BJL & Chileno Interview: Brampton, Making Different Music, Staying Out of Toronto Politics, & More

Up and Coming Artist From Brampton, BJL, stops by with his friend, Chileno, for a great conversation with Uncle Vinny. We discuss how BJL began making music, how growing up in Brampton has influenced him, his future goals, and much more. Go follow BJL @its_bjl to keep up with his new music and updates. Follow Versatile Vigilante on Instagram, Spotify, Soundcloud, Apple Music, etc for new updates and releases. Website: https://versatilevigilante.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/VersatileVigilante/ Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/versatilevigilante Spotify: https://podcasters.spotify.com/podcast/6rbWSYZP9asHUv431qHZfK/overview Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/versatile-vigilante/id1384221180?mt=2 SmartURL: https://smarturl.it/versatilevigilante 0:20 - Introducing BJL and Chileno 0:50 - Growing Up in Brampton 2:20 - Being Proud of Where You Are From 2:40 - BJL Deciding To Make Music 3:35 - Building Your Own Home Studio 4:30 - Chileno's Story 5:05 - Cold AF 5:20 - Renting Out Home Studio 5:50 - Learning to DIY 6:10 - Activities Before Music 6:30 - Already Being Known Before Music 7:25 - Fooling Around w/ Music 7:50 - Getting Support From All Over the World 8:40 - Growing as a Person Since Making Music 9:00 - Being More Focused 9:40 - Being A Rapper in Toronto 10:00 - Not Caring About Politics 11:20 - "Slide" was First Video 12:30 - Getting Inspired 13:25 - Remaining the Same Guy 14:40 - Good to Have People Doing Better Than You 15:10 - Having Too Much Pride is Not Good 16:00 - Supporting Each Other 16:25 - So Much Potential in T.O 17:20 - Getting Popping in Home City 17:50 - Getting Hate 18:30 - "Antics Don't Make Me Money" 19:25 - Doing Your Thing 19:35 - Opinions on Toronto Scene 20:35 - Creative Process 21:20 - Developing Own Sound 21:40 - S/O Chiboki 23:00 - Having Everything We Need in Toronto 23:30 - Toronto Being Crazy; Not Being Focused 24:20 - Opinions on Clubhouse 24:50 - Difference Between Getting Views and Sales 25:30 - Having Core Fan Base 26:10 - Developing Own Fan Base 26:40 - S/O Curren$y 27:00 - S/O Fetty Wap & Griselda 27:30 - Worrying Too Much About Others 28:50 - S/O K Dubb 29:50 - Showing Love to Your Own Friends (clip) 31:10 - Supporting Anyone that Supports Me 33:00 - Building Organically 34:00 - Wanting Growth 34:40 - Toronto Negativity 36:00 - Casper 37:40 - Not Coming Back to Toronto 38:20 - Leaving Old Neighbourhood 39:10 - Making Tough Decisions 40:05 - "Paranoid" Inspiration 41:00 - Peel Police 43:00 - Looking to Peers for Advice 44:00 - Knowing When to Listen to Friends 45:50 - Making Different Genres 47:00 - Benefits of Home Studio; Investing Time to Learn For Yourself (Clip) 49:00 - COVID 50:30 - Can't Stand Around 51:10 - New Track Coming 51:40 - What Does BJL Stand For 52:20 - What Does Chileno Stand For 52:40 - Having A MGMT Mind; Rapping in Future (potential clip) 53:40 - Drop It Just to Drop It 54:00 - Story of Filming First Video 56:40 - Performing 57:50 - Important to Show Love 58:10 - What Are You Listening to Right Now? 59:10 - RIP Houdini 1:00:00 - Full Toronto Roster 1:00:20 - Shoutout Eryn Martin 1:00:40 - PSA From BJL 1:01:30 - RIP Drakeo 1:01:50 - Being Cautious 1:03:05 - Save Your Money 1:03:40 - Keep Going ; Future Goals