J Hus Quotes

J Hus

Profession : Rapper

Birth : May 27, 1995

My mum used to play afrobeats, my dad used to play Caribbean, my sisters and brothers played hip-hop.

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I'm a Gemini, so my mood always changes - one minute I'm dance-dancey, the next I'm in the corner minding my own business.

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My little brother is four years old and he listens to all my music. I don't know how he finds it, but he knows how to use an iPad and he's always online. So one day my mum said: 'You know what, you have to make something for your little brother,' and that's how I made 'Lean & Bop.'

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I think I make ugly sexy and attractive. If I didn't do music, the girls that like me wouldn't like me, but I think I make ugly look good.

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People always say I'm shy! But I'm not even shy! Like, if you knew what I'm saying in my brain. I'm in my own mind a lot. Even though I'm quiet I'm thinking about a lot of things.

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I don't think anyone can do what I already do. I just do it and it's unique, yeah.

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I feel like I'm bipolar. I have my different moods and that. That's why my music exists in so many different worlds - this moment I'm feeling all raw, this moment I'm wanting to talk to a girl, the next moment I'm wanting to talk about spirit and be deep. Then I'm back to being angry.

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The women are my biggest supporters so I have to make good music for them too. Afrobeats is also often always about sexy women; we are simply celebrating the female form.

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Being ugly didn't offend me. It's like: Yeah, I'm ugly. What? Make me ugly-sexy. Embrace it.

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I wanted to be an actor.

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I don't like to believe in star signs and all of that stuff.

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People are always surprised when they meet me. I was in Nigeria and I went to one of the radio stations and they were like, 'Aww you look cute!' They were expecting me to look more rough, and I was like: 'Yeah, I'm polite!'

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In year 10 or 11, I used to buy packs of doughnuts for 50p from Morrisons, and sell them for 50p each. I made loads of money. So I was a doughnut hustler!

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I was a bit of a hothead. But I've changed my ways now. My bad years were probably from 2009 to 2014.

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My friends used to call me ugly. Even my mum would say it.

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I was feeling 'Lean & Bop' in the moment. It's brought me the most money. And when I'm doing shows, it goes off.

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'Cause it's jail, everyone thinks they're bad. So this one guy was like, 'What're you gonna do, 'Lean and Bop' for us?' I was cocky, I was like 'Oh yeah? It costs five racks to see me lean and bop, It costs five racks to see me lean and bop.' But deep down inside it was hurting. It's moments like that make me hate - I feel like I sold out.

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I wanna keep rapping, I intend to. It's good to mix it up, but I'm still gonna stay true to rapping.

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I think people can learn from my experiences, and I hope people can look at me and be inspired.

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I've had a million hats - snapbacks or whatever. I'm really into hats.

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