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I didn't grow up listening to hip-hop since I was six.

When I was growing up, hip-hop was still a pretty specialised thing.

I was totally into jazz in my teens.

I was the kid at six who was like, 'I want to be in a jazz club.' I was never the pop kid, ever. I mean that's not true, I had a couple years where I wanted to be Tiffany and Debbie Gibson, but aside from that, no.

I feel like I changed hip-hop.

I am a huge hip-hop fan, and growing up, I only listened to hip-hop, so I dressed accordingly.

As a white teen, I was very drawn to hip-hop culture, almost to the point of disappearing in it - there was a sense of having no sense of authenticity except this one that wasn't mine.

I have a fondness for jazz, particularly for jazz singers, Billie Holiday and Ella Fitzgerald all the way through the Sinatra era.