What do you do to get in the right mindset? They have an album in the works, but I'm doing things a little left, a little different. People that are doing what I'm doing are normally signed and they deal. Slowly but surely, I'm breaking barriers and breaking rules and doing things - not the traditional route, like, I'm still unsigned. "You wanna crack America? I don't think so." You know. "You wanna rap? I don't think so." And even if you did, they'll put you straight in a box. You'll never be in the same category or match up to what the guys are doing. You can hear the radio version at the audio link and read more of their conversation below. Here, Little Simz talks about coming up against that industry - "Someone else will come up, do exactly what I'm doing and they will get praise" - and discusses why people relate to her music. Her lyrics often refer to her constant effort to break away from the preconceived image of what it means to be a young female artist performing in hip-hop. The role of the music industry plays a big role in the currently unsigned 21-year-old's music. She's currently working on a concept album about fame, with plans to release it sometime this year. She caught the attention of Jay-Z, who premiered Blank Canvas on his site, and counts J. Since 2010, the English musician and actress better known as Little Simz has been prolific with her work, with seven mixtapes to her name. Simbi Ajikawo knew she wanted to rap by the age of 9. "That's a conscious decision, because I feel like women are just equally as powerful." "I like to refer to myself as king sometimes, not as queen," Little Simz says.
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