BREAKING INTO THE MUSIC BIZ:
“When we were going for a record deal, we went out to all these meetings and my photos were like photo strip photos from this photo booth at the strip mall that I had taken on my own time with clothes I wanted to wear. You have to brand your image and wear what you want to wear and feel how you want to feel because people are seeing you for the first time.”
MAKING IT:
“I think nowadays everybody feels like they can become a star just because they’re on YouTube, but that’s not the only part of the equation. There’s a lot of hard work that goes with it and if you don’t have the chops to back it up, it’s gonna be more challenging later on.”
JIMMY BROOKS:
“I really like Drake (and) he really represents for urban music in Canada. He still works with a lot of the same Canadian producers he’s always worked with and so I respect that a lot, ’cause I’m all about homegrown and just kind of trying to keep things organic and all that.”
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