Grass Routes Podcast

On this episode of Grass Routes Podcast, Shy Glizzy aka Jefe talked to Erin Ashley Simon and Brandon killabh Hall about how artists want to come from the environment that he grew up in but that place isn't a cool place to be (11:10). This environment is one that's so bad that the city of D.C. wasn't allowing Shy Glizzy to perform in his own hometown because of his past. (5:08) But, with his hard work and Goldlink's grammy-nominated song "Crew" has provided a music alley-oop for Shy Glizzy to show that people that come from areas like where he's from can strive for more (19:30) Join our post episode discussion on Grass Chat (free GroupMe chat): https://groupme.com/join_group/37511634/hNQof6 Full Youtube Episode: https://youtu.be/pfNCHzq04gM Additional topics: Shy Glizzy wouldn't be here if it wasn't for go-go music (3:18) Shy Glizzy on lack of father: "If you don't have your father, you are either going to do something or your going to drown" (9:05) Some street guys don't care about education but he does (17:20) Shy Glizzy isn't trying to jump on so many songs because his verses mean something to him (26:45) Twitter https://twitter.com/GrassRoutesPod https://twitter.com/erinasimon https://twitter.com/killabh https://twitter.com/ShyGlizzy Instagram https://instagram.com/grassroutespodcast https://instagram.com/erinasimon/ https://instagram.com/killabh/ https://www.instagram.com/jefe/?hl=en Audio: https://instagram.com/mixedbythebest/ Edited: https:// instagram.com/jrobinsonn/ Grass Routes Podcast is a deep dive into the Culture, touching on the future, past and present of both the hosts Brandon "Killabh" Hall and Erin Ashley Simon and your favorite influencers, celebrities and artists. Our podcasts explores the honest, personal and vulnerable stories, thoughts, opinions and introspective statements that helped shape our guests and hosts into who they are, their careers and more.

On today's episode of Grass Route Podcast, Brandon Killabh Hall and Erin Ashley Simon discuss how beefs are and have always been marketing tools for arrtists. We see that with Drake vs Meek Mill, and we are seeing how heavyhitters are using Joe Budden as their "marketing tool" (00:53). Join our fan group chat (Grass Chat) to continue discussion: https://groupme.com/join_group/37511634/hNQof6 Additional timestamps: Resurgence of 50 Cent vs. Ja Rule beef and are people really here for it (10:20) Hip Hop wasn't meant to be a safe, non-competitive genre (24:00) TDE signs their first athlete and we aren't surprised that they are doing this (27:23) Mo'Nique vs. Netflix (36:14) Twitter twitter.com/GrassRoutesPod twitter.com/erinasimon twitter.com/killabh Instagram instagram.com/grassroutespodcast instagram.com/erinasimon/ instagram.com/killabh/ Audio: instagram.com/mixedbythebest/ Edited: instagram.com/jrobinsonn/ Grass Routes Podcast is a deep dive into the Culture, touching on the future, past and present of both the hosts Brandon "Killabh" Hall and Erin Ashley Simon and your favorite influencers, celebrities and artists. Our podcast explores the honest, personal and vulnerable stories, thoughts, opinions and introspective statements that helped shape our guests and hosts into who they are.

On today's episode of Grass Routes Podcast, Brandon Killabh Hall and Erin Simon chat with rising UK songstress Izzy Bizu about how she's overcome obstacles as a minority woman in the music industry to be able to promote her music in the U.S. and open up for Coldplay (11:28), she also discussed her musical influences (3:18) and the influence of Jazz music in some of our favorite songs today (8:15). Join our free Grass Routes Chat Group on GroupMe to continue discussing this episode: https://groupme.com/join_group/37511634/hNQof6 YouTube: https://youtu.be/rVoFWaMJKsE ADDITIONAL TIME STAMPS How she keeps her own style even though she is influenced by other genres and artists (9:43) How she showed her insecurity and vulnerability in one of her favorite songs (16:56) How she started skateboarding (26:04) How she gets nervous still performing on small intimate stages (27:29) What artists she would love to work with (35:51) TWITTER https://twitter.com/GrassRoutesPod https://twitter.com/IzzyBizu https://twitter.com/erinasimon https://twitter.com/killabh INSTAGRAM https://instagram.com/grassroutespodcast https://www.instagram.com/izzybizu https://instagram.com/erinasimon/ https://instagram.com/killabh/ Audio: https://instagram.com/mixedbythebest/ Edited: https://instagram.com/jrobinsonn/ Grass Routes Podcast is a deep dive into the Culture, touching on the future, past and present of both the hosts Brandon "Killabh" Hall and Erin Ashley Simon and your favorite influences, celebrities and artists. Our podcasts explores the honest, personal and vulnerable stories personal thoughts and opinions and introspective statements that helped shape our guests into who they are, their careers and more.

