American - Actor | January 24, 1982 -
The tricky thing about fast raps is not really the delivery of them; it's the writing of them, with consonants close enough together that you don't trip up over them.
Daveed Diggs
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Being with a bunch of people who never take a day off means that you're not taking a day off.
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I think this idea of a big break is a lie.
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The fact that rap has a strict meter and stays to a click means that you have to make your thoughts concise.
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I majored in theater. I did plays. But musicals were not my thing.
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To be rapping in a musical on Broadway is just - that sentence doesn't make any sense in my brain.
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The fact that I got to do the 'Hamilton' BET Cypher is a totally crazy thing because I've watched the BET Cyphers since it started. I've seen every one. I study them. Because I'm a rapper. It's what you do.
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Daveed Diggs is a very nervous person.
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I have this thing. I can rap really fast. I can rap really, really fast. It's a thing I'm good at and I've trained myself to do; it's a thing I do in the Bay Area.
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I didn't aspire to be on Broadway.
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The reason you write something that is exciting and visceral is to force people to hear what you have to say, especially if you're in any kind of marginalized community where people don't want to listen. You have to come up with tricks to make them listen.
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I think it's important that your work is in conversation with artists in your community.
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