I make soul music for hip-hop heads. It's music I'd want to sample if I were a rapper.

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• Mayer Hawthorne:

  Even when I was a hip-hop DJ I always kept it classy. The motto is always 'flashy but classy.' You'

• Mayer Hawthorne:

  I love doing things that people don't expect.

• Mayer Hawthorne:

  I don't think I've ever had more fun doing anything in my life than trading verses with Daryl Hall

• Mayer Hawthorne:

  I never have, but I would love to pick R. Kelly's brain.

• Mayer Hawthorne:

  I've been DJing since before I could read the labels on the records.

• Mayer Hawthorne:

  My intentions with any of my music is to keep it futuristic and updated and be experimental and try

• Mayer Hawthorne:

  It's important that when kids are listening to my music they don't think of it as their parent's mu

• Mayer Hawthorne:

  I've been through a lot of situations with women and if I can help someone else avoid the pitfalls

• Mayer Hawthorne:

  I just want to make music as long as I can and reach as many people as I can.

• Mayer Hawthorne:

  Music is timeless, so I want to give people shows they'll never forget so that I can do this foreve