American - Musician | May 24, 1989 -
I didn't grow up around all white people; I never wanted to gentrify hip-hop, I've never wanted to speak to an all-white audience.
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I think, back in the day, when I was first starting to make music, all I wanted to do was to get a record deal.
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I read the Steve Jobs book, and that kind of changed everything. I've been, like, an Apple geek my whole life and have always seen him as a hero. But reading the book, and learning about how he built the company, and maintaining that corporate culture and all that, I think that influenced me a lot.
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London, from the architecture to the culture to the fashion to the accents, feels like it's a special place.
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I grew up in Oakland and Berkeley, California.
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'Runaround Sue' was a big record for me, as well as the music video for it.
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I don't know if most people know it or not, but I produce, like, 95% of my own stuff.
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In the past, my process would start with a sample of another song, and I'd chop it up and use that as the basis of the song that I was making.
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In my opinion, creative control means a lot, I feel like I'm really in touch with who my fans are and what they like about my music, and I'm able to communicate directly with them.
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What I actually do put much more weight on, in all honesty, is not being critically acclaimed - it's being respected by my OGs. When I talk to E-40 on the phone, every time I talk to him, I'm like, you know, if he tells me I'm doing good, I'm doing good.
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I've been in love with music since I was old enough to establish my taste.
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I've never been critically acclaimed. I've never been nominated for no Grammy. I've never been on no magazine cover. It's almost taboo to say I'm actually good.
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