No, I don't fuck with the war.

u/gregmav1, thank you for the praise and enthusiasm, I appreciate you. To answer your question, my tone in "Work (Paid For That?)," I'm pretty much, I suppose, flabbergasted at the fact that this has now become a full-time job. It's like a euphoric state of flabbergast.

I think the first way you put it is more accurate than the second way. It's like I can't believe I've pulled this off.

Well, I would probably pick someone who’s no longer an option, because that seems more advantageous than picking someone who’s alive and potentially a possibility. So I’d probably pick Biggie because he’s one of my favorites ever, and it’s just completely impossible to do a song with him at this point. I’d rather use the hypothetical laws of this question in my favor.

Yeah, I don't know, I feel like it's unjustified–I don't really know why it is. From my understanding, there's a belief that I'm gaming the system but that's the furthest thing from the truth. So, I suppose it's disappointing. I'd love to be a participant in that subreddit.

Edit: I'm being told that no one can see the other comments I've made on this and I want people to hear me out, so I'm adding a link to the rest of my side of this: https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/3hlu9f/im_lil_dicky_i_just_released_my_album/cu8gp44 https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/3hlu9f/im_lil_dicky_i_just_released_my_album/cu8k92r

I simply don’t know what you’re referring to on multiple fronts. For one, I don’t do any vote manipulation. When I began putting out videos, I honestly barely even knew what reddit was, I was completely unfamiliar with the site, let alone the complex intricacies of “gaming a system”. The realities are, if I saw a video of mine posted on Reddit, the MOST I have ever done is shoot a text to my high school friends (say 5-10 guys) saying “yo dudes, my latest video is on reddit, if you get a chance, upvote it.” I highly doubt this is the type of “gaming” you guys are referencing when discussing my ban. I assume you assume something bigger is going on, because this seems fairly harmless to me. These are 5-10 people of tens of thousands that are deciding on content. My content just does really well on the platform, that’s really the bare bones of it. There’s no cheating going on. I’m honestly getting fairly tired of answering the question, to be real.

EDIT: One thing I’ll add - and this goes to show my complete lack of familiarity with the platform at the time, was I posted the initial ex boyfriend reddit link to my personal facebook account, saying “look guys, it’s climbing reddit, go upvote” or something, not at all thinking it was a remotely frowned upon action. It seemed like a completely logical thing to do at the time. Now, I hear that type of thing is frowned upon, so I haven’t done it since - and once again, I seriously doubt that was the “gaming” that would get someone banned from a subreddit.

Beyond that, what warning or apology are you referring to? Like, where was this warning given to me? Where did I apologize?

I don’t recall any of that, and it’s just not true. I have nothing to do with the upvotes of the videos that get posted, and I would never apologize for something I didn’t do. So that’s just another example of us disagreeing on the realities at hand.

So forgive me if i’m misinterpreting, but you’re saying I’m not behind the manipulation…rather, it is most likely fans (because my facebook friends were certainly not active participants in the immediate upvote of anything, as I mentioned) - so it’s fans that are actively encouraging upvotes…because they are fans and want to see me succeed…because of that, I am banned from being a part of the hip hop subreddit? Doesn’t that seem unfair to you?

What facebook groups are you referring to anyways? Even though I’ve got nothing to do with it, I’m curious what evidence you have about these groups that are responsible for my entire career.

I know I’m not Kanye or Drake, but maybe it’s because these people feel closer to me, and perhaps more responsible for the launch of my career (since it all began on reddit) which makes them even more impassioned to upvote with fervor.

At the end of the day, what I’m seeing here is that I’m being punished for having super passionate fans. Like I’ve said, I really don’t have anything to do with the success of my videos.

In all honesty, it sounds like you are making yourself bigger than the subreddit itself. The subreddit is about hip hop. I am an up-and-coming rapper, that people in the reddit community seem to enjoy. Don’t you think the purpose of the subreddit is to give people everything they want to see and hear about the latest news in hip hop? By banning me, you are removing a part of that conversation, whether or not you like my music or not. It was #1 on billboard last week, it’s relevant to the discussion.

I only ever spoke to one mod, user Naly_D, and all i did was tell my side of things, in email form. Go and check the email, it was basically this exact conversation. He seemed to believe what I had to say, and nothing else ever came from it. You literally just said i’m not the one gaming the system, so why am i being punished for it? And why am i still receiving messages consistently that say I cheated the system? Why is this still the prevailing opinion in your subreddit if you just admitted I'm not organizing anything? I admitted that when the first video released I posted on my personal facebook saying that it was on the front page and to go check it out. I was completely unfamiliar with the practices of reddit and had no idea this could ever possibly be considered an issue. Once I was told that this was a problem, i told people to stop. This all happened after my 2nd or 3rd video released, and as far as i'm told, happened in the videos section of reddit, not even your own sub. You say my friends gamed the system, but that was maybe 10 people, within the first month of my existence on youtube. You say my fans gamed the system, but isn’t the entire point of the system that users submit content and vote it up or down based on whether they like it? So if I have a lot of fans on this website, wouldn’t it make complete fucking sense that my content would consistently do well? How is this gaming the system? It IS the system.

