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I want to get into the whole clothing thing, movies, but I just want to make sure that my artistry is locked down.
I started getting more in tune with who I am by doing roles or even just being in a class and being around people.
I'm a fan of some of the hyphy stuff. Hyphy has been going on a lot longer than the press has been recognizing it.
I don't believe in collaboration necessarily for collaboration's sake, but I will do it, and sometimes it's great.
Hip-hop started with street poets with great lyrical skills, and that's what hip-hop has always been about for me.
I learned to fly planes at fifteen years old because one of my teachers thought I'd be a better pilot than rapper.
If you don't know where you make your mistakes, that's your worst mistake: not knowing where your mistakes are at.
Joy and pleasure is at the end of the justice. A right understanding of who God is and who we are in His creation.
I have the kind of conscience that it doesn't feel right if I watch other people suffer and I do nothing about it.
On family trips and vacations, I remember walking around with my little sister and making funny songs on the spot.
You can't get someone to like something they aren't feeling. After you press play, there isn't anything you can do.
To be honest, I think Chris Ware is the only person whose books I've actively and consistently purchased for years.
I've traveled a lot, I've rapped a lot. I like to think that's all in the toolbox to be tapped into when I need it.
'Hook' was one of my favorite movies when I was growing up, so we played with that theme on the title 'Never Land.'
I always shout out my dad. My artistic roots come from him. He had his own T-shirt company and taught me the trade.
If New York has just become a mall for the world, then what's the difference between being here and somewhere else?
Never tripping off the past, I would rather never mind 'em/'Cause only fools trip over something that be behind 'em
Whatever you goin' through, could always be much worse, Don't make a mistake, mistakin' your blessings for a curse.
In my world, even sure bets are not certain; 'Cause you'll get the picture, then find out it's the cropped version.
When I wake up in the morning, I've got a coffee and I'm in my own home studio just chilling... I make happy music.
That's one of my struggles as a hip-hop artist. If I feel like doing a super conscious song where I don't even rap.
I would say the best toy for any cat is always some sort of dangling item on a string or fishing-rod-type structure.
I really care about where things are going. I care about what people are feeling and I like to ask the question why.
The reason I never wanted to sign with a big label was because I didn't want no one telling me how to make my music.
Yeah, Dizzee Rascal is a huge influence on what I'm doing. I learnt a lot from him even though he's younger than me.
There is no comparison: The money is over here and the love is over there. But the love is the most important thing.
I got two stores, two streetwear stores, at home. Have to tend to those. Play Cloths. Have to tend to that business.
You know, I never did music for money. I did music to hear myself in the club, and to hear my creation on the radio.
Skateboarding was my introduction to rap and the first rap song that I really liked was KRS-One 'Step Into A World.'
Dream a little dream, Or you can live a little dream I'd rather live it 'Cause dreamers always chase But never get it
Pardon me if this all sounds corny, but when you put on a record, I'd like it to be an escape from everything you do.
I don't like to do the same songs every night for a week. I just... it's boring and tiring and frustrating basically.
It was incredible to have J Dilla in your dining room making beats - it was one of the greatest experiences I've had.
Just when you think you should start accepting that you're becoming an adult, all your childhood fantasies come true.
My music is basically all about witty punchlines and lyric progression that is aimed to make you laugh or say "Woah."
The only bridge I've ever burned along this legacy I dance is the one that linked the cities of prosperity and chance.
I love rap lyrics, I love hearing people rap, I love molding a thought or idea into the shape that fits on a rap beat.
I see myself on top, doing what I love to do, and doing it the way I want to do it. No rules, just doing my own thing.
I'm albino, my family is white, but I was really raised, and taught my important life lessons, by the black community.
I shouldn't have to be preparing my children that the world is going to be unfair to them for the rest of their lives.
I would definitely want a hit record, but I still want the success to be around the album. Only the music can help me.
Its just tryna impress the world and then realizing that, that doesn't even matter really, you gotta impress yourself.
I fell off a bridge when I was, like, 17 years old and got electrocuted by 15,000 volts of electricity - fell 30 feet.
I don't really step out the house trying to make a fashion statement. I step out the house making sure I'm comfortable.
All the pressure I have is from myself. I have a lot of pressure inside me. I wanna be great. I don't wanna be average.
There's something in the German language that makes you feel like you're getting a hug and a backstab at the same time.
I'm not trying to change the face of hip-hop music. I'm trying to make my records and always take the next step for me.
My favorite subjects was science and math. But as I got older, I was hanging out cutting class, going to hooky parties.
No matter how successful you become you gotta keep grindin' and be a good person and then good things will come to you.
Nobody - regardless of how they feel or behave - deserves to be on the other end of receiving hatred and discrimination.