The Life You Want Will Cost You Everything - Bugzy Malone (4K)
Chris Williamson talks with rapper Bugzy Malone about the gap between making it and maintaining it, what climbing out of a violent childhood cost him, and finding motivation beyond validation.
The gist
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Bugzy says nobody warns you that keeping success is as hard as reaching it, and that chasing more after you are content comes from insecurity.
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Bugzy credits his boxing coach Brian Hughes, whose belief in him during a brutal spar taught him he had to believe in himself.
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Bugzy describes being stabbed with a screwdriver at 11 and hiding for three years, then facing his fear by winning a fair fight.
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Bugzy admits he has used manufactured enemies as fuel, but says the real fuel is love, sparked by watching When We Were Kings at 12.
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Bugzy says financial freedom matters more than the number, and he is moving into acting with The Gentlemen series 3.
"I remember being 12 years old looking at a documentary, When We Were Kings, about Muhammad Ali and George Foreman... I was surrounded by complete dysfunction and I was desperately looking for sources of inspiration, and that's what it served as in a major, major way."
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