THE LEGENDARY ORGANIZED NOIZE. THE SELF PROCLAIMED “BEST RAPPER IN ATLANTA” IS WELCOMING ANY AND ALL WORTHY COMPETITORS. SIDETRACKED BY A COUPLE OF PRISON BIDS, THE RAPPER IS CLEARLY FOCUSED ON HIS MUSIC AND SHOWING THE WORLD THAT THE SOUTH STILL GOT SOMETHING TO SAY. FRESH OFF THE BUZZ OF HIS RECENT SINGLES “SKAMLANTA” AND “BRIAN NICHOLS”, HE’S IN A HEAD SPACE OF SEEK AND DESTROY ALL IN THE NAME OF HIP HOP. RECENTLY RECRUITED BY THE LEGENDARY DJ KAY SLAY, ALONGSIDE JIM JONES, BUN B, PHRESHER AND JUICY J FOR “MAN DOWN” OFF THE “HOMAGE” ALBUM, PESH MAYWEATHER LETS IT BE KNOWN THAT HE’S NOT FOR PLAY. VALIDATED RECENTLY SAT DOWN WITH PESH MAYWEATHER TO DISCUSS HIS EARLIEST MEMORIES OF HIP HOP CULTURE, COMING UP UNDER ORGANIZED NOIZE, WHY HE IS THE #BESTRAPPERINATLANTA, WORKING WITH DJ KAY SLAY, HIS UPCOMING ALBUM “THE DEMONSTRATION” AND MORE.
“I GO IN THE CLUB, “BOY, WE GOT THE BEST RAPPER IN ATLANTA HERE.” AND THEN AIN'T NOBODY SAYING NOTHING, EVERYBODY SEEING IT. SO IT’S JUST LIKE LOOKING AT THE GAME LIKE, OKAY, Y'ALL DOING THAT, I'M GOING TO DO THIS. SO Y'ALL WANT TO BE COOL AND SING, WHOOP DE WHOOP. NIGGA I'M A RAP THEN BUT I COULD DO THAT TOO. BUT I AIN'T DOING THAT. IT’S LIKE WEARING THE SAME OUTFIT, IF I SEE A NIGGA WITH SOMETHING ON I’M NOT WEARING THAT TO THE CLUB. I’M GOING TO WEAR SOMETHING DIFFERENT. SO THAT MAKE MY JOB EASY, I'M JUST GOING TO RAP AND OUT RAP YOU NIGGAS.” - PESH MAYWEATHER
VALIDATED: BEING FROM ATLANTA, GEORGIA, WHAT'S YOUR EARLIEST MEMORY OF HIP HOP CULTURE?
PESH MAYWEATHER: EARLIEST MEMORY, UM, PROBABLY OUTKAST.
VALIDATED: NICE. DO YOU REMEMBER WHICH SONG?
PESH MAYWEATHER: YEAH, “PLAYERS BALL”... THAT’S WHEN A NIGGA WAS LIKE IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. THAT'S LIKE THE FIRST, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN. BEFORE THAT IT WAS LIKE BOOTY SHAKING MUSIC. I WASN'T OLD ENOUGH TO REALLY PAY ATTENTION TO IT BUT LIKE FROM ATLANTA, OUTKAST AND GHETTO MAFIA.
VALIDATED: SO HOW DID YOU GET YOUR START AS AN ARTIST?
PESH MAYWEATHER: JUST, YOU KNOW, WATCHING VIDEOS AND WANTING TO DO THAT. PROBABLY LIKE AGE 10 OR 11 THAT'S WHEN I STARTED TRYING TO RAP, FREESTYLING. YOU KNOW, NEW YORK RAP WAS POPPING... LIKE THIS IN THE NINETIES AND SO LIKE MOBB DEEP, WU TANG AND ALL THAT. YEAH, LITTLE KIDS ON THE BUS RAPPING, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? TELLING YA MAMA, A NIGGA WANT TIM'S AND MAMA WAS LIKE, “IT DON'T GET THAT COLD FOR THAT.” THAT'S WHY I RAP THE WAY I RAP ‘CAUSE I'M INFLUENCED FROM THAT, LIKE WHEN I STARTED. THEN I SEEN LIKE NIGGAS FROM ATLANTA… OUTKAST, BUT THEY WASN’T REALLY JUST ON WHAT THE FOLKS IN ATLANTA WAS ON ‘CAUSE AT THE TIME THEY WERE JUST MAKING LIKE, LIKE HOW IT IS NOW WITH ALL THE SING SONG, AUTO TUNE GARBAGE. WELL, I AIN’T GONNA CALL IT NO GARBAGE BUT TO EACH HIS OWN, BUT HOW THAT STUFF IS, IT WAS JUST SOMETHING DIFFERENT LIKE WITH OUTKAST, LIKE THE GOODIE MOB. THEY WAS TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING.
