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I am used to experiencing so much trauma, that when I see it, I have to speak out. I don't think rappers…

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I started producing when I was listening to The Diplomats. The first time I heard Cam'ron was 'Dead or Alive.'

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America to me is where I grew up: in Brooklyn, around other black and Latino people who helped and loved each other.…

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Well, me and Freaky been knowing each other for a while, and he was always playing crazy music in his room, but…

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Most of my experience with racism comes from living in the South.

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My music experience living in Baltimore was life-altering. To this day, there is no scene that works as hard or puts as…

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Bjork for sure. Definitely, I would like to do like something with Tommy Genesis, too. There's a lot of people actually.

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Rick Rubin is interesting. He doesn't wear shoes, I think? No wait, he wears shoes.

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Back in the early 1980s when rappers couldn't perform in the fancy venues because the police were too racist and scared, it…

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I don't rely on the strength of my image.

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I'd rather be dead than work in a warehouse.

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The idea of me being an icon or something is a very funny thing, just because of my own weird insecurities. But,…

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The only real thing I took away from the military is that it just reinforced all the things I already thought about…

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I've been watching anime for a minute, so I know like real weird deep anime that people probably don't care about.

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I don't think rappers have a responsibility, but for me, I gotta say something. I can't just look at injustice and keep…

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It just seems like Baltimore, talent-wise, nothing can touch it.

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A lot of these dudes in metal, they're just mad at the world because, like... who even knows?

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Baltimore's just like, it's like being in prison but being on the yard the whole day.

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There's no right or wrong way to do things and I think a lot of the SoundCloud rappers with their DIY music…

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I'm going to shock you with the truth. I'm just going to give it to you raw, and however you take it,…

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The U.S. army is pretty terrible. Never join it!

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We need true free thinkers, people who really say what they feel and have good, genuine intentions.

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Now that I have a little platform, and there are more eyes on me to release something, all that does is challenge…

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Originally my entire goal with music was for it to be my job. When I sit down to make a beat, I…

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I used to get stop-and-frisked every time I walked out of my house.

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