A biography for J Hushasn’t been written yet.
“I'm just gonna be more weird and unique as possible.”
“Everyone sounds like me now. But they know who they are. It's a game changer. I started this sound, I'm the head of it. You can do it, but I'll do it better.”
“I feel like I'm bipolar. I have my different moods and that. That's why my music exists in so many different worlds - this moment I'm feeling all raw, this moment I'm wanting to talk to a girl, the next moment I'm wanting to talk about spirit and be deep. Then I'm back to being angry.”
“I think people can learn from my experiences, and I hope people can look at me and be inspired.”
“I don't like to be put into a box. I don't wanna be given a title - nothing.”
“Jhene Aiko, I like Zara Larsson, I like working with female artists.”
“I wanted to be an actor.”
“I was feeling 'Lean & Bop' in the moment. It's brought me the most money. And when I'm doing shows, it goes off.”
“I was a bit of a hothead. But I've changed my ways now. My bad years were probably from 2009 to 2014.”
“There isn't a Skepta song I don't know.”
“Being ugly didn't offend me. It's like: Yeah, I'm ugly. What? Make me ugly-sexy. Embrace it.”
“My mum used to play afrobeats, my dad used to play Caribbean, my sisters and brothers played hip-hop.”
“I like to say there's no natural genre to my music.”
“Everyday I look back at my history and feel regret.”
“People are always surprised when they meet me. I was in Nigeria and I went to one of the radio stations and they were like, 'Aww you look cute!' They were expecting me to look more rough, and I was like: 'Yeah, I'm polite!'”
“When I was growing up in my area, the worst problem for us was we never had a purpose, I'd just be looking for stuff to do, I would be bored, that's how we would get into trouble.”
“I'm a Gemini, so my mood always changes - one minute I'm dance-dancey, the next I'm in the corner minding my own business.”
“In year 10 or 11, I used to buy packs of doughnuts for 50p from Morrisons, and sell them for 50p each. I made loads of money. So I was a doughnut hustler!”
“Even with me going to prison, it could have put a bad stigma on my name. But you keep going. When people see you in a low situation, when people see you fight, they respect you for it.”
“I've had a million hats - snapbacks or whatever. I'm really into hats.”