VALIDATED: YOU SAID MOBB DEEP AND WU TANG, SO THOSE ARE THE TYPE OF ARTISTS THAT INFLUENCED YOUR FLOW?
PESH MAYWEATHER: YEAH, I MEAN, MY MAIN INFLUENCES WAS LIKE THE WHOLE DUNGEON FAM, LIKE KURUPT, BUT HE USED TO BE AT THE DUNGEON. MOBB DEEP, WU TANG… RAPPERS LIKE THAT. OF COURSE PAC, BIGGIE TOO. LIKE WHEN NIGGAS FIRST STARTED JUST EMBRACING THAT, THAT'S LIKE THE GOLDEN ERA OF HIP HOP. THIS LIKE THE MID NINETIES GOING INTO LATE NINETIES.
VALIDATED: SO WITH THOSE BEING THE TYPE OF ARTISTS THAT INFLUENCED YOU, WHAT, IF ANYTHING, DO YOU THINK YOU BORROWED FROM THEM?
PESH MAYWEATHER: EVERYTHING, LIKE ALL THAT STUFF IS A MIXTURE, THAT'S JUST HOW IT IS WHEN YOU FIRST START RAPPING. YOU GONNA AUTOMATICALLY START OFF, LIKE WHOEVER YOUR FAVORITE ARTISTS IS. YOU GONNA TRY TO RAP LIKE THAT AND THAT'S JUST WHAT HAPPENS WITH ANYTHING PERIOD... A BASKETBALL PLAYER, A BASEBALL PLAYER. YOU WANT TO BE MICHAEL JORDAN, THEN YOU'RE GOING TO COME INTO YOUR OWN. YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? SO INITIALLY IT WAS LIKE I’M JUST TRYING RAP LIKE THE RAPPERS. SO IT WENT FROM THAT TO, YOU KNOW I’M IN THE SOUTH SO I’M GONNA TALK HOW I TALK. BUT LIKE, WHEN A NIGGA COULD RAP THEY GONNA TRY TO HAVE A LITTLE FAKE ACCENT AND EVERYTHING, JUST PLAYING AROUND ‘CAUSE THIS IS WHAT YOU SEE. YOU FEEL ME? SO IT JUST LIKE, THEN YOU JUST COME INTO YOUR OWN AS YOU GET OLDER, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? CAUSE IT'S LIKE FROM NOT EVEN A PRETEEN TO TEENAGER TO, LEARNING HOW TO WRITE SHIT, FIGURING OUT WHO YOU ARE AND THEN PURSUING IT AND THEN GETTING DIFFERENT ADVICE FROM DIFFERENT PEOPLE. SEE WHAT I'M SAYING, AND THEN YOU JUST COME INTO YOUR OWN.
VALIDATED: SO THE NAME PESHY, WHICH YOU CHANGED LATER TO PESH MAYWEATHER, WHAT SPARKED THAT CHANGE?
PESH MAYWEATHER: I MEAN, PESHY, THAT'S WHAT EVERYBODY CALL ME. IT WENT TO PESH ‘CAUSE NIGGAS CAN'T TALK, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? PEOPLE GOING “PESHY?”. OR THEY’D JUST GO “AYE PES!” SO THATS HOW THAT CAME, THEN MAYWEATHER PART, THAT WAS JUST LIKE STREET STUFF. THEN JUST HOW A NIGGA IS. NIGGAS BE POPPING OFF AT THE MOUTH BUT NIGGAS IS UNDEFEATED OUT HERE IN THESE STREETS. SO THAT’S HOW I CAME WITH THE MAYWEATHER.