Thank you. It certainly varies. Sometimes something will come into my head on the spot. Sometimes I'll think of something as I'm walking down the street and write it down and say, "I gotta use that for my next AKA." Or sometimes I'll take half hour out of a day and just brainstorm AKAs. It really comes in different forms.

They probably don't know that I had a wish list of people that I wanted to play the part of the interviewer in that song. And he was the actual number one person on my wish list, so it feels great to have my ideal boss to play that part in my job interview. He created, to me, the ideal version of that song, which is a very satisfying feeling.

To answer your first question, I actually didn't meet Snoop until after we made the song–we weren't in the studio together when we made the song. The first time I actually met Snoop was at the BET Celebrity All Star Game, so I met him like on the court. And it was great he's like the nicest guy in the world–really a larger than life figure and spirit, super funny and talks to everybody. He was one of the coolest people I've ever been around. We didn't smoke any weed together because it was held in an indoor facility and police and children were there.

The second part to your question–I don't think that I'm gonna be jerking off to the 34 year old Topanga Lawrence. Just because I don't know, I don't think there's enough compelling footage out there.

And the third part of your question–after that video cut, the fictionalized version of myself actually backed out and didn't get any head. So I don't know.

So “Pillow Talking” isn’t based off of one single true story, but there are definitely a few different conversations I’ve had over the course of my single life, being in bed with a girl, where I just realized that we kind of philosophically differed. You’re just sitting there after you have sex and you end up talking and you end up learning a lot about the person. So it was based off, I suppose, true experiences and conversations, but it wasn’t one single night gone wrong the way the song is.

To answer the second part of your question, I also love Hannibal Buress. Hilarious dude. My pleasure to make your comedy and hip-hop worlds collide. It was a true treat.

And no, I don’t fuck with the war.

I don't really go outside that often—I'm usually kinda holed up working. When I do go outside and I'm walking around, I would say, in reality, 99% of the world doesn't know who I am. And I can go hours upon hours without somebody stopping me. But, you know, if I went out on a Friday night to a place where 18 to 25 year olds are, I'd be getting recognized all night and taking pictures. It's definitely picking up more and more everyday.

My favorite song on the album is "Pillow Talking."

It was great meeting you! I remember exactly where we met, and I appreciate the hat! It's a sweet brand.

No. She didn't.

I don't really listen to podcasts, no. I started listening to Serial and then learned halfway through that the case wasn't even resolved in real-life. I couldn't have been more disappointed with that fact, so I was just completely discouraged from continuing to listen.

I will 100% be making a music video for "Pillow Talking"–when? I can't tell you, but every song you think deserves a video on my album likely will get a video over the next calendar year, we'll say.

It really wasn't that difficult of a decision because I knew what had to be done. I knew that I had to pursue my dreams before anything. Going for music wasn't something that I regret and it wasn't something that I debated really. Me and Molly aren't going to get married at this point, but even if it was my absolute soul mate, at the time I don't think I would've been able to put her in front of me accomplishing my dreams.

So the decision wasn't the difficult part. It was living with the realities of the outcome.

I'd have to dig super deep into my emails to find it from my mom. I know sour cream is involved. I know baked whipping cream is involved. And there's like...parsley, oregano, chives, and mint in the pasta. But that's all I can really tell you. I don't think that's going to do you much good.

First and foremost, you should know that your painting is hanging in my living room, so it's going to good use.

http://i.imgur.com/4k9iLV0.jpg

Secondly, my style is constantly evolving as a rapper—I don't even know where it's going, all I know is that I hopefully plan on including a lot more of the rap game within my concepts in the near future. I think the bigger I get, the more opportunities and windows will open up with producers or other rappers. And I think utilizing my concepts within the entire realm of hip-hop could be super interesting.

As far as smoking weed together and getting too high, you must have completely misinterpreted my song "Too High" because being too high is literally the last thing I want to be. I've toned it down—I'll throw a high-five at you though, and smoke super casually.

I mean, I've had sex with one, so...probably that.

Well, typically by the time I go on the date, I've had the usual small banter talk in the app. I try to steer that conversation towards profession, and whenever they ask me what I do for a living, it's always great to say I'm a rapper. And they say, "What?? Really??" And I'll send them a link.

So by the time that I actually go on the date, they typically have seen some Lil Dicky, which certainly has to give me a leg up.

(sighs)

I think 'Firm Handshake' is my favorite one ever. I think it was the first one I ever thought of. Like, cause I put 'Lion King' out the first day with 'Ex Boyfriend'– that was the one I used in 'Lion King'. And I just think it was the first time I did AKA anything and it was Firm Handshake and it was so ridiculous and felt so funny–I think without having that first one feel so good I might not have been tempted to do so many others later.

Well, I try to improvise a little bit live and I try to give people something different from what they expected in terms of the exact jokes. You know, I make a lot of jokes in my songs–rather than use the exact same jokes you've already heard, I like to allow myself to improvise and make jokes up kind of on the spot, because I think it allows for legitimate laughter. If you know what's coming it won't be as funny.

