
He goes, ‘What is it?’ I said, ‘I want to try and rap this. “I called and I said, ‘Look, brother, I have an idea,’” Johnson said. “‘This might be a great idea or fucking trash.’ He laughed. Let me hear it.’”Īfter checking out what Tech N9ne, Joey Cool, and King Iso did to the track, Johnson got inspired. Maybe like a Rock promo, like if you were in WWE.’ And I said, ‘OK, cool. 12-Dwayne Johnson broke down how his viral verse on Tech N9ne’s “Face Off” came to be. “Just so you know, and everybody at Complex ,” Johnson began, explaining that Tech N9ne originally reached out asking if Johnson wanted to be part of a “badass anthem” that already had verses from Joey Cool and King Iso. “He said, ‘I’d love for you to come in on the end and just do spoken word.’ I said, ‘In what way?’ He goes, ‘I don’t know. At the end of a recent junket interview with Complex for Netflix’s Red Notice-which is in theaters now and hits the streaming service on Nov.
