Rum Nitty on How He Rose To The Top of Battle Rap

Rum Nitty talks about his rise to fame, transitioning from gang bangin to worldwide battle rap fame, battling for $150,000 from Drake and more! ----- 00:00 Intro 3:05 - Started to rap at 10 years old. Being influenced by west coast rappers, especially Brotha Lynch 4:52 - Keeping a low profile on social media to avoid giving out ammo for battle opponents 6:22 - Feeling like a failure after using his rent money to fly to his first King of the Dot battle 14:00 - Having a love of words and valuing his intelligence, but when he first started was only in it for the check 14:55 - Remembering the Tycoon Tax Battle. Flying out of the country for the first time for World Domination. Lush paid for his hotel 16:20 - Being loyal in this industry and era that doesn’t respect loyalty 18:25 - Crazy run of battles on King of the Dot: Arsonal, O-Red, B Magic. Battle versus Magic was his first time getting paid 23:10 - Surreal experience of being recognized at the Ether Battles, seeing Cassidy and Dizaster for the first time 25:20 - Being inspired by Brotha Lynch. Learning how to incorporate criticism 26:22 - How he came up with his legendary “Grab the nose runnin’ I’m comin’ down with something” bar 32:55 - Always mentioning Dizaster as the goat of battle rap. Breaking down his Top 10 battle rappers 34:36 - Moving from King of the Dot to URL. Getting a huge reaction from his first battle vs Ave 37:00 - Dizaster and Rum Nitty are going to battle. Diz: “You want to battle me” Says Rum is on the Mt Rushmore of Battle Rap 39:35 - Dizaster says Rum is harder to write for than Geechi because he’s such a shadowy figure 43:00 - Battling for 150K in front of Drake. Agreeing to split the bread if he made to the finals 47:28 - Trying to get a feature from Remy and Drake after winning the Westworld battle 48:30 - Rum and G Will on their new Westworld venture with GTX. Creating a platform for young artists and battle rappers 58:05 - G Will on battle rap saving his life 1:01:55 - Diz on the positive side of battle rap and its potential to he