Prison hosts a lot of normal people, a lot of family men who were caught in a tight situation or in a dark place.
I don't think that one moment in people's life should define them. Within reason: I emphasise that.
The biggest lesson that I've learnt is that things can change so quickly, never get used to one thing because everything can flip on it's head.
I think it's crucial to go out and explain to people who you are and where you come from, your hardships - that's the kind of stuff I connect to.
Where I'm from, if you can't see who and what is good for you and who is bad for you, you could end up with the wrong friends, in places where you don't need to be, with people that you didn't need to bring into your house, giving your trust to those who could turn on you.
I'm always looking forward and trying to improve.
Just be thankful for what you have in the moment, but most importantly, work hard. The things that you work hard on have a lot of impact.
Music and football are two industries where black people excel, because talent is undeniable. You can't deny an amazing voice. You can't deny amazing athletic prowess. Physically, it's evident. But in other industries, circumstance is more of a thing.
I think we internalise a great deal. Music can draw that stuff out of even the hardest person.
Sometimes I sit down and I think 'Do I regret this? Do I regret that?' And I feel like everything makes this snowball effect, you know? If you regret something, it's good because it just means that it's something that's affected you enough for you to stop and think... There's a reason that everything happens.
There was a sort of chain in school. I wasn't, like, mad at the top, but I wasn't right at the bottom, either.
I learnt what I am not good at: listening, staying focused, turning up on time, following orders... I realised that I was going to have to pull off something special, something different.
We're all just humans at the end of the day.
I started my first year at college on May 10 2015, and dropped my first video, 'Black Box' on the same day, it's pretty weird. I'm studying Philosophy and Ethics, Law and Music. Ethics helps a lot with music. Philosophy gives you a great perspective on things; it makes you think deeper about what you're saying.
It's what I do my entire life when I'm not doing music. If I'm in a hotel room in Sweden, or on a plane to Vancouver, I'm watching football. I'll try to talk about other stuff, too, but football is a lifestyle.
I wish I could make myself more riveting but I'm quite standard, as the name suggests.
I couldn't care less about criticism.
As a human, I'd say I'm pretty intermediate.
Black is confusing. Where does the line start and stop with what is black and what isn't black? People that are mixed-race, or, imagine being from Sri Lanka or Bangladesh, people might say you're black but your features are so non-black, like you've got straight hair, you've got like a sharper nose, or such.
Psychodrama' is a form of therapy and it is just expressing how you feel in whatever way is the most creative to you. Some people act it out, some people sing it out, people find their own different ways.
