Curren$y Sits Down With Damon Campbell (In-Depth Interview)

Watch Damon Campbell grill Curren$y on his past and much more.
The one and only Damon Campbell recently caught up with Curren$y, ahead of the rapper's Canal St. Confidential album. Damon digs up the dirt on Spitta, first bringing up when a Young Curren$y had to wear an eye patch (visualize that for a second). Curren$y also reveals how Styles P taught him a thing or two about counting bars, prior to which, Spitta was really just winging it.
As the conversation continues, Curren$y speaks his mind when it comes to our current rap game, and how it's a whole lot of copy cats out there. "I think originality is the most important, but it's a pay cut," he says. He goes on to give an insightful analyzation of underground music versus mainstream music lovers, "I'm an underground music listener myself, I don't listen to mainstream music. It's not that it's not good, a lot of it sounds the same..If you getting online and you researching some artists and you find it, it's sacred to you cause you had to find it, you kinda wanna protect that artist's sound, and you don't wanna them to get into that mix and make it all watery. I'm gunna prove this rip, that you could do it, this is just the underground coming above to take a piss in the mainstream."
We go on to receive a few more anecdotes about a Spitta as a child falling into a sewer and throwing out his brother's weed (those are two unrelated stories), and much, much more (so many more that Curren$y has to ask Campbell if he's wearing a wire).
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[@masco2483]

"the fact that I believe in the homie" LMAO that's why I love this nigga Spitta man

[@MCjcg]

good shit campbell. you remind me a lot of Nardwuar and he's one of the best interviewers around so that says something. keep it up

[@DamonCampbellTV]

One of my biggest inspirations. Preciate the support!

[@nickdijcj1]

one of the best currensy interviews

[@DamonCampbellTV]

So glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching!

[@nickdijcj1]

This is a great quote you got “If you getting online and you researching and finding some artist and its sacred to you because you had to find it and you kinda wanna protect that artist's sound and you don't want them to get into that mix...this is just the underground coming above to take a piss in the mainstream.”

[@kerrykeaton3179]

+Damon Campbell hey Damon!, I love your interviews. I myself want to become a interviewer/radio personality so I was wondering what's your camera/microphone setup?

[@rockyrey1771]

He got some pretty dope ones with nardwuar too.

[@DamonCampbellTV]

+Kerry Keaton thanks for the support, Kerry! Honestly it doesn't take much to start out. $20 mic from Best Buy and hopefully you can find a cameraman in the area who already shoots.

[@yungspacely6741]

This is definately one of the greatest interviews #JetLife

[@DamonCampbellTV]

Glad you enjoyed it! 🙏🏻

[@veslets]

Pretty chill interview, Spitta seems like a real down to earth just all round cool nigga

[@chrisboyd734]

good interview going check out more of your interviews

[@DamonCampbellTV]

Thanks for the support!

[@brandonjackson328]

best curren$y interview.. great job. jet life!

[@DamonCampbellTV]

Thanks for the support Brandon, glad you enjoyed it!

[@JetTrae]

Damon keep up the good work man, inspiring interview!!

[@DamonCampbellTV]

Thanks for the support man, I'm glad you enjoyed it!

[@exavion3364]

Great interview!! You asked perfect questions, started to worry him a little lol! Good work

[@DamonCampbellTV]

Really glad you enjoyed it! Thanks so much for the kind words!

[@sclamainstay6287]

This is the most informative Curren$y video/interview I've seen to date

[@DamonCampbellTV]

Awesome to hear Scla, thank you for watching!

[@jpbrulez15]

+Scla Mainstay Look at Narduwar vs Curren$y, its doper than this.

[@burninnuggs]

+Jack B any Curren$y interview is good he's just so chill to watch.

[@PB-pb3bu]

"Keep in it all G is a pay cut" That quote couldn't get any more real. So many artist come into mind when I think of that.dead

[@TaylorGangOrDie504]

born and raised in New Orleans and i still didn't meet my favorite rapper yet. However, great interview man

[@DamonCampbellTV]

Thanks for checking it out man, keep faith and I'm sure you'll cross paths eventually!

[@TheOnetimeshawty]

great interview n Mikey jets was in the building

[@inthewoodsmtb]

Probably my favourite Curren$y interview man.

