My Real Name's Rakim - My Parents

I've Been Into Fashion Since Birth. I Grew Up In The 'hood, And Everybody In The 'hood Wants To Compensate For Being In Poverty, So They Want To Look Good To Keep Themselves Up.

I Don't Like New Cars; I'm Into Vintage Cars - There's A Jaguar E-type In The 'goldie' Video.

People Don't Make Albums Any More. It's Always About Singles. I Wanted To Take That Old-school Approach.

I Used To Be Homophobic, But As I Got Older, I Realized That Wasn't The Way To Do Things. I Don't Discriminate Against Anybody For Their Sexual Preference, For Their Skin Color... That's Immature.

There's Just So Much Out There And So Much Inspiration... I Just Want To Be Tasteful.