DDG is back at Genius to break down his latest hit, “Pink Dreads,” with PlaqueBoyMax. The track was originally recorded during PlaqueBoyMax’s Twitch livestream before officially dropping in December 2024. On this episode of Verified, DDG opens up about wanting to collaborate with PlaqueBoyMax, how parenthood has influenced his music, navigating success, and more.
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00:00I feel like the best songs be the ones that's the most organically made.
00:04When I got in the booth, it's like the bars was just coming to me.
00:08And it's different when you're on a live stream.
00:09They gonna tell you if it's good or not, because these the consumers.
00:12So it's really no point in like hiding a song and dropping it
00:16and hoping they like it when you can just show them straight up.
00:26So I had no idea I was going to make a hit song.
00:28We just put up on a live stream.
00:30We reacted to my song, whatever.
00:31Then we started doing it in the booth.
00:33We picked the beat and we got in the booth and we just went.
00:35Usually Max don't hop on the song.
00:37Before I even got on the live stream, I was telling my peoples.
00:39I'm like, man, I got it.
00:40I want to do a song with Max.
00:42I wanted him to get on it.
00:43So he ended up getting on it and then it became what it is.
00:50I'm out of town.
00:51I know it's like vacation.
00:53I got to do different stuff.
00:54Home is for chilling.
00:55I might spend a little extra money here.
00:57I might go to the after hours.
00:59I might go to the after after hours or something.
01:02I like to have fun when I'm out of town.
01:08There ain't nothing wrong with Dior.
01:10Dior cool.
01:11The chrome ones just hit a little different.
01:13A little more rare.
01:14You know what I'm saying?
01:15Everybody ain't got them.
01:16And I just bought them.
01:17That's the beauty of the song because I'm really rapping about what I just did.
01:21I just got the chrome heart glasses.
01:28Everybody started acting weird when I glowed up.
01:31My son is my lifeline.
01:33I think about my son 24-7 out the day.
01:36I feel like I always throw my son in my songs a lot because it's like what I'm really living.
01:41I'm really an active dad.
01:42I'm really there.
01:43And I just enjoy being a dad.
01:44I always wanted to be a dad.
01:46Being able to actually be it and display it.
01:48I feel like I also encourage a lot of other dads to be there for their kids when they
01:53see me and my son having a good time.
01:57I get essays sometimes.
02:02I might go back and forth about a little something, something.
02:04But that's just how I be.
02:05I feel like when somebody send an essay, it's coming from a place of love and caring.
02:10I feel like the one-sentence is for the people that don't really care.
02:12I appreciate the essays.
02:19You know the little soccer player, right?
02:20Or let me say football player because I don't want to disrespect people.
02:23I'm not a big football person.
02:26But I do know Messi and I do know Renato.
02:29So I'm like, damn, I'm trying to kick it with your ho on being Messi.
02:33It's a double entendre.
02:34Come on, man.
02:35That's off the dome too.
02:46When I was on Live, people said I was dissing Max.
02:50But I wasn't.
02:51I was trying to incorporate Max name.
02:53You know how you do a song with somebody on a platform.
02:55You got to incorporate their name.
02:57But hopefully Max do get a plaque off this song.
02:59Some people buy the fake plaques.
03:01They buy the little plaques that say Spotify 1 million streams.
03:04Like that's not a real plaque.
03:06I'm talking about real life sales.
03:08500k, 1 million sold.
03:10The only plaques that matter is gold, platinum, and diamond.
03:13All the other ones is decorations.
03:18I got people, best friends with in high school.
03:20I get around them now.
03:21It's just they just act different.
03:23Like I'm the same dude.
03:24I know I'm successful, have money, be with the prettiest girls, drive nice cars.
03:31I'm a little different, but I'm still the same dude on the inside.