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I like for things to be judged fairly.
I don't rely on the strength of my image.
I'd rather be dead than work in a warehouse.
I been compared a lot to Brockhampton a lot.
I'd never been to a festival till I played one.
The U.S. army is pretty terrible. Never join it!
When I take from my influences, it's rare that I do it literally.
Most of my experience with racism comes from living in the South.
I want to work with Danny Brown but also Cannibal Corpse and Maroon 5.
I love Baltimore, I miss the people, but I think L.A. is way more chill.
I'm an artist but I'm also a real person. I have bills like everyone else.
The intention behind 'Prone!' was to make a punk song with no instruments.
I was born in 1989. I literally watched 'Rocko's Modern Life' on live television.
There's just more emotion and raw feeling in Baltimore music. It can't be copied.
Rick Rubin is interesting. He doesn't wear shoes, I think? No wait, he wears shoes.
When you're you long enough, you get to this space where people start respecting you.
Punk is all about doing what you want and being yourself. And that's what rap is too.
Baltimore's just like, it's like being in prison but being on the yard the whole day.
Baltimore has the hardest work ethic out of all cities. It makes you want to work harder.
Everyone has a little niche in rap, and I just wanted to carve a piece out of it for myself.
A lot of these dudes in metal, they're just mad at the world because, like... who even knows?
I saw Fear perform live at a young age, so I guess you could say I draw from that same energy.
I'm not some patriot. I didn't have some yearning to defend my country or anything. I was poor.
I see lots of people online making fun of me cause at my shows there's a bunch of white people.
On 'Black Ben Carson,' I had strict no melody thing. I wanted straight, raw, rugged noise music.
I am used to making people upset and uncomfortable with my lyrical content when it comes to music.
We need true free thinkers, people who really say what they feel and have good, genuine intentions.
I don't have a manager who's secretly on Interscope. I'm the complete opposite of an industry plant.
I'm always just gonna do whatever I want. I don't feel any pressure to appeal to anyone in particular.
I don't think any other place puts out music with no promise of success and still works like Baltimore.
In my opinion, the most dangerous thing an artist can do in this day and age is not embrace the present.
Kendrick Lamar is 10-times the rapper I am, but I just feel I'm the best at getting my own point across.
My dad used to play old dancehall records - Cutty Ranks, Ranking Dread, Michael Prophet, these type of dudes.
Everything I say is true and from the heart. I exaggerate some things, but the core base of it is just facts.
Whoever likes my music, I'm gonna reciprocate that same love back to them. I'm not trying to alienate anybody.
I started producing when I was listening to The Diplomats. The first time I heard Cam'ron was 'Dead or Alive.'
If you listen to my music, you know who I'm talking to, what I'm talking about, and exactly what my message is.
I've been watching anime for a minute, so I know like real weird deep anime that people probably don't care about.
I grew up in Flatbush, Queens, Laurelton. These are places where it's mostly black and there was a lot of diversity.
I enjoy making music more than anything in the world. It's the only thing that it's felt the same since I was like 15.
Bjork for sure. Definitely, I would like to do like something with Tommy Genesis, too. There's a lot of people actually.
I don't think rappers have a responsibility, but for me, I gotta say something. I can't just look at injustice and keep quiet.
I love soundtracks. I used to have three iPod classics: one with regular music, one with soundtracks, and one with demos on it.
So much of rap sounds the same, and that's okay, but that means some people want something that can be the complete opposite too.
There's no right or wrong way to do things and I think a lot of the SoundCloud rappers with their DIY music are proving that to be true.
Rules limit you, and once you start thinking about what the audience wants or expects, it becomes a trap that a lot of artists fall into.
I'm going to shock you with the truth. I'm just going to give it to you raw, and however you take it, I'm just going to watch your reaction.
When I first started rapping, I used to just jock Jay Z super hard. Back when I was like 14 and 15, it was, like, Jay Z, Ice Cube, and Lil Wayne.
My music experience living in Baltimore was life-altering. To this day, there is no scene that works as hard or puts as much effort into their art.
I think it's important for black people in general to be aware of what's going on and do what you got to work around it. Not bow down to it publicly.