Billboard cover star Playboi Carti gives us exclusive access into his backstage prep ahead of his performance at Summer Smash 2024. We get to see how the star and his team get ready for his sets, what they each have to say about Playboi Carti and more!
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00:00You know we finna rock Chicago real quick. I ain't been here in a minute. It's a blessing, you know what I'm saying?
00:05Feel good to be back outside, you know what I'm saying, on stage.
00:10Most definitely a movie tonight.
00:15You wanna go up the stairs and start?
00:17Should I start on the stairs?
00:19Yeah.
00:19And the gang be there?
00:21Yes.
00:22Alright. Can I start?
00:24Hey gang, come on!
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01:00You been taking creatine, huh?
01:02A little bit of creatine.
01:04Great protein.
01:06No carbs!
01:12It's a lifestyle.
01:14Can't really like
01:16give a description of like
01:18you know what I'm saying?
01:20Something still ain't gotta be said. You see it.
01:22Before I met him, he was one of my favorite rappers.
01:24I studied him just like I studied anything else.
01:26So it's like
01:28I got a lot of shit from
01:30what I just know myself
01:32and what I was into and then
01:34everything else. He put me down
01:36or we really share a lot of
01:38like I done taught him a lot of things too.
01:40So it's just like when you in a world like this
01:42and that's what you love and you do, you just kind of bounce off each other.
01:44Y'all niggas on stage
01:46with me the whole time. Y'all gonna feel the vibe
01:48like I want y'all to be there
01:50the whole time. Y'all gonna feel the vibe when y'all feel like
01:52y'all need to back up.
01:54Turn me up.
01:56Y'all on stage with me.
01:58Give me more energy.
02:00We fucking this shit up. It's a double over.
02:04We just always try to keep things
02:06as authentic as possible.
02:08Usually when I'm talking to Cardi about anything business related
02:10it's about how the hell
02:12we finna keep pushing this bitch forward.
02:14We always try to try new things.
02:16Just try to branch out into different
02:18realms of how far we can push it
02:20past music or music videos
02:22or concerts and just trying to
02:24build the world out more and more.
02:28Welcome to the Freak Show!
02:30Welcome to the Freak Show!
02:36It doesn't stop
02:38at what it looks like.
02:40This shit is all the way in depth
02:42which is what we do for real.
02:44Every piece of it is our job.
02:46So we gotta know the ins and outs of everything.
02:48100% aware of what's going on
02:50and what we bringing in terms of
02:52culture and just our own
02:54world.
02:56I'm honored to be a part of it.
02:58I'm glad to have my piece of it
03:00and bring what I bring to the table.
03:02I don't think there's nothing like us.
03:04I don't think there'll ever be nothing like us.
03:06I'm just glad I got to
03:08be a piece of it.
03:10It's my favorite thing ever.
03:20My whole band here is like
03:22it's all G.
03:24Everybody over here is great.
03:26Whole gang got Yelp mail.
03:28Everybody in here get Yelp mail.
03:30It ain't no middle of the mall.
03:32We're 81,000.
03:34We're at a whole nother 81,000.
03:36You know what I'm saying?
03:38Do the math.
03:40I met Cardi in New York
03:42in Brooklyn at a show
03:44and I was actually an agent
03:46at the time.
03:48I was kind of blown away
03:50when I saw him pop out and perform
03:52Brokeboy before he had dropped the song.
04:00He just had crazy energy
04:02and real star power.
04:04Honestly, he worked so hard.
04:06It's incredible.
04:08It's been great to see his success
04:10and super rewarding because he puts
04:12so much into everything that he does
04:14and he has so much further to go.
04:18It's time.
04:20Hey!
04:22I'm on!
04:28Whole gang!
04:48Whole gang!
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05:02Whole gang!