00:00With various different Atlanta royalty, step in.
00:04Quavo nice enough to come hang out with us in studio as obviously he's got a lot coming up.
00:09He's got a new album out. He's going to be a part of a big event on Sunday as well.
00:12We're just sitting here talking about this tech game tonight.
00:15How are you?
00:16There we go.
00:17Oh man, what's going on? I mean, because I know this.
00:20I see all the time with Big Brother Jonas and all of them on the sideline with the dogs having
00:23a good time.
00:24Oh yeah.
00:24And then you tell me, you need to get some tickets for tech, which I don't think you're going to
00:29have a problem to do.
00:30Ninth grade, high school. I used to make little football songs, little football anthem songs while I was playing.
00:34But at the same time, we was just, we were some bad kids.
00:40You know, so life ain't, you know, it steered me left and I had to, you know, make something for
00:45myself and come out with some music and take over the North.
00:48Pretty good plan B.
00:49Yeah.
00:51Pretty solid.
00:53Coming, I know we were talking, and people probably know this, but maybe not everybody does.
00:57You had at one point held the Georgia State high school football record for completions in a game.
01:02Tyler Heineke, who was here.
01:04Yes, sir.
01:04I know you and him had some.
01:05Shout out to Tyler, man.
01:06Who was a guy or two when you were playing that was like, because we always, Randy always gets these
01:12questions.
01:12Who's the best guy you played with or played against?
01:14And there's so many great athletes in the history of Georgia high school football.
01:17Who are some of the best guys that you got a chance to play with and against?
01:21Who's the best guys that you got a chance to play with and against?
01:22Whoa.
01:24Whoa.
01:25I mean, Gwinnett, it was kind of like, it's still to this day the toughest in Georgia, I would say.
01:30I feel like we got the number one crown when it comes to like football.
01:34And like I said, the Ken Beachy brothers, Alvin Kamara, Bradley Roby, Josh Jacobs, Kevin Minner.
01:49A lot of guys.
01:50Yes, a lot of guys.
01:51Troy Davis.
01:52A lot of league guys.
01:53A lot of these guys coaching.
01:55So that's why, you know what I'm saying, it's still, you know, it's that.
01:59So that's why I'm like still involved.
02:01There's a lot of them guys that's either in the league or, you know, at these schools coaching.
02:05So it's just forever.
02:06It's forever brotherhood, forever relationship.
02:08It's a good bond.
02:09Just, you know, have some athlete guys.
02:12But I'm really in it, though.
02:13So it ain't just like I'm a rapper and just trying to pull up.
02:16Like I got my own kids.
02:18I got my own 7-on-7 group.
02:20Got three, four different age groups.
02:23We've been doing that for four or five years.
02:25I do the huncho days.
02:27I do 7-on-7s every year in Atlanta.
02:29Make sure we try to find all the best athletes.
02:31And if these athletes are unfortunate, you know what I'm saying, I make sure they, you know, good to, you
02:38know, try to stay focused on their careers.
02:41So I just make sure I just be one of them big bros out there that can help guys.
02:45We're going to get to that in one second.
02:47But Bo was telling us, I did not notice before you came here, WWE this weekend.
02:50Oh, yeah.
02:51Okay.
02:52Now, you're going to be performing and everything like that.
02:55Are you going, is it going to be like some cameo where you get thrown in the ring or, you
03:00know, or something like that?
03:02See, right now we're working towards, you know what I'm saying, you got to, in WWE, you got to start
03:07and then finish.
03:09You know what I'm saying, you got to have a story.
03:12That's right.
03:12So right now we're cooking up the story in Atlanta and we're going to pop it off, you know, just
03:17opening up the show, you know what I'm saying, and giving them something very, very, very special.
03:22And then y'all could see me later in that ring, man.
03:25Shout out to Neil, Triple H over there, WWE.
03:28I got to represent Atlanta.
03:30But Lil Yachty, he wrestling.
03:32I know what you're telling us.
03:34He got to survive five minutes, man, before Trick come get him.
03:37So I'm going to be supporting my dog, Lil Yachty, man.
03:40I hope they don't break his back, man.
03:42I hope they don't.
03:43I mean, yeah, what if that's the storyline?
03:45What if it ends up being you versus him down the road?
03:48Me and Lil Yachty?
