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- Nov 07, 2020
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- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's a hard thing when you've got guns pointed at you, to still stand up for what you believe in. Jimmie Lee and his family did that, and several others.
- Mind
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think prejudice has gotten to a point where a lot of people hold biases in their mind and don't even realize that they're doing it, because it's deeply ingrained in the fabric of what it means to be an American.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
The prison industrial system, things like that are cleverly put in place to attempt to marginalize a certain group of people - and it's not only black, it's replete across the American society.
- I Was Born
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was born in San Bernardino in summer of '91 and grew up in Riverside, San Bernardino, and Victorville.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
Have you ever heard of 'Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?' I would like to play Sidney Poitier's role - I love that role.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
We used to do sock puppet shows for my auntie back in the day. Me and my friends would do accents of Englishmen, and we would sip tea and act like we were rich in front of the family, and they thought it was just hilarious, the level of perception that we had about things that we'd never experienced.
- Better
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- Nov 07, 2020
I feel like with every performance that I see, I get better because I've always thought - while I'm watching people perform - of what I would do.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm in this music duo called Moors.
- I Can
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've always been super expressive, and I've always liked to express myself any way I can.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
My biggest strength is I'm courageous, or if I am afraid of something, I do it anyway. I do what I feel. It's nothing personal against anyone, so that courageousness has been very good to me.
- Beautiful Place
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm from Victorville - it's about an hour-and-a-half away from Los Angeles, up in the desert. They call it Victimville because it's kind of violent. It's a beautiful place, though. It's quiet.
- Day
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've been fortunate to get involved with 'Short Term 12.' I was just a young teenager on the Internet, clicking on anything that had the word 'actor' in it. One day, someone called me in for a movie audition.
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
Music is something I do full-time in real life. I was doing music long before I was even thinking about acting.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
When you're talking about an authority figure oppressing against people, it's the people that hold that authority figure up. If you want to get free of this bondage, then we need to think about ways to free ourselves rather than looking to the oppressors to free us.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
I wanted to be as genuine as possible because all those people like Jimmie Lee Jackson - me, Mike Brown, all these people - we're all the same; we're not much different.
- Always
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- Nov 07, 2020
I always knew I'd be an actor. I always knew I'd at least be on a big screen somewhere.
- Nov 07, 2020
When I was little, when I was a toddler or something, I would watch 'Jason's Lyrica' lot.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
For me, life is like an act within itself. Everything I do is an act. Where I'm going is an act.
- Most
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- Nov 07, 2020
You can be the most intelligent person, and you can have so much potential, but if you don't have a guide by which to channel that energy, then a lot of times, it's futile.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
I really like watching myself a lot because it gives me an opportunity to see it from outside the flesh, and when I view it like that, I can be a lot more cynical and see the things that need to be attacked.
- Imagination
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- Nov 07, 2020
Victorville gave me opportunity to go inside and explore my imagination a bit.
- Focus
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- Nov 07, 2020
My focus is anything that allows me to express myself. Rap, dance, photography. Those are my forms of expression.
- Makes
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- Nov 07, 2020
My producer, HH, makes sounds, so I'm writing to his beats.
- Long Time
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- Nov 07, 2020
My two little twin brothers have autism, so I grew up around it and misunderstood it for a long time.
- Doing
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm a little baby in a barrel just taking everything in. I'm just so fortunate to do whatever I'm doing.
- New
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- Nov 07, 2020
I want to be in some Willy Wonka-type weird stuff, a role where I'm an alien. Anything that's new and challenging and real. I like real stuff.
- Exchanging
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- Nov 07, 2020
Just listening and going back and forth and exchanging ideas with people. It's a beautiful thing. This is what's really important.
- Emotions
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- Nov 07, 2020
Although rap is about boasting, it's also about honesty and expressing your emotions.
- Make
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've done music since I would sit and make songs on my computer mic when I was 11.
- He
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- Nov 07, 2020
Hip-hop is not all '2 Chainz' - although '2 Chainz' is awesome. How he does that with metaphors, I don't know.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I grew up very poor in a fractured family that was dysfunctional on both sides, but I sort of put up these reflectors to most of the negative things that have occurred in my life. I don't carry around much baggage.
- Age Group
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- Nov 07, 2020