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" The tricky thing about fast raps is not really the delivery of them; it's the writing of them, with consonants close enough together that you don't trip up over them. "

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Kids

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" Hip-hop was indifferent to Broadway. We didn't need Broadway, but I think Broadway needed hip-hop. "

" Typically, my advice to young artists is not to wait for someone to allow you to do the thing. Just do the thing, and they'll catch up. "

" I felt so loved and taken care of, and that's a huge part of the reason I'm able to do what I do. "

" I've been sort of gentrification-obsessed. Right before I left Oakland in 2012, I was feeling it. Now I go back sporadically, and the change is drastic. "

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Feeling

" I feel like, anytime I'm onstage, I tend to feel very connected with people in the audience or with the sort of heartbeat or tempo of the audience. "

" Clipping is a very specific, concept-y thing. We have all these rules: we don't sample drums. We create all our own sounds. I don't speak in the first person. We come from a background of experimental music like John Cage... Philip Glass. "

" My favorite Prince album is 'Sign o' the Times.' "

" Being on stage, I know my function. I just do the thing. "

" At some point, I'll do more McDonald's commercials if I have to. "

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Commercials

McDonald

" Being an emcee onstage is mostly about crowd control, about monitoring energy levels. "

" The fact that I got to do the 'Hamilton' BET Cypher is a totally crazy thing because I've watched the BET Cyphers since it started. I've seen every one. I study them. Because I'm a rapper. It's what you do. "

" My mom is a white Jewish lady, and my dad is black. The cultures never seemed separate - I had a lot of mixed friends. When I was young, I identified with being Jewish, but I embraced my dad's side, too. "

" That's the great thing about how 'SVU' works. They work with so many Broadway actors, they are very used to getting us out in time for the show. "

" I'm aware that not everybody gets that feeling of ease walking through the world that I have. "

" Broadway was weird. "

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Weird

Broadway

" I make the energy to go out. You can't let the Broadway schedule run you. "

" To be rapping in a musical on Broadway is just - that sentence doesn't make any sense in my brain. "

" I've always gravitated toward technical music in general. I love jazz fusion. "

" There's no reason for somebody who's good at writing rap to be good at freestyling. They're different parts of your brain. You can develop both skills. I'm a much better writer. "

" If a project feels good to you, say yes. And do it with everything that you have and hope that the outcome is good. "

" That's what hip-hop is - it's about meeting the music where you are, and then you add on top of that. It's about coming at it with your full self. "

" My parents are not together, but they were both always around. "

" There's this thing about authenticity when you rap, right? Whether or not it's real, it has to feel real. "

" The way we make history exciting to learn about is by breaking down the barriers that are already set up between these people. "

" I sort of have this feeling about change in general. We can make baby steps on a macro level. We can try to shift policy, voting and changing who's in office. But we can make huge, sweeping changes on a personal level and in your immediate circle, or just the people around you. "

" The reason you write something that is exciting and visceral is to force people to hear what you have to say, especially if you're in any kind of marginalized community where people don't want to listen. You have to come up with tricks to make them listen. "

" Learning how to get a point across is pretty useful in any situation. "

" To walk into a casting room full of people who look like you is a crazy thing. What is the thing that necessitates all of us having the exact same shade of skin and having the same hair? What about this deodorant commercial needs that? "