Hey, what's up.
I'm Aminé and I'm 5 foot 5.
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Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to Amazon Music's Rap Around.
I'm your host, Mark Philips, also known as Supreme Dreams.
And today, we got Aminé and we're about to play a game
of Horse.
Now the rules of Horse is simple.
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For each miss, you get a letter.
I mean, y'all know how to play Horse.
So y'all ready?
Let's get it.
All right, right here.
All right, Aminé.
Let's see what you got.
Whew.
Oh, this rim rigged.
This rim rigged.
How it go in like that and come out?
My turn.
I'm going to go right here.
Keep it simple.
OK.
Bank shot right here?
Bank shot.
So what was it like growing up in Portland?
It was OK, I ain't going to lie.
It was a-- ooh, that's H, baby.
That's H, baby.
Hand it over.
Hey, man.
Look at Mr. Big Shot.
You want me to tell you--
What's it like growing up in Portland?
Yeah, yeah, for sure.
--what it's like growing up in Portland?
It's cool, man.
I think it's definitely gave me a different perspective in hip
hop, really, just because everyone I knew
and who I looked up to was from New York, Atlanta,
or was from LA or Texas.
It wasn't really too many mainstream artists in Portland.
For sure.
Wait, are you the first mainstream artist
from Portland?
Because I really don't know anybody
from Portland besides the Trailblazers.
There's a lot of hip hop artists who came before me.
Yeah.
Guys like Luck One, Mic Capes, Cassow, Tre Redeau.
All these names.
Shout out all of them.
I don't know none of them.
Yeah, shout out to all of them.
Yeah, I don't know none of them.
These is hometown heroes.
But from a mainstream level, I came on and I just got lucky,
I guess.
No, that's not luck.
That's God.
Obviously, that's not luck.
That's God.
I mean, the first song I heard from you was "Caroline."
It blew up everywhere.
That was everywhere.
Yeah, that was Twitter.
Going to YouTube and being like, 300-seomthing million views,
how does that make you feel?
Yeah, I know.
I know, it's weird.
I didn't expect it.
I more so just made that song in my bedroom.
This is the shot.
I'm going to hit it--
I got an H. I got a--
But did you even dribble into that, or did he just--
No, I didn't have to dribble.
I got an H. I got an--
Let's go.
Fundamentals, baby.
I know your weakness.
Fundamentals.
We'll see.
Wait, wait, wait.
I'm going to maybe just hit the three and keep it simple.
Ooh.
Thank God, because I thought you was over.
Jesus!
I thought it was over right now.
That s----...
Hey bro, How did your relationship
with Ricky Thompson happen?
Y'all hoop together and stuff?
Yeah, we was hooping together.
That's how we met.
We met on IG.
Really I just DM'd him because I thought
his comedy was hilarious.
Yeah, for sure.
And I was just like, bro, you're iconic.
Just do my mixtape if you're down.
Yeah.
And I played him the album before it came out,
OnePointFive, and he was super down with it.
And everything with him is, you know, off rip.
Just freestyle.
You just give him the subject matter and he just do it.
I heard him on it already.
Yeah, yeah.
And on 1.5, he flowed like--
it was effortlessly.
Yeah, yeah.
Very genuine.
Exactly, exactly.
That's a good pick.
No, that's--
Did you think about on TwoPointFive
putting somebody else on there, or you just wanted Ricky again?
No, I kind of wanted to keep the consistency,
you know what I mean?
Yeah, for sure.
The fans love consistency, and when
they recognize the same character,
and then you bring it back, it's like it's sentimental
versus anything.
I could bring somebody new and it'd be dope was f---,
of course.
One thing with your music for sure
is you are building a world.
I'm trying, man.
It's very unique, you know what I'm saying.
It's always like it's either really colorful,
or it's on some deep stuff, you know what I'm saying?
Yeah, yeah.
I'm going to do--
I don't know what to call it.
But you're going to see.
Boom.
Ooh.
You don't need to do your stuff.
All right.
Let me do this right here.
Oh, not to jumper.
Ooh.
Oh.
He hit it.
I feel like you can step into directing or writing a movie.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Something like that
No, that's always been a goal of mine.