On today's episode of Grass Routes Podcast, Naz(not the rapper once again joins Erin Simon and Brandon Killabh Hall to discuss the media world's discussion about if Eminem dissed Joe Budden. Would Joe Budden come out of retirement if Eminem dropped a diss track or no? (8:36) And if this is considered a beef, do beefs even exist? What is a beef these days? (19:50) Join our free Grass Routes Chat Group on GroupMe to continue discussing this episode: https://groupme.com/join_group/37511634/hNQof6 YouTube: https://youtu.be/5i0A8CUdeng ADDITIONAL TIME STAMPS Brandon's friend's ex purposeful performs oral sex on friend while he is alseep (1:19) Are we excited about new 50 Cent music (23:45) Surprise phone call from an artist out of the blue (22:46) How 50 Cent has changed television with 'Power' (24:40) What other rappers would do well in the TV industry (26:51) Twitter twitter.com/GrassRoutesPod twitter.com/erinasimon twitter.com/killabh twitter.com/yo_whipp Instagram instagram.com/grassroutespodcast instagram.com/erinasimon/ instagram.com/killabh/ instagram.com/yo_whipp/ Audio: instagram.com/mixedbythebest/ Edited: instagram.com/jrobinsonn/ Grass Routes Podcast is a deep dive into the Culture, touching on the future, past and present of both the hosts Brandon "Killabh" Hall and Erin Ashley Simon and your favorite influences, celebrities and artists. Our podcasts explores the honest, personal and vulnerable stories personal thoughts and opinions and introspective statements that helped shape our guests into who they are, their careers and more.

On today's Grass Routes Podcast, Naz (not the rapper), joins Brandon Killabh Hall and Erin Simon to talk the artists H.I.M. and H.E.R. (1:11), the demise of movie theaters and possible solutions (23:30), Cardi B becoming commercialized (33:40) and more! Join our free Grass Routes Chat Group on GroupMe to continue discussing this episode: https://groupme.com/join_group/37511634/hNQof6 Additional Time Stamps 2017 trends that need to die in 2018 (10:15) Brandon's New Year's Ball dropping fear (18:31) Convo about Bright on Netflix (21:00) Artists who'll have breakout year in 2018 (30:55) Twitter twitter.com/GrassRoutesPod twitter.com/erinasimon twitter.com/killabh Instagram instagram.com/grassroutespodcast instagram.com/erinasimon/ instagram.com/killabh/ instagram.com/yo_whipp/ Audio: instagram.com/mixedbythebest/ Edited: instagram.com/jrobinsonn/ Grass Routes Podcast is a deep dive into the Culture, touching on the future, past and present of both the hosts Brandon "Killabh" Hall and Erin Ashley Simon and your favorite influences, celebrities and artists. Our podcasts explores the honest, personal and vulnerable stories personal thoughts and opinions and introspective statements that helped shape our guests into who they are, their careers and more.

On today's Grass Routes Podcast, Brandon Killabh Hall and Erin Simon talk about Jimmy Iovine leaving Apple (0:34), Kendrick Lamar curating Black Panthers album (5:19), Logan Paul's stupidly posting a video containing a dead body (10:50), Dr. Love going to jail for three years because he posed as a fake doctor (19:21) Brandon's ghost experience story (28:25) and industry talk that you probably have heard before (42:00) Join our free Grass Routes Chat Group on GroupMe to continue discussing this episode: https://groupme.com/join_group/37511634/hNQof6 Additional Time Stamps 2:00 - Will Jimmy Iovine help streaming problems with money or podcasts? 14:10 - Logan Paul slandering pikachu? 20:04 - Brandon thinks Dr. Love is a genius Twitter https://twitter.com/GrassRoutesPod https://twitter.com/erinasimon https://twitter.com/killabh Instagram https://instagram.com/grassroutespodcast https://instagram.com/erinasimon/ https://instagram.com/killabh/ Audio: https://instagram.com/mixedbythebest/ Edited: https://instagram.com/jrobinsonn/ Grass Routes Podcast is a deep dive into the Culture, touching on the future, past and present of both the hosts Brandon "Killabh" Hall and Erin Ashley Simon and your favorite influences, celebrities and artists. Our podcasts explores the honest, personal and vulnerable stories personal thoughts and opinions and introspective statements that helped shape our guests into who they are, their careers and more.

