One day, walking through the Bronx streets, I just realized that people were stopping me, taking pictures, and noticing me from across the street. I can't even use public transportation anymore, so I kind of stopped going places and started going straight to the studio, going home, and telling people I can't go anywhere anymore.

A Boogie wit da Hoodie

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Being self-made means putting yourself in position to help others put themselves in position to be successful.

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help-others help yourself being

No matter where I'm at in life, whether I'm in the music industry, rich, poor, everybody need love in their life. Gangsta or not, everybody need love in their life. You can't act too hard about that.

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you music love life

My mom is proud of me. My pops proud of me. Everybody keeps motivating me.

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everybody me proud mom

Everything I do is me. I don't like taking ideas from people unless they're the G.O.A.T.

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everything me people ideas

Perfecting your craft is one of the main keys in being successful.

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craft your being successful

I got so many people that have my number. It's crazy. I just don't feel like texting anybody back after I get, like, 30 text messages in three hours. I just be chilling.

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feel back crazy people

I look at goals, like, what do I want to do and where do I want to see myself. What position to I want to be in going forward.

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goals see myself look

I can't even lie: Sometimes, I be antisocial.

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lie even antisocial sometimes

I don't wanna learn about more science and math. That's not why I'm going to college.

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why more college science

I was raised hearing music everywhere I went.

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i-was-raised everywhere hearing music

Every time I step on stage an' see all of the lights or hear fans singing the words to my songs ,it's a surreal moment for me.

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me moment singing time

The album 'Hoodie SZN' is about the result of where I come from: it gave me this black heart. And the black heart represents depression.

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me black heart depression

'Remember the Time' and 'You Rock My World' from Michael Jackson were two of my favorite songs ever. My mom used to bump them all the time.

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you mom time world

When I was 13, before I got in high school, I was writing mad raps. I didn't really know if it was good or not, so for a year, I just held them. When I got in high school, I started spittin' bars.

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good high-school mad school

I want to be the next legend.

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legend next want

I overloaded myself with work. I give myself work to do so I don't give myself time to chill and have free time to chill with the family as much.

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myself family work time

I always looked up to people who did more than just rap or focus on music. I'm inspired by the people who put their different talents to use and turned it into something bigger.

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always music focus people

I had to realize that you can't try to get money, support yourself, and grind doing whatchu need to do at the same time. The music is the grind. You really gotta grind. You gotta find your way around. You can't be stuck tryna get there.

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you music money time

Not everyone's really got the heart to talk about what's going on with their love in their music.

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everyone music heart love

Why do you think my name is Artist? I'm an artist.

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name think you artist