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We are coming at you live from Casa De Baca! We catch up with Young Baca and talk business, pleasure and stealing airplanes. The #MeToo movement, the #BlackLivesMatter movement and the fundamental problem of the human race, we solve all those problems in about an hour. True story. Ummm...mumble rap is trash and Scarface the movie sucks.

Did you miss us?! After a long needed calibration we are back and proud to bring you Prime Boys! We travel to beautiful #LA and get to know the Toronto verbalists #PrimeBoys like never before! We talk growing up in Canada, school shootings, drinking milk, why being original is risky, maintaining your ego in check and more! With their new album, Prime Forever, Prime Boys are the next ones up! It's not hard to see why their music knows no borders. With two fresh cuts, this interview brings us full circle. Ladies and Gentlemen, Prime Boys!

Live from the Los Angeles Film School, we're proud to present the one & only, DJ EFN! We we're invited to cover this exclusive event, the press screening for his 5th film in the series; Coming Home: Colombia. We sit with the 'Drink Champs' DJ and talk growing up hispanic, why media plays such an important role in Hiphop, why shining a light on foreign Hiphop will make us appreciate the culture on a whole nother level and why Uncle Luke is the man! It was a complete honor to meet EFN, a man that's doing hiphop media the way it should be...with heart. Bboys and Bgirls, DJ EFN!

We made it to Soundset 2018! With my partner, 60 East, we set out to meet and interview the #Goat of Hiphop media, Sway! Before we meet with the legend, we sit with Rhymesayer's own, Prof! We talk to Prof fresh off his set, in his packed trailer, pounding drinks and donuts. We talk tour life, being famous and rich and why that means nothing to Prof. Then, the moment of truth, we meet & interview Sway! In the only possible way it could have gone down, we walk and talk to the media legend himself! We find out that we are a bigger blimp on Sway's radar than we anticipated, we talk Wake Up Show origins and why I owe my wife big time! Ladies and gentlemen, it's and honor, a privilege to bring you Sway!  

Soundset 2018 and what!? We travel to Minneapolis on a mission, to cover and interview our way through the amazing festival and to interview Sway! On our journey, we sit with DJ Crespo, DJ to the prodigy himself, Jaden Smith. Crespo a Florida native, talks growing up in music and working with Jaden in the studio and the road. We then are joined by the legendary DJ Jazzy Jeff! The one and only, talks planning success with a young Will Smith, acting and why Jazzy Jeff has no expiration date. With the help of 60 East and the good people at Soundset, we work our way to the top! Be sure to download both part 1 & 2 to hear our full coverage as well as our interview with Sway Calloway!

From Strange Music Headquarters in Hollywood, we sit with the next up in hiphop...Joey Cool is here! We talk about his self titled album, signing to Strange Music, life before rap, making your family proud and how weird is it to have Tech N9ne's phone number in your phone! Joey Cool delivered on of the best debut albums of the decade! Ladies and gentlemen...Joey Cool.

The meanest beard in LA stops by...Destruct is here! We sit with Destruct in his home studio, Area52 and shit gets real. We talk top 5 and bottom 5, having a 20 album catalog,(yes, 20!) and his new project, #TheChronicBluesVL2! We discuss why hiphop allows certain artist to bite but not others, we talk about his Brazilian roots and staying positive in the face of struggle. This and more, download it, tell a friend and lets get it! Bboys and girls...Destruct!

Man...this is one is epic... We welcome Stevie Stone and JL, to our LA location, The Pentagon LA! We get to know the Strange Music artists on a new level. We get an exclusive look at their new project, #Kontraband, with 2 fresh tracks. We discuss worse jobs ever, dream collabos and why we say F*ck Mumble rap! Fear not, hiphop is in good hands, JL & Stevie Stone are prove of that.

Today we sit with the one and only Prof! Live poolside, we catch up with the Minneapolis native on the eve of his new album release,"Pookie Baby". We talk working with Tech N9ne, creating something new, why veterans shouldn't be allowed to wear shorts & why John Stamos is the man. Prof is the result of bars meets skills meets a bad mustache. Prof is in full effect and hes not gonna stop...thank God. Ladies and Gentlemen, Prof b*tches!

