BNG MAG® September 2014 (Vol.-1/Issue-2) Side-B | Page 19

My biggest influence of all time is
Pac, because he had the guts to
speak on issues that no rapper
with that much spotlight ever did.
He was a great rapper and a great
person. He is the artist that made
me recognize how important it is
to become a great person, period.
Presently, my influence is Nipsey
Hussle. He developed the art of
reinventing his brand from a gang
bang rapper, to a motivational
artist. He is smarter than the average street rapper, and doesn’t
rap about selling drugs like Jeezy
still does. Nip expresses who he
is as a man, not a street hustler
or gangster. And I think he is underrated because of his rap style.
And he is a brilliant
Independent force.

Have you tapped into your third eye
yet?

“I aim to show people that you are
ultimately in control of your reality”

positively, it helps me express my
I have, and what I realized about
rawest truest emotions without
American society is; 1. In general
some one telling you “be nice”
we don’t practice self accountabil“dont curse”. It gives me that
ity or responsibility, real responsispace to speak on things that
bility for ourselves and our people
the majority of American society
not just bills. We choose to remain
calls taboo, so I get to unleash
victims. 2. I see that the value
all those thoughts on wax. Its a
What has music done for you posisystem is a mess. We don’t value
joy and therapy for me.
courage, compassion, conscious- tively and negatively?
ness, consistency, or creativity. We
...be true to yourself and study
value surface level entertainment Negatively, it boost the rage I had the business side of Hip Hop
hidden within me, the hatred I as well as the artistic side.
and distractions first. We don’t
believe in unity, we believe in dog once had toward the world. But
eat dog. We don’t think there is
enough abundance for all, which
is bs. Its just hoarded among the
3% of a**holes who look at us
like sheep. And we believe that we
dont have power to take our world
back. That’s what I noticed.