It was, like, so weird back then. Just giving …. “When I went to Japan, I realized why I had caught on: My hair was bright orange, I wore funny clothes, and I had war paint on my face. …. So, I remember being in the car with their two A& R people from the label and we had to go to Hollis, Queens in an entourage of five cars and we could hear rap coming from another one of their cars — I'd never heard anything so loud — and the windows were up and the car is vibrating. …

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