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“At times, I can be a slave to money.”
“'The Empty Bank' talks about really specific instances where I kind of make the wrong moves based off of money, and it also details instances where I was acting like I had money when I really didn't have that much money.”
“There are a lot of things that money can't buy, and once you realize that is how you break free.”
“I always like to vent and tell the truth in my music.”
“I think the best artists find ways to reinvent themselves. They find new ways to tell their stories, or they find new stories to tell.”
“I want people to understand balance. I might make a banger, and that's the way that I feel, and then I may want to make a song that's really deep.”
“When I started my writing process for 'Empty Bank,' everything had to do with money. It was at a time in my life where I started to see money differently.”
“I'm going to be the first rapper to win the Nobel Peace Prize. I don't know exactly what it would be for, specifically, but I want it to be a change I make in the world with my music.”
“Growing up, I wouldn't say I was poor. But my parents, although we lived in a nice, middle-class home, they had their struggles.”
“In 2010, I attended Prince George's Community College in hopes of transferring to The University of Maryland. My major was computer science, and the goal was to one day work as an I.T.”
“I always had a thing for writing. Even when I was in school, I was always good at writing.”
“There's peer pressure of not being respected of having a certain amount of money, but if you know who you are, then you see that and look past it.”