A biography for Masegohasn’t been written yet.
“I just do very old man, adult things.”
“In college, this cheerleader put me on to this artist called Kimbra, and that was huge to me because that's the first time I saw somebody looping. She sampled her voice and made a song with that, and that just blew my mind.”
“I'm used to not staying anywhere for too long. I've always had it in my DNA to go to different places.”
“Virginia is a place that's so boring, you find friends and do cool things.”
“I was about to leave L.A. because I didn't find enough soul in the musicians. Back in Virginia, it was just leaking soul everywhere.”
“To be able to be at the level that I perform onstage, I have to embody everything I've made my music about. Which is me.”
“I feel like it's my responsibility to contribute to a good vibe in the world and to do what I can, when I can.”
“I started playing sax when I was fourteen because I'm like a real competitive person when it comes to winning girls attention. And there was this girl that I really wanted the attention of and I found out she really liked jazz.”
“I'm on the Internet heavy. I'm on YouTube like it's nobody's business. That's where I discovered a cat like Reggie Watts. By learning that music, I became the black sheep in the group, like 'Here comes Masego with all that weird music.'”
“I remember I was a freshman in high school the first time I heard OutKast.”
“I smile too much to be in a gang. I don't got that 'hit somebody' vibe.”
“I'm a textbook Gemini. I just need variety and I'm random.”
“I don't want to create music or do a partnership because of the money. I don't want to be money-influenced.”
“With 'Pink Polo,' I wanted something I could listen to when I was doing different activities during the summer and also bring a message in it.”
“I started on the drums when I was eight.”
“You're allowed to be a little bit weird and still get massive attention. The fact that a Solange can work or a Daniel Caesar can work or even how far Kendrick Lamar has gotten. People are getting more comfortable.”
“I've always loved fashion, but when you're broke, you're wearing whatever your dad gave you.”
“I'm Jamaican, so I come from a very whip with two belts background - being sensitive isn't really part of my culture.”
“My mother had this huge binder of CDs from everyone she loved, like progressive gospel artists. You know, she loved like how Yolanda Adams was kind of R&B, but it was, like, still gospel.”
“I didn't get to have a girlfriend, bring her over to the house. I'm a lot slower understanding some of those things, but I never see it as a disadvantage.”