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Profession : Rapper

Birth : November 3, 1989

What people think about me don't get me paid. I don't care, but there's an element of a race wall. Maybe 'cause I'm Indian or something.

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The first time I ever stepped on stage was the O2 Arena in London.

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Half of these dudes are hating on you because they're in their one-bedroom apartment writing on their MacBook Air. You can't take it and make it personal.

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I want people to see how much I really love music and what went into it.

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A lot of people say I use too much autotune but no, my voice is just robotic. I say a word with one flat note... I don't do vibrato. You can hear me, you know what it is.

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I never want to be that old guy that doesn't pay attention to a young kid. I always noticed that when I was younger. The OGs to me, whoever was around me, I was like, wow. You're all really out of touch. I, I never want to be like that.

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There was a time when I gave up music completely and I sold all my equipment just because it wasn't going anywhere.

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I play 'Call of Duty' a lot with the photographer, Gunner Stahl.

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It's tough for someone to see me from the outside, the way I look, to take me seriously.

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The craziest thing I've ever been called in my whole career is an industry plant.

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There are some times that I see people just hate and I'm like, 'Wow, do I suck this bad?' And yeah it's probably the pressure of my race, that they just can't get over it.

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I became, like, pretty much the coolest kid in high school because I had started making beats for local rappers.

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To be honest, Nas was my favorite artist growing up. The way he told stories, I could close my eyes and imagine something while he's rapping. I always wanted to be able to do the same thing.

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Well, it's like, the neighborhood I grew up in is very multicultural. It goes from Chinese to white to black to Jamaican, everything, right?

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I was really stressed out making 'Bad Habits.' I felt like if I didn't do well on that album, my career would be done, even though maybe that wasn't true. After that came out and went No. 1 and I did more sales than I'd ever done, I returned to the studio more confident, relaxed, not worrying about what people think.

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When I record, I move stuff around a lot. I'll start off with a verse but then make that the hook.

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I'm the most easygoing guy.

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I want a Grammy for myself. I technically got a Grammy with a credit for Beyonce and JAY-Z's album. That one feels good, right? But it's like, I want one for me.

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I have a lot of ideas in different realms besides music. This is just something I'm good at. But I'm an entrepreneur at heart.

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It's cool to be an Indian rapper, but it's a challenge and a responsibility, too, because you have to represent everything the right way.

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