EP: 682- Lefty Gunplay Interview (uncensored)

Lefty Gunplay stopped by the Cruz Show to talk about new music + he talked about being the face of LA, and the importance of uplifting latino artists. He also talks about his idol Dr. Dre & working with other west coast artists. He also talks about fatherhood, his fears and more. It's a fun and insightful interview. #leftygunplay #thecruzshow

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:01):
I'm frustrated with my prom s. No, you give a
sick and sell and go over the jail. I'll make
your way on the street for in the t shake
that thing up at that set the Cheetah face thirty
eight in West Cobino eat off one nails done like
she could feel. And I said that with the whole
scene money, pretty new shock of white tea busting head down,

(00:24):
shooting him my position, you push no choke. Left the
gun play when I lay with this blue doctor care
honey man's I dance with the devil, stunning like my
dad did, my diamonds and bazzel around round bowling due
the getto and I was in the Holy nine year
book cutting mister, get mister, that's the new ship. Let's

(00:49):
get to it. Left the gun play back on the
cruise show. Yes sir, yes, sir, my guy, my god.
Shout out to DJ Fuse for that intron. DJ Fuse
highed high yo. I love how excited you got in
your music, bro man, the last one got you. You're
crazy right. There's the new stuff, there's the la stuff.
Chopped into the streets ninety two point three chapped into
the streets, go preseason out everywhere, Yeah, man, zero out everywhere,

(01:12):
sub zero zero mode some zero mo zero mo te
me and my teeth. Look at you. Frozen, We frozen.
We're frozen out here, left the gun play my god. Man,
There's a lot going on, bro, Yes, being sad out there,
and I think you welcome it all. Bro, You don't.
You don't hide behind nobody or nothing forefront Runner. Yeah, yeah,

(01:34):
certified steppers, certain person spar with a chance to break
the the gap between the blacks and browns and LA's
at a different time, Sir, I see you doing that, Yes, sir,
are you fully intentional behind that? You know what I always say,
My biggest fear is not leaving up to the expectations
of Los Angeles And what are those you think wow

(01:55):
being being? You know, I get a lot of comparisons
to Tupac, get a lot of comparisons of white you
know what I'm saying, Just a lot of just not
not putting out for the people the way that you
get this moment once in a lifetime, like Emmin answers,
you only get this one shot once in a lifetime,
and you got to take that opportunity. And that sometimes
I'm tired, and I don't want to run the play.
But you know, I'm here right now and I'm running

(02:16):
to play and I'm doing it. It's a bigger picture
than just me in my hood and just l A
who's trying to go mainstream with this, you know. And
I got a chance. If anybody has a chance, it's
been a while since a lot you know how to chance.
I believe it's me, you know what I'm saying, face
of La, face of La for the essay that he
is Yo, preseason. Talk to us about that process, bro,
how long it took to get it done? It was

(02:37):
easy preseason. It's all the ones that uh, Solace and
ot are weeded out that didn't make the album, okay,
or all the jobs that I would do, like a
three in the morning when so this is asleep because
there's you're under a label, so it's a rollout, of course.
But you know, sometimes I just you know, in my mind,
I thought I could sing for a minute, teasing it
with Jeremiah and Shorty Shorty Keen with all them dudes.

(03:01):
So I thought it was a singer and I'm not
a singer. You tried, try, You tried, though, I tried man,
but yeah, they're like, this is we want to throw
back that that rapping that you know, the gangs. That's right,
So I Billy got back on that and yeah we
we own. I think that's what resonates the most with
your fan base, you know, just that that that real
raw rap. Yeah, that real raw rap. But all the

(03:21):
all the females they tell me they love that stuffing,
the scene and stuff. Man, what's your favorite song to sing,
like like at home in the shower? Is there an
R and B song that you like, a boy to
man song, maybe Shorty Shorty contracts a lot of miles.
Uh uh yeah, yeah, so I don't want to sing
right now a singer study Jeremiah the h know about

(03:47):
real with it like me like Me with Little Dirk,
Little Dirk Man, Dirk, how did that connection happen between
you in the R and B world? Who said it's
me Little Dirk were for the same label right now
that I'm signed to right now from Sony Entertainment, Animal Records.
So yeah, free Dirk Man. He's always been a big
influence of mine. He's got a lot going on, you know,