Well, my parents (before I put stuff online) and my girlfriend at the time, Molly—I was in Hawaii with all three of them, and they kind of all jumped on me at dinner and said that they don't want me to put this stuff online. They were really against it because the thought was, if it doesn't go well, it might impact my ability to get future jobs, the internet's permanent, the stuff's pretty racy material, etc.

But as soon as I put stuff online, it blew up immediately. Like "Ex-Boyfriend" made it to the front page of reddit and got a million views in the first day. So it became a very quick "I told you so" moment that I didn't have to wait very long for. And now everybody's completely on board and they get why I'm meant to do this type of stuff.

100%. What a dream!

You know what, I was never into the Pokemon world. That being said, I am very into, visually, what I've seen out of Pikachu, in terms of his image. Like, I like the yellow look. He seems like a guy I can very easily get along with, so I have to lean Pokemon—but like I said, that's without knowing the traits of these characters.

Yeah. Oranges–the peeling process is a bit more cumbersome and I think people are less inclined to eat the peels of the orange as they are an apple. They taste completely different. But at the end of the day, they're both circular fruits.

I don't know. I don't really eat fruits. I don't have much to say.

I sent him the song.

I'm at a point where my managers can reach out to anybody's managers. There's no artist that we can't at least get in front of, in terms of speaking to their management. And then if it's a respectable product, that product will then go from management to artist. Artist will hear it, decide if they like it. In this case, he liked it, the idea of it and all that, and he did it.

You know what? The other day I was just thinking about how impressive our society is in cereals. There are so many cereals - or is just cereal? Maybe it's just cereal. No, it's cereals!

There are so many cereals that blow me away. Frosted Flakes are amazing. Frosted Mini-Wheats are incredible! Cinnamon Toast Crunch is unbelievable!! Like, the textures are all amazing. Honeycombs!!

I just think we're so behind in so many areas of society, but like the one place we're not is in cereal. I don't think whoever is behind the cereal gets enough praise for that. So let me use this forum as an opportunity to thank, like, cereal and whoever is behind cereal. All that being said–I think I'd go with Kix.

One horse-sized duck. I think a hundred of anything would be incredibly taxing—I don't know. I mean, if they are horses, they can run into you, they're probably fast. Even if they're duck-sized.

I think my odds are just way better with one single item. And a big duck doesn't feel incredibly threatening.

To go up against the horse-sized duck, the first thing I thought of, I don't know why, is just a baseball bat to the head, like, over and over... I don't know what that says about me.

My relationship with my friends at this point is really no different than it was when I was working at an ad agency in San Francisco. Because, you know I was removed from all my East Coast friends living out in California anyways after college. I guess now, I don't really socialize as much on a day-to-day level, where as before I was living with a lot of my good friends and we were watching Sportscenter at 9pm every night - now I don't really do that. But I see people more than I probably would've otherwise because I'm constantly touring the country and I've got friends in all these places. Like, I would never visit my friends in Colorado more than once every two years just as a normal dude, but now I'm going on tour and I'm in Colorado twice a year and I get to see people that I wouldn't see. In a weird way, it's allowing me to see people more but spend the casual, quality time less.

1) I mean, it certainly depends on the humidity, along with several other factors. Like right now, there's no slope. It's just like...imagine a thumb resting atop two...I don't even know if it's two. Right now, my testicles feel like one thing. Honestly, my penis right now is a soft penis... I'll just show you. It looks like an inch. There's no slope. It's just there. So like I said, it depends. Right now, it's essentially like an extended clit.

2) It was great working with Snoop. He understood what I was trying to do immediately. It didn't take him long. He was into it.

I'm just like you guys in terms of how I perceive Snoop Dogg. I'm very much like what an icon that guy is, you know what I mean? Meeting him, he couldn't be more of a dream in terms of what you'd expect him or hope that he'd be. He's like the ideal version that you'd hope for in your dreams. That's who he actually is. So it was very wonderful to meet a guy like that who you have such high hopes for and he actually exceeds them.

In the future, there's a lot of rappers I want to work with. Right now (and it's not just because I said "in the future"), my number one rapper to work with is Future.

Oh look. Snoop Dogg just tweeted at me. Which is cool. But like, I do have a song with him, so I shouldn't be that excited about a tweet. But it is the first public acknowledgement of that song, so it does feel good. I'm going to retweet it.

Well, the one thing I always loved were the fries. I'd wait for them to dwindle and then I'd get the fresh batch because the fresh D-Hall fries, at least when I was in school, were unbelievable. So that was my favorite D-Hall move.

I was also into the panini station: roast beef, a little fresh mozzarella. But! My favorite move at Richmond was to go to the pier and you know how they had chicken finger sandwiches and they had buffalo chicken wraps, but they didn't offer buffalo chicken sandwiches?

