Where does your inspiration come from? What musical artists do you take inspo from?
Ok, so every time I start writing, I mean EVERY time, I mentally go back to my neighborhood in North Seattle. It's 40 degrees and dark overcast sky and rain. I'm driving through Lake City in my old 
school car. The defrost doesn't work, so my windows are down, and I'm driving over to my friend Josh's house to smoke and write raps on the back porch or think of a way to make a little bit of money. It's gloomy. Our families aren't exactly whole, we battle with depression and addiction, but we have our little friend group that makes each other laugh.
Before I write anything, I almost always first write a piece about what this place and state of mind feels like. Like an overwhelming state of desolation but also this certainty of "Watch, I'm gonna be lightyears away from here. I'm gonna do some 
great things, just watch." It's strange that my life is so different than it was back then, and I'm generally much happier now, but nothing brings me more comfort than closing my eyes and going back to that place. Even if it's a couple of lines, a poem or a whole verse, I almost always get the juices flowing by writing something about what that place feels like. Even if the song ends up having no trace of these feelings, it's what inspires me most to write. It's home.
