He started out blogging stories about film productions, including Straight Outta Compton, utilizing extras for exclusive information. I see other platforms where the interviewer always talks over their guest and gives their opinion… I guess I felt like there was a hole in the market for someone to do it the opposite way.”īolton has no journalistic training. “I always make sure my interviews are about the person I am interviewing, and not just me. “I’m trying to record 2Pac’s life from all angles,” says the creator and lead interviewer, 31-year-old Mighty Bolton. It’s no surprise the channel, at the time of publication, has over 229k subscribers. (One explosive video went viral after Outlawz member Napoleon revealed Jada Pinkett-Smith used to beg 2Pac not to beat up Will Smith).īy speaking to people who were once hidden in the background - interviews also include former Death Row security lead Reggie Wright Jr, engineer Darryl Harper, producer Curtis “Kurt Kobane” Couthon, and Majesty, the brother of 2Pac associate’ Big Stretch - The Art of Dialogue tends to throw doubts on the official narrative, treating the days when Pac and Suge Knight burned rubber through the streets of LA with the gravitas of a historian dissecting the Fall of the Roman Empire. The result is a compelling interview format that consistently unearths new truths about rap’s golden era. phoning Nas to persuade him to jump on a song dissing 2Pac and whether this destroys the idea of the Ready To Die ’ rapper being a peacemaker and underrated singer Jewell was questioned on how being a woman might have stifled her progress under the alpha male tutorage of former boss Suge Knight. Chronicling the life of 2Pac, through interviews with the late rapper’s peers, enemies, and friends, the rising YouTube channel asks the kind of questions other interviewers seem to shy away from.įor example, openly gay Death Row singer Danny Boy was asked what it was like existing on a label where homophobia was rife Lil Cease was quizzed on his best friend The Notorious B.I.G.
The Art of Dialogue has risen in popularity over lockdown thanks to its fearless approach to getting down to the truth. Chronicling the life of 2Pac, through interviews with the late rapper’s peers, enemies, and friends, Mighty Bolton, founder of The Art of Dialogue, asks the kind of questions other interviewers seem to shy away from. Photo Credit: Al Pereira/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images We spoke to Mighty Bolton, founder of The Art of Dialogue YouTube Channel, about documenting the life and career of 2Pac and what it’s like archiving hip-hop history.
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