MAVI Talks Rakim, MF Doom, Jack Harlow & Journey To Discovering Himself and His Sound | Rising Stars
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Timecodes –
0:00 – MAVI Interview
0:50 – 2:18 – Early school memories
2:20 – 4:00 – Middle School/High School clowning
4:15 – 5:00 – dropping his first song
5:06 – 5:19 – reaction to Mavi’s first song
5:20 – 6:17 – His first show
6:24 – 7:20 – Building Killswitch
7:25 – 8:30 – His role
8:40 – 9:30 – His progression from early songs
9:40 – 11:14 – Getting over the fear of being a rapper
11:30 – 12:30 – Mavi on touring with Jack Harlow
12:33 – 14:00 – the dynamics of live shows
14:10 – 14:45 – What he was in a past life
14:50 – 16:05 – Is anything impossible?
16:08 – 16:58 – Going back into your ancestry/nothing in this book is true
17:02 – 18:53 – Learning to understand his parents/past
19:25 – 20:35 – Early thoughts on the album
20:55 – 21:22 – Wrote most of the album in 2 days
21:25 – 22:38 – Mavi on Finishing his new album
23:02 – 23:50 – working with aminidi, foushee, maliya, monte booker
23:53 – 25:57 – hoping for noname’s verse, giving NoName her flowers
25:58 – 26:44 – Shout out to NoName
26:50 – 27:22 – Monte Booker’s abilities
27:28 – 27:40 – His MF Doom tat
27:42 – 28:57 – Meeting Rakim and Doom’s impact
29:05 – 30:05 – Being a Libra, what he wants from his fans
30:10 – 31:30 – Outro
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Guest: Mavi
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Video Edit: Mahib Balde
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Shot By: Alex Bundy
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Interview & Research by: Jeremy Hecht
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Artist Relations: Elise Ricks
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Additional Research by: Josh Svetz
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Executive Producer: Sharath Cherian
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