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I like quality over quantity.
Swanky means classy and funky.
Everything you touch touches you.
Most of the suits I try to wear are bespoke.
If one door is closed, break a window anyway.
Nothing I'm doing is without its predecessors.
There was no question that I was going to school.
I believe what Wondaland is doing is creating depth.
I thought the suit was something that would suit me.
I think hard-core capitalism tends to commercialize everything.
Does Martin Luther King really want his birthday commercialized?
My nickname is 'Chief' because my father was a chief in Nigeria.
In Brooklyn, all the kids call me the 'Willy Wonka of the Hood.'
I work predominantly with tailors from Nigeria, Ghana, and Senegal.
I don't have one geographic location that I'm exclusively loyal to.
Willy Wonka had his chocolate factory; I have my Fear & Fancy Parlor.
I was born in Wisconsin, but I quickly moved to Nigeria as a toddler.
I'm the guy on the corner that is slightly peculiar but fun and funky.
I am, always have been, and always will be proud of my Nigerian heritage.
For me, I wear a suit because I need to remember what's happened before me.
When hip-hop came along, men and women started dressing down as a form of rebellion.
Jesus' birthday is commercialized, so of course, Black History Month is commercialized.
It's better to do your purpose imperfectly than to do someone else's purpose perfectly.
For me, it's important that as you're introducing yourself, you show different dimensions.
I think each artist lives with purpose. A strong sense of purpose. We know who's come before us.
My style is not specific to the antebellum South, but it's heavily inspired by the Jim Crow era.
A great tailor is like a great personal trainer - they tailor that suit to your natural physique.
I was raised with a father who really believed in the bridge between all Africans around the world.
I think it's the job of the artist to reflect the times and also reflect his or her views of the world.
If we can believe in our own value, then we won't try to denigrate and diss and just roast women all the time.
The one thing that I learned in college, actually, was that you may reach tremendous highs and tremendous lows.
I began my studies in a sound and electrical engineering program, but I ultimately created a major called 'Ritual Art.'
I describe myself as a big kid with an old soul, I'm very playful whimsical, but I definitely have that old soul as well.
America is haunted by an apparition steeped in slavery, and I wanted to remind everyone that, 'Yo, we've got to handle this.'
Not unlike our country's history, my personal history was founded upon an unfortunate history of racial conflict between black and white.
I've gone down several paths. I started school as an engineer, but underneath it all, I knew I wanted to use instruments, not build them.
People thought 'Classic Man' was processed. But then they realized, 'Oh, this guy actually is that man, and he actually dresses like that.'
While the majority of my childhood memories are beautiful, I also have experienced the challenges that Nigeria has faced since independence.
All across this world, especially within the African diaspora, we feel like there is a constant devaluing of our culture and our livelihood.
California was special. It's a place where I learned how to be adventurous, both in style and fashion, but also in terms of the way I think.
I think a lot of people try to be someone else, and Young Thug really is who he is. I love his melodies, how he dresses, how he carries himself.
I myself have been scrutinized by militarized police, but I know officers who actually handle themselves in a certain way that makes me feel safe.
When I was a boy, I was sagging my pants like everyone else. Some boys become men and continue to sag their pants because that's their form of rebellion.
I started singing because it was a natural evolution in hip-hop to me. Without Prince, I wouldn't have embraced that. I wouldn't have been able to embrace me.
I was raised in Nigeria, and my mother is white, but I never saw her as white, not until I came to America. She was just my mother. She didn't really have a color.
There are always pluses and minus to commercialization. It broadcasts something to the masses. So that's the plus. The minus is it may lose some of its meaning if you dilute it.
First of all, I respect The Game. He's trail-blazed for artists like myself. I appreciate him, having - living in L.A. myself and knowing what he stands for and what he stood for.
I wanted to remind myself and others of the old Jim Crow, so that we can remind ourselves that we're still living in the new Jim Crow. I feel it's important to dress in the fashion of the times.
I feel like we haven't dealt with the ghosts of America's past, and the way to deal with it is to confront it, so every time people see me, I want them to be reminded and to confront that ghost.
I've always been dabbling in suits, but like a lot of people in the neighborhoods I grew up in, I had my snapback; I had my v-neck. I still got them in the closet. I got my J's, my Forces; it was standard.