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So, you're from Toronto? Yes, sir. You're from Wairat, exactly.

Jane of Finch. So, you grew up in the same area as a lot of famous people in the Canadian

underworld or what? Yeah, basically. Jane of Finch has a lot of underground artists like

Prussia, Dovey, Janey, a lot of rappers. Probably one of the most violent neighborhoods in Toronto

almost definitely. Right. How'd you avoid all that? I was just disciplined. I wasn't really

into that. I just wanted to make it out. I knew if I went that route, it wouldn't have

done for me. I was end up in jail or dead, right? So, I didn't want to go that path.

Right. What were your parents like? My parents were, my mom was strict, but at the same

time, I just wasn't an idiot. You got strict parents and still signed to the streets.

I have my own brains, so I make my own decisions at the end of the day. That's one funny thing

when I interview rappers versus when I interview people who are athletes and shit. Is it always

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