I was, like, 12 or 13; the first hip hop song I tried to rapping to was Macklemore's 'Thrift Shop,' and my English was so bad, but learning to rap to different songs really helped me with my pronunciation, and looking at the lyrics on Rap Genius and stuff like that.

Rich Brian

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Things can go away just like that. You got to be always respectful and nice and positive.

go you nice positive

I stopped playing the drums when I was ten, and I picked up Rubik's Cubes. I was doing that for a while, and then I got into cinematography.

playing doing up cinematography

I just say 'Amen' a lot. It's just about being grateful and never taking things for granted.

say never things grateful

I'm really not a materialistic person.

really person materialistic

At one point, I had more friends on the Internet than I did in real life.

friends internet real life

It took me a while to figure out the U.S. sense of humor, a lot of trial and error. I would write down jokes to casually tell my American friend over Skype to see which ones he'd laugh at.

laugh friend me humor

When I say 'homeschooled,' I was homeschooled for, like, two years, and then we just stopped. It was me and my parents, and they'd give me homework and stuff like that, but then one day, they just stopped.

parents day me homework

Being home-schooled, you really get to explore your hobbies, what you want to do for a living.

your you living want

I feel like, with an album, that's how you get to know an artist.

feel know you artist

Honestly, I'm not a big activism or politic guy. I wouldn't say I'm super educated in that stuff, and I feel like I shouldn't speak on things that I don't understand too much.

say feel understand speak

It doesn't really bother me if people misunderstand me. It's cool, but you can't do anything about it.

cool me you people

I very rarely shop. The only money I spend is on, like, Uber and food.

only like money food

In my neighborhood, there are stray goats everywhere, and, someone owns it. Someone has a farm full of goats. At daytime, they just let them loose, but then at nighttime, they just come back. So, it's like, in daytime, the whole neighborhood is just filled with goats walking around.

farm someone back walking

Every time I get the chance, I just talk to myself basically in English just to practice my pronunciation.

myself chance practice time

I just love making people laugh.

laugh just love people

I feel like kids naturally love guns, so I was drawn to that.

i-feel-like feel like love

It's important for kids to see someone who looks like them carving his own path. I definitely acknowledge that, and I think it's super great.

great think important path

I've known about hip-hop for a long time. The first time it intrigued me was when I saw this music video by Tyga on television. I was intrigued by the whole aesthetic. It was very unique.

me music time long

I say funny stuff in my lyrics to make people laugh, but it's all in the seriousness of the music. I'm just being witty.

laugh music funny people

I've always felt like I could express myself better in English just because the way the grammar works.

better myself always way