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“Don’t let anybody tell you it’s unrealistic to follow your dreams,” BLP Kosher says, admittedly fighting through allergies in his first-ever sit down interview. His skater swag seethes through his black, block-letter “HOCKEY” beanie, blue flannel and trademark wicks that hang right over his ears. His look may incite double takes and endless meme posts, but the 22-year-old Florida rapper means all business - clad with a clear vision for success a decade down the line. “Never judge a book by its cover,” he said. “Everybody is here for a reason, and I know the reason of why I’m here, where I’m supposed to go and the stepping stones I’ll use to get there.”
The Broward County-adjacent, Deerfield Beach native is perhaps the most misunderstood artist in rap’s current landscape. From the pages’ worth of haters flooding his comments, “helping out my algorithm” in the process, to channeling his Jewish background on tracks like "Mazel Tron," "Jew in a Canoe" and "Dreidel Twinz," this isn’t a gimmick for Kosher, who knows his purpose well enough to embrace those who love and hate him. Genuine to his core, the final five minutes of his conversation with OGM’s Hakeem Rowe offers greater insight to his intentions. It’s as if the cameras are turned off, offering real advice for our generation and calculated intent towards the next steps of his career. He is far from the “finesse game” the music industry so frequently presents. “I want to do this our way. I don’t want handouts,” he said. “I don’t want to feel like I made it in music just because someone made a call or somebody put money behind me.”
With his new album, ‘Bars-Mitzvah,’ on the way, BLP Kosher chopped it up with OGM host Hakeem Rowe in his inaugral on-camera interview, speaking on his forthcoming album, "Mazel Tron" with Cole Bennett and BabyTron, his come-up in Broward County, the importance of spirituality in his life, his musical inspirations and more in this Our Generation Music exclusive.
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Hosted by: Hakeem Rowe (bit.ly/3Ur2U1A)
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Research by: Thomas Galindo
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STAMPS:
0:00 - Intros
1:18 - First sit-down interview, BLP’s background in skating
3:39 - Journey into skating: “I thought that was going to be my career”
4:48 - Bringing his work ethic to music, being from Broward County, FL, along with legends like X, Ski Mask etc.
5:56 - Growing up in Deerfield Beach, FL: “That’s the city that made me a man”
6:30 - BLP’s Jewish upbringing, addresses his hairstyle
8:20 - First response from BLP’s image, his parents
9:22 - Dropping music since 2021 on SoundCloud, initial response from family and friends
10:55 - Staying with his mom and grandma, describes his surroundings as a “melting pot”
12:49 - BLP’s initial blow-up, dropping “Sweet Potato” as a joke
14:00 - Meeting Jew Shiesty, “Dreidel Twinz,” getting the blueprint and taking music seriously
16:32 - Meaning of BLP Kosher, influences of Judaism, always trying to be holy
18:18 - “I’m very spiritual”: The importance of religion in his life, misconceptions online
20:17 - “Mazel Tron” with BabyTron and Cole Bennett, speaking it into existence
22:40 - Cole Bennett praise
23:10 - Favorite Lyrical Lemonade video
23:56 - ‘BLP Kosher and the Magic Dreidel’ project
25:42 - The uniqueness of his song names, "Pt. 2s" of songs
27:11 - Untouchable bars, how he comes up with his lyrics
28:52 - Rappers he grew up on, inspirations, “wanted to give credit where it's due”
29:41 - Kodak and BLP talking for the first time
30:45 - Thoughts on misconceptions of himself, his sound, image online
32:19 - Embracing the haters: “I have more hate than love when I first started, they helping the algorithm”
32:56 - Being a white rapper
34:27 - Living with purpose, Drake and Mac being Jewish rappers
34:54 - Support - and other messages - from the Jewish community
36:16 - Interacting and engaging with his fans: “I love the fans a lot”
37:08 - BLP swag, clothes, Star of David chain, talking with Icebox for a dreidel chain
39:13 - Working on his new album ‘Bars-mitzvah’: “I’m trying to give the fans what they want, but I have a little vulnerable side with my music that I’ll introduce. I want to ease it in”
40:30 - Message for Our Generation, speaks on his experience and how it relates to the future of creators. Music industry is a “finesse game,” adamant on growing and “thinking outside the box”