#132: DJ Green Lantern

A Waste Of Time with ItsTheReal

ItsTheReal

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4.8 • 817 Ratings

🗓️ 15 August 2017

⏱️ 127 minutes

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This week on A Waste of Time with ItsTheReal, we welcome the legendary mixtape DJ, producer, father, and former paperboy, DJ Green Lantern to the Upper West Side, where he tells two hours of the most amazing stories! Green discusses growing up in Rochester, New York, how listening to Led Zeppelin, Public Enemy and Jazz shaped his ears, how producing led him into DJing, rather than the other way around, and the big break that made him The Man along Interstate 90. Green recalled witnessing DJ Clark Kent forcing an aspiring MC to battle a young Jay-Z on 7th Avenue in New York City, driving to Toronto to get white label exclusives, and putting the most creativity into his mixtapes, earning him the recognition of his peers at the Justo Awards. We talk Hot 97, meeting Eminem, working on the Beanie Sigel and Jadakiss mixtapes, the stories behind Jadakiss' song "The Champ is Here," D-Block's "2 Gunz Up," Eminem's "Hail Mary," working with Jay-Z on his never-released mixtape, why he made the move to Atlanta, working with Rocko, Future, Killer Mike and 2 Chainz and so much more. All that, plus patching things up with Jadakiss, why he had to leave rap to come back to hip-hop, and a conversation with Green's son Najee AKA DJ Tangotwelv! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Today's episode of A Waste of Time with It's the Real is sponsored by Talkspace, the online therapy company that lets you choose from over 1,500 licensed therapists. Get matched with your perfect therapist who can put you on the path to a happier life. For a special offer for all of our listeners, visit talkspace.com slash WOT. Hey, Jeff. Hey, Eric. How are you? I'm pretty good. How are you? Doing well, thank you.
0:23.1	Do you remember last week during the intro, we talked about our long lost Uber driver, King Larry.
0:30.1	We had said that King Larry had come back into our lives via an awesome listener, fantastic Cole,
0:36.7	who had a ride with King Larry recently.
0:39.5	Yeah.
0:39.8	And she took a picture of his driver's license and sent it to us.
0:45.5	King Larry's his first name.
0:46.7	And we said that we want King Larry to be our regular driver.
0:51.2	Well,
0:52.6	King Larry,
0:53.9	you still haven't reached out yet, but here's the opportunity.
0:57.1	We're going to London.
0:58.9	So take us to the airport.
0:59.9	So please, King Larry, reach out to us because we need a ride.
1:03.4	We're heading overseas for a live podcast on September 6th in London.
1:09.8	Yes, we are going to be at the Hoxton Square Bar and Kitchen with DJ Semtex,
1:15.1	talking to him about everything from growing up in London to, you know, interviewing Jay-Z,
1:19.9	Kanye West, Drake, DJ Callad.
1:22.0	He's got an unbelievable story.
1:23.8	It's going to be a raucous evening.
1:25.8	We're looking forward to seeing all you guys overseas.
1:28.3	If you want to see these two brothers in England, grab a brough, grab a beer.
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