Jakarta Slim talks about his upbringing, family life, his new rap career and more.
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00:00 Intro
1:00 – T-Rell is confused how Jakarta is Asian and Muslim
3:42 – Dealing with being Muslim during 9/11 and when they k*lled B*n L*den, singled out in school for being Muslim
7:22 – Jakarta started drinking in 9th grade
11:03 – Hiding his drinking and smoking from his Muslim parents
12:38 – Doing bad in school and being forced to go to continuation school
14:11 – Malt passing away during a July 4th shooting led to meeting DoKnow
20:08 – DoKnow and Jakarta became friends in the wake of Malt passing
23:15 – Connecting with Cypress Moreno and MixedByMarv. Blowing up off a snippet of his song “Lotus” on DoKnow’s page
27:15 – Feeling like he made it when he was able to charge $300 for features
31:28 – Jakarta never did any tagging with DoKnow. Jumping out of DoKnow’s car when he tried to trick him into participating
33:30 – Finally gaining some momentum with the music. Recording with Cypress, Suede and Rucci and getting ready to put out an album this year
34:22 – Growing up on battle rap. Taking music classes taught by Dumbfoundead and Anderson Paak
35:40 – Working at a mosque. Getting crazy rac**t calls after 9/11
38:24 – Everyone thinks Jakarta is Mexican
41:53 – Jakarta sings a corrido. Explains why he’s able to sing corridos without knowing Spanish
43:40 – Reacting to Bad Bunny kissing a dude on stage
47:35 – T-Rell says DoKnow is scared of RJ
48:33 – Having songs with Yhung T.O., Bravo the Bagchaser, and OneTakeJay
50:56 – Not that interested in chains and jewelry
52:35 – Not revealing too many real-life details in his music
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