Lost Interviews
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My Lost Interview with Nipsey Hussle from 2009
We unearth an interview with Crenshaw’s Nipsey Hussle in the wake of his tragic passing.
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Kanye West: The Lost Interview (2007) — “At What Point Do You Stop Hating?”
“I want my album to be that one—if you’re making a time capsule you have to throw my album in there.”
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Pusha T: The Lost Interview (2008) — “I Got 10 Joints From Kanye the Other Day”
A lot has changed over the past 10 years.
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Yelawolf: The Lost Interview (2010) — “Maybe I’m Fuckin’ on Tour With Eminem”
As fate would have it, less than one year later, Yela inked a record deal with Interscope and Eminem’s Shady Records.
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The Game: The Lost Interview (2008) — “I Don’t Have to Sell Shit to a Toilet”
Before the release of 2008’s ‘L.A.X.’, The Game spoke with DJBooth about his dream album—a project that still hasn’t come to fruition.
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Soulja Boy: The Lost Interview (2007) — “I’m the Next Generation of Hip-Hop”
We spoke with the “Crank Dat” author a week before the release of his major label debut.
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Bun B: The Lost Interview (2009) — “Pimp C and I Never Really Recorded at the Same Time”
A week before the release of the sixth and final UGK album, we spoke with Texas legend.
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Kid Cudi: The Lost Interview (2009) — “It’s Way Bigger Than Just Helpin’ People Groove”
Our conversation with Cudi the day he released ‘Man on the Moon: The End of Day.’
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Killer Mike: The Lost Interview (2008) — “I’m a Hell of a Rapper in an Age When That Means Nothing”
We spoke with Killer Mike in 2008, a week before the release of his third studio album, ‘I Pledge Allegiance to the Grind II.’
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LL Cool J: The Lost Interview (2008) — “I Didn’t Get Into Hip-Hop for Money”
We spoke with the hip-hop legend one month before the release of his final album on Def Jam, ‘Exit 13.’
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Wiz Khalifa: The Lost Interview (2009) — “Just Expect Me to Be a Little More Mainstream”
Two weeks after the release of his acclaimed 2009 ‘Burn After Rolling’ mixtape, Wiz called my landline.
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J. Cole: The Lost Interview (2009) — “I’m Gonna Show You Why I’m the First Pick”
“I wanna be LeBron and not Kwame.” —J. Cole (2009)