[@DamonCampbellTV]

So glad you enjoyed it Evan, thanks for watching!

[@raptalkdotnet]

This is flames!!

[@HappyFaceLee]

dope interview. great fun facts about Spitta. you deff surprised tha homie lml

[@DamonCampbellTV]

Thanks for watching, I'm glad you enjoyed it!

[@SlapBoxCity]

This guy Damon always does his homework to the T.... its crazy... other radio personality's step it up!!! ...

[@DamonCampbellTV]

Thanks Amir, preciate the kind words man!

[@TheKEVIN3151]

Dope Ass Interview 🍁

[@DamonCampbellTV]

Glad you enjoyed it Kevin, thanks for checking it out!

[@BS23]

Still rockin that EST bandana love that sir

[@DamonCampbellTV]

Hell yea, good eye! 👀

[@JvleelGone]

can't wait until I can get interviewed. curren$y funny as shit

[@mudboy6396]

Spittas face @ 16:01!! fucking hilarious lmao hahaha

[@DamonCampbellTV]

😂

[@Taylorgangpaperplane]

"Like Clouds" from The Districts is the background music for the first song

[@odavis3392]

Gr8 vid. I gotta ask, is ol boy nardwars cousin or sutten? #Life

[@juswolf22]

Damn this the best spitta interview ever and I seen em all u dug deep this was like past Nardwuar interview good

[@DamonCampbellTV]

So glad you enjoyed it Justin, thanks for watching man!

[@juswolf22]

+Damon Campbell you jack thriller and Nardwuar my fav interviewers keep it going.

[@DamonCampbellTV]

+justin scott preciate the support! 🙏🏻 Great company.

[@AaronhasaDeathwish]

He didn't know that Damon was workin wit the jakes ahah.. Great interview

[@DamonCampbellTV]

Haha, thanks for watching Aaron!

[@greentuna4429]

Curren$y and Vince Staples give the most entertaining interviews hands down.

[@alamken9087]

this is 100x better then hot 97s interview and ebros interview.

[@DamonCampbellTV]

Thanks for the support, really glad you enjoyed it!

[@user-xi3oy8xq8o]

Good ass interview

[@DamonCampbellTV]

Thanks for checking it out! 🙏🏻

[@raptalkdotnet]

The following is heat!!

[@costantini09]

Your Kevin's gates interview was tight

[@DamonCampbellTV]

Glad you enjoyed it Mike, thanks for the support!

[@naslink2789]

Dope interview and good job agent Campbell lol #jetlife

[@DamonCampbellTV]

Haha, thanks for watching!

[@INKheart1117]

WE NEED MORE INTERVIEWS LIKE THIS! NEXT ONE WIZ KHALIFA!

[@DamonCampbellTV]

Thanks Kevin, working on it! He was actually my third interview back in the day, but I was still just starting out, so definitely time for a new one!

[@INKheart1117]

+Damon Campbell get curren$y and wiz on a interview bro that would be epic!!

[@Luther730]

Campbell came a long way, I remember watching him on another show, always ask the questions we want to know and do his research.

[@DamonCampbellTV]

Really appreciate the kind words! Thanks for being part of the journey!

[@ronthemogul]

+Damon Campbell cool headband brah

[@DamonCampbellTV]

+thesmoothone thanks, MGK gave it to me during our interview and I've been wearing it for interviews ever since.

[@controlfreak415]

Yo, this dude is great!!!

[@DamonCampbellTV]

Thanks for watching! 🙏🏻

[@kraich631]

what's the background song @6:00? ❤❤❤ $pitta has great taste in music.

[@gasmangwap5975]

It's good that Damon knows some fun facts that we don't know, that's dope man.

[@DamonCampbellTV]

Thanks for the support, glad we could all learn some things from him!

[@gasmangwap5975]

+Damon Campbell That's what every interview suppose to be, you just set the bar for other interviewers.

[@DamonCampbellTV]

+Gasman Gwap thank you man, preciate the kind words!

[@gasmangwap5975]

+Damon Campbell Hopefully, one day I will get interviewed by you man. I'm an upcoming artist myself.

[@CoolOutSessions910]

Cameraman in the mirror tho...Haha! Niiiiice!

