“I Will Cut Off Anyone For My Inner Peace” - Bugzy Malone
Chris Williamson talks with rapper Bugzy Malone about the toxic fuel of rivalries and threats, why Malone now draws motivation from love instead, and why he cuts people off to protect his inner peace.
The gist
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Williamson says some people manufacture enemies to keep producing the toxic fuel that drove them early on, and Bugzy admits he has done it.
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Bugzy says a threat from the streets or a booked boxing fight pushed him to train harder, go to bed early, and read.
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Bugzy calls that fuel a crutch and says a season of isolation helps you find the real fuel, which he says is love.
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Bugzy says watching When We Were Kings, about Ali and Foreman, at 12 inspired him when suicide was on his mind.
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Bugzy says he'll cut off anyone who lies or won't take accountability; Williamson likens it to chronic inflammatory response syndrome.
"I remember being 12 year old looking at a documentary, When We Were Kings, about Muhammad Ali and George Foreman. They going to fight in Zaire. It was The Rumble in the Jungle... I was desperately looking for sources of inspiration. And that's what it served as in a major, maj..."
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"I remember being 12 year old looking at a documentary, When We Were Kings, about Muhammad Ali and George Foreman. They going to fight in Zaire. It was The Rumble in the Jungle....."
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