Dave Mays on Launching & Losing The Source, Benzino, Eminem, Suge Knight, Snoop (Full Interview)

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Dave Mays on Launching & Losing The Source, Benzino, Eminem, Suge Knight, Snoop (Full Interview)

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2 жыл бұрын

Founder of The Source Magazine, Dave Mays, sat down with VladTV to detail his life and career. Mays talked about his upbringing before making the decision to enroll at Harvard University. He also described how he got into Hip Hop and the early beginnings of The Source. Mays explained how he and Benzino formed a partnership as well as their quest to make The Source a national publication. He talked about his role at the publication and its popularity within the rap world before offering his thoughts on Suge Knight's infamous speech at the 1995 Source Awards.
Despite experiencing a peak in the early 2000s, the dot-com bubble caused the magazine to start losing money and the publication was being investigated by the FBI. Mays also described how Benzino's beef with Eminem damaged the credibility of The Source and broke down Kim Osario's lawsuit against the company. Mays explained why he and Benzino were forced out of the magazine and why it was ultimately sold. Check out the above clip to interview to hear about Dave Mays' current projects.
Interview by Shawn Prez
Check out his youtube channel at: / powermovemakers

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@craigdoughty8803 2 жыл бұрын

"Would you say that was the final nail in the coffin for the Source" The interviewer definitely threw that line in there for a reason.

@ShareTheSecret 2 жыл бұрын

Lol you're good. It's funny one Ems line on the hook was . I'm only being real when I say nobody wants to see their grandfather rap. Em near 50 and still rapping

@baconisntyummy7181 Жыл бұрын

@@ShareTheSecret he's 50 but he can spit better than the %90 of these new rappers

@azraelfaust487 Жыл бұрын

@@ShareTheSecret difference is, Benzino wanted to start a rap career and blow up at 40, Eminem had 2 diamond albums at 28, he can do whatever the fuck he wants

@adamrideout6715 2 жыл бұрын

Yo, they have GOT to make a movie about The Source! I have no doubt it would blow up!

@Zona_Boy_Records 8 ай бұрын

Benzino is working on it and 2Pac and Big are a big part of it he said.

@brokefolkstv5833 2 жыл бұрын

I can't believe this vid doesn't have more views, this is hip hop history and incredible

@95alive77 2 жыл бұрын

I never even saw any clips of this interview. Never even knew about it

@greglouch 2 жыл бұрын

Dave has been invited to the BBQ since 86'. True legend of the culture 💯 Great Interview.

@rayb7429 2 жыл бұрын

Dave kept it real all the way through I respect ✊🏽 that

@delbertprince5302 2 жыл бұрын

I was a big customer in buying the Source Magazine…..

@djflashback8343 2 жыл бұрын

Incredible interview - great job Prez!

@Tfranklin5859 2 жыл бұрын

This is the best interview I've seen regarding hip hop word up

@dogsareepic6197 2 жыл бұрын

Benzino ruined everything! Plus made men sucked. He still sucks he’s horrible on TV.

@goddessgoddess7069 2 жыл бұрын

This was a very informative interview. Good Stuff 🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤

@RayNagin504 5 ай бұрын

Benzino punked this man into giving him ownership

@shawnwayne6796 2 жыл бұрын

Wow great interview

@Ol-iveBranch-2018 2 жыл бұрын

It’s interesting that he still doubled down on his controversial moves like trying to discredit Eminem & firing Kim Osorio after all this time that he could’ve reflected on those things

@rayb7429 2 жыл бұрын

Old habits die hard lol

@StaGeeOfficial 2 жыл бұрын

Man’s not taking accountability for shit, and the source was most def funding Benzino career

@JoseCalderon-qx8mq 2 жыл бұрын

Shout out too this guy.... A blessing to this beautiful art.

@massindinero7777 2 жыл бұрын

That’s crazy 🔥🔥

@mayhemcbs 2 жыл бұрын

Prez is an absolutely exceptional interviewer .Vlad isn't playing games with this historical content .