[@mikevercettisky]

Great Interview Tho Fasho.. For Those Who Dont Know About Bro You Can Definitely Get To Know Em Thru This...Good Shit "Officer Campbell" hahahah

[@DamonCampbellTV]

Haha, thanks for the kind words man. I'm glad you enjoyed it!

[@agthaog1986]

I still wanna see that picture

[@dwaynelewis7486]

hell man dat watch thinge thow man damn

[@Mr1981maverick]

Star of the Story bt Heatwave knockin in the background

[@NEWBERRICAL]

Knew shit about him that he thought nobody knew that's when you know you were destined to be a interviewer lol good shit bro

[@DamonCampbellTV]

Lol thanks man, preciate the support! 🙏🏻

[@lucidjackson8291]

dope

[@zacharygarza1847]

Damon Cambell did his thing! Spitta a legend. Does anyone know the songs that are in the background ?

[@elijahgarcia8185]

song in the background? at the start of the interview

[@royalnass1029]

i could smell the weed through this interview rotation going on

[@aspen7887]

I love this Jet shit.

[@MerkhVision]

Spitta a real one man... theres real life lessons in the music if u really listen. Dope interview, I fuckin lost it when he talkin bout DBZ "he went crazy and was...chasin some prayin mantis thing all ova the planet" dead haha

[@edwinlogan658]

currensy was like this dude saying toomuch ... he got that hey homie its not me'" look '

[@danaharris2991]

What's the songs in the background

[@shrayeshshrestha1916]

dont let that bandana full fool you haha. got him throwing the pinking and ring lol

[@primetime1214]

Def can see the Nardwar (spell check) similarities. Respect.

[@raptalkdotnet]

This really is hot!!

[@nateknows1]

Spitta keep it real all year around, love this guy man.

[@andrewdavison123]

just curious, didn't spitta say that he doesn't share his weed? breakfast club just had him on there, and he stated that he would give someone weed, but wont share his personal joints/blunts. At 3:06 someone hands him a half smoked joint.

[@DamonCampbellTV]

It was someone in his crew so maybe that's the exception, otherwise interesting observation! Thanks for watching!

[@michaelgoodnight3785]

Lmao at the last 2 minutes.. Liiife

[@buddylove557]

It's crazy how soon as he said pray mantis I knew he was talking about cell 😂

[@vankoon936]

dude was searching his phone for a min, probably forgot what he was looking for haha

[@elijahtate7]

The Super Sayian part had me dead lmao. Nice try Spitta.

[@tellemtrev]

C.j. In the cut! Haha jetlife goooood interview

[@DamonCampbellTV]

Thanks for watching!

[@JERMAINE650]

Spitta didn't know about DBZ lol

[@zotzcrew1893]

this guy gonna mess around and be the next nardwaur with how much knowledge he collects! props man

[@DamonCampbellTV]

Thanks for the support! 🙏🏻 Big inspiration.

[@zotzcrew1893]

Damon Campbell yeah man for sure. tell hnhh to get it together and have you do this more often instead of one popping up in my list every like 6 months

[@DamonCampbellTV]

+Zotz Crew lol preciate it, to be honest though it's moreso a matter of being able to land the interview opportunities when artists come through my area on tour. But I have a bunch already prepared at this point from previous attempts, so it's just a matter of time before they start coming in waves!

[@Teti.97]

hahhaaha deffintely funny ! good job agent cambell. but why curren$y thought piccolo was a preying mantis :)

[@DamonCampbellTV]

Lol thanks for watching!

[@thestrawhatnewb659]

how do you even go about finding out those things about someone?

[@drevandamva]

spitta tryna explain dbz is the funniest shit ever. i wanna hear him narrate a episode lol

[@jaemzpowers1773]

whoever rolling that J on the right got me distracted.. like tuck mf tuck.. yess!!! \(._.)/.. now let burrrnnn

[@jaadventures7471]

🛫🛫🛫🤙

[@eddiefuentes658]

Damn curren$y the realist

[@Taylorgangpaperplane]

hell yeah, great job Damon

[@DamonCampbellTV]

Preciate that, thanks for watching!

