I Wanted To Model When I Was

God Is Letting Me Shine, Because I've Got A Good Heart.

For Me, Growing Up In Harlem And Then Migrating Down To Soho And The Lower East Side And Chillin' Down There And Making That My Stomping Ground... That Was A Big Thing, Because I'm From Harlem, And Downtown Is More Artsy And Also More Open-minded. So I Got The Best Of Both Worlds.

I Don't Even Like New York Rappers.

So For Me, Fashion Was About Standing Out As An Individual - And It Helped Me Get The Attention That Most People Try To Get With Publicity Stunts Or By Doing Other Crazy Things. But I Just Let The Attention Come To Me Naturally, And I Think Some Of That Has To Do With My Fashion.

I Really Want To Do The Unexpected, And I Think That's What I Did When I Executed 'long.live.a$ap.' I Wanted People To Really See The Message And That I'm An Artist Who Not Only Has The Capability Of Rapping, But Of Composing Great Music Both For People Of My Generation And For People With Different Backgrounds.