 What they gon' do with me now? I'm still a twerk of the town Tell me the sisters, I'm hoakin' them down What's up y'all, we got a new episode of Talk of the Town Today we got a special guest, Jado It's that little game, GMGB the campaign, thanks for having me So you still reppin' GMGB? Yeah, of course I know, but like, some of them still rap or? Oh yeah, so like, the group, it's like we all like fake broken up like Is it beef or y'all went separate ways or they don't wanna do music? Nah, it's not no beef, it's all love, it's just like Life happens A lot of people had legal troubles So like, my mans went to jail for a couple years And then, my other mans just, he kinda like lost inspiration And stopped rapping for a little while, y'all like real life shit goin' on But it's still GMGB though, we just gotta get it like I'm just holdin' it down right now like independently Are y'all recruitin'? Are you lookin' for new members? Or like, that's for life type shit If somebody like, if somebody count, like if somebody could add to like What we got goin' on, but not really though I'm just like, focused on myself honestly Type shit? Okay, okay, okay Alright, so we're gonna play a game I'm gonna ask you a question, just say the first thing that comes to mind Most used curse word Uh, bitch Why do niggas always say bitch? Worst rapper Worst rapper? Yeah Like, drill rapper or just rapper in general? Rapper in general And then you can go with the drill rapper if you want one I use JJ Fish Alright, you got the worst drill rapper Worst drill rapper? I ain't gonna lie, I don't be wanting to seem like I'm hating it and shit like that Like, for me, I don't be wanting to like bring up people's names It seems like I'm like throwing dirt on their names But it's a lot of bad drill rappers though They could be from Jay-Z, they don't gotta be from New York I don't know, I don't know, it's a lot of bad drill rappers It's too many Okay, most used emoji Most used emoji Try the purple heart Type shit Okay, who, what producer got a fire tag? Nick Toon's producer, cause he got me as his tag So like, I'm saying his, like, it's me, it's my voice What do you say? I'm saying, uh, Nick on the beat, I don't know how we rockin' Okay, okay Favorite artist currently? Uh, Drake Three things you need in the studio? Um, I need snacks Uh, I need a black amount And I don't know, I just need like, I just need like some good beats and shit Not too much? If you could ask the government one question, what would you ask them? Mmm, I don't know I asked them like, what y'all got going on? Like, what y'all got up in the sleeve? What y'all be like going for? Okay, a conspiracy theory you think is real Conspiracy theory I think is real Mmm, I think the Illuminati real Type 2? Yeah Okay, give us one of your bars that people could use as a caption For a picture Um, I'm a traffic fanatic, that's your automatic, so I cannot turn on the auto Type 2 Okay, um, what is the song that you listen to for motivation? Motivation? Uh, I listen to Meek Mill for motivation Probably like, um, it's a hella song that I listen to for motivation But if I had to pick one, I'd say like Blue Notes Mmm, okay Alright, at what age do you want to retire if you do? I don't know, I don't really think about retirement Like, I want to rap as long as I can rap As long as you can rap? I'll probably be an old man still rapping Um, Celebrity Crush Celebrity Crush Quaileray And what's the trend that you wish didn't exist? Mmm, a trend that I wish didn't exist Mmm, I don't know I can't think of one Just anything, some people don't like the stacked pants Some people don't like the shiesties Some people don't like the, like what? I mean, I fuck with the, I fuck with the stacked pants I fuck with the shiesty too, I feel like people would be overdoing it though Like, people do be overdoing it, like summertime They could be having a shiesty on it I think somebody had a shiesty on it at graduation See, is it too much? Yeah, people would be taking it too far with the shiesties What, um, for real, you think every trend is valid though? Nah, hell no, every trend is not valid I just can't think of new trends right now that I don't fuck with It's a lot of trends though, that's Mmm Okay Alright, so, give us the backstory of your name My name? Yeah So, Dato came from, like, honestly it came from, like, when I was young Like, I was a baby, I used to be mad fat So, like, my family, they used to call me Dough For, like, Pillsbury Doughboy So, like, I just ran with it And I just put the D in front of it, Dato Okay And I just ran with it And it, like, coincided with money, you know