Jason Martin Praises Kendrick Lamar 'Pop Out,' Says City Owes Him To Keep Peace
Jason Martin, f.k.a. Problem, was one of the select West Coast rappers to perform at Kendrick Lamar's Juneteenth Pop Out concert -- an honor he doesn't take lightly!!!
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00:00You were one of the lucky ones who got to perform at Kendrick's concert yesterday.
00:06Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes.
00:08I mean, how did this compare to other shows you did in like the past?
00:12It's no comparison. It's unbelievable.
00:14Unbelievable, man. That guy, Kendrick, is an amazing soul, man.
00:18He took his moment and allowed the West Coast to shine.
00:22Forever grateful. Historic moment.
00:25I'm still in awe right now. I can't even really believe it, you know what I'm saying?
00:28Yeah. Shout out to him, bro.
00:29I know. I want to know, I mean, what was it like being backstage?
00:32I mean, did you get to meet anyone for the first time?
00:35I mean, there were so many people there.
00:37Nah, we all been knowing each other for so long.
00:39We all started together. It was kind of like a reunion in real life, you know what I'm saying?
00:43A lot of us hadn't been in the same room in years.
00:49It's crazy. I'm still a little shaky, bro.
00:51We ain't had no sleep. All of us been talking, just trying to figure this thing out, man.
00:56I'm just so happy that that thing went down.
00:59Man, it's crazy.
01:00I love that. I mean, I want to know.
01:02I mean, the game has been trending for being absent.
01:05Do you kind of know why he wasn't there?
01:07I don't know why Chuck wasn't there.
01:09I'm pretty sure it was a good reason he probably couldn't make it.
01:13I hear he's having a baby. I just saw that.
01:15Could be to do with some family things.
01:17Who knows? That's kind of above my pay grade.
01:19But I more like to focus on what was there and what was happening.
01:23And love to any and everybody from Condon that's repping this West Coast shit.
01:27You don't think it had anything to do with the fact that Drake, I mean, he defended Drake against Rick Ross.
01:32Maybe that made Kendrick mad?
01:34I don't know. I don't know.
01:36Again, that's above my pay grade.
01:38Above the pay grade.
01:39It's very above my pay grade.
01:40I mean, you know what I'm saying?
01:41Game, Game my dog. He'll always be my dog.
01:45But the moment yesterday was about Kendrick Lamar.
01:48And it was about him and what he did in Juneteenth.
01:51And I would never want to overshadow that with any type of mess.
01:55Yeah, of course.
01:56I mean, why did you change your name from The Problem after laying down so much of the foundation and stuff like that?
02:02It was time. It was time.
02:04I'm older. I'm moving into a different life.
02:07And there's so much energy in the name.
02:09You know what I'm saying?
02:10There will forever be problems.
02:11But Jason Martin is here to stay.
02:13I mean, last question.
02:15So do you think moving forward, going forward, will the gangs adopt this mentality?
02:20Because Kendrick pretty much brought everyone together for that night.
02:24But do you think that will be for the rest of the summer?
02:26Like the gangs will be a little bit more united and stuff like that?
02:30It has to be.
02:31It has to be because I think we all like how it feels.
02:34We all like how it feels.
02:36And when a guy of that magnitude decides to throw us these lobs, it's on us to dunk.
02:42It's on us to keep dunking as a people, as a society.
02:45It was Juneteenth. It was one of the blackest days ever.
02:48In the most powerful way.
02:50Let's keep this shit going.
02:52I know. I'm going to do my part.