To me, beauty is a lived thing.

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I come from both sides of the spectrum: I grew up listening to hip-hop and R&B then learned how to make a track by tapping a bowl with a fork. I'm tr…

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My whole purpose of being a musician is to not follow the rules, so if I set rules for myself, I've already failed.

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I like writing music that I think is beautiful, but perfection isn't really beautiful to me.

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There's top 40 R&B/hip-hop, which is probably sexy but you wouldn't listen to it for a musical awakening.

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I always wanted to play with the sound, but I always wanted to do it in a respectful way, because I never lived in New York and I don't have a real c…

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I always put my identity at the forefront of my music.

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Everyone knows the idea of moving to another country is really hard, but when you're actually in the situation - and you don't know the language and …

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It's always my goal to be more mature-sounding, more convincing, but also more experimental, and more challenging for myself. If it's not a little bi…

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