VALIDATED: YOU MENTIONED EARLIER ABOUT THE DUNGEON FAMILY. SO YOU STARTED YOUR RAP CAREER UNDER THE TUTELAGE OF RAY MURRAY AND RICO WADE OF THE LEGENDARY ORGANIZED NOIZE. HOW DID THAT OPPORTUNITY COME ABOUT?
PESH MAYWEATHER: AIGHT, SO A DUDE THAT WAS IN THE PROJECTS, OVER ON BRUCE STREET, HE WAS MESSING WITH ONE OF THE PROJECT CHICKS, HE DONE MOVED INTO THE HOOD. HE FROM THE SWATS, HE FROM OUT THERE WITH THEM, NIGGA NAMED SWIFT C, HE WAS THE DJ FOR COOL BREEZE. THAT WAS COOL BREEZE PARTNER, HE FROM EAST POINT. SO YOU KNOW NIGGAS IN THE HOOD WAS LIKE “I’M TRYING TO TELL YOU THIS LIL NIGGA CAN RAP.” THIS PROBABLY LIKE 2000, 2001… SO HE TOOK ME TO THE DUNGEON, TOOK ME TO RAY HOUSE. I RAPPED FOR RAY, RAY WAS LIKE BOOM, “I GOT EM.” I WAS LIKE DEALING WITH SWIFT AS FAR AS THE BEATS BUT THEN ME AND RAY JUST AUTOMATICALLY HAD A BOND. RAY LIKE REALLY THE MAIN PRODUCER, LIKE RICO PUT THE SAUCE ON IT BUT LIKE WITH THAT ORGANIZED NOIZE, RAY THE ONE THAT REALLY MAKE THE BEATS. SO THAT'S WHY I USED TO GO OVER THERE WITH RAY. THAT'S WHEN I USED TO SEE EVERYBODY, THE WHOLE DUNGEON. YOU KNOW, I'M COMING FROM SCHOOL, GOING OVER THERE AND YOU GOT ALL THESE LEGENDS IN THERE. YOU KNOW I’M GOING BACK TO SCHOOL, I’M TELLING EVERYBODY, “YO, I JUST SAW SO AND SO.” SO THEN I’D COME OVER THERE WITH MY LITTLE STUFF. YOU GOT TO THINK, THIS BACK THEN, EVERYBODY AIN'T JUST HAVE NO STUDIO NEITHER. IT'S LIKE EARLY 2000’S, YOU SEE WHAT I'M SAYING? SO, BOOM, I’D COME IN THERE AND RAP MY VERSES. THEY’D PUT IT TO A BEAT AND I'M THINKING IT'S HARD AND THEY LIKE, “YOU CAN DO BETTER, NIGGA TALK ABOUT SOMETHING. DON’T JUST COME IN HERE RAPPING ANYTHING.” SO RICO TAUGHT ME HOW TO MAKE SONGS, BEYOND RAPPING, MAKE A SONG AND TELL YOUR STORY. YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? THAT REALLY HUMBLE ME ‘CAUSE I’M COMING IN THERE THINKING… YOU KNOW, EVERY RAPPER, ALL RAPPERS HAVE INFLATED EGOS. YOU THINKING YOU JUST, AND YOU GOT IN THERE AND THEY LIKE “THAT’S AIGHT BUT YOU CAN DO BETTER.” SO THAT JUST MADE ME BETTER. IT’S JUST BETWEEN THAT AND YOU KNOW STREET SHIT. A NIGGA KEPT GOING TO JAIL, THAT’S WHAT REALLY STAGGERED MY CAREER AS FAR AS WITH THE MUSIC.
VALIDATED: WHAT DID YOU LEARN MOST FROM THAT EXPERIENCE OF BEING IN THE DUNGEON WITH THEM?
