"Bang Bang" with The Knux

Welcome to younghollywood. com. What's up, Young Hollywood? It's Michelle Marie. I'm here with hip-hop duo The Knux. I got Al and Krispy Kream right over here. You guys are brothers, you guys came in from New Orleans, you guys are killing it out in here in LA. You guys are doing a little dance right here for me, huh?

Oh yeah, of course.

The Knux, baby, what's up?

I'm sure you guys both had the same dream growing up, you know, out there in New Orleans. What was it like, you know, as a young child?

Basically, you know, just the same thing any ghetto kid did, you know, whatever getting into fun, you know what I mean, we've always had dreams to get out and live like the Ninja Turtles, you know, we used to watch the Ninja Turtle movie like, man, Cali's crazy, yo.

Who was your favorite turtle?

He liked Raphael 'cause he was rebellious, but I was definitely Leonardo with the sword, you know what I mean, bang katana.

Maybe that's why you guys created that song, Bang Bang, was that part of it?

Bang Bang is a part of, uh, some crazy stuff from New Orleans.

Also meeting behind the video. Heavy into like Greaser themed, the 1950s. It was like, you know, let's come up with our own concept. Bang Bang has that kind of feel to it, like a kind of rock, you know, like straightforward rock. So we was like, let's do it. Boom.

You guys are bringing back the 80s, late 80s, early 90s, you guys have that sound. Who were some of your favorite, uh, rappers back then and hip-hop artists back in those days?

Tribe Called Quest, Souls of Mischief, Nas, of course, just like the whole Lollapalooza era, you know, like, uh, Nirvana, you know, from a lot of the riffs I play and tell we listen to the Chili Peppers a lot.

Let's talk about your sound because I want to know how you both describe it yourselves, 'cause people are saying what they want to say.

I'll say alternative hip-hop, you know, it's the other other white meat, you know what I mean? Another choice of hip-hop.

We want to get to know you guys, so we're gonna take a walk upstairs. Your new album, Remind Me in 3 Days. They're saying The Strokes, Outkast, Pharcyde, a whole mix of sounds. What is it about this album that's gonna make people want to throw it on every single day?

It's fun, it's refreshing. If you're a musician, you're gonna love the musicianship on it. If you're a heavy hip-hop cat, you're gonna love the lyricism. If you're into like just straightforward like quick punk songs, like this album is for you, man.

So I want to talk about Cappuccino 'cause I know that you guys had that song out on Entourage.

It was an abstract song that was just like a canvas we painted and whatever you want to see from it, you know, I was actually talking about coffee. No, I'm kidding.

So there's a lot of other things that go hand in hand with music. Fashion is one of them. You guys have this, you know, throwback to the 80s, this different style of.

You have to envision the Knux, like how you envision an indie rock band.

I want to know what you guys love about each other. What are some qualities about working together musically?

I love this guy because he is the structure of the Knux. He is the reason why it makes sense to people. He's my favorite rapper of all time. You want to talk about somebody who's like genuinely original? This is the guy right here. You see me?

Thanks.

Give each other a hug. It's the last time you see the Knux hugging. Hope you got that.

It's the last time.

It's the Knux, man. What's up? What's going on? It's Crispy, this is Bro, Miller. Be yourself, be original. Yeah. Shout out Young Hollywood. Let's get it, baby.