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Wanna be a part of the KTO community? Join our Discord! We do cool things like beat battles, Q&As, fan music reviews, and more. Listen to our new playlist, “KTO SOUNDS” ! Available exclusively on SoundCloud - Updated bi-weekly Host & Producer - Filming - @naheelio @hammadjawaid97 Editing - Instagram Tiktok @kidstakeover Twitter Facebook In this interview, Kids Take Over founder & host, Arshan Jawaid, sits down with one of New York's most buzzing and talented upcoming rappers, Lunchbox. He used to go by Yung Lunchbox, but more recently changed the name. He talks in the interview about the struggles of growing up in Harlem as it was so “treacherous“. Arshan tells a story of recently getting mugged in Harlem as well. We asked him about growing up around stars like ASAP Rocky, Teyana Taylor, Dapper Dan etc, but he said the only real influence he got was from the internet -- rappers like Tyler the Creator, Lil Wayne, Lil B, and Chief Keef. Lunchbox also talks about how producing got his foot in the door to rap. Him and Sheck Wes met on Facebook and then Lunch ended up producing a majority of his “Mudboy“ album with Redda. Lunch says he's part of a collective called Soloindawn -- consisting of producers like Redda, Dulio, Benjicold, JDolla more. They are the ones supplying him beats. Arshan mentions how much he likes “Mode“, a collab between Lunch and Yeat. Lunch and Yeat were good friends before the fame, and still are. Lunch tells stories about how Yeat used to get flamed in group chats involving underground rappers, and even people like KanKan, Summrs more. Lunch talks about how he doesn't just want to be another rapper, he wants to be the best. Watch the full interview to hear all the gems he gave. Kids Take Over is based in Vancouver, Canada. TIMESTAMPS! 0:00 - How he got the name Lunchbox 2:50 - Coming from musical family, Mom worked with Kanye 3:58 - Harlem was “treacherous“ 5:51 - Arshan gets mugged for his microwave 7:00 - Harlem didn't influence Lunch, the internet did 7:50 - Producing majority of Sheck Wes's “Mudboy“ album 9:00 - Sheck Wes not giving him $50 10:11 - Travis Scott playing his beats 12:00 - Why he turns down making beats for big artists (Fivio, etc) 13:10 - Judge your music very hard, be critical 15:00 - His sound, he calls it “The New Jazz“ 16:17 - Yeat made people care about Lunch after making “Mode“ 18:26 - Underground rappers would bully Yeat and ignore him in group chats 20:20 - Being in Soloindawn, the next big producer group 23:40 - Other artists post a lot on IG and flex, why doesnt he? 26:42 - Why he doesnt like drill music even though he's from New York 29:00 - Debating a grammy nominated producer who thinks all the music nowadays is mid 31:20 - Why he would be hesitant to work with Ice Spice or Pop Smoke 32:00 - His message to y'all Tags (ignore) Lunchbox Yung lunchbox yung lunchbox yung lunchbox soloindawn soloindawn benjicold benjicold benjicold dulio dulio yeat yeat yeat nextel nextel mode mode mode nightfall nightfall nightfall harlem harlem harlem drill music drill music drill music new york new york ny ny sheck wes sheck wes sheck wes mudboy mudboy mudboy kankan kankan summrs summrs jdolla jdolla jdolla type beat type beat type beat harlem harlem kto kto kto kids take over kids take over arshan arshan arshan interview interview
