Young M.A Quotes

Young M.A

Profession : Musician

Birth : April 3, 1992

I don't care what people think. Not a care in the world.

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I don't like to get comfortable. I don't like to be like, 'Oh, my song is all over the place. I'm lit.' Nah, it makes me wanna keep working.

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If I'm not driving a Ferrari or a Lambo, I'm not gonna talk about it in my raps.

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I try to make music for people to relate to, and I like to keep it realistic.

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I love changing up my hair.

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My hair is the most beauteous thing to me.

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If I was to try putting makeup all over my face, it would look weird. People would be like, 'That's not Young M.A. That's not her style; that's not her soul.' I'd just rather be natural.

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We are all people... don't label me as an LGBT rapper or a female rapper... I don't like to be labeled.

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I didn't want to wave the flag and be like, 'Look! I'm gay! Da da da.' I just wanted to say, 'This is my lifestyle.'

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Black, white, Chinese, it don't matter - I've been told by multiple people that I'm very inspiring to them, and it makes them want to achieve whatever they can achieve.

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When I was a kid, my favorite rapper was 50 Cent. He was definitely a big influence on why I wanted to do music.

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I used to listen to Jay Z a lot.

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I did retail. I worked at TJ Maxx before. I did fast food at Shake Shack.

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I paid attention to the music industry and watching a lot of stuff on TV, behind-the-scenes stuff on old DVDs, and paying attention to interviews from artists and rappers and just really watching a lot of stuff as a kid.

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I tell people I'm from all over Brooklyn because I never stayed in one part of Brooklyn.

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My mom used to always play hip-hop around the crib, but moreso than that, she played reggae, and I grew up on reggae music more than I grew up on hip-hop.

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All I do is work, work, work.

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I would go to sleep and dream about being onstage with thousands and thousands of people.

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I always knew I would be a star someday. I didn't know when. I didn't know how it would look. I just had a feeling.

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For the sexuality thing, I really feel like the reason I speak so blunt about it is because I held it in for so long. I never told my mom. I never told my family. I kept it to myself. Now, I'm happy with who I am. Either you accept it, or you don't. There's a lot of rappers out there that's like that, but no one's stepping up.

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