Beatking Talks Rapping On Your Own Beats, Getting IG Famous, Not Needing Placements + More

Producer/rapper Beatking interview on the Producergrind Podcast. Beatking aka Club Godzilla stopped by to talk about his come up, his observations of the music industry & trends, why he brings cucumbers every time he goes to the club & more. We got him to talk a lot about his music producer career and how he was able to go viral and be succesful as a rapper to the point where he has never needed a placement with a big artist rapping over his beats. Producergrind Merch: https://merch.producergrind.com/ Sound Kits: https://producergrind.com/shop/ 1:16 Beat King FW the @Producergrind comment section 1:35 Having a real actual fan base 1:55 How he got his start in Houston selling music locally 2:51 His music is known but he's not known as much 3:21 H-Town sound vs Atlanta sound 3:57 Started making hits in 2010 and made Houston's sound more aggressive 4:18 The Memphis sound 4:49 Atlanta gets all the plugins and gets everything first 6:54 How he got the name Club Godzilla/Beat King and started rapping 8:22 The demographic of his 160k+ IG followers 9:01 New single "BDA" he's in Atlanta promoting 9:27 Looking at his IG you can't tell exactly what he does 9:57 Entertainment is about getting attention 10:36 Turning down DJ gigs because the artist money is better 11:40 Listen to the songs at college parties 13:17 The value of having a college audience 14:01 Dying his hair green and calling himself Disgustin Justin 14:41 How to get verified on Instagram & Twitter - Be highly Googlable 16:44 Steps to getting songs to DJs 17:49 The definition and evolution of the "club record" over the last 9 years 20:16 Pain and struggle rap is hot in the club right now 21:01 Never rapped about anything he didn't really live or know 21:41 How does an artist find their authentic truth and still get people to listen 24:12 How understanding production helps him find the vibe of what people are feeling 25:07 Dropping more songs in an album like Drake & Migos - streaming trick 27:30 Different rules for producers - "You can't disrespect somebody with a snare" 28:48 His production group called Texas Hammers - Kid beat prodigies 30:03 TM88 doesn't have any keyboards in his house 31:34 What are his long term plans for artistry and production 32:32 Vine broke Beatking "Throw Dat Ahh" 33:46 People are sleeping on Facebook 35:00 Freaky shows influenced by Uncle Luke 35:47 People close to him and their reactions to his work 36:42 His kids seeing some of his work 38:15 What happens if you walk into the kitchen and see them licking cucumbers? 39:28 BET Uncut & Beat King "childhood memories" to Tip Drill 40:15 Boonk Gang smashing unprotected on Instagram 41:15 How do you do something original on Instagram? 42:11 He tried putting the video out ahead of the song and used a new strategy with Snapchat to promote it and he broke his Snapchat 43:48 He put the video on PHub and monetized it - Monetized content on p sites 45:56 Overrated/Underrated -Bad publicity -Props -Paid promotion on IG -DJing -Throwing money in the club 56:27 Always try to do more than one thing - flex multiple talents 58:08 Trying to find time to make beats & his project with Gangsta Boo 1:01:06 The Umm Factor - Everything Beat King knows about creating a buzz 1:02:27 Converting his current success into long term success 1:03:58 The fan base in Texas is so big you can go platinum just in Texas 1:04:25 The @producergrind fan base and building producer culture 1:07:35 Is Snapchat done? 1:10:39 His friend Lil Ronnie the Bill Cosby impersonator Hosted By @ceodylan @theletterlbeats @carrington_hill @producergrind Special Guest @clubgodzilla Directed by @cookitupkayo