PESH MAYWEATHER: HOW TO BE GREAT… GREATNESS. LIKE AIN'T NOTHING WACK COMING OUT OF HERE. ANYTHING COMING OUT HERE IN… IT COULD BE STREET STUFF, IT COULD BE SPORTS, ANYTHING. IF I'VE BEEN EMBRACED BY THIS, LIKE IF I GOT DRAFTED BY THE LAKERS. IT’S THE LAKERS, THIS AIN'T THE NUGGETS. THIS THE MAN TAUGHT ANDRE 3000 EVERYTHING. HE HAD 3000 WHEN I WAS, YOU KNOW, ME, BEFORE HE HAD FUTURE. YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? LIKE, FUTURE ALL US AROUND THE SAME AGE, SAME ERA. YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? FUTURE OVER THERE, SO LIKE RICO HAD THEM, ‘CAUSE THATS FUTURE COUSIN. SO RICO HAD THEM. THEY HAD, I FORGOT WHAT THE NAME OF IT WAS, BUT THEY HAD A WHOLE LITTLE MIXTAPE, A LITTLE ALBUM OR WHATEVER. AND THEN RAY HAD US, WHICH WAS DUNGEON EAST. SO THAT'S WHAT IT WAS. AND THEN NIGGAS WOULD MEET UP, WILL BE AT STANKONIA STUDIOS. RAY GOT HIS LITTLE NIGGAS, THAT'D BE ME, NIGGA NAMED NAMED MILL GATES OUT OF PHILLY, RAY COUSIN NAMED KEG AND HE FROM LA. THAT'S WHAT IT WAS. YOU KILLER MIKE AND THEM, THAT WAS SECOND GENERATION AND IT THEN IT WAS US. THEN WAS WHAT WAS SO CRAZY, I MET KILLER MIKE BACK IN HIGH SCHOOL. LIKE HE WAS LIKE ALREADY DOWN NEAR OUT, BUT WE WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL, BUT THEY USED TO HAVE THESE LITTLE BATTLES, CIPHERS. NIGGAS WAS GOING DOWN THERE, WE LIKE THE YOUNGEST NIGGAS IN THERE KILLING IT. THAT'S HOW I MET MIKE. YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? SO, BECAUSE I USED TO BE IN THAT GRIND TIME STUFF. LIKE THEY WERE RECORDING AND EVERYTHING. LIKE IT’S A COUPLE FOLK PROBABLY CAME UP OUT OF THAT. NIGGAS LIKE STAT QUO, THIS BACK THEN, LIKE SOME APACHE CAFE TYPE STUFF. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH ATLANTA, BUT WE HAD SOMETHING CALLED APACHE CAFE OR WHATEVER. THEY GOT THAT NOW, LIKE IT’S HIP HOP.
VALIDATED: SO YOU’VE MENTIONED THAT YOU PREFER FINDING BEATS ON YOUTUBE VERSUS PRODUCERS SENDING YOU BEATS. WHY IS THAT?
PESH MAYWEATHER: BECAUSE I CAN FIND ANY BEAT TO CATER TO HOW I RAP. I AIN'T GOTTA JUST, SOMEBODY SEND ME A PACK AND I DON'T LIKE NONE OF IT. THEN YOU SEND ME ANOTHER AND I DON’T LIKE THAT EITHER. THAT AIN’T WHAT I WANT AND THEN TRY TO TELL THEM WHAT I WANT. NAH, I USED TO BE LIKE, “I WANT SOMETHING LIKE THIS NIGGA RAPPED ON.” NOW, I GO STRAIGHT TO YOUTUBE, I WANT A MEEK MILL TYPE BEAT OR FUTURE TYPE BEAT, OH THAT'S IT, BOOM. THEN I’M GOING TO PAY FOR IT, GET THE LICENSE AGREEMENT… IT’S TOO EASY.
VALIDATED: DUCT TAPE ENTERTAINMENT, WHAT CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT IT?
PESH MAYWEATHER: I MEAN, THAT’S THE MOB, THAT’S THE HOME TEAM. YOU KNOW WHAT I’M SAYING, THAT’S DEEPER THAN RAP. LIKE THE ENT, THAT’S COOL TOO BUT THAT’S FAMILY.
VALIDATED: IF I’M NOT MISTAKEN, YOU DEBUTED IN 2012 WITH YOUR FIRST SONG, “HATE IN MY BLOOD” GOING AT THE BEST RAPPERS IN ATLANTA, AT THE TIME WHAT WAS THE MOTIVE BEHIND THE RECORD?
