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It's very important that he's his own person, too, 'cause he's one-of-a-kind just by watching him make his own decisions. YoungBoy's rabid fan base is also key to his breakout success: After announcing the release of Top in August, the album topped the Apple Music charts based solely on preorders, according to Billboard. In terms of impact, I would say everyone has a different metric of success. Here's a big theory: The dramatic surge in mass incarceration in the U.S. is intertwined with the explosive rise of hip-hop music and culture. When was the first time you heard about this conspiracy theory? The impressive feat is a direct reflection of just how much his hungry fans follow his every step. I did that every day at home ... Woke up, went to school late, left school early and just went home, started working. We're going to take you through the timeline of how these numbers in America and for the population surpassed a million and ballooned to even 2 million [prisoners] now and 4.5 million people living on parole. I don't know, but it was a f***ed-up position they had me in.". So I kinda kept that through the whole project. So if I know I'm not going to even wear that sh*t more than a couple of times, then I'm not even going to buy that. But I would say, our greatest impact would be to put something out that creates cultural conversations that can lead to cultural shifting, that can lead to societal shifting, that can be ... one of those things that's put into the world that wakes people up to things that they've had the luxury to be asleep on ... My biggest aspiration for creating this body of work and presenting it to listeners is that it's going to have people challenge themselves, complicate questions about their role in the whole thing, and start a lot more conversations that can lead to shifts in society. I think anybody would get anxious for sharing that with the world. I love Rihanna. I don't know, it doesn't have to. You're a crazy person. I mean, there's been times where I've said, "I made it." I still got people hitting me, people DMing me daily, listening to The Chauncey Hollis Project, listening to [Also Known As], people in they ride playing it. And as for the reception of Top, he only asks fans and listeners for one thing. That's still weird having people look up to me because I take my pants off one leg at a time, and I'm just a regular person. It's something about the type of grooves and the type of beats I'm making right now that makes people want to make songs, so [I'm] really trying to take this sh*t to a different level. I feel like, when you strive for self-love and not perfection or all that other sh*t that you strive for, you just strive to be the best you, whatever you like. We would make a hit together, I already know we would. I was able to still be in the zone, working on his sh*t, then also do a Nas album in the middle of that, and then work on Polo G's album and work on all this other sh*t I got going. Giving us that time during the pandemic when it was super shut down, we got to really sit and just really produce the record like how we wanted to. Sydney Madden: It's funny because now it's considered a bipartisan issue to be against mass incarceration without trying to take any responsibility as to how we got here. I stopped going to school and stuff. Read: Leikeli47 On Honest Storytelling, Performing With A Mask, 'Acrylic' & More | Up Close & Personal. What's the first thing you look for when you're picking your collaborators? Not bad for a teenager. But if you do have to email, there's nothing wrong with that either. I'm a rapper, it's sort of different because I gotta be an influence to everybody ... At the end of the day, if you got money and you're going to keep growing and get more money, that's not a good thing to worry about. 'Cause music was a little hesitant. It just makes it easier to navigate. [CDATA[/* >