Los Angeles, CA – Hip Hop and fight sports activities have been linked for many years. From fight-themed songs like LL Cool J’s “Mama Mentioned Knock You Out” and mockingly, Canibus’ LL, Mike Tyson-featuring-diss, “Second Spherical Okay.O,” to friendships solid like these between Lil Wayne and Floyd Mayweather Jr. and even Tyson and the late Tupac Shakur.
To stipulate this synergy, HipHopDX introduced in UFC Welterweight Champion Tyron Woodley (who not too long ago launched his personal battle anthem “I’ll Beat Yo Azz” that includes Wiz Khalifa) to interrupt down his favourite battle songs.
Woodley, who defended his title again in September in opposition to Darren Until, has a broad palate on the subject of sonically amping up his exercises however there was one rapper particularly whose phrases linked with the pugilist in a particular method.
“I work out to all form music but when I must get ramped up, Joyner Lucas and Eminem’s ‘Fortunate You,’ Tyron informed HipHopDX. “After I was on the point of battle my final battle, I fought Darren Until, defended my belt in opposition to him in September and I simply keep in mind feeling fended from all people wanting me to lose and them saying] ‘this can be a younger child’ they usually have been attempting to color me out to be this outdated washed up lion and all people had already began paving his method and there was this one bar in there that was like ‘I want some room. Give me some room. I want the juice,’ and I used to be like ‘you recognize what I’ma go on the market and earn my respect,’ in order that’s what I lower weight to for this battle camp,” he added.
The Missouri native drops totally different playlists for every battle and the inspiration comes from all around the musical spectrum.
“Each battle camp I received a complete playlist so in the event you seize my cellphone you’ll see ‘Champ Camp’ that’s what I name it, so ‘Champ Camp seasons 1, 2, three, four and it’ll be loopy simply the totally different vibes I’m in in the intervening time. It is likely to be one thing loopy, is likely to be gospel rap, it is likely to be one thing motivational like Melanie Fiona, however this final camp it was kinda private so any music that guys was speaking about quite a bit I used to be bumpin’ it,” famous Woodley, who additionally recalled one the unique songs that helped put him in his zone. “After I was in highschool I used to come back out to those wrestling matches, and I by no means talked to individuals. I had my headphones on and it was DMX’s “Look Through My Eyes.”
Woodley, who additionally does performing and stunts will probably be showing within the upcoming movie Cutthroat Metropolis, which additionally stars RZA, Wesley Snipes and Shameik Moore however again in 2015 many individuals don’t know that he additionally had a small function taking part in one the members Da Lench Mob in Straight Outta Compton. As he tells it the timing the movie had additional particular that means to him.
“I grew up in Ferguson. At the moment that we was filming the riot scenes within the Straight Outta Compton film, the riots have been occurring in Ferguson on the similar time,” Woodley remembered.
“So I’m on set filming it, however in my metropolis truly I lived on that avenue. That’s the road I grew up on and the riots have been occurring in actual time so I used to be simply kinda blessed to be an element historical past and in addition take a look at it from a distinct lens.”
Catch out the trailer for Woodley’s upcoming film down beneath and for extra info, observe him on Instagram @twooodley.