Dubb 20 — Exclusive Interview

What city are you from, what’s your name, and how did you get your name?

I’m Dubb 20, they call me Dubb 20. I’m from P world California — Pittsburg. Got my name, shit, like everyone else got their name: coming [from the] streets. I always been Dubb but the 20 came on later.

Tell us what it’s like growing up out in Pittsburg?

Ahh shit, it’s pretty much like — to me being Black is the same way everywhere, you feel me. Growing up in Pittsburg is [a] small town with big problems — major city problems in a small town, you feel me.

How did you get into music, and what was your most memorable encounter in music?

I have hella memorable encounters bra, I gotta think of one. But I got into music because everyone that [I grew up] with listened to music; when I was little my mom listened to music. I prolly listened to music in her stomach, so it was just natural, you feel me. Music is a heartbeat, so we live off music — we got a whole rhythm, it’s a whole heartbeat, and so music has always been with me. I always been a fan — I always liked it, always listened to it. I always took in stride the [words] to every song I like, so it’s pretty much natural.

What made you want to become an artist after just listening to music?

You know, I was probably like mimicking some rappers or something and then just taking they shit and just [flipping it] — [I] was learn[ing] it. [People] was like “you dope, you should do it — you know you can rap.” But one time I wrote it and I rapped it myself — realized damn, I’m dope!

How did you meet The Jacka?

To be all the way honest, I can’t really even tell you where or how I even really met Jack — I don’t even fuckin know. I mean, we were somewhere together and that was it. That was a couple years ago. I mean, they used to come around when I was 14/15, you feel me — prolly younger than that, but I remember one encounter when I was 14… he was a little older… that’s when it was on tape still, you feel me, so he used to come through [with] little tapes and […] shit he did. The shit I heard from Jack that some people ain’t never got to hear — it’s raw as shit, I’m telling you. Some people you just meet, you feel me.

What’s one major thing you learned from him?

Work. Fuckin work. Jack fucked with a lot of motherfuckers, you feel me. He was always working — it wasn’t just [hanging out], it was work. There was [always] some type of business going down. [Some] type of work.

What are you working on?

We working on this AR 2 — that’s what we in there doing right now. We trying to keep it lit for bro one time. [That’s what] everyone’s supposed to be doing.

Are you working on anything outside of music right now, or are you mainly focusing on this project?

You know I been fuckin with clothes a [little] — [some] mob [gear] and some other shit — [but] I’m mainly focused on my music.

Who are the most inspirational rappers you know that inspired your style the most?

Reality rap — it was all of them, not just one man. Everyone that came before me that was spitting that real. We could be talkin all night if I named all [them] motherfuckers.

What kind of legacy do you want to leave behind with your movements?

I wanna leave behind the truth. I [wanna] leave behind […] I wanna [let people] know that it [ain’t] just real [rap] shit… niggas gettin more […]. There’s [another] side to this shit too — [they] suppress rappers like [us]… you feel like they’re trying to make it all like pop and gummy bears and all shiny right now, you [feel me].

What’s one thing that you’d want people to know and kinda remember Jack as you knew him? What did he leave behind with a lot of [the people who knew him]?

The truth. [That’s] what we in this for, you know — that’s what we did it for: to tell the fuckin truth. Jack told the truth. He had a […] just want [people] to know that… most eve[ryone] knows. But he was a [real] dude — he didn’t ever have [to] do nothin for no[body], but […] he did what he did. [He] didn’t never have to do nothin [but he did what] he said he would, you feel me.

Any last words or any shout outs or anything?

Nah, I don’t shout out, I shoot out… I just want to say 100% Real Mob. RIP Jack, RIP […] RIP Dre, all the west side niggas that are gone. Johnny Ca$h too!