Goldlink Quotes

Goldlink

Profession : Rapper

Birth : May 17, 1993

It's the bounce in go-go that inspires me.

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I feel like the D.C. streets just love Gucci Mane. He's like a hood pastor.

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Black History in 2019 and beyond is all about inclusivity.

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Black culture is pop culture, Black History Month is every month, and that's something they want us to forget. What better way to remember than to highlight all of our differences as a singular people across the globe?

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When I started soul-searching, I tapped into the old me and what I grew up around. I learned a lot about myself, and it really made me appreciate my upbringing.

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With 'Opening Credit,' we were trying to establish a certain tone and put people in a specific mood.

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At What Cost' means so many things: go-gos were shut down for our good, but at what cost?

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My biggest influence is my city. There's so much there. We have our own lingo, food, music and culture.

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I just love home. I just attached to it since I grew up there my entire life.

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GoldLink is about my music and not so much about me. But it's cool that people are starting to notice who I am outside that.

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I never imagined myself being a rapper.

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I wasn't really actively trying to pursue music, so I was really just allowed to create freely without any pressure or outside influences like, 'Oh, I should be making this' or 'I should be collaborating with this person.' It was just kind of like whatever I wanted to do. I was just having fun with it.

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Even though we can't be perfect, we should try.

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My mom and I weren't that close when I was growing up because she was gone seven days of the week; she was always in church.

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I knew that it's typical for a black kid to say, 'I'm just going to rap.' I was like, 'I'm going to rap, but I'm going to study, I'm going to figure out what this is and how to put it together.'

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I was a smart kid.

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Soundcloud is the best thing that ever happened to me honestly.

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I always wanted to be different. If it was different I liked it. And it wasn't because I was just trying so hard to be different, it's just by nature.

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I wanna take what I'm doing and create something around it as opposed to trying to fit into someone else's world.

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Outwardly seeing how your music effects culture and everyday life, is amazing.

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