Yeah, of course, of course Okay, so when did you get into music? Um, since I was young, like, probably, like, seven or eight Like, I've been, like, writing in my notebook And writing raps, I used to write poems and shit like that So, like, since I was real young My mother, she's saying my father rapping stuff like that Oh, so your family is into the music? Yeah So when you did it, it wasn't no surprise, I guess Nah, it wasn't no surprise at all It was just me coming out of my shell And, like, taking it how far I took it And, like, probably being, like, the best person in my family Whoever, like, got to a certain point with it Yeah Probably surprised people Okay, did your family, like, see the buzz? Or, like, how did that happen? Yeah, so, like, the first video I ever shot Nola and her part two, it got a million views Like, the first video I ever did So, like, as soon as me trying Like, it worked out, like, from the jump So, like, everybody in the hood Wow So how much views is it at now? It's close to 10 mil It's probably, like, at 9, 9 a.m. Yeah, something like that All right, so when I was going up Who started showing you love at that time? Like, you mean, like, which state or what artist? City artist? Who? When I first started going up New York was rocking with me heavy Because it was, like, a knot It wasn't a lot of drill rappers out at that time Like, 2015, it was, like, Bambino Very few I think we thought y'all was from Chicago Yeah, now that people thought that And it was a post going viral on Facebook They were saying we sound like, like, Herb and Young Papi or some shit like that So, like, man, people just was, like, thinking We was from Chicago But a lot of people were showing love, though A lot of people gravitated to it So, was Chicago showing you love Or was they hating? Like, what was T with that? Nah, Chicago showed love So everybody was all love type shit Yeah, hell yeah Okay, so, I mean, at that time You know, drill wasn't as poppin' as it was right now Yeah So how do you feel about drill right now? I feel like drill in a good ass place right now Like, hell yeah, hell yeah I feel like Jersey Club took drill Like Jersey Drill took drill to a different, like Whatever, a different level Yeah Because you see, like, Drake had hopped on Jersey Club beats Like Cardi B hopped on and shit We came flocking on Lil' Uzi shit like that So I feel like it's expanded to, like, the mainstream Type of music in the industry But I feel like, I don't know I feel like drill is the most popular genre right now I mean, some people can't get what it though Some people feel like it's too violent Yeah, they do But that's why they gotta come fuck with my shit Cause it's like, I'm versatile to the point where like It's gonna be a good song But it's just like a drill beat A drill beat Yeah, it's not just gonna sound too like a street song I say, you don't really be disneying music either though Yeah, we don't do that in Jersey Like, that's some New York shit I don't know, I mean In Jersey, I can't tell who y'all talking about I'm not gonna lie Yeah, like, see we do shit like that We might say something into a situation Where if you know you know type shit But we not gonna like say a person name Or none of that shit Yeah, don't be really name dropping for real Yeah Okay, so Okay, that's going up Was, okay, GMGB was together At this time Y'all always dropping music Yeah I feel like when did it start like When did everybody start like, you know Yeah I say like All right, so 2018 I had caught a gun charge I had caught like two gun charges I mean, you had the song of Big Moose too Yeah, I had the song of Big Moose He got locked up Yeah, y'all It's like jail, be fucking shit up But like, yeah, when I had got locked up The guys, they kind of fell off with it And then like, when I came home In 2018, it was kind of just me Just doing shit Okay My cousin was locked up And the other one he wasn't Okay Did you have a team at this time Or this is still you figuring it out Yeah, I never really had a team Like I never had a team I had managers But it was never like a team type of situation Where it's different people playing different positions Yeah It's just like me and my homies just Like trying to make it Did you sign a deal though Yeah, I signed an independent deal In 2019 Okay I had like an independent deal going on So it was like something like small Like a distro type of situation Yeah, type of situation And then I got out of that recently And like I'm just like independent right now Okay, so was it that You wanted more support Was it that you wanted to see more for yourself Like, why you left