We welcome back a legend in the making...Reverie is back! Rev is back for a #WTFU record 6th time! We catch up with her at our LA location, The Pentegon LA. Reverie dresses the same way she raps; It's her terms. She'll decide whats best for Rev and when is best for Rev. She's wearing these sunglasses that cover half her face, her hair wrapped in a red bandana but she's not hiding. Rev has matured along side her music. Project after project, Reverie doesn't get better, she discovers that she's just as dope in THAT style that he is in THIS style. Mics come and Mics go but Reverie is here to stay.

Torii Wolf is taller than you expect. Torii Wolf is shyer than you would expect. Her talent and pain are perfectly married and displayed on her new album, "Riot Wolf". An album produced by the legendary hiphop demigod, DJ Premier. Every track reveals more of Torii while reminding us who Premo is. We talk life, sex, addiction and voluntarily going blind. Torii pushes the limit of what DOPE is in a way that makes you re-evaluate what HIPHOP is. Torii Wolf is taller than you expect.

I sit at our new LA location, The PentagonLA, waiting for Evidence. For this interview. I’m nervous. I start to think about all the years I’ve heard him deliver consistent, high quality work. I’m nervous. Dilated Peoples. The Weather Man Series. Countless features. God tier production. I’m nervous. It’s sunny outside. He walks in. Evidence is wearing a fur collared jacket and a florescent orange beanie. I’m not nervous anymore. Firm handshake. We get started. Evidence is a pro. From the beginning he was in control of the interview. You can almost see the talent radiating from Evidence so it gives me high hopes that “Weather Or Not” will be no less amazing than anything he’s done. From The Wake Up Show days to future projects, we talk about it all. Evidence is dope. He signed my cd.

We kick off the first week of December right! We sit with a creator, an innovator and the most outta sight man in sho'binezz...Lush One joins the WTFU roster! Alongside his homeslice DJ Smokey Martinez, we catch up with Lush One at the world famous, Jordan Rivers Recordings in Sherman Oaks, CA. We talk to Lush about his origins, family life, business approach and developing his own style. We also debate the damage of white privilege and what it takes to overcome the odds.  With his latest single, "White Lies" feat Bobby Bucher and an amazing #12Rounds, we get to know Lush One like never before!

WakeTheFlokUp is proud to present our new series #BeyondExclusive We bring you extremely in-depth interviews with all the questions you want to know. Our first episode features Mighty Zulu Kingz patriarch Alien Ness. We talk to the legendary b-boy about the numerous accusations against Universal Zulu Nation founder Afrika Bambaataa. Ness, a self admitted protege of Bambaataa, gives us his opinion and insight on the situation. In an interview that only WakeTheFlokUp can bring you, we learn the truth. Bboys and girls, Alien Ness.

Today with sit with the rising San Diego star, Samy Wats! From the hills of Hollywood, in the Fresh Goods compound, (which should be considered a landmark at this point), legendary producer LDontheCut and Samy Wats welcome us. We get to know the Egyptian born rapper & find out his thoughts on mumble rap, 90's R&B, Riot Farm Records, his developing a catalog and following your dreams. You wont meet a more diverse and committed artist than Samy Wats. From his writing process to his beat selection, we get to know Samy Wats on a personal level. Ladies and Getlemen, we are proud to introduce Samy Wats!

This week we are honored to bring you the most out of sight man in show business, Eddie Bravo is here! Jui-Jitsu master, instructor, musician, dj, podcaster and just straight savage, Eddie Bravo is all this and more. We speak to the OC native and talk zombies, flat-earth, JFK, moon landing and how helium balloons work. We dig deep about his political & religious views in this midnight interview. It's all we could have asked for in a Eddie Bravo interview and we go it! Subscribe on ITunes to hear more definitive interviews! It's a pleasure to bring you, Eddie Bravo!

We are back! This week we sit with one of the most influential man in Indi music, Kevin Zinger is here! Kevin is responsible for such acts as Head PE, Kottonmouth Kings, Glasses Malone, X Clan and many more. Kevin Zinger is responsible for leading the way and creating a lifestyle for an entire generation. We talk growing up in SD, building your own company from scratch, creating the legendary brand SRH Clothing and much more! Kevin also manages the ground breaking record label Suburban Noize Records, home to the catalogs of some of the greatest Indi groups ever! It is with great pleasure, honor and privilege to bring you the one and only, Kevin Zinger. P.S. This episode features production by OC producer Phaizrok. He's one of the most talented producers out today! Like what you hear, visit Soundcloud.com/phaizrok for more!