- How you feeling, man?
- Feeling like the hottest rapper in the fucking world.
- Ooh, those are big words, man.
When we spoke you told me The World is Yours 2,
Album of the Year already.
- I do feel about that.
- I told you, I listened to the album.
First 10 tracks and not one bad track yet.
- Yeah.
- But tell me in your opinion,
why do you feel like that album
not only outdoes your debut album, but the competition?
- I feel like that 'cause this album
has a album full of hits
y'know what I'm sayin', it's like-- it's not like I came
in there trying to make regular songs.
Every song is a hit, every song is a smash,
so I don't think anybody's done that in the last century.
- [Interviewr] Big words
- No count!
(laughs)
- Let's run down through it real quick,
you debut number two on the 200, multi-platinum singles,
New Freezer, Plug Walk.
When you were in the studio making this album,
did you feel any pressure
because you know the sophomore jinx is real.
Sophomore curse is real in hip-hop.
- For real?
- It's for real.
- Oh, I didn't know that.
- It's a real thing
- I didn't even know of that.
- Okay, so what's your mindset going
into trying to not duplicate the success, but try to top it?
- I just went in there, y'know what I'm sayin'.
just I record so much work,
so when it's time to do a album,
it's like I just pick the songs, and it's like,
yeah, it's time for that.
I got so much, y'know what I'm sayin',
so I'm coming back after this.
Quick.
- How soon is quick?
- Quick.
(laughs)
- You got a lot of heavy hitters on the album.
You got Big Sean, you have Gunna,
Offset, Young Thug, Miguel, Ty Dolla.
What do you love about collaboration so much?
- I like bringing the best, y'know what I'm saying,
as a a track.
When I do a track, I pick the beat, and you know, I'm very--
I got a very unique beat selection,
so after I make the song, I try to hear,
like who I would hear on the song,
like for the fans, see what I'm sayin',
not only for myself, y'know what I'm sayin',
I be like, "Yo, who would really be good on this?"
So that's how I go about,
y'know what I'm sayin', collaborating with people.
- It's crazy because you and I were talking about it
before the Woah record that you have
with Miguel and Ty Dolla, you know,
talk about that whole studio session,
you being able to get
those two R&B juggernauts on one track.
- Yeah, me and Miguel did a record,
and it was like dope.
I had did one verse to it,
and then I changed it when I got to New York,
and I sent it to Ty Dolla,
he sent it back to me the same day like in like 2 hours,
and it was like you already knew it was a smash.
- It's a smash, it's a smash.
You know you also got Tory Lanez on the Tic Toc single,
you guys teamed up on TAlk tO Me,
so you already know what I'm gonna hit you
because I see the chemistry there, you guys are two for two.
Have you guys entertained the thought of doing an EP,
or even a mixtape somewhere down the line?
- Yeah, we just working right now,
but we got a whole bunch of more music that's unreleased,
so we gon' have to see how it come, y'know what I'm sayin'.
We never miss, so it's hit for hit for hit for smash.
- I love that, I love that.
You know, obviously with you growing as an artist,
you also evolved as a businessman
with your label Rich Forever Music.
You got Famous Dex, Jay Critch.
Talk about your evolution from the business front, Mr. CEO.
- You know it's just great, y'know what I'm sayin',
being able to balance being a boss,
a CEO of your own organization, y'know what I'm sayin',
and helping out other people, and putting your team on,
and helping they families, it's just a blessing,
being able to that y'know what I'm sayin'.
'Cause, you know, I got this blessing to help other people,
and bless others, so it's just like,
it's really a blessing.
That's one word I put it in all together.
- I like that, I like that.
You know, I wish I knew you got busy on the grill.
You never told me you used to work at Wendy's,
like you used to--
- Oh nah, like I wouldn't know about the grill,
like straight up.
- Oh I though you-- - I was a cash register.
- Okay, I thought you worked in--
- Y'know what I'm sayin', I was a cash register,
and I really couldn't even run that, I was too high.
(laughs) - So like, pshh.
I don't know nothing about no job, period.
- That's hilarious, man.
One of my other favorite records,
Offset, Big Sean, Two Cups.
- ♪ Two cups, two cups ♪
- That's a hitter right, aye.
- No that's a banger, like,
that's why I said the whole album,
I'm not playing with these folk, man.
Damn, what the fuck going on?
Aye, listen.
- They be getting your bag, man, talk that talk.
- Listen, album is gonna be the most streamed album.
I told you already it's gon' be the album of the year,
but it's gonna be
like the top streamed album of the whole year, for sure.
Like I know that like off the top of my head.
Y'know what I'm sayin', so I know we goin' for the biggest,
the biggest of the biggest.
I am the hottest artist in the fucking world.
- Mm, I'm sure Drake heard that.
(laughs)
- So--
- Rich the Kid, for the people and the kids.
- Hashtag for the people, y'all heard that.
Before I let you go, I wanna congratulate you
because I know you 'bout to have a baby boy.
- Yeah, my son is on the way.
- How you feeling, man, how's father hood--
- Yes, sir!
- There you go!
- He know that, y'know what I'm sayin'?
He be like, "kow, pow, wap".
- You got a name for him yet?
You and Tori?
I know you-- - Nah.
We don't got a name,
we gon' have a name right before he come.
Same week
(laughs)
- There we go, before I let you go, last question.
If you would pick one word
to title this chapter in your life right now,
which word would that be and why?
- Magnificent.
- Why magnificent?
- Because life is fucking magnificent, it's like,
can you think of what magnificent would be like?
- Mm.
(audience laughs)
Magnificent!
- I'm thinking.
- Spell magnificent.
- Are you--
Oh this a spelling bee, you gon' put me on blast.
- I'm just playin'
- I'll give you the first three letters,
that's all I can do.
(laughs)
- Yo, Rich the Kid, World is Yours 2 dropping tomorrow!
Check it out everybody
- You fucking dig, hottest album in the fucking world.