{"id":33013,"date":"2025-07-10T23:11:49","date_gmt":"2025-07-10T23:11:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/hiphopmagizine\/larry-june-interview-on-being-yourself-lifestyle-rap-hustling\/"},"modified":"2025-07-10T23:11:49","modified_gmt":"2025-07-10T23:11:49","slug":"larry-june-interview-on-being-yourself-lifestyle-rap-hustling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/hiphopmagizine\/larry-june-interview-on-being-yourself-lifestyle-rap-hustling\/","title":{"rendered":"Larry June Interview on Being Yourself, Lifestyle Rap, Hustling"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt Hip Hop Magizine News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"9431463036\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: xx-large;\">Game for Sale<\/span><br \/>For 15 years, Larry June has done the slow-and-steady race to achieve hip-hop success on his terms. The West Coast rapper is a best-case scenario for the independent rap hustle.<br \/><em>Interview:\u00a0Peter A. Berry\u00a0<\/em><br \/><em><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\">Editor\u2019s Note: This story appears in the Winter 2024 issue of XXL Magazine, on newsstands\u00a0now and available for sale on the XXL website.\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.xxlmag.com\/tags\/larry-june\/\" target=\"_blank\">Larry June<\/a> isn\u2019t a life coach, but he sounds like one. For the last 15 years, the San Francisco native has supplied game from a player\u2019s point of view, turning casual observations into micro manuals for aspiring DIYers while wrapping them in flows that are as laconic as they are engrossing. Throughout that time, which began with his 2010 debut album, <em>Cali Grown<\/em>, the rapper released a lot of music. Like, a lot.<\/p>\n<p>Despite being just 34, June\u2019s unloaded over 30 projects dating back to the mid-Blog Era. Solo projects like 2022\u2019s <em>Spaceships on the Blade<\/em> helped make him a mouthpiece for developing hustlers and shades of vaguely accessible luxury. Then there are his tapes with producers Cardo Got Wings (<em>Mr. Midnight<\/em>) and Harry Fraud (<em>Keep Going<\/em>), as well as fellow rappers like Jay Worthy (<em>2 P\u2019z in a Pod<\/em>). With a stacked catalog, he\u2019s remained independent, launching his label, Freeminded Records and partnering with EMPIRE.<\/p>\n<p>Larry recently connected with The Alchemist for 2023\u2019s <em>The Great Escape<\/em> and <em>Life Is Beautiful<\/em>, an LP he, Alchemist and 2 Chainz created this past January. Layered in textured soul beats, understated dexterity and perspective, it\u2019s one of 2025\u2019s strongest releases and evidence of a casual workman-like routine. Larry has gained an underground fan base and cult status as a DIY folk hero. He\u2019s more interested in BMX and freshly delivered spring water than the trappings of celebrity\u2014even if he\u2019s ended up involved in it anyway.<\/p>\n<p>While he\u2019s not an A-lister\u2014and Larry doesn\u2019t aspire to be one\u2014he\u2019s done too much to be considered strictly underground. Nearly two weeks before this Zoom interview, he, 2 Chainz and ALC were on <em>The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallo<\/em>n performing \u201cLife Is Beautiful,\u201d the title cut from their collab album. Their work as a trio earned them a 2025 BET Awards nomination for Best Group. That performance, heavy social media recognition and an expansive list of business ventures like Midnight Organic\u2014Larry\u2019s lifestyle brand for which he\u2019s just unloaded a camo collection\u2014prove he\u2019s in high demand. The diversity of his hustle makes his career itself a gorgeous view, one he\u2019s further illustrating today. This week, he&#8217;ll release <em>Until Night Comes<\/em>, a new joint project with Cardo.<\/p>\n<p>Calling into a Zoom interview on a brisk February afternoon, Larry June discusses lifestyle rap, getting to it on your terms, witnessing 2 Chainz\u2019s methods for the first time, healthy habits and more.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>XXL<\/em>: What makes life beautiful right now?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Larry June: Waking up and being able to do what I love. And I think for even a regular person, just being able to wake up and have a chance to be great and be there for your family and stuff like that. That\u2019s how I was feeling at the time when I wrote that song [\u201cLife Is Beautiful\u201d] and came with the idea and that title of the album.<\/p>\n<p><strong>You\u2019ve worked with The Alchemist before, but what did you learn from working with 2\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Chainz?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It was dope being able to work with Chainz. Just seeing his method, his patterns on how he wrote his songs and just trying new things, jumping outside of the box even on smoother beats. It was fun. It was like practicing with a dope-a*s basketball player if that makes any sense. It made me want to step it up and be more comfortable with this sh*t on different type of beats and rap patterns and stuff like that.<\/p>\n<p>Usually, on every album or every song you heard, I pretty much started out all the songs. [2 Chainz] started off pretty much most of the songs, so I was kinda going off of his vibe. I was able to go off of what he was doing instead of me coming with the beginning of the song and. writing everything.