Nappy Roots, the group, we started in college, and we always had beer in our circle. You know, it was beer, a little bit of weed, and hip-hop when we went between classes and the studio.
So we always had beer, whether it was PBR or I was drinking Michelob at the time (my father was a Michelob drinker). So I just took that and kind of brought that to Bowling Green, Kentucky, when I was starting the group Nappy Roots in the late 1990s. I think the first beer I had by myself was a 40-ounce bottle of OE [Olde English 800] when I turned 18. And man, that thing did me in. That was probably the last time I had malt liquor.
I was drinking Red Stripe quite a bit on our last two projects. I was a Red Stripe addict. And I just loved Red Stripe. I could drink three, and I was where I needed to be, you know what I’m saying? And that was good. It was a nice little light, crispy joint for me, and I didn’t have to go too far off the rails, and I could maintain.