Why the name Gon?
Gon: The name Gon is an elevation of a lot of other names, which I won’t mention, but the reason I stuck to Gon, is because it’s a representation of what I want to be. Not necessarily absent, but when you know something is gone, you know that it’s not present anymore and to be the representation of that means to be the representation of what is absent or missing from the culture of hip-hop in general. I would like to be the missing link or the thing that is currently non-existent. TD: What do you think is the missing link? Gon: In all honesty, I’m not sure; you know that’s why I’m trying to fill it. But I think there are things that I think are obviously missing and thing that are not so obviously missing. The things that are obviously missing right now, especially in mainstream culture, is someone who raps who actually has a brain. That’s definitely dead. Because now I really feel like it’s the dumber you are the higher the pedestal. I feel like it’s other than just intelligence, beca
