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Pittsburgh? what is it about it? >> it's just a hometown vibe. i think that we support a lot of people, like in their early stages. there's a lot of rappers like gucci man, nicki minaj, future, there's just a lot of people who like they started their first couple of club shows and stuff like that, they would pack those clubs in pittsburgh, and they would come out and they were showing life and people would fight and be crazy and they would show up next week. quite a thing. >> someone put your arm around you and help you navigate the wildest part of it? >> juicy, juicy j. that's my man. he's th...

Think it's like you take courses at university. it's nine categories syndrome. started this when i was in my 20s, not in the '20s. >> i kind of wanted to let that slide. >> i remember herbert hoover was -- we were optimistic. no. when i was in my late 20, i used to think, my first experience of being an unemployed actor and i used to think, oh, god, this is bad, and then i would get through a couple of months and then i would be working and then it would happen again. oh, i wish i didn't waste those months, you know, where i just sat there, and then i thought oh, i know what to do. this would ...

>> straight doggie style in a big way. >> when did it occur to you that this was something that you could do? >> really, i was about 14, 15 years old. lived with my dad down in oklahoma. that's when i started taking more serious and going to the studio all the time while a lot of my friends were out. i would hoop and skate and stuff like that, but i really, really into my music. i kind of shut everything out and put myself in the studio and then, you know, when i turned about 15 or 16, that's when i got my independence deal, and i never really looked at it as an option from there, you know. it...

Awesome. >> usual making records still? >> yeah, yeah, i'm going to be writing. i want to learn an instrument by that time because that's 20 years. if i start now, i'll be playing that instrument for 20 years. i could be a professional at that. >> have you started now? >> on and off. i do guitar, piano, because i -- i really like the piano because when i sing and stuff like that, i do a lot of harmonies and things like that, so when i play the piano, it helps me like find new, like little stuff with that, i don't know what you call it. >> are you digging into other artists, looking into places...

Stages. there's a lot of rappers like gucci man, nicki minaj, future, there's just a lot of people who like they started their first couple of club shows and stuff like that, they would pack those clubs in pittsburgh, and they would come out and they were showing life and people would fight and be crazy and they would show up next week. quite a thing. >> someone put your arm around you and help you navigate the wildest part of it? >> juicy, juicy j. that's my mine. he's the biggest person who led by example for me because i watched him do his whole career, like anybody who came out under him w...