/  ‘HOW DO YOU KEEP YOUR ORIGINALITY WITH ALL OF THE NEWEST MUSIC TRENDS + POP CULTURE STUNTS?’ ⁺  ◞

“ Honestly? Everything has truly been done under the sun. Like, everything. Those who I look up to like Misa Hylton, Kimora Lee Simmons, Dapper Dan, Hype Williams, Jean Paul Gaultier, Janet Jackson, Thierry Mugler, Missy Elliott, Kelis, June Ambrose, and Dave Meyers to name a few, were innovative in their prime. They were wayyyy ahead of their time. It’s stuff my mama used to wear in her videos that we rockin’ now; this ghetto glam, street wear, ‘round the way look ain’t nothin’ new. And that’s shit black girls had poppin’ before Vogue would feature it. Like, I still pull gems from my mama closet and I think that’s beauty of creating and being a creative. You evolve with the times, but you can also take from what you know and make it your own when you get inspired by other artists and their artistry. Personally, I love goin’ back and seeing what things was hittin’ fa in the 90s; that’s my favorite era. The 70s, too! I think it’s important to not stay sheltered or closed off to things you’re not too used to. Although I was immersed in the Hip-Hop, Trap, R&B genres, I’ve learned to expand my music palette; with fashion, too. “

                            / ‘HOW DO YOU HANDLE THE FAME + PERSONAL LIFE? DOES THE FAME GET TO YOU OR YOUR FAMILY?’  ⁺  ◞

“ I don’t give a damn. I never have, never will. My momma mouth and trajectory of her career has been filled of raunch, unapologetic truth and just being a bad ass bitch that’s gon’ do as she pleases. My daddy also say the best thing you do is be yaself in any circumstance. If people fuck with it, they do. If they don’t…? That’s their issue. Doing reality TV and having various cast mates honestly thickened my skin. I’ve met so many different people from so many different walks of life and different tax brackets; I’m talkin’ from the poorest of the poor, to the richest of the rich and guess what? We all bleed red. I think being your authentic self while in the public eye shouldn’t change much for you. Privacy is important, setting those boundaries is imperative…but if you make the choice being in the public eye, you gotta eat majority of the shit that comes with it, mane. Unless you puttin’ on for the cameras, ain’t really shit that could bother you if you stand in your truth. Lyin’ and pretending to be somebody you not over fame? Nawlllll, I ain’t finna do that shit. Stay true to yaself! That’s really the key to things. Thank y’all for havin’ me to run my damn mouth, honey. Somebody gotta say the real. Haha!“