![]() Yoshi G: I liked to say that Lil Kim birthed my style. Yoshi G: Breaks Down “Thot Bars”ĪllHipHop: Talk about your journey to QOTR? She was the first female artist that made me want to rap all the time and opened my eyes to the empowerment of using my sexuality in a lyrical format. Yoshi G: QOTR was very hard to get to in my honest opinion. I had missed that early wave as I was in college. I attended Florida A&M University and back then and knew very little about battle rap. When I was ready to jump in the ring in 2017, I was faced with a lot of adversity. I came in at a time when QOTR was trying to figure out their next steps. Once I got my foot in the door, I made it my mission to make my name a staple.ĪllHipHop: You mention adversity, what were some of your biggest career obstacles? I had to work the local league circuit to build my name up before I was even ever considered. Yoshi G: I would say the biggest obstacles would be the rumors, scandals, and violence that’s so embedded within the female battle rap culture. I even had to fight once at an event and that’s not me. I’m a lover.ĪllHipHop: Well, let’s look at the positive since you are a lover. Yoshi G: My biggest career win is making battle rap history as the only woman to debut on three major leagues ( URL, QOTR, RBE) all in a one week span. This was huge for me because I’m only three years into my battle rap career.ĪllHipHop: But now you are in there, taking no shorts. What would be your dream battle: female vs. Yoshi G: My dream battle would be vs Jaz the Rapper. She is the one I feel I would never get … so, that makes me want her the most. My dream battle versus a guy would be against Hollow da Don. He is like a mentor to me and I know he would bring the best out of me.ĪllHipHop: Talk about yourself as a mother that raps. on March 29, 1988) is a battle rapper and Bloods gang member out of St.Louis.Yoshi G: My mother (who also rapped) had me at the age of 15. His family is heavily involved in his battle rap career. His father "Big Gerald" attends many of his battles and even talks trash to his opponents. ![]() It has been confirmed that Big Gerald was actually the one that yelled "Yes sir!" in response to Aye Verb in his 3rd round against Hitman, and it went down as one of battle rap's greatest moments in history. His little brother "Showout" can be seen in Hitman's corner in almost all of his battles. Showout gained attention when he knocked out another battle rapper that went by the name of Bill Collector. The aftermath went viral on WorldStarHipHop. He made his debut as a prop for Hitman in his battle against Conceited. ![]() After Hitman stated that his firearm's recoil force would be ever so overwhelming, he fell backwards unexpectedly only to fall in the arms of Showout. As nobody expected him to do such a thing, the whole crowd loved it and demanded more. Ever since then, Showout has been involved in every one of Hitman's remix bars and even spit a line himself against Charlie Clips and Tsu Surf. ![]() ![]() On July 28, 2013, Hitman tweeted that he has been banned from URL. He claimed that it was "kuz I wanted my battle to drop sooner" referring to his Conceited battle, but it was probably because he threatened to knock Norbes (a URL staff member) the fuck out. Currently, he has squashed it and is now cool with SMACK/URL once again. ![]()
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