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align:center\">Listen to Larry June, 2 Chainz and The Alchemist&#8217;s\u00a0<em>Life Is Beautiful <\/em>Album<\/h3>\n<p><strong>You\u2019ve rapped for a long time now, and you\u2019ve become an icon of lifestyle rap. Is that something you set out to do from the beginning?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In a way, but it was just more of me just tapping into who I was as a person and being able to express it through the music. So, it\u2019s like I can be literally learning something maybe a week before that or a couple months before that, and I\u2019m talking about it and expressing it through my music. It seems like I\u2019m coming off [like] I\u2019m trying to teach everybody, but I\u2019m kind of expressing what I\u2019ve learned and my experiences, and I feel like a lot of people can relate to it.<\/p>\n<p>It is achievable and for me, it\u2019s just talk about my life. I feel like a lot of people can relate to it because the things that I talk about is real-life stuff. I\u2019m just telling you my perspective on it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Why do you think people can connect to you so much on this level?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I think them being able to see sh*t firsthand. So, I never deleted a picture off Instagram. I never deleted an old music video or old songs I did, even when I was still trying to find myself. So, I feel like people were able to track back. People can track back and see my whole career. From me saying one day \u201cI\u2019m going to get a Grand National,\u201d or \u201cI\u2019m going to do this,\u201d they tracking the growth and they seeing like, Damn, he actually doing it. It is right there. He just scrolled down to the bottom. You\u2019ll see [I] manifested everything I did throughout the lyrics and the songs through the content I put out. And you can see the growth.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s kind of like a bible to how to become successful independently, you know what I mean? In the ups and downs, and it\u2019s like I\u2019m living proof of this sh*t. I might not got crazy platinum records, but I\u2019m making a living off of this stuff. I\u2019m able to put a lot of people in position to be successful. I\u2019m providing for my family, and that\u2019s all people want out this game.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align:center\">Watch Larry June, 2 Chainz and The Alchemist&#8217;s &#8220;Bad Choices&#8221; Video<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Who are some all-time great lifestyle rappers?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Talking to the new generation, I think [Curren$y] brought that to the forefront. But you can go back to artists like Jay-Z. You go to his old <em>Reasonable Doubt<\/em> album he was literally giving you stories and giving you game way back then up until now. There\u2019s so many of them, I don\u2019t want to leave nobody out.<\/p>\n<p>[But] I feel like those two kept their foot on the gas and kept going no matter what. Even if it\u2019s on the underground level to the mainstream level, they stayed on it and they never changed.<\/p>\n<p><strong>That is real. On a related note, the whole <em>Life is Beautiful<\/em>\u00a0album is stand on business, but in a chill way. On \u201cMunyon Canyon,\u201d you said you never had a job and never had a GED. Is that lyric true, and if so, is there a job that you always wanted to try, and you never could?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>So, I signed up for a job at Six Flags in ninth grade, but I just never went to the job. But I definitely was approved. That\u2019s the only thing I ever did job-wise. I hustled. It was niggas coming through the projects and give a job like, \u201cHey, you want to go do this little construction job?\u201d I go do some sh*t off paper, knock down a wall. But I never had a job on paper, I was a product of my environment.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m in high school, I\u2019m seeing older niggas getting money and pulling up in whips, and that\u2019s who I\u2019m with every day. So, you kind of lean towards getting some quick money, especially when I don\u2019t have any aspirations of being a doctor or lawyer. It was never a dream for me. I was always a hustler from a kid. I used to rake leaves when I was in ATL, washing cars and selling candy. I always was a hand-to-hand person; you give me the product, I\u2019m going to sell it.<\/p>\n<p>So, I wasn\u2019t glamorizing not having a job or a GED. I\u2019m just saying that it ain\u2019t no rules to this sh*t. It is about being a good person and having the passion and sticking to it, no matter what.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Expanding off the independent hustler spirit, what is some advice you have for people trying\u00a0<\/strong><strong>to generate passive income?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When it comes to passive income, I think my take on it and [what] was successful for me was focusing on one thing first. Master that one thing and use that as leverage to do something else. It\u2019s all about leveraging this sh*t. So, for instance, I do music. A lot of people know me, they know me as a good businessman in music. I can go open up X, Y and Z businesses because people believe in me as a company already.