Hip hop artist Scootie Wop shares his Christian testimony. He talks about taking a Xanax and totalling his car, producing music for rapper Moneybagg Yo, and how his Christian music career took off during COVID. Additionally, he breaks down "Slide Music 2" featuring TeeJay, BigBreeze, "4Dom Intro", "Role Models", and "Crash Test” in the 4-song-breakdown.  *The transcription of any lyrics and some of the interview content may not be entirely accurate. * [00:00:33.930] [00:00:39.120] - GaelikaLet's start with your first music memory, whether it be a song, music, video performance, [00:00:48.150] - Scottie Wopmy first music memory would be in church. I learned how to play the drums when I was about six or seven years old, when I was staying at the service one day and just got a dear AKAM who dared because like I said, I was always watching him like dance services and simply not paying attention to anything else. I was like, Yeah, man, like I want to learn how to play. So we took us like 30 minutes, but I finally picked up on it. That was like my first encounter. I remember with music, she would always tell me, like, since I was out of the womb, like I was at home in her lap in church, like as a newborn child. Never did music play, but I don't remember it. I was too young. But yeah, playing the drums early found where she was like, my first memory comes my mother. [00:01:44.790] - GaelikaSo you picked up the drums in like 30 minutes as a little kid and as a baby. It's just the visual is kind of creepy, like little baby hummig. OK, it is a grown man in this little baby. Right. And where were you born and raised? [00:02:12.900] - Scottie WopI was born in Jacksonville, North Carolina. But I was raised, I would say mainly in South Carolina. My pops, he was a Marine. So we moved around a lot as I was a kid. We lived in Cuba, Virginia, South Carolina, North Carolina. But I've been in South Carolina for about 16 years of my life. So North Carolina, born, South Carolina raised [00:02:39.440] - Scottie WopOK, so is where you consider home then? So, yeah, I would say South Carolina is home. You know, I developed a lot of relationships here and I got my country twang from staying here most of my life, so. [00:02:56.610] - GaelikaOh, and you said your dad was a Marine. Was your did you have any siblings? [00:03:06.090] - Scottie WopYes. So I have. I had I live with with my younger sister. I have two older brothers, an older sister and some stay in Texas, Arizona. Then my pops, he have, I believe, four more kids with my step mom that I think they stay in North Carolina now. So we're kind of all over the place. And I have not blood relatives, but I've grown up with a lot of people. [00:03:34.710] - GaelikaOK, and you mentioned your step mom. Did you grow up in a two parent household? [00:03:41.760] - Scottie WopNo, mainly a one parent. My pops, he left when I was in third grade in Virginia. We were living in Virginia. My parents split, so we had to end up moving to South Carolina because we couldn't afford to stay in one of the richest capitals in America. Oh, but yeah, it was just me and my mom, my sister. And that's when I connected with, like, my older siblings as well. And I moved back and was in a Christian household.Yeah, my mom, she was she was praying every day, every night, every Saturday morning, you would hear some type of worship and you smell something in the pot and make the house. No. And I just know it was time to clean up. But she was she was definitely praying hard. And that's why I picked up on. [00:04:34.470] - GaelikaWere you guys like weekly churchgoers? [00:04:41.250] - Scottie Wop We live close to the church. So it was like every day, bas