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! ----- 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices