I want to show that you can be just as amazing as labels and compete as a business and work as a business even though you're an artist.

There's definitely that tribal Africana thing going on in my sound. It's that marching band, second-line music, that Creole-influence in the kick, and the snare that drives everything for me. I think it's really what's separated my sound from a lot of the R&B and pop music out there.

'Blackheart' was the moment for me to really open up and let people into the world that is me.

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