Before he was putting out songs with Chance the Rapper and A$AP Rocky, Bronson, born Ariyan Arslani, was a high school dropout from Flushing, Queens, who found purpose in the kitchen. One reason it’s taken so long to reach this moment is Bronson’s love affair with food. "This journey started way long ago," he says. But becoming a healthier person has been a lifelong struggle. Now, thanks to an ambitious fitness regimen and an overhaul of his diet, he’s down 127 pounds since March. Every motherfucker there knew the words, and there were more girls than I've ever seen at any shows, knowing all the words.At his heaviest, the MC also known as Mr. But every single show I've done has been a sold out show with people begging to get in. is my favorite rapper!" They're years behind over here. & Da Bulldogs are?" and he's like, "Ed O.G. I asked the cab driver, "You heard of A$AP Rocky?" and he was like, "No, I don't know who that is." And then I was like, "Yo, you know who Ed O.G. I'll tell you this, we could have a motherfuckin' whole career in Europe.
Pitchfork: Are you guys going to tour together?ĪB: I would love to. But I ended up being fine, and we got the piss scene. I have a hernia and there was something wrong with it. I made sure we re-enacted it.ĪB: I actually went to the hospital that night because I thought my appendix exploded. One of the hookers is walking in the middle of the street and slides the panties over and pisses. Pitchfork: And then there's the part where the hooker pisses in the street.ĪB: You gotta see Hookers at the Point: Five Years Later. It's an amazing experience- rolling up, getting to know each other for roughly 20 seconds, and then getting your dick sucked. PS: That scene in general was very nicely done: the look on my face, the whole interaction. PS: Bronson, you had some baby shit in that bag too, right?ĪB: I took the blame, I apologized for it. You got the wax?ĪB: Weed oil turned into wax. I was so high.ĪB: Weed sponsored this whole mixtape. That really elevated me to a new level- I'd never really smoked like that, to be honest. And all of a sudden Bronson came around and was rolling seven, eight-inch joints that were a nice half-inch in diameter. PS: Well, before, I was always smoking these little skimpy joints with tobacco. Pitchfork: How did that messing around turn into Blue Chips?
We don't stick to anything the samples come from rock to hip-hop to soul to freaking who even knows? Wild Japanese songs, just a bunch of shit. AB: A friend of mine who drums with TV on the Radio put me onto this soul-type music from Vietnam from the early 70s, and we made "Ron Simmons" off that joint. And we hit up this Italian festival and were like, "Let's do stuff from old Italian gangster movies like A Bronx Tale." We took inspiration from Frankie Valli joints, too.