I was the first guy to suggest why not put the buffalo chicken that you put in a wrap on a bun? And I'd get that all the time and because it wasn't a menu item, they didn't actually have that prepared. So every time I requested it, they had to make it fresh—and I got a fresh buffalo chicken sandwich every time from D-Hall. And, you know, certain cashiers weren't overly enthused by this, but other ones respected the hustle.

I was a huge WaWa fan until they stopped serving grilled chicken—now the only chicken I can get is breaded form and I don't think WaWa is especially strong at the breaded chicken. So, you know, I love WaWa simply because it's a northeast staple, but if I'm being honest about the type of food that I'm enjoying, WaWa doesn't really satisfy me at this point.

Oh, there are so many. But the one that comes into my mind is...I'm watching TV in my parents' room, on my mom's and dad's bed. There was only cable in their room when I grew up. I don't know why. So I was forced to watch TV on their bed. And I was in my boxers. Nothing else but my boxers. And my mom walked in and said, "Dave, you're open."

I said, "What?" Not thinking at all about what she's talking about.

And rather than saying, "The flap in your underwear is open and your penis is exposed," she decided to just simply use her hands and close the flap herself, and walked away as if nothing had occurred.

I've actually never talked about that with her, because it's ridiculous. I don't think she remembers it. But it was a horrifying moment in my life. That was the worst day of my life, I think.

Okay, so here's what happened with my molly experience. I began feeling it a lot within an hour, to the point where I actually puked. I know that's not necessarily what typically happens on Molly, but it could have had something to do with having just played a set, being jet lagged, whatever.

All that being said, I think I may have ended up puking out the Molly, because I took it in water form, and as soon as I puked, I ended up not really feeling it much. So I was underwhelmed overall, but it could have been because I puked. The thing is, it was on such an extreme trajectory, that I'd be nervous about what would have happened had I not puked. My DJ's face was twitching. I hate being too high.

So my experience in Melbourne was like really unique, in the sense that it wasn't at all what I expected to be. I expected to get off the plane, throw on a pair of board shorts, get picked up by some blonde dude with long hair and like, just really be outside in the sun for 5 months with girls. But Melbourne was kind of chilly and what I learned quickly is that Australian girls have no interest in American guys–I mean that's what I gathered or whatever I was doing was not working. I think American guys flirt kind of in a forward way.

I remember specifically being in club, and like touching a girl's shoulder being like - "Hi, how's your night going?" and she just flinched just like "Don't touch me!". And the American girls couldn't be less interested in the American guy when there like tons of Australian hunks walking around. So I've never gotten less female attention in my life than the 5 months that I spent in Melbourne. BUT, I was with these five other dudes who were going through the exact same thing and it was like a weird male bonding 5 month period where a bunch of guys just hung out and got drunk together like 3 nights a week. I don't know why that's that interesting–but it was probably like 3 or 4 nights a week. And we didn't do anything but be stupid with one another. There were things like me being put in a shopping cart and thrown down a hill–that's the kind of stuff I did in Australia. I need to go back and experience it as somebody that's capable of hooking up with a girl.

And marketing - what I learned in school didn't at all help me in terms of this, but I think what I got in school in terms of a degree got me a job at my advertising agency and working at the ad agency how possible it was to create content very easily and cheaply. We had an in-house production wing at my agency, so every day I was seeing these short little videos that they'd churn out that looked amazing that they did in 6 hours, for no money, and I thought 'Huh... I wonder if you could apply this technology to your crazy ideas.'

Other than that, I don't put much stock in the school/work life contribution to my rap career.

It hasn't really happened for a song, but I thought the video for Jewish Flow was one of my best - and the view count didn't really reflect that. Sometimes the views don't go your way. Sometimes, they do.

I was always interested in being a comedian, but I certainly was always walking around rapping casually, freestyling to myself. I actually did a 6th grade history report on Alexander Pushkin via rap over Clipse Grindin' beat. So rap has always been a part of what I do, but my ambitions have always been rooted in comedy.

I'm ridiculously average at freestyling. It's annoying.

Well - I am beginning to work on my scripted TV show, so ideally, in 2 years, Dave Burd the actor/comedian is in front of you just as much as Lil Dicky the rapper is.

I never ate the brownie because my neighbors each took the smallest bites, and freaked out to the point of legit panic attacks. Which really made it less appealing.

It's not that the music I'm making isn't what I want to be doing, it's just the style of rap I love wouldn't make sense coming out of my mouth. I love rap that shits on everyone else, all of the doubters, the people in their way, the struggle, and basically - in a swagged out way, discusses how they can't be stopped.

That vibe would sound corny coming out of me. I have nothing to be angry at. Nothing to hate on. Nothing that's really truly been in my way or preventing me from getting where I need to be.

Long story short, I love rap that has a chip on its shoulder, but I don't really have justification for the chip. That was all I was saying.

I hear you - and totally get that the jokes may not be funny the 50th time around. That's why I try to uphold the musical integrity throughout, to make sure it's sonically pleasing.

I think there's a lot of non comedy on my album. Only a few songs are straight up jokes. Songs like personality have a funny edge to them, but I see that less as a comedic rap song, more as just a rap song with some character to it.

