Musician

Me and Tory Lanez got good chemistry together. We could make a song so easy, but we always like to figure out what we're really doing. We can make a good song, but it gotta make sense.

Everybody was always telling me to rap and freestyle. I used to go to the park and spit on the mic. If I go to the park, they always gonna give me the mic.

Some of my songs are turnt up, but that's just 'cause I have to make 'em like that so the clubs can play them.

I overloaded myself with work. I give myself work to do so I don't give myself time to chill and have free time to chill with the family as much.

If you listen to me, it's real stories. It's catchy and something you can relate to.

I started off throwing out 'Artist.' I made that my first mixtape. Then, I threw out 'TBA,' which means 'To Be Announced.'

Growing up in Highbridge was real. Me and all my friends, we never really went to any other places in the Bronx but Highbridge. We always just stayed in Highbridge. It was like territory, to be honest, because Highbridge is like a town.

Not everyone's really got the heart to talk about what's going on with their love in their music.

This is the most fun thing in the world to me, making music. Sitting down, I can make songs and not leave the booth, ever, and I love it.

Everything I do is me. I don't like taking ideas from people unless they're the G.O.A.T.

People's hustle in the Bronx is real.

I wasn't really comfortable going to college.

Everybody should start listening to love songs.

Why do you think my name is Artist? I'm an artist.

Having a daughter made my music, I guess, more meaningful. It made me see more of life when I had my daughter.

I'm not really rocking with mixtapes no more. EPs and albums - that's it.

This is the most fun thing in the world to me, making music. Sitting down, I can make songs and not leave the booth, ever, and I love it.

Its crazy: my name is Artist, and I dead can't even paint.

I was raised hearing music everywhere I went.

Having a daughter made my music, I guess, more meaningful. It made me see more of life when I had my daughter.