Quotes from A Boogie wit da Hoodie

I'm not really rocking with mixtapes no more. EPs and albums - that's it.

Its crazy: my name is Artist, and I dead can't even paint.

'A' comes from Artist. And 'Boogie' from the Bronx. 'The Hoodie' part came from just having a hoodie on a lot.

Perfecting your craft is one of the main keys in being successful.

I just wanna be relevant.

You can't say I don't sound like a N.Y. rapper - it's because I don't wanna sound like nobody else.

2017 was crazy when I made the 'Freshman' cover 'cause I looked up to it, and I really wanted to be in it. It was motivation for me after that: I kept on going, and I grinded.

I had to realize that you can't try to get money, support yourself, and grind doing whatchu need to do at the same time. The music is the grind. You really gotta grind. You gotta find your way around. You can't be stuck tryna get there.

I want people to really recognize that this is what I am naturally good at: I'm really good at making music and describing your feelings vicariously through my experiences, through my past and my future. I want people to relate to me in multiple ways and be versatile in my music.

I wasn't really comfortable going to college.

I look at goals, like, what do I want to do and where do I want to see myself. What position to I want to be in going forward.

Not everyone's really got the heart to talk about what's going on with their love in their music.

I was trying to make my name just Artist in the beginning, but it was weird at first, because I wasn't an R&B singer or nothing. Not an R&B singer. I didn't do no melodic songs, none of that yet.

No matter where I'm at in life, whether I'm in the music industry, rich, poor, everybody need love in their life. Gangsta or not, everybody need love in their life. You can't act too hard about that.

My mom is proud of me. My pops proud of me. Everybody keeps motivating me.

Before I was even famous, I was famous on Facebook.

I don't wanna learn about more science and math. That's not why I'm going to college.

I was raised hearing music everywhere I went.

Even though I can't dance, that's, like, the one thing I wished I could do growing up. I used act like I was MJ, doing the moonwalk, tip toes, leg kick, all that.

Highbridge - everybody rap in Highbridge; everyone grew up rappin' or playing basketball.

Every time I step on stage an' see all of the lights or hear fans singing the words to my songs ,it's a surreal moment for me.

I started off throwing out 'Artist.' I made that my first mixtape. Then, I threw out 'TBA,' which means 'To Be Announced.'

My first mixtape especially - that came from a heartbreak.

Everybody should start listening to love songs.