@bobdabuilda1388 2 жыл бұрын

Grew up on this magazine this man a 🐐

@JA-vy1gp 2 жыл бұрын

Dope to hear he’s starting a series on Larry Hoovers life.

@rayb7429 2 жыл бұрын

23:00 🕚 minute mark they start talking about how him and Ray met ❗️👌🏽🔥

@roberto-fu8lx 2 жыл бұрын

Enjoyed the interview but there is something about the interviewer that feels off. Like he doesn’t have the voice for interviewing.

@RappersDigest 2 жыл бұрын

Legend to the building

@deem10 2 жыл бұрын

For those not familiar, Most areas of Maryland have more street cred than Upper Northwest in DC 🤣. Dave Mays is still a legend though!

@koolkeiths 7 ай бұрын

Facts

@lakimfrancis 2 жыл бұрын

just finished watching the benzino interview. now onto this...

@shalefamsmokeshalefamrecor3710 2 жыл бұрын

Dude lost his company betting on benzino rap career

@michaelcini5642 2 жыл бұрын

"You cowardly hearted you couldn't make it on your own, fuck The Source I'm on the cover of Rolling Stone" - 50 Cent

@PrAnG2000 2 жыл бұрын

33:33 - "…We're goin' off and of course all ya suckas are lost You wanna hear a fresh rhyme? You've come to the source." ~ Boogie Down Productions - Ya Slippin’ Giving props to KRS One for inspiring the magazine title.

@getmoney5810 2 жыл бұрын

Dave maze a is legend 🙌 icon for real

@getmoney5810 2 жыл бұрын

Real hiphop icon

@greedyebk7146 2 жыл бұрын

The first hour and half was a great for this guy then when he brought up the downfall and Eminem his demeanor changed and was getting frustrated. You could tell. EMINEM IS KING AND DESTROYED THE SOURCE 🤣💀🤣💀🤣💀🤣

@18Dummy18ISaid 2 жыл бұрын

As I’m strolling down why do I keep thinking this is Bizzy Bone?

@carlitocafe8101 2 жыл бұрын

De la soul got 5 mics twice too

@shawnwayne6796 2 жыл бұрын

He speaking the truth finally

@DOTcalm614 2 жыл бұрын

Whoever is doing this interview, word of advice! Find a new position with the company, your voice is not inviting!

@rayb7429 2 жыл бұрын

You in deep bro lol 😂

@lastfirst9101 2 жыл бұрын

All that talking he was doing I was glad to see him take that lil sip of water @ 27:39 💀

@xxzstatixx562 2 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂

@bellydanza85 2 жыл бұрын

Dave took ownership of his failed investment in the .com era. He put little weight on Benzino’s beef with Eminem. Overall, Prez did a great job with this interview.

@kristin9905 2 жыл бұрын

Royce buried this dude already 😂

@KatoOnTheTrack1 2 жыл бұрын

I know Black people from BK that went to Harvard honestly

@hiphopjewels 2 жыл бұрын

He seems like a very interesting guy. They should have gotten more into his parents and upbringing, because he was apparently raised by and around some interesting people to have a lawn mowing business back in middle school. I'm from Boston and everything he said about the city at that time is true. I think his mistake was linking up with Benzino. He is apparently a loyal guy, but he got talked into going a route he shouldn't have gone. Everything they were saying about Eminem is true, and it needed to be exposed. But, the way they did it, should have been different. Benzino was trying to make a career off that, because nothing else got him the notoriety he wanted at that time. They ruined The Source to gamble on Benzino's music career. I still have that issue that exposed Eminem as a racist. It is a respectable issue and controversial, but the same points could have been made without Benzino involved. The Source needs to come back, even if it's under another name. Dave should have studied business at Harvard and went to his classes. He could have avoided a lot of the pitfalls. He is NOT who I envisioned all these years that I heard The Source was owned by a Harvard educated white dude. Dave has some flavor. Respect!

