ABOUT THIS EPISODE
Kidd Kidd stopped by Diverse Mentality to tell us his full life story! (Recorded on 1-27-22)
(00:00) - Intro
(00:51) – Turning real life into raps
(05:06) – introducing Eif Rivera to 50 Cent
(07:43) – Growing up in New Orleans
(08:38) – When he found interest in becoming a rapper
(10:39) – His OG checking him if he didn’t rap about his life real life
(12:54) – instrumentals he would rap over
(13:14) – being influenced by Cash Money and being of a fan of them
(15:46) – How he linked up with Lil Wayne
(18:45) – Battle rapping Lil Wayne
(21:00) – Forming Sqad Up
(24:42) – who started the mixtape game, Sqad Up or G-Unit
(27:18) – Jay-Z wanting to sign them
(34:10) – Sqad Up disbanding
(38:18) – Almost getting attacked for wearing a Hot Boys jacket
(41:32) – Young Money getting formed
(43:15) – Lil Wayne’s Carter 3 and appearing on Mrs Officer
(47:44) – Meeting Drake and knowing he’d be successful
(48:58) – Being still passionate about the craft of Hip-Hop
(50:59) – Why he wasn’t in the Mrs Officer music video
(52:02) – Learning about music publishing through the Mrs Officer situation
(54:56) – Using money made from Mrs Officer publishing to help family and friends
(01:00:34) – Not being told about the Mrs Officer video shoot
(01:04:15) – Linking up with Sha Money XL
(01:06:22) – 50 Cent wanting to sue him for using the ‘Better Walk’ track
(01:07:24) – Process of ‘The Reallionaire’ album
(01:09:03) – Meeting 50 Cent
(01:14:59) – Recording music for 50 Cent immediately
(01:21:33) – getting shot 6 times right after meeting 50 Cent
(01:22:43) – 50 Cent calling him after getting shot
(01:23:35) – after recovering he immediately flew and worked with Tony Yayo on Haters single
(01:27:00) – Touring the world with 50 Cent
(01:28:02) – Favorite place he’s visited in the world
(01:32:14) – Quake’s story with Shawty Lo
(01:33:33) – Working on The Big 10 mixtape with 50 Cent
(01:34:12) – Replacing The Game as the 5th member of G-Unit
(01:37:32) – Writing a lot of music that 50 Cent used for himself
(01:39:48) – G-Unit reunion and the issues that came with it
(01:51:49) – Most legendary moment for Kidd Kidd during his G-Unit run
(01:57:10) – G-Unit drops ‘The Beauty Of Independence’
(01:59:44) – ‘The Beast Is G-Unit’ comes out
(02:03:29) – The upcoming G-Unit album that never got released
(02:16:47) – What happened with the G-Unit fallout
(02:19:24) – His contract with G-Unit being a partnership agreement
(02:20:31) – Why wasn’t ‘Street Fame’ the album never released under G-Unit
(02:27:11) – being taken off the ‘We Up’ track with 50 Cent and Kendrick Lamar
(02:31:15) – Making music with his son
(02:32:56) – having no issues with Lil Wayne or 50 Cent
(02:35:39) – Differences of Young Money / G-Unit
(02:36:49) – ‘Real Is Rare’ mixtape
(02:41:20) – When is ‘Street Fame’ album dropping
(02:47:34) – other ventures
(02:49:11) – most difficult decision of his career
(02:50:16) – working with Lil Baby or Lil Durk
