Ras Kass called his dad crying saying “I’m worse at this than you are” after years of hating him for leaving | Rap Dads Show
West Coast legend Ras Kass sits down for one of the most layered and hilarious fatherhood conversations of Season 2. He opens up about writing his first album as a direct letter to the father who walked out when he was 12, only to call that same man years later sobbing in a hot car with a hot girl saying “this shit is hard.” He talks about his twin sons Bras and Taj forming Coast Contra, why he didn’t want them rapping because hip hop is like the girl who’s been with everybody except the one who loves her most, how Taj was finding pockets and co-writing before he could even fully form words, and why his real dream was for his kids to become an accountant and a judge because his cousin is Blue and when you’re from where he’s from you need someone to watch the money and someone to get you off. Plus the story of leaving his twins alone for 30 seconds and coming back to a broken turntable, a destroyed CD player and two babies who somehow knew exactly what they did.
00:00 – Intro: His First Album Was a Letter to His Father 00:19 – Welcome Ras Kass to The Rap Dads Show Season 2 in LA 00:38 – Meet the Family: Twin Sons Bras & Taj, His Daughter & Little Son GI the Terrorist 01:44 – Why He Named His Kids With Names Similar to His 01:58 – His Music Was Always Written to His Kids 02:24 – His Albums Are His Kids’ Bible: If You Want My Version It’s Written Down 03:08 – His Dad Was a Marine & an LAPD Officer Who Left When He Was 12 03:11 – “My First Album Is a Big F You Letter to My Father” 03:34 – Years Later He Called His Dad Crying Saying “This Sh*t Is Hard” 04:09 – “I’m Worse Than You Are. I Thought I’d Be Better at This.” 04:24 – The One Difference Between Him & His Father: He Wasn’t Dismissive 04:50 – His Dad Left Because He Was Caught Up in What He Thought Was Important 05:15 – When His Sons Said They Wanted to Rap He Warned Them How Hard It Is 05:34 – Hip Hop Is Like the Girl Who’s Been With Everybody Except the One Who Loves Her 05:57 – He Didn’t Want to Be Dismissive Like His Father So He Said Yes & Went All In 06:35 – His Dad Became His Biggest Fan Once He Had a Record Out: Full Circle 07:35 – When Did He Know Taj Had It? He Was Finding Pockets Before He Could Fully Talk 07:56 – Taj Was Co-Writing at 8 or 9 Years Old 08:32 – He Actually Wanted Them to Be an Accountant & a Judge Not Rappers 08:55 – His Cousin Is Blue: You Need Someone to Watch the Money & Someone to Get You Off 09:25 – The Kendrick Comparison & Being Eminem Before Eminem 10:10 – Bras Got Cut From the Basketball Team & Worked 10,000 Hours to Get Nasty 10:32 – The Twins Sharpen Each Other Daily: No Ego, Just Skill 11:13 – He’s Been Jogging Backwards Since His First Album & Nobody Has Caught Up 11:37 – “I’m Better Than All Your Favorite Rappers & I Haven’t Tried in 25 Years” 12:33 – First Memory of Fatherhood: Racing Through LA Traffic While His Twins Came Early 12:59 – Looking Down at Two Premature Babies in Incubators With His Grandma There 13:18 – How He Gives His Kids Gifts: Just Money, No Opinions 13:39 – Tried to Give Taj a Gucci Belt, Got Curved Immediately 14:06 – Favorite Memory: Leaving the Twins Alone for 30 Seconds 14:55 – Came Back to a Broken Turntable, a Destroyed CD Player & Two Guilty Babies 15:37 – He Almost Cried Getting Mad & Then Their Faces Melted His Heart 15:56 – That Was the Moment He Knew They Understood Him & They Never Broke Anything Again
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