You know, I'm willing to dim my light so that somebody else can shine because, like, we all have to find our inner lights, and shine in one world.
— Tierra Whack
Everything's so, like, saturated nowadays. So if you wanna, like, make an impact, you gotta do something different. Do something new.
When I was 16, I was rapping just to rap.
I love @love.watts on Instagram!
I like strawberries, kiwis, and oranges.
I don't like clocks.
One day I'll make a rap song, the next day I'll make a pop song, the next day I'll make a rock song, the next day I'll make R&B. I don't have a pattern.
I'm always trying to do every part myself, you know what I mean? I'm trying to sing, rap, whatever. I'm trying to do it all.
I just surprise myself every day.
One-minute songs are easy as hell!
I'm still so down to earth and regular. I still be in the projects, I still be in the hood - just regular.
If I'm at home, I'm just watching a bunch of horror movies.
There was a time in school where I was trying to figure out which lunch table I belonged to. Eventually, I started my own table and formed my own crew.
If I can make it through homelessness, I can make it through anything.
I was my mom's oldest child, so she was like, watching closely and taking notes, like, 'Okay, this is what she gravitates towards,' and she gave me all the tools to keep me focused. I liked to write; she got me notebooks. I wanted to draw; she got me sketch books and crayons and coloured pencils.
Playing characters is fun because you get the chance to put yourself in someone else's shoes.
Well, I have to have some type of visual in my head to finish a song. I can't finish a song if I can't see anything.
Being a female in music I just, I want everybody to, all the women to come in, and we huddle up and we work together and we help each other.
I just call myself an artist, really.
I decided I wanted to use my real name 'Tierra Whack' when I decided I wanted to make music my career.
I like to peel oranges.
I hate olives. They're so nasty. I hate everything about olives. Mushrooms, too.
I never know what time it is, If you don't know what time it is, you can just move. Time is a restraint.
I never do the same thing twice.
I honestly don't have like a person that I wanna work with. I'm just always focused on me, and I'm still trying to figure out my sound and what I wanna do. So I'm never really looking for features or something.
Each day I record I'm always doing something different that I've never done. So I feel like I'm a new artist every time I go to the studio.
I started music to be myself - to release and express - so I have to make sure that I'm staying true to me and making myself happy.
I'm having fun creating what I'm creating.
If I'm not at the studio, I'm at home.
I'll never be on the level of my idols.
I spent a lot of time in my head, but not like caring about what everybody else thought, just literally in my own world.
As a kid, I was really shy. Technically I am still, but when I'm performing I want everybody to listen.
Once I have a wig on, I become a different person. You can't get Tierra back until the wig comes off.
I'm most proud of making my mom happy. Really. Because she gave me life, and she supported me. So I want to be able to give back to her.
I was in the lab for a long time before I actually, like, put stuff out.
I fight for whatever I believe in! I've learned to trust myself. I went from a being a rapper to an artist.
When I'm recording, I usually just mumble and hum a melody and then fill the words in as I go.
Yeah, I'm a Leo.
Atlanta represents freedom.
Growing up people would tell me: 'Yo, you only can do one thing. If you're going to rap, just rap. If you're going to sing, just sing.' It boxed me in. But I just figured out a way to show everything. It's like if you have a job interview, you want to present as many skills as you have.
I have a really bad memory, to be honest.
That's my real name. That's not like a gimmick or anything, that's my government name, Tierra Whack.
I'm a visual person.
Me being dark-skinned, that was like a big thing. Growing up, I hated myself. It was, like, weird. Kids are cruel.
I always felt more comfortable doing what I wanted to do. Because at the end of the day, I'll be happy.
To be honest, I'm selfish as an artist. I'm doing what I want to do and what I want to hear.
Green Eggs and Ham' is fire.
I never wanted to grow up. It really is a trap.
I grew up around a bunch of rappers and street dudes and they were always like: 'yo! She's a little different but she's her.' They respected it because you know it wasn't forced, I wasn't posing to be something I wasn't.
You can't put me in a box, because then it's just like, you're not gonna get anything.
