I wanted to drop three albums in a year because no one had done it. It was bold, unheard of.
My production and songwriting and the environment around those vocals are not inspired by R&B at all.
My inspiration is R. Kelly, Michael Jackson, and Prince - for the vocals, anyway.
My mother, my grandmother, my uncles would play Ethiopian artists like Aster Aweke and Mulatu Astatke all the time in the house.
From when I was born to when I was 21, I never left Toronto. That's why I'm such a city cat.
Going to a therapist is not something you do when you're growing up as a street kid in Toronto.