I think I'm more influenced, just in general, not by blues artists, but more by stuff from Curtis Mayfield, Stevie Wonder. Stevie Wonder is probably my biggest musical influence of all. And Donny Hathaway.
“When I rap, it's just an extension of how I speak, and that's how I talk. If you don't like it, don't listen.”
“Writing is a lonely job unless you're a drinker, in which case you always have a friend within reach.”