(04:10):
hopefully he's very talented individual things happening, and Shorty Shortage
just happened because that one was crazy. I was sitting
right there in my apartments in downtown LA, and uh,
this girl, she was very good looking. She walked out
of the store and she jumped in a brand new
bands and I'm just like right there with a new
widows manager and little morose managers wobble. He was there,

(04:31):
and I'm like, what's up, girl, And she's just like boys, uh,
And I'm just like, man, what's so? Guy can get
some number whatever? You know? So I start getting at
her wrapping too, and turn out to be Shorty Shortie,
ain't r you know? Got a number? We tapped in,
you know, never did nothing, but we tapped in and
she plugged me in with Shorty Shorty and the rest
was history. That's she walked out the store. Yeah, you

(04:53):
just never know right who you're gonna run into the
Tell me I know who you are, that's right? Yeah,
which was cool. She a good looking. Have you ever
met or have you met your idol yet? And who
is that doctor Dre? So I haven't met him yet,
but I'm gonna get that ep man. Doctor Dre come
back for the West Coast he did tupac ice Cube
the game e Z E Y G fifty eminem and

(05:14):
he's gonna do come back for ge lefty gun player.
I'm speaking into hissician shout outs to dre Man, that's
my idol. You know that would be fucking crazy. I
think he might. He might always talking a problem and
DJ Quick and they told me they were going to
Dray's house right after I was a problem last night
and uh, DJ quick and the game pulled up too
and the game lay me open. So yeah, say say

(05:35):
that when that happens, right, because we're gotta be joining
you to the manifestation. You gotta be chauting with the
l A Street. Listen, who are you inviting to that
opportunity to and left outside true? Speak your truth. But

(05:56):
as far as people, the people that have really the
media size, they have really been putting a wrong, which
he's been doing it constantly, like the j CRUSO has
been doing it, like showing me love. Whoever's been showing
me love should be a part of it because they
believed in me, you know what I'm saying. As far
as artists, though, who would you invite to be a
part of that project? Because it's my project. It's just
the Left, it's just me and Doctor. You're not extending

(06:18):
the hands to other Latino rappers. I feel like Dre
just does his artist Like Dre's so hard to get it,
not even why G got one from j you know
what I'm saying, Like I'm the only one that made
it out the West with Andre. That's why G says, like,
you know what I'm saying. So if I get that
and Drake comes back to make one Latino rapper and
I'm going for that game, that throwback game, that documentary
on top of a rim with five ones and no shirt,

(06:39):
I'll chat it up blasted. Just tell the story about
the Essays. You know, that's right. It wouldn't be La
with our Mexicans. And I feel like I really got
a good chance. And they told me that Dre was
asking about me the other day, So you know what
I'm saying. I know that Dre knows who I am.
You know, he's just the universe. You gotta really blow
his mind, you know. For the Essays. It's kind of
hard to get somebody to, you know, catch his attention,
and I got his detention. So this hope day you know,

(07:02):
everything goes good and that's a legendary moment. What do
you think it was that got his attention if you
were to be able to analyze yourself from a different perspective,
just the effective that authentic city they just you know
what I'm saying, LA is different now and like I'm
really popping right now. You know what I'm saying. When
when it goes to LA, not worldwide, but LA, like
I'm popping. I should get it more mainstream worldwide. But

(07:24):
I'm worried about LA first, you know. And I feel
like I'm the best Latino rapper that's ever made it
this far. You got cyper sill. People tell me you
got a big punt. That's cool, you know, shout out
to what they're doing. But I've been rapping for seven
eight months and I'm already here to where I'm at.
I think I know I am the best Latino rapper.
I'm the hottest, I'm the essay, like you gotta have
the all around superstar factor nowadays, the best rapper. He's

(07:46):
in the garage right now sketching his belly button. But
do you got to look are you handsome? Do you
got the story? Have you been here. Do we believe
you're telling us? You know what I'm saying? And I
got that, and I got the support of LA and
for you to get to support of Los Angeles is
it's a lot, man, Los Angeles to chew you up
and spit you out. It really will. I appreciate all
my fans. How many more songs do we have in

