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" If we're evaluating cool to the way other rappers appear to be cool, then I'm not cool at all. "
Lil Dicky
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" I've always been totally enamored by hip-hop. I wouldn't say I liked it exclusively growing up. It was, like, that and alt-rock. But I always preferred it. It set a tone for everything I wanted to do in life. "
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" I think, between me and Chris Brown, if you combined our games, you'd get, like, a real Division I basketball player. "
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" By putting this music out, I think I genuinely eliminated 80 percent of the previous jobs I was qualified for. "
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" Lil Wayne was one of my favorite rappers. "
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" I don't think any artist has really relied on music videos the way I do. It's almost like my radio. "
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" I was a business major at the University of Richmond, and after I graduated, I took a job at a corporate ad agency. I had comedic dreams, but I also had a realistic look at what I had to do when I left school: maybe I'm funny, but maybe I'm one of a hundred thousand funny people, you know? "
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" Being funny is my biggest differentiator, and I think I'd be a fool not to use that, and there's nothing I enjoy personally more than making a human being laugh. But then, I also think I have a serious side to me. "
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" Usually, I think of the song, and then the video plays out in my head as I'm writing the song. I started rapping to become a comedian, so I'm certainly thinking about the visual component of things beyond just the music most of the time. "
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" I don't necessarily think that when I graduated college, I had a plan to work at an ad agency. I had a plan in terms of getting the best job I could, like, just whatever normal job. "
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" Personally, I feel like I'm trying to redefine what a really good rapper can be like. Like, I think it's not often where a good rapper can be making funny music. "
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" I would say that I don't make music quickly; like, my process has been very slow, and my bar is very high, and I don't really rush to make music just to get something out there. "
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" I feel like the Philadelphia sports teams are really good at having my back. "
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" I'm a relatively cheap person who, to me, it's not cool to overspend; it's cool to get a great deal. "
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" Like, I haven't even tried a cherry before, because I'm such a picky eater, and I behave like a 9-year-old. "
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" I always wanted to be a comedian. "
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" The thing is, I was never really a comedian - a comedian would scoff at the notion of me as a comedian because I've never done anything, really. I've always just been some guy who's funny. "
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" I think people just have to realize that music grows, and hip-hop evolves. I mean, everything evolves. "
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" It's impressive to the girl that I'm texting that I have my own emojis. It adds to my charm as a man seeking love. "
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" I have never been more physically tired than after that first song of my first concert. "
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" LeBron James - I'm such a big basketball fan, and to be in his body for a day and be able to just dunk at will, have that level of court awareness and size, oh my goodness, that would be a treat. "
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" I think my TV show is gonna be my big thing, so I'm pretty focused on that, and I think doing that will lead to all of the other opportunities I want, to jump to movies and other stuff, but it starts with that. "
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" I always dreamed of being an entertainer. So, my whole life to some extent, or from the age that I can remember onwards, I knew I was going to have to make some sort of attempt at being noticed for being funny. "
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" My whole initial goal was to be a comedian, so it's not like I chose to do a TV show out of nowhere. It's kind of always been goal to do a TV show. "
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" You hear a lot of rap songs about spending money. I thought, wouldn't it be funny to make a song about saving money because it's ironic, but beyond irony, I genuinely have pride in saving money. "
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" I've been working a lot with Benny Blanco; he's a producer. And I've been working with Diplo and a bunch of other people. Detail, Charlie Handsome. A variety of people. "
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" Obviously, my aspirations are to be considered one of the best. Like, anyone rapping should have that mindset. "
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