New York, NY – ScHoolboy Q sat down with Charlamagne tha God to discuss his new album CrasH Talk, sobriety, depression and, for the first time, the tragic deaths of Mac Miller and Nipsey Hussle. After going from his breakout album Oxymoron to seeing lower sales on his 2016 project Blank Face LP, ScHoolboy Q’s confidence plummeted. “It fucked me up real bad,” he admitted to The Breakfast Club host. Although Blank Face LP received good reviews, Q didn’t care because his album and shows weren’t selling the same. “Fuck the reviews! These is nerds reviewing your shit dawg!” he said. “Fuck the good reviews… The response of good reviews and seeing shows not sold out made me confused.” Falling into a depression over his last album was one of the reasons CrasH Talk went through three different versions before it was finally released. “I was so introspective. The first album just like… I’m trying to win muthafuckas over so bad,” he said. “Like, what am I doing? This is not Q.” “The other one was trying to sound like whatever I was listening to,” he continued. “And the other one was just completely trash,” he said laughing. “That’s how I came up with CrasH. I kept crashing.” In the interview, Q also reflected on the sedentary and sometimes isolating world of recording and said that taking up golf became an outlet for him to get outside and meet new people. ScHoolboy Q choked up when speaking about Mac Miller and Nipsey Hussle and said he was on some “weak ass shit” when he defended himself to those who criticized him for grieving their deaths quietly instead of posting about them on social media. “The fact that I let them do that to me… I’ll never do that again,” he said. “As strong as I am in my mind, I was that insecure that I had to say something.” “I played him [Mac Miller] CrasH Talk before he passed,” Q continued tearfully. “That Mac shit bruh… to this day, I just don’t understand how I can’t call my n*gga no more.” Besides opening up about these tragedies and facing his mental health, Q also celebrated his new album, sobriety and said he’s now more mentally and physically fit than ever. “I learned to please yourself more than please others because you’re never gonna win,” he said. Watch the full interview above.<doc-sep>Schoolboy Q's anticipated conversation with Charlamagne Tha God has been released in full. Above, catch the 39-minute CrasH Talk: A Conversation WitH Lenard 'CTHaGod' McKelvey via YouTube. About 17 minutes in, Q is asked about the 2018 death of friend Mac Miller. "Yeah, that Mac shit, bruh," Q said. "To this day, I just don't understand how I can't call my n***a no more. Losing a friend to gangbanging is way different to losing a friend that's, like, an innocent little, like, little kid that's super pure." Q also recalled the last time he spoke with Mac, which was a FaceTime conversation while he was in the studio and Mac was shooting a video. "I played him CrasH Talk before he passed," Q said, later clarifying that Mac got to hear the songs in person at the studio, not over FaceTime. "He came to the studio, but this was the last time I talked to him, it was on FaceTime." Asked what he missed most about Mac and whether he had the time to grieve, Q took a moment of reflection. "I don't wanna look like I'm exploiting the situation," he said. "I got an album out and then I'm, like, crying and shit." Toward the end of the video, Charlamagne circled back to the topic, with Q declaring his previous public explanation of the need to grieve in private as "weak" due to it being inspired by the inconsequential opinions of strangers. From there, Q talked sobriety, the true Oxymoron meaning, and his current position in the game. "I'm famous but I'm not, like, crazy famous so I can still walk places by myself," he said around 23 minutes in. "I always get bothered but it's not like a mob-bothered. It's not like if, like, Kanye or some shit or Kendrick or one of them was to walk through Target and it's gon' be like, the whole store's on them." Q does wish for more respect, noting his name isn't discussed enough. "I like them n***as too that they be saying," he said. "I'm happy though . . . I want everybody to be bigger than me. I wanna be the smallest. I wanna see Isaiah Rashad shoot up past me." Q and Charlamagne also talked Nipsey Hussle ("The first n***a when my first album dropped, the first n***a to tell me congratulations and he did it in person"), reviews, fatherhood, and more. See the full interview up top.<doc-sep>
ScHoolboy Q is fresh off of the release of his latest project, CrasH Talk.He did his rare press run last month ahead of his new album but he recently caught up with Charlamagne Tha God for an in-depth conversation about his new album, the death of Mac Miller, mental health issues and much more. During Charlamagne's recent conversation with ScHoolboy Q, the rapper opened up like never before to the radio host, mainly because of the fact Charlamagne advocates for raising awareness on mental health issues. Over the 40 minute interview, ScHoolboy Q opened up about the death of Mac Miller. "Yeah, that Mac shit, bruh," Q said. "To this day, I just don't understand how I can't call my n**** no more. Losing a friend to gangbanging is way different to losing a friend that's, like, an innocent little, like, little kid that's just super pure," he added before speaking on his last conversation with Mac. Q began to doubt whether he'd include that bit in the interview after getting emotional. "I don't wanna look like I'm exploiting the situation," he said. "I got an album out and then I'm, like, crying and shit." Charlamagne comforted ScHoolboy Q before they got back into the conversation. Q then discussed Oxymoron, sobriety, and more. Q later revealed for the first time that he had a new daughter in January. "Yup, new baby. I never even spoke of that either, it was born January 4th," he said. "Little girl, I asked for it. I want all girls." Peep the full interview below.