But there are songs on the album that are dead ass serious too. Like Molly, Truman, Antagonist I and II, Oh Well...I tried to be diverse on the album, because there are as many people like you saying "I wish he was serious all the time" as there are saying "I wish he stayed funny and didn't get so serious." So it's hard to please everyone. I tried to give everyone a little bit of something on this album.

You know what, I feel like only now am I beginning to feel the rap life. I've been holed up working for the last 4 years on this stuff, so my success truly hasn't impacted my lifestyle.

But like, last week I spent a day in Atlanta with Rich Homie Kwan, and it was one of the best days ever. So fun. Such a good dude. And for the first time, I felt like "wow, you really are a rapper." So I'm looking forward to this year, because I think I'm gonna have a lot more fun than I had been having. The issue is, I'm so forward thinking that it's hard for me to slow down and stop working until I get where I want to be, which is a long ways away. But purely for inspirational purposes, both for TV and music, I'm gonna make a huge effort to socialize more this year. So it should be fun!

I'm sorry about that Houston show - I was super excited to do a show in Houston, important city and rap city specifically, so I'll have to get out there soon.

I just think it's important to be yourself at all times. Once you cheat yourself, you've got little left to stand on. So just be yourself, and try to succeed that way, before resorting to anything else.

A lot of this stuff starts with manager to manager emails. So I never know full on initial reactions. But in meeting up with Fetty, Rich Homie, Snoop in the last few months, they all love the content we created together, and truly get what I'm doing. Which is awesome.

I went to them, they didn't come to me. I hope people come to me sometime soon. That would be cool.

Man. What a question. What a comment. I didn't even realize this until you brought it up. I won't rule it out.

I know Brain is gonna come out with some shit this year, he's been working.

Yeah I suppose so - but I don't really view them as being true hip hop if that makes sense. If we're evaluating them as rappers, I don't think they hold up in that landscape, despite being funny as shit obviously.

I think I'm one of the first people doing both well. If you want my candid opinion about it ;)

It happens a lot at shows, and the issue is, I don't like being high up there. It's a lot of responsibility to be in charge of like, 1,000 people's fun. I don't take it lightly. I like to smoke right before Too High, because it's usually like 3 quarters of the way done the concert, and it gives me a boost. But early on? I go out there dead sober. Way funnier dead sober.

So proud. Great work. No plans yet, we're figuring out the tour thing now. May headline, may try to go out with another artist. Pillow talking goes soooo hard, we just did it at a festival. Only 3 minutes of it, but still, hard ass 3 minutes. at an actual LD show, I'd consider doing all 11 minutes.

Right now? Future.

Fresh Prince, Curb, The Wire

3 years. It was always the preference, and as soon as I put something out, it proved itself as worthy, with ex-bf getting a million views in a day. Once that happened on the first day, I knew then and there that I was meant for something beyond an office job.

chicken

No. It still hasn't happened yet. In truth, I do not feel like I've "made it".

I think there's a moment where you become mainstream famous, where everyone knows who you are. For Macklemore, it was thrift shop, for example - even though before thrift shop, he was probably even bigger than I currently am in terms of popularity. I haven't had that moment yet.

I think my next music video may end up being that moment for me.

simply a preference, though brain would fuck with sponsors i think.

very focused on getting good grades. I didn't love freshman year, so I got my grades up then and there because I thought there was a possibility I'd transfer. I didn't, but then my grades were so high, that I didn't want to let them drop. So I became obsessed with maintaining my GPA, which ended at 3.93.

I prefer face and naval. If I had to pick between ass and titties, I would pick titties though.

Umm, I feel like I can make whatever music I want - I just need to figure out what that is. I don't know what the next album is gonna look like. I have some thoughts. But I wouldn't mind, like, redefining my sound. I don't know what my sound is yet. On the album, I bounce around between sounds - which is cool, but I feel like I still haven't fully figured out my evolved rap state yet.

It feels great to live my dream. It's really happening. What a relief.

nah, money doesn't drive me in the slightest.

yes, i'm editing the latest one over the next few weeks, and it will come out soon. It's gonna be my best one yet.

that's amazing! thanks for having me a part of your couple. I'll be back, dont you worry.

I hope there's no limit. I think I'll need to continue to reinvent myself, and add new dynamics to the music to be able to attain said respect, but I think it's what I'm meant to do. I'm a very creative person, and I think I can rap in a completely unique way. All while really rapping.

T Pain, Brendon Urie, Jace and Hannibal were all fans so it was pretty easy to approach them. Snoop, Rich Homie Quan (I know I misspelled his name earlier, my b Quan) and Fetty - I approached without knowing if they knew who I was.

I've got a feature verse coming out with a rapper you guys may not have heard of soon, and I may or may not be cooking up another something with Mr. Pain...but hopefully this just gets bigger and bigger to where more artists are approaching me. I want to do feature verses so much. It would feel very liberating to me, to only concern myself with one verse, as opposed to a concept, 2-3 verses, and a hook

he tweeted at me one time, and i replied back telling him i was a fan, and then i had this song that i thought he could sound good on (molly), he came in the studio that week, and man oh man...was he the perfect guy for the song.