(08:08):
the chambers that the world hasn't heard yet? My first
song on my album is a Snoop Dogg. Sir, it's
really done, Snoop Dog Snoop Dogg shopping Me Open and
Soop dog has never done a song with an essay
besides be real with that's right, and so yeah, I
got the open and uh, Snoop Dog show me Open.
That's my number one song man. So I got Snoop Dogg,

(08:28):
I got everybody Savvy, three D, de Flame, oh GZ,
Phoenix Flexing, Sweetie, everybody, Jeremiah, Everybody's on there. It was
like GP equal. Everybody just reached out to me, embraced me.
We love. I'm glad that you specify that when you
bring up Snoop that he's never done a song with
an essay, because he's done the song with Mexicans. Right,
he did that song with my name saying, but you

(08:51):
know an essay is it's different geographically. It is different.
Is different to me, like's like like you know what
I'm saying, grow up in the hood, like you know
what I'm saying. Yeah, man, it's just like you know,
embodies uh a lot of our there's a lot of
Mexicans in l A. And you can't forget about it. Yes,

(09:11):
I guess I got the opportunity to be the face
of me, and I'll be responsible and I take advantage
of being It's a lot of expectations, but I'm here.
I don't think there's nobody better for the job to
do it in me, my man. That's right, sir. Hey bro,
So you were seeing at a Dodger's game. These people
were going crazy. Little kids were going crazy all the time.
I think a little girl walked up to you. She
was crying. She said that you remind her of her dad.

(09:33):
Yeah she did. Wow. Yeah, we couldn't even focus on
the game. But yeah, show us at the Dodgers. Man,
they did it. We first. Yes, l A l A
is uh La. We're on top right now. Man. Yeah, man,
it's a good time in LA it was easy to
move around Dodger Stadium. Hell no, you said you you
miss not doing regular stuff. Yeah, I miss you miss
not being famous. Man, I missed that that man. Sometimes

(09:57):
there's a little too much, but everybody that wants to
try to take a picture of every single person because
in my mind, it brings you that much closer to
the fan. If I were to turn down the pictures,
like forget him, but before the pictures like he's cool,
I'm mestling him, after the pictures, like I'll die for him.
You have to, you know, he's my guy. So you
know what I'm saying, I wouldn't be here without them.
So I take every single picture. But there's a certain

(10:19):
time and when you got to think about it, a
lot of these represent him dead, you know what I'm saying.
So you got to be very vigilant and on your
toes and on your and CUsing not too much. You
know where you're at, you know, And I move around
l A. You know, I get a lot of love
from the black community, you know, gangs and uh, you know,
my grandma always told me, you know, when it's your time,
is your time. You know, you can't live scared. You

(10:39):
got to live every day to the moment. And that's
what I do. And uh, I'm not worried about tomorrow.
Can't be scared. Are we moving carefully? We're moving very carefully,
very dangerous. You see we got on dog. You feel me,
we got fingerprints, were doing white receiver practice. You're receiving blessings.

(11:01):
Yous Hey, Bro, you're watching the Jake Paul Mike Tyson fight.
Many got man the other day, I've seen some stuff. Man,
I got. I don't even want to say who I
got like I got let the gun play. I even
said it on the other day. I was, I was,
I was squabbled. I was squabbled. Jake palp file like

(11:21):
six months to work out and get sober and just
work out and just going a straight boot camp. I
want to fight him too, Yeah I will. Why not?
Would you fight Mike Tyson? Nah, that's the boy, that's
the boy. Man. You know what I learned from my
Tyson To study the best, you gotta watch the best, Yes, sir,
you know what I'm saying. I learned a lot of

(11:42):
my Titsan's quotes. Man, he's just sick, man, He's just
he's a. He's a legend. I always watched his uh
motivational speeches. Yeah, I get a lot from my I
got my tyson like Yeah, I got the motivational she
grew up watching my tyson. Man. He was just a
beast man. Yeah, he really believed in his ship. It's
still in. This is the last one. He better knock

(12:03):
him out and I got one hundred on it. Who
wants a thousand thousand dollars thousand, one hundred thousand That
was in flat I'm out the bat dog Sorry for me.
I don't really like the gap of dog that he
likes and gap every fucking day, you know, you know
where they even if he's needy or whatever, there's no
way they're gonna le him knock out with the great

