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Nahmir got smash hits.
I study all the greats.
I was on the debate team.
Hip-hop has always been evolving.
I put XXL Freshman on my vision board.
I got a cool car but I live fairly regular.
I went to seven different elementary schools.
I don't wear jewelry. It's not really my thing.
We all take life for granted, one way or another.
Just trust your intuition and beware of outsiders.
Nobody wants to be nameless. Nobody wanna be forgotten.
I don't try to portray some lifestyle that I'm not living.
You gotta be crazy to want beef with Eminem and MGK is that.
I set my own goals higher than what anybody else has set for me.
Nahmir is just an idiot. He just glorifies street life. He idolizes it.
I liked Big L's wordplay with the multi-syllable rhymes he hit so clean.
XXL is the embodiment of hip-hop... Eminem even shouted it out in a song.
Nas was a huge influence. That's probably my favorite rapper of all time.
Longevity always come from lyricism. From the people who can actually rap.
With my fan base, I'm just vulnerable. I'm very transparent and vulnerable.
I just always wear Pumas. I like the work they do in local communities, worldwide.
I freestyled the hook to 'Target.' I got into cadence and then it sparked the idea.
If you think about it, hip-hop came out of nothing. It was a response to oppression.
I don't even really try to do something different. I just do what's authentic to me.
The first time I ever visited L.A., I wanted to move here. It's the land of opportunity.
YBN is family. Everybody in YBN is family. Nahmir and Jay, those are really my brothers.
Puma just, they really rock with me the long way. They've been rockin with me for a while.
My grandmother was a sharecropper. That wasn't even that long ago! My grandma was a sharecropper.
The last thing I want to do with my platform is bash another young black man who is getting money.
I just want to use my voice and my platform to help people. Whether it be political or therapeutic.
I'm perfecting my craft as an artist and as a performer, and my shows are getting better each time.
Hopefully, somebody who's hearing my music, it's relatable to them, and it strikes a cord with them.
I bought an audio technician mic and Pro Tools SE, the demo version and was recording in the basement.
My mom is the best. She's the dopest. She just loves everything that's going on. She's very supportive.
Nas, Big L, Rakim, Jay-Z, Eminem, those was all my influences, but I didn't start recording until I was 16.
I want my music to make you reminiscent or nostalgic of your childhood, or take you back to a better place.
The artists with lyrical content and who say something seem to outlast the fad rappers - I always noticed that.
When you're not authentic to yourself, you're lying. You're going to get found out and you're going to slip up.
I always wanted to be a Freshman because XXL is really important in the history of hip-hop. It embodies the culture.
I don't wanna marginalize myself. I don't wanna be the overly woke rapper, and I don't wanna be the turned-up rapper.
I don't know, I really try not to pay attention to comparisons, 'cause I'm my own artist. I try to build my own sound.
When I used to work at Friday's, in a restaurant, that endless appetizer, that was my worst enemy as a server. Oh my god.
I want to impact the world and the culture in a positive way, spread super dope messages and help people through my music.
Sometimes as friends, you grow apart and you have different visions for what you wanna do and that's OK, there's no love lost.
I like to rehearse a lot. Before I hit the stage, I listen to the songs that I would perform and make sure I execute everything.
Cordae is like my government name. I was like, just be myself. What's a better name than the name my mom gave me, or my pops gave me?
People compare me to Kendrick. I've seen comparisons with Jay-Z, with Nas, with Chance The Rapper. I get a lot of Eminem comparisons.
At a festival, the people there are not all your fans, and this gives me a chance to win over new people. I look at it as a challenge.
I can rippity rap, lyrical miracle all day, but if you don't have a message behind it and you not saying nothing, it doesn't make sense.
I'm politically incorrect. I don't get into politics like that. I speak about what I know and what effects me personally, and effects my folks.