@AfricaGeo 2 жыл бұрын

Well said ,

@hiphopjewels 2 жыл бұрын

@@AfricaGeo Thank you. 🙏🏾

@seymoregreen 2 жыл бұрын

I'm from Boston too everything you said is 100 pure facts

@Ramble79 2 жыл бұрын

The source fucked up a few times on the album ratings. Ready to die needed to be a Classic, Da chronic should’ve been a classic, reasonable doubt and ob4cl as well

@mutedmutiny9542 2 жыл бұрын

That’s the thing though - those albums weren’t regarded as instant classics when they first came out. They were all really well received albums but you can’t really call something an immediate classic unless it’s something so special, like Illmatic. That’s why their ratings were so meaningful, almost no one got 5 mics and it was a huge deal when it happened. I will point out though that all the albums you mentioned were reevaluated and re-scored as 5 mic albums, which they clearly are now it just wasn’t obvious when they were first released.

@zl5464 2 жыл бұрын

C'mon man, we all love to look back on Reasonable Doubt with rose colored glasses, but outside of NY nobody was checking for Jay-Z in 96. I didn't know who Jay was until Pac dissed him and I'm a hip hop head.

@Ramble79 2 жыл бұрын

@@mutedmutiny9542 I agree, but Da Chronic and Ready to Die were highly anticipated and special albums at the tjme. Da Chronic reintroduced Dre as a solo artist and producer. The streets and the industry were waiting for Big to drop. I remember the source knocked a half a mic because of the jodeci skit.

@Ramble79 2 жыл бұрын

@@zl5464 I agree about Jay’s popularity outside of NY. It was a tough time for new artists to drop. Still the lyrics and the sound were on point from beginning to end. Jay’s second albums was far from a classic he had the softmore jynx.

@mutedmutiny9542 2 жыл бұрын

@@Ramble79 I agree and I think both albums got either 4 or 4.5 mics on release, which was still a very strong review back then. 4 or above was rare and you could bet on any album above 4 mics being really really strong. That is why when Made Men (Benzino’s project after RSO) got 4.5 mics - not 5 like some people say - that was pretty shocking and in some ways a scandal. Pretty much everyone knew it wasn’t deserving of that score and wasn’t on par with other 4.5 albums.

@sycamoreceo4409 5 ай бұрын

Dey turned down 50 million wen dey was hot got cold n sold 6 million 🤦🏾‍♂️😩😩😩 business is like fries u gotta sell wen you hot 🥵

@thinner299 3 ай бұрын

I don't understand why Vlad wouldn't conduct this interview

@brabbit8242 2 жыл бұрын

'4½ or 5 means ur Biggie, Jigga, Nas or BENZINO'. - Em We all know why Ray Benzino got 5 mics.😅😅😅😅😅

@mutedmutiny9542 2 жыл бұрын

Benzino never got 5 mics. It was his Made Men project after RSO and they got 4.5, not 5 - but even giving them that was shocking and undeserved. Even they knew they couldn’t give them 5 though, that would have completely ruined all their credibility instantly. That almost happened anyway and it wasn’t even 5 mics. Just trying to be accurate though

@brabbit8242 2 жыл бұрын

@@mutedmutiny9542 my bad, it's 4½, thought it was 5. But still...😅😅😅

@bradbowling8966 2 жыл бұрын

As a host why don't you offer that man some water?? I've actually listened to him dry swallow at least 20 times throughout this interview..

@hiphopjewels 2 жыл бұрын

They might not be in the same room (via satellite). If Dave wanted a break, he could take one and they’d edit it out later. Not the interviewer’s fault if he’s thirsty. He has to speak up.

@akcoop 7 ай бұрын

To be fair to the editors, the Mighty RSO did suck…. i mean they were really bad.

@dougdickason 2 жыл бұрын

That was a big conflict of interest to have a hip hop artist as a partner in the magazine. That was the root of the end. Also, him saying Elvis was used to cut out black folks from the music business is a false narrative, in fact, it's complete billsh*t. Elvis was very influential in helping explode the music scene along with other black and white artists. I'm not sure how this narrative got started, if it was Chuck D and public enemies lyric about Elvis, although Chuck has apologized to some degree about putting Elvis in that lyric. Do the research, learn Elvis' life, look at what his black peers have to say about it all, then Dave Mays can get back to me on his false belief. Also, I'm not sure if Dave has learned this yet, the Harvard grad he is, but he's white. He seems to think otherwise by the way he portrays himself.

