Rob49 opened up his new restaurant, The Nest NOLA, in New Orleans just in time for the Super Bowl and the rapper is sharing how he was inspired to open a restaurant, what it was like to work with Lil Wayne, his upcoming music releases and more!
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00:00Hey everyone, it's your girl Catrice J.
00:02We are in New Orleans with Rob 49 at his new restaurant, The Nest Nola.
00:09How you feeling?
00:10I'm good, good, good. It's like a lounge-type, restaurant-type vibe.
00:14Tell me about it.
00:15Um, like that's what it is. I just always wanted somewhere for me and my partners to come
00:20instead of going to all these spots that we're not comfortable at.
00:31What does it mean to you to have this restaurant in New Orleans, your home city?
00:35I ain't gonna lie, that feels good. Just because New Orleans food is everything.
00:39I ain't, I wouldn't even feel comfortable building nothing nowhere else.
00:42New Orleans has one of the richest food cultures in the world.
00:47How do you think the flavors of the city is going to represent in this restaurant?
00:51It's the one. I think if they come here, they're going to know New Orleans got the best food in the United States.
00:58Like for sure. And I know it sounds crazy, 50 states, 49 of them, but it's the one.
01:03I feel like it too, I'm going to be honest.
01:05You feel like that?
01:06I feel like you'll have the best food in New Orleans.
01:08I swear to God, bro.
01:09And obviously your restaurant, or lounge.
01:11Today's going to do it for you.
01:13Ooh, I'm excited!
01:14So we're here for Super Bowl weekend. How does it feel to have Super Bowl in your city?
01:17I remember when it was here last time, me and my partners just chilling in the project on the balcony, looking at it.
01:22Not us being a part of it. You know what I'm saying? It feels good, I'm not going to lie.
01:25How do you feel like sports and music intersect for you?
01:28I feel like music, every ball player want to be a rapper, every rapper want to be a ball player.
01:35We just going to intersect anyway.
01:37And if you could create the ultimate Super Bowl halftime show, we got Kendrick this year, but if you are creating the show, who are you having headline?
01:44Lil Wayne.
01:46Okay.
01:47For sure.
01:48How do you feel about Lil Wayne this year not performing in New Orleans, in your city?
01:54I mean, it's just like, I know they probably didn't think of it that serious, like you know what I'm saying?
02:01Because Beyonce didn't perform here before, so they're not thinking like, oh, it's got to be the year.
02:06So I know it probably wasn't a big deal to them, but I don't know, it just felt like it felt right at the time to the city.
02:15But you got to think about outside of the city, like they still going to like, you know what I'm saying?
02:19They want to see who the best fit for that time.
02:24And you have a song with Lil Wayne.
02:26Yeah.
02:27What's happening?
02:28Yeah, what's happening?
02:29What was it like working with him?
02:30He the GOAT for sure.
02:32I ain't going to lie, I'm glad he didn't get on my song, like, rapping like a metaphor, a theory.
02:37I just wanted a vibe and he delivered it.
02:39Like, you know what I'm saying?
02:40Totally.
02:47Your career has been on the rise.
02:49Steady, steady, steady.
02:50What's been the biggest lesson you've learned along the way?
02:53Keep going.
02:55Keep going for sure.
02:56Like, don't look at nobody.
02:58We not in competition with nobody because the person you think you're in competition with probably got something bad going on that you ain't got going on.
03:05You know what I'm saying?
03:06So just keep going.
03:13We got a lot of big plans.
03:16It's just so many.
03:17Me and Birdman shooting a video in New Orleans in my hood.
03:23I ain't going to lie, I got so much stuff.
03:25Like, even like, I got some stuff with Thug.
03:29It's a lot.
03:30I ain't going to lie.
03:31We're going to have a big year for real.
03:32So do you have a project coming out?
03:34Yeah, yeah, yeah.
03:35I got a project coming.
03:36I was thinking about dropping it on my birthday, March 6th.
03:38I was thinking about dropping it on my birthday.
03:40Might be before that.
03:41I don't know.
03:42Ooh, high feet season.
03:48Okay.
03:51Get thirsty.
03:53You got our, you got our fame.
03:57Top school in New Orleans.
03:58Yeah, I'm just waiting for her to do what she's going to do.
04:00Then I'm going to do what I do after.
04:01She's in.
04:02Right.
04:09I mean, he's recording.
04:10You can get it in.
04:11Come on.
04:18This is a 10 out of 10.
04:20That's crazy.
04:22Macaroni 10 out of 10.
04:23I think this is 10.
04:24I'm going to give this a 9.
04:26This is a, this is a 10.
04:28This is a 10.
04:29I have not tried this yet.
04:31I would say everything is about 9 and a half average.
04:34For me.
04:35Thank you so much.
04:36You're welcome.
04:37Like, this is some real, and the Southern hospitality too.
04:39Like, feeding us.
04:40And this is great taste testing everything.
04:42So make sure you guys come check this out.
04:45Nest.
04:46The Nest, no less.
04:48I mean, again, I'm not over exaggerating.
04:50You can check my back.