Gutter to Greatness: The Unfiltered Debo Story

Fresh out after serving four years in juvenile detention, rising Staten Island drill artist Debo (@Debo2Oppyy) pulls no punches in this candid conversation about his journey, controversies, and future plans. With seven months of freedom under his belt, he's wasting no time reclaiming his spot in the local music scene.

Debo dismisses swirling rumors about incidents during his incarceration with a casual shrug, calling them just "jail work" while revealing how he beat an attempted murder charge through what he describes as a case of mistaken identity. His matter-of-fact approach to discussing serious subjects reveals a young artist who's been through the system and emerged with clear-eyed determination to move forward.

The conversation shifts between musical aspirations and street realities as Debo discusses his upcoming tracks "Every Opp Shot" and "Response, Part 1," alongside his selective approach to features. "I'm not a fan," he states bluntly, establishing his confidence in his own abilities while setting boundaries around collaboration. When pressed about relationships with other Staten Island gang members, Debo maintains clear distinctions: "We're not the same thing. They are a different unit." His respect remains reserved for a select group of peers including Marsha SB, CP, and Mouladi, while dismissing older generation artists from the borough.

Whether you're familiar with Staten Island's evolving drill scene or simply appreciate raw, unfiltered artist perspectives, this conversation offers a window into the mindset of a young creator navigating the complex intersection of music, street life, and personal growth. Subscribe now to hear more authentic stories from artists on the rise.

Transcript

Meet Debo: Social Media and Music

Speaker 1 0:03

and we live reporting. Live from the gutter, my boy debo. What's the word? What's the word? What's the? Word talk to me, talk to me, all right, first introduce yourself, let them know who they talk to where they can follow you, and everything hold on, let me fix this real quick.

Speaker 2 0:24

Hold on, nah, you good, we suck, yeah. Yeah, I'm steady now. I'm steady now. What's the word?

Speaker 1 0:37

Yeah, talk to me, introduce yourself, let them know where they can find you on social media. You know what I'm saying how to get in contact with you, listen to your music and whatnot. Can find you on social media. You know what I'm saying how to get in contact with you, listen to your music and whatnot.

Speaker 2 0:45

Niggas can find me on YouTube IG Devo2Oppy, 2wise YouTube, devobola. We got a page called Two Side Entertainment. They can catch me and the guys there. It's just a movie, alright, everything going out. I'm just about to drop some new shit soon. What?

Speaker 1 1:05

you working on.

Speaker 2 1:07

Right now I'm just working on something. Right now I'm trying to do a little feat with some niggas from all around and shit to get my shit started back up again. Good right, other than that, I'm just focused, locked in trying to get this money in the studio.

Addressing Jail Rumors and Charges

Speaker 1 1:21

All right. I know there's been rumors and allegations that you got cut while you was in jail.

Speaker 2 1:31

I wanted to talk to you about that it's been a little rumor, but that shit ain't about nothing. No asshole niggas did that and it's like no asshole niggas did that. It was not like shit happened and it was repercussions behindiggas did that. It was not like shit happened and it was repercussions behind what they did and shit, but it was like it was in the king, though. You know what I'm saying. That's jail work, but I ain't never do bad. You know what I'm saying. That was no scratches, none too major, none too crazy. They know my body, though. That's nothing Real shit. All that little mention shit. They just keep mentioning that. That's nothing. I ain't really tripping over that. You know what I'm saying? Yeah, so how long have you been home now? Seven months now. I've been home seven months. I just did four.

Speaker 1 2:20

And what you did four for Possession of fire on, and you beat a charge too right.

Speaker 2 2:32

You said what you hear me, yeah, what you said. Say it again my fault.

Speaker 1 2:39

Nah, I said you had beat a charge too right, Tell me about that.

Speaker 2 2:43

Yeah, I had the AM, but it was not some, it was some other shit like mistaken identity type shit. They thought I was somebody else, so I took it to Grand Jilly, spanked it at Grand Jilly.

Speaker 1 2:58

And that was a 10 murder, right yeah, but you know what I'm saying.

Speaker 2 3:03

I don't like toping on that shit. You know what I'm saying. I don't like talking on that shit. You know what I'm saying.

Speaker 1 3:10

Yeah, so you did four years. What spots you was at.

Speaker 2 3:14

I was straight juvenile. I did all juvenile time but every, every niggas know me. I'm known in every borough, from older niggas to younger niggas. I'm very known. I did four years in juvenile but I was with a lot of niggas that came from Wrights Island, came from up north, came down. You know what I'm saying. I was, I was really in tune and you was.

