Rico talks about his upbringing, his music, NorCal, his opps, doing time, and more.
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0:00 Intro
2:30 - He bounced all through Sacramento, Mom was on dr***, they were homeless going from shelter to shelter
4:20 - Says mom was messed up when he was young, says at 11 CPS tried to take him so she got right
5:00 - Says when he was 7yrs old his big brother got locked up for life for attempted m with gang enhancement, says seeing his mom on dr*** was normal because of the environment he was in
6:55 - Says he was embarrassed to see her mom in the park using, says she got clean when he was 11 and he actually went through the process with her, going to meetings
8:32 - Says he’s Black and Mexican and he grew up with his mom’s side which was Mexican
10:10 - Says coming from Northern Cali he’s labeled as a certain type of artist, says he just wants to be labeled as a artist, says he likes to embrace both cultures
13:41 - He was looking for role models when he was younger and ended up with role models who just tried to crash him out
15:20 - Says some people are just so in tuned with the street life they get out from doing a bid and just get back to it
17:12 - Says he lived in a predominantly Asian area also but it was all hood, different trenches but the same struggle
18:27 - His first case was at 14yrs old, him and his friend did a beer run
21:30 - Says he had a conditional release with a time period for him not to mess up again, says he caught a 5yr charge at 16 and didn’t get out until 21yrs old
22:38 - Says getting locked up during those years in his adolescence kept his mind little, says the games and politics took over his mentality
24:03 - Says he feels bad about what he put his mom through at his younger age, says he was being selfish
27:16 - Says during the end of his stay in prison he did productive things, says he was taking college classes and making his own re entry plan for getting out
31:26 - Says when he got serious with music he just wanted to be a voice for people who felt his type of struggle or grew up in his environment, even if their his ops
33:12 - Says he’s never listened to any of his oppositions music unless it came across his page, says he sees them get motion and salutes
34:31 - Says his first real success was his song “Militant Mindset”
37:50 - Says fans took to his music because they seen him advocating and politicking with legislatures in DC
39:30 - Says Big Tone and him linked up and Tone gave him a lot of advice, says right now he feels like he’s moving but he could do better
44:58 - There needs to be 10 Thizzlers for up north, says he’s always been independent for most of his career says he wasn’t going to d ride
46:59 - Says people not wanting to work together because of politics can be a set back
50:01 - Says he’s an old soul and a lot of his old stuff is based Sugafree and the banging on wax album
50:55 - Says he’s not trippin, he was in juvenile hall, got down with his enemies multiple times back to back and the same day they’ll all be programming
52:36 - Says the objective has been to plant people in the industry in order for them to crash out and push agendas
54:10 - Points out 6ix9ine as an example of a plant sent to crashout, says your character and content matters in the long run as far as if it will last
58:07 - Mexicans up north adopt black culture, says he respects the point from someone out here, says Black and Mexican culture were more rooted together where he’s from
1:08:41 - Says he’s made certain moves with poor judgment before several times
1:10:14 - Says his “Herminator” album is dropping June 14th, says Herminator is his producer
1:10:40 - Adam ask about Rich Rabbit diss to Rico, says Rich came out of left field with the diss
1:13:09 - Says he wouldn’t compete on a song with Rowdy Racks says he respectfully declines and doesn’t have to be disrespectful about it
1:16:50 - Says his brother passed while locked up from an ___, says some balloons popped in his stomach and he overdosed in his sleep, says he was denied going to the funeral by YA
1:19:30 - Says his short term goals are coming to LA and networking, connecting with certain artist out here, brings up Adam saying that Artist should be going at it with Texas lyrically
1:27:28 - Says he would want to work with Kalan Fr or Blxst says it’d be more beneficial for him as an artist
1:29:05 - Adam ask who Rico’s other favorite Rico’s from history, Rico says he doesn’t know any other Rico’s, says he got the name because his godparents thought he looked Puerto Rican
1:30:40 - Speaks on his squabble in YA caught on video
1:33:50 - Says he got down with way more than a few Southsiders back to back, says for a fade like his fade with Rider you'll go into lockdown in your cell for 2 days
1:38:20 - Says in YA they just needed someone they respected to teach them critical thinking the right way
1:42:50 - Says he tapped in with Teezy, Zoe Osama, says he's going to continue to work, album June 14th