I like my name. If somebody wants to call me Leland, that's cool.
You would think I'm mad or depressed all the time, but that's not the case at all.
When I came up, one of my favorite groups and producers was Three 6 Mafia.
I plan on making my mark on the legacy of hip-hop, period, but also in Atlanta production because there's a lot of history there.
There's always something in Atlanta that's so far from people's comfort zone.
I'm heavily influenced by a lot of people like Dre, Pharrell, and Kanye. They're all big-time tastemakers and trendsetters, just for culture, period. So I strive to do that as well.
I'm always going to be heavy in producing. It's always going to come first. It never can't come first.
Growing up, flute riffs was big in rap back then. It's what I listened to.
One of the things I love about music and making beats is making something and watching someone's reaction, knowing you can do something to manipulate the way people move or act.
In high school, for two years, I made all my beats on earbuds. I'd just guess, so the frequencies would be all off.
That's what helps me in my career: I know how to relate to people, knowing what they want.
Makonnen is a good dude. It's just good energy when he's around.
Me and Future recorded so many songs that as soon as we did 'Honest,' I liked it a lot, but I didn't see it as a single. But he just kept talking about it after we did it like, 'Man, this is big. This is big. It's gonna be a single.'
Pac was real, and he put everything into that music with the passion, creativity, and the drive, and I feel like it's all one in the same with myself.
I grew up in St Louis, just with my mom.
I wanted to rap, but I needed beats. I couldn't buy any, so I just made my own.
On Christmas, when I was 13, my mom got me my first laptop. I downloaded it, FruityLoops, cause I had heard about it, and started messing around.
Future is different from a lot of artists just because of his work ethic.
People like Tay Don, Don Cannon, and OJ Da Juiceman - those were the core people that I rock with. And I still rock with them.
I'm real big on making sure everything is right and taking my time.
