For me to be creative, I have to have peace.

New York hip-hop inspired me a lot.

— J.I.D

I started writing music around 20 years old.

— J.I.D

'Lauder' is a favorite because the name of the song is a friend of mine who passed away.

— J.I.D

I'm never comfortable.

— J.I.D

Nobody on Earth does a project by himself. So you have to make sure your team is intact.

— J.I.D

I try to read as much as I can.

— J.I.D

I feel like the world is getting dumber. I don't necessarily think people are stupid, but I think we're getting dumber.

— J.I.D

I feel like hip-hop inspires everything.

— J.I.D

My family big as hell, man.

— J.I.D

I'm tryna be the biggest artist I could be.

— J.I.D

I do order from UberEats.

— J.I.D

I got kicked out of school because I was wilding.

— J.I.D

How I did the first 'DiCaprio,' it was mine. I was pulling from everywhere. I was getting stuff from movies. I was getting stuff…

— J.I.D

My writing process is consecutive, like, 'mad scientist' crazy. It's not totally writing something that rhymes or even writing a rap necessarily. Sometimes it's…

— J.I.D

I ran track and played football... I was an all-American.

— J.I.D