No matter what, my talent is destined to shine through, despite the detractors and haters that want to stop it from happening. Michael Jackson and Vybz Kartel both were noted for going from fairly dark-skinned to light-skinned.

I try to make my music as visual as possible, and the biggest screen to show that would be none other than the iMax movie theater screens.

The music is birthed, if you will. I bust off the bars, or “climax”, and the tracks are the outcome.

Maryland has been known for having a high crime rate for years, so when you compare me killing songs to the murder rate of my hometown, you can truly call me “a product of my state”.

When I go to NYC, the popular boot choice is usually Timberlands, but here in the DMV area, we always wore Nike ACG boots or Polo boots. Timbs still get rocked, of course, but it’s not the most popular choice.

This one is pretty clear-cut…I feel like we’re past the point of asking, protesting, all of that. If “they” are trying to take us out, defend yourself at all costs. Make a real change.

As I sit back and look at numerous incidents of young black men being killed by police or “vigilantes” in America with no real consequence, I just tend to feel like the goal is still to eliminate us as black people, especially young black males, as if it’s already planned out, which it may very well be. Trayvon Martin was one unfortunate case, who was killed in February 2012 in Florida.