You got any good food spots youd like to go to here or no?
This summer, among other things, shes at home, eating.
She beams brightest about Pod, raving about their seafood and sushi.
courtesy of UMG
Youll love the interior, she tells me.
It feels like youre in Japan.
Turns out she really is, I mention.
The albums Technicolor fanfare, including three wacky music videos, is expertly curated to be delightful and devastating.
On 27 Club, shes quite plain about being suicidal at that age.
Luckily, shes 28 now.
Everything is cohesive and smooth, Whack says of the addition.
I think it is long overdue, honestly.
Thank God for Forgot password Ive kept the same email.
Pinterest is her go-to for hoarding bits of inspiration.
Its like a filing cabinet, man.
Im literally organized chaos.
Let me just double-check I look at it.
Because then Ill see images [and be] like Oh, yeah, I forgot to mention this.
Like, Yo, I really want this.
It was just cool.
Like I said, I was just able to go back.
Its like my PowerPoint.
So imagery can influence the way that you rap too?Yeah, for sure.
We all have synesthesia.
So I got to translate it through music.
It sounds like youre in pretty good spirits.
Some of the themes ofWorld Wide Whackwere really heavy.
How have you been doing since that album came out?Ive been great, actually.
Im proud of myself.
Ive been really good.
Ive been staying in the gym with my friends.
Weve been playing basketball, hooping.
Staying active and just trying to stay creative.
And Ive been eating good.
Hanging out, getting some sun.
I think Im going to go to the beach this weekend.
Im going to venture to go to the beach.
What beaches do you like?I love Asbury Park so much.
Their beach is fire.
Good boardwalk, good food, good vibes.
Hotels are really nice.
Thats the only one Ill give up.
Ive been sketching a lot on my iPad, and Im trying to take it to the next level.
I want to do furniture and home decor.
Im just having fun, and Im not thinking about it too much.
Im just hoping that the universe is listening and watching.
On Pinterest, though, I have so much cool furniture saved.
And then it kind of makes you get to know yourself better.
It kind of raises an eyebrow.
Like, Well maybe this is an interest that I have.
… or itch this scratch.
No, scratch this itch.
You had it right the first time.
I was curious about a few specific things on your board.
Youve got aSister Act 2poster with Whoopi Goldberg.
Tell me what that represents.That movie really …
It changed my life.
I technically lived that life.
And I was like, You know what?
So I went to the Arts Academy at Benjamin Rush [High School].
I had to audition to get in.
I was a vocal major.
And then, I think it was the junior year, we actually got to performSister Act 2.
We did two of the songs.
Joyful, Joyful and Oh, Happy Day.
It was like I was living the movie.
I felt like Lauryn Hill.
I was the only rapper in school, so it was cool.
It was all white kids.
And theWhat Happened, Miss Simone?movie poster.
Tell me about why thats there.Listen, I cried watching that.
Thats one of my favorite documentaries.
Itll be that and then the Tina Turner documentary on Max, where she got to tell her story.
Nina Simone and Tina Turner, they have my heart.
Nina, I didnt know everything that she went through.
To really get to learn her story, I was like, Wow.
I felt a connection.
She just was so talented, and she was a trailblazer and an activist.
Whatever she felt, she stood on it.
Just as a Black woman, Im like, Yo, I strive to be like that.
I want to be like Nina Simone.
They wrote it how they wanted to write it.
You cant … A tear just came out of my eye.
Proud Mary is one of my favorite songs.
is my favorite though.
You got to listen to the lyrics in that song.
It helped me through a really tough time.
Something really resonated with me when I watched her tell her own story.
And she just cried in my arms for 10 minutes.
We were just in the middle of the party.
Everybody was turnt up.
It was like, Knuck If You Buck was on.
I was standing in the middle of the crowd just holding her.
Tears started coming out of her eyes.
I was like, What?
Shes like, You changed my life.
That project changed my life.
Do you remember what kind of wig she had on?It was hard to focus.
It was so many wild wigs.
Yo, you would have fun.
I got to have another party.
Yo, I should.
We got to make it happen.
Yo, we got to do something with Pinterest!
We got to get back to that.
Everybodys beefing and stuff, and Im just like, yo, why cant we just be on this?
We all have our own lane and different sounds.
I dont understand that.
The beef is unnecessary.
But I feel like this summer, especially, a lot of the rap girls are really linking up.
You see so many different women rappers on Megans tour.Its starting to happen.
But it is just like, thats just something that I always come back to.
Like Yo, lets stay on this.
Lets get back to this.
Me and [Lil] Yachty.
And me and Yachty are really friends, so that was good.
I want to know if youve been freestyling to anything.
I think its the 4,3,2,1 by LL Cool J beat.
Ive been listening to that beat.
Yo, look that up on Twitter or something.
Its Common, Freeway, Black Thought, Method Man, [and Redman].
Its the hardest beat I ever heard in my life.
I keep listening to it.
I got to write something to it.