We spoke to guapdad4000 about his new album, his childhood, being at the Dreamville sessions earlier this year & more
“D--n, they don’t even have the good s--t,” Oakland, CA’s Guapdad 4000 says while strolling through the aisles of a CVS in Lower Manhattan. Although keeping himself well-groomed is a constant priority, this week it’s extra crucial because it’s New York Fashion Week. Visibly disappointed by the lackluster selection of hair products, the rapper exits the store and continues his impromptu quest for said “good shit.
Later that evening, he pulls up to the Pyer Moss fashion show at King’s Theatre in Brooklyn with his fellow Zoink Gang comrade, Smino. For Guapdad’s outfit choice for one of Fashion Week’s most high profile shows, he rocks a barong, a thin and delicate embroidered shirt traditionally worn by men in the Philippines.
“It was wild for me because when you’re young, you don’t realize that being [from a family of immigrants] is that abnormal until you interact with other people and you see they aren’t living the same way as you,” he says. “Kids used to make fun of me but it never really bothered me because I was smarter than them anyway.”
studio sessions. A total of 142 songs were made, and later on had to painstakingly be dwindled down to a more album-friendly 18.
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