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" I started producing in California, and they called it mob music. When I moved to Atlanta, the sound was different. People in Atlanta didn't like to rap over West Coast beats. So I had to make adjustments to what was going on in the South. "

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" I have a church background. I've been playing piano and keyboard and organ all my life in church. "

" I feel like every time I make a beat, and the Migos rap on it, it's gonna be fire. "

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