that situation I mean like Sometimes like Resources just be good So like people be having like A lot of connections and then you know Me, I'd be just needing like the engine To go with my shit So like I already know I got like good music I'm gonna stand down and stuff like that But I'd just be needing like an extra engine An extra push Probably some a budget for marketing and stuff like that Same shit Okay, okay How do you feel about marketing right now Because I feel like now artists is getting creative Trying to find ways to market their shit Yeah Some might troll Some might get into a relationship Like what do you think about that That type of marketing I think it's smart And I think it's like I think it's mad like It's a key factor in like If you make it or not like Image for artists is like It's like hand in hand with your music Like a lot of people know people music But they probably know them for their personal drama They got going on more Or like a viral moment they had Or how they like Introduced themselves to the public Or whatever the case could be So like I feel like that should that should count Okay, so when you first came out Y'all was a group Then I think that was I don't know if it's 2019 or 2018 Waffle Wop Yeah 2018 Was going viral Right So like was that you I guess reintroducing yourself Or was you like just stamping the dance Like what was up It was like both So like I had wrote that song Like two weeks before I came home And like I kind of just wrote it For like a tribute to my cousin Because his name Wop And he made that dance So he had Ended up like going to prison For a couple years So I'm like Fuck it I'm gonna just make a song for him I just made that And then like I knew like a lot of my fan base Be like kids Like a lot of young kids So I wanted to make something that like You know they can have fun too And just not too too Just over the top part Okay, so like Do you feel like So dancing is big in Jersey Yeah hell yeah Yeah And I felt like It was like some conflict With Jersey and Philly Yeah like They try to say like they started Like Yeah Wrapping on clubbies Or they started certain dance moves And shit like that But That shit originated from Jersey Like Type shit All that shit did So like when you see that Like people kinda I guess using Jersey style Or something like that How do you feel At this point I just take it as like I take it as How could I say it like Take it with a gram of salt I take it as a compliment Honestly cause it's like We doing something That people want to follow after Like me specifically Like a lot of rappers That came after me They use my flow So like I feel like Do they show you love you for that Huh They show you love Give you your flowers A lot of people don't That's what I'm saying A lot of people don't But it's just like I'm gonna either get mad about it And just be mad about the shit Or I'm just Like I just decided to be like Fuck it Like yeah I'm just influencing the culture So it's like I just take that shit Like a compliment For real for real So who from Jersey You feel like are some of those Trendsetters Of course you were one Who else you think out there Is like set trends for real for real Back in the day Like When I first started Back then or recent Yeah I'd say like Big Moose is one He's one of the main ones Who else I'll be I'll Who else Who else Probably like Sussurf and stuff like that But like Trend wise I ain't gonna lie Like not even to sound cocky Or nothing But like I feel like me Like a lot A lot of trends With the drill shit Like If I break it down You'll see like My cadence And the way that I like Wrap on a beat And stuff like that It's like Easy for somebody to pick up on And try it And I can see like A lot of people using my ad-libs Using my tempos Like shit that I do Yeah Type shit Type shit Okay so how do you feel About the like people younger People younger Like the new recent people I mean I fuck with it There's a lot of people Making noise Like I don't know if they Trendsetters or whatever But I say like BBG stepper D-Rose I fuck with Batman Real shit Like that Yeah Oh yeah Batman He a trendsetter You can say he a trendsetter Cause he like the first one That started rapping on club beats I was gonna ask Do you feel like He's a trendsetter Yeah He's definitely a trendsetter For sure Like he put the The Jersey drill The Jersey club He put that shit on the max All together Who Batman Yeah I fuck with him I feel like I feel like he got a like Branch out though Like I feel like He got the Jersey club Shit in the headlock I feel like he gotta like Find a different way To like keep himself Going