On July 3, Riff Raff’s always worthwhile Twitter account shared a special message with the world: “iM THE RADiO STATiON DJ ON THE NEW ViDEO GAME SAiNTS ROW 4 SO MAKE SURE TO PERMANENTLY BORROW THE ViDEO GAME AFTER YOUR RiCH FRiEND BUYS iT.”
As we later confirmed, this announcement was indeed accurate. The Rap Game Christian Laettner/Janet Jackson/Peppermint Patty/Stacey Augmon is the voice behind the game's Mad Decent 106.9 station. Music-wise, Riff shows up on several of the station’s tracks, too, what with a solo joint (“Rookie on the Year”), an appearance on a song from his group Three Loco (“Beer”), and feature spots on Liz's “Underdog” and Toadally Krossed Out's “Cray.”
With Saints Row IV dropping today, we figured it was high time to hear what Jody Highroller himself has to say about video games. Seeing as this is a man who recently reminisced about some relatively obscure Super Mario Bros. 3 info, he’s gotta know his shit, so we tried to get the recently arrested, Vine-loving MC to open up with his thoughts on Saints Row IV and a few other video-game- and tech-related issues. Along the way, we also happened to learn about the crucial difference between Bobby Blue Shoes and Timmy O’Tool.
How did you get the spot to represent Mad Decent on Saints Row IV? Did Diplo or someone else at Mad Decent say, 'Hey, Riff Raff's our guy' or did somebody from the Saints Row team come over to you?