Jason Martin, f.k.a. Problem, was one of the select West Coast rappers to perform at Kendrick Lamar's Juneteenth Pop Out concert -- an honor he doesn't take lightly!!!
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00:00You were one of the lucky ones who got to perform at Kendrick's concert yesterday.
00:06Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes.
00:08I mean, how did this compare to other shows you did in like the past?
00:12It's no comparison. It's unbelievable.
00:14Unbelievable, man. That guy, Kendrick, is an amazing soul, man.
00:18He took his moment and allowed the West Coast to shine.
00:22Forever grateful. Historic moment.
00:25I'm still in awe right now. I can't even really believe it, you know what I'm saying?
00:28Yeah. Shout out to him, bro.
00:29I know. I want to know, I mean, what was it like being backstage?
00:32I mean, did you get to meet anyone for the first time?
00:35I mean, there were so many people there.
00:37Nah, we all been knowing each other for so long.
00:39We all started together. It was kind of like a reunion in real life, you know what I'm saying?
00:43A lot of us hadn't been in the same room in years.
00:49It's crazy. I'm still a little shaky, bro.
00:51We ain't had no sleep. All of us been talking, just trying to figure this thing out, man.
00:56I'm just so happy that that thing went down.
00:59Man, it's crazy.
01:00I love that. I mean, I want to know.
01:02I mean, the game has been trending for being absent.
01:05Do you kind of know why he wasn't there?
01:07I don't know why Chuck wasn't there.
01:09I'm pretty sure it was a good reason he probably couldn't make it.
01:13I hear he's having a baby. I just saw that.
01:15Could be to do with some family things.
01:17Who knows? That's kind of above my pay grade.
01:19But I more like to focus on what was there and what was happening.
01:23And love to any and everybody from Condon that's repping this West Coast shit.
01:27You don't think it had anything to do with the fact that Drake, I mean, he defended Drake against Rick Ross.
01:32Maybe that made Kendrick mad?
01:34I don't know. I don't know.
01:36Again, that's above my pay grade.
01:38Above the pay grade.
01:39It's very above my pay grade.
01:40I mean, you know what I'm saying?
01:41Game, Game my dog. He'll always be my dog.
01:45But the moment yesterday was about Kendrick Lamar.
01:48And it was about him and what he did in Juneteenth.
01:51And I would never want to overshadow that with any type of mess.
01:55Yeah, of course.
01:56I mean, why did you change your name from The Problem after laying down so much of the foundation and stuff like that?
02:02It was time. It was time.
02:04I'm older. I'm moving into a different life.
02:07And there's so much energy in the name.
02:09You know what I'm saying?
02:10There will forever be problems.
02:11But Jason Martin is here to stay.
02:13I mean, last question.
02:15So do you think moving forward, going forward, will the gangs adopt this mentality?
02:20Because Kendrick pretty much brought everyone together for that night.
02:24But do you think that will be for the rest of the summer?
02:26Like the gangs will be a little bit more united and stuff like that?
02:30It has to be.
02:31It has to be because I think we all like how it feels.
02:34We all like how it feels.
02:36And when a guy of that magnitude decides to throw us these lobs, it's on us to dunk.
02:42It's on us to keep dunking as a people, as a society.
02:45It was Juneteenth. It was one of the blackest days ever.
02:48In the most powerful way.
02:50Let's keep this shit going.
02:52I know. I'm going to do my part.