On today's Grass Routes Podcast episode, Brandon Killabh Hall and Erin Ashley Simon talk about Lavar Ball introducing his own league and if that's a good thing or not (1:16), how college isn't for everyone (6:58), is Maury a culture vulture? (12:25) and relationship stories from people we know featuring double engagements and drugs. Join our free Grass Routes Chat Group on GroupMe to continue discussing this episode: https://groupme.com/join_group/37511634/hNQof6 Twitter www.twitter.com/GrassRoutesPod www.twitter.com/erinasimon www.twitter.com/killabh Instagram www.instagram.com/grassroutespodcast/ www.instagram.com/erinasimon/ www.instagram.com/killabh/ Audio: instagram.com/mixedbythebest/ Edited: www.instagram.com/jrobinsonn/ Grass Routes Podcast is the NPR of Black Culture, touching on the future, past and present of both the hosts Erin Ashley Simon and Brandon "Killabh" Hall your favorite influencers, celebrities and artists. Our podcasts explores the honest, personal and vulnerable stories and introspective statements that helped shape our guests into who they are.

On today's Grass Routes Podcast, Bryan Terrell Clarks talks to Brandon Killabh and Erin Ashley Simon about how he landed the role in Hamilton as the first black president (12:50), How he landed the role on the TV show Empire (27:25) and how Angela Bassett became his godmother (35:55) Additional Time Stamps 2:20 - His apparel line and how it’s funding goes towards arts education 4:25 - How he wore a shirt that said no racism while singing national anthem and it was a big issue. And how he also thought taking the knee was one of the most powerful, peaceful protests that he’s ever seen. 9:50 - how it takes a lot of energy to be in the present 11:47 - you can multiple and exercise your talents, even if it’s more than one. 20:25 - How you prepare to be the character, not play an idea of one. E.G. a gay character, a cop, etc. Twitter https://twitter.com/GrassRoutesPod https://twitter.com/therealbtc https://twitter.com/erinasimon https://twitter.com/killabh Instagram https://instagram.com/grassroutespodc... https://www.instagram.com/therealbtc/ https://instagram.com/erinasimon/ https://instagram.com/killabh/ Audio: https://instagram.com/mixedbythebest/ Edited: https://instagram.com/jrobinsonn/ Grass Routes Podcast is a deep dive into the Culture, touching on the future, past and present of both the hosts Brandon "Killabh" Hall and Erin Ashley Simon and your favorite influences, celebrities and artists. Our podcasts explores the honest, personal and vulnerable stories and introspective statements that helped shape our guests into who they are, their careers and more.

On today's Grass Routes Podcast, Brandon Killabh and Erin Ashley Simon grab fellow Grass Routes teammates Johnny and Naz to discuss the Joe Budden and Complex (2:08) situation, Space X launch that people thought was an alien ship (15:00) and ghosts (18:15). Join our free Grass Routes Chat Group on GroupMe to continue discussing this episode: https://groupme.com/join_group/37511634/hNQof6 Twitter www.twitter.com/GrassRoutesPod www.twitter.com/erinasimon www.twitter.com/killabh Instagram www.instagram.com/grassroutespodcast/ https://www.instagram.com/thegreeknd/ www.instagram.com/yo_whipp? www.instagram.com/erinasimon/ www.instagram.com/killabh/ Audio: instagram.com/mixedbythebest/ Edited: www.instagram.com/jrobinsonn/ Grass Routes Podcast is the NPR of Black Culture, touching on the future, past and present of both the hosts Brandon "Killabh" Hall and Erin Ashley Simon and your favorite influencers, celebrities and artists. Our podcasts explores the honest, personal and vulnerable stories and introspective statements that helped shape our guests into who they are.

