Nebu Kiniza Talks Making a Platinum Song "Gassed Up", Dealing with Record Labels, & Making Beats

Nebu Kiniza interview on the Producergrind Podcast. Rapper/Producer Nebu Kiniza stopped by the Producergrind office for an exclusive talk about his come up and how he recorded his platinum song "Gassed Up" in his house while holding the microphone in his hand with no mic stand. He talks about how he blew up without spending any money on promotion and established a fan base that really enjoys his music and his personality. He talks about how he got into making beats because he couldn't find the type of beats he wanted to rap or get in touch with the producers he wanted to work with. Now he even has other famous rappers using his production. He talks about his humble beginnings in Atlanta working as a recording engineer and how most people don't realize he has such a wide range of skills. Nebu dropped plenty of good info for artists & producers dont miss this Episode Producergrind Merch: http://bit.ly/ProducergrindMerch Sound Kits: http://bit.ly/ProducergrindKits 0:30 Nebu explains how the Gassed Up track came about 1:09 What was your following like before Gassed Up came up 1:28 How did you link up with Mexiko Dro? 2:53 Did you purchase the beat or lease it? 3:15 Did you put any promotion behind the song? 4:06 Nebu talks about his situation at the time Gassed up released 5:56 Nebu talks about how engineering helped him network in Atlanta 7:04 Would you say engineering helped you get your foot in the door? 7:23 Nebu says hes only been making beats for two and a half years 7:30 Nebu talks about how he learned to use music production software 7:42 Nebu represents a different type of producer(Tech Savy) 8:00 How did you learn music theory? 8:53 Nebu says hes produced for a lot of major artists 9:32 Nebu talks about not signing to a label to make the most money 10:40 Talks about his management situation with his long time friend 11:30 Nebu talks about his label situation after Gassed up blew up 13:17 Nebu couldn't tell the song was blowing up 13:28 Major artist weren't really reaching out after the songs success 14:56 Nebu wasn't fazed by old people from high school trying to come back around once they saw his success 15:26 Knowing that he was an artist is high school and the things hes learned from that time period 16:52 Advice for people in high school that believe that school isnt for them 17:32 What inspired him to get into music 18:00 Nebu's future oriented mindset in high school 18:17 Nebus mother supported his musical dreams 18:55 His presence on on social media and Youtube 19:50 Talks social media and Youtube following 20:34 Why and how he started making beats 21:12 Not needing the best equipment to make records 23:12 What is going to the studio best for? 24:50 Artistry is the most important thing 25:24 Advice for producers and artist that want to make it big 27:00 Do you think theres the same sound going on in the industry? 28:18 What do you do to keep yourself humble? 28:46 Have you found yourself at any point in time getting away from yourself or falling into a certain laziness? 29:39 Whats your long term plan? 30:58 Whats your day to day lifestyle look like? 32:05 Do you have any side businesses outside of music? 32:56 Overrated/Underrated 33:26 - Producers Chasing Placements 36:00 - Artist Collabs 37:04 - Auto-tune 38:12 - Exotic Jewelry 39:18 Would you spend $20,000 on a watch or chain? 40:49 What are some better investments you could have made? 41:44 What are some smart music investments? 44:15 Have you found it difficult to make a song that tops Gassed Up? 45:16 What other things are you doing to focus on improving yourself? 46:05 How do you keep your head clear in an industry that is surrounded by drugs? 47:30 Where did your name come from? 49:03 Whats next for you in 2018? What can we look forward too? 50:15 Social Media Drops Listen to this Podcast on iTunes: http://bit.ly/ProducergrindPodcast Hosted By @ceodylan @carrington_hill @producergrind Special Guest @nebukinizaoshs