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 though it’d be an easy way for people to see and differentiate between characters, sorta like when an actor gains weight for a role.
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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 spent 35 years growing up in the U.S., and it had its ups and downs.
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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 get that mainly from novels and that style of writing or movies where there’s multiple characters who carry the storyline.
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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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Doom is a classic supervillain, akin to the Phantom of the Opera. It’s not about revenge so much as, like.
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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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You have writers that write about crazy characters, but that doesn’t mean the writer himself is crazy.
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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’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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The song ‘Bite the Thong’ in particular, with Damon Albarn, really encapsulates the whole dilemma of, ‘
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Nobody knows me – I’m incognito. It’s all new, all fun.
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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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I have no friends here apart from the dudes at my record label, and I didn’t go to school with no one.
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The idea of having different characters is really just to get the storyline across, you know? Coming from one particular character makes, to me, the story boring.
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