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A lot people don't know that Mannie Fresh is one of my favorite producers because I used to just be fascinated with how he would be producing stuff. He'd be silly, too, when he raps.
I really only make my own beats when I feel like I can't wait on somebody, or it's taking too long to get a nice beat to rap on.
You can't be an artist while you're producing, because you'll be over-critiquing the producer part.
I do my own tattoos.
My last name is Taylor. So in school, every time we got a project, I'm at the end. So I get to see the whole class do their project. Then, when it comes time to do mine, of course I'd pass, and the teacher wouldn't have too many questions.
I was always into different stuff: custom cars, electrical, construction, tattooing, decor, you name it.
I'd love to be a NASCAR driver because they're, like, in their forties and fifties.
I do like 'The Truman Show.'
I like to work smart and make music that people want to hear - just finding ways to not get on people's nerves when I'm coming through their ears.
I rarely like the music I make. It's like nothing's good enough. I just stay in my head, waiting on the next best beat, so I can do something better than what I did.
I had very bad temper tantrums. I was in more grammar schools than there are years of grammar school. I got kicked out of, like, two preschools, a kindergarten.
I'm just not a loud person. I don't like to showboat. I'm not rowdy.
Even when I'm at home, I keep to myself - skateboarding, riding bikes, and stuff in the house.
I want to work very hard on music, put out a lot of nice product - good quality product - and then just help people out, like a Gucci Mane, like a Future... like a Prince, like a Michael Jackson.
I'm hands-on with everything. From music to a car to remodeling a house - anything. People don't know that stuff, though, 'cause I put all my focus into music and being mysterious a little bit.
My goal for the rap game is just to make a lot of really dope music. That's really where I keep my mindset at: Just being obsessed over making something crazy and new every day.
There were a few labels scouting me, but I felt like G.O.O.D. had my best interest at heart. They gave me the freedom to really do what I want, which is to expand my brand, make great music, and find ways to elevate my sound.
I'm real easygoing.
I just felt proud of being able to tell my mom that 'Ye reached out. He saw that I built on my own with a small team.
I've always wanted to pull my classic car up directly to my kitchen, get out, and leave the groceries right there.
I've been on a dog-buying spree. I got two Yorkies and a small teacup Chihuahua.
Basically, coming up, listening to Cash Money and Master P, and my mother would listen to Sade and Erykah Badu, things like that. I didn't like that music back then, but now, I guess, to look for soothing music or tones, you know, I would look to that, and I would love to do something with Sade or Erykah Badu.
I, for certain, don't mind my son doing music.
A lot of times, I like to do nothing.
People say it's a quiet flow, that it sounds like I'm in a library. That could have come from when I was living in my old place, a nice loft. I was the youngest person in the building, and I would be working alone on my music. I would get emails two or three times a month about 'loud' music, so I became quieter and quieter about making beats.
If I play somebody's mixtape, if it gets on my nerves halfway through because it's too loud or everything sounds the same, it makes me want to approach every song I do differently. I don't want somebody saying, 'That's enough of this,' when they listen to my music.
Living in Chicago, you have got to not be afraid about failing at something.
I don't want to make videos that come out looking like commercials or movie trailers.