Louisville-born, LA-based rapper and creative IVRY pulls up to the OddPod for a deep, wide-ranging conversation with Marcus and Pod Rashid about his journey from the South End to the West Coast — and everything he's built along the way.

IVRY opens up about growing up across different parts of Louisville, from South Louisville to the neighborhood right behind Algonquin Park, where a pivotal moment of being kicked out pushed him to finally take music seriously. As a kid, he was a homebody who channeled his creativity into editing Boondocks clips over Lil Wayne songs on Windows Movie Maker, writing raps for his little sister, and dancing at teen parties — all early signals of a creative who'd find his lane on his own terms.

A PRP alum, IVRY credits the school's wild diversity — country kids, hood kids, upper class, all in one building — for his ability to connect with just about anyone. That same versatility bleeds into his music, which he describes as melody-first and entertainment-focused, designed to hit a wide range of listeners rather than a niche pocket.

The conversation digs into his extensive catalog: seven projects and over 90 songs since 2018, including Grand Theft Audio, For My People, Feels, 2001, Ego, In Real Life, 4200, and his latest self-titled IVRY EP — which he calls his "musical résumé," a project that captures every dimension of who he is as an artist. He talks through the evolution behind each project, the hard resets, the SoundCloud era that changed his perspective on what music could be (shoutout Lil Yachty), and how a vacation-turned-revelation led to him quitting his post office job and moving to LA to bet on himself full time.

The crew also gets into the Drake vs. Kendrick beef and how history gets rewritten over time, the cultural power of Afro Man, IVRY's collab with Prodigy tha Kid, and his belief that creativity is something you're meant to steward — not sit on.

Looking ahead, IVRY is dialing in on his individuality through more V-logs & new music this summer. Follow him at @twohundred_ on Instagram and YouTube.