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HSTRY LESSON WITH DAVE EAST [VIDEO]

HSTRY Lesson is an interview series where we learn the background of an artist’s story: the journey and where it’s heading. It’s presented by HSTRY and Mass Appeal. Our inaugural episode features Dave East of Mass Appeal Records.

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DAVE EAST WASTES TIME TALKING ABOUT HIS PAST WITH ITS THE REAL

Dave East drops in with the Rosenthal brothers to talk about everything from a possible career playing hoops, hustling on the streets and finding his way into hip hop.

Dave talks playing big-time NYC basketball, being recruited by major college programs, falling out with coaches over style and playing time, falling into street life, finding his way back to New York with no hopes or dreams, downloading instrumentals online and rapping over whatever, creating a buzz, attracting accolades from peers and heroes, touring all over the world, gaining a huge fan-base, becoming one of the most prolific spitters in the game, and assuring a life for his daughter and family he never could have even imagined just a few years ago.