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When I was working on 'Coloring Book,' I knew that I wanted it to be a beacon for independent artists and music makers with their own agenda.
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I want to tell people to read 'The Prince' by Machiavelli - check that one out. It's just changed my attack so - I think so much more inwardly.
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I'm still a very frugal person. But everything that does get spent is a reinvestment into my own music.
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I make my money off of touring and merchandise. And I'm lucky I have really loyal fans that understand how it works and support.
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I don't agree with the way labels are set up. I don't agree that anyone should sign 360 deals or sign away their publishing or take most of the infrastructure that's included in a formal deal.
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I want to travel overseas and help out people all over the world.
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My come-out record, '10 Day,' was the thing people were supposed to hear and figure out 'he's good' or 'he's not good.' 'Acid Rap' is the comeback tape, and it asks way bigger and better questions than, 'Is he good at rapping?'
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I'm definitely tired of playing 'Acid Rap.' I'm definitely tired of playing 'Juice.'
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That's what I've always wanted to do - work with my favorite writers and make something from scratch with them that we can feel like didn't exist before we came in the room.
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I don't think I really knew I was going to be a rapper until sixth grade. Even then, it was still kind of - I was in sixth grade. I was always saying I was going to become a rapper.
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I like the fact that some of your favorite Broadway musicals are not made into movies.
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I think there's a lot of taboos in hip-hop that people try and stay away from. I think a big one is, people are afraid to speak about God to a certain extent, and I think if you're not free to speak about God, then you're not free.
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I'm lucky to be in a space where I've been accepted for who I am and celebrated for who I am.
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I think the only thing that's really going to make a change in terms of how we feel as citizens in terms of safety and our relationship with the police is if we start seeing more federal indictments, arrests, and convictions of police officers.
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I'm a big Rick Ross fan, and I think everybody knows I'm a big Kanye fan.
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I think I always knew I wasn't gonna have a regular job.
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God and my dad gave me the gift of gab. I know how to finagle.
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I want to be more involved outside just my community of Chicago.
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Depending on the story that you're telling, you can be relatable to everybody or nobody. I try and tell everybody's story.
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I always wanted to be more of a person that people enjoy. Somebody that will make you laugh. I'm talking about just my personality, not necessarily how my music sounds.
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There's a larger conversation we need to have about the role of police officers, their relationship to the people as enemy or executioner, when they're not supposed to be either.
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The problem is that my generation was pacified into believing that racism existed only in our history books.
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If you can give away free music, you can give away free electricity, free water. Those tiny jabs at a larger infrastructure are what make revolutions.
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Where he tells you exactly how he views the world - just very straight Kanye, honesty that definitely gets your creativity and strong opinions out on the floor. I think it helped me find myself.
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