[@nimbusgrams5479]

+Damon Campbell I like this interview,it seems like you and him get along real well, that's actually what makes an interview roll better in my eyes. hopefully you get more of my favorite artist. good job dawg

[@DamonCampbellTV]

+Eduardo Cardona haha thanks man, glad you got a kick out of it!

[@DamonCampbellTV]

+nimbus grams thanks for the support man! Anyone you'd suggest?

[@ELBStr8Cash]

+Damon Campbell yo I notice how you use "rap skills" and wordplay to cultivate and transition your questions. Nice work man!

[@Cybersage]

i thank you can throw fire

[@smoovewitit]

Lmfao he said agent Campbell officer Campbell he got mad protective

[@DamonCampbellTV]

😂

[@Izzylearning]

jet life i respect life

[@vankoon936]

spitta is the truth... LEGEND

[@everybodyknowsamike1840]

Lol he killed the Indianapolis show..jetlife yeaaaa

[@Jlouis500]

Spitta is the man

[@sakky23894]

He didnt find that pic tho

[@beholific]

Lmao Spitta face when Damon goes 12 😂😂

[@ogbunnas]

Wish those guys wasn't right infront the camera smokin & rollin joints tho lol all up in the shits... but great interview tho, love personal ones like these

[@DamonCampbellTV]

Lol yea wasn't really expecting that but just went with the flow. Thank you for watching though, I'm glad you enjoyed it!

[@GuineaTee]

i want this dude to interview me and see what kind of shit he digs up on me lol

[@btnhfool]

this interviewer isnt my favorite i mean props for landing an interview with spitta. but he seems a little akward and taken back. i met curren$y outside bbkings in ny and talked to him and gave him a joint i had on me and he was so thankful and mad chill

[@wavybonevercetti5426]

btnhfool shut up groupie you probably wanted spitta to take you back to the hotel that’s why u hating on the interviewer

[@jetlivin4176]

lol someone need to put Curren$y on dragon ball Z. I love that show

[@CopaceticBeats]

+Jet Livin I was rollin when he was talking about the prying mantis Piccolo or Cell

[@sme1hunnet851]

I'm number 1 favorite artist

[@JetTrae]

Im slick mad the spitta dont know about DBZ, but its cool cause hes a real one lol

[@darwinb93]

lmaooo @ Agent Cambell

[@poloregal]

Curren$y is the realest rapper. Hands down. Lil Wayne got his whole style from Spitta. Push Roddy and TY Spitta

[@smoovewitit]

Lol I was getting mad at Spitta like You gon hit that joint!! Lol I was pressed

[@hrtbrkcreep4589]

diamonds glistenin, haha big dog

[@aaronalexander7856]

Damon Campbell & Nardwuar exchange information.

[@FLYspitterALLday]

spitta

[@Demsky83]

Lmao @ Agent Cambell

[@LeanieSigel]

silly thing is I technically "can't" count bars either and I rap so I completely understand lol, this is probably more common by mc's but Noone wants to admit, I only can count by rhythm I can kinda feel 8 bars 16, 4 or whatevers the format is

[@Emperorsumo]

This is like the "no gifts" Nardwuar.

[@alamken9087]

lol yea man, yea man

[@alamken9087]

I am kind of sick about all the weed questions. That's why people try to put him in a box as a weed rapper. When he's so much more.

[@DamonCampbellTV]

Thanks for the feedback. Tried my best to cover several different areas of interest regarding his personality and history, but also wanted to focus on things that he and many of his fans bond over, and do so by asking different types of those questions at the very least, even if the topic general itself is the same.

[@leaferikson1846]

if you still don't know who curren$y is in 2016 you're lost

[@lucidjackson8291]

did you smoke currensys bud?

[@P2Slim]

Mack Maine tried to teach me how to count bars my rap name carry weight like a fat braud - spitta

[@hxrsepowr]

Respect for Damon, definitely inspired by Nardwuar.

[@DamonCampbellTV]

Absolutely, preciate the support!

[@BennyGreenheart]

I hear the Nardwaur influence. Nothing wrong with that.. still a good interview.

[@DamonCampbellTV]

Thanks for the support. Definitely an influence as I continue to work towards creating a unique identity and approach, and ultimately providing the best content possible.

[@redacez5]

Spitta always gives good interviews but the interviewer seemed a little anxious it felt a bit awkward at times .