“I welcome criticism. I come from a – I wouldn’t say mean, but you’ve got to have tough skin to be in my family.”

When you’re a college student interested in music, you hear all these rappers talking about dropping out. For me, when I heard someone like J. Cole rapping about school and staying in school, it inspired me to keep going.

I don’t jump to conclusions I gracefully fall to them.

I grew up all around the Bay, but I spent most of my time in Hayward and I loved it. It was a really big apartment community, there was a whole bunch of kids.

With a lot of attention comes criticism, but I’ll take that. I’m reaching all the goals I’ve set for myself, so you can’t say anything bad about that.

The experiences I go through, everything you hear in my lyrics is real. Good or bad, I take it all in and put it all on the mic.

I am the investment.

After I graduated, I didn’t have the resources to go to the studio, which is why I then went to social media.

With social media, the gatekeepers are our followers. It has opened so many doors for me not only musically, but fashion-wise as well.

I was working three jobs and going to school full time. I was really unhappy and I told myself, You are not this girl. This sounds corny but I would tell myself, You are an Icy Girl. I’m a confident person, but that was the first time I experienced insecurity and low self-esteem.

I just like really expensive things.

It’s cool to go into the simplicity of fashion, but I’m a very colorful person.

I’m normally getting glammed for my events and when I can give my skin a break, I do.

In order to be an icon, you need to be bold. How do I define boldness? Stepping outside of your comfort zone.

Don’t miss no meals & mind the business that pays you!

If the public doesn’t receive what you say, people can start to build your brand for you.

Everything expensive, everything exclusive.

I would look at a dog and when our eyes met, I realized that the dog and all creatures are my family. They’re like you and me.

I know some people say it’s not the best to work with your family, but I have never understood that because it’s always worked so well for me.

For my city, for my family, for my friends, n for myself, all praises to God.

Absolute trust is something hard to achieve even in a family, and it is much harder to achieve on an international level.

Absolute trust is something hard to achieve even in a family, and it is much harder to achieve on an international level.

I would give everything if I could only keep my family.

I knew of a man who was sent to the State Prison for twenty-five years. All these years he was always thinking of his home, and counting by years, months, and days, the time till he should be free, and see his family and friends once more.

We can always be a source of light to those around us.