I realize how much my life lines up with artists like Marvin Gaye and Sam Cooke. My sound comes from church, but the stories come from actual personal experience, being out there in the streets living life. — BJ the Chicago Kid Copy Share Image
In a compass, we got north, south, east and west, right? But in between that, you got things like north-east - now that, to… — BJ the Chicago Kid Copy Share Image
I ain't rocking with Trump, but politics I kinda keep to myself. — BJ the Chicago Kid Copy Share Image
Living my life socially means there is a swagger to how I dress, walk; it's not about being 'cool,' it's just being me -… — BJ the Chicago Kid Copy Share Image
I feel like Black Milk has found his way of putting his life into his music. I feel like, lyrically, he is a beast;… — BJ the Chicago Kid Copy Share Image
Every hip-hop artist I have worked with has a respect for higher power, whether that's church, Allah, or any sort of higher being -… — BJ the Chicago Kid Copy Share Image
You can't be afraid to be honest and to be yourself. We all have imperfections and fall short at some point. Showing your human… — BJ the Chicago Kid Copy Share Image
I love loyalty, and I love paying back my end of loyalty, you know what I'm saying? I love making it full circle. — BJ the Chicago Kid Copy Share Image
The aggression. The love. The joy. The pain. All those feelings and emotions that come from the music are Chicago. Chicago pretty much made… — BJ the Chicago Kid Copy Share Image
Most people have to learn the words to the National Anthem before they sing it. I learned these words when I was a child… — BJ the Chicago Kid Copy Share Image
I just love how everyone with that Motown sound seemed to come from a two-block radius from the actual original location. The original location… — BJ the Chicago Kid Copy Share Image
Honestly, I've learned from results, period. Everything isn't a failure. Sometimes it just doesn't work. That's not a failure. Maybe it just means it… — BJ the Chicago Kid Copy Share Image
On my block, we grew up like family. Summer times, man, psshh, we in the back in the alley or in the front on… — BJ the Chicago Kid Copy Share Image
