Day 1 Radio

Branden caught up with Bay Area rapper Big Omeezy while he was in town for the A3C Festival. One night after rocking the stage with E-40 in Atlanta for the first time in 10 years, Omeezy opened up about the journey behind his latest album "Evolution." He also touched on a variety of things ranging from being raised in the Nation of Islam to being proud of being a hypeman.   1:30 - "The hypeman is a lost art in hip hop...": Omeezy is known to many as E-40's hypeman. He reveals that he has had convos with Flava Flav about the role and remembers when Kendrick Lamar was Jay Rock's hypeman and 2Chainz was Ludacris hypeman, proving that the role is one that is needed and can lead to other bigger stages.   3:20 - Omeezy talks being down with SIc Wid It since 1995 and being known for hustles ranging from restaurants to security and why he named his album "Evolution."   4:50 - Omeezy, who was nicknamed "the great communicator" by his father talks about feeling the freest he's ever been in his career and how that is im