Preme Magazine Issue 12: Abby + Lil Gnar + Nicholas Claxton

You’re om Stat en I land Right How do you fee l growing u in New York ha s affected your creati ve side?I feel like N ew Yo rk is the place t be. All my riends wann a mov e LA and I jus t can't see my self liv ing an ywhere oth er han he . I th ink bein from ew York h as sha ed my overall ality ot only he music ; we got ougher skin out here, everyone is fin ess er, eve e i s re sourcefu l. I love my city do eel lik y ur age is o y side? Do u ev er eel p ple misju ge you b caus f y ur age? I f eel ik e peop le ju ge me b cause of my age ALL OF THE TI E. I’m alw ays av ing t o r mind my ig gas i’m a rown ass w man ( OL). EV RYO NE on my eam is a co e of yea rs older han me, an of cours e th e u ide hat is I’m the lil is o t o he gr oup and t hey re protectiv e, but he do wn ide t o hat is hat I’m t he LIL SI OF THE GROUP (LMAO . So met imes I drop a g m on someone and t hey don’t listen to me ca use I m a y oung nigg a, b t when I’m right bes belie ve ’m let ing hem know lma oooo.

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Depe nds o n how I’m fe eling . Some days I ’l l sit in t he studio and be fee ing the b eat so m uc h that i’ll freestyle a who le song nd it’ll be fire. Sometimes I ca ’t do hat and I’ll just sit in t he corn r with a spliff a nd write a verse out 5 different t mes. It all dep ends on my mood.

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I t y t ste p ou side my comfo rt z one a t least once day. I lo ve having good, mind stimul ting c nversa tions wit h my boyf riend nd my friends. I ha ve m y b est ide as when I sm oke weed , s o I make sure to k ep tha t close by ALWAYS lm ao. Most im rt antly I try t sta opt im istic nd pray d aily.