A biography for Russhasn’t been written yet.
“Trends die. That's the natural thing about a trend. It's natural for people to be followers and be sheep and go with a trend.”
“That's the thing: I'm not opposed to working with people. I'm just not one of these people that feels the need to hop around the industry and get this guy's beat and get this guy's hook.”
“When I made 'What They Want,' I was going crazy. When I made 'Losin Control,' I was going crazy, when I made all the songs that are on my Soundcloud, every time I was out, I went crazy, like it was still the first song that I made.”
“My friends had to convince me to get a Twitter and Instagram.”
“Trust is easy to give but hard to keep also it's hard to achieve but easy to lose”
“Advice number one: listen to your gut - it's never gonna lead you wrong. Number two: trust yourself. The root of everything is self-belief.”
“I have an unremovable stain of self-confidence.”
“I didn't get into music; music got into me.”
“What inspired me was the love of making music and having no one around and just saying, 'I've gotta figure this out.'”
“If you're an artist, create music and put it out on the Internet. If you do this consistently, your fan base will continue growing, and that will power your entire career.”
“I started playing instruments before I started making beats, and I was never the best guitarist or the best pianist or the best drummer. And when I started making beats, I was not the best beatmaker, and when I started making hooks, I was not the best vocal melody person. When I first started rapping, I wasn't the best rapper at all.”
“Drake is my favorite rapper.”
“I like making songs and playing '2K.'”
“I was voted Most Likely to Make a Teacher Retire.”