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Trap Dickey talks about his incredible come up, his upbringing, his eye incident, friendships with Akon, Shawn Cotton from SayCheese and more!\n\n-----\n0:00 Intro\n1:20 There's only about 4000 ppl where he's from in Carolina\n5:10 His mom was 14 when she had him, his pops passed away shortly after from the streets, his dad was 17\n6:15 His dad was in the streets and a preacher, his grandad was a police officer\n9:30 Dickey spent most his life w his grandparents, his mom was young and still in school\n13:00 Dickey loved school! He used to get in more trouble at home than in school + His brother is the one who really got the first W when it comes to music\n14:45 His brother, 3 yrs younger, ended up going to the Feds, so Dickey took music seriously\n16:15 Dickey was trying to keep his brother off the streets, booking studio session, he didnt show up so Dickey recorded for himself instead\n17:18 Dickey got arrested for firearms, where they from, the cops are on him they aint playing, "in the country, rules be easily broken by cops, cameras get cut"\n21:45 People becoming cops to arrest their opps! Anyone can be a cop at 18 w a clean record\n23:30 Dickey got shot before he became a rapper, wrong place wrong time, he walked into the crossfire\n24:50 The bullet got stuck in his head at first, didn't feel overwhelming at first, he didn't lose conscious, after the hospital he didn't go to the doctors\n25:00 Hospital visits and medical bills was way more stressful than getting shot, the paperwork, the insurance, and he didn't have the money then, he said: "If it's NOT about to kill me, let me come back later"\n27:30 Dickey was never insecure about the way his eye look, if anything he stands out\n32:00 Dickey on giving back to his community, and putting his area on the map, says the mayor is proud of him, and cops who arrested him before also support him\n35:45 SayCheese believed in him since he got sh*t, and always showed love\n38:30 Dickey got a m charge, the cops knew he had nothing to do with it, but they still questioned him, it was a scare tactic, all charges were drop\n41:00 Used to rap with an eye patch, then he just stopped caring\n42:15 NoFace NoName, is his cousin and he always had an eye issue, he's the life of the party everybody loves him where they from\n"I know i aint as ugly as him"\n43:45 Waiting for his brother to come home, he just went back coz he had a violation\n44:50 For Dickey, rappin as a hustle!\n45:50 IMix Nation is Dickey's engineer, he recorded so many ppl in their area, he bring ppl together\n49:05 Dickey met with a few labels, his money is growing rn but he's open to sign, Dickey suggest to go to a label meeting prepared and professional\n55:40 Dickey and Akon are super close! It's like big bro "that's my Daaawg!" they know each other's families + Snoop as well that was major\n59:00 How he promoted his song "Blue Devil" and it grew after the On The Radar freestyle\n+ Working on his project, he has so much cooking he can't share but he says big names\n1:06:45 Dickey's mom side is from Phily + Dickey is super cool with Skrilla\n1:08:00 Dickey is checking up on Crip Mac, says he's looking forward to see him out again\n1:09:00 Dickey loves Lil Dickey and would love to link up\nS/O all the Carolina artists\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices