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J Hus

(1996) Rapper

37 quotes in 149 categories

J Hus is a rapper.

Quick Facts About J Hus

Born: May 26, 1996
Profession: Rapper

About J Hus

[Wikidata] British rapper... | [Wikipedia] Mamadou Lamin Jallow known professionally as J Hus, is a British rapper and singer, credited with pioneering the genre of Afroswing. He is currently signed to Black Butter Records. He gained popularity in 2015 following the release of his song "Dem Boy Paigon".

Quotes by J Hus

In year 10 or 11, I used to buy packs of doughnuts for 50p from Morrisons, and sell them for 50p each.…

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My mum used to play afrobeats, my dad used to play Caribbean, my sisters and brothers played hip-hop.

Brothers

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I don't think anyone can do what I already do. I just do it and it's unique, yeah.

Just

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I don't like to believe in star signs and all of that stuff.

Astronomy

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I'm just gonna be more weird and unique as possible.

Gonna

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I'm not really good at talking.

Good

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Everyone sounds like me now. But they know who they are. It's a game changer. I started this sound, I'm the head…

Better

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My absolute earliest influences would be people like Michael Jackson, R. Kelly, Outkast, 'Get Rich Or Die Tryin' era 50 cent.

Die

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Jhene Aiko, I like Zara Larsson, I like working with female artists.

Art

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My friends used to call me ugly. Even my mum would say it.

Even

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I wanna keep rapping, I intend to. It's good to mix it up, but I'm still gonna stay true to rapping.

Good

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I've had a million hats - snapbacks or whatever. I'm really into hats.

Had

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Everyday I look back at my history and feel regret.

Back

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I wanted to be an actor.

Actor

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Prison, I don't want to go back there again.

Again

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Being ugly didn't offend me. It's like: Yeah, I'm ugly. What? Make me ugly-sexy. Embrace it.

Being

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I feel like I'm bipolar. I have my different moods and that. That's why my music exists in so many different worlds…

Deep

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I think I make ugly sexy and attractive. If I didn't do music, the girls that like me wouldn't like me, but…

Good

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To me now, I don't really categorize music - I see music as all one.

I see

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My little brother is four years old and he listens to all my music. I don't know how he finds it, but…

Brother

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I don't like to be put into a box. I don't wanna be given a title - nothing.

Box

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It's just common sense that everyone should be listening to J Hus.

Common sense

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I like to say there's no natural genre to my music.

Genre

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People always say I'm shy! But I'm not even shy! Like, if you knew what I'm saying in my brain. I'm in…

Brain

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Even with me going to prison, it could have put a bad stigma on my name. But you keep going. When people…

Bad

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