A Boogie wit da Hoodie

“Getting people to like my music was challenging at first. It's hard to get people to like your music. There isn't a simple formula that automatically makes people like you.”

“I pick and choose what I want to put on what. Instead of just dropping a single, I like putting projects together.”

“'Remember the Time' and 'You Rock My World' from Michael Jackson were two of my favorite songs ever. My mom used to bump them all the time.”

“Everybody should start listening to love songs.”

“Not everyone's really got the heart to talk about what's going on with their love in their music.”

“Growing up in Highbridge was real. Me and all my friends, we never really went to any other places in the Bronx but Highbridge. We always just stayed in Highbridge. It was like territory, to be honest, because Highbridge is like a town.”

“I was always writing, since I was, like, 12.”

“A lot of people don't know that: that Artist is my name.”

“I was raised hearing music everywhere I went.”

“Being self-made means putting yourself in position to help others put themselves in position to be successful.”

“2017 was crazy when I made the 'Freshman' cover 'cause I looked up to it, and I really wanted to be in it. It was motivation for me after that: I kept on going, and I grinded.”

“My first mixtape especially - that came from a heartbreak.”

“I used to record songs, like, play the beat from one phone and have another phone recording me and just rap. Moving from that to a studio was like, 'Damn, I never knew I could sound like this.' It was just magic.”

“Perfecting your craft is one of the main keys in being successful.”

“I just wanna be relevant.”

“If it wasn't for the Internet, I don't know where I'd be.”

“You can't say I don't sound like a N.Y. rapper - it's because I don't wanna sound like nobody else.”

“Partnering up with the Monster Energy Outbreak Tour marks a milestone moment in my career.”

“I found my sound through exploring. I was in the studio yelling, going low, trying things, and that's how I found that I have a lot of sounds.”

“Its crazy: my name is Artist, and I dead can't even paint.”