'Seat at the Table' has expressed real adversity, struggle, and also triumph and joy.
As it pertains to my black womanhood, there's just a lot of ground to cover. There's a lot of stuff to say.
Fog and one blue light is all I need in life at the club. Just a dark room and loud music. I'm into that.
Growing up in an Ethiopian household allowed me to feel like I had an audience before I had an audience.
Growing up, Missy Elliot and Janet Jackson were definitely major references.
I don't care about the underground, even if that's where I'm currently residing sonically.
I don't want you to feel defeated, like, 'Oh boy, why do you do this to me?' We have too many of those songs.
I guess the bottom line is I don't make music that is consumed en masse.
I have something stupid, like, 12 credits, to graduate.
I know deep down I'm a star.
I like smart rappers who aren't necessarily trying to be deeper than you, like Danny Brown.
I like to try out different methods to get to good songs.
I really do like Solange, sincerely. I'm down for her, and I trust her judgment.
I spent a lot of time in college. I was just being academic and discovering myself through reason and analysis.
I think I'm taking risks and putting myself out there.
I've always had this commitment to not being in one thing.
I'm quite scrutinous when it comes to who I put myself in the room with.
I'm pushing back against the white, misogynistic, heterosexual establishment in the music industry. Like, literally, in all its forms.
I'm just tryna be honest about all the things that I dig in my music. It's not just this over here, it's also that over there.
I'm just trying to soundtrack your real life. I'm just trying to give you a place to feel safe in all the parts of your experience.
I'm definitely seeking to challenge tropes.
I'm coming from the zone of Faith Evans, but with weird production.
I'd like to change what people expect. I want to evoke something that's not nameable, for people to go, 'Huh?'
I would say there is a zone of R&B that hadn't been quite innovative.
I would love to do an album of standards!
I want to soundtrack people's layered feelings.
I want to empower.
I think my worst enemy was myself. It's like I've been in my own way more than anybody else has been.
