#54 - Real Deal Interview (Battle Rap, KOTD, Covid-19, Pittsburgh, Social Media, America etc.)

Real Deal Is The Current KOTD(King Of The Dot) Battle Rap Champion, he recently competed in NZ's Online Battle Rap Tournament Line Em Up.   SOCIAL MEDIA - REAL DEAL Twitter - @Real_DealRaps Instagram - @realdealpgh Website - realdealraps.com Facebook - Trevor Weller   SOCIAL MEDIA - TREVOR WELLER - (REAL DEALS SON FOR VOICE IMPRESSIONS) Instagram - @thetrevorweller Twitter- @thetrevorweller Youtube Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TbRxgnpLQlI&feature=youtu.be Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/TrevorWellerJr/   TIMESTAMPS   00:25 - Real Deal’s Beard 01:31 - Florida/Covid-19 In Pensylvania 03:10 - Limitations In Pittsburgh/Real Deal Has Questions In Regards To Covid-19 04:11 - Covid-19 In Melbourne/Following Protocol 06:13 - Real Deal Is Keeping Busy During Lockdown 06:59 - Restrictions Of Being KOTD Champion 07:46 - Real Deals Newest Album 08:17 - Different Approaches To Battle Rap & Writing Songs 09:38 - Real Deal’s Writing Process 10:58 - America Is Very Diverse/Pittsburgh Is Ignorant 12:03 - Once Were Warriors 12:43 - Battling In Different Countries/Real Deal’s Writing For Scotland Battle 13:58 - Where Real Does His Research 15:56 - Kiwis Understanding American Culture 17:54 - People Not Understanding Your Punchlines/Safe Bars 19:51 - Real Deal’s Tricks To Counter A Punchline That Doesn’t Pop 21:51 - Real Deal Still Gets Nervous Before A Battle/Memorising Rhymes/Prepping On The Night 24:36 - Real Deal Wanted Something Tangible/Behind The Scenes Of KOTD Championship Battle 26:05 - Defending The Title/Pat Stay 27:09 - Real Deals Father 28:32 - American Work Ethic 29:44 - Pittsburgh Work Ethic/What Pittsburgh Is Known For/Cities In America Are Very Different 31:33 - What Americans Know About NZ 32:22 - Real Deal Hates People Asking Him About Trump/Real Deal’s Scotland Story 35:45 - Trumps Run For Office Was Hilarious 37:12 - Getting Into Arguments On Social Media/Real Deal Rates Eminem Over KRS-One 41:53 - Arguments On Social Media Affects Your Mental Health 44:05 - Poor Analogies 45:28 - Real Deal Wants To Do Stand Up Comedy/Acting 48:23 - Battle Rappers That Don’t Make Music/Expanding His Brain 50:02 - Real Deal Loves Pittsburgh/Real Deal Schools Reece On Pittsburgh 52:29 - How Real Deal Ended Up Competing In Line Em Up 53:47 - Real Deal Wants More Opportunities For NZ Battle Rappers/Reece Explains Base Of Hip-Hop In NZ 55:18 - Australian Hip-Hop/World Domination 56:50 - Organik Approaching NZ Battle Rappers Would Need To Be Justified 59:03 - Oxymirron Battles Numbers 59:32 - Opportunities For NZ Battle Rappers/Battle Scenes Coming And Going 1:01:58 - Battle Rap Likes Drama/Real Deal Hates The Drama 1:04:25 - Real Deal Couldn’t Get Battles Because He Was To Good/Politics Behind The Scenes 1:08:35 - Battlers Real Deal Wants To Battle 1:10:19 - Real Deal Wants To Battle Overseas More  1:11:23 - KOTD Contractual Obligation/Perks Of Being Champ 1:14:07 - Organiks Point Of View/ 1:16:00 - Disaster Competing Overseas/Different Leagues Hand Business Different 1:17:53 - Real Deal’s Son Does Impressions 1:20:00 - Real Deals Son ’Trevor Weller’ Social Media To Follow 1:20:50 - Real Deal’s Social Media To Follow