"I never was a crazy liquor drinker, and I don't like beer that much - though I keep the brews at home because my homies love beer."
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"Certain people in life are just going to take what's given to them, and certain people in life know they want better and they're going to go find better. I've always been that type of person."
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"If you like soggy cereal, then we not friends."
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"I used to rap as a kid and people were impressed by it, so it gave me the drive to keep going. Everybody has at least one talent. I guess this is my talent."
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"I don't really feel famous. I'm just an internet guy. I walk down the street and people don't really mess with me too much. I still have my life."
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"The most popular rap artists aren't supposed to be rapping about being broke."
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"I listen to him [Chief Keef] the most. I like his older mixtapes a little better though, because old Chief Keef scared me - I thought he was about to pop up out of nowhere with a hoodie on and shoot me."
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"I want to be able to do what I want to do. A lot of times, the major labels, they can't see the vision, they can only see the dollar signs. So, it doesn't really work out like that."
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"I use the Internet for what it's for: to learn."
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"There was a long time in my life where I made music that I thought my friends would like, or that I thought would get me a record deal, or what I thought I was supposed to make because that's what I was seeing in mainstream. I didn't know myself; I didn't find myself musically or, in real life."
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"I always try to act like I'm some old school artist from the 1960s."
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"The reason I never wanted to sign with a big label was because I didn't want no one telling me how to make my music."
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"I'll be getting all types of crazy fans, from the hoodest dude to the straight-up dude in a business suit. It's dope. I have a crazy wide-range fan base."
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"90% trust peers on social networks (even strangers); only 15-18% trust brands."
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"The UK is always ahead of their time in music, and America always follows them five years later."
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"I like seeing people that are into my music, it shows me that it doesn't matter, you can't judge a person based on how they look, and that's just how my music is."
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"I think me leaving Detroit shaped my style. Me leaving, going to New York, going to L.A. and seeing what they were doing there. I think that inspired me more than what people were doing back home."
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"To be acknowledged outside of my city is amazing to me, because I don't really feel like I did nothing distasteful. I made the music I want to make, and people started to like it."
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"There's no downside to traveling the world and making money. I'm doing something I love. A lot of people have sucky jobs, but I have a good one, and I'm not trying to lose it any time soon."
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"Yeah, Dizzee Rascal is a huge influence on what I'm doing. I learnt a lot from him even though he's younger than me."
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