J.I.D

“My folks kicked me out of the crib, so I was homeless, living out the whip.”

“I don't care about being famous.”

“New York hip-hop inspired me a lot.”

“Momma's girls are different. They are intense.”

“I do order from UberEats.”

“I grew up pretty fast because I had a lot of older brothers and sisters.”

“I got kicked out of school because I was wilding.”

“I ain't going at nobody else pace.”

“I didn't even expect myself to do music.”

“Rap is very competitive. I just think I'm light years better than anybody.”

“I've always been able to write. I've always been able to put a good essay in or say whatever I wanted to say through the pen. That was a gift of mine. I feel like it was what I was meant to do.”

“From the outside-in, Atlanta is kind of perceived as like popcorn. People don't respect it as having artists such as myself and EarthGang and other lyrical talents and album-worthy artists.”

“I always try to get to the point where I can do different things with my voice.”

“'As' by Stevie Wonder - it's the greatest song ever written, bro.”

“Only person who took me serious was my mom and my sister Rachael.”

“I'm tryna be the biggest artist I could be.”

“Just to be, overall, I want to be one of the greats: overall, someone that leaves a good mark, someone everybody always remember.”

“My family was always musically inclined.”

“Initially, I wanted to be a writer for other people. 'Hereditary,' I was writing it from a woman's perspective.”

“My family big as hell, man.”