Tone Stith on The Inspiration Behind His Track "Girls Like You," His Favorite Hip-Hop Track & More | R&B Hip-Hop Power Players & Live 2023 - video Dailymotion

Tone Stith chatted with Billboard on the red carpet of Billboard's 2023 R&B/Hip-Hop Power Players & Live.

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00:00 Hi, I'm Zaria and I'm here with Billboard and Save the Music.

00:04 I'm from Compton, California and I attend Dominguez High.

00:08 And I'm here with?

00:09 - Tone Stith.

00:10 - Oh.

00:11 I have a question.

00:14 - Yes.

00:15 - So tell me about your song, Girls Like You.

00:18 - All right, so listen, it's a true story,

00:20 real life experience.

00:22 It's about this girl that broke my heart

00:23 and really messed it up for the rest of the girls out there.

00:26 Now I got trust issues, now I gotta come with some baggage.

00:29 You know what I'm saying?

00:30 But I just wanted to make that song,

00:31 not only for the men, but for everybody

00:34 that's been in a situation like that.

00:35 Yeah, yeah.

00:37 - Can I ask you another question?

00:38 What's your favorite hip hop song?

00:41 - So I was just talking to a bro over there.

00:43 The first song that made me fall in love with hip hop

00:46 was Hip Hop Hooray by Naughty by Nature, ironically.

00:50 But then I'll say A Tribe Called Quest took it from there.

00:53 Electric Relaxation, I think that's the best one.

00:56 - You got time for one more question?

00:58 - Yeah, of course.

00:59 - What advice would you give to a kid

01:01 who's trying to get into music?

01:04 - I would say just really keep going.

01:06 Just don't stop, don't look at anybody

01:08 and try to get, I don't know, I guess,

01:12 just keep going and don't let anybody

01:15 take that dream away from you.

01:16 Because as long as you keep going and don't stop,

01:18 you're gonna get there.

01:19 There's the finish line, so.

01:21 Yeah.

01:23 - Thank you. - Thank you.

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