Coming from Haiti and growing up in Brooklyn, there's a lot of European influence when I get dressed up. I wear a lot of fitted suits, elegant cuts; I think it's cool to mash up a lot of different looks.
My grandfather was a voodoo priest. A lot of my life dealt with spirituality. I can close my eyes and remember where I come from.
You know, I'm a modern day Harry Belafonte; I got the swagger of the island.
When I'm rhyming it's all in my head... Like the slaves, when they were picking cotton, they would block out their minds. They would sing.
At the end of the day, just know that God made you, so you can be your own individual, and don't let people give you that peer pressure.
Bob Marley stood for universal peace and love. He tried to break racial barriers.