I think for me, it's more like I just wanted to wet my feet
and really do this s--- on my own.
Doing video skits, all the stuff that we're doing,
we try to put 110% in that just so people can
see it and be like, OK, then.
It makes sense to give him the control to do a movie
or do whatever.
Yeah, for sure.
Same s--- that you doing.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
100%
You doing all this s--- from your house.
It feels more authentic that way--
Yeah.
--in my opinion.
But you all start to just build yourself
because no one else is going to believe in you first.
Nobody.
Oh, that is actually my R. I'm going to come back, though.
Yo, this is actually amazing.
H-O-R.
This is amazing, because I was hitting all the shots before.
Now the cameras on, he a different person.
A little floater.
Oh!
Oh, he hitting everything.
F---.
Not that.
I'm going to still shoot right here.
OK.
I'm going to hit it for you.
Wow.
I'm going to hit it for you.
No, I gotta hit it, though.
Time for you to get your H.
Huh?
Time for you to get your H.
Yes, sir.
Need that H.
Damn, I really got an H.
Hey, look.
This where the momentum change.
I got an H-O-R.
This where the momentum change.
OK, come on.
Damn.
Oh, no.
Actually, I'm going to hit the Damian Lillard.
OK.
On the logo.
Yeah.
Oh, no.
I don't think that's Damian.
It's somebody.
That's--
I don't know who that is, it's not Damian, though.
That's the real Aminé.
Speaking of Damian Lillard, though,
where were you when he made that game-winning shot.
Which one, though?
There's a million game-winning--
The one with Paul George.
Oh my God.
I was watching it on TV.
I wasn't in town, bro.
I was with my boys.
You wasn't there?
No, I was not there, bro.
That s--- pissed me off.
Ooh.
Oh, that's airball.
Oh, he can't shoot long range.
That makes sense
I can't.
That make sense.
Hold on.
Let me try it one more time.
Why that makes sense?
That boy hit the same airball.
Am I jumping or am I not jumping?
That's the real question?
Am I hitting the Derrick Rose?
No, no you can't jump.
You can't jump.
Why can't I jump?
What rule is that?
Free throws you can't jump.
Of course not.
But this is Horse.
You can jump if you want.
You could jump.
Wait, you--
I ain't jump.
Did you jump?
No, you got that on camera.
Free throw king.
Yo, you say free throw king before you miss a free throw?
I know you just hopped off a flight.
My fault.
That's why I'm saying, my balance is off.
I just got off a plane.
His balance is off.
I can't really stand right.
That's what it is.
I can't stand right, bro.
Oof.
Ooh.
Bro, you need to make that.
Oh, man.
Let's do the layup.
Woo, Woo, Woo.
Damn.
He almost missed that.
I did, but I wanted it to-- you know?
Suspension and s---.
Hey, whoever hit this shot right here wins.
Really?
So it don't matter how many letters I got.
Really?
It don't matter how many letters I got.
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I was-- hey, if I hit this, I win?
Do I really win?
What?
How does that work?
There's a lot of times in this whole thing
that you called game.
What?
How does that work?
Free throw king.
Oh, just shoot the ball.
Free throw king.
Shoot the ball.
You play sports in high school?
I did, brother.
I did.
That's game, baby.
That's game.
My brother, thank you.
Yes sir.
Well, we came, we saw, we played, we got into it.
You see how it went down.
We do see how it went down.
Unfortunately, I was a little off.
Very often.
This is my man, Aminé.
Listen, the better man won today.
The better man won today.
I like all these things you saying.
Listen, hold on.
Wait.
This is great.
Listen, listen.
I am the better man.
I'm trying to get him the W. This is a Aminé.
And before we end this Rap Around episode,
look, tell the people what you got going on
and where to find you.
They know what's going on, because you're going to see it
on the story all week.
It's called TwoPointFive, baby.
"Charmander" out now.
My name is Aminé.
Yeah.
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He said, I'm an actor.
Was Game of Thrones ever one of your favorites?
Always.
I used to rent out theaters to watch the last season for me
and my friends.
Hey, you used to play sports in high school?
S---, I wish I was your friend.
That's ridiculous he lost that bad.
He said free throw king.