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A Boogie wit da Hoodie

Profession : Musician

Birth : December 6, 1995

I wasn't really comfortable going to college.

A Boogie wit da Hoodie

I was inspired to shoot 'Look Back at It' in a high school because I'm like a voice of the youth. When the youth sees me in a classroom, I want them to be inspired to accomplish their dreams. I was just like them in a classroom at one point. It all starts in a classroom.

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Having a daughter made my music, I guess, more meaningful. It made me see more of life when I had my daughter.

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No matter where I'm at in life, whether I'm in the music industry, rich, poor, everybody need love in their life. Gangsta or not, everybody need love in their life. You can't act too hard about that.

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I used to record songs, like, play the beat from one phone and have another phone recording me and just rap. Moving from that to a studio was like, 'Damn, I never knew I could sound like this.' It was just magic.

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If you listen to me, it's real stories. It's catchy and something you can relate to.

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I was trying to make my name just Artist in the beginning, but it was weird at first, because I wasn't an R&B singer or nothing. Not an R&B singer. I didn't do no melodic songs, none of that yet.

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Partnering up with the Monster Energy Outbreak Tour marks a milestone moment in my career.

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One day, walking through the Bronx streets, I just realized that people were stopping me, taking pictures, and noticing me from across the street. I can't even use public transportation anymore, so I kind of stopped going places and started going straight to the studio, going home, and telling people I can't go anywhere anymore.

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Me and Tory Lanez got good chemistry together. We could make a song so easy, but we always like to figure out what we're really doing. We can make a good song, but it gotta make sense.

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I'm not the type of person who makes a lot of songs in a day just to see which one is the best.

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Hip-hop originated from the Bronx specifically; that means everything. I'm down the block from where hip-hop was born and raised, so I'm glad I am here and I'm able to represent New York the way I am.

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I never knew Artist was going to get this big. When I was making it, I put my all into it. But you never know what's going to happen with something you make.

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I'm not really worried about the flashy stuff. I don't got chains and cars. I spend what I need to spend. It doesn't faze me.

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I started off throwing out 'Artist.' I made that my first mixtape. Then, I threw out 'TBA,' which means 'To Be Announced.'

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My first mixtape especially - that came from a heartbreak.

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I found my sound through exploring. I was in the studio yelling, going low, trying things, and that's how I found that I have a lot of sounds.

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People's hustle in the Bronx is real.

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I had to realize that you can't try to get money, support yourself, and grind doing whatchu need to do at the same time. The music is the grind. You really gotta grind. You gotta find your way around. You can't be stuck tryna get there.

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I was always writing, since I was, like, 12.

A Boogie wit da Hoodie