Drill Music and Industry Relationships

Speaker 1 3:39

You was banging in jail too, of course, the same shit you banging now. Yeah, all right, that's what I like to hear, all right. So I know you like the young face of the drill music when it comes to you know Staten Island rap and shit like that, and I'll be listening to your songs. You'll be smoking on a lot of deads. You ever had to deal with any consequences or repercussions, any backlash for that?

Speaker 2 4:15

Nah, nah, nah. That's just straight entertainment for the streets. Man, I don't got. That's just entertainment for the streets. There ain't no repercussions or anything behind it, because it's just music. I'm saying there ain't nothing behind that, it's just straight music behind that.

Speaker 1 4:31

That's all it is, it's just music okay, I seen an interaction, an interesting interaction on Instagram the other day between you and La and I wanted to ask you about that. I see you said I thought it was no beef, mr Ski, and he said you're being delusional again. What did he mean by that?

Speaker 2 5:03

I don't know what he meant by that, but I don't know like everybody put on a facade when they went other people, so I don't know what he. I don't know what this new character he unlocked about. I don't know, but I don't really type shit. I don't know what he talking about.

Speaker 1 5:23

So do you be going back and forth with Any rappers in Staten Island specifically?

Speaker 2 5:29

Yeah, a few, but they're not relevant though. They trying to Look they was already home. Look, they was home. They had enough time to get their shit together. I'm home now. So it's like Now they feel like they got competition.

Speaker 1 5:42

now I'm saying yeah, facts, facts, that's all it is.

Speaker 2 5:47

They never argue, man Never back and forth, they just know they got competition. Now. This is not the same.

Speaker 1 5:56

Did you ever go at it with the OS niggas? Did you ever go back and forth with them? Rap-wise.

Speaker 2 6:03

Nah, I don't even know they rap.

Speaker 1 6:16

Yeah, you know they got a. They got a label. I think it's like only the strong survive or something like that, like I'm not sure what that means. But um, yeah, they got a label. Bop bop dropped a song. Bopito, uh, I seen yeah, bop bop ball. He dropped a few songs I seen on YouTube and then you have I seen Moolah. I think you know KG is a part of that.

Speaker 2 6:43

I don't really be listening. I don't listen to niggas from outside. Niggas is garbage, so unless it's my niggas I don't listen to it. But they gotta to go tune into that new CP though. That new CP, the menace, that's that pain. They got to go tune into that. That's what's going on.

Speaker 1 6:57

What's the name of the song you got with him? Catch Us a Basket. Yeah, Catch Us a Basket. I just heard that that's the song I should.

Speaker 2 7:06

But me and CP got some more shit coming. We just about to drop. We about to drop some shit. We about to shoot some shit next week. Me and CP got some shit what y'all about? To shoot a video to so I'm about to repost it on my Instagram response. Part one it's me, cp and Bolani all Staten Island artists.

Speaker 1 7:34

Yeah, what's your relationship with Tico?

Speaker 2 7:42

there's no relationship like I don't really hit your mic with the bass, like that.

Speaker 1 7:48

I don't know, taff, that I don't know Tef either.

Speaker 2 7:55

I don't know him like that.

Speaker 1 7:57

Yeah, you know, from the outside, looking in, it looks like y'all are all a part of you know the same thing.

Speaker 2 8:06

And what is that, matt? It's different levels. It is different things. We're not the same thing. They are different. They are a different unit. You know what I'm saying. I don't really know too much about them because I don't really talk to them like that. They're a different unit. You know what I'm saying. You know what I'm saying. I don't really know too much about them because I don't really talk to them like that yeah. Yeah, I don't interact with them like that Type of shit. You know how that shit go though.

Speaker 1 8:47

Yeah, I already know. So the four years you did in jail. Well, you said it was all in juvenile. Did you have a smooth bid or was you getting in trouble? Was you getting tickets? How was your bid?

Prison Experience and Future Plans

Speaker 2 9:03

My bid was sweet. It was sweet. I had a few altercations. I had a few altercations. I had some broken things. I had few altercations with some SIDs. I done had a few altercations with some Brooklyn things. I had some altercations with almost every borough. That's jail work, though that's not town work. I don't really care about that. That's what you're supposed to do. Everything I was doing I was supposed to be doing Just standing up while O2, that's all it is are you on post release supervision?

Speaker 1 9:43

yeah, yeah, yeah how much time do you have? A little minute, how much?

