"My dad helped me understand songwriting because of him playing Babyface a lot. I don't even know if ..." — BJ the Chicago Kid

I left the city to accomplish something. And by leaving the city and trying to accomplish something, I've been a terrible cousin, brother, son some days.

There's something about real music, dawg. It comes to you; you don't have to go to it.

You cannot have black music without something soulful in it, whether it's lyrically, how it's performed, or how it's expressed.

A connection should be natural. Just be yourself, and you will find someone who likes you for exactly what you are.