No Jumper

Cassidy sits down with Adam to talk about his career, his legacy, battle rap, and more! ----- 00:00 Intro 0:55 Cassidy on writing his first rap in 4th grade about fire prevention and raps it 4:35 Cassidy lists all of his musical influences like Grandmaster Caz, Rakim and more 6:55 Not connecting the streets with rap at first and being influenced by Canibus and DMX 11:00 Staying on cadence, being creative with syllables and how technology changed music 16:10 Signing to a label at 17, hosting radio cyphers and creating the group Larsiny with Ruff Ryders 20:15 Ruff Ryders’ relationship and beating Freeway in a battle rap with Jay-Z & Swizz Beatz in attendance 34:00 How rappers used to represent labels during battle raps and dropping the first project 38:15 Curating the album “Split Personality”, dropping the single “I’m a Hustla” and having radio hits 42:35 Being locked up while going platinum, sampling Jay-Z bars and making a fortune off of ringtones 48:00 Hip hop creating sub genres for the new sounds coming