What’s your take on the pop and black music today?
It’s in the redefining stages. The kids that love the “throw your hands in the air,” and “pop a bottle, throw this over here,” music are 25, 26 years old now. They have grown up and are looking for something real to gravitate to. I feel like every five years the world does a reboot. And we’re at that mark there’s a new president about to get elected next yearits time for a shift. It takes a special person to shift the game. Drake came in and shifted it; now everybody’s trying to bite Drake’s flow because he made such a big impact. J. Cole’s new record, he told the truth; it’s real music. People want real. All the bubblegum stuff we’ve been hearing that was maybe not as crafty as it should have been—I think people are trying to put more effort into their art now. It does matter.