“My favorite subjects were astronomy, sociology, and gender studies. And I always loved math class; I have a thing for numbers. I played soccer freshman year and then realized I hate sweating, but looking back, I definitely should have kept up with sports.”
“I’m very inspired by outer space.”
“I like to get in tune with my self and really give myself the time to just be.”
“I truly found myself beautiful and thought that I had the potential to model, so I always would do little poses in the mirror and things, but I never expected it to come to this.”
“I really am a full-blown Scorpio. Whenever I look things up about my sign, it’s like, Check, check, check: thoughtful, detailed, moody, stubborn, prideful, emotional.”
“Those who love so hard, we question if our passion can ever truly be reciprocated.”
“High school was interesting because I’m an extroverted introvert, meaning I’m sociably anti-social. I spent a lot of time saying I hated it, but truthfully, I enjoyed it for what it is.”
“I love looking at pictures of nebulas and reading articles about black holes and dark matter – I always tie it into spirituality.”
“One day I was like, ‘Mom, you wanna sign me at Sony?’”
“You know those Instagram pages that post dope vintage runway looks? I always look at those.”
“I like Solange, old pictures of Naomi Campbell, Grace Jones. I love Rihanna.”
“I’m learning to stop being scared.”
“I’ve literally been all around the world in 80 days!”
“I spend so much time running around and traveling, being present in the current moment is good enough for me.”
“I was in a hotel with my dad, and I was just joking around and said, ‘Oh yeah, Daddy, I want to model.’ I don’t know – the camera is just fun.”
“People tell me I have to follow in the footsteps of my mom and grandfather, but it’s a lot of pressure. I can’t really slip up and mess up the name.”
“I think, a lot of times, the image that black women have in the media is quite negative.”
“I think Beyonce working to really empower and show the grace and beauty and intelligence in young black women is really beautiful.”
“I feel like modeling can be a little surface.”
“I like owning my own narrative. It depends: I either give it all up, or I don’t have any control. It’s really hard to go halfway. Like with modeling, for example, I kind of give up all creative control, and that’s just that. But when it comes to my own personal art, I’m very O.C.D. I see something a very certain way.”
“My music is super vulnerable, raw, and intimate.”
“I have a super deep passion for music, but no one would ever know that because it’s not something I show to the public. But when I do do something music-related, it’s very deep.”
“Sometimes it’s hard for me to express my emotions on a conscious level, to directly say my emotions.”
“I was aware of the pressure of my mom and not just my mom but my entire family. I was very aware of that reality, so it was almost this inferiority complex.”
“Sometimes I think about, ‘What if I’m not the person everyone idealizes me to be? Maybe I’m just a regular old Joe. What if I can’t live up to all these expectations? Maybe I’m just not who they think I am or who they want me to be.”
“People look at me, for example, and think I have this perfect lavish life, that it’s lit all the time, when that’s not true at all.”
“I think that opening up on Twitter helps people see that there are things that I deal with that they can relate to. Maybe it’s not exactly the same as having a famous mom, but maybe their dad puts pressure on them to be a doctor, and they don’t want to be a doctor.”
“Music is my ultimate passion in life.”
“Working with Kanye is really exciting and inspiring ’cause you get to see how he brings the fashion to life.”
“Interestingly, when it comes to fashion, I like the styling part more than I like the actual fashion.”
“Alexander Wang has been one of my favorite designers since I was younger.”
“My mother is a phenomenal woman, but when I was younger, I had this fear that I wouldn’t be recognized for who I am.”
“My plan is to give myself the space and a platform to freely express my creativity.”
“I just want to show people that the best thing you could ever do for yourself is be yourself.”
“My greatest influence has and always will be my mother. I admire her strength, fearlessness, and optimism.”
“There are some things that are sacred and should be kept close.”
“My mother’s music speaks to me as an oracle.”
“Honestly, I need some type of tight piece of clothing in my closet. As weird as that sounds, I love to wear sweatpants and cargos, baggy clothes, so much.”
“My style is always different. Sometimes it’s preppy, sometimes it’s chic.”
“I do piano, violin, guitar, basketball, gymnastics, ballet.”
“Singing is my favorite thing to do. One day, I hope to get signed to a record label.”
“The first song I ever performed in front of an audience was ‘Make It Shine’ by Victoria Justice.”
“I’m very empathetic, and it allows me to almost know what people are thinking and how they truly feel. The only problem is, I internalize their emotions.”
“I got handed all of these amazing opportunities, especially travel opportunities.”
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