I like to make songs that are based on concepts.

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• Awkwafina:

  It's definitely a privilege to be able to do what you love to do; it's not something that everyone

• Awkwafina:

  I started with me as Awkwafina reciting 'Othello' monologues, and I'd send those to my friends. It

• Awkwafina:

  I started by producing, and the rapping came second to that, because I wanted to fill out the beat.

• Awkwafina:

  I studied my craft at the same place as Nicki Minaj.

• Awkwafina:

  I grew up two train stops from where A Tribe Called Quest grew up, and one stop from Nas.

• Awkwafina:

  I am American. If you drop me in Seoul, I don't think I'm going to thrive there.

• Awkwafina:

  Rap was started by black people and, thus, is at the foundation of black culture. So people cannot

• Awkwafina:

  When I went to college, it became more of a hobby, and that's when I think I got the realest music

• Awkwafina:

  You can't really label me as a musician, a comedian, or a rapper - you know, it's different.

• Awkwafina:

  I think the people get that I'm just kind of an anomaly in a certain way.