Q&A: Ron Ron

As a supplement to this week’s music feature on east-KC-bred rapper Ron Ron (which you should probably read first for context), we bring you some outtakes from writer Kyle Koch‘s interview with Ron, in which he shares his thoughts on his influences, the future of hip-hop, Stik Figa and going to college.

To hear Ron Ron, beat a path to Datpiff.com and listen to and/or download his latest mixtape, Mr. No It All. (Listen for free; download for a fee.)

The Pitch: So how’d you get into hip-hop?

Ron Ron: At the time, I was like every other kind of kid who grew up in the ghetto. You kind of relate to what you see on TV. I thought it [rap music] was the hippest shit at the time

Who was your favorite artist coming up?

Man, I loved Outkast. Andre3000. I thought he just had the whole artist and entertainer thing down.

So how did you feel after receiving the non-guilty verdict?

I put my faith in people. People let me down. Put my trust in something that wasn’t getting me up out of this shit. It was getting me in this shit, but wasn’t getting me out. God gives you the vision to see, you gotta have the spirit in you to see who to fuck with, who not fuck with. It’s just about God providing you with a vision, with the spirit to understand what’s going on. There was a lot of shit going on. But at the end of the day, I’m smooth.