Speaker 2 9:52

time do you have for your papers? A little minute, a little minute. I'm on there for a little minute.

Speaker 1 10:02

Yeah, so what can we look forward to from 2OP this summer?

Speaker 2 10:08

A lot of music videos, a lot of music videos and a lot of just a lot of Boss Dawn shit, young Dawn shit. That's all there is. I don't see I'm supposed to be. I'm dropping. I'm supposed to be shooting a vid two vids actually next week. I'm supposed to be trying to do two vids next week, or shit.

Speaker 1 10:28

Let me see how that go, though are you open to to features or any artists or how does that work with you? Like how do people get a feature from 2oppy?

Speaker 2 10:41

you, you get a feature, you get. I ain't gonna lie, I'm doing features with any. I ain't gonna say let me not say anybody cause man I don't like. I ain't gonna say let me not say anybody because me I don't like, I ain't no fan, yo, I'm nice. I don't need a feature to prove I'm nice, I go. You know what I'm saying. But it's like I'm doing features with niggas, but it's like this shit whack, I'm sending it back respectfully, or if I don't like it.

Speaker 2 11:04

I'm sending it back. I'll tell you to do it again if you can't get it right.

Speaker 1 11:09

That's when you what artists in Staten Island do you fuck with, like do you listen to, would you say you do support, you are a fan of? I want my brothers to support all right, we had some technical difficulties, but we back to oppie. Um, yeah, I was asking you, uh, um, who are you a fan of? Music wise in staten island? Like whose music do you fuck, with the bros you going in and out bro, you can hear me now.

Staten Island Artists and Musical Influences

Speaker 2 11:55

Yeah, I said the bros. Really, to be honest, like it's a few niggas, it's a few, it's a few rappers like Marsha SB, marsha CP, marsha Mouladi well, it's a lot of, it's a lot of rappers. Eg House it's a lot of rappers. Eg House it's a lot of rappers I I can say I'm a fan of, to be honest, like my brothers, like I don't really and I fuck with and I fuck with the west C-Dot he got good music. Lil Rain yeah, facts, I don't really I ain't a fan of my music.

Speaker 1 12:37

You don't fuck with like Tyrone Briggs, who that you don't know who, tyrone? What about C-Black?

Speaker 2 12:49

That's a different type of generation of music. That shit is bullshit. Something making me talk of bullshit? Well, I ain't gonna say okay, oh, that nigga be trying to bullshit stuff. I fuck with niggas music, but sometimes when you talk that bullshit I can't listen to it yeah, I feel you.

Speaker 1 13:07

I feel you. You all coming from a different generation, for sure, but but I would say, like you know, c Black and Tyrone Briggs those probably my top two artists in the city right now.

Speaker 2 13:24

Everybody got their own opinion.

Speaker 1 13:26

Yeah, everybody, you know what I'm saying. To each his own.

Speaker 2 13:30

Yeah, everybody got you know what I'm saying. To each his own.

Speaker 1 13:32

Yeah, everybody. So outside of music, you've been home seven months.

Speaker 2 13:39

What else you got going on? I ain't going to lie, I'm just out here chilling and fucking niggas bitches and getting this buddy shit.

Speaker 1 13:46

I like to do. Yeah, when you called me this morning, you was just leaving from a special mission, right? Yeah, you know what I'm saying.

Speaker 2 13:57

It's different, it's a different lifestyle on this side.

Speaker 1 14:04

Yeah, so the next song that you got coming out, what you said is the name of it.

Speaker 2 14:12

The next song that's coming out is Every I've Shot. It's called Every I've Shot by B-Doli, but then the next video is going to be with B and the Lone Bros. It's called Response, part 1.

Speaker 1 14:21

Okay, any mixtapes or albums dropping this summer?

Upcoming Releases and Life Updates

Speaker 2 14:27

Nah, not yet, not yet, not yet. I'm drop a little some more singles and then work on something like that a project okay, alright, well, it was a great interview with you.

Speaker 1 14:41

You know, I'm looking forward to hearing, you know, more of your music and seeing more of your visuals and what you put out there. I'm about to chop this up and I'm I'm gonna to chop this up and I'm going to put it out for the 50th episode of LFTG Radio. You know what I'm saying.

Speaker 2 14:55

Alright, say that.

Speaker 1 14:57

I appreciate you being a guest. Say that I'm honored to come up here. Yeah, sure, alright, man, alright, see you soon. Alright, say that. Alright, buddy, alright man.

Speaker 2 15:10

Alright, see you later. Alright, buddy.