45 Quotes by Awkwafina

I was physically addicted to 'Tony Hawk's American Wasteland' for PS2.

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

I used to chop up C-Span soundbites or interviews with politicians like John Kerry or Bill Clinton into a radio-esque show hosted by Awkwafina and her producer, Mookie. I would pitch down my vocals to have male guests and would send them to a small circle of friends after they were done.

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

Other female rappers are overly sexual, have no wit, and their lyrics are so generic. I want to change the game to make rap that shows I'm not a normal female rapper - it's not about how rich I am, how much sex I have, or how many boyfriends I have. That's just not me.

I like to rap about things that are funny but mostly things that are relatable. I remember there was this one song with Ja Rule, and I forgot, exactly, but it was with Ashanti, and there's a line in it that was like, 'She hit me up on AIM.' But that wasn't the actual line; it was something else, but I was like, 'Oh my God, he uses AIM!'

I was working a corporate job, but I really wanted to do music.

If women dabble in rap but they're not rappers, to get from dabbling to doing it is really difficult, confidence-wise.

I grew up thinking Margaret Cho and Lucy Liu were my idols because that's it.