VMAs 2023: NLE Choppa

Rolling Stone

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)

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