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" Christiania has a lot of strong, nuclear families. It gave us a sense of empowerment and belonging and richness. We had so much love; we were never in doubt that we were wanted in this world. "

Lukas Forchhammer

Strong

Belonging

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Gave

Early

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Cathartic

" I never want to lose sight of my roots... A lot of artists want the riches and the fame. I want to tell stories you can put into the context of your life. "

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" What hit me in the gut about hip-hop was that someone else grew up tough enough to be angry at the entire system. "

Lukas Forchhammer

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Angry

" It's always more fun when something happens outside of a script. "

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Outside

Happens

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Lukas Forchhammer

Guards

Now

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" We're like, 'Woah, are we even in that league where we get nominated for a VMA?' And yet our name is right down there among the other nominees. It's very, very strange coming from a country of five and a half million people. "

" I get emotionally spent answering questions about my dead father and my criminal friends and my upbringing in a hippie environment in a marginalized community. "