03:49Yeah.
03:49Oh, no, I think we got a tag team, man.
03:51I can't ever go against the home team, the home guy, man.
03:54No, I'll never do that.
03:55So you're performing at the event?
03:57Is that what we're doing?
03:59For sure.
04:00That's great.
04:00For sure.
04:01A brand new record called Backwards.
04:04Me and T.I., we just shot it last night featuring Tip.
04:07It's an Atlanta nostalgia.
04:09Pharrell did the beat.
04:11Just want to bring that city feeling back.
04:14We shot it last night.
04:15We hit Magic City.
04:16We did a flat.
04:17We put a flatbed in the middle of the town.
04:19We got a great skyline, and we had a pole on the flatbed.
04:25Oh, yeah.
04:25Driving through town?
04:26Just driving through town.
04:27Oh, yeah.
04:28Letting the money fly.
04:29There's some videos.
04:31We'll get y'all some videos.
04:32Yeah, we can't wait to see that, man.
04:34But, yeah, it looked pretty good.
04:36I love that we just had the anthem for that, because we do definitely need that, something
04:40like that.
04:40But, I mean, tell us about working with Pharrell, because I know that when I saw that you were
04:45doing a new album, and then they said it's featuring Pharrell and all those different
04:49things.
04:49How did that relationship form, and what do you think of the product?
04:52Because we've listened to a couple of the songs.
04:54Love it.
04:54Yes, sir.
04:55I feel like the relationship started from doing records like Stir Fry, of course, the
05:02Migos.
05:03We did a few records.
05:04We used to always pull up on them.
05:05And then after that, man, I got a record for my album right after that when I was on
05:12tour with Drake.
05:12And then we just made sure we just kept the relationship there, and I felt like I wanted
05:19to transition to a new Quavo, something new to take me to the next level and just try
05:25different sounds and different music and make perfect songs and make hooks, come back three
05:31and four times and have three verses and just have an album where it's just nothing but hits
05:37and no fillers, and I feel like he would be one of the right guys to do it because his
05:44beats going to always be left field.
05:46They're always going to be challenging.
05:47They're going to challenge you to do something else.
05:50So we recorded on a yacht in the middle of the ocean.
05:53We got busy.
05:55We recorded at Louis V headquarters in Paris, got busy there.
05:59You know what I'm saying?
05:59So just like the environment, shit, you got the environment.
06:03You got to set the tone.
06:05That's really interesting.
06:06Like the idea of recording in a different place to have sort of a different tone or vibe
06:12or whatever it is that you're looking for for the song.
06:14What's the, I mean, you said, yacht in the middle of the ocean, pretty cool.
06:18Louis Vuitton, Paris, pretty cool.
06:19Yes, sir.
06:20Besides those, what are some of the coolest places that you've recorded songs?
06:24Right now, them got to be the top.
06:26Sure.
06:26Them got to be the top.
06:27It's hard to beat.
06:28It's hard.
06:28It's hard to beat.
06:29It's kind of hard to try to record and not walk out with a Louis bag.
06:32And now the Kia Studios with Andy and Randy.
06:33Look at that.
06:34Top three.
06:34Yeah, we in the studio.
06:35Yes, sir.
06:37Hey, because of your persona and all those different things, I got a question about
06:41the fashion.
06:42Do you see it as a must because of who you are as a rapper that the fashion, because we're
06:46talking, I've just read up on some stuff that we're sitting over to, is it's going to be
06:49an open song for For Real's Louis Vuitton, spring and summer, his show in Paris and everything
06:53like that.
06:54Is that something that you just enjoy?
06:56Because I know that when I was younger, we used to go to Paris.
06:59We used to go to Paris for one reason.
07:00That was for the young ladies.
07:02But now you guys are going over there for the young ladies also, but the fashion shows
07:06and all those different things.
07:07How did you get into all that kind of thing?
07:09I mean, it's hand in hand.
07:11I would say, Forrest for us, our first record was Versace.
07:16It was.
07:17You know what I'm saying?
07:17We had the whole Atlanta, we had the whole city wearing Versace and Donatella reached
07:22out to us when we were just getting started and that was a blessing.
07:28So we just felt like it always went hand to hand with us and just try to put the fashion
07:34and put the music together because shit, we putting that stuff on.