On today's Grass Routes Podcast, Trap Beckham talks to Brandon Killabh and Erin Ashley Simon about music industry pressure for artists when it comes to trying to make a hit song (32:20), He would never have gotten a deal rapping in Jacksonville (21:35) and more. YouTube Video Version: https://youtu.be/ZDrh_-NVr6E Additional time stamps As an artist you have to make a name in your city 2:00 Expectations from labels is that they'll open doors, but it's all about progress yourself for the future 4:20 Labels helped him cover the U.S.and the world 5:27 Talked about his Lil Booties song 9:55 Trap talked about his project Life is Lit 14:48 Touched on the importance of having visuals as an artist 18:05 T Pain is his favorite artist of all time, it changed the way he records 23:15 Trap believes auto-tune isn't abused by rappers, just made them make more melodic raps 24:25 Trap believes that T Pain is amazing with his vocal control 26:34 Trap Beckham is big on punching in to make sure words are right on songs 26:54 Twitter https://twitter.com/GrassRoutesPod https://twitter.com/trapbeckham?lang=en https://twitter.com/erinasimon https://twitter.com/killabh Instagram https://instagram.com/grassroutespodc... https://www.instagram.com/trapbeckham/ https://instagram.com/erinasimon/ https://instagram.com/killabh/ Audio: https://instagram.com/mixedbythebest/ Edited: https://instagram.com/jrobinsonn/ Grass Routes Podcast is a deep dive into the Culture, touching on the future, past and present of both the hosts Brandon "Killabh" Hall and Erin Ashley Simon and your favorite influences, celebrities and artists. Our podcasts explores the honest, personal and vulnerable stories and introspective statements that helped shape our guests into who they are, their careers and more.

On today's Grass Routes Podcast, Andrea-Rachel Parker talks to Erin Ashley Simon and Brandon Killabh about how her and Joseph Sikora worked on perfecting the Tommy and Destiny scene in Power, her experience being casted on The Deuce (46:58), and how some inexperienced casting calls can be insulting in how they break down what kind of actor/actress they want (24:35) YouTube: https://youtu.be/m64vnhJZ-SU Additional topics Bodyshaming/Having to gain weight for roles(39:54) Issues with lightskin/darkskin in acting industry (20:44) How she ended up getting a role on Power (28:03) Her experience in Power script readings with cast (30:52) Twitter twitter.com/GrassRoutesPod twitter.com/erinasimon twitter.com/killabh Instagram instagram.com/grassroutespodcast/ https://www.instagram.com/iamandrearachel/?hl=en instagram.com/erinasimon/ instagram.com/killabh/ Audio: instagram.com/mixedbythebest/ Edited: www.instagram.com/jrobinsonn/ Grass Routes Podcast is a deep dive into the Culture, touching on the future, past and present of both the hosts Brandon "Killabh" Hall and Erin Ashley Simon and your favorite influences, celebrities and artists. Our podcasts explores the honest, personal and vulnerable stories and introspective statements that helped shape our guests into who they are, their careers and more.

On today's Grass Routes Podcast, Hopsin talks to Brandon Killabh and Erin Ashley Simon about if underground hip hop is dead (4:15), Joyner Lucas' "I'm Not Racist" music video (39:54) and how more artists to be real, like he did in 'No Shame' (44:23). YouTube: https://youtu.be/y4wKL2EY1TQ Additional topics Is underground hip-hop dead? Hopsin doesn’t think so 4:15 Hopsin has felt the need to make a mainstream song before (9:07) If you take the five biggest hits on the radio and give it to an unknown artist, the songs won’t do well (9:43) Mainstream songs are forced on us, wack music can be dope if forced enough (10:03) The person behind the music can affect the perception of the song (11:42) As a kid, Hopsin was into acting before making music (16:!5) When he sees people take on the roles of rappers in movies and etc, he looks at it from a rapper standpoint (19:43) Hopsin would love to do a soundtrack or movie score (22:29) How Hopsin can free up enough time if he didn’t do everything himself (27:55) Hopsin is not in a situation where someone can strip his career away from him (29:23) How the court system is not in favor of men when it comes to assault allegations, even if they aren’t true (48:10) Twitter https://twitter.com/GrassRoutesPod https://twitter.com/hopsin https://twitter.com/erinasimon https://twitter.com/killabh Instagram https://instagram.com/grassroutespodcast/ https://www.instagram.com/hopsinson/?hl=en https://instagram.com/erinasimon/ https://instagram.com/killabh/ Audio: https://instagram.com/mixedbythebest/ Edited: https://www.instagram.com/jrobinsonn/ Grass Routes Podcast is the NPR of Black Culture, touching on the future, past and present of both the hosts Brandon "Killabh" Hall and Erin Ashley Simon and your favorite influencers, celebrities and artists. Our podcasts explores the honest, personal and vulnerable stories and introspective statements that helped shape our guests into who they are.

