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<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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00:00<\/a><\/span> – Intro: His First Album Was a Letter to His Father <\/span>00:19<\/a><\/span> – Welcome Ras Kass to The Rap Dads Show Season 2 in LA <\/span>00:38<\/a><\/span> – Meet the Family: Twin Sons Bras & Taj, His Daughter & Little Son GI the Terrorist <\/span>01:44<\/a><\/span> – Why He Named His Kids With Names Similar to His <\/span>01:58<\/a><\/span> – His Music Was Always Written to His Kids <\/span>02:24<\/a><\/span> – His Albums Are His Kids’ Bible: If You Want My Version It’s Written Down <\/span>03:08<\/a><\/span> – His Dad Was a Marine & an LAPD Officer Who Left When He Was 12 <\/span>03:11<\/a><\/span> – “My First Album Is a Big F You Letter to My Father” <\/span>03:34<\/a><\/span> – Years Later He Called His Dad Crying Saying “This Sh*t Is Hard” <\/span>04:09<\/a><\/span> – “I’m Worse Than You Are. I Thought I’d Be Better at This.” <\/span>04:24<\/a><\/span> – The One Difference Between Him & His Father: He Wasn’t Dismissive <\/span>04:50<\/a><\/span> – His Dad Left Because He Was Caught Up in What He Thought Was Important <\/span>05:15<\/a><\/span> – When His Sons Said They Wanted to Rap He Warned Them How Hard It Is <\/span>05:34<\/a><\/span> – Hip Hop Is Like the Girl Who’s Been With Everybody Except the One Who Loves Her <\/span>05:57<\/a><\/span> – He Didn’t Want to Be Dismissive Like His Father So He Said Yes & Went All In <\/span>06:35<\/a><\/span> – His Dad Became His Biggest Fan Once He Had a Record Out: Full Circle <\/span>07:35<\/a><\/span> – When Did He Know Taj Had It? He Was Finding Pockets Before He Could Fully Talk <\/span>07:56<\/a><\/span> – Taj Was Co-Writing at 8 or 9 Years Old <\/span>08:32<\/a><\/span> – He Actually Wanted Them to Be an Accountant & a Judge Not Rappers <\/span>08:55<\/a><\/span> – His Cousin Is Blue: You Need Someone to Watch the Money & Someone to Get You Off <\/span>09:25<\/a><\/span> – The Kendrick Comparison & Being Eminem Before Eminem <\/span>10:10<\/a><\/span> – Bras Got Cut From the Basketball Team & Worked 10,000 Hours to Get Nasty <\/span>10:32<\/a><\/span> – The Twins Sharpen Each Other Daily: No Ego, Just Skill <\/span>11:13<\/a><\/span> – He’s Been Jogging Backwards Since His First Album & Nobody Has Caught Up <\/span>11:37<\/a><\/span> – “I’m Better Than All Your Favorite Rappers & I Haven’t Tried in 25 Years” <\/span>12:33<\/a><\/span> – First Memory of Fatherhood: Racing Through LA Traffic While His Twins Came Early <\/span>12:59<\/a><\/span> – Looking Down at Two Premature Babies in Incubators With His Grandma There <\/span>13:18<\/a><\/span> – How He Gives His Kids Gifts: Just Money, No Opinions <\/span>13:39<\/a><\/span> – Tried to Give Taj a Gucci Belt, Got Curved Immediately <\/span>14:06<\/a><\/span> – Favorite Memory: Leaving the Twins Alone for 30 Seconds <\/span>14:55<\/a><\/span> – Came Back to a Broken Turntable, a Destroyed CD Player & Two Guilty Babies <\/span>15:37<\/a><\/span> – He Almost Cried Getting Mad & Then Their Faces Melted His Heart <\/span>15:56<\/a><\/span> – That Was the Moment He Knew They Understood Him & They Never Broke Anything Again<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n