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People's Party with Talib Kweli

Clinton Sparks on the Unique Sound of Boston, His Relationship With DJ Khaled, and the Story of His Music Career Journey

People's Party with Talib Kweli

UPROXX

Music

4.42.1K Ratings

🗓️ 6 February 2023

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

The prolific DJ, Grammy-nominated multi-platinum producer, songwriter, and singer Clinton Sparks talks about his rise from local DJ to entrepreneur, motivational speaker, author, and one of the most valued voices in the music industry. Sparks also offers a deep dive on the unique sound palette of Boston, and how the city’s Black and Irish communities collide into a truly unique sound and aesthetic. Sparks also discusses the beginnings of Mixunit, his association with Faze Clan, meeting DJ Khaled. and what it’s like to tour with Diddy. If you’re interested in the secrets of music industry success, this is a must-listen as Sparks offers unparalleled insight.

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0:00.0

Peace and love party people. This is Talib Kuala Lee to BKMC, the MCEO.

0:03.8

You are about to hear an excerpt of People's Party hosted by me and my lovely and talented

0:08.0

co-host, Ms. Jasmine Lee. What up Jasmine? What up Peeps to hear our entire combo and all of our

0:12.8

episodes with stars from the game to Lil Kim, to Anthony Anderson, to my sister Tiffany Hattish,

0:18.5

subscribe to the Luminary channel on Apple Podcasts.

0:22.1

You have this record, The Reaper, and Valyric. I'm just a son with no father.

0:26.4

You talked about your father being an alcoholic. Are you trying to make me cry on this show,

0:30.8

Talib Kuala Lee? No, you know, but you know, we're definitely trying to create a safe space

0:35.0

for you to tell your story. You have a very complicated relationship with your father.

0:40.6

And I've heard you talk about how it informs who you are today.

0:44.8

And I wanted to give you a chance to share some of that, your father being a Vietnam vet.

0:49.1

And the ups and downs and the sort of roller coaster relationship you have with your father.

0:52.9

Well, unfortunately, we don't have a relationship today.

0:58.7

So when I was 15 because of the crime my mom kept having to get me out of jail.

1:04.1

She was like, that's it. I'm sending a father in the suburbs. I live in the city.

1:08.4

So I'm like, I'm not moving to the fucking boondocks with the hicks and die. You know,

1:11.8

you're from the city. That's what you think back then. So I ended up having to go live with him

1:15.7

in a suburb of Boston. And there's one thing, a line he would say to me all the time that

1:20.1

he used to upset me. By the way, when I went to go live with him was the greatest thing because

1:23.6

my father's a very like man's man. Right. So I was like, I was just, he didn't tell me how to be a man,

1:28.4

but I would just watch him. And I started. So that's just alone prior to him was the guy I looked at

1:33.1

as how to be a man. Right. So when I watched like him and Bruce Willis and those kind of guys on TV,

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