up I don't want him to just Get comfortable with that shit But He definitely like Open the lane for Jersey And like he got a lot Of odds on us Like he One of the people who like Made it out of Jersey Like one of the Type shit Drill rappers Yeah New Yorkers is not Really feeling him right now He fuck with murder B Now They not really jacking that He like beefing with everybody She beefing with Shit like that Yeah Do you feel like girls Getting into the mix Makes it hard Or like what you think Or you feel like You don't pay a girl no mind You gotta be for niggas And that's weird Wait what you mean Meaning like He took on a lot of his Girl beef Of course he's Protecting his girl But do you feel like It shouldn't even have Got that far Yeah I feel like I ain't gonna lie I just would have left that Between her and whoever She got going on with So like I don't know her Personally so I don't know If like she from a hood Or she got a block Or whatever the case may be But I don't really see The sense and like Beefing with everybody That she beefing with I wouldn't have did that But saying to each His own mess Yeah So on the music tip What are you working on Right now I'm just working on A lot of singles Like I just be having Producers pull up And I just be trying Different stuff I just shot four videos I got a die young record Coming out That's like a childhood Memory type of like Pain song I shot a video to that Got like a crazy treatment And everything for it I got a couple Jersey club Records I got some auto tune Like Bobby Like turn up songs Okay I'm just like So you're trying Different stuff Yeah just trying Different stuff Are you locked in With any set producer Yeah not no set producer I like a whole bunch Like a whole bunch So MC Virg doing his thing In Jersey right now Yeah MC Virg hard I give him his respect all the time Like it's crazy Like he from Newark And like he got like That shit with Uzi I see he did some shit with Sexy Red Like I see he got a lot Of shit going on I'm fucking with him too Yeah So Anybody we should be On the lookout for But you have release dates For your songs Well my block work freestyle Just came out yesterday So anybody watching y'all Go look at that I got Do I got release dates For my videos No you just got to stay tuned They should be dropping in Within the next couple weeks Okay Are you here to stay this time Cause you be taking breaks You go missing What's tea like No I am Don't get us amped up to just Yeah No no no I ain't gonna do that With y'all no more No I'm here to stay This time I'm like I'm dropping consistently No more breaks I'm not gonna go goose And none of that I just had like I had a lot of legal trouble Shit going on I had a lot of shit going on Just personally But yeah I'm here to stay this time And then I had a contract That I was stuck in and shit Like that So I couldn't really Like do what I wanted to do Okay But now I'm free to Just do whatever So I'm like Foot on the gas I'm like Just go crazy Yeah I'm gonna go crazy You ready Okay so someone asked On the rise What advice would you give Them Have your own originality And just be different From everybody else There's so many Like drill rappers And rappers or whatever That everybody just sound the same Nobody trying to be different Nobody trying different stuff Trying different beats Different flows Yeah Like just be different Stand out Like stand apart from everybody else And what do you think Makes you stand out From everybody else It's a number of things Like My delivery Like Um When I rap You can hear every word Very clearly Like I articulate My words very good Yeah Um Like my punchlines Like I could really rap Like it's just not like One, two, three nursery rhymes Shit Like I'm actually saying shit Um My versatility Um Yeah Just like my energy And like my passion in general Just like you could tell Like I'm like Real musically inclined Yeah You definitely seem Very musically inclined So what's some of your goals Moving forward Goals Uh I want a couple more songs I want a million views Um I want to go on tour Tour with Nobody specific Or just tour Uh yeah Nobody specific I just want to go on a tour Um So I could just travel And touch my fans around the world I want to drop a project soon Okay Like before the year ends Yeah Before the year ends Like probably Fourth quarter I'll drop a project And then like I want to drop again First quarter Okay Back to back Alright So tell the people How can they tune in with you Um You can find me on Instagram At I am Dato Find me on YouTube Uh I am Dato I believe I am Dato on everything TikTok Everything Twitter Everything I am Dato