Who are other rappers that you’d want to do a collab with? He put out a song with Future that was dope. But, I’ma have to say right now, I like Durk. That’s a hard one because people are dropping like crazy. Who’s your favorite rapper at the moment? He was like, “All that shit! We gonna kill it, bro!” We went to his apartment. I got a FaceTime call from Balvin with Bobby on the other line. Then, when Bobby came out, I was like, “Yo, José, Bobby’s out.” He got in touch with Bobby’s team. I would write to Bobby… When we met it was crazy ’cause he was looking at his DMs and I had written to Bobby maybe twice every year, once every year, saying, “Bro, once you get out, we’re doing something.” And, when I did the “Tata (Remix),” there was rumors of Bobby, he might come out. How did you connect with Bobby Shmurda for the “Tata (Remix)”? Every bar there could be a punch line, you feel me?

Lil Wayne, you don’t have to wait every four bars to do a punch line. Big Sean also, his delivery and wordplay is crazy. Eminem taught me about deliveries wordplay. Like 50 Cent, he taught me the importance of feeling sure about yourself when you rap. My delivery also, ’cause my favorite rappers like Big Sean, Lil Wayne, Eminem, 50, each of those rappers taught me something. They’re always on top of, producers especially, on top of the new sounds. How does rap culture impact the way you do music? Your songs sound heavily influenced by hip-hop. Busta Rhymes, Missy Elliott, all of that. When I was like, in the first grade, I’d be hearing Get Rich or Die Tryin’, Nas, Eminem’s Curtain Call.

My influence, musically, has to come from my sisters. Maybe living in the states, yeah, but in Alaska, you don’t listen to anything. Did that influence the type of hip-hop music you liked? You grew up in different places including Alaska, Hawaii and Baltimore.

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