Years ago, I wanted to be like the girl Ne-Yo. You know, with the mid-tempo ballads - I come from the Babyface era. But that's not trendy; that's not hip-hop.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Sometimes you have the trends that's not that cool. You may have certain artists portraying these trends and don't really have that lifestyle, and then it gives off the wrong thing. And it becomes kinda corny after awhile. It's really about keeping hip-hop original and pushing away the corniness in it.
Old-school hip hop, i.e., whatever was popular when you were nineteen, is great. Everything since then is intolerable.
I like that I'm not typical. I like that I'm called 'no-genre hip-hop.'
When I was 13 years old, I was dressing in a rap style. And then I changed schools, and the rap style became old-fashioned, so I changed it completely.
I should have lived through the '80s, not been born in it. My style is a mix of hip-hop and '80s casual.
I am a huge hip-hop fan, and growing up, I only listened to hip-hop, so I dressed accordingly.
I was never attracted to the pop world. I listen to music that is pop sometimes. But I've never thought, 'Oh, I need to work with Ne-Yo now.' It's never really been my thing.
I'm definitely inspired by old hip-hop.
I'm a child of the 70's; influenced mostly by albums that had a wide variety of style.
I feel like I changed hip-hop.