(12:24):
We'll see dog. He's real, don't. I don't know that ship,
to be honest. I got trusted scripted though. The other
day I came out on UH Sports Center ESPN. I
walked out of Grand Florida, which is the best Latino boxer,
and I came out on ESPN walking him out to
the boulevard. Baby, he's seven and eighty. Oh that boy
got hands. That's right. Where's he from origins. He's from

(12:45):
Coachella Valley. Bring him up here, bro, yeah, the show
ground floors, yeah, gand grand Floor's man tapped, I'll bring
him up here, man. That kick got hands. That's right.
He's here a little young kids, but he's from Delaware.
He's from Golden Boy. Damn. You know. Since we chapped
in with Golden Boy and all them, and I walked
him out to the soul ones from walk him out
to another one. He knocked the boy out. Hey, you
said you said to fight Jake Paul, you train it

(13:08):
and go sober. What other reason would you entertain the
idea of going sober for a twelve million dollar contract.
Twelve million for twelve minute dollars contract for twelve million
dollar contract, I'll sober de talks. You know what I'm saying.
But to me in my mind, and I don't care.
Nobody says. I don't caring. Nobody says to me in
my mind. Eminem, in the beginning, he was hard. He

(13:29):
was the best. The first Eminem albums are legendary, iconic.
Once he did the Relos de Talks album, it was like, okay, cool,
you know he's still cool, But I'm not ready for
that Reloused de Talks album. Yet I want to still
give people the pain that I feel right now because
I'm not done getting it off my chest. So why
am I gonna do this right now? I'm so young,
you know what I'm saying. I barely started. Now I'm

(13:50):
gonna start talking about AA and I ninety day now
I'm thugging. This is what it is. This is the truth,
and I'm gonna give him the truth. It's a struggle
and you don't see what it is. It's a lot
for you to be famous. It's like, sometimes it's too much,
you know what I'm saying. It's hard to cope with that.
You know, I'm still having a hard time adjusting with
the fame. You know, it's crazy when they when they
are yelling your name and you can't go anywhere. It's cool,

(14:15):
but it's just like, man, sometimes it's like oh ship,
yeah for sure, but you don't want to be like
it's a lot. Now. People think it's amazing, and it is,
but there's a lot that comes with it. And before
you say everything you do, you gotta watch your cameras.
It's just everything I do because I'm popping goes on
as a viral moment. People trying to get you looking stupid.
You can't be yourself. You gotta watch it. You gotta

(14:36):
get media change. I just get a DJ Blad interview.
That was the hardest thing that I came. He came
it from every angle. But you know what I'm saying,
I've done so many that I'm learning as a goal,
it's got to be rapp every single day. And if
it's rap rap prap every single day, you get better
with rap every single day. I'm becoming a better rapper,
consistency man, becoming better with interviews, becoming better and learning

(14:57):
the game as a goal. There you go, I did
the I did interview feel like an interrogation. You know
I didn't. We've been there before. Let if you want
to make you feel like an in, it'll be like
an interradition. We got to know how to answer them
questions and just bounce off and you know, there you
go and stand by what you say. I stand by
what I said always, But sometimes you gotta watch you
know what you say? You know, hey left it. Do

(15:18):
you remember your first face tat and the reason why
you decided to chat up the face first face tat
was keens on my face. The reason why I decided
to chatter my face was man just being stupid, just
being stupid. And my mom tried to get me to
remove them, but I never removed him because I feel

(15:41):
like I was being a weani at the time, and
I was a homeboy industry shout out some homeboy industries
man in Los Angeles. Yeah, father g he upside a
lot of kids and he helped me out, and my
mom sent me over there to remove my face tests.
I never did, and I never would at this point
in time. I wouldn't you know what I'm saying, his knee.
I earned some of my face tests. They represent me
in all my touches me something I got them on

(16:02):
in prison. I got them all in prison. Of them
in prison for free, that's right. If it's for free,
it's for me. I always said, you got to go
to prison when you get him for free? Lefty, did
you buy a may back on offer up? Yes, sir,
I like that, so yo, That's why I'm adapted. Ninety

(16:23):
five thousand cash in a double bag cash money on
offer up on the offer of they got a peach
slipping hand and the registered to my name when on
the spot. I had to pay another thousand for that
to get registered in my name, and I still got
that maybag. That's right, y'all got a black on black
mayback on for geatto's yo. Yeah, how is that feeling?

