You threw a Lil B show in December, and the crowd outside got so crazy that riot police swarmed and it ended up on the news. What happened that night? We were gonna do that at a different venue—I really wasn't getting paid much off of that party, I was really just doing it out of love. So I moved it to this venue called The Regent because it's a professional venue—they have their own production, so I wouldn't have to do as much. I tried to warn them that it was gonna be crazy and I don't think they believed me. They didn't have enough security. The line was good until 9:30, when I got a text and went outside and saw there was no more line—just hella people in front of the doors, and the SWAT team's there. The news was saying we invited 2,000 people to a show that was 400-450 cap—the cap there is 1136. So I don't know where the news got the number 400. Crazy. They made me sound like an asshole.

How was it inside? The venue tripped out so they only let me get to 70% capacity, so probably only like 500 kids got to see it. They got scared, closed the doors, and wouldn't open back up.

At some point this all probably has to go legit, right? Yeah, I mean, even the GBE show was at a legit venue. I prefer rundown clubs rather than like the fuckin' Nokia or the Henry Fonda or some shit. I just like it to feel underground. I wanna throw a festival where I can have two stages, or two different rooms. A big part of HAM is that we do rap shows, but we also do a lot of underground club stuff too. So we want to have two rooms—one that focuses on the clubby music we play, and one that focuses on the rap performances. I'm gonna try to do it this year.

What feedback are you getting from kids who come out? Oh, they love it. It's crazy because when we first started, even back then everybody would come through—fuckin' Kreayshawn, Lil Debbie, Earl Sweatshirt, all these random L.A. characters. That was when we were first getting our shit cracking. I don't think there's any other party like it out here in L.A., so it has its own wave. At this point it's not even a party, it's like its own scene. The kids on Twitter that go all become friends, and I know they're all friends through HAM. It's a little community.