Built in Tampa, Heard Everywhere: A Conversation with GittFai

Meet GittFai — Tampa-born producer, rapper, and the man behind one of the biggest records in the country right now. From making beats at 11 years old to landing a song on 200,000 TikToks and charting at #45 on the Billboard Hot 100 with BossMan Dlow's Motion Party, GittFai has been quietly putting Tampa on the map — and the city is finally getting its flowers.In this episode, we dive deep into:Starting to make beats at age 7 and getting a regional radio hit in high schoolThe obsession with figuring out how to replicate a hit — and how that obsession became his superpowerStaying a student of the craft and why staying current kept him from becoming obsoleteThe Tampa sound, the cowbell, and why skroll music is the cultureHow Motion Party went viral on TikTok before it even officially droppedWhat actually moved him during the Billboard moment — and it wasn't the chartBeing homeless and starting over — and why his story is proof that it can happenHis unexpected new love for country music and why it makes total senseFavorite producers: Kanye West, Pharrell, No I.D. and what he learned from eachStreet Kanye — his upcoming trilogy of EPs dropping soonSkroll or Die — his compilation project and the vision behind itMaking a beat live in the studio — and giving Melissa her own Hard Wig Soft Life introConnect with GittFai: 🎵 Stream Motion Party feat. BossMan Dlow wherever you listen to music 📱 Instagram: @gittfaiGittFai keeps it real about the grind, the come up, the city, and what it means to build something from nothing in Tampa, Florida. This is what happens when talent meets time.#HardWigSoftLife #GittFai #MotionParty #BossManDlow #BillboardHot100 #TampaBay #TampaMusic #SkrollMusic #BlackPodcast #HipHop #MusicProducer #TampaProducer #IndependentArtist #StreetKanye #FloridaMusic #PodcastInterview #MusicBusiness #BeatMaking #FLStudio #TampaBornKeywords: GittFai, Motion Party, BossMan Dlow, Billboard Hot 100, Tampa music producer, skroll music, Tampa Bay hip hop, beat making, FL Studio, Street Kanye, Skroll or Die, Tampa sound, independent music, Black podcast, Hard Wig Soft LifeSupport the show