Lil Pump is one of the most successful hip-hop artists in the industry today, but not all of his fans know the struggles he had to face during the early days of his career as he recently admitted how would record his songs a few years ago.
The musician recently spoke to Complex and recalled his first few releases in order to give up-and-coming artists a piece of advice about breaking through into the world of music.
"My first song was recorded on headphones - no label, no anything," he said.
Uproxx reported that fellow rapper Smokepurpp was the person who encouraged him to start recording his own music. Since he didn't have the equipment at the time, he only used his MacBook along with Apple headphones.
"I was in a s***** ass room in a garage, with a laptop and headphones, making music. I'm telling you, you don't need no f****** $30,000 mic, a f****** $10,000 computer to be recording good music," he added.
The musician further explained that his best songs were recorded using $300 microphones and his message for younger artists is it shouldn't matter which type of equipment they use because if they have the talent within themselves, it will happen.
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Lil Pump Says He's More Matured Today Compared to His Past
Elsewhere in the conversation, the musician recalled some of the "dumb" things he did when he was a teenager.
The rapper said he was only 17 years old when he started "wilding out" and doing "dumb s***" like crashing cars and doing drugs.
However, it seems like he's a changed person today as he's "more grown" in the present and he thinks first before doing something.
"You might see me on the internet as an ignorant f***, but I'm just a chill guy who likes to have fun and enjoy life," he noted.
Lil Pump Early Career
The rap musician, whose real name is Gazzy Garcia, started his career in 2016 after Smokepurpp asked him to freestyle a rap verse over a track he produced.
The single was independently released on SoundCloud. He amassed popularity the following year after dropping the songs "D Rose" and "Boss," that had over 70 million combined streams.
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