OG Cuicide On Making People Cry, Soft White Under Belly & More!
Sharp and OG sit down for an in-depth conversation about OG's upbringing, family life, life choices, values, being sh*t, relationship with hosts who left and more.
Make sure you check out OG's channel: https://www.youtube.com/@ogcuicideint...
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00:00 Intro
01:21 OG on making people cry on his podcast, Sharp says he should have tissues on deck
02:45 OG says he makes sure his podcast is a safe space and wants to hear the journey of each guest
03:55 OG shares about his adoptive mom
05:09 Sharp on OG opening up the phone lines for people to reach out
06:15 OG will never change his phone number to keep helping people
06:55 OG started to give his number after trying to work at a helpline
08:30 Sharp brings up Amanda's story from Soft White Underbelly
11:38 OG remembers a time when someone's word was everything and being real was crucial
13:35 "You can't put an age on solidness, if you're solid, you're solid!
21:07 OG doesn't do the fake sh*t, he won't shake your hand in public if he's not cool with you
21:56 Sharp was moved the first time he watch OG's interview with Adam
22:48 OG's childhood story, born a "cr*ck baby", OG was abandoned, few days later social services took him
24:25 OG was 18 months when he got to Mrs Price's home, calls his birth mom "that lady"
26:23 Where are you from? - Classified
27:06 OG was old he was adopted at 13 when he met his birth mother
29:32 The rest of his birth mom's family all lived nearby the whole time
30:19 OG had a learning disorder, held back in school a couple times, then special ed, OG used to cry about it, teachers was telling Mrs Price: "He's never gonna amount to anything"
32:52 Mrs Price started getting ill and OG was bringing drama to the house
33:53 OG was kicked out of Mrs Price's home coz he was trouble
34:58 OG got into the street life, bangin, by that point Mrs Price had Alzheimer's and couldn't recognize him anymore
36:22 OG tried to take his own life in December 1991 because he was too sad and devastated about his life
38:06 OG felt like a failure for "not being able" this go through with it: "I felt bad for still being alive"
38:49 When he left the hospital, OG went back to being homeless, people mocking him
39:22 Mrs Price came to the hospital to see him, she passed few months after in 1992
40:45 Mrs Price was everything to him, OG still thinks about her dearly, every single day 41:52 OG says it's a blessing to be alive, having kids and grandkids
45:26 OG found music to try to change his life, but he couldn't read or write
46:50 OG picked up a dictionary one day and taught himself how to read and write
47:50 Took his music to his godfather Leon Haywood who was signing artists at the time, he taught him everything about the business
49:44 Music saved his life, that was his medicine, at the time he was supposed to be on meds that made him sleep for days straight
51:17 The psychiatrist was not helpful either, he stopped going and stopped taking the prescribed pills
52:27 "Imma teach myself how to write, Imma teach myself how to spell, and I did that!"
53:06 OG then wrote his life story in his lyrics
53:49 OG tried to link with his little brother Willy, his birth mom still on dr*gs, meanwhile, his older brother Laverdus hated on OG for his lyrics
57:20 OG confronted his older brother for disrespecting him
59:14 OG tried to have a relationship with Lil Willy but it phased out, he wouldn't even talk to him now
1:00:36 OG remembers his birth mom telling him she loved him: "You never came back to get me, stop lying!"
1:04:08 People telling him he should forgive coz his family was on dr*gs, OG says that's a poor excuse
1:04:58 OG says he has 2 birthdays, his born day and the day he survived his S attempt
1:06:52 OG's first baby mom kept his first kid away from him coz he was homeless
1:08:54 OG has a live podcast show coming up June 25 in LA
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