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Hopoutso700 on Compton Upbringing, EBK Connections, Going on the Run for 5 Years & More

August 5, 2026

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"I Had to Press Go": Hopoutso700 on Compton, Survival, and the Weight of a Name

The first time Hopoutso700 heard gunfire that wasn't on a recording, he was seven years old. He was playing outside when the screaming started, and when he followed it, he saw a dead body—blood on the walls, the whole scene "wide open" in the apartment complex. "It changed me," he says flatly. "I never forgot about it. I was there early." That moment, and the ones that followed, shaped a young man who by 22 had already spent five years on the run, beaten a case that could have cost him 16 years, signed a record deal, and watched his father get shot eleven times by police before his first birthday.

The Weight of Upbringing

Hopoutso700—born Tiny Baby, a name his father gave him—grew up in Compton's Yajs projects, where local slang turns "projects" into "Yajs" and the city's legendary hip-hop lineage (Straight Outta Compton, the movies, the myths) made a kid want to "go hard" from the jump. But the real education came earlier and harder. His father was shot eleven times by police in what Hop calls "some bullshit" when he was just one year old. His mother went to the hospital and told his father she couldn't be part of that lifestyle. "She can't be a part of his lifestyle," Hop repeats, not as judgment but as fact. "For the sake of me, could sharpen up."

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  • 1 Timestamped Navigation Outline
  • 2 (00:00) **Episode Opening & Guest Introduction** - Adam introduces Hopoutso700, a rapper from Compton with deep EBK connections
  • 3 (02:11) **Upbringing & Father's Police Shooting** - Hopoutso700 describes his childhood shaped by his father being shot 11 times by police when he was one year old
  • 4 (04:53) **The Appeal of Street Life Over Conventional Paths** - Hopoutso700 explains why he chose the streets over college or regular jobs
  • 5 (08:54) **Witnessing Violence as a Child** - The first dead body he saw at age seven was a defining inflection point
  • 6 (11:30) **Compton's Legacy & Local Pride** - Growing up in Compton with its legendary hip-hop history shaped his ambition
  • 7 (12:57) **High School & Dropping Out** - He was popular and a positive figure in school, but life forced him to leave

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Show Notes

0:42 Hopoutso700 explains why he calls Compton "Yompton" 8:31 Hopoutso700 on the defining moment of his childhood 18:44 Hopoutso700 explains spending 25 days in jail before earning pretrial release 34:38 Hopoutso700 on Compton having successful families and beautiful neighborhoods 44:35 Hopoutso700 opens up about regularly checking on Jaaybo in jail ----- Shout out to all our members who make this content possible, sign up for only $5 a month https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNNTZgxNQuBrhbO0VrG8woA/join Promote Your Music with No Jumper - https://nojumper.com/pages/promo CHECK OUT OUR ONLINE STORE!!! https://nojumper.com NO JUMPER PATREON http://www.patreon.com/nojumper CHECK OUT OUR NEW SPOTIFY PLAYLIST https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5tesvmDS8h50LkjnSAWMOs?si=j6sJD6DkR4mk5NZZWnlK7g Follow us on SNAPCHAT https://www.snapchat.com/discover/No_Jumper/4874336901 Follow us on SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/show/4z4yCTjwXa4an6sBGIe7m5 iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/no-jumper/id1001659715?mt=2 Follow us on Social Media: https://www.snapchat.com/discover/No_Jumper/4874336901 http://www.twitter.com/nojumper http://www.instagram.com/nojumper https://www.facebook.com/nojumper http://www.reddit.com/r/nojumper JOIN THE DISCORD: https://discord.gg/Q3XPfBm Follow Adam22: http://www.instagram.com/adam22 adam22bro on Snapchat


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