His Grandfather then noticed a man screaming “That’s the fuck why you can’t finish my bike, ’cause you fuckin’ around with these Dominos.” His grandfather then “reached under the table,” before realizing the man was Marvin Gaye.Ĭheck out the exclusive, illuminating full interview below.On March 25, 2013, Dom Kennedy announced his second studio album would be titled Get Home Safely and announced it would be released in summer 2013.

One day when playing dominos in front of his shop. They would all put together race cars in the city. He then relates a story about his Grandfather’s friend, named Sugar Grey, who with his buddy were among the most well-liked “motorcycle guys” in the city. “So, this what happened,” says a laughing Skeme. “I was probably, like, eighteen or seventeen at the time.”ĭamon than asks Skeme about an incident involving his Grandpa pulling a gun on Marvin Gaye, to his considerable surprise. “I’ll never forget that It was at a JBC lil’ pool party, they threw cool little parties over the summer I wasn’t at, so they had a little party over at the Roosevelt hotel and I remember seeing, I feel like was and I feel like it was Carter with you and they sent me a little joint.” Dom says. The two then detail their first time working together, over an “Ice Cream Paint Job” instrumental, at a pool party. “One of my great Aunts I guess, I was probably four years old, and jumped into the car and hit the gas and sat on the gas pedal and it went into the garage.” That’s a real, like, family throwback story,” Dom says, laughing. But, as Damon points out, it is also important to leave home safely, mentioning an old incident where Dom crashed a Cadillac into his garage when he was little, to Dom’s surprise. But now he is headlining his own tour, the “Get Home Safely” tour – the name being a tribute to his late friend.

“Yeah, mine started with my pops being kind mean, a better word for it,” Skeme reveals, “He was like, ‘Man, you remember so many songs down, why don’t you start making your own.’ And then we started making our own.”ĭom Kennedy then spoke up about bootlegging 2pac’s 7 Day Theory, saying, “It was that and the Mo Thugs compilation… We would sell them at school to people for like… You know, whatever – I wasn’t trying to make no money, I was just trying to get people to listen to it.”Īlthough Dom was able to make money back in the day, as it is revealed his first neighborhood nickname was Easy Money.

“To hear yourself back.”Īnd that is similar to how Skeme got his start as well, seeing as he had so many songs memorized. “I did a little bit, you know what I mean? When I was a real young guy, yet that was the easiest way to hear yourself.” Dom says.

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