Yes, I did grow up in Australia.
I'm from Australia.
I love that place.
Shout out to Australia.
But, growing up, I never listened
to any Australian music.
My mum never played any Aussie rap
or Aussie hip-hop.
It was a lotta Tupac, Fugees, even Erykah Badu.
So, I guess whenever I went to first make music
that shit never just came out Australian.
It just came out American because
that's all I was listening to.
People have mixed opinions about it
because, they're like damn, you're from Australia mate.
You should fucking, dah dah dah dah dah, use your accent.
But, it's like bro, if I was to put on an accent on a track,
it would be like I'm faking it anyway, so.
When I jumped on the mic, I was just like what's the call?
And I had no idea where I was gonna go from there.
I was just like fuck it
and I just did everything off the top.
I remember the vibe in the studio.
I had all my friends in there.
I had my DJ Han, my manager Gee Money,
and I remember we played like the first four bars out loud
and everyone was just turning the fuck onto it.
And we were like yeah, this is,
this is the fucking, this is fire.
It's crazy because when I was younger,
it was like money was the only thing that I ever wanted.
So, about six to eight months ago,
I got a call and it was from Lil Bibby and Gee Money
and they said, hey we wanna sign you.
So, great eh?
We're gonna fly you out to New York.
We're gonna get everything locked and loaded.
I was like, okay.
And that was my first big check that I'd earned.
I remember when I flew back to Australia,
the first thing I did was go into Harold's,
which is our, I guess, our Sach's or our Newman's.
I remember I bought two pairs of Amiri jeans,
a Palm Angels jacket, and I was like bro,
this is the best feeling in the world.
Especially people who have been following me
for a long time knowing that I was not fresh.
Back then, I was wearing a lot of baggy Adidas and Nike.
The one thing that I always preach
and I always tell people around me or even kids
that's younger than me is to manifest everything.
All right, and speak shit into existence.
I have lost a lot of people
You know, whether it was drugs or violence or just,
you know, breaking apart from them.
And so as a friendship wise, it's like, RIP, said I'm sorry.
Literally rest in piece to the ones who I've lost for real
and then RIP to the ones
who were not friends anymore or were not in a relationship.
It's like fuck you, RIP to you, bitch.
When I was younger, I was a big fucking Michael Jackson fan.
I was maybe six and seven when he died and I remember
that year of my Halloween costume,
I tried as best as I could to dress up like Michael Jackson.
It's one thing for a girl to look attractive
and be cool, whatever.
But, if she really does what she say she can do
then it's like damn, I can't let her go
because I feel like there's a whole buncha girls
who'll say a load of shit and not do a load of shit.
So, if you find the one, keep her, don't let her go.
Straight the fuck out Speaker Knockerz is one
of the most influential artists of this decade.
It's kinda one of those things
that's if you know, you know type of shit.
Because I know there's a load of people with that.
Probably doesn't even know who the fuck Speaker Knockerz is.
A load of rappers even
that doesn't know who Speaker Knockerz is.
But, they're influenced by him.
All right, and his music.
I kinda slipped in that line just to show people,
I know what the fuck I'm talking about.
I'mma just say one thing.
Everything that I talk about in my music is true.
I used to record at the studio.
Now, one of the older guys who worked at the studio,
I remember, I came back, I was like yeah,
I just signed the deal,
everyone was like happy, dah, dah, dah, dah, dah.
And he had a Mercedes and I was like bro,
let me take that shit for a drive.
I didn't really know how to drive.
So, I acted like I did.
I got in that bitch, took it around.
I was doing 150, 160 down the road
cause the road's pretty dead.
It's like out in the middle of the nowhere, the studio, so.
I was kinda going crazy.
Rick Owens and Raf Simons.
It's crazy but I first discovered them
by listening and watching A$AP Rocky.
I feel like he's the fashion God of the rap world.
I don't give no fuck what anybody says.
Well, I grabbed my money up and I went back
to Harold's again, maybe the second, third time.
I'd cuff a new fucking Rick Owens, new Raf Simons.
I've played with a lotta girls and it's bad
but I've played with a lotta them.
I'd say, oh, I wanna marry you, dah, dah, dah.
And it's like a lot of them, that's...
That's not my fault, I just play with them
so that they get mad, they call me, keep calling me.
Sometimes I have to block their numbers
'cause they be going batshit crazy.