” As a kid, you don’t have a ton of spaces where you are honored, where what you think is honored and what you say is revered. “
” It’s funny because as a rapper, there is – and this is something that Clipping challenges all the time – there is this idea about authenticity as a rapper, in the fact that you rap things that are yours. That’s not what doing a play is. You’re interpreting somebody else’s words. “
” If you do enough rap shows, you get a pretty good sense of an audience. You start to develop this sense of what a feeling of a room or a group is. “
” The tricky thing about fast raps is not really the delivery of them, it’s the writing of them, with consonants close enough together that you don’t trip up over them. “
” Being with a bunch of people who never take a day off means that you’re not taking a day off. “
” If a project feels good to you, say yes. And do it with everything that you have and hope that the outcome is good. “
” The fact that rap has a strict meter and stays to a click means that you have to make your thoughts concise. “
” The fact that I got to do the ‘Hamilton’ BET Cypher is a totally crazy thing because I’ve watched the BET Cyphers since it started. I’ve seen every one. I study them. Because I’m a rapper. It’s what you do. “
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