Dom Kennedy is California’s best kept secret. The L.A. rapper dropped a slept on album By Dom Kennedy back in June and has been staying pretty low ever since.

Today, Dom stopped by HOT 97’s Ebro in the Morning Show for an impromptu interview. The west coast spitter talked with Ebro, Peter Rosenberg and Laura Stylez about the difference between NY rappers & LA rappers, his thoughts on the music scene today, the work it takes to stay independent and why he chooses to do so, Kendrick Lamar’s influence and how he stays true to himself.

Checkout the candid convo above. -QueenxJHoney