Shortly after the event, while Grandmaison interviewed Shane Dawson, Mid-interview, FouseyTube, Keemstar, and numerous other YouTube personalities interrupted, causing the interview to go viral. Grandmaison was one of the promoters for YouTube personality FouseyTube's event, "Hate Dies, Love Arrives", which was shut down via a bomb threat which left 1,500 people evacuated. According to reports, rubber bullets were shot and tear gas was used to disperse the crowd. The crowd grew to over 1,000, and police in riot gear eventually appeared. On June 20, 2018, Grandmaison held a memorial event for XXXTentacion, who had been murdered two days prior, in front of his ONSOMESHIT store, with a crowd of 300 people. Jon Caramanica of the New York Times described No Jumper as " The Paris Review for the face-tattoo set."
The No Jumper YouTube channel had over 518 million total video views and 2.7 million subscribers as of March 2019.
Hot 97 DJ Peter Rosenberg has said he views Grandmaison "as an advance scout searching for combustible new talent," while Rolling Stone described him as "underground hip-hop's major tastemaker."
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This was the Florida rapper's first official professional interview, and has been credited with giving him exposure to a wide audience. He has interviewed artists including Lil Yachty, Lil Peep, Pouya, Juice WRLD, Suicideboys, Young Thug, Tekashi69 and most famously XXXTentacion in April 2016 the latter interview received over 13 million views. Grandmaison, through his No Jumper podcast, has been noted for interviewing up-and-coming talent as well as established rappers. His interview of Memphis rapper and well-known underground rap figure Xavier Wulf soon turned viral within hip-hop communities, sparking Grandmaison's newfound interest in interviewing known figures within both underground and mainstream hip-hop. It originally started as a BMX podcast with vlogs dedicated to Grandmaison's life running ONSOMESHIT's retail store. As of March 2017, the interviews had received approximately 500,000 to 1 million views each. Revived in 2015, Grandmaison's No Jumper podcast, hosted on YouTube, focuses on interviews with underground rap artists and tastemakers. The blog reviewed early underground artists such as SpaceGhostPurrp and Clams Casino, and reviewed obscure Gucci Mane mixtapes, treating the underground with "critical attention." No Jumper was originally a blog on Tumblr, started by George Potter in 2011 and financed by Grandmaison. Grandmaison hosted the inaugural Trap Circus music festival in Miami, Florida in 2017. Later, he created ONSOMESHIT, a BMX biking team and BMX-based clothing line which at one point had a retail store on Melrose Avenue in Los Angeles. In 2006, Grandmaison started the website "The Come Up," which has become one of the most popular BMX websites of all time. Career 2006-2011 : The Come Up and ONSOMESHIT In December of 2000, Clinton pardoned Grandmaison's father after formerly being convicted of mail fraud in 1996. Grandmaison, whose brother was one of Clinton's earliest supporters in 1992. President Bill Clinton was close friends with Grandmaison's father, Philip J. Grandmaison has mentioned this on his podcast and in interviews many times. Grandmaison became a BMX rider at a young age and enjoyed Hip-Hop music, including Gucci Mane's hit " Bricks" that includes the line, "I'm ballin' like an athlete but got no Jumper." This inspired the name No Jumper for his future blog.