Show Notes
Mike GLC sits down for his most in-depth interview yet, covering a life that spans childhood trauma, the UK care system, street life, prison, music, entrepreneurship, the rise of UK rap, Dubplate Drama, the Tulisa case, and his latest comic book venture. From growing up in Wood Green, losing family members, experiencing abuse and racism in care, and living a criminal lifestyle, to building one of the UK's biggest independent street CD distribution networks, Mike shares the highs, lows and lessons that shaped him.
Chapters:
0:00 Intro 1:53 Streetlife Out Now – Shizzio X UK Apache X Devlin 2:15 Welcome Mike GLC / Location Awareness 6:13 Born & Bred / Wood Green vs Tottenham Beef 8:18 Parents / Uncle's Murder / Abuse 10:57 Going into Care / Racism / Hierarchy 14:49 Feeling Loved? / Facing Abuse 17:34 Fights / School / Subjugation 21:20 Intelligence Origin 22:45 Connecting & Living with Dad 24:46 I Pulled a Knife on My Dad 25:55 Criminal Lifestyle Money 27:54 Do You Regret Your Criminal Past? / Karma 28:19 Street Life Is an Idiot Thing 31:34 Prison / Mum's Passing Changes Outlook 36:03 I Took My Shotgun to Raves 36:49 Finding Myself in Loss / The Force 37:50 Musical Influence / LL Cool J 39:45 Lyric Writing 40:43 1st Song / Lemar / UK Rap Accent 45:47 Mike GLC Name Origin / Rap Timing 46:37 Arrest / Label Offer 48:19 Own Agency / Tour / DJ Spoony 55:51 Rap over Garage / Money in Conversion 58:53 I've Never Had a Record Deal 1:00:02 Biggest UK Street Team Distribution 1:03:26 Manufacturing over Music / Distributing UK Music 1:06:40 Business Mindset 1:07:04 Total CDs Sold on the Street 1:08:41 Money Made from Selling CDs 1:10:11 Unrecorded Sales, So No Chart Success 1:11:29 I Created an Ecosystem / Short-Lived 1:12:45 Selling in Unsellable Places 1:14:35 Money vs Artist / Anti-Industry 1:15:56 Distribution for Other Artists 1:16:33 Grime Had No Value for Me 1:18:34 Spotify Playlists Killed the Game 1:19:15 Gun Charge / Survival 1:20:42 I Had London on Lock! 1:22:03 Money Spending 1:22:24 Beginning of the End for CD Sales 1:23:08 I Still Make Music Money / Art 1st 1:24:40 Break / Dubplate Drama 1:29:32 Dubplate Drama Movie Betrayal 1:30:48 Why Did Dubplate Drama End? / Top Boy 1:31:48 Michael Ward / Female Allegations 1:34:36 Men Are P Clowns / Fame vs Females 1:37:26 Tulisa Incident / Entrapment 1:38:59 Tulisa Drug Scandal News Breaks 1:43:20 Fallout with Tulisa / She Never Called Me 1:47:27 I Go Guilty / Case Collapse 1:49:41 No Compensation / I Kept Tulisa Out of Jail 1:52:47 I Haven't Spoken to Tulisa / Aftermath 1:53:20 New Comic Art Project 1:56:31 'The Grow' Comic / Production Stages 2:02:23 AI in Comics 2:03:11 Comic Release / Merch 2:06:19 Forbidden Planet / Comic Market 2:06:47 I'm a Nerd / Comic IP 2:09:38 My Last Album / Future Plans 2:11:40 Energy Return 2:12:50 Young Spray 2:14:56 Mike GLC Own Podcast? 2:15:16 AI Q's / Tulisa 2:17:23 Mount Rushmore 2:18:02 AI Q's Cont… 2:19:27 Quick Fire Q's 2:22:51 Final Message / Thank You
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