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I'm Shirley with All Hip Hop
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I'm super excited. We got Flau'jae here. You are so talented and you're so young
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Thank you. Thank you. How are you feeling? I'm feeling good. My EP just dropped and people are loving it
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So I'm super excited. Is this your debut? Not my debut. I've dropped EPs before
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This is the first time I've dropped music in a long time
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Just trying to start the new year off right. I hear you
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I was going to ask, just from the beginning, what was the moment you fell in love with hip hop
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I fell in love with hip hop when I was very young. My dad was a rapper and he made music
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That led me into wanting to make music and continue his legacy for what he'd done
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I've been in love with music since I was a baby. Who were your favorite artists coming up
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My dad. When I was younger, I liked 2Pac
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I liked Nicki Minaj when I was younger. Let me think. I was a real barb when I was younger
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I used to listen to a lot of Nicki Minaj. I love it. What's your favorite Nicki Minaj song
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Probably Bed of Lies. I love it. That whole Pink print album
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It's crazy. Do you like her new album? I'm not really like
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When I was younger. I feel you. I feel you. Did the music or hooping come first
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I'll say basketball started first. I played on a basketball team before I started rapping
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That always coincided. When I was 7 years old, I started making music
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I was a rapper. Music was in my blood. My dad was a rapper
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He was cold. He signed a deal with universal. He had his own buzz going
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A southern legend. Music has always been in my blood. I started playing basketball
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When I could walk, I was dribbling the basketball. That's crazy. How do you find time to do both
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I have good time management skills. Just about staying on track. It's hard
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If it was easy, everybody would do it. Facts. What do you feel when you rap compared to when you hoop
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It's the same feeling. It's like a little trance. For basketball, it takes me longer to get locked in
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Same for music. I have to get in the zone to write music
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It's the same feeling. When I'm performing and playing, it's the same
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When I'm in the gym, putting in my reps. It's the same
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I'm a little bit more relaxed. Definitely want to talk about four wave. Congratulations
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Thank you. Talk about what it means to have this out. I know you were working on it
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It means a lot. I worked on it in my apartment. I did all the songs in my room
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It's very personal for me. I put a lot of my heart into it
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Everybody is like, who broke your heart? I was able to express myself in a way I haven't been able to
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This EP means a lot to me. I hope people receive it well
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Talk about your chemistry with baby wave. I heard you say you're like Kobe and Shaq. Yeah
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We're both young. I just felt like it was destined for us to meet
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He's so good at what he does. I'm so good at what I do
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We compliment each other. I feel like I found my guy. In the music industry, it's hard to find that person you have
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good chemistry with. How did you meet? We met through his girlfriend
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His girlfriend did my lashes. I love that. Me and the girl ended up being super close
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She ended up being like my family. Her family is my family
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We're cousins. She told me, you need to let my boyfriend make you some beats
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He's hard. I'm brushing it off. Somebody put me on to something
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One day, I was checking him out. Make sure you send me some beats
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He sent me some. You told me he was hard. I told you
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The producer, young Weezy, he already did hits like ski. Being able to vibe with him and him trying to figure out what my
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sound is and help me build my sound, it's been great. What do you want fans to take away from the project
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I feel like this is a project where it's different. She's not like no other female rapper in the game
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I'm not. I feel like this EP sets me apart. You don't have to say female
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There's no artist that's coming with the music. Just the overall sound
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This is separating me from the past. I love it. What's your favorite song
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Probably hold on. That's a lot of people's favorite song. Or feel your pain
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I like both of them. I love it. Real quick
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Talk about linking with Too Rare on Karma. That looks so fun
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I had this song. OG Parker sent me a pack. I was like
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I love this beat. It was so bouncy. I was like
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I have to get Too Rare on this. We linked up when I went to New York
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He came to the studio. He came down to Atlanta and shot the video with me
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It was a great experience. I love it. Three things you need in the studio at all times
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My phone, I need to turn off the lights. I need the lights off at all times
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I love it. I saw you with Spitta. Shout out Musa. Shout out Jet Life
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Some solid guys I met. They always show me love. Ever since I came down here
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I have to show up. Spitta is a great guy. He's a comedian
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That's a good guy. You have to make that record for him
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I know. Whenever I go down to New Orleans again, we will make it happen
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Do you have any goals for yourself? I want this EP to go as big as I think it can go
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I want it to help me attract a fan base. A real fan base
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People who love me because of my music. Not because of what I'm doing on the basketball
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I want to fall in love with the music part. I think they will
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They said on this one, I'm going to be a big fan
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How are your basketball peers responding to it? They like it too
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They are like, this is different. That's what it was supposed to give
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First things are different. People are like, I don't know if I like this
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I really like this. I'm on track for the response I want to get from this project
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I love it. Is there anything else you want us to know
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I'm about to drop two songs. A two-pack for Valentine's Day. Be on the lookout for that
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Is it love songs? It's going to be R&B. I'm going to be singing
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I love it. Thank you
