YFN Lucci on second chances, selling out State Farm Arena, & what’s next | Hawks AF

in the game of c. Oh, we ain’t we a gonna play. We ain’t gonna play with them. >> You know you west side. [laughter] You did. [music] >> Uh-oh. I I I I don’t think y’all understand, man. This episode of Hawks and Friends is personal. It’s real iconish. You dig what I’m saying? Uh we’re back at it in the state form arena. And today we got a real legend, a real entrepreneur, a storyteller, uh uh most importantly a father, and everybody know I’m from Aha. Wife in Luchi. What’s had it gang? >> What’s up, my boy? You good? >> Okay. Hey, the boy. >> Listen, bro. Welcome home. >> Appreciate it. >> Dig what I’m saying? God is the greatest. >> The best. >> You dig what I’m saying? Hey, man. How it feel, man? Seeing that that that that you picking back right right where you left off, man. >> I ain’t going to lie. the love and all this everything. It just feel too good. I ain’t going to lie. Right now, >> I’m probably the more happiest I ever been in my life. >> Right. Right. Right. >> Stay down. >> For sure. For sure. Everything going my way. The kids healthy. They they they happy to see me. So, you know, it lit. Can’t ask nothing more. >> Hey man, I I I I understand that you you are a phenomenal rapper, bro. Coming out of ATL, you dig what I’m saying? One of the pioneers in the game, >> man. You’ve been doing it since you were 13. Like when did you realize you was going to be a rapper? >> I ain’t going to lie, since I was nine. I told my uncle I was going to be a rapper. You feel me? >> But like as I got older, you know, I was rapping like 13, 14. And then I might stop cuz I was just rapping. I was like, man, I want to rap like, you know, like a Wayne or Jay-Z or Rick Ro. I realized like I got to go through some more stuff. went through stuff like around like 20 to 21 I started rapping with Sinko. Join the Sinko, >> right? >> And kid. >> One time I was in the studio with Sinko. I was in the booth doing my verse. As soon as I came out, Coach Cable like, “Let me know when you ready.” >> Right. >> I knew it was time. >> It was time then. Hey man, people don’t understand >> when you from the city and you popping off, you got to go through certain areas for you to be solidified, right? So you got to come through club crucial for sure. >> So I remember the night it was your turn. >> They like, “Hey boy, the boy Lucha coming to Cru.” I like you coming to Cru. They like, “Yeah, you know he hot right now, but we f to see what he talking about.” >> You had to go to I see what he talking about. Hey my boy, >> you came through the west side and t that up. >> Definitely was turn now. Now, now we got so many rappers in the city, bro. Like we got our own mogul. Like who was a a a who a ATL rapper that inspired you when you was coming up? >> Um Jesus. >> Got Jes. >> Ti. What’s your favorite TI version? >> On straight. >> On straight. OH, [screaming] OKAY. OKAY. Hold up. >> Hold up. We ain’t going. We ain’t going to play. We ain’t going to play with them. >> You know you Westside. [laughter] Yeah, you did. Listen, bro. Your first ever concert was in the same place that you sold out. >> Oh, for sure. >> Like, like it’s amazing. I got to keep giving you your flowers because appreciate that because >> I know where we come from. I know we done overcame. I know I know, but like you said, for this to be your first ever concert and then years later, you in here selling it thing out. >> You got to you you got to give a people the phase, man. You got to give them people what’s happening, >> man. You got to know like I was just locked up, right? >> Right. >> By myself in a sale, 23 and one, >> right? So, you know, sometime you you’ll lose track of who you were like until you come out the room and somebody see like, “Look, what’s up?” Then you like, “Oh, yeah, I am Luke.” Right? >> You feel me? >> Right. >> So, when I came home, we um put out the state form show the same day we put it out, that was 50% sold out >> the first day. So, we were [clears throat] thinking about announcing folk, but they were doing so good. They were like, “Man, we ain’t even got to announce none of the friends. You just going to sell it out by yourself? >> That crazy, I ain’t going to lie, cuz they my first show, >> right? >> First show since I come home. First show in state form by myself, you feel me? >> And that was loaded. >> Amazing. [laughter] Loaded. Y’all know what I’m talking about. >> You feel me? So now that was crazy. I ain’t going to lie. >> Now you’ve been you in the arena where the Hawks play this this big boy. This big boy right here. Like do you remember your first Hawks game? I don’t remember my fur hog name. >> Boy, that mean you didn’t come. >> I came to a couple of them. I ain’t come a lot. >> Okay. Them nose bleeds though. >> Yeah. Hell yeah. You know we >> no nose bleed. You don’t remember. You just see dots. [laughter] >> You see dots around the I think that >> they don’t understand, bro. It’s really far up there, bro. Like y’all did