[Music]
just just for people who are hearing
this for the first time when I decided
to pursue music I was up against my
parents like they hated it right because
um you know I went to I went to Stanford
and like or whatever right and they're
like this rap you know and they didn't
even know what rap truly was like they
assumed it was just like talking really
fast and you know I explained to them
I'm not a rap or like you know I'm
writing these songs it's like it's like
modern poetry and they're like you want
to be a poet oh that was even worse
it's even worse rap being a rapper at
least they don't understand what it is
but being a poet it's even worse and I'm
like could you quote poets all the time
like why can't I be a poet but they
hated it um luckily I didn't care
because you know I I was determined to
live my life my way but it didn't mean
that
you know like when I came to Korea to be
a musician you know when you're first
starting off doing music you don't have
a place to stay cuz you're not making
any money you won't be making any money
for the first few years right you're
gonna be struggling and we and we were
struggling like the first couple
companies that signed us you know there
was the companies were honestly messed
up yeah we were being shelled we had
made an album that we couldn't put out
we got dropped from this label with the
album in our hand and we couldn't pay
the studio and um it was just really bad
and uh you know I needed a place to stay
but my parents were so against me doing
this that they wouldn't let me stay you
know in our house and um they were like
you can stay in her house if you decide
to like go back to school or like get a
PhD or like you know take the LSAT or
something you know and I didn't want to
do that so I had no money um literally
Mithra and I were during summer like we
were in a this really cheap place that
we were living together in a room that
was actually like smaller than the space
right here and um we didn't have an air
conditioning it was hot summer yeah we
had a fridge where we would take turns
and having her head in the freezer to
stay cool yeah and someone had given us
uh like a huge bottle of Bailey's yeah
okay a huge bottle of Bailey's he and
the thing is it was in the fridge but
here's the thing we were so thirsty
but we couldn't buy bottled water that
at times we would like ration out the
Bailey's and drink that because we were
so thirsty for those who don't know and
the tap water wasn't good those who
don't know can you explain what Bailey's
is Bailey's is like chocolate alcohol
like chocolate liquor yeah right and in
normal conditions meant like at that age
like you know being able to drink
Bailey's would have been great but it's
really hot no air-conditioning we were
drinking that we're getting drunk in
during the afternoon on a hot day it's
horrible
that's how we were living but you know
there's that story about like you know
look that many people tell about like
how um being forced into those
situations makes you strive right more
mm-hmm
and I'm not saying that that's that's a
law I'm not saying that that's like a
that's like a that's the only way you
strive but
for me like it worked out because it
made me a rebel basically I was forced
to rebel against my parents not because
I wanted to or because I was doing
anything to do so it was because they
decided to be against me right I didn't
decide to when you really learn and
decide like what you stand for
yeah and luckily my music that I did was
it was hip-hop where um having that in
you you know truly works out musically
as well so for me you know that that
drove me you are listening to Kappa haha