Black people are not a monolith. Black people have different thoughts. And sometimes people just need to hear the harsh truth - even myself. But you can't manufacture a hard truth and place it on somebody. When Kanye says slavery was a choice, that's not a harsh truth.

I love Baltimore, I miss the people, but I think L.A. is way more chill.

I'm aware that if I make a country album and release it, and it gets on the Grammys, the Grammys are going to put it in the Urban category. Just my blackness automatically sets it in there.

There's no right or wrong way to do things and I think a lot of the SoundCloud rappers with their DIY music are proving that to be true.

Well, me and Freaky been knowing each other for a while, and he was always playing crazy music in his room, but he would never release it. He's, like, the most underground rapper I know, and he's crazy talented.

Everyone has a little niche in rap, and I just wanted to carve a piece out of it for myself.

If I wasn't making music I'd still be listening to it and talking about it. That's why I'm able to chill with Denzel Curry and then Jeff Tweedy, because the thing that's linking us is music.

Bjork for sure. Definitely, I would like to do like something with Tommy Genesis, too. There's a lot of people actually.

I don't rely on the strength of my image.

So much of rap sounds the same, and that's okay, but that means some people want something that can be the complete opposite too.

I've been watching anime for a minute, so I know like real weird deep anime that people probably don't care about.

I want to work with Danny Brown but also Cannibal Corpse and Maroon 5.

If Kanye was not in the equation, I literally wouldn't even be here. His music pushed hip-hop - the man is a master at taking a complex idea and presenting it in a way that is accessible for everyone.

My dad used to play old dancehall records - Cutty Ranks, Ranking Dread, Michael Prophet, these type of dudes.

I saw Fear perform live at a young age, so I guess you could say I draw from that same energy.

In my opinion, the most dangerous thing an artist can do in this day and age is not embrace the present.

I don't have a manager who's secretly on Interscope. I'm the complete opposite of an industry plant.

The first thing I ever put on the Internet was actually a beat tape, but the first thing I ever put on where I was rapping was called 'Generation Y,' and it was hella political.

I don't want anyone to expect anything from me. I just want them to know that I'm gonna put 1,037% into whatever I do. If I tell you I'm gonna release a folk/reggae/country album, just know at bare minimum there's gonna be 1,010% put into it.

The intention behind 'Prone!' was to make a punk song with no instruments.

Either people cling to the past and refuse to advance their ways, or they're always looking to future and not appreciating what's in front of them right now.

I'm not some patriot. I didn't have some yearning to defend my country or anything. I was poor.

I don't think any other place puts out music with no promise of success and still works like Baltimore.

I have no history with 4chan.