I am Quin NFN & I grew up in Northeast Austin, da 4 to be exact.

What was life like growing up?

Life growing up was fun and crazy as hell. There were a few scary moments but for the most part we knew how to have fun in even the most serious situations.

What’s your earliest memory of music? First favorite song, album, rapper you looked up to?

My earliest memory involving music was my first time going to the studio, around age 6. I end up not being able to even record ‘cause I struggled writing the rest of my verse. As a youngin’ I always looked up to Lil Wayne… just like any other lil boy my age. He still inspires me.

What kind of kid are/were you in school? 

I’ve always been smart. Being dumb was never an option for me. I was a straight A/B student until 8th grade. That’s when I started kickin’ it with the wrong crowd and start losing interest in school. I’m not in school at the moment but I promised my mama that I’ll get a GED, if not a high school diploma for her since none of my brothers did it for her.

How do you balance being a teenager and being a rapper? How difficult is it in school, or in social settings, given your online buzz? 

I think it is easy to manage being a teenager and a rapper, especially when you’re hungry. I dropped out of school to put my all into rap. I think for others that may be a little more difficult to balance both.

How has where you’ve grown up influenced your rap style or lyrical content?

Growing up in da 4 helped a lot with my type of music. All I’ve seen as a youngin is stuff anybody in any hood in America has seen so I rap about it because I know they don’t have a choice but to feel it. My pops always filled my head with knowledge and made me read for the little time I was around him to build my vocabulary.

When did you start taking rap seriously, or when was the moment you noticed that this could be something serious as far as being an artist and a rapper?  

I made sure my craft was perfect before taking rap serious. I was writing music for 7 years before actually going to record it. When I started rapping, I didn’t think I was good enough to become a “big artist” so I just made music to go t up with my patnas around the hood. After I got on SayCheese labels started calling for me, which is what made me take rap serious.

When did the major attention really start pouring in? What was the song that caught a lot of buzz and you noticed a difference? 

I started doing numbers after getting on SayCheese TV (around November of 2017). The song that caught everybody’s attention was “Gametime Pt2,” it has like 120K views right now.

What can people expect from Quin NFN, and what do you expect from yourself?

They can expect a lot of good music that they can turn up to. I am dropping my first tape “Demon Child” on 3/9.

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