TVs up there. >> No, for sure. >> Listen, bro. >> Cuz a lot of artists, we listen to a lot of people. We we inspired by a lot of people and not only that we like to listen to like new artists like who’s new that they that’s not on the radar that folks need to be understanding like who who new out there >> man I think they on the radar I ain’t going to go like that I’ming with um Hurricane W. >> Okay. Okay. >> My town of Sam Hunter. >> Okay. I know about myself. >> Zillionaire do YTB fat. >> Okay. >> Um who I miss you know like OMBPs. Oh, they ain’t really new, but you know. >> Right, right, right, right. >> Yeah. That’s some old folk I with V. I ain’t going to lie with V. >> Okay. >> Um, who else? Who else? >> It’s a dude out there named Looney. >> I ain’t heard Looney from Americas and my whole crew DC bad, DC Ash, DC, everybody, all them go crazy. But yeah, Looney go hard. >> I got to get on Americas. >> I got to get on country time be rapping. >> Oh yeah. Shout to go hard. Oh. >> Okay. Now, now, now. You you you a legend. But sometimes when we got a uh what’s the lane I want to say? When we got a calling already, we don’t even be knowing that we already legends. >> I’m sure. >> You see what I’m saying? >> I ain’t going to lie. I’m I was already knowing that. >> So So, so explain how you already knowing that you was already a legend. >> Cuz when I was going through my time when I’m sitting down, >> right, >> and like I ain’t never feel like I was going to be in there forever. You feel me? I used to always tell folk like I know I’m coming home. >> Like I always tell folk may not be today, may not be tomorrow, but >> I’m going home. >> Good faith. >> I like God already got this rent out for me. If he want me to do life, I’mma do life and I can’t do nothing about it. You feel me? If he want me to come home, he going to bring me home. When he brought me home, I just got in the studio. I’m working and the I was making was just so hard. They’re like, “Man, I know I’m a I’m I’m a legend. I’m already legend. Already it >> and and and we was we was glad to see you walk up out them gates. You dig what I’m saying? Like especially when you get a second chance. You feel what I’m saying? At life and you went viral for for for for posting your your your Mount Rushmore. You dig what I’m saying? Like explain why did you choose those specific rappers as your Mount Rushmore?” First off, Atlanta, you feel me? That was some Atlanta. >> Some Atlanta Mount Rushmore >> and they said like my age, you feel me? I would have put, you know, Pluto on there. But >> for sure, >> they’re a little older than that. >> For sure. >> So, everybody I put, we done impact the culture. We don’t impact Atlanta. Everybody look up there. You feel me? >> People I ch and we really from the city. >> For sure. For sure. Is there is there is there a song right now that you know is turning up all the NBA players in the pregame that’s yours? >> Look what I did. >> Look what I did. >> Look what I did. >> That’s that’s you know for sure that’s >> for sure. Look what I did. >> Okay. Okay. So, we got to put folks up on game about the city. Your best wing spot in ATL. >> My best wing spot. >> Yes. >> You going to do me like that? >> Come on, >> man. USA daily. >> Okay. USA. Which Which one they at? >> Cuz a couple of them. That’s a French out more than Memorial Drive. >> They go hard. >> They go hard. >> Okay. >> What you going to say? Hans. >> I want to go to say Hun. We [laughter] got a couple of We got Hans Ken. >> You feel what I’m saying? Like the China Junior spot. Still go crazy on Mar Lud King. >> Okay. Okay. >> Right there. Crush Street Flatland. >> I know what you’re talking about. >> For sure. For sure. Get get the honey braid. Get the child plate. For sure. I just got one of these. >> No cap. Listen, bro. I don’t want to take up too much of time, bro. We as a a fellow ATL brother, the ATL brother, I want to say, bro, welcome home, bro. Dig what I’m saying? God is the greatest, bro. And when you get a second chance, bro, please take advantage, bro, and go crazy and show these folk why you, like you said, already legend, man. >> I’m already on it. >> You dig what I’m saying? For sure. >> No breaks. >> No, for sure. >> No breaks. >> I got you. Don’t >> say no more. Hawks and friends, man. You know what time it is. The OG wife and Lucha. Huh? We out of here. >> [music]

Fresh off a halftime performance at a game earlier this season, YFN Lucci & DC chop it up about all things Atlanta, from the rappers who inspired him as a kid to the young artists he sees as next up in the city. Lucci also describes to DC his journey coming home from prison and how he wants to take advantage of his second chance.

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0:00 Intro
1:20 Rapping since age 13
2:40 ATL rappers who inspired Lucci
4:15 Selling out State Farm Arena
5:30 Who’s up next?
6:30 Journey through prison & coming home
7:45 Mount Rushmore of ATL Rap
8:45 Best wings in the city

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