Big 30 | Before They Were Famous | The Menace of Memphis

The man known as Big30 doesn’t so much rap as he does fire off
lyrics at a break-neck pace -- and his not-stop delivery, not to
mention those combative lyrics, paint a picture of the harsh
environment he had to force his way out of. Check out any one of
his songs and you’re bound to hear tales about shoot-outs, block
wars, and the drug trade in uncomfortable detail. His breakthrough
moment took place during a merciless verse on his childhood friend,
Pooh Shiesty’s track, “Neighbors” – a song that would go on to
being streamed over 30 Million times on Spotify and peak at the
51-spot on the Billboard Hot 100 Charts. But just as it looked like
30 was ready to the pop-off big time, he caught himself a charge
that almost brought everything down on top of him. Know what he got
arrested for? Then fill the rest of us in before we get to it in
the story. Everyone else, stay tuned to find out that and a whole
lot more on the newest episode of Before They Were Famous.