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American - Musician Born: August 26, 1986

I'm in competition with myself, and I'm always going to challenge myself.

Myself Competition Challenge Always

You've got to keep being 100 percent, keep doing what's best for you and your legacy, and then build and help other people around you, too.

Best You People Legacy

Adele was introduced to me by a guitarist named Mike Hartnett that plays for a band called Rehab. We was just riding around, and he was like, 'Man have you heard this soul singer Adele?' and I was like 'Nah!' and we just rode to the whole CD, and it got to 'Hometown Glory,' and I was like, 'Man I have to sample that!'

Man Me You Soul

Sometimes you think you didn't win, and you focus so much on that instead of really looking at it from the perspective of it not being your time yet.

Time You Perspective Focus

I don't think I'll ever become comfortable with just being here. I always want to take it further.

Think Want Always Being

My grandmother introduced me to B.B. King. She wasn't someone who had a lot of posters, but there was a big poster of B.B. King on the wall as soon as you walked into her house in Meridian, Mississippi.

Me You King Someone

Where I'm from is humble, and people are mad appreciative of what they have.

People Humble Mad Where

It's a lot of people that died for me to have the opportunity that I have now, just the freedom. It shouldn't be forgotten as far as the past is concerned.

Freedom Me People Opportunity

I think us, especially as black people, we don't necessarily talk about our feelings enough or talk to someone about our feelings.

People Black Think Someone

To be able to work with Bun B and be able to have a conversation, and the insights the OG has, and really be able to get just advice from him, is amazing.

Work Amazing Conversation Advice

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There's no real network, and every city in Mississippi is so spread out, so it isn't easy to drive around and pass out CDs. So when an artist from Natchez or Gold Coast or Meridian breaks out, they already know exactly what kind of artist they want to be. The grind and the hustle is just so adamant.

City Drive Gold Easy

I have to feel like my grandmother was my first mix engineer.

Feel Grandmother Like Engineer

I'm thankful for all the support I've received over the years.

Thankful Support Over Years

My music's gonna evolve as I get older.

Music Evolve Get Gonna

With some of the samples that I chose to use, tracking down the person that owns the publishing has become a task.

Down Person Some Become

People don't necessarily expect singles from me. They expect full bodies of work.

Work Me People Expect

I think if I wanted to get to a point where I could actually grow in my music, I had to almost step away from sampling so much and start making the kind of music that people wanted to sample.

Music People Step Grow

I think doing a record with B.B. King allowed me the opportunity to blend two different generations across the board and make a song that I hope is extremely impactful.

Hope Me King Song

People will reach out because they know I'm trying to put my best forward when it comes to subject matter and creation of song.

Best Song People Matter

I always revisit duality because I think it's a conflict we all have. I think we all leave our house and go to work, and we put on the cape and become superheroes. That's what we do. It's how we move through life and handle negativity: you do everything you can to stay away from it.

Life Work You Think

In my house, I don't just always listen to rap.

House Always Listen Just

It seems like music gets put in this hub where you have to rap about this, and the minute you do something else, it's like you changing. Nah, I'm being creative.

Music You Creative Something

People know, lyrically, I go in, and you should never take me lightly on any record.

Me You People Never

I love tearing people's speakers up.

Love People Up I Love

Everyone needs a lay-up at some point in life - just somebody to look out, something good to happen in your life to kind of push you forward.

Life Good You Look

With music, it's a therapy for me. So whatever I'm dealing with at the time, I talk about it when I rap.

Music Me Time Whatever

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