Jean Grae

thumb Tsidi Ibrahim (born November 26, 1976), known professionally as Jean Grae, is a South African-born American musician and writer. Quotes Everything allows me a different outlet. It’s not that I need to be doing a million things or I’ll go nutty, either. I’ve heard people say that about me, and I’m like, “Nah, I fucking love doing nothing. FOH.” [With TV], I’m just a huge fan of dialogue, that form of writing, editing, beautiful shots, interaction—all of it. Rap is a one-sided conversation all the time, which is really unfulfilling. Also, what kind of fucking lunatic person has to rhyme words all the time? Seriously, if you had a friend like that, you guys would not be cool anymore. Just tell me what the fuck happened! Honestly, it’s confining. Then, inside of the confining box of rap is female rap. It’s like Russian nesting dolls! It’s horrible in there. You know, I get that I scare people. And sometimes it’s hard to not seem scary. But it’s just a misreading [of me]. I’m a lovely person—I just don’t think people should be allowed to talk to other people however the fuck they want. It’s very hard, mostly because there’s nothing to compare it to. No one knows if what I’m doing is successful, because there has never been another me doing this. So this could be a horrible failure, but no one knows. Which is fucking weird. I’m really so happy to have such amazing and varied creative forces around me. They inspire me in so many ways, and I know that I do that for them as well. That’s when everything is pretty awesome. I draw from everything. Everything that happens and doesn’t happen. I hope so! I like to think of it like The Matrix. You could plug in, read a program, and say, “I know kung fu.” How is typing “how to” into the search engine any different? It’s not. It’s the same thing. I can just see the code. I get it. There is no spoon. The key is asking the right questions. All the answers are there. I Have to Do It Right: "An Interview With Jean Grae" 02/13/2014 External links 1897510 Category:1976 births Category:Living people Category:Rappers from New York City Category:Women born in the 1970s Category:People from Cape Town