On today's Grass Routes Podcast, Rory talks about how agences are going to become the new music labels (3:50), how Fetty Wap did the same if not more than Cardi B (6:16) and how The Joe Budden Podcast was offered by Tidal and more (32:57). Join our free Grass Routes Chat Group on GroupMe to continue discussing this episode: https://groupme.com/join_group/37511634/hNQof6 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YcntXAnYymg Additional topics Sha Money was the first person in the industry to give Rory a shot (12:36) Sha Money and Rory road had for Big Krit - saw importance of YouTube videos then when labels only cared about MTV/BET (13:39) A&R is a dead art form and rightfully so (15:37) Rory doesn't know if artists need artist development right now. The kids don't really need it, they are in tune with their fans (15:54) Podcasts aren't going anywhere, its only going to get stronger and bigger (45:52) Twitter twitter.com/GrassRoutesPod twitter.com/thisisrory twitter.com/erinasimon twitter.com/killabh Instagram instagram.com/grassroutespodcast/ www.instagram.com/thisisrory/ instagram.com/erinasimon/ instagram.com/killabh/ Audio: instagram.com/mixedbythebest/ Edited: www.instagram.com/jrobinsonn/ Soundcloud: Grassroutespodcast – Episode-15-raqi-bugatti Grass Routes Podcast is the NPR of Black Culture, touching on the future, past and present of both the hosts Brandon "Killabh" Hall and Erin Ashley Simon and your favorite influencers, celebrities and artists. Our podcasts explores the honest, personal and vulnerable stories and introspective statements that helped shape our guests into who they are.

On today's Grass Routes Podcast, CyHi the Prynce talks Jay Z clearing Reasonable Doubt sample for No Dope on Sundays (32:30), how people view his relationship with Kanye (15:40), how Atlanta artists aren't even the richest artists in the industry (21:45)and how Kanye is producing albums for all of G.O.O.D. Music Artists and Kid Cudi (34:31). Join our free Grass Routes Chat Group on GroupMe to continue discussing this episode: https://groupme.com/join_group/37511634/hNQof6 YouTube: https://youtu.be/nK9ITE_AgGE?t=32s Additional topics His song 80s baby touches on mothers who are pregnant and are on drugs, party and etc. His mom partied and didn’t know that she had CyHi until 6 months in (4:35 mark) Talks connection with Pusha T (8:25) How he didn’t do a deal with Kanye until about 2/12 years of knowing him + also had issues with Konvict (12:40) How she had suicidal moments during Love & Hip Hop tapping (20:10) And how even with younger artists talking about xan and lean, the drug wave has always been a part of hip-hop/rap: (27:20) Responding to Joe Budden’s comments from Everyday Struggle and about having Kanye on his single coming back (28:53) Twitter https://twitter.com/GrassRoutesPod https://twitter.com/CyhiThePrynce https://twitter.com/erinasimon https://twitter.com/killabh Instagram https://www.instagram.com/grassroutespodcast/ https://www.instagram.com/1cyhitheprynce/?hl=en https://instagram.com/erinasimon/ https://instagram.com/killabh/ Audio: https://instagram.com/mixedbythebest/ Edited: https://www.instagram.com/jrobinsonn/ Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/grassroutespodcast/episode-15-raqi-bugatti Grass Routes Podcast is the NPR of Black Culture, touching on the future, past and present of both the hosts Brandon "Killabh" Hall and Erin Ashley Simon and your favorite influencers, celebrities and artists. Our podcasts explores the honest, personal and vulnerable stories and introspective statements that helped shape our guests into who they are.

On today's Grass Routes Podcast, Raqi Bugatti, formerly known as Raqi Thunda, talks Love & Hip Hop New York experience (16:28), (26:13), how she ended up on Floyd Mayweather's camp (31:57) and the various career moves that she has made (3:52). Additional topics How she had suicidal moments during Love & Hip Hop tapping (20:10) How Love & Hip Hop producers used the trigger of people talking about her son to get her mad on the show (27:48) How Love & Hip Hop strained her relationship with Joe Budden (23:59) and Ebro (29:41). You get more out of not sleeping with industry people than sleeping with them (39:04) What she's learned from Floyd Mayweather (41:25) Twitter https://twitter.com/GrassRoutesPod https://twitter.com/Raqi_Bugatti https://twitter.com/erinasimon https://twitter.com/killabh Instagram https://www.instagram.com/grassroutes... https://www.instagram.com/raqi_bugatti/ https://instagram.com/erinasimon/ https://instagram.com/killabh/ Audio: https://instagram.com/mixedbythebest/ Edited: https://www.instagram.com/jrobinsonn/ Grass Routes Podcast is the NPR of Black Culture, touching on the future, past and present of both the hosts Brandon "Killabh" Hall and Erin Ashley Simon and your favorite influencers, celebrities and artists. Our podcasts explores the honest, personal and vulnerable stories and introspective statements that helped shape our guests into who they are.