G Perico

Bullseye with Jesse Thorn

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Society & Culture

4.7 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 28 September 2021

⏱️ 62 minutes

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G Perico is a gangster rapper from Los Angeles. That puts him firmly in a tradition stretching from Ice T and the DOC in the 80s through Ice Cube and Snoop Dogg in the 90s and on to hitmakers like The Game and YG in the 21st century. Listen to one of his tracks, and it's hard not to hear the echoes of thirty-some years of records about cruising, barbecuing and throwing gang signs in the streets of LA. He talks about his lived experiences in his music. He raps about the LA he grew up in from cookouts and car shows. And where there is always danger around the corner. G Perico broke through in 2016 with his project **** Don't Stop. That record established him at the vanguard of LA street rap. In the five years since, he has recorded nine albums. This includes four he has released this year, with the latest being called Play 2 Win. He joins Bullseye and reflects on his upbringing, the music he listens to, and embracing his imperfections. He also talks about his creative process and his love for writing. Plus, he talks with Jesse about the people in his life that influenced his signature hair style.

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0:00.0	It's Wolti, I'm Jesse Fuling.
0:09.6	G-Puriko is from Los Angeles, and he's a gangster rapper.
0:14.0	That puts him firmly in a tradition that stretches from iced tea in the DOC in the 80s, through
0:20.0	ice cube and Snoop Dogg in the 90s, and onto hitmakers like the Game and YG in the 21st
0:26.8	century.
0:27.8	Listen to one of G-Puriko's tracks, and it's hard not to hear the echoes of 30 some
0:33.2	years of records about cruising, barbecuing, and throwing gang signs on the streets of LA.
0:54.6	Puriko is a master's stylist.
0:57.2	His nasal voice cuts up heavy beats.
1:00.1	His lyrics are by turns playful and brutal.
1:04.7	Sometimes they're both in one song.
1:06.7	I'm all alone talking to G-O-D, he wraps on one lonely track, and if he want to do business,
1:13.4	then it's C-O-D.
1:14.5	He's a trickster with a gun in his waistband and the weight of the world on his shoulders.
1:21.5	G-Puriko was born Jeremy Nash, he grew up in South Central LA.
1:26.7	His life was hard.
1:28.2	He grew up in the kind of neighborhood where broadly speaking, you either had friends,
1:32.2	who were in gangs or you didn't have friends.
1:35.1	He's been arrested, he's been to the youth authority, to jail, and to prison.
1:39.5	He's been shot at, and he's been shot.
1:42.4	He wraps about the LA that he grew up in.
1:44.8	There are cookouts and car shows, and there is always danger around the corner.
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