AJ Tracey Quotes

AJ Tracey

Profession : Musician

Birth : March 4, 1994

But for me it's loads of pressure. Like, my mum is a strong independent woman, but obviously she relies on me a little bit. My little brother has his own job but he relies on me.

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If I had a label, everything would have been easier. But it wouldn't have been the same album, from the cover art to the songs on it.

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I'm not afraid to use my platform. I don't want to preach to people; I just want to put my opinions across about things I feel strongly about.

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Once upon a time Americans didn't want to listen to Canadian rap and now Drake's the biggest rapper in the world.

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People ask me, how was university; I say it was boring and it wasn't for me. But if you wanna go, that's cool. I'm not out to lead people astray, but everyone has their vices.

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As long as everyone around me is comfortable and we have a roof over our heads and we're eating, then it's fine and I can go off and do whatever I want.

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I want to showcase my talent, I'm not just a grime MC, I'm an artist.

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But my mum told me it's not good to be jealous, just work hard and keep your head down. Wait your turn.

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I like to draw from experiences in my past, but that alone is quite hard and complicated, because I don't want to say anything incriminating or too offensive, but I want to give people an insight into my life and how it was.

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I love Ladbroke Grove, but everyone knows where I live.

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When I put my first project out ages ago, I didn't want to show anyone my emotions. Now I think it's better for people to understand how I am as a person and let them relate.

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I used to send out emails to producers to collaborate and they'd give me nothing, not even a response. As soon as I started popping off, out they came!

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I'm half-white and half-black. No-one will ever say I'm white, but all the road men think because I'm mixed race that I can't be bad because I'm light skin. It's crazy.

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Even if it's a song I know isn't gonna do that well, I'm dropping it as a piece of art, so I always want sick visuals to go with it.

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It's a bit cheeky as a rapper to make a singing album.

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I know as quickly as people come up you can go down and I'm just trying to enjoy it and experience things that I never got to have, that's all it is.

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