Theophilus London
Theophilus London
Theophilus Musa Londonis a Trinidadian-born American rapper and singer...
NationalityTrinidadian
ProfessionRapper
Date of Birth23 February 1987
hear moved music palm people springs studio
I moved my studio to Palm Springs 'cause I don't like the idea of going to a studio every day like a job... I need to make a personal record, so I need to be in a house... I don't want to be in a studio where people can hear the music 'cause I don't know what it is yet.
commercial fuse music trying
I'm trying to fuse popular and commercial music and just make very creative music. It's popular music: it's everything for everybody.
cool country heartbreak listen music stuff western
I listen to a lot of really old western and country music. There's a lot of cool stuff in there... all the heartbreak of the country darkness.
cut focused music shop
I always tell myself, 'When I'm working on my record, I won't cut my hair.' I get so focused on the music that I'm not really going to the hair shop and getting cut up. I just have one thing to focus on.
want produce popular-music
I want to produce the best popular music I can.
cash early home money
I'm listening to early Cash Money, I'm listening to Juvenile, I'm listening to Waka Flocka, I'm listening to Lil B, I'm listening to Brandy, Kanye - that's my home playlist.
boast places record trying
I'm not on a record like some rapper trying to boast about my clothes or where I'm from. I'm creating stories, experiences, the way places make me feel, the way a person makes me feel.
floating gonna represents slow super turn walk walking wealthy
I'm gonna walk super, super slow to when I turn 40 or something. To me, walking and floating slow represents how wealthy you are!
adds boom fan food layer rice sauce spanish
I'm a big fan of Caribbean food, Spanish food, Dominican food - like rice and beans. Hot sauce just adds a different layer of boom to the food, you feel me?
I'm kind of brandless. I don't like big logos or whatever.
I'm on the sockless and un-sockless teams. I'm on both sides.
attach busted buttons buy couple gold jacket replace royal tear
I'll buy an old jacket and attach gold buttons and a couple royal patches. Or I'll find an old busted sweatshirt, tear out the zipper, and replace it with a $700 zipper. I make things my own.
case might
I've got to get my real skills up; like, I got to get my skills up, 'cause in case of a crazy catastrophe, I might have to learn how to swim.
corner grew
Brooklyn, where I grew up, is a competitive burg - there's always a pretty boy around the corner there, and you gotta look better than him.