PESH MAYWEATHER: TO LET THOSE NIGGAS KNOW I’M IN THE BUILDING. I’M IN HERE, LIKE, YA’LL CAN’T RAP BETTER THAN ME, WHAT’S HAPPENING? IT’S JUST MUSIC THOUGH, YOU KNOW WHAT I’M SAYING? THAT’S NIGGAS COULDN’T SEPERATE, BUT YOU KNOW IT WAS TRUE STORY. ANYTHING I SAID IN THERE, THAT’S WAS GOING ON.
VALIDATED: SO YOU DROPPED THE “#BESTRAPPERINATLANTA” PROJECT HOSTED BY BIGGA RANKIN IN 2019, WHAT WAS THE RESPONSE TO THE ALBUM?
PESH MAYWEATHER: WHAT MESSED THEM UP IS I CAME OUT WITH THAT SONG “OH YA” WITH LIL KEED ON IT. SEE THEY WASN'T EXPECTING THAT. YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? BUT THAT WAS JUST MORE OR LESS TO GET THE CITY BEHIND IT. ‘CAUSE YOU KNOW, MY FLOW ISN'T REALLY CONDUCIVE TO TRADITIONAL ATLANTA MUSIC. YOU FEEL ME? SO THEN IT'S JUST LIKE ANOTHER STATEMENT, THAT'S WHY I CAME OUT LIKE THAT #BESTRAPPERINATLANTA. INITALLY IT WAS LIKE A NIGGA ALREADY KNOW A NIGGA PEDIGREE, SO A NIGGA AIN'T GOING TO SAY,” OH, IT MIGHT BE SOMETHING BEHIND IT”. SO A NIGGA AIN'T REALLY GONNA SAY TO MUCH, BUT THEN IT'S LIKE NIGGAS STARTED LISTENING TO SEE WHAT THE MUSIC LIKE. BUT “SHAWTY NICE, HE THE BEST RAPPER IN ATLANTA FOR REAL.” YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? LIKE THAT AIN'T NO CAP. IT’S FUNNY NOW ‘CAUSE NIGGAS BELIEVE, BUT I GO IN THE CLUB, “BOY WE GOT THE BEST RAPPER IN ATLANTA HERE.” AND THEN AIN'T NOBODY SAYING NOTHING, EVERYBODY SEEING IT. SO IT’S JUST LIKE LOOKING AT THE GAME LIKE, OKAY, Y'ALL DOING THAT, I'M GOING TO DO THIS. SO Y'ALL WANT TO BE COOL AND SING, WHOOP DE WHOOP. NIGGA I'M A RAP THEN BUT I COULD DO THAT TOO. BUT I AIN'T DOING THAT. IT’S LIKE WEARING THE SAME OUTFIT, IF I SEE A NIGGA WITH SOMETHING ON I’M NOT WEARING THAT TO THE CLUB. I’M GOING TO WEAR SOMETHING DIFFERENT. SO THAT MAKE MY JOB EASY, I'M JUST GOING TO RAP AND OUT RAP YOU NIGGAS.
VALIDATED: TO BACKTRACK A LITTLE BIT, THE #BESTRAPPERINATLANTA TAG, I KNOW IT'S KIND OF SELF EXPLANATORY BUT CAN YOU EXPLAIN THAT?
PESH MAYWEATHER: I MEAN, IT’S SELF EXPLANATORY, THE BEST RAPPER IN ATLANTA. LIKE IF IT'S DISPUTED, THEN I'M WITH WHATEVER TO DEFEND THAT TITLE. YOU FEEL ME, LIKE SOME COMPETITIVE TYPE STUFF. I AIN'T TALKING ABOUT I’M THE MOST POPULAR RAPPER IN ATLANTA OR THE MOST POPPINESS RAPPER IN ATLANTA... I GOT THE MOST HITS OR THE MOST MONEY. NO NIGGA, I CAN RAP BETTER THAN YOU. THAT'S WHAT I GOT OVER YOU. I'M FLEXING MY SKILLS. SO LIKE I SAID, IF YOU GOING LEFT, I'M GOING RIGHT. EVERYBODY'S SHOWING THEIR MONEY. I'M GOING TO FLEX MY RAP SKILLS. AT THE END OF THE DAY, THIS IS RAP. RIGHT?
