I do realize that I have a talent for making music. It wasn't anything expected, but I do think it's deserved, if that makes sense.

I write a lot. I used to write a lot of poetry when I was younger, write for my school newspapers. Also reading is very important because you need to be on your word game if you want to be a lyricist.

I was doing my music because it was fun, and I always was like, "If it becomes a business, or it becomes too demanding, or if people try to tell me what to do or control what I'm doing, I won't do it."

I do realize that I have a talent for making music. It wasn't anything expected, but I do think it's deserved, if that makes sense.

In the industry there's this whole mentality of working with someone who can open the door for you, but my whole thing is that I like my work to speak for itself. So I still do have that same mentality.

I started making music for fun maybe my senior year in college. I started rapping in high school, but it wasn't anything serious.

Now I'm in the business and I do have to have these awkward conversations about how I look, how I talk. But I'm still here.