BruceDropEmOff & Ball Hog interview: Hiatus, Return to Streaming? LUCKI, God, Protect, New Music

Release unlimited tracks & always keep 100% of your earnings. Plus — access to more features than any other music distributor. Follow DistroKid Site: https://distrokid.com/ YouTube:    / distrokid   Instagram:   / distrokid   Facebook:   / distrokid   X: https://x.com/distrokid FOLLOW US   / kidstakeover   Host & Producer @ktoarshan Filming @kahre @wav3_visuals Editing @kokobondrazak @ktoarshan Extra Production + Research @jack.kissane @antoniojohri In this interview, Arshan sat down with BruceDropEmOff along with his BallHog collective members like Protect, & 77 (Sneak couldn’t make this one unfortunately) in Brooklyn to discuss everything from Bruce’s recent 6-month hiatus from streaming & his plans on when he’s returning, being over transactional & fake relationships in the streaming world & the controversy Bruce experienced around that, the formation of the BallHog Collective, Bruce introducing the underground scene to streaming, Bruce’s genuine relationship with LUCKI, his opinion on other streamers’ forced collabs with artists, Bruce starting streaming at 13 years old & Protect rapping since 14, if Protect and Bruce are related (cousins), Protect working with producer WeGoneBeOk on his project Ball Hog for Life and liking Skrillex & EDM music, Snow Strippers, Raq Baby, Radiohead, American Football, BallHog’s favorite video games like 2k, and people comparing BallHog to early Odd Future and more! TIMESTAMPS!! 0:00 - The day Bruce first watched a KTO video was a LUCKI reaction 1:42 - Are Bruce & Protect cousins? 2:28 - Meeting on 2k / Discord 3:16 - The start of BallHog Summer in Miami 5:16 - Protect originally hating the song “Ball Hog Summer” 6:14 - Streaming at 13: skipping Prom & College 7:20 - Spending all his money on clothes 8:21 - Made it moment: Paying mom’s bills 8:58 - Protect rapping since 14 & not quitting 10:01 - ‘All On Me’ connecting with fans 11:39 - Who is all in BallHog 12:16 - How to join BallHog 13:09 - Bruce showing LUCKI his OWN music 13:31 - Bruce hating the studio 14:11 - Protect’s album 14:59 - Protect’s beat selection, wegonebeok 17:08 - Jim Legxacy being a fan of Protect 17:38 - Bruce’s vision for BallHog 18:29 - Being compared to Odd Future 18:50 - Why Bruce took a hiatus from streaming 19:48 - What Bruce did during his 6-month hiatus 20:35 - How hard it is to be a streamer 21:51 - Bruce being tired of fake streamer friendships 22:44 - Bruce returning to streaming soon! 24:29 - Protect being there during Bruce’s controversy 24:47 - Bruce rapping vs. Protect streaming 25:10 - Which content creators does Bruce watch 25:51 - Did Bruce introduce the underground to streaming? 27:11 - Forced streamer collabs: Carti & Adin, Jack Doherty 28:47 - Bruce’s friendship in 2025 with LUCKI 29:26 - What BallHog listens to: Raq baby, Snow Stripper 30:44 - They only eat Raising Canes 31:27 - Sitting courtside to see LeBron one day 32:07 - Best underrated 2k player: Rudy Gay, Jameer Nelson 34:00 - Favorite video games 34:41 - Bruce vs. Protect in basketball 36:25 - BallHog’s message to the youth Tags (ignore): Brucedeo brucedeo ballhog collective ballhog collective protect protect lucki lucki sneak sneak 77 77 wegonebeok wegonebeok jim legxacy jim legxacy snow strippers plaqueboymax plaqueboymax amp amp amp snow strippers odd future odd future tyler the creator tyler the creator frank ocean frank ocean kai cenat kai cenat otk otk yourrage yourrage yung bans yung bans jack doherty jack doherty rich the kid rich the kid radiohead radiohead rap rap underground rap underground rap streaming streaming kick kick twitch twitch #ballhog #brucedeo #protect