My Dad Calls Me 'mac' A Lot,

I Grew Up In Ann Arbor, About 25 Miles West Of Detroit. And When You Grow Up In That Area, You Get A Healthy Dose Of Motown Automatically.

Having Stuff That Fits You Perfectly Makes The Craziest Difference. I Remember The First Times That I Was Introduced To That - Having A Shirt That's Actually Tailored To Your Body And Not Just Made For Your Average American. It Just Changes Your Life.

I Really Love Rap Music. I Grew Up In The '80s And '90s With Public Enemy, N.w.a., Ll Cool J - I'm A Hip-hop Encyclopedia. But I Got Kind Of Frustrated With The Chauvinistic Side Of Rap Music, The One That Makes It Hard To Write Songs About Love And Relationships.

A Lot Of People Think I Live In A Soul Bubble.

Hip-hop Was My First Real Love, One That Was My Own And Wasn't My Parents' Music. Initially, I Was Inspired By Hip-hop Fashion. Over The Years, I Kept The Hip-hop Sensibility, But Make It My Own.