You recently did an interview where you referenced your friend will.i.am quite a bit. Im going to assume that this relationship spurred as a result of some quality time in the studio, but for inquiring minds can you confirm this?
It did.
Wow. Look at you!
People try to downplay me like I dont be doing ****. I low-key be doing ****. Will knows how to make great electronic music; he has the formula together. And hes a genius. I just happened to be in the studio with B.O.B and he was in the other room and he was like, What the **** are yall doing in here?
I ran into him a year ago at Best Buy, actually. When I was living in Australia he used to come by at an underground hip-hop club. It was like if Jessie J came to Broke $ Bougie back when Broke $ Bougie was popping. Its like, What the **** is will.i.am doing here?
We know a lot of the same people from Australia. He was like, We should work on a record. It was so funny because he told me that he was trying to sign me, but Interscope wasnt trying to let him **** with me. We had this big conversation and put all of the pieces together about a lot of **** that was happening. I hope to get something from him for Trap Gold and have [someone] trap it out so its kind of grimy. Thats what Ive been doing with a lot of music, getting the shiny stuff and making it real dirty.
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The interview is long but it's a great read:
http://clatl.com/cribnotes/archives/...stralia-rapper