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When I Look At The Arc Of My Career, My Focus Is On Lyricism, Right? I Own That.

Woman Are Complex Creatures.

But Rawkus Is Integral To What I Do, Because The Cats Who Started Rawkus Are The First Ones Who Really Saw My Vision, And Gave Me A Platform To Get It Out There, So I'm Definitely Totally Grateful For That.

I Gotta Be Dope First. I Gotta Be Appealing To Your Senses, And To What You Like First. Then The Message Happens. Then You Relate To The Message.

To Be Honest, That Whole Exchange With Crunk Feminist Actually Made Me Write The Song Because I Realize There's A Lot Of Young Women Out There So Hurt By The Misogynistic Images In Hip-hop They Paint It With Such A Broad Brush Stroke That They Think Anybody That Defends Hip-hop Is Defending Misogyny.