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My mom is proud of me. My pops proud of me. Everybody keeps motivating me.

Every time I step on stage an' see all of the lights or hear fans singing the words to my songs, it's a surreal moment for me.

I want to be the next legend.

Highbridge - everybody rap in Highbridge; everyone grew up rappin' or playing basketball.

Before I was even famous, I was famous on Facebook.

I pick and choose what I want to put on what. Instead of just dropping a single, I like putting projects together.

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

A lot of people don't know that: that Artist is my name.

You can't say I don't sound like a N.Y. rapper - it's because I don't wanna sound like nobody else.

Most of the time, I'm making music. There'll be moments of my life where I feel like I gotta to take a break and come back to the music. It's hard to explain, but you need to get a break from it and then come back to it. It's like you gotta lose something to appreciate it.

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

I look at goals, like, what do I want to do and where do I want to see myself. What position to I want to be in going forward.

Perfecting your craft is one of the main keys in being successful.

I had to realize that you can't try to get money, support yourself, and grind doing whatchu need to do at the same time. The music is the grind. You really gotta grind. You gotta find your way around. You can't be stuck tryna get there.

I want people to really recognize that this is what I am naturally good at: I'm really good at making music and describing your feelings vicariously through my experiences, through my past and my future. I want people to relate to me in multiple ways and be versatile in my music.

New York sounds like something that I could really listen to. It's like a vibe; it's a hit song. It's a song that you could listen to in five years and still like.

'Remember the Time' and 'You Rock My World' from Michael Jackson were two of my favorite songs ever. My mom used to bump them all the time.

I always looked up to people who did more than just rap or focus on music. I'm inspired by the people who put their different talents to use and turned it into something bigger.

Being self-made means putting yourself in position to help others put themselves in position to be successful.

I'm not the type of person who makes a lot of songs in a day just to see which one is the best.

I never knew Artist was going to get this big. When I was making it, I put my all into it. But you never know what's going to happen with something you make.

I just wanna be relevant.

Partnering up with the Monster Energy Outbreak Tour marks a milestone moment in my career.

One day, walking through the Bronx streets, I just realized that people were stopping me, taking pictures, and noticing me from across the street. I can't even use public transportation anymore, so I kind of stopped going places and started going straight to the studio, going home, and telling people I can't go anywhere anymore.

2017 was crazy when I made the 'Freshman' cover 'cause I looked up to it, and I really wanted to be in it. It was motivation for me after that: I kept on going, and I grinded.