Cash Cobain

Cash Cobain, the King of Sample Drill, joins Jeff Weiss & Mz.Free in LA for a conversation about his art and life on The Truth Hurts podcasts.
Cash Cobain was born in the South Bronx, the same place as hip-hop. He grew up in the 50 Cent era, taught himself to make beats in FL Studio at age 9 and started recording songs when Pop Smoke was changing the face of New York. Now, his original sound defines the city.
Inspired by Drake and Future, with a simplistic, minimalist spin, Cash Cobain says he makes songs because “I want people to dance and feel sexy.” He likes having a good time. Even the studio sessions are a party. His beats draw from whatever sample gives him that mood. He chops up everything and lets his label deal with the clearance formalities. He says, “I’m not emotional. Beats will make me cry, though.”
He also claims “Everything in life is based on a woman,” and uses his lyrics to describe his encounters and desires with specific females. He breaks down his approach to writing about women, and how his lyrics could be misconstrued.
Cash Cobain also tells the story of going to the studio with Justin Bieber to lay down his verse on “SWAG,” recording his hit song “fisherrr,” and working with Ice Spice and PinkPantheress. Make sure you watch to see exactly why he’s so afraid of aliens, and why someone in this podcast studio could, in fact, be a shapeshifter from another planet.
00:00 Intro
00:40 Upbringing in the South Bronx
1:30 50 Cent
2:37 His first beat pad
4:48 Sampling off Youtube
5:08 Household
7:00 South Carolina
9:50 Drake
11:20 Favorite producers & rappers
14:47 How he started producing
16:10 Jersey Club
17:12 I Wanna Rock
19:29 Transition to rapping
20:19 Cash Cobain name
21:14 2016 through popping off
23:00 Pop Smoke
25:10 Finding his style & rap inspiration
26:45 Women
31:43 SWAG with Justin Bieber
34:14 Navigating the industry
35:45 fisherrr
37:40 Ice Spice and PinkPantheress
38:45 Artists he imitated when he was young & becoming original
40:15 What inspires him
42:00 Sampling
45:03 Slizzy
46:06 Aliens
49:50 Famous woman face
52:42 New album
54:04 Lightning Round
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