(16:44):
Feels good? Man? Everybody turns the head and all this
is my card. I got to eat three fifteen and
g wagon. I always said, if I ever get that
kind of money, like y'all buy something like that. But
I also would like to move around in the bucket,
so I'm not really spot ever that we moved around
the boocket as we're gonna suit alleged to get away
car dog allegedly book book books other first one to

(17:08):
get pulled on if you were to buy a bucket
now like that collection in the bookie. No, no, no,
they don't. Got well I got two cars. I got
Toyota and then Toyoa. Well, first of all, the Toyota
is a free car because we're sponsored. Yeah, my mom,
my momabout my mama Toyoda. That's right, first time it
was by my mama, twenty twenty five, Toyota. Tell us
how much your mom loves this Toyota? Man, I guess

(17:30):
you won't live that much ship commercial out of you. Bro. Yeah,
my mom's weeping a brain. You bring twenty twenty five
Toyota and she loves it. You feel me? This guy
is what's hey? Lefty? Uh? Your authenticity?

Speaker 2 (17:44):
You talked about it right, And I think one of
the moments that really stuck out to all of us
here because Cruise and I are father's right. Last time
you were here, you said, Hey, I'm not gonna lie
to you guys, I'm not the best father.

Speaker 1 (17:53):
Yes, s right.

Speaker 2 (17:55):
Did you hear anybody comment about that to you after
that interview? And has any had that changed.

Speaker 1 (18:01):
I don't like to look at the commerce. I know
there's a gang of commerce, you know what I'm saying,
So I don't like to look at them. But you
know what I'm saying. But since we came here last time,
it's just I told you I was gonna make a change.
I have been making a change, and now I'm sending money.
I've been sending a lot of money, a lot of
three hundred dollars, two hundred dollars, five hundred dollars, like
every other three days. That's cool. I appreciate it. Now.

(18:22):
You know what I'm saying. So I've been sending money
now and I've seen both of them since that timeline.
But yeah, I've been sending money. I'm really taking care
of them. That's right. Put our differences to the sight
between me and her, and it's not her fault. It's
about the kid. That's growth, man, that's growth. That's growth
with like the baby moms, they got a new man
in their life. You got to deal with that. Yeah,
she got a new man. Man she was. She was

(18:44):
my enemy, man, you know she's not. She is. That
one really mess me up, But you know what I'm
saying that that's life. You know, you're living. You learn,
and everything happens for a reason, you know, and what
doesn't kill you. Ma, she's stronger and I won't messed
me up for a while. But you're giving Okay, she
would have. She was my enemy. Member. That's her. As
long as she's happy, she's happy. You know. It has

(19:04):
nothing to do with my daughter. Had a boy, got
a boy. That's how you stay away from the bullshit dog.
You know, growing up you wanted to be a firefighter. Yeah,
I always wanted to be a I want to go
back to that subject, like people always want to say
like they know what's going on, like you you don't.
People don't really know what's going on with the whole story.
And that's just the whole story. And anybody would be

(19:25):
mad and bitter about that situation. But you know what
I'm saying, Like you know, it's below me, it's beneath me.
It's out of my hands, and it's my fault. So
you know what I'm saying, I can't be mad at
her as long as she's happy, and that's all that matters,
as long as they're respecting my kid and we're straight.
God bless right, it's sir, God bless blessed. Hey, that
night you and O Geez got detained? What happened? Then, Bro,
we really got detained. What happened? They pulled us over

(19:47):
the hip hop police. It's not too brown money having
a good time like y. Yeah, we were there at
the gas man we're doing a video and uh there
wasn't even a video for that video, and we got
pulled over. After in they hustled us and shout out
to security and his lawyer. You know what I'm saying,
And they came quick and they got us out of there.