@bronzkhrome4024 2 жыл бұрын

Bro, Elvis has a song called "The Ghetto" just so you know. I do think that Chuck D came up with that shit that Elvis stole Rock-N-Roll from Blacks, which was just false, but EVERYBODY has anecdotal shit about race anyways in my experience.

@cherrycola3653 2 жыл бұрын

He seems cool, but yeah, I felt like he thinks he thinks he is black and acts like he never heard of Rolling Stone magazine. Dang, I knew Rolling Stone Magazine, and I am much younger, and he seems to put down rock music passively, and I know folks in the hood like some rock music. I feel like he wants to win black folks over.. I don't think he is a bad guy, though, but you don't have to put other music down and to give credit to other good styles of music.

@j33pfyn4tik6 7 ай бұрын

YOU HEARD!!!!

@lt2cool4u 2 жыл бұрын

Prez cappin this interview getting no views dude who got punked by benzino

@saj8 2 жыл бұрын

Reggie Dennis told us the real about Mays a long time ago.

@rayb7429 2 жыл бұрын

Video?

@saj8 2 жыл бұрын

@@rayb7429 Old HipHopDX interview back in 2005.

@saj8 2 жыл бұрын

@@Scarizza Reggie was basically saying in the interview that Mays was getting extorted by Benzino.

@K_Type Жыл бұрын

One of Em’s best disses…. “Ray’s got AK’s to Dave May’s head Every issue there an 8 page Made Men Spread”

@Zona_Boy_Records 8 ай бұрын

Eminem is trash and did mess rap up in some ways. Every white kid who don't belong on the mic who lives in their moms basement started trying to rap. All these kids trying to push their KZfaq channels who live in the nicest parts of town are trying to rap. I've recorded for all kinds of privileged brats who came through wanting to Rap who shouldn't and ran with it. They ruined the whole sound of rap.

@OGROBBC 2 жыл бұрын

Dude sounds like a fraud tryna get credit for em, big ,cypress n more 😂

@delbertprince5302 2 жыл бұрын

Dave can speak well….

@DDot-im3jr 2 жыл бұрын

He went to Harvard... 🎒 Cambridge Massachusetts

@gabrielrivera4600 2 жыл бұрын

As much as people don’t like Vlad but I don’t like that other people are doing these interviews

@user-bd3zy6wo7l 9 ай бұрын

Everyone hates vlad til they don't....

@user-bd3zy6wo7l 9 ай бұрын

Shoulda gave Benzino a Source Award, David left his artist out to dry

@dukinhower 2 жыл бұрын

Vlad funny as hell. He always sounded tough piggybackin off Jamar and Nick Cannon going in on Em and more than happy to come off as a more acceptable white boy with all that Guest in the house of Hip-Hop talk. But first with Benzino and now this dude, Vlad is nowhere to be found...

@user-bd3zy6wo7l 9 ай бұрын

Vlad knows it's not a good look, white on white crime

@ProdbyCeeSick 2 жыл бұрын

I came up during the Eminem and Benzino battle and I gotta admit back then like most I was a 50 Stan so when he said Fk Dave an Zino I was wit it but now being older and watching bro on here,….shidddd , he cool man. Can’t Front 🤷‍♂️ an he from the DMV too.👌✌️

@MotorCityMob 2 жыл бұрын

Those were the days man..

@concernedcitizen5614 2 жыл бұрын

Prez spent a lot of time trying to get him to shit on Benzino.

@LaymanGamin 2 жыл бұрын

I feel Dave u did right. U supposed to stick wit ur mans. N give him 4 🎤 in the source

@VijayDasRadio 2 жыл бұрын

🗑

@kahlilelledge499 9 ай бұрын

Very surprised on the views these kids today don’t no who he is he was instagram before instagram

@bittmanbobby 2 жыл бұрын

Beefing with Em single handedly took The Source down

@terrytees 13 күн бұрын

People stopped taking the source seriously before that happened, for me I gave up once it turned into an advertising mag, it doubled in size and you have have to go passed 4 pages of pull out adds before you got to the first page, it become a money grabing joke.

