Kilo Curt has lived a life most people only see in movies. We sat down with him in Vallejo to hear the full story, from growing up as a pastor’s son in the Crest to running with the Romper Room crew, the Fresno case that sent him and Mac Dre to federal prison, and building Thizz Entertainment after they came home.
Kilo takes us through selling crack at 12, hitting banks at 16, and the informant with a wire who set them up in Fresno. He talks about doing fed time alongside Dre, getting shipped across the country to Allenwood, and the real origin of the word “Thizz.” He also opens up about losing Mac Dre and shares a wild story about a show in Marin City back when Tupac was still a local name.
This is Bay Area history straight from someone who lived it.
Shout out to Lil Kilo for setting this up ??
Timestamps:
0:00 Intro: Kilo Kurt in Vallejo
1:12 Life Moving Fast at 15 & 16
2:10 Son of a Pastor, Growing Up in the Crest
5:25 The Golden Child: Youngest of a Big Family
6:46 School Days & First Friends on Simon Street
9:46 Getting Into the D-Boy Game at 12
13:48 Joining the Romper Room Crew on Leonard Street
16:04 Early Run-Ins With the Police
18:37 Pop Warner, the Track & Hiding It From Mom
21:43 Kicked Out of School & the Boys Ranch
23:38 Running Away & Breaking From Pops
28:28 Meeting Mac Dre & “Too Hard for the Radio”
30:52 From D-Boys to Music: Romp Records & the Early Bay Scene
33:01 Switching From Dope to Robberies
35:54 First Licks & the First Bank
39:56 Hitting Banks Weekly & Spending on Chevys
42:46 Close Calls With the Police
44:03 “California Livin'” & Building the Label
46:19 The Fresno Show With Ice Cube
51:38 The Plan to Go Back to Fresno
52:30 The Informant Wearing a Wire
55:31 The News Van & Calling Off the Lick
57:34 Pulled Over on the 5
1:01:29 Taken to the Federal Office Inside a Bank
1:03:47 Facing the Feds at 18
1:05:21 The Trial & First Time in County
1:07:37 Sentencing Day: Dre Gets 60 Months, Kilo Gets 97
1:09:44 Doing Fed Time With Mac Dre
1:11:39 Prison Politics
1:14:47 Brotherhood With Hit-Boy’s Dad
1:16:15 Mac Dre Performing & Battling in the Feds
1:17:39 Shipped Out After a Riot
1:18:05 Allenwood USP: Doing Time on the East Coast
1:21:44 The Gym Incident at Allenwood
1:26:30 Transfers & the Stolen Wedding Ring
1:28:09 Money Inside, Pad Rolling & Pops’ Tough Love
1:31:21 Following Dre’s Career From Prison
1:33:34 Reuniting With Dre After Release
1:35:42 The Denver Weed Bust Before Release
1:38:28 Coming Home to Family & Lil Kilo
1:39:20 Miami, Backwoods & the Origin of “Thizz”
1:41:15 Starting Thizz Entertainment in Fairfield
1:42:46 Sacramento & Building the Thizz Movement
1:46:15 Parole & Halfway Houses
1:47:24 The Night Mac Dre Passed
1:52:35 The Void Dre Left Behind
1:54:23 Mac Dre’s Style & Influence
1:55:26 Drake & “Too Hard for the Radio”
1:57:51 Carrying the Torch After Dre
1:59:02 Thoughts on RBE Reuniting
2:01:29 The Tupac Story: Marin City Show
2:12:33 The Richmond Auditorium Show
2:15:26 Wrap-Up
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