Podcast guest says Drexthejoint was "known for running" before rap fame

A Juice Unlocked podcast guest had a story about Drexthejoint before the fame. In a clip posted Jan. 12, 2026, the guest, tagged in the caption as @514kero_pst and named on the cover graphic as FortyFrmTheH514D, said Drex "was known for running" back in his school days.

Juice Unlocked's caption put a playful spin on it, framing the claim as Drex being a "track star" in high school before he got signed and became a famous rapper. Then it asked followers whether they thought it was a true story, and whether he was keeping it 100 or chasing clout.

What the guest said

The guest walked through his own school path. He said he went to Magnolia, got kicked out and was sent to a school he called Chavez, and that by then there was "word around town that drex was there."

He said Drex was known for running and that some of his friends "chased him out of school." He also said he knew where Drex used to live and insisted his friends were not lying.

In a second clip, he said that on his first day at the new school, people told him Drex had moved to online school. About three days later, he said, he saw that Drex had signed, though he later put the gap at somewhere between three days and a week. The other man at the table summed it up: Drex "got saved by the bell."

“Word around town that Drex was there.”

Who's who

Drexthejoint is a Santa Ana rapper. Juice Unlocked ranked him No. 6 on its June 2025 all-time list of Orange County's top 50 rappers.

None of the guest's account has been independently confirmed, and the clip does not include a response from Drex. Treat it as one person's story from the podcast chair.

“Bro's on online school now.”

“So you're saying he got saved by the bell.”