What's up, everybody? It's your boy Brian B-Mac Mcintosh,
and I'm here with...
It's your boy, Lil Durk, and we pullin' up.
Aight then man, let's just get straight into it.
Just Cause Ya'll Waited, is available everywhere right now.
If you haven't checked it out, make sure you do that right now.
So, let's talk about it man, this is your first Indie project
Since you transitioned from Def Jam.
What can the fans expect from you on this album?
All of me, you know what I'm saying?
Just the turn up me, the real me.
I'm not sayin' nothin' forced.
It's like my selection of music.
OK, OK, now, you got a lotta dope features on there.
Specifically, you got P&D and Ty Dolla on there.
How did that feature come about?
I've been rockin' with 'em.
Know what I'm sayin? And when I was puttin' the project together,
it was like, "I need somebody for this."
You know what I'm sayin'? I just picked the best two that out there,
the best and just, you know what I'm sayin? Put them together.
OK, definitely man, now, you have recently departed from Def Jam,
Speak about that transition.
Transitioning from a major label to being an Indie artist in the mainstream.
Know what I'm sayin'? It feel good.
Know what I'm sayin'?
'Cause there was like, a lotta BS with it,
Know what I'm sayin'?
Like goin' into the label when I was like, 17,
- just signin' anything. - 17?
Yeah, like, I just got out, I'm 25.
It's always been like, a hold back.
I just feel good, new energy.
You know what I'm sayin'? Everything gonna be new from here on out.
Definitely. What have you learned from that process,
dealin' with, you know, a label where you guys had disagreements.
What have you learned from that process?
Get a lawyer.
Na, just everything, know what I'm sayin'?
Just take your time before you just go into any situation,
know what I'm sayin'?
It was just like a lotta bullshit with it.
Now, you from Chicago, Chi-Town.
So many legendary rappers.
Kanye West, Common, just so many.
Do you feel like you on that level?
Do you feel like you're in that conversation,
among like, the greats in Chicago?
- Yeah, definitely. - OK.
'Cause we put in enough work.
Know what I'm sayin'? Like, Chief Keef put in enough work.
It's like... you gotta hold your-- You got a household name now,
know what I'm sayin'?
And that's what everybody fightin' for.
Definitely, definitely.
Know what I'm sayin'? When you supposed to be fightin' world-wide,
ain't too worried about Chicago.
I want everybody to think outside the box.
OK, what do you want your legacy in Chicago to be?
I definitely want to change the environment, know what I'm sayin'?
'Cause we all know in Chicago there's like, a lot of bullshit,
like, a lotta violence.
Like, a lotta schools close, like...
Know what I'm saying? Well, shout out to Chance The Rapper,
know what I'm sayin'? 'Cause he put like, me in school.
Yeah, definitely.
So, let's get back to the music man, "No Standards".
That was a classic record when you dropped that last year, man.
I felt like so many Black, single fathers can like relate to that record.
I'm a father myself, so--
Actually it's like, the song that leaked.
Word?
Yeah, then they put their own caption on it.
Like, it was never no diss.
Oh, word?
Yeah, it was never no diss, it's just like, I make music to relate.
- To relate. - Know what I'm sayin'?
OK, now, what inspired you to make that record?
Just, situations around me.
I've had situations, period, but when it - when they did it -
When they leaked it and made it the title,
I'm like, "What the [bleep], how they do that?"
Then I'm just like, "Alright, cool, I ain't gonna pay it no attention."
Then they got like, a super-big response.
But I was just like, "It's not no diss."
Yeah, na, I got it.
Yeah, but I just feel like-- Well, I gotta clear it up.
Oh yeah, no, definitely, definitely.
What advice would you have for all the Black, single fathers out there,
tryin' to raise their children?
Take care of your kids, you know what I'm sayin'?
You gonna have the mommas that's hatin'.
You'll have the momma's that-- But you gotta--
Same time, you gotta take care of your kids,
'Cause sometimes, the mommas don't be trippin'.
People really don't take care of their kids.
That's real.
So, it could go both way.
OK, now, you are a father, you're-- Recently you're a boyfriend as well,
and a musician.
How do you balance personal life?
My personal life will get me through my music, know what I'm sayin'?
As long as personal's straight, I can get through it.
Yeah.
Now, you know, we are social here at BET.
We seen you on social media, you know what I'm sayin'?
You and Bow Wow got into it.
The one-on-one, you know, you took him out at 10K.
Speak about how that came about, you know?
Just randomly goin' over the posts.
I was outside my house playin' basketball.
I just decided to go on Instagram with it,
just challenge everybody who I'm close with.
OK, now who are some rappers out there
that you would love to challenge right now,
put the bread up?
I called them out, like the PNB's, Tory Lanez.
Swae Lee hit me, Tee Grizzly.
Who else?
Quavo.
And it was Bow Wow.
OK, who all has responded?
Lucci, everybody.
Everybody?
We just waitin' on the right time to play.
Waitin' on the right time?
But Bow Wow was just right there in Atlanta.
So, I'm like, "Just come on."
- Aight. - But that was like a practice run.
- OK. - Calvin didn't have his shoes on.
[laughing]
Now, who would you-- You know, we talkin' about basketball.
Who would you compare yourself to in the league?
- I like Kyrie. - Kyrie?
- Got the handles like that? - Kyrie.
OK, man, shouts out to Kyrie, man, speedy recovery on the knee injury.
Back to your album.
What's a record that means the most to you on there?
- Oh, all of them. - OK.
Because it's my choice of music, that I picked.
Know what I'm sayin'? Outside of the label.
So, everything on there was from me.
OK, now, what's next from Lil Durk for the fans?
Music, festivals, just bein' in the mix, know what I'm sayin'?
Different features and consistent music.
That's the most important, consistent.
Absolutely, you gotta feed the streets, gotta feed the streets.
Can't drop two songs, then ask them, "Can I drop a song?"
Gotta wait two months, na, drop the mother [bleep] every day.
Well, it's good to see you out here man, doin' your thing, Indie.
Puttin' out new music, feedin' the streets.
Bein' a positive influence for Chicago, man.
As another Black man, I respect that.
- Appreciate it, yes. - No doubt, man.
And behalf of everybody at BET family, we appreciate you bein' here.
Shout to BET, been rockin' day one.
And once again, it's your boy, Brian B-Mac McIntosh for BET Social.
- And I'm here with... - It's your boy, LilDurk.
Like I said, we're gonna Pull Up, Let's get it.