WELCOME BACK TO
"LIVING 808."
WE FOUND A LOCAL RAPPER
REMEMBER.
NOAA J IS READY TO
DROP THE MIC HERE ON THE
"LIVING 808" SET.
WELCOME, NOAA.
HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN
RAPPING FOR?
FOR ABOUT TWO YEARS.
I STARTED WHEN MY COUSIN
INTRODUCED ME AND FOUND
STUFF I LIKED.
THAT'S AWESOME.
HOW OLD ARE YOU?
YOU JUST GRADUATED HIGH
SCHOOL?
YEAH, I JUST TURNED
18.
YOU'VE BEEN IN THE
RAP GAME FOR A LONG
TIME.
YEAH.
HOW MANY ALBUMS HAVE
YOU PUT OUT?
TWO ALBUMS AND MIXED
TAPES.
THE LAST ALBUM I PUT OUT
"WHITE RICE."
NEXT MONTH I'M GOING TO
BE INTRODUCING MY ALBUM
CALLED "SIN CITY."
TODAY I'M PERFORMING THE
THAT ALBUM.
WHAT INSPIRED THIS
PROJECT?
I WANTED TO RIGHT
FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF
SOMEBODY BORN IN A BIG
CITY AND MAYBE DRAMATIC.
I WANTED TO EXPLORE THAT
MINDSET AND HOW THEY
WOULD SEE THING.
I JUST GOT TO ASK
YOU, WHO IS SOMEBODY
THAT YOU LOOK UP TO IN
THE RAP INDUSTRY?
THERE'S A LOT OF
PEOPLE, ALL OF THE BIG
NAMES.
BUT LOCALLY THERE'S THIS
GROUP CALLED HAPPY FROWN
AND THE ELECTRIC
PANCAKES.
HO BOW JOHNSON IN MY
HOMETOWN IN CALIFORNIA
VAMENT.
WHAT IS YOUR
LONG-TERM GOAL?
SO I LOVE MAKING
MUSIC.
I HAVE A STRONG PASSION
FOR FILM MAKING AND ALL
THAT KIND OF STUFF SO MY
DREAM JOB WOULD BE ABLE
TO MAKE SOUND TRACKS ON
FILMS.
WE WERE TALKING ABOUT
THAT TOO.
SHOUT OUT TO MELE FOR
ALWAYS TAKING CARE OF
IT'S SUCH A GREAT
PROGRAM.
YOU JUST CAME OUT WITH
AN ALBUM.
YOU'RE GOING TO BE
PERFORMING THAT ON
TODAY'S SHOW.
YEAH.
WOULD YOU MIND GIVING
AN EXCLUSIVE FOR ALL OF
OUR "LIVING 808" VIEWERS
OUT THERE.
WE'RE GOING TO WALK THIS
WAY.
HE'S ALL YOURS, GUYS.
♪ SO THIS IS A SONG THAT
I MADE IN MY BEDROOM AND
I WROTE ALL THE LYRICS
TOO.
♪ I REALLY HOPE YOU GUYS
LIKE IT.
♪ I COULD HAVE BEEN A
CONTENDER, I COULD HAVE
BEEN SOMEBODY INSTEAD OF
A BUM ♪
♪ LIFE IS JUST A
HIGHWAY, ACHIEVE
WHATEVER RIDE, I LIVE IT
A FLY WAY ♪
♪
♪ LIFE IS JUST A
HIGHWAY, LIFE IS JUST
HIGHWAY ♪
♪ LIFE IS GET CRAZIER
AND CRAZIER EACH DAY ♪
♪ PRACTICE MAKING BEATS
♪ DON'T CALL ME GREAT,
DON'T CALL ME FAKE, THEY
CALL ME STRANGE, THEY
BETTER WAIT BECAUSE I
DON'T CARE AND I DON'T
THEM.
HONESTLY WE'RE ALL THE
SAME, WE ALL ARE MADE OF
BONES AND EVERY SINGLE
ONE OF US DESERVES TO
FIND A HOME ♪
♪ I WANT TO BE SOMEBODY,
I WANT TO BE SOMEBODY, I
WANT TO BE ON TV, I HOPE
TO MAKE IT TO THE RADIO
♪
I WANT TO BE SOMEBODY,
I'M GOING TO BE
SOMEBODY, RIGHT NOW I'M