Hugh Augustine doesn’t have the typical upbringing of a rapper as his childhood involved the culture in a different way.
The Los Angeles rapper recently sat down with HipHopDX Senior Features Writer Ural Garrett and explained how his father being a tour manager on the “Up In Smoke Tour” introduced him to Hip Hop and made him eventually want to be a rapper.
“That was the first Hip Hop concert I went to as a kid and that’s kind of what opened my eyes to how big rap really is and how global it can be and how it can translate to so many people,” he said via a segment of today’s (November 25) DX Daily. “When I saw that, I was so motivated to get into the game myself because I felt like I can do it too.”
Hugh Augustine also talked about his most recent project, Massimo Ciabatta.
“Massimo Ciabatta is like a culmination of my lifestyle over the past couple of years and I just wanted to catch my audience up with what I’ve been doing behind the scenes,” he said. “[I’m] kind of just letting everybody know the trials and tribulations, the struggle and the triumphs [I’ve been going through].”
Watch the full DX Daily segment below:
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Man, y’all bringing back memories with the Up In Smoke Tour. Will never forget going to see it at the Arrowhead Pond in Anaheim. Nate Dogg got arrested for spousal abuse in the morning and we were pissed. Warren G shows up to do Regulate and suddenly from backstage we hear “just hit the eastside of the LBC…” and Nate rolls up. Man that shit was classic. RIP Nate Dogg