39 Quotes by Chanel West Coast

These people that watch our MTV shows, they're not music fans. They're people that are lazy on their couch and want to watch funny videos or whatever.

When I first started rapping, I was like, 'I'm gonna be, like, the female Eminem.'

I've been on MTV for so many years. They're so stupid and, like, disrespectful and rude.

It's hard being a woman in the hip-hop game, but I'm lucky to have good people around me who have had my back.

I write all my own raps myself, 100 percent. And it feels good to be able to say that.

Music is what I do pretty much all the time. I'm always in the studio. I'm always rehearsing for shows. Always doing shows.

I've been on shows that are very comedic and happy, and you really only get to see one side of my personality. They're not shows about my life or my music, or my struggle or anything like that. They're shows where you pretty much see me laughing and smiling all the time.

I don't think a lot of people know what a real artist I am. I don't think they know I write my own music.

I would say Tupac influenced me the most to start rapping, but as far as a female icon that I've looked up to since I was six or seven is definitely Gwen Stefani.