I haven't even seen it. I am sure it's horrible - I can tell he doesn't find me amusing. But, it doesn't really phase me - it's impossible to please everyone. As long as my fans are happy, then I'm happy.

This is my go to online dating line.

So, I've been thinking on an opening line for a solid 4 minutes...haven't come up with much, and at a certain point, you've just gotta move on with your day.

My new strategy is to inform you of my incompetence, and hope that you find it endearing.

It honestly works reasonably well.

Truman and Work we're the final two. I knew I wanted one more light hearted song that would go well live. And I also knew the time to discuss my 9-5 job and being a rapper was now or never, since the project is themed around that. So Work was a big add.

And I knew I needed a great outro, ideally one that inspired people to act. I think Truman is just that.

Those 2 came last minute, and they were crucial in my opinion.

joints but I don't know why I'm saying that.

Future and Colbie Callait, and John Mayer

Pillow Talking. Most of it was freestyled (though the plot line was incredibly well mapped out).

it was cool to see those gloves. yeah, maybe i'll buy a pair

the rants seem to happen on the spot. they're way better than way, because they don't seem forced or scripted. I love them too, it's my favorite thing to do when I record.

it's terrible soft, for sure. but hard, it's 5 inches long, and pretty solidly thick.

I love elkins park because that's where I grew up. Like, around Myers, Frank's pizza, etc.

I don't

be yourself

I want it to be the best show on TV. I'm super driven to make this show. It's like Curb, but for a younger dude, set in the rap game. Obviously, some Entourage ish elements to it as the rapper becomes more and more famous...essentially, it's a scripted version of my life.

It's been so entertaining since I've began rapping, and it will only get crazier once things actually take off in a bigger way.

Even if I never rapped, I would have wanted to showcase my comedic perspective on life. Like, if the character was just a dude at an ad agency, I would have loved to make a show. Now, with rap, I have a ridiculously entertaining backdrop

they are awesome, i love them with all my heart. it was interesting performing. I withheld a few jokes knowing they were there, because I wasn't interested in telling people sex stories knowing my mom was listening. But they are amazing, and only as an adult have I fully been able to appreciate how much they mean to me.

sober as a gopher, i got shit to do today

it was great - i am such big fans of both. And both were so nice to me, so into the song, etc.

EVERYBODY REQUEST THIS SONG AT YOUR LOCAL RADIO STATION! UPVOTE THIS COMMENT!

I think this song is the one, guys. But it's on us.

for me, it's certainly my sense of humor. But I'm also sweet.

Molly was interesting. I think I was underwhelmed, but because I puked some of it out.

Drake showed what I've been saying for years. Nobody is on his level.

I honestly don't know, and that's crazy, right?

Here's what I do know. I'm not like, a music guy. I have very little experience. And all of the music you've heard, it's been me by myself doing it. I need a top notch producer, like Pharrell or somebody, to take me in for a week, and figure out what my sound could/should be.

I want musical help. I think it would make things even better.

i can sing too - I think you'll see more singing. I love singing.

maybe, who knows? maybe he'll promote me next time, and the album will be called "middle management."

I don't know - there are so many incredible technically skilled rappers out there that aren't big because they can't make a good song. It takes more than technical skill.

As a fan, I don't even care about technical skill anymore. Which is ironic, because I think that's what you guys value most from me.

But like i've been saying throughout this AMA, future is borderline my favorite rapper right now, and I don't think you would label him as the most technically prolific rapper.

But he raps his ass off in a different way. His lyrics are amazing to me. It's hard to explain, but until I got in the rap game, I wasn't able to fully appreciate how beastly a guy like Future really is.

And as a fan, I care a lot more about that than lyrical prowess.

I been getting them from China lately.

Bout to cop a whole lot more baseball jerseys.

that's a tough question. i really like "forget about your era, pat summit."

I'm not sure what you mean.

I do keep it authentic at all times, but I have different forms within me. Sometimes, I like to be funny. Sometimes, I like to be serious.

I didn't say i'm making music I don't like to listen to. I pour my heart and soul into my music, and love it. I said the type of rap that I love (let's say, like Future for example) isn't the type of rap I can make, or that people want to hear from me. That's all I was saying.

He didn't really influence me, I've barely listened to him if I'm being truthful. I obviously respect him, and what I've heard is super dope. And I know he influenced other artists that in turn influenced me, so indirectly he certainly impacted me, I suppose, in thinking about it.

Yup

I mean, not necessarily. I just think for a guy like me, who always felt like he was born to be an entertainer, it was tough. But life could have been much much worse.

I'm just not at all about living my plan B life until plan A fails

It hasn't changed at all, which is annoying.

I'll get a beat. Freestyle high over it, to understand the tone, the cadence, the style of rapping, the sound.

Take the coolest sounding parts of the high freestyles and mark them. Use them as a guide for writing.

Then I'll write stuff that sounds like those freestyles, just with lyrics that make sense.

