00:02I don't go into it thinking about like empowering women because I mean that's
00:06not why I make the music. I'm all about the super confident like woman you feel
00:12me but it's like we also do other things besides take men and be sexy like let's
00:16talk about that.
00:27I remember one time like we were up there I think we were chilling and then all
00:30of a sudden there was a shootout which at the time I thought was so cool. I'm so
00:35happy I grew up. My name's Chyna. I'm from West Philadelphia. I'm a musician who raps.
00:52I don't have the time to try to get your respect. I'm going to get it just because I'm not
00:56bull****ing. So once they realize that you can hold your weight they either A get really
01:00intimidated and don't want to f*** you or they really want to work with you so it's
01:04like the right people come.
01:15The thing I love the most about Philly is the attitude. It's a really grimy very blue
01:21collar. I just like the concept of hard work and how enforced that is in just your life.
01:27All of that personality just showing my music. I like having to work and I think Philly
01:31definitely taught me that early.
01:34Can I have a chicken cheesesteak please?
01:37Everyone's lived there for a long time and I like that. It feels like you're going back
01:41in time. Every time I go I feel like I'm going back to being a kid.
01:44Thank you. How beautiful is that?
01:52This was the first home I ever had and I guess like this is where I did a lot of
01:56my growing
01:57up. Like I used to drink a lot but like all we could get was four locos right? And I
02:01remember one time my mom like came home surprisingly so I had to hide in the fact that they are
02:06still
02:07here five years later is an issue but that means I'm a great hider of things.
02:17Always tell them I always have something to fall back on.
02:20Facts. Right?
02:21For a little bit me and my dad didn't really see eye to eye because he really didn't want me
02:25to do music
02:26like he just was like you need something that you can fall back on. You need to be in college.
02:30I'm proud of my baby.
02:32So I think the music really brought us together and when he saw that like he has influenced
02:36it in small ways he can appreciate it more.
02:39My dad's been collecting shoes since before I was born.
02:42There's shoes involved. That's it. That's all I need.
02:45Kids.
02:48Once I graduated I was like you know what like let me try something that I wrote
02:52because I used to write lyrics all the time like from the time I was in maybe 7th or 8th
02:55grade.
02:56So you know I just went in there and I recorded something and they were like like you should have
03:01been doing this like.
03:02Posted up in Nani's. Sparking up the chronic.
03:04Third eye open with a lot of gin and tonic and you're looking like a move if you're really being
03:08honest.
03:09I see it all in your eyes.
03:10The person who really inspired me to like keep pursuing it was my friend Yams.
03:19Going too soon.
03:24Musical Genius.
03:25To this day I just go to his Twitter just to read the stuff he said because it's motivational.
03:29When you find someone like that and they believe in you and they have good things to say about you.
03:34You run with it.
03:37I'm so inspired. I'm so inspired to go write a mixed tape.
03:42I need my cheese tape.
03:43I would say all I need to feel accomplished is like my sanity but it's really not that deep.
03:47I just always need to have some weed in my pocket and enough money to buy a ticket somewhere.
03:57And I'll be okay. I'll wing it after that.
04:00If you try to begin again right now.
04:03I'll be okay whatever you want.
