Why Tee Grizzley Gets Activated By Adele

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We're chilling in the Young Hollywood Studio with hip-hop star Tee Grizzley where we play a game based on his debut album 'Activated' by finding out what activates him! Hear his thoughts on Lamborghinis vs Ferraris, Instagram vs Twitter, and the ultimate hip-hop dilemma, Tupac vs Biggie! Plus, he reveals his love for Adele and tells us about one of the most memorable moments he experienced at a live show!
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All right, guys, in the studio with T Grizzly. We're gonna play a game based off his new album, Activated. We're gonna find out what activates T Grizzly. Let's do it. First one, a Lamborghini or Ferrari.
Lamborghini for sale.
Why's that?
Cause I've never drove a Ferrari before, but I have drove a lamb. Yeah. And it feel like a video game when you drive it. You're saying? No, it's so fast though. That's what I'm saying. Like you're in like, how fast did you go? I pushed the gas pedal all the way down. I ain't even look at the speed limit.
So this is a tricky question cause we are in LA.
Mhm.
But I'm gonna hit you with it. Tupac or Biggie?
Tupac. It's not even nothing to think about. No disrespect to Biggie. I just connect more with Tupac's songs. Biggie's songs are, you hear songs, you be like, okay, he can rap, he hardcore, he hard. Tupac is soothing. Biggie don't really got no like uplift the people songs. Right. He don't got no song that soothes you. You know what I'm saying? That dear mama, Brenda's got a baby. Keep your head like that, that's.
Uplifting, yeah. That's motivated, yeah. It's motivating.
Ice out chains,
Mhm.
or stacks of cash money phones. Money. Money. Money. Top, off top. Okay, cause the chains, ice out chains, right? That's cool. That's cool. But if a dude walk in a party, and he got a ice out chain, everybody be like, look at this chain. And somebody walking everything with just a whole bunch of money. You ain't thinking about the chain. The chain might be fake. The money go, the money just do something.
Instagram or Twitter?
Instagram. I ain't got the patience for Twitter no more. Only thing I go on Twitter for is to interact with my fans and my supporters. Nothing else. I don't go on there, look on my timeline. Nothing. I go on there, type my name in the search bar to see what people saying about me and go to my mentions. Um, interact with my fans and then I'm going back to Instagram. I'm going back home to Instagram.
Soundcloud or YouTube?
YouTube. SoundCloud got videos? No, they don't. So there you go.
SoundCloud made a lot of careers though. Tons. Right now, I feel like it's a SoundCloud era.
It is. No, it is for sure. It's nothing like videos though. Like, like, what's your one of your favorite videos?
I like Rich the Kid's um, Plug Walk.
I ain't seen that one yet.
It just, it's goofy, you know. He has like an alien in there. It's funny. It made me laugh. It made me laugh.
You seen, you seen the Adele Hello video? No. No. You need to go watch that. What would we be without that video? Is it cinematic then? Yeah. Okay. That's your thing Adele. Yeah. I love. I want to do a song with Adele one day.
Okay. Recording studio or performing?
Performing. This is, don't get me wrong. The studio hype and the creation and like the vibe be good. Yeah. But it's nothing like when you hit that stage and them people see you and go crazy. And you just turn up with them.
What what's been one of your best moments on stage?
I didn't make my hype man cry, sir. I didn't pull people on the stage before. I didn't give people money. Oh, matter of fact, no. No. No. It was this little girl. I don't know where we was at, but it was this little girl though. I had jumped down. I usually be jumping down in the crowd. She was like, I'm your biggest fan. I had hugged her. And she's like bust out in tears. Yeah. And that was just crazy. That's the first time that happened to me.
What does what does that feel like?
You you get to feeling like a legend. You know what I'm saying? Yeah, yeah. When you hug somebody and they just bust out in tears. You just feel like you just feel like a legend like, man, I really moved people in this type of way. It's crazy. I ain't I can't never stop.
Do you feel like uh, there's a responsibility cause I know you you're reaching out to the youth and helping kids out a lot. Do you feel like there's a responsibility?
It's a responsibility for sure. But it's a responsibility on they in too. It's a responsibility on me cause it's like, okay, boom. People look at you as a role model. So you gotta watch what you say, watch what you do. But it's a responsibility on them like, okay, boom. I never came out and said I was a role model. So don't look at me and take everything I do and try to follow it. And when I don't do something right, bash me for it, cause I never said I was this. But since I know y'all look at me like this, I'm gonna be mindful of what I do and say.
Gotcha. All right, guys. Well, that was getting activated with T Grizzly.
Yeah. Peace out.
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PEOPLE MENTIONED
- Tee Grizzley
The interviewed hip-hop star
- Tupac
Rapper discussed in a comparison
- Biggie
Rapper discussed in a comparison
- Rich the Kid
Artist whose 'Plug Walk' video was mentioned
- Adele
Artist Tee Grizzley admires and wants to collaborate with
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