<\/p>\n<p>Focus on one thing, master that, leverage that to do this and that, and then whatever you love to do, you can make money off of it. I love the hand-to-hand sales; I love selling the product. So, the first thing I ran into was merchandise. I started off selling merchandise out of the trunk, and I used that to get cool with warehouses and be able to collab with bigger brands and building a team. So, I think just thinking of one thing and mastering that.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What\u2019s the most important thing you think young artists should understand before jumping into pursuing music full time?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I think first you need to see if you really want to do it. And not just want the perception of an artist or the lifestyle or fame. Do you really love making music, genuinely? I think that\u2019s the first thing, because you want to put your time into something that you love. And if you don\u2019t love it, when it\u2019s a time where you\u2019re discouraged, you going to give up because you don\u2019t love it anyway.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s like a chick dealing with you that kind of like you a little bit, but when sh*t get tricky, I ain\u2019t really feeling that. Onto the next. So, I feel like you want to be able to love what you doing, so love it. Put your best into it and be yourself.<\/p>\n<p><strong>You\u2019re known as a healthy guy. What are some things that you\u2019re doing to work out and stay fit right now?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For right now, I haven\u2019t been biking as much. I think right now, I\u2019ve just been kind of focusing more on a diet. Diet and recording. So, when I\u2019m not on super, I\u2019m inspired right now. I\u2019m in the studio a lot, you know what I mean? Right now, I wake up in the morning, I fast until around one o\u2019clock. I drink my spring water, I fast, but I do fruits and vegetables, maybe some\u00a0 aw spinach [in] a green juice.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ll take walks while listening to music or drive to a random little beach, take a walk around there because I\u2019m [in] inspired mode. I\u2019m in my mode where I\u2019m inspired to make music, but when I\u2019m not, I\u2019m biking, I\u2019m jogging, I\u2019m doing outside workouts a lot.<\/p>\n<p>I do a lot of sh*t with my son, too. So, I gotta make time for that as well. Right now, the last couple months, I\u2019ve been focusing on diet and just music and it\u2019s crazy. The diet is very important. Off my diet alone, I lost 20 pounds just by eating different.<\/p>\n<p><strong>You mentioned your son. How old is he, and do you see any of yourself in him?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Thirteen. He\u2019s his own self, but he\u2019s definitely a young man. Very responsible. He knows exactly how he want his stuff to look and he\u2019s confident. He\u2019s a good person, well-mannered. I see a lot of me in him from the way he speaks to people, the way he carries himself. We are a product of our kids, man. So, we always gon\u2019 see those traits, man. Especially if you are a good parent.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m happy he ain\u2019t out here trying to go rob nobody or act like he\u2019s somebody he\u2019s not. He stands behind what he likes. And that\u2019s what I love about him, man. He\u2019s himself; he\u2019s not trying to be like Lil Larry June.<\/p>\n<p><strong>You\u2019ve done a lot so far, but what do you think your legacy is in hip-hop to date?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I don\u2019t know. I gotta wait and see, \u2019cause I\u2019m just being me. The people will talk later on. So, it\u2019s something I gotta just see. I can say what I would want my legacy to be. I would want people to look back at me and be like, \u201cMan, he inspired me to change my life and eat healthy and make investments and be a proud parent.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I would love for the positivity to be spoken on my name despite everything I went through in the past or anything like that. I would love for that to be my legacy. I would love if people would be like, \u201cMan, he the first person that made me want to go buy a bike.\u201d That\u2019s kind of what I want because that\u2019s just me. I hope I can lead that for the next generation and anybody else who want to come in the game and feel like they might not really be accepted because they different. That\u2019s kinda what I would like my legacy to be.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align:center\">Watch Larry June and Cardo Got Wings&#8217; &#8220;On The Unda&#8221; Video<\/h3>\n<p><em>The summer 2025 issue of XXL magazine featuring Larry June&#8217;s interview is available to <a href=\"https:\/\/shop.xxlmag.com\/collections\/freshman-2025-capsule\/products\/xxl-magazine-freshman-class-2025-issue\" target=\"_blank\">purchase here<\/a>. The issue also includes interviews with the 2025 Freshman Class and producer Cardo Got Wings,\u00a0as well as conversations with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xxlmag.com\/tags\/amine\/\" target=\"_blank\">Amin\u00e9<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.xxlmag.com\/tags\/key-glock\/\" target=\"_blank\">Key Glock<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xxlmag.com\/tags\/monaleo\/\" target=\"_blank\">Monaleo<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xxlmag.com\/tags\/tech-n9ne\/\" target=\"_blank\">Tech N9ne<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xxlmag.com\/tags\/nardo-wick\/\" target=\"_blank\">Nardo Wick<\/a>, and more. 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