Scru Face Jean on Going From Rapper to Youtuber, Opening For Kendrick Lamar & More

Published: June 6, 2023, 6:15 p.m.

b'Sru Face has been one of the most active reaction YouTuber, who also has a rap career on the up and up. Sharp grills him about his upbringing, his fanbase, how he built his Youtube community, and much more!\\n\\n-----\\n0:00 Intro\\n0:05 Scru Face on being a Youtuber and a rapper\\n2:42 Scru Face on his school days, born in Nebraska and his parents moved him back to Nigeria, then back to Nebraska\\n5:10 Scru Face on learning English with music and lyrics\\n6:13 Scru Face details how he started making music, he said his older brother influenced him to rap.\\xa0\\n7:38 Scru Face on the type of music he listens to, came up on hip hop but also dabbles in other genres\\n9:48 Scru Face on diving into his passion, started touring and made it his college experience, selling out shows fresh off high school\\n11:30 Scru Face\\xa0talks about Nebraska concert promoters discriminating against hip hop\\n12:50 Scru Face on getting more love from fans outside of his hometown, local people being jealous sometimes, moving to the west coast to get more exposure\\n14:40 Sharp asks about Scruface about the feeling he got when he first started getting recognition, and how to deal with negative fans.\\n15:50 Sharp asks Scruface about his YouTube content, says he got the idea to make content after chilling with his homies and debating hip hop\\xa0\\n17:25 Sharp asks Scru Face what his proudest moment as a content creator is, most likely his recent MGK VS. Jack Harlow video\\n19:22 Sharp asks Scru Face about his favorite battle rappers, going to a live\\xa0battle in Phoenix and how being there live was an amazing experience\\n21:30 Scru Face talks about his experience rap battling live in Kansas. He ended up winning a competition but didn\\u2019t receive the reward. He was supposed to link up with Nipsey Hustle after winning but it fell through.\\xa0\\n23:30 Scru Face explains how he got his name, from his dad and a movie he watched when he was just a little kid\\n26:43\\xa0Scru Face on his relationship with\\xa0Tech N9ne, getting a feature, mentorship\\xa0+ Meeting Dizzy Wright\\xa0\\n29:45 Scru Face talks about opening up for Kendrick Lamar, Rae Sremmurd, YG and more\\n31:08 Scru Face speaks on remaining independent and doing everything by himself, shooting his own videos, editing, and recording his own music, cover arts, and more\\n34:50 Scru Face talks about juggling making music vs making reaction videos, Sharp gives Scru Face some advice to stay consistent on the music to please his fans\\n36:50 Sharp asks Scru Face if he ever procrastinates when it comes to music, while making YouTube reactions is way faster, his music page isn\\u2019t monetized yet despite having 30K subscribers\\xa0\\n40:45 Scru Face on his future plans and how he is going to create content to make him stand out. Sharp gives him some game about how he can start a team to help propel him to success\\n\\n-----\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'