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I think there are barriers, but I think for me specifically, my barrier is being rejected from the kind of hip-hop elitists that think I'm not appropriating it, but just not serious about it. They think I'm a Lonely Island, Weird Al, you know - like a parody rapper. So that alienates me from a lot of things.
— Awkwafina
Tags: weird, think, you, me

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I grew up two train stops from where A Tribe Called Quest grew up, and one stop from Nas.
— Awkwafina
Tags: tribe, two, train, stop
Let's take Taylor Swift. She lives in a huge beautiful apartment; she gets limo-ed everywhere. She's not seeing what it means to live in New York.
— Awkwafina
Tags: she, new, live, beautiful
They're not going to have a homeless person on a poster representing New York.
— Awkwafina
Tags: going, person, homeless, new
I studied my craft at the same place as Nicki Minaj.
— Awkwafina
Tags: studied, same, craft, place
'Welcome To New York' is one of those songs that, with just one single radio play, will make at least 10 New Yorkers move to Marfa, Texas.
— Awkwafina
Tags: single, will, new, welcome
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