I bought myself a diamond pinky ring for two million dollars.
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I bought myself a diamond pinky ring for two million dollars.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 19 December 2020 source ↗
A case of Chateau Margaux 59.
My Austin Healey.
My wedding. It was at Skibo Castle long before Madonna or any of those people went there.
In New York, I once went shopping and spent something like $7,000 on a couple of shirts, trousers and a jacket. It seemed like a good idea at the time, but it was ridiculous.
When I was young and carefree, before I realised what the obstacles were that we face as black people. I was raised in a beautiful home with incredible parents. They allowed me to enjoy what it was to be a child.
To be in a position to empower my entire family with generational wealth.
I always wanted to be a rapper.
Creating. When everyone goes to bed and then you have six or seven hours to create peacefully. I’ve become nocturnal. Even on a night when I am not in the studio, I still won’t go to sleep till six in the morning.
To my father, for the time that was lost when we weren’t getting along. We were able to reconcile a few months before he passed away five years ago.
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