(Video) Ebro Apologizes to Marisa Mendez Over Ty Dolla $ign on Ebro In The Morning

I’d like to think I’m always ahead of the curve when it comes to new artists. I called it on French Montana, Nicki Minaj and now Ty Dolla $ign!

I’ve been preaching about Ty to anyone that would listen since last year…and Ebro wasn’t fucking with it at first. But clearly, he’s a believer now! LOL!

Interview: King Los Talks Bad Boy Departure, Diddy’s ‘Nobody’ Rant, Putting The DMV On With Wale & More

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Fresh off the release of his new mixtape, Zero Gravity II, I sat down to chop it up with King Los at 25 Degrees in Hollywood…and had quite possibly the best milkshake of my life. Los and I, along with his longtime girlfriend Lola Monroe, had just left the Revolt studios across the street, catching YG’s show and bicken back bein’ bool with him and his 400 crew before hunger…and business…prevailed. I wanted to catch up with the Baltimore wordsmith to discuss his new project, and get the word straight from the horse’s mouth on his Bad Boy departure and all the rumors surrounding the recipient of Diddy’s epic rant sampled on Rick RossMastermind cut, “Nobody.”
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Exclusive: Ty Dolla $ign Talks Boogawolves, Ratchet Music, Fatherhood & More With Marisa Mendez

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It’s about 11pm in Phoenix, Arizona, and a sweaty Ty Dolla $ign is grinning as he scrolls through his phone. Ty just left the stage (following sets from Migos, Sage The Gemini and a few local artists), and was back in his dressing room waiting to join YG’s set a little later.

No one introduced us as I pulled up a chair next to him for our interview, but as I sat down, the “Paranoid” singer didn’t seem to mind. He was excited to get feedback from a new face. “Did you like the show?” he’d ask me, before I had to admit I only caught the last song. (Thanks, Delta!) As we start chatting about my trip from New York and how I almost didn’t make it, YG and DJ Mustard enter the room and make a beeline toward their longtime friend/Pu$haz Ink crew member.
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Interview: “Personal Brands We Love: Marisa Mendez, Digital Strategist in Hip-Hop”

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A woman by the name of Emmelie De La Cruz reached out to me on social media, and I’ll be forever grateful that I answered! She is the DOPEST brand strategist and website designer and a million other things, and after she profiled me for her site (which is what this post is about, and you can read that HERE,) she ended up designing this very site for me!

Love you, Em!
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