DX: I read somewhere that you were inspired by people like Nicki Minaj and Drake around the time you started.
Angel Haze: Yeah! My inspiration is really great songwriters, like I love Lauryn Hill. I love Drake and Nicki Minaj because they kinda came out around the same time and they were still fresh: the old Nicki Minaj on the stoop and the old Drake from Toronto and also raw. When artists start off they give you the real them and then they evolve into whatever they have to be or whatever they’re destined to be. So for me Jason Mraz and Train and all of those people who really write good music.
DX: This is what’s funny about you saying that Nicki and Drake inspired you- people are probably thinking of Nicki and Drake today, not Comeback Season Drake, not the Nicki who was rocking in the project stairwell.
Angel Haze: Oh my God!
DX: “That” Nicki and the present one are totally different for the most part.
Angel Haze: I love Nicki Minaj though. I love her now, as she was before… For me, to appreciate an artist, you have to see the entire scope. Their range and everything.
Angel Haze: I love Nicki Minaj though. I love her now, as she was before… For me, to appreciate an artist, you have to see the entire scope. Their range and everything.
