NLE Choppa talks with Rolling Stone’s Delisa Shannon at the 2023 VMAs
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00:00 Alright y'all, we are here with NLE Choppa.
00:02 NLE Choppa, you just took the stage.
00:03 Tell me how you prepared for this performance.
00:06 - Man, honestly, it wasn't no preparation.
00:09 It was a lot of prayer into it, just saying thank you.
00:12 I feel like that was the preparation.
00:13 Beautiful moment, got to perform with Nelly.
00:16 It's a beautiful thing.
00:18 - Speaking of Nelly, you tributed him in your
00:20 It's Gettin' Hot In Here music video,
00:22 and you did a tribute to Tupac recently as well.
00:26 So I wanna talk a little bit about how important it is
00:28 for you to really champion those greats that came before you,
00:31 especially in light of the 50th anniversary of hip hop.
00:33 - Yeah, just showing who, you know what I'm saying,
00:35 who inspired me.
00:37 I feel like all this does matter.
00:38 You know, we get in a point, a lot of us as creators,
00:42 we get to a point to where we kind of forget,
00:44 you know what I'm saying, what influenced us
00:45 to be in this position.
00:47 I just never forgot though, so, you know.
00:50 - And we can tell you never forgot.
00:51 We can tell you never forgot.
00:53 And what from the 2000s needed to make your music video
00:56 for It's Gettin' Hot?
00:57 What did you know you had to put in there?
01:00 - Big ass clothes.
01:01 Big ass clothes.
01:04 - What was it like on set getting to just feel that energy?
01:07 'Cause it was, it gave me flashbacks
01:09 from like 106 and Park, B and C, like really.
01:12 - Man, it was just simply just really setting up the setting
01:16 to make it look like it.
01:18 And then after that was history.
01:19 I know I was gonna do my part,
01:20 but we just had to make it look like it,
01:21 you know what I'm saying,
01:22 look like what it was back then.
01:24 We did that.
01:25 - You absolutely did.
01:26 I can't wait to watch this performance with Nelly.
01:28 I know it was crazy.
01:29 - It's gonna be lit.
01:30 - Enjoy the rest of the show.
01:31 And thank you so much.
01:33 - Thank you so much as well.
01:34 (whooshing)