We're finally get married in 9 days. That was dope. He constantly gives me little bits and pieces here and there that I take from him. Rittz stopped by the HipHopDX offices in Hollywood, California to chop it up with Trent Clark, Kiki Ayres and Jake Rohn about the new album, his time with Strange Music and moving on from Travis O’Guin and Tech N9ne’s independent juggernaut. We had beef and would ride on people. Born Jonathan McCollum, but more commonly known to his fans under the stage name Rittz, he is a rap artist who signed with Tech N9ne’s Strange Music in 2012. Rittz: Probably about maybe 11 tracks in. It’s probably two out of five shows where I actually let loose and have a good time to where I’m not mind fucking myself in the head the whole time like a maniac over whatever. Rittz: There was a ton of things that sold me on Strange. He was born on Saturday, August 16, 1980. But, I think deep in everybody’s heart, every rapper would love to be in the mainstream. A lot of celebrities do not know what to do with their money anymore in 2018. The main advice he gave me at first when this shit was first going on was don’t look at the comments on the Internet. Looking for a career in music early on, around 2003 after several failures, he was about ready to quit the rap game even after winning Battlegrounds on Hot 107.9. I’m just from a different era. I look at Tech N9ne. Turned left on Cruse Road, got the news on the radio because we were all listening. He’s wise to what’s going on. Now that I’m getting my foot in the game, there’s a real upper crest of mainstream people and it’s real hard to get into that. You wonder how many stories can you put into a song. I’ll have my family call about stupid shit. He’s on IV or whatever they give you when you go into surgery. To me, the first thing you go to is a girl is pregnant; or relationship troubles; or somebody who dies; or some crazy violent story. On nights when you’re not on that and you’re actually enjoying it and confident, that’s when it’s dope. @rittz #LASTCALL now on @spotify! He’s like super into what’s going on. Tour and try to do your best. Gucci Mane’s Artist Pooh Shiesty Wanted For Police Questioning Over Double Shooting In Failed Drug Deal, JAY-Z & Team Roc Post Bail For Alvin Cole Wisconsin Protestors, Quality Control's Newest Signee Lakeyah Danaee Recalls The Moment Pierre 'Pee' Thomas Changed Her Life, Travis Scott Speaks On Fatherhood & Importance Of Raising Protecting ‘Young, Black Daughters’, Offset Pines After Cardi B Following Divorce Announcement: 'I Miss MRS. 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You can just write on the bus.” I have to rap out loud. Rittz is famous for being a Rapper. It’s a real pain in the ass. There’s a lot of that in your work as well. This doesn’t have to do with the Strange question. Me and Yela’s relationship, he’ll give me advice and we’ll talk. I was telling them this morning on the radio, anytime I start to complain about anything, I always gotta remind myself like, “Dawg, you were just getting soaking wet doing exactly what you didn’t want to do.” It doesn’t seem like a long time at all. But as soon as I do, and I’m joking about the bread. But I think I’m gonna try to experiment making my own beats again. A lot of the stories we try to tell as rappers are very similar. Somebody was like, “Check out Tech N9ne’s song. Where it’s needed to reach mass consciousness and not just “money, clothes, hoes?”. But that’s a great selling point. Jonathan McCollum, better known by his stage name Rittz, is an American rapper from Gwinnett County, Georgia. People born in the Year of the Monkey love to make people laugh. I just got the Kendrick Lamar album, [good kid, m.A.A.d city]. Stupid shit. Plus, with all this hair and I’m overweight, so I get hot on stage. Ask me. I put it in one day after that interview. One Sunday, I got off tour. I snapped on that.” That’s what’s crazy about it, because after I record it and it’s finished, I’m confident in it. Rittz's career breakthrough occurred with the release of Yelawolf's 2010 EP track "Box Chevy". But as far as my life changing, nah. But nothing’s ever easy. Rittz’s birth sign is Leo. There was a time where I made music for fun and I was just super creative and I wasn’t like that. Offers 'A Bag' For Scarface's Eventual Kidney Donor, G Herbo, Sheck Wes & Southside Join Pyrex Whippa’s Debut Album ‘Blood On The Hills’, Logic Drops A Cool Quarter Mill On Rare Pokémon Card, Yung Joc Responds To Moneybagg Yo & Ari Fletcher Dressed In His Magic City’s Best. Do you still feel that way? Having a good show is intentional. He lives together in a house in Gwinnett County, Georgia. Just seeing people with Strange shirts on at my shows and stuff like that – the association. I hear all these White rappers that people name. A post shared by RITTZ (@rittz) on Oct 2, 2017 at 1:18pm PDT. That makes it even worse for me when I’m writing my verses because I’m self conscious. Rittz is a married man since September 2016 as he announced