Band$ From Tha Rose on Being a Norteño, Prison Time, Disses Lefty Gunplay & More

Band$ talks to Adam about his come up, doing time, fatherhood, relationship with Lavish D, calls out Lefty Gunplay, and more!

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0:00 Intro

2:57 Growing up, his mom was an angel, his dad was not around

Says he met him twice, he's a rude dr*nk.

6:40 Bands was a badass kid, throwing oranges at teachers, etc

8:23 Bands asks if Adam brings Parker around shenanigans

10:25 Bands discover how he loves his daughter and he didn't know that was possible to love that much

11:16 Bands identifies as "coast greekin, his mom costa rican and his dad is native american

14:27 Went to his first high school for 3 days! Got kicked out. Went to another school, a wild one, got kicked out, went to another school and so forth

15:05 Bands was in and out of juvie, got his GED in the pen, one of the Juvie he was at in Rosa had no toilet, super miserable

17:45 Bands went to juvie like 20 times!

20:55 Bands lost his granpa while locked up, Bands was super close to him, he was his father figure

24:37 Bands says he has no issues with nobody in LA

27:55 Bands on having 25k in his books at some point while doing time

31:24 Adam says he's peepin some of his subliminals but can't really put it together

33:32 Meeting and working with Gold Toes, someone in jail told Bands about Toes, Bands was in the pen for 5 years

34:16 Bands was in the pen for attempted m*rder, mayhem, etc, he was 21 at the time

37:27 Adam talks about the haters and the Lazy Boy interview

39:00 Bands says artists are not mysterious anymore, who gives a f about a private life, "it's not about the music anymore, it's about selling yourself"

42:36 Bands on his career backstory

44:55 How he tapped in with CML (Lavish D), they briefly met in Oakland

46:48 Bands has to go back to the pen for a year, Bands did 12 videos before going to jail

47:30 Lavish posted Bands on his IG said he wanted to do a whole album with him

48:35 Lavish is lowkey blackballed, says he almost signed with Birdman

51:10 Relationship with Gold Toes, they're super close, their families are close, he was never his manager tho but it fits

53:28 Bands tells Adam to take another shot! Adam says anything is better than doing whi**ets at this point, S/O Skrilla!

55:15 Adam takes another shot, Bands calls him fake! says it was a weak shot

56:40 Bands shoots most his videos where he's from and always calls his close people to be in the videos

57:12 Bands says Jason Luv was his upstairs neighbor, used to hear him all the time, calls Lena "Lena the Buttplug" lol

1:02:05 Bands says he hasnt put his foot on the gas too heavy about his music, he's barely trying, but he will soon

1:03:30 Bands pays everything himself, he is baffled by rappers who spent hella time in the studio, paying for everything and still have bills at home

1:07:00 Bands says he has no problems with nobody in LA, just don't cross him, Brands just want to make money, dont wanna crash for anything

1:10:28 The downside of dissing in your music, some of the best rappers have a diss song, 20 years down the line it's unfortunate to be attached to it

1:11:10 Sometimes he thinks about it tho like F it! But ultimately doesn't, says he's "waiting" for someone to diss him, he will definitely shred

1:13:21 Adam says when you get older beef is kinda immature

1:23:25 Bands remember someone baited him with a Bands vs Lefty Gunplay type of post

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