It's such a terrible process, because it takes so long, and I can't just come out of the studio with songs. But, my stuff is so detailed, and well thought out, that the writing process simply takes a lot of time.

I think i'd be a well positioned copywriter at an ad agency, writing commercials, probably in SF.

I want to be a comedian, and a rapper.

All I was saying in flames (which, when I listen to now, that song sucks to me, so it's hard for me to even go back to it) - is that I'm really rapping, not just being funny here, people.

But I want to be funny when I rap sometimes too. And I'm going to want to be funny when I'm not rapping, and hopefully acting/writing sometime soon.

I want to do a lot of things, and never be boxed into any one role.

I've had sex with one girl

i cant spoil the surprise like that

just work your ass off in there. it's all about will power

no that was in SF...and I was working at an ad agency

right now, i'm kind of holding off on writing until things change for me. Professional Rapper tells one story. The next project needs to tell another. So, I want my life to begin changing, so I can begin speaking to what's going on now.

i think id be down to do that one time, for sure

I am appreciating it, because to be honest, I think the days are numbered. And who knows what that'll be like, when you simply can't walk around in public. So I've been appreciating it.

That being said, I want to blow up as fast as I can. The faster I accomplish my dreams, the faster I can devote my life to my soul-mate, whoever she is.

i check it but things get lost in the shuffle. i tend to only respond to friends or work related emails, or fan mail that really elicits a response out of me, if that makes sense.

play basketball - and i dont do it nearly enough.

but honestly, rap. rapping is a great way to blow off steam.

mannnn...brain just came out of nowhere on me - real shit. all of a sudden, he just came through in a session, and i was like holy shit - this dude is the dopest.

so i knew i had to get him on a track, and pillow talking felt perfect. i think we'll be collaborating forever, for sure. he's working on some solo stuff too.

usually i have some thoughts to speak of, and i let it all come off the top. it's funnier that way. i wanted my album to have a lot of outros, because i dont want yall to think im going mainstream or soft on the game

business with a concentration in marketing

nope - i think i'm at a very similar place. it's bigger, but not to the point where it impacts my day to day.

well, i didn't really risk it until it was proven. I didn't quit until i knew i was onto something. i did both at the same time. i think that's the right approach, because going for it is obviously encouraged, but you may want to earn the right to go for it first. while maintaining practicality. there's a lot at stake in life, and you can't be reckless. but, i've always said, i would never settle for plan b until plan a failed.

it's usually funny. they get a kick out of it.

even this weekend, i played the mainstage at a festival. after, i walked around and talked to people. a few times, i was like, so, do you guys know who lil dicky is? they go, yeah i love that guy. i go yeah, cool.

they had no idea it was me! i am just very unassuming, i suppose.

100 percent - ex boyfriend was my launching pad, and it was largely due to making the front page of reddit. it's been a key part of my movement.

this issue is something that i dont take lightly at all.

I hate it if/when someone says I'm making fun of hip hop, because that's the furthest thing from the truth. I love hip hop. It's given me my voice. It's truly where I found out who I was. It's everything to me.

Just because I'm taking one art form that I love (comedy) and applying it within another art form that I love (rap), it doesn't mean I'm devaluing the importance of the genre. I don't think anything is "above" being influenced by comedy. Who doesn't enjoy laughing? Can you imagine if comedy wasn't ever accepted as a part of film? We'd have no comedy movies.

I understand people being confused, but I think you respect hip hop by a) going hard every song and rapping your ass off. and b) by being your complete, original self. Realness is one of the most important factors to hip hop, to me.

And I think I do both of those things. Which is why yes, even though a lot of my songs are funny, I think I deserve to be taken seriously in the rap world, regardless of race, class, gender, anything. If you go hard and are true to yourself, and people enjoy listening to your music, it's real.

I think it gave me my competitive edge. I compete out here.

I would love to do a song with Meek, and I even have an idea for us. I look forward to meeting him one day.

to be honest, i barely feel famous. there aren't any real perks yet. I can't skip lines. the other day, the night my album came out, i couldn't even get into a bar in NYC. Went to 3 bars, they were all too crowded. Couldn't even get in. Had the #1 album in the country too!

It's nice to get complimented and recognized by people throughout my day, but it's pretty low key right now. I haven't popped off the way I think we all think I eventually will.

for sure - i mean i made my whole mixtape in the bay. lil dicky was kind of originated in SF. so it certainly impacted me. in probably more ways than I can even explain. it was the predominant setting for the life changing moment of my life.

chicken cheesesteak

just outwork everybody. I feel like my experience was, creatives didn't necessarily have the drive that I had - so it was easy for me to just out hustle the other writers. I had the drive and the creativity. Use both and you can do whatever.

right now ALL THE FUCKING TIME. BECAUSE THE GODDAMN MAGNET STRIP ISN'T WORKING, AND I NEED TO GET A NEW CARD, AND IT'S SO ANNOYING. LIKE 4 TIMES A DAY, IT GETS DECLINED.

not really, i think that first i told you so moment was all they needed. this time, it was pure pride and joy.

