Fantastic Negrito

I wanted to do life, do something interesting. I ran out of things I wanted to say in my music, so I just put it down, sold all my gear, and put on some overalls and reconnected with the soil. ”

My life, my failures. I hope that gives people the lesson to rebuild their own lives. ”

I came up with the album name 'Please Don't Be Dead' because I felt like we'd lost our way as a society - and I know what happens when you chase the wrong things. It's the story of my life. ”

I had a dream, as young people have quite idealistic dreams and goals, of, 'I'm going to go to Los Angeles, and I'm going to become a star!' I did get this huge record deal, and I recorded this music under Xavier. That didn't really work out. ”

There came a point where I did give up on music, but I'm the kind of person that when I face obstacles, I become more determined. It's just something weird within me. ”

Your dream can die. You will probably give up. But from there, you can start everything over. ”

I take the purest and hardest forms of music... and come in completely fresh from a production standpoint. It's like hip-hop production, because there's a lot of taking the best parts and a lot of the repetitiveness. ”

Slaves and the descendants of slaves created world pop culture. Let's keep it real and be very respectful about that. ”

I want to be an artist, not be in the business of making hit records. Once I figured that out, everything became clear. ”

Art and culture are the greatest weapons against hate agendas, entrenched ideologies, and power structures that harbor and promote the business of divisiveness. ”