That's one thing I can't lose: I can't lose the realness in my music.
I always try to take performances as an opportunity to implant my spirit into the hearts and minds of anyone in a hundred-yard vicinity.
I mean, Common was and is like my favorite rapper.
I wanted to go to a place with my first album that was just to the root, to the heart of emotion, and just unbridled by anything that wasn't truly in my heart.
Prince is one of my biggest idols of all time, and he's the real King of Pop.
I'm inspired by Prince on every level; the whole androgynous thing, the ambiguity in his gender and his foundation - it's amazing. That's the way I think about clothes, in relation to my personality and my life. It's just an extension of who I am, like a song.
I don't see why clothes have to be women's or men's. It seems pretty limiting. I buy women's pants, women's shoes - everything, really.
I just like Kodak Black. I feel like he's pretty self-aware, even if I don't agree with all the things he says.
I had white family members, black family members, white friends, black friends by the time I was 16.
You know, I think the idea of activism, more so a revolutionary mindset, is something that has been with me for most of my life, especially since I was about 16 years old.
Emotion is a broad spectrum and I just been to a lot of sides of my own emotions.
By nature I can be a confrontational person. I don't feel like there's anything wrong with that.
My brain's always working, and gears are turning 24/7. So I was trying to think of solutions.
Service is key. And as I have more on my plate, and I have more ambitions and more goals and things I want for myself, I'm realizing more and more how important it is to be a servant.
Human beings desire comfort and familiarity.
The things I have to say on and off the record are important, and I say them because I want to be heard.
I think when your intent and your energy is authentic and it's real and it's of the moment and it's necessary, it will reach the people it needs to reach.
I don't want only young black people that listen to my music be able to appreciate it. I just want people to be able to appreciate it.
I'd been doing my own thing, and making my own money; I wasn't built by a record label or the music industry, nor was I built by prominent artists that have given me co-signs.
I'm not motivated by money or fame. I'm more driven by the electricity of creativity. The idea of being one of the legends that inspired me, being like Tupac.
