-I thought for a second I was passing a kidney stone
during this interview, but false alarm.
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-What's going on? It's Trey.
"Questionnaire of Life" once again.
Today, we have rapper...
-Jack Harlow.
-How's it going, man? -All is well, man.
-Are you ready to get into this?
-For sure I am, bro. -When are you most nervous?
Debuting a new song, playing to a crowd bigger
than you ever have, or waiting for reviews to come out?
-Probably like...
Interviews.
-Oh, so, like, right now.
-Yeah. [ Crickets chirping ]
I actually am not nervous right now, though.
-Flat, sparkling, or flavored water?
-Flat.
-Sparkling is ass. Don't understand the appeal.
The best water's flat. Comes right out the springs.
-There's nothing like sparkling water, like,
fresh out the tap. -Piss. Piss is like it.
-[ Chuckles ]
What emotion helps your write your best songs?
Joy, sadness, or anger? -Probably joy.
Joy is closest to confidence.
If I'm confident, then I'm not second guessing
any of my decisions while I'm creating.
Anger is a close second, though,
because then you really talk your shit.
-Would you rather fight one T-Rex, 10 raptors,
or a thousand snakes?
-One T-Rex. [ T-Rex roars ]
You only got to focus on one.
-All right, walk me through the strategy here.
-I'm doing a lot of hiding and ducking
and trying to get larger things to fall on top of him
while I climb on his back and stab him 80 times.
-80 is a pretty specific number.
-Somewhere up there. -If you were a superhero,
what would be your weakness?
Weed, designer clothes, or hot cartoon characters?
-Weed. It is my human weakness.
Weed takes me out of my zone,
makes me self-conscious and self-loathing.
Weed would definitely be my kryptonite.
-Probably the most famous person from Louisville --
Muhammad Ali. -Definitely.
-Which one of these quotes from him do you think
kind of embodies your life view?
"Service to others is the rent you pay
for your room here on Earth,"
"It's hard to be humble when you're as great as I am,"
or, "Live every day as if it were your last,
because someday you're gonna be right."
-At this point in my life,
I'm so self consumed my own career
that I gotta say the third one,
"Live like it's your last day."
-I always am, you know, mortality being in the back
of my head when I make decisions.
So, we're here, we might as well have a party.
-Tomorrow's gonna be your last day on Earth.
What's the game plan?
-Take the next flight to the 'ville,
kick it with the family.
Try not to be depressed as shit.
Can you imagine, like, going to, like, Dave & Buster's
just for your last day, and I'd be in the corner like,
"Fuck," and my mom's like,
"I know it's your last day, but come on."
"I would be like, "Oh, you're right. Come on, let's turn up."
-"Finally Handsome," "Loose," or "Confetti"?
-"Confetti." It's just stronger music, you know?
Some of that other stuff doesn't age as well at this point to me.
-What's it like listening back to your old self,
if you do, and just, like, kind of hearing
your growth and progression from that point?
-I'm happy to hear the growth, but it's like, you know how
people cringe at old photos of themselves from middle school?
Like, it's a similar experience with the music.
It's like, "Fuck."
-Would you rather be buried, cremated, or mummified?
-Well, you come back when you get mummified, don't you?
-In theory, yeah.
-Mummify my ass
because the other two, you don't have a shot.
Cremated is -- What the fuck are you doing?
Like... [ Chuckles ]
My mom wants me cremated. Ugh!
Why? [ Laughter ]
-The three best white rappers ever,
you can only listen to one of them forever --
Paul Wall, Lil Wyte, or Bubba Sparxxx?
-Probably Paul Wall for me.
Paul Wall's verse on "Drive Slow" is enough
for me to just be like, "Paul Wall."
-It's one of the most important songs made this century, man.
-I actually agree, yeah.
-Between Forecastle, the Kentucky Derby,
or the State Fair, which one of those
would be, like --
-Derby. It's just, like, fly.
People are drinking mint juleps, and they're dressed up.
It's just very tasteful.
-If I was gonna go to Louisville, like, for a week,
what needs to be on my list?
-Well, you should stay at 21c.
It's like an art museum inside a hotel,
and they actually move the art around throughout the night,
so you wake up, and it'll be somewhere else.
-That's sick. -Very creative hotel.
And there's a long road called Bardstown Road
that, um, is full of diversity, and local businesses,
and it's pretty eclectic, and, like,
really drives the creative culture,
and that's kind of where I grew up.
Yeah, we have a culture of our own, you know?
It's a smooth city.
-All right, man, appreciate you being here,
appreciate you doing this.
You keep forgetting about that 'rona, man.
-It's okay, you always remember.
-Yeah. There you go.
Jack Harlow. See y'all next time.
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