07:36We the ones who making the name the name and making the people buy the drip.
07:42So I respect the fact that they shining their light because back in the day, you know what
07:48I'm saying, to the rappers back then, they really didn't kind of give in and now they
07:53understand how much we need them and vice versa.
07:57It's really interesting you bring that up because obviously you guys were the first
08:00guys dressing like that and then fast forward two years, everybody's wearing shirts like
08:05that.
08:06Everybody's kind of looking the way that you guys are looking.
08:07What's that like to do that?
08:09I'm sure you guys did it organically.
08:11That was just how you felt like you wanted to dress and all of a sudden everybody around
08:15is dressing like that.
08:16When you see that, what goes through your mind?
08:18I mean, it's Atlanta, man.
08:19We the trendsetters, man.
08:20That's what we do.
08:22We from the South.
08:23I'm pretty sure right now, somebody copying the radio station right now because
08:26Atlanta got the sauce.
08:28You know what I'm saying?
08:29We trendsetters.
08:32You're Falcons.
08:34Talk to us about them, man.
08:35Your expectations for these Falcons.
08:39Man, it's going to be tough.
08:40It's going to be tough.
08:41But it's tough every year.
08:42It's tough every year.
08:44What is it like?
08:45What is it like?
08:48It's true.
08:49My part of it, he coined the phrase, the scar tissue.
08:52Is that what, as a Falcon fan, just got built up scar tissue?
08:55Exactly.
08:56You just like, when they tell you it's raining outside, we don't even get decided no more.
08:59We just go ahead and bring your umbrella and your raincoat and just let's ride.
09:03We still, we live and die.
09:06I can't wait to see the sun again.
09:11I can't wait to see the sun again.
09:12Yes, absolutely.
09:13That sounds about it.
09:14Is it ever, you know, you're a fan of a team.
09:16You're a diehard.
09:17Everyone listening is a diehard, whether they're Falcons fans or whatever.
09:19Like, you ride and die with your team.
09:21But is it ever, like, you're leading into the year right now.
09:23We don't even know who the quarterback is.
09:24Do you have a hard time being like, all right, let's do this again.
09:28Let's do this again for 17 games, Falcons.
09:30I'm not mad at the room we got, though, the group.
09:33So, either or.
09:35Either or what?
09:36Well, left-handed, you know, like that.
09:39You're a lefty, right?
09:39I feel like we didn't give, you know, Penix his fair shot.
09:42Uh-huh.
09:43Okay.
09:43You know, he didn't get a full season.
09:47All right.
09:47And then the last one, obviously, we were talking about Georgia Tech.
09:50If somebody's out there that can help Quavo get kicked into the Georgia Tech game.
09:54There's definitely somebody out there.
09:54There's definitely somebody out there that can get Quavo into this game tonight.
09:58How about the dogs, man?
09:59How about the dogs?
10:00You know what we're doing.
10:02High expectations, baby.
10:03I'll see you over there in Mercedes-Benz.
10:06Towards the end of the year, again, we're coming back.
10:08We got to do it again.
10:10I know we've talked a lot of different stuff in the interview, but I would be remiss if I did
10:15not mention or allow you to mention a lot of the great charity work that you're doing.
10:19Tell us about the Through the Rocket Foundation and Quavo Cares.
10:25Quavo Cares is my foundation, and it's just for underprivileged kids who just want to do athletic work and do
10:34single-parent families that want to just be involved and can't too much help themselves.
10:43I try to, like, get apartments, get houses for all the kids and let them, you know, go to school
10:50rent-free for the year and see what they can do.
10:53And for Rocket Foundation, that one is a bigger message for my brother Takeoff, and it represents gun violence.
11:04And right now we passed a lot of bills and, you know, got a bunch of grants passed for people
11:11that fell, you know, short to gun violence too.
11:14So it's kind of a tough topic to talk about because it's kind of like I always just relive it,
11:19but at the same time, I know it's for the greater good.
11:23Love it. Love it, man. Love it.
11:25Great work.
11:25Yes, sir.
11:26Appreciate you, man.
11:27We appreciate it.
11:28We want to get Quavo some tickets.
11:29Yeah, Quavo wants to get some tech tonight.
11:31Somebody help him out.
11:32I'll stop.
11:32Hey, don't do it.
11:34Thank y'all, brother.
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