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My Musical Influence Is Really From My Father. He Was A Dj In College. My Parents Met At New York University. So He Listened To, You Know, Motown, And He Listened To Bob Dylan. He Listened To Grateful Dead And Rolling Stones, But He Also Listened To Reggae Music. And He Collected Vinyl.

To Be Honest, That Whole Exchange With Crunk Feminist Actually Made Me Write The Song Because I Realize There's A Lot Of Young Women Out There So Hurt By The Misogynistic Images In Hip-hop They Paint It With Such A Broad Brush Stroke That They Think Anybody That Defends Hip-hop Is Defending Misogyny.

When I Was A Teenager, The Way Some Of These Kids Out Here Be Actively Gay, It Would Have Been Ridiculed In The Hood. And Now The Hood Is A Bit More Accepting. Begrudgingly Accepting, But Definitely More Accepting Than 20 Years Ago When I Was A Little Kid. That Doesn't Mean That Anybody Should Stop Fighting For Equality Just Because People Are Begrudgingly A Little More Accepting.

I Not Only Wanted To Showcase Lyrical Skills But Also Continue To Drop Knowledge On The Hiphop Community. Im Looking To Elevate Through My Music, And Through My Music I Educate.

If You Go To A College Campus And You Do Stop And Frisk, You're Going To Find A Lot Of Drugs There Too.