Cory Mo Talks Houston Rap, His Brother Mike Mo, Working with Ye and Mike Dean, OutKast, Organized Noise, His Mentor the Late Pimp C, UGK and the Legacy of Southern Rap Music

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🗓️ 9 May 2022

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Cory Mo has been present at some of the most important moments in hip-hop history–as a producer, a rapper, and an early legend of Southern hip-hop. From his early beginnings with his brother Mike Mo, to being in the studio with Kanye West and Mike Dean, he's got stories for days. But his time with Pimp C, his mentor and his friend, solidified his legacy in hip-hop.

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0:00.0	Peace and love party people. This is Talib Kuala Lee to BKMC, the MCEO. You are about to hear an
0:04.8	excerpt of People's Party hosted by me and my lovely and talented co-host Ms. Jasmine Lee. What
0:09.6	up Jasmine? What up peeps to hear our entire combo and all of our episodes with stars from the
0:14.5	game to Lil Kim, to Anthony Anderson, to my sister Tiffany Haddish, subscribe to the Luminary
0:19.7	channel on Apple Podcasts. You have Pimsy as a mentor and a lot of people don't understand
0:28.6	the legacy of Pimsy. The way that people feel about two-pock is the way that the
0:33.8	South feel about Pimsy. And the way that people feel about two-pock in the world is the way that
0:38.6	two-pock felt about Pimsy. And we've been with you for a few minutes. You've already
0:46.0	gone into stories with Pimp because he was a very, very, very huge impact on your life.
0:50.9	He showed you production techniques. The first production placement was slowed down, right?
0:54.8	Um, I don't know, maybe. All right. Maybe. That's what my research tells me.
1:01.2	You know, but that's a great record. Tell me about your relationship with Pimsy and UGK in general.
1:09.7	How did that come about? Well, that started way back really, really go back to my old brother,
1:15.2	Mike Mo again. Shout out to Mike Mo. Shout out to Mike Mo. So did I meet Mike Mo before I met you?
1:20.8	No, you had needed a recording studio in Houston and Bond told you to hit me. And Dave Darl also said
1:27.1	the same thing and we kind of like, oh, boy. That's a wild shit. Yeah. Yeah. That boy,
1:32.0	shout out to Dave for being a wild boy. Yeah, you can shout him out. Dave Darl, anyway.
1:37.8	Right. Continue. So anyway, so my brother was cool with Pimp. And you know, he went to school
1:46.4	at college at Lamar University in Beaumont, which is right next to Port Arthur, which is just right
1:52.8	there. So he got cool with Pimp and Bunt. And he ended up buying Pimsy's Cadillac. After he bought
2:00.2	Pimps, Cadillac, they got real cool. And he used to always be like, man, you need to listen to my
2:05.2	little brother. You need to listen to my little brother, man. He did. He that checking out. And,
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