After eight years of beefing, controversial podcaster Adam22 of No Jumper sat down with rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine to squash their differences.
The last time the two talked was in early 2017, but 6ix9ine's perception that Adam flaked on a follow-up interview meant the "Gummo" rapper ignored Adam once he gained success. Right at the top of their new discussion, 6ix9ine cleared the air and made it clear that he holds no grudges.
“Even if we had our differences, you’re a pretty big reason I got signed,” said the rapper, who made an appearance in a No Jumper vlog back in early March, 2017, months before the "Gummo" video launched him to stardom.
“I feel like you’re almost giving me too much credit, because at that point you already had so much momentum,” Adam replied. “You probably had 10 other labels that were trying to sign [you].”
6ix9ine recalled a trip to Los Angeles he made with some friends shortly after his initial meeting with Adam22 — a trip he made with the singular goal of appearing on No Jumper.
"Me coming to LA was the sole purpose for the No Jumper interview, because you were the hottest thing in interviewing all the underground rappers,” 6ix9ine explained. He recalled that Adam was interviewing a lot of up-and-coming artists on the platform at the time, including the late XXXTentacion, the late Lil Peep, and Suicideboys.
While that journey did not result in a No Jumper appearance, it was on that trip where 6ix9ine first met Trippie Redd, and they recorded and shot the video for their collaboration "Poles1469."
At around the 1:45:00 point of the chat, 6ix9ine spoke about some of the artists he wished he had gotten a chance to collaborate with when he was first getting attention. He and Adam briefly discussed Juice Wrld, and 6ix9ine also mentioned that he would've loved to have worked with Lil Baby early on.
"[XXXTentacion] would've been fire," 6ix9ine said. "I never got to meet him."
While 6ix9ine and XXXTentacion never met in person, the two were friendly, talking frequently via FaceTime. They connected through XXX's manager Solomon Sobande, who was college buddies with 6ix9ine's early-career manager.
6ix9ine also shared his thoughts on the current state of underground rap and the artists who blew up on SoundCloud. He gave a shout-out to Suicideboys, Denzel Curry, and Lil Tracy.
Check out the full interview up top, and for the full story of 6ix9ine's No Jumper vlog and subsequent LA trip — and a lot more besides — check out Complex Presents Dummy Boy: Tekashi 6ix9ine and the Nine Trey Gangsta Bloods.