VALIDATED: EARLIER THIS YEAR, THE WORLD GOT TO HEAR YOU SPIT FACTS AND HOLD NO PUNCHES WITH YOUR IN YOUR FACE DELIVERY DURING A FREESTYLE ON DJ KAY SLAY’S STREETSWEEPER RADIO ON SHADE 45. WHAT WAS THAT EXPERIENCE LIKE?
PESH MAYWEATHER: OH MAN, THAT WAS LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTION. ROLL TAPE, LIKE, LET ME PUT ON ONE TIME. YOU KNOW WHAT I’M SAYING? THAT'S WHAT THAT WAS. THAT WAS TOO EASY AND I'M POPPING OFF AT THE MOUTH, LIKE I'M IN THERE, LOOK, THE CHICKS WAS IN THERE LIKE, “I WANT TO HEAR HIM.” DON’T PLAY WITH ME, PUT A BEAT ON. HE PUT MEEK MILL ON, BOOM, KILLED THAT. THEN HE WAS LIKE, “OH, I GOT ONE FOR YOU. PUT THE LOX ON.” THAT’S WHEN I REALLY KILLED IT. BUT YEAH, ME AND KAY BEEN LOCKED IN SINCE THEN. I'LL PROBABLY GO TO NEW YORK NEXT WEEK, BUT YEAH, I GOT THIS JOINT WITH JIM JONES AND JUICY J ON DJ KAY SLAY ALBUM. I’M WAITING ON THAT TO DROP AND WE’LL GET THAT LITTLE MOTION OFF OF THAT. THEN I’M GOING TO DROP THE ALBUM.
VALIDATED: YOU ALSO DROPPED THE SINGLE, “SKAMLANTA” EARLIER THIS YEAR, WHAT CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT THAT SONG AND THE MERCHANDISE BEHIND IT?
PESH MAYWEATHER: BASICALLY THAT'S THE WAVE. LIKE IT AIN'T EVEN ATLANTA NO MORE, THAT’S EVERYWHERE. LIKE HOW IT WAS LIKE JEEZY WITH THE DOPE… NIGGAS IS SCAMMING. DOPE GAME, I AIN'T GONNA SAY IT'S OVER WITH, BUT IT AIN'T WHAT IT WAS. YOU SEE WHAT I'M SAYING? SO NIGGAS HAVE ADAPTED TO THE CLIMATE. SO IT'S JUST LIKE, OKAY, THIS IS WHAT'S GOING ON.
VALIDATED: YOU DROPPED THE SINGLE AND VIDEO FOR “BRIAN NICHOLS”, ADDRESSING THE WRONGFUL DEATHS OF BLACKS DUE TO POLICE SHOOTINGS. WHAT MESSAGE DO YOU WANT LISTENERS TO TAKE AWAY FROM IT?
PESH MAYWEATHER: SIMPLE LOGIC, METAPHORICALLY SPEAKING, THE POLICE ARE THE BULLIES AND THEY KEEP BULLYING PEOPLE. HOW LONG DO YOU THINK NIGGAS IS GOING TO EXCEPT GETTING BULLYING WITHOUT HITTING BACK IN THE SAME WAY THAT THEY’RE HITTING US? IT’S NOT LIKE THEY’RE SLAPPING US BECAUSE EVENTUALLY WE’LL START SLAPPING THEM BACK BUT THEY KILLING US. SO AT SOME POINT NIGGAS GOING TO GO BRIAN NICHOLS AND START KILLING THEM. IT’S GOING TO BE THE SAME WAY THAT THEY DOING US. THAT’S THE ONLY WAY THE SITUATION IS GOING TO CHANGE. IT’S NOT GOING TO CHANGE ANY OTHER WAY AND THAT’S JUST KEEPING IT REAL. THAT’S LIKE THE BEGINNING OF THE SONG, I SAID IT, SO A NIGGA DON’T SAY I’M SAYING “HEY EVERYBODY GO KILL THE POLICE.” I’M SAYING THAT THIS IS EVENTUALLY GOING TO BE NIGGAS MINDSET. AND YOU KNOW THEIR REBUTTAL TO THAT, “WELL THEY KILL EACH OTHER.” OKAY, WELL YOU’RE EXACTLY RIGHT BUT GUESS WHAT? IT’S MESSED UP BUT THAT’S JUST HOW IT IS. IT’S JUST LIKE SOME FAMILY STUFF. FAMILY CAN GET INTO IT BUT YOU AIN’T GOING TO MESS WITH THEM.