(20:07):
And we're like, forget it, man, we already got pulled
over listen to do the video for it. So we
just shot the video right then and there we capitalize
on the situation. That's right. Yeah, going back to UH
to you n O GZ Right, what are those conversations like,
don man, it's to listen to Mexican Americans? Right, I
found success in the hip hop space in LA, like

(20:29):
and outside of LA breaking barriers. What are those conversations
like I get the chills, I interiorating you about how
it is me and him, like he just really embraced
me out of every rap brother. Yeah, he wants better
for me. He wants to give me to go to church.
My mom and his mom are friends. They know each
other from the interview. So O G's mom watches my interviews,
want my mom and his mom watches his mom. You know,

(20:51):
I know his kids. He wants me to be the
best that I could be. You know what I'm saying.
He I guess the interviewed him the other day and
they like, you think left, he's left. He got the
has to be the best rapper for him and say that,
you know, And he told me before we did the
song I never paid for feature ever, and he told me, like,
you're about to go up after the song drops, and
he gave me the opportunity, gave me the feature, give

(21:11):
me the playing. I want to have two hundred thousand
Spotify listeners in the day or to you know, after
that came out. And yeah, we always he always checks
with me every every three days. I love that, Bro,
He checks up on you. That's dope. He wants me sober,
wants me to be the best I can be. I'm
not I'm not o gzy or anything, but I wish
the same for you, bro, really like, really really like,

(21:33):
I want the best for you and and and I
think many people, whether you see it or not, like
looking at you guys as as leaders, and you guys
have a chance to really change the game, really changed
the game. And I'm getting kind of doctors thinking about
it because it's powerful ship it's a beautiful moment. It's
powerful shipment. And we want to see you win and

(21:55):
you want to see you safe. Yeah, I want to
get one of these that I saw rappers just mainstream
and regular you know, on the line of left, do
you want to grab me? I want to grammy by
next year. By next year, yeah, grabby, by next year.
I got some stuff coming on the way with beck
G two shoutout backy G. Hopefully we have the Aladdin
Grammy too, tapped with Gray gun play, suld grabbing up

(22:17):
play shout out back g all Englewood many like Hope
said from Grahams to Grammys. You feel me here from Grammys.
That's a good one. I saw Ice Well on iceral
Water something like that. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah exactly. Yeah, man, no,
listen left the gun know what I'd be looking at? Man, Hey,
want to know what I've been looking at that? Jay
Z Lincoln Park, j Parky we did that. I got

(22:39):
a rock song too, man, with these guys, so I
like that little rock. You got to branch out to
different But yeah, that's what I want to tell you. Well,
ship man Mike Shanoda from Lincoln Park is going to
be here next week if you want to stop buying.
Hell yeah, I would love to meet him. He's he's
a legend. I was just bumping the whered you go,
but yeah, I would up the medium. I would How

(23:01):
does it go? Let you? How does it go? The
place we know where you used to live? Burgers and Ridge.
You feel me legendary. I didn't even know it was.
I just thought it was for Minder. At one point,
doctors like, oh ship that was part of the Lincoln Park. Yeah, yeah, yeah, man,
like that's how he grew up. Yeah. All I do

(23:22):
is watch videos their performances all night. It feels like
the whole floor is shaking with the Lincoln Park performance
if you watch them, like on YouTube, is like, what
the hell here? Next Thursday? Dog? Yeah, next Yearly, y'all
would love to be here, man, we can connect that
shot does my offering ship we can't do? No. I'm
pretty sure you would love it. He would love you
to just talk to him and give him ideas and

(23:42):
and you know, I'm saying his legendary moment for him
and for me. I'm pretty sure he would love to
be a part of it. I think so, sir, I
think so. I think we can make it happen. This dude,
don't forget now, let's get it. It happened here on
Real ninety two three. A bro, when Trump won. Where
you like, oh Ship, We're fucked, or you like I
don't give a fuck? Really, whatever is better for the
Latino community. Which I don't know. I haven't looked into that. Yea, yeah,

(24:05):
I don't want to get into some fans. You know,
I'm I'm voting for Cruise though. That's right. Appreciate you, brother,
Thank you man. Appreciate that he knows what he's doing. Yeah,
we need all the votes, all right, listen, that's two votes, guys.
We're almost there. We're almost there. Left the gun play,
let's get it, man. Cruise Show real ninety two or
three pre season out now sub zero left the gunplay

(24:25):
on the Cruise Show. Let's go. Am I doing some drops? Yeah?
You do a couple of gotcha? Hey? My show movie viral.
We'll play the drop within the hour. Okay, oh yeah,
and within I text you when we're gonna play. So

(24:46):
you hear it, bro, you have my Joshull's arm. The
first two