Just some things he likes and he took as inspiration to create "The Cool"
Dr Cornel West
"I went to a seminar in Chicago where Tavis Smiley and Michael Eric Dyson and Dr West were speaking. Dr West said, 'Sometimes, if you want to affect some kind of social change in the world, you have to be hip to be square.' To me, Dr West is a humongous nerd, and I mean that as a huge compliment. He takes it to another level."
Comics
"As a kid, I went from regular American comics like DC and Marvel to Japanese anime and Manga. My favourite is probably Gondo. It's like Transformers, but in space. My cartoon alter ego is called Carrera Lu."
Clothes
"Jeans would be my Mastermind specialist subject. My favourite are Levi's 'cos all those crazy, trendy Japanese jeans come from Levi's. They make all the denim on Levi's looms. The looms are from the 40s when they sold them off to pay for the war."
British music
"Sway sent me some of Alshux's beats because I loved [his single] Little Derek. I like Sway; he reminds me of me. You can still be a dope MC, but not talk about the nonsense. I'm also good friends with James Lavelle. I met his brother and his crew in Singapore."
Chicago
"We have a sound, definitely; from house music to Juke to No ID and Kanye, then Twista and Crucial Conflict and now you have Kid Sister and Cool Kids, which is like a reinterpretation of house. You're influenced by Chicago just by being from there."
George Orwell
"Conceptualising The Cool took about a year, although Streets On Fire is from 1984 and I read 1984 when I was in high school."
From The Guardian/UK
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