i think i would be a 97, and they would hover around a 64

i dont know - but i do know that you arent ready for me

awesome. hes larger than life, truly.

i hear you, but i really do enjoy the opportunity to type up what i'm feeling. that way, nothing gets lost in my blabbering. i can be thoughtful in my exact wording, etc. we were filming this and transcribing it for the first hour, and i enjoy being able to type it far more, which is what ive been doing for the past 2 hours

T rex

I travel a lot more

i really, really hope so. if i could get to SA, it would be unreal. I haven't even been to Europe yet, so my hope is touring can open these doors for me.

i take a ton of pride in mine.

i get there early. go on sober. rap without backing vocal tracks. rehearse. and even have coordinated jokes, routines and moments.

i want to put on the best live show in the industry. it's my goal. and once i get more money, i'll be able to invest in it and itll get crazy.

i plan on doing a lot of acting, yes.

yeah, i want to be a comedy writer and actor for sure. director too perhaps, but i'm not very organized visually.

i actually prefer the album sale, if i'm being honest. money doesn't drive me, and i'd rather boost the stats in terms of sales, simply to look better in articles, or what have you.

no i didnt get to meet them and i wanted to very badly. they make amazing music videos.

I think the biggest crowd was a bunberry.

I think they are super proud of me. At first they were concerned, but now, my mom texts me telling me she's been listening to my album on repeat. I don't know their thoughts on Lil Dicky as a name, nor do I care to find out.

I don't know the mileage actually. No idea whatsoever. I've never even looked. That's the kind of guy I am, completely aloof about a lot of things.

Molly was kind of underwhelming, but I think I puked most of it up.

everyone i've talked to in the rap community has really embraced me with open arms. I've seen nothing but love. rappers really respect what I'm doing because they know how different it is. producers can see the effort I put into song-writing, and beat selection.

As far as my style, I don't think you can peg me down to one particular style - my album is pretty diverse.

I'm not sure. I think emotional songs, like Truman or Russell Westbrook on a farm, with metaphors, are my favorite songs to make.

Writing hooks is fun too - but it's also hard and frustrating.

to be honest - a lot of this stuff happens digitally these days. not just with me, but with any artist, due to touring schedules. it's hard to get in the studio with people.

so working with them was mostly an electronic thing, and they love the comedic angle i took, for sure. i think it's what excited them the most, was how different it all was.

honestly, my favorite people that i've met (and it wasn't a ton of hanging out, but i've met them twice) is Rae Sremmurd. Those dudes really live their lyrics, they are so turnt up at all times. Just non stop fun. It's great being around them, they put a smile on everyone's face, lift spirits, get you excited about being alive.

I really want to meet Larry David and Will Smith. And Drake.

Like I've said, just because I'm making jokes sometimes doesn't mean you shouldn't take me serious AS a rapper. I'm typically rapping my ass off, so I don't care what I'm saying, that deserves to be taken seriously, even if it's the most intricate rap about sucking my own dick. If it's dope, it's dope.

My goal is to make me mainstream, and not have to conform to become more popular.

shaq because he's got a song with biggie and a platinum rap album and he's the fucking man

don't put any pressure on the situation. it'll happen for you when the time is right. you've made it this far, i would wait for the right girl, as opposed to just paying a whore to get it over with. just do what feels right in your heart, don't succumb to any of the societal pressure.

i trust chip. i really do. i like his moves. i just hope he's in this for the long haul, because it would be bush league to turn this franchise upside down and leave without seeing it all through.

nashville, ill be back im sure.

i have not solved the shower issue. it's still a logistical nightmare.

she's my ex-girlfriend. she's back on the east coast finishing up school. great gal

pretty similar to how i am now, just significantly less attractive.

but i won class clown, for example.

i don't like your phrasing, so i don't feel like answering your questions

nope, never have. it'll be fine! they probably numb you and it'll feel awesome.

honestly, just meeting them. i like them a lot. we hang out. they're good dudes.

there are moments where i discuss if it's too much, but typically, if i think something is funny, i go with it. i believe in the art of the joke, no matter how insensitive it may be. it's an art.

everything just came together at the right time. i got good enough at the right time, people started paying attention, it all just clicked. i love the features on the album.

molly, save dat money, personality, pillow talking - all will for sure get videos.

and i bet 2-4 others will as well. (in addition to lemme freak, white crime, classic male pregame, and professional rapper, that are already out).

im just gonna keep doing me, and hope that it sticks.

rick ross's voice.

targerian?

Future, 2 chainz, young thug are examples. they are amazing. and i wasnt able to see why 3 years ago. now i do.

Pat's...pick up basketball was my favorite part of college.

they were annoyed/mad at first. but i begged to use the call for interludes and they agreed, as long as i promised i wouldn't ever do it again. which sucks because i could have done this every album. those interludes were from a single phone call. imagine if i recorded them every week.

i hope i come to europe this year. i really do.

perhaps, sure. it was a nice accomplishment. still a long ways to go. it's a good entry point though.

process doesn't really differ - i may brainstorm a bit more for funny stuff, and let non funny stuff just come to me as im writing more.