Nobody knows me – I’m incognito. It’s all new, all fun.
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You have writers that write about crazy characters, but that doesn’t mean the writer himself is crazy.
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I might as well use it to control the story. So why not do something like throw a mask on?
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I think – a lot of times in hip-hop, especially – artists get kind of pigeonholed into being ‘the guy,’ and it’s kind of limiting in a way.
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I can’t perform without the mask or be seen without it on stage, or else it’ll distract from the whole persona.
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I’m back – now watch this!’ It all boils down to the music. The mask is a slight theme for people to enjoy, and it adds mystery.
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I grew up in that age, and it was memorable. But I’m down with all of it. Chuck D or Danny Brown? I feel comfortable with all of them. Word up, kid! Word up, man!
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Hip-hop is so saturated with the same old same old that people always expect the guy to actually be the guy. They want you to be real and straight from the streets and all that.
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When I listen to hip-hop, I listen to Just Ice, Boogie Down Productions, Ultramagnetic MCs.
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Hmm, should I stay on the underground when everybody else is selling out?’ Nowadays, you can just do it – have your name-brand clothes, do songs with rock n’ rollers – and it’s not considered selling out.
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Ever since third grade, I had a notebook and was putting together words just for fun.
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I’m doing the shows. The stage is my canvas; I’ll put whatever up there for the visible eye.
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We all tend to be in the same circles – people like my Wu-Tang brothers, or Black Thought from The Roots.
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I spent 35 years growing up in the U.S., and it had its ups and downs.
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I’m always trying to show versatility. I’m juggling, and I’m flipping fire, and I’m chewing gum and rhyming at the same time… on a unicycle, while playing the drums.
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The song ‘Bite the Thong’ in particular, with Damon Albarn, really encapsulates the whole dilemma of, ‘
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