@therealsincerelyyours 2 жыл бұрын

@Karceno4life was right

@zsadiamonds2249 2 жыл бұрын

Spoken Like a true Boss…fuck your statistics…Dave and Zino made history!!!! There has not been another source..ever again why because there is no authenticity in hip hop…the power was taken from the people by a movement created by the people for the people…not this clown show or corporate funded murder music movement we see now!!! No regrets but the loan…stand your ground Dave!!!! We salute and appreciate you! Love Hip Hop

@fawkkyutuu8851 2 жыл бұрын

facts!

@terrytees 13 күн бұрын

Zino is that u?

@mekkathoughts5767 2 жыл бұрын

That do not sound like vladtv voice

@user-bd3zy6wo7l 9 ай бұрын

He made Biggie ..... Fine, u made buggie, Make another BIGGIE

@darrentinonzii340 4 ай бұрын

And NAS😅

@ElBambinShon_BX78 2 жыл бұрын

💯

@mannyfresh2deff 2 жыл бұрын

As long as ppl got paid who cares were thd profit goin shit he built the company spend all ur profit its yours

@slomo6663 2 жыл бұрын

YOU BETTER SAY YOU REGRET EVERYTHING YOU EVER DID!!!!! Lmao these host are legit bad people and the guests let them get away with it smh

@hansbriggs1991 2 жыл бұрын

Vlad gotta do somethin bout these interviewers…..

@joshurich1082 8 ай бұрын

Break beat bigger than the source ever was??. Bahahaha

@ramonvelasquez9189 Жыл бұрын

Horrible finances and ignorance mismanagement by Dave as the white man he was supposed to fortify the financial future of the company this interview upset me smh

@michaelmelendeztv 2 жыл бұрын

that hiphopWEAKly magazine is a big time joke gotta laugh 🤣

@nolan9173 2 жыл бұрын

Newest member of NWO

@ceezedgerman 2 жыл бұрын

David mays is kidding himself about larry hoover. He was convicted of ordering murders from inside state prison that's what got him in ADX prison.

@user-bd3zy6wo7l 9 ай бұрын

He got lucky that Benzino was a raw hardcore, underground rapper that was battle tested on the mixtapes, and Benzino launched the Source with his raw hip hop sound.

@RayNagin504 5 ай бұрын

WHY IS THIS JEW GETTING CREDIT FOR HIP HOP?

@jsreye101912 2 жыл бұрын

I'll be back when vlad starts interviewing, all these interviews lately could have been better if vlad did the interview. Hopefully , vlad does the follow up interview.

@AussieCreeker 2 жыл бұрын

🧢🧢🧢🧢🧢🧢🧢🧢🧢🧢🧢🧢🧢🧢

@vladtv 2 жыл бұрын

Watch the full interview now as a VladTV KZfaq Member: kzfaq.info/love/g7lal8IC-xPyKfgH4rdUcAjoin

@dustinblack8421 2 жыл бұрын

I call bullshit Eminem destroyed the source!!!

@LaymanGamin 2 жыл бұрын

Not

@LaymanGamin 2 жыл бұрын

Eminem was the beginning of the end of real hip-hop . Big Facts. He changed hip hop to a joke thing. Government placed :

@210yaytowncraetown6 Жыл бұрын

truth, who could name themselves a candy conglomerate and Not get sued! Especially a rapper!

@dancerkris95 11 ай бұрын

@@210yaytowncraetown6He didn't name himself after a candy though.. He used his first and last initials M.M and spelled it out Em.in.em.

@210yaytowncraetown6 11 ай бұрын

@@dancerkris95 oh, then that makes a big difference. I will name myself Nike and I will give that answer when I get sued. Nike don't give a fk. Neither does any business for that matter. Not mathers . Hah No person of otw. Other than white can do that. Even my white buddies say, he's a plant in hip hop. Probably by M&Ms. Lmao

@210yaytowncraetown6 11 ай бұрын

Now I want some Eminem's. Hah you get it now?