the good news through his social media accounts. I noticed immediately getting new fans – Strange [Music] fans – really taking to me. I love seeing all these double-time rappers that are out now. ¡MayDay! I like that that’s cool again – that people can rap good and still sell records or still be popular. But I have to have a project, a bonus disk, and an EP turned in. But there’s always people coming along. The third verse of “White Jesus.” “It’s been a long dark road / Ain’t nobody acknowledge me / Feeling my homie kicking me when I finally hit bottom / When I was fallin they was laughing at me. Rittz: I don’t have the rules printed out, but there’s some serious rules. Please check back soon for updates. Just with Yelawolf and the internet era, I don’t have to make [radio] music. It’s like [quoting OutKast] “You’re only funky as your last cut / Focus on the past and your ass will be a has what.”. He’s hot. And if they still don’t say my name, I’m hoping I can swerve up in them and make them say my name. But that’s a long road with a lot of doubt. And besides that, it’s like family to me.”. That’s why it takes me so long and I have to rap out loud. We use cookies to provide the best experience on our website. Rittz: Nah, I missed that night. The Gwinnett County, Georgia-native has twenty years writing rhymes backing his near flawless, double-time delivery, and at least ten years pushing full time towards a career in the culture – so there’s nothing rookie about his repertoire. In any job you do you want to be the top of your success. Trust. Rittz: I don’t blame him. But they never name me. There’s always more words that rhyme. Definitely. This is before Strange that I kind of accepted that. In. Now you’re signed to Strange Music. Stop listening to the Internet. His parents loved rock and roll music, and so they put instruments in his and his siblings hands at an early age. While he did tease the possibility of starting his own label, the “Inside The Groove” MC explained that him, Travis and Tech still plan to do business in the future. Tell your family not to read them. 2010–13: White Jesus and The Life and Times of Jonny Valiant. Rittz: I know a lot of guys who rap who are just so happy to be on stage and they’re not thinking nothing else. Is Rittz married or single, and who is he dating now? The Atlanta metropolitan area stretches on for at least 30 miles beyond the Georgia Dome and the World of Coke. Rittz: A lot, man. If it were to ever happen to me somehow, great. What’s hot in Atlanta Atlanta is Future, Gucci [Mane]. The 1980s was the decade of big hair, big phones, pastel suits, Cabbage Patch Kids, Rubik’s cubes, Yuppies, Air Jordans, shoulder pads and Pac Man. There are a lot of talented rappers right now. You know how Sunday’s one of those days that you don’t feel like you’re supposed to be working and shit? I never had any doubt. Or sit with an engineer, but I’m not in that situation yet. Leos love being coddled and having their egos stroked. Fun Fact: On the day of Rittz’s birth, "Magic" by Olivia Newton-John was the number 1 song on The Billboard Hot 100 and Jimmy Carter (Democratic) was the U.S. President. All this crazy shit is going through my head while I’m like, “Put your hands up!” I’m really just waiting to gasp for some breath and get some air. Rittz: To be honest – and not to sound fucked up – if I end up putting a song out, when it’s done and it’s actually made, I’m like, “That’s a good verse. Rittz: Sometimes I’ll hear certain names of White rappers – and I hate to say White rappers, but it’s true. That shit will always be Atlanta because that’s what Atlanta really is. Rittz was born on the 16th of August in 1980 (Millennials Generation). The Atlanta rapper isn't backpedaling after enraging the "Said Sum" artist and his beau. You can’t smoke a cigarette at a meet-and-greet without being so many feet away. That they’ve been able to live off of writing rhymes. That’s what surprises me about Hip Hop. It was a storytelling rap. I hate to use the word “hood,” too. Especially when you don’t have no education and you’re not an idiot. I mean, it kind of does. There’s so many. They’re in the moment. I don’t listen to a lot of new music. 561K likes. Double-time’s a curse. So it does sometimes, but not really. So it always surprises me to see these people come out, man. I always loved storytelling raps. They always name them all out. I think about White Jesus: Revival. The 40-year-old American was born in the Year of the Monkey and is part of Millennials Generation. [Laughs] Or how embarrassing this is gonna be? My manager was trying to sell me on Strange before I was even up on them. 382.3k Followers, 7,491 Following, 7,989 Posts - See Instagram photos and videos from RITTZ (@rittz) There’s a few I slack on. RITTZ shared a photo on Instagram: “Today is me and my Fiancés 10 year anniversary. They’re all the homies. Does that factor into your work? Why does it take an internet video?

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