Tan Cheng Bock Quotes

I'm always going to be a hood chick. I like street clothes.

Growing up in Oakland, we did things like white t-shirt, blue jeans and Nikes. That was my get down, how I was going to rock. And if you look at me right now, I'm pretty much black tee, blue jeans and some sneakers.

Streetwear for me is what I was raised wearing in London, and my style influences growing up were always people who wore streetwear.

My style is black. It's hip-hop. It's who I am.

I've got the best style out of all the MC's, so wear what I wear.

Hey, you gotta love a gangsta girl. Even the suburban and preppy girls wanna be gangsta girls. That's the whole gimmick to it. Everybody wants to be a gangsta girl.

I quite like walking out in my sweet new Balor Club jacket, popping my collar and being Mr. Cool.

Air Forces 1s just got that vibe when you're walking in them, it's like, this is a shoe shoe.

I'm a walking, talking hypebeast, okay? Fresh Js on my feet every single week.

I am a hypebeast person.

I'm from Brooklyn. In Brooklyn, if you say, 'I'm dangerous', you'd better be dangerous.

Hip-hop deals with bragging and braggadocio, being boastful. It's always been about who's got the most money.

Swag defines an artist, period. Lil Wayne has his super-tattooed pierces and dreads swag. Jay-Z has his New York, grown man, Beyonce and 40/40 Club swag.

I was a street dancer.

You get a timeless cool card in New York.

Hip-hop is all about impact, baby. You can sell records, you can be two-times platinum, you can be gold... but if you lame, you lame, man. We try to provide the exact opposite of that. It's style, individuality, confidence. We exude that.

When I was growing up, there were so many things I thought were stylish. Jabo jeans, V Bombers, Clarks, Vikings, Nugget watches, Lee pants with the patches, leather hats - which I still wear now. All hip-hop stuff, all South Bronx stuff.

When I'm living in L.A., I'm mainly a jeans, vintage T-shirt and Nike high-tops guy.

As far as my street cred goes, I'll always have that, because I always hang with the kids. I'll jump right off the stage and buy them a beer. I'll be a star on stage, but I'll always hang with the kids.

I think swag is very important to rappers. It's the overall appearance and style of an artist - these blue shorts and this blue hat and this $80,000 chain, this jewelry and all these tattoos, that's swag.

Rap is from the streets and I'm from the streets. That's why a lot of people accept me.

The vibe on 'Starboy' comes from that hip-hop culture of braggadocio, from Wu-Tang and 50 Cent, the kind of music I listened to as a kid.

I've always been a fan of the Club C sneaker because it's super clean and timeless. It's one of those kicks that's been in the street scene forever - more than 30 years.

For the most part, I'm very into sweatpants and cute tops from streetwear brands like Supreme and Palace for a '90s tomboy vibe.

Pharrell has definitely influenced my style in regards to streetwear. Simply because we're from that era that Nigo and A Bathing Ape started. That's where it all started at for us.