I love hitting the stage and I don't think I could trade that for sitting in the basement making beats.

I feel like when you're an artist and you first come out - people don't want you to be as creative as you could possibly be as a musician. More so they really want you to stick to something.

I could always hold a melody, but I was never like, I'm going to be a singer. So I'm able to use that when I write. I'm actually playing the beat with my voice. Instead of thinking about coming up with melodies, it's like filling in the instruments. So sometimes it's better to have beats with less melodies in them, because then I can play more with my vocals.

To be comfortable in your skin was the biggest topic for me because I'm somebody who's always judged just by how I look. I wanted to get the message across that you don't have to hide yourself or be glamorous, just be you.

It's natural for me to step into the beat-making side of things next in the future.

I think people think that labels can get you features more than you can get your own. I just doesn't work like that.

It just inspires me to release an album and know that I can work on a core fanbase. The grind: Just make good music and it translates.