I want to write from my own experience.

Honestly, I'm not a big activism or politic guy. I wouldn't say I'm super educated in that stuff, and I feel like I shouldn't speak on things that I don't understand too much.

I don't want to be boxed in or looked at a certain way, as in, 'Yo, he's an Asian rapper.'

I want to write from my own experience.

I stopped playing the drums when I was ten, and I picked up Rubik's Cubes. I was doing that for a while, and then I got into cinematography.

I've known about hip-hop for a long time. The first time it intrigued me was when I saw this music video by Tyga on television. I was intrigued by the whole aesthetic. It was very unique.

I started listening to rap music in 2012 or something, because that was when I started becoming friends with American people, and they showed me rappers to listen to. I actually started listening to Macklemore a lot. He's the first rapper I started listening to.

I like lyrical rappers and turn up rappers.

My sister sings, and my brother plays the keyboard.

I actually, honestly don't look into politics that much.

I started playing the drums at five years old and used to listen to a lot of screamo bands like Asking Alexandria, Dream Theater, and Attack Attack!

I started making raps in 2014, recording stuff from my iPhone and putting them together in Sony Vegas, which is a video editing program.

At, like, 11, I think, that was just me watching a lot of YouTube videos, and I whenever I had the chance, I would talk to myself, practise pronunciation. Then I found out about hip hop and became friends with American people through Twitter. I was like, 'Yo, I need to be in a country where everybody speaks the same language.'

Hip hop helped me learn about a whole bunch of American culture.

In my neighborhood, there are stray goats everywhere, and, someone owns it. Someone has a farm full of goats. At daytime, they just let them loose, but then at nighttime, they just come back. So, it's like, in daytime, the whole neighborhood is just filled with goats walking around.

I say funny stuff in my songs sometimes, but it's still all in the seriousness of the music and the craft.

I say funny stuff in my lyrics to make people laugh, but it's all in the seriousness of the music. I'm just being witty.

I remember in Indonesia, there was this actor in a film that got pretty big internationally, and he went to Hollywood. Seeing an Indonesian guy doing that when I was 13 or 14, it really motivated me.

I've always felt like I could express myself better in English just because the way the grammar works.

I went through a clubbing phase - then, I dunno, dude. The club scene in Jakarta sucks. It's rich kids and kids who are trying to look rich.

I grew up in West Jakarta, in a middle-to-low-class neighbourhood.

My dad put me onto Phil Collins and Dream Theater and all that stuff.

I have very little thoughts on Lil Xan. I think his music is very unique.

One day, I was just thinking about something, and then - you know when you think, and you have that inner voice in your head? I realized it was in English.

I feel like, with an album, that's how you get to know an artist.

I would also love to get into acting. I love being in front of the camera.

When I found out my parents wanted to homeschool me, I was so bummed out. I missed all my friends. But now I realise that if I wasn't homeschooled, I'd be the lamest kid ever - I wouldn't have been able to speak English, for a start.

I wouldn't really call myself a spokesman for anything. All I wanna do is inspire young people everywhere - not just Indonesia.

I'm definitely trying to make longer songs, but if it's short and good, I'm not going to do anything about it.

My dad is constantly looking up my name on Twitter, every single day. He made a Twitter account just for that.

When my family got Internet installed at my house, me and my siblings went crazy and would take turns browsing. I'm homeschooled, too, so I would be on the computer every day. It was so exciting to finally get Internet at my house.