When I was in Milwaukee, I would go into this sneaker shop near my mom's salon and chop it up with the older heads about music. At school, I would make drum noises on the table so much that I would always get suspended.
— Sheck Wes
I will always make my own path.
To me, no matter where I perform, it's going to be lit.
I can rap, play ball, design T-shirts, all that.
I remember when I did 'Live SheckWes, Die SheckWes,' and when I did 'Mo Bamba,' I one-taked those because it came from my heart.
A Mudboy is just somebody who came from nothing: you know, who turned nothing into something. You know, when I was in Africa, in the rain, I walk around in, like, mud, you know, the sand would turn to mud, and you are not getting out of that.
I was always freestyling in the projects.
I want to play in the NBA. I'm dead serious.
In Harlem, Facebook was big. Kids would make Facebook 'families,' where they would change their last name on Facebook and have the same last name as their friends. I had this girl I was talking to, and she changed her last name to West, so I changed mine to West, too. It wasn't until later that I took the 't' off.
When you live in the projects, everything you need is in a mile radius: a basketball court, an indoor gym, a school, a grocery store, a shopping center.
I inspire people in my hood to step outside the box, as you don't always gotta be super tough!
I grew up watching Kobe and all these other dudes, but I was in love with that Oklahoma City Thunder team with James Harden, Russell Westbrook, and Kevin Durant.
I'm an artist; I'm not a rapper.
I'm a mudboy. I came from the mud, oozed out the concrete. I'm not a rose. I'm a mudboy: I came from nothing.
Everything you do gotta come from your heart.
I kind of want 'Mudboy' to just be only Sheck Wes, and 'Mudboy' is going to talk about how I became a Mudboy.
I go overseas, and all the soccer players come to me, like, 'Yeah bro, we always play 'Mo Bamba.'' It's crazy.
I want to win Nobel Peace Prizes, as many Grammys as I can, Emmys, Golden Globes, VMAs, everything.
When I'm away from New York, the thing I miss the most is the food. I miss going to my deli to get a pomegranate-flavored aloe water and a chop cheese. That's my favorite sandwich.
I'm gonna be the rap game Kevin Durant! He is so skilled, and no matter his situation or where he go, he never misses. I'm the same.
I've been in front of 60,000 people. Then there are times I've been in front of less than 100. Every single show is going to be something you remember.
I grew up listening to all types of music.
I got a whole different mindset from living in Senegal and being there. I learned a lot of things, met a lot of people, and got to really find out what I wanted to work for and who I want to be and who I want to help and who I'm doing it for.
No shade, and shout out to Lil Pump, but on a track like 'Gucci Gang,' he's not really saying much.
It's all about always putting in that time and that work and also, separating yourself for the better. Put yourself around good things, better people, and things like that.
I pick simple beats because I need space for me to work.
My whole life, I've always tried to be a star.
I was super cool in school.
