pull up in them twice got to wet like it got it lucky when that 30 brush you just
run about cuz I'm gonna dump her put to win a truck and I guarantee that we can
see her up in that car stop that is hard topic before poll og would pop out on
the kama becoming all she wants and seeing a life with the finer things in
Hollywood before he would collab with little TJ and taste 600 before polo
would have close to 500k subscribers on YouTube and over 735 K followers on
Instagram at the time of this recording before his song finer things would have
over 45 million views on YouTube at the time of this recording and before polo G
would signed to Columbia Records and become one of the most requested videos
for this channel polo G has only been rapping for a short
time but he's already reached heights in the game that not many ever attain and
if you don't know yet he will soon because he recently landed on the
Billboard Hot 100 chart for the first time with his song pop out and it
definitely won't be the last time because in an interview with rolling out
calm he says what makes me different is my way of thinking I plan on being the
biggest thing in hip-hop one day polo G grew up in Chicago around difficult
circumstances and really didn't take rap seriously until he was almost 18 but it
was when he started shooting music videos and releasing videos onto his
YouTube page that he would gain the attention from the right people and he
was putting out a lot of content can you guess how many videos polo dropped on
YouTube in one day on May 28 2008 een stick around to find out what's going on
good people in the comments section I hope you're having one heck of a day my
name is Jeremy Hecht here for you today on before they were famous as we take
you through the life and career of polo G prior to Fame this is the show where
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polo ji was born touristy part Ladon January 6 1999 and grew up on the north
side of Chicago in the Marshall Field's garden apartments online these buildings
are listed as a large non governmental subsidized housing project in the old
town neighborhood of Chicago I wonder if there is actually an Old Town Road in
the neighborhood I looked it up there's not but at the time of the project's
construction in 1992 they were the largest moderate income housing
development in the US with 628 units and ten buildings across five acres Polo has
two younger siblings and one older sibling here's a video of his little
sister as she waits around to be in the video for polo song finer things well
what'd you just say what the basketball Burbank both of his parents were around
for his whole life and polo credits his mother for keeping him out of the
streets she would keep him out of trouble as he chased his original dream
of playing basketball and while gang life was surrounding him as a kid he was
just focused on having fun growing up polo was his favorite brand and he would
always ask his mom to buy him the latest Ralph game I even wore my polo sweater
for the video in honor of that the G and his name represents Gucci and honor of
his friend T Gucci who unfortunately passed away at a young age
polo says that witnessing death heavily affected him at first his name was
actually polo Gucci aka mr. do too much and he was clearly doing a little too
much with the name so he shortened it to polo G polo growth listening to Chicago
artists like Dirk herbo and of course Chief Keef but as a writing style was
heavily influenced by Lil Wayne because of his intricate wordplay and metaphors
but it was actually pullo's sister who inspired him to rap coming out room she
got a whole notebook full of songs written and then it made me like oh I
gotta get all my stuff music last to music was in his family with his sister
his mom being able to sing too and even as a nine-year-old kid
polo knew how to rap it was just a hobby at the time but he was writing full
songs with hooks and everything at first it was just a way to express himself and
here's a video of him freestyling at 14 years old and the kid was flowing
because we doing drills no murder creepin with the steel he got the
shoulder work I feel there's a way like a pillow for that woman but it became
his full-blown passion later on he would rap on Facebook live for his friends and
people started to tell him he was really good - seven four lemons had him on my
face if you throw up the forks I won't hesitate to lay shy something
buggy in at 8:00 he's trying to get them breaks out the way and I found an old
Facebook post of his from 2016 where he says I love this rap with a passion this
is the only way I know how to express myself and the only thing I feel like I
can do right I thank God for this gift I appreciate the effort of it at first
he was going by the name polo cap a lot even having his own merch at the time
one of his biggest videos on Facebook at the time was this one of him rapping
like other Chicago rappers like gloves baby and she her bow using snapchat
filters uncle essence block Glock right on the side of me just a product of what
maybe this is who I had to be I'm an herb so take up from like I'm already
known money hanging on my pockets oh honey Shawn the video got over 300 k
views on Facebook at the time with over 7 K shares but in terms of other talents
he's actually really good at being an artist like was sketching and drawing
but as he got older things started to hit him and he started to realize how
difficult his circumstances were eventually he realized that he wanted a
certain lifestyle that his mother couldn't provide for him and he found a
way to get it on his own he got caught up in his surroundings by the time he
was 17 and some nights he was staying out all night and showing up back home
as the Sun was coming up he ended up getting arrested
back-to-back-to-back-to-back about six times and those included petty crimes
but also a high-speed chase in a stolen car he was locked up at Chicago's Cook
County Jail that year and was forced to think about his life and where he wanted
to take povo realized that in order to change his life he needed to change
his lifestyle after the og surrounding him gave him the advice to get out of
the streets and really focus on music that's what he did
he wrote his own finer things while he was in his cell but he waited for a
while before releasing it he was rapping about wanting more for himself and
envisioning a new life like he says on his track growing pains couldn't afford
a lawyer in the county fighting felonies but since I got home it's like God keep
on blessing and it's true when he got out he started to take music more
seriously and things started to turn around he was going to the studio and
recorded his first real a song the song was called Oda
and polo called it a thrilling experience to step into the booth for
the first time he told brewing.com I was scared and anxious when I stepped into
the booth the more comfortable I got the more I enjoyed it but it was when he
shot his first music video that he started to take everything a lot more
seriously the videos are remixed to juveniles back
that tough and it didn't really gain much buzz for polo but it was a start it
was actually a freestyle called check me out with the accompanying video that
included his prom date that started to really get his name out there locally
people started to realize that polo was someone to keep an eye out for but
things move fast after that his song Welcome Back started to buzz with over
37 cave use as of now and his remix of gee her bows never cared that took off
on YouTube with over 106 K on his YouTube page at the time of this
recording none of the YouTube videos on his page
really took off on the same level getting between 10 and 50 K listens but
he uploaded his first 11 videos onto his channel at the same time on the same day
on May 28th 2018 he released 11 videos and there's the answer to your question
from the top it was finer things that really put his
name in a new conversation though blowing up it now has over 46 million
views on YouTube in October of 2018 poll og signed a deal
with Columbia Records and is currently living in the Hidden Hills of Calabasas
Polo alongside Lowe TJ just recently scored their first Billboard Hot 100 hit
for their song pop up as for the future he told double XL I got a message to
convey to the world I have much more listeners that can tap in and get me
with me I'm versatile with my sound I can switch it up a lot I can produce a
rock record if you want me to produce a street record I can do that as well
it's like whatever Lane I'm put into I'm going to flourish as for the rest of the
story well we'll have to wait and see because this is before they were famous
let me know who to cover next as always check out these two videos dream good
live better and I'll see you in the next video