ASAP Ferg Quotes
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'Trap Lord' is basically the writer of the hood. It's the kid that's from the hood, from the trap, who's going to preach to his friends and his homies. Because they're not going to sit in no church. So they listen to me instead of going to a church, because I understand them, and that's really what the 'Hood Pope' is.
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I'm sort of like Jean-Paul Goude, the graphic designer who used to style Grace Jones and shoot all her visuals, just meaning that I use all mediums in one - music, fashion, and art. I'm hitting it from all angles.
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I'm not a manufactured artist. Nobody taught me how to be a proper artist.
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'Illmatic' was dope.
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If I was just to shut up, I wouldn't be a true artist.
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It's kind of hard for you to be doing huge things and still be knowing what's happening on the street level.
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I'm relevant because I fill a void for people who aren't doing what they want to do in life.
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No city owns me, you know what I'm saying? I'm from New York, but no city owns me. Nobody can bottle up my sound and box me in. Yes, I am a rapper, but am I a New York rapper? No. I am from New York, I love New York to death, but I will not conform myself to one place, no.
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'Going Back to Cali' is one of my favorite songs because of all the East Coast - West Coast rivalry.
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Alexander Wang is a young designer, and his style is so profound. He took sports and street and kind of combined it into upscale high fashion. He made a white T-shirt a luxury.
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I used to listen to 'Ready to Die' around the time I dropped out of college. I was scrambling for work and money.
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I thought I was half white or something because I only know white people as Ferguson as their last name.
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Mixtapes are always small scale to me - they never get taken seriously, and they're always short-lived.
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Me jumping on a song with Ariana Grande is just showing versatility, you know what I'm saying?
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Jeremy Scott reminds me of Harmony Korine, mixing all worlds and making them into one - you just never know what he's up to.
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Sometimes I can't sleep 'cause I can't get a melody or a beat out my head, so I just have to wake up and, like, record it on a voice note.
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I used to be a daredevil on BMX bikes.
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At the end of the day, you can't take my love for my people away.
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I create art. It's kinda abstract.