Nef the Pharaoh Talks About Mentor E-40, Bay Area Influence: Video

Vallejo, California 20-year-old Nef the Pharaoh dropped “Big Tymin’” earlier this year, a banger that went on to receive a YG/Ty Dolla $ign remix. Now, a month after releasing his self-titled debut on E-40’s label, Sick Wid It, he’s looking back at how he got into the game.

“You go to school to pick out your career; I knew what the fuck I was gonna be at four,” Nef the Pharaoh says of his decision to drop out not long after being invited on tour with rapper Clyde Carson at age 16.