VALIDATED: “THE DEMONSTRATION”, YOUR UP AND COMING PROJECT SHOWCASES YOU SPITTING OVER KNOWN BEATS, WHEN CAN WE EXPECT THAT RELEASE?
PESH MAYWEATHER: BEGINNING OF NOVEMBER, IT’S TENTATIVE.
VALIDATED: ARE THERE ANY FEATURES ON THE PROJECT YOU CAN TELL US ABOUT?
PESH MAYWEATHER: JUST MY TWIN, FLO MALCOM. I DON’T GOT NOBODY ELSE ON THERE. OH YEAH, ZONE, OF COURSE YOU KNOW ZONE IS ON THERE.
VALIDATED: YOU’RE BIG ON GIVING BACK TO YOUR COMMUNITY, TO YOU WHAT’S THE IMPORTANCE OF GIVING BACK TO YOUR OWN COMMUNITY?
PESH MAYWEATHER: BASICALLY GIVING SOME TYPE OF HOPE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. IT’S JUST LIKE WHEN YOU COME INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE IS ANY TYPE OF INFLUENCE? WHEN THE KIDS SEE ME THEY SEE THE CAR, THEY SEE THE JEWELRY, THEY SEE THE MONEY. “OH, I WANT TO DO THIS.” AIGHT, THEN YOU GOT TO STAY IN SCHOOL. MAYBE THEY’LL LISTEN TO ME. IT SOUNDS CLICHE-ISH BUT THAT’S A FACT. LIKE YOU CAN’T MAKE NO MONEY BEING STUPID.
VALIDATED: WHAT’S NEXT FOR YOU?
PESH MAYWEATHER: HOPEFULLY, JUST RAISE THE AWARENESS THAT THERE'S SOME REAL HIP HOP COMING OUT OF ATLANTA. IT AIN’T JUST LIL BABY, THAT’S COOL BUT IT’S SOME MORE REALER HIP HOP. THOROUGH, TOP TO BOTTOM WITH A MESSAGE. THAT’S ALL THAT’S GOING ON, JUST WORKING. ALL THESE PROJECTS, IT SHOULD BRING THE ATTENTION THAT SHOULD’VE ALREADY BEEN HAD BUT I CHOSE THE STREETS OVER THE MUSIC. SO IT’S JUST LIKE PUT THE SAME EFFORT INTO THE MUSIC THAT YOU PUT INTO THE STREETS AND THEN SEE THE RESULTS. LIKE ON MY PROJECT I GOT A RECORD WITH KAY CALLED “THE SCENIC ROUTE” , THAT’S TO DESCRIBE MY ROUTE IN THIS INDUSTRY. I TOOK THE SCENIC ROUTE, I AIN’T WANT NO SHORTCUTS, I’M AIGHT, I’M GOING TO GET THERE.
VALIDATED: WHAT’S YOUR SOCIAL MEDIA CONTACTS AND WEBSITE?
PESH MAYWEATHER: YA’LL NEED TO GO TO PESHMAYWEATHER.COM AND JOIN THE KARTEL. WE GIVING AWAY FREE MERCH. IF YOU’RE A RAPPER, YOU MAKE BEATS, WHEN I GO THROUGH IT, SUBMIT YOUR EMAIL AND SHOW A COPY THAT YOU DONE ADDED IT TO THE PLAYLIST. I’M GIVING AWAY A 1000.00, I’M GOING TO RANDOMLY PICK SOMEBODY. AFTER I GET MY 1000TH MEMBER I’M GIVING THEM A STACK. BUT YEAH, YOU CAN FOLLOW ME @PESHMAYWEATHERDTE ON INSTAGRAM, SAME THING ON TWITTER, IT'S JUST PESH MAYWEATHER ON FACEBOOK. THEN YOU CAN GO TO SKAMLANTA.COM AND GET YOUR SKAMLANTA MERCH. HEY, TAP IN MAN, THAT’S WHAT GOING ON.