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" Biggie Smalls, Jay-Z, Nas, Eminem, Big L, Tupac. That was, like, my top five, generally. "
Kevin Gates
Top
Five
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" I used to really love Fiend, but he stopped. He just stopped. Every time he had a project, every project - 'There's One In Every Family,' 'Street Life' - I had to have them. And he just stopped. And that was disappointing, 'cause that was my favorite rapper at one time. "
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" Sometimes I feel like being an intellectual. Sometimes I like to just be aggressive and all the way in my feelings. Sometimes I might be emotional, or sometimes I might drag on the track and be lazy. I just like to share the different states of existence of Kevin Gates with the rest of the world. "
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" I suffer from deep depression, so my only release is music. "
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" Coming up in the streets, I had to learn how to read people early on. I'm a very analytical person. I observe a lot of the things that people don't notice. "
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" I like Peter Tosh, Bob Marley of course. All of Capleton, Sizzla, Frisco Kid, Buju Banton. "
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" In 7th grade, I believe, I wrote my first rap song. It was about everything I was seeing, everything that was going on around me. "
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" I was always taught not to answer no questions. I'm not really good at answering them because I get agitated so fast. "
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" I have a cult-like following because I exemplify what it is to be a human being. "
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" I don't really like talking. I like to execute. I'm not a talking person. I'm an action person. "
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" I'm not afraid to make mistakes. "
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" I'm a bookworm. I know with my physical appearance that I don't look like the typical reader. I'm in Barnes & Noble all the time, and you can look at people that look like they are supposed to be in there. I am in there, pants sagging, hat backwards. "
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" 'Recreative' is a word that I invented because in urban culture, with colloquialism, we invent so many slangs. I don't like the way that 'recreational' sounds - I don't like to say I do a lot of 'recreational' reading. I like to say that I read 'recreatively.' I do a lot of 'recreative' reading. "
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Urban
" Glory be and praise to God. I didn't do any of this. God did. I don't have a recipe or a blueprint. I prayed for it, and my prayers are continuing to be answered. "
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" I could care less about the particular. I like to make music. "
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" Rap was more of a release for me, a journal. "
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" I've had mixtapes that have been better than albums I've heard from other artists. I take my time; I put my heart into it. "
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" The only frustrating thing about jail is that I can't make music. "
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" I don't believe in conspiracy theories. I'm just a cold-blooded investigator. "
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Just
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" I like being with my family. That's my party. "
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Party
Family
" I have trust issues with allowing other individuals to know my innermost secrets for fear of how I may be viewed. Everyone has this. "
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" It's a curse. I ask God to take this away from me all the time. I do not like being an artist. "
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" If you look at the movie 'Belly,' I identify with Sincere the most. I am a gangster. I love my lady to death. I'm not in the game for the wrong reasons. I'm not in the game for the glory. I'm in the game to survive so the people that I love could be straight. I'm a highly intelligent individual. "
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" Let me tell you something about Tunechi - about that boy. That boy comes to the studio every day and grind as if he doesn't have a dollar in his pocket. "
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" I'm glad I can't vote. "
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" I don't want no handouts. I want to get it out the mud. "
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" I've just always been a reader. "
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" I married my best friend that happens to be a girl. "
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" The more I grow in popularity, the lonelier it gets. Because you don't really know me. You just know this part of me. You fell in love with that. But it's way more intricate than what meets the surface. "
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