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I listened to a lot of Marvin Gaye and Motown records.

Marvin Gaye was one of the coolest. I look to him as a style icon and as an artist.

I'm a huge Marvin Gaye fan.

Marvin Gaye is an inspiration to me. He was one of the first Motown musicians that my mom and dad introduced me to, and I always thought it would be a good idea if I was ever an artist, and now I am, to make a record called 'Marvin Gaye.'

My pops and my mom started playing Marvin Gaye and the Isley Brothers and all these people, but at the same time, they always had Snoop on right behind it in the same mix.

I was raised on pop music.

I loved pop music as a little kid. Things like the Black Eyed Peas. If it had a catchy chorus, I was into it.

The part of modern pop music I don't know much about is hip hop.