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My father's from Jamaica.
I travel more than anybody I know.
I love nature and botanical gardens.
I just do very old man, adult things.
I started on the drums when I was eight.
When things line up, the music just flows.
I like how hip-hop is just shocking and fun.
From a shallow standpoint, I like nice things.
I'm black so I've been getting eyed by cops my whole life.
I'm a textbook Gemini. I just need variety and I'm random.
There's something special about the influence a woman has on me.
I like to dress well, I like to look good, I like to smell good.
I smile too much to be in a gang. I don't got that 'hit somebody' vibe.
Every time I have a conversation with a woman, I gleam something from it.
I remember I was a freshman in high school the first time I heard OutKast.
Virginia is a place that's so boring, you find friends and do cool things.
Everything that I'm doing, it's like a future jazz, future trap house movement.
Seeing Ed Sheeran make a beat from scratch when I was in college changed my life.
I'm going to be the first person to do every creative idea he's ever had in his head.
I don't watch the news too much, and I don't look too deep into bad news about artists.
I do old man things by default, just stay in the hotel room, eat oatmeal, and drink tea.
I've always loved fashion, but when you're broke, you're wearing whatever your dad gave you.
I listened to gospel music because that was just our culture, you know? My parents are pastors.
You can't really choose what influences you. You can't choose what sparks something inside you.
Women who care about your health is such a cool thing. Your homies won't remind you to not eat gluten.
Most of my music is reflective, imaginative. A lot of it is about how I'm going to feel in the future.
I'm used to not staying anywhere for too long. I've always had it in my DNA to go to different places.
I have two sisters, so there was no brother to beat up on. As a result, I've never hidden from emotions.
I like to produce music and put it out and hopefully it can help people through whatever crisis they have.
I don't want to create music or do a partnership because of the money. I don't want to be money-influenced.
Gospel influences your soul. If you've had church in your background... it's just a part of your musical DNA.
If you're really chosen for music, it just comes to you and you just let it pass through. That's how I create.
I feel like it's my responsibility to contribute to a good vibe in the world and to do what I can, when I can.
Full circle: 2014 I go from playing on the street to getting invited to play on stage, now 2016 I'm headlining.
I thought I was cool until I left the country. I went to Tokyo, and I was like, man, why am I wearing these jorts?
'Black Love' made my mama cry, so this is one of those song songs. When I hear it, it makes my heart do some things.
The moment you're not worried about adult problems and you get to just make music, then I've made it to some extent.
When I don't know all the rules, I just break them all. And it becomes like a higher level of music because of that.
I'm Jamaican, so I come from a very whip with two belts background - being sensitive isn't really part of my culture.
To be able to be at the level that I perform onstage, I have to embody everything I've made my music about. Which is me.
There's not a lot of thinking in my music. I freestyle a lot of things and organize it later, and then it becomes a song.
Everyone communicates with music in a different way. With some people, if there's not sheet music, they're not playing it.
I'm an athlete. I play basketball and football and all that with a bunch of other men, but that doesn't impact me emotionally.
Anyone I have musical chemistry with, I recruit, and we do shows and create drum kits together and make tunes for the SoundCloud.
I was about to leave L.A. because I didn't find enough soul in the musicians. Back in Virginia, it was just leaking soul everywhere.
I write about love so I can keep focused on the true goal: to be with my lady, lady and travel with her and have my li'l family unit.
I think for the culture I gotta collaborate with Pharrell. He's from my area, that'd be amazing - what he would pull out of creatively.
I hate politicking. I'm not the type of dude to like get around 13 guys and talk about who's next. I can't stand that. I like to take action.
With 'Pink Polo,' I wanted something I could listen to when I was doing different activities during the summer and also bring a message in it.
Something I do naturally is I just involve women in my professional work. I hire them, I pay them, I put them in the workplace I'm involved in.