I’ve always loved playing with hair. I used to want dreads like Lauryn Hill, but my mom wouldn’t let me.
SZAThere’s something different about growing up black and Muslim, especially in New Jersey. It’s like when I left the mosque and I left my dad, I felt unprotected, but I also felt a weird sense of pride, like I was involved in this other way of living that was cool to me.
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I used to be very revenge-motivated, but that’s just because I’m a Scorpio. Now I’m more so, like, practice honesty just because it makes you feel better.
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Just tryna eat pasta and mind my business.
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Sugar makes me feel crazy – like, makes my body hurt kind of a thing. I don’t really eat fruit because it has a lot of sugar. I try not to eat a lot of red meat, but every now and again, I feel like I need iron or something – something that I’m missing.
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I don’t think I’m inherently feminist. I think the universe wants me to be a feminist, and I think I resonate with that. I think it just chose me to be this female energy, thing. And I’m very drawn to female energy, but I don’t really have any prerequisites in feminism. I just roll with it.
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I’m a visual learner, so the film is a huge inspiration to me.
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I was a funky kid.
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My mom was an executive at AT&T, a global account lady. I have no idea what she did. I just know she was never home and speaks several languages.
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Listening to Alabama Shakes made me less self-conscious about my voice.
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No one sets an impossible beauty standard like ya own mama lmao.
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Control is not real, and I’m really understanding that every day. It’s about the acceptance of relinquishing control that makes it powerful for you.
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I don’t feel ashamed to be loud, which is an argument I’ve had with lots of men, who thought I was too sassy and unladylike.
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Kicked myself out the algorithm.
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I’m very into details, so I watch movies just for the details.
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I was born in St. Louis, but I’m from Maplewood, New Jersey. Maplewood is completely different than the rest of New Jersey. It’s very small. It’s quietly affluent but more low-key. Lauryn Hill is from my town, though.
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Pain plus love and time = power.
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