DX: Do you see any correlation between lowrider culture and Hip Hop?
GM: Of course. Anything that urban youth [represents], that’s what Hip Hop is. It was built to go against what society thought was cool, for the urban youth. It’s not about black, brown, white – it’s urban youth. Lowriding, of course it has to be part of Hip Hop. That’s why all the rappers put lowriders in their videos. It says, “Okay, these niggas are ‘bout the business.”

DX: I get the impression that there’s a lot of rappers who might own a lowrider or put a car in the video, but couldn’t find the gas tank. As a real lowrider, doesn’t that bother you?
GM: It’s not the movement to them. It ain’t really the movement in L.A. like it used to be. Right now it’s about Harley [Davidson's]. I just got a Harley, a Road Glide. It’s not about lowriders, not as much. People have ‘em. L.A. is Harley-central though. Every dude I knew who was a big factor in lowriding, like Big Punchy, these dudes are on Harleys – Road Kings, Road Glides, Electroglides, Soft Tails, that’s what it is now. L.A. niggas are naturally car niggas, because we spend most of our life in the car. That’s why we make a lot of music that bumps, bangs, and woofers, all that.