00:03I kind of just always knew that I'd fall into music and I'd fall into the New York
00:07scene. I just always try to keep the gutter alive in me. I don't think I've
00:11ever been assimilated in my life. I'm a very eloquent, well-spoken, educated woman.
00:17I never changed my voice for nobody because I never wanted to because I
00:21knew that my culture was special.
00:35My name is Destiny Nicole and I'm from New York City, but some people may know me as Princess Nokia.
00:52I'm a strong woman of color. I think underneath every strong woman of color is a feminist. Whether
00:59they identify with that or not, they are feminists, they are strong women.
01:05I'm from the heart of New York City, East Harlem and the Lower East Side and I've lived in and
01:12out of the Bronx all of my life. Growing up in New York City is like a movie. I'm really
01:23talking about a city that lives and breathes art and culture. I've never quite experienced
01:28anywhere else. So my true New York experience is quite authentic because from the age of five
01:36years old, I've just been ripping and running a city.
01:39No, actually, that didn't even...
01:43Oh, it's a party over there. She's like, it's a party for you and a bike.
01:47Arafa's my best friend. She takes care of me. She's the glue that holds me together, really.
01:58And Robot is my other best friend. I've known him since I was 17 years old.
02:03Get up! Get up! Get up! Hey!
02:05He is my voice of reason. He reminds me of why I do this in the first place.
02:11Destiny could have easily been an airhead and been like, you know, like, brown girl, I'm beautiful.
02:16Get into my music. But she doesn't. She's aware.
02:19Don't never let a man belittle you or tell you you're nothing because you are everything.
02:31You know, one day I feel real tomboy, very New York, very raver, you know, very teenager, very low maintenance.
02:38One day I'll feel very rustic and native and I'll put my hair in braids and I'll put feathers in
02:43my hair.
02:43I'm black and native. I like really incorporating those cultures into my style because they're beautiful cultures.
02:50They're beautiful styles.
02:51When I look at myself, I don't see myself as just a pretty girl.
02:56I don't see myself as just a brown girl.
02:59I see, I see, like, the blood literally splitting into all these different lines of people and heritage.
03:12But it's good!
03:18That was great.
03:19Yeah, that was amazing.
03:21Want to write something to that?
03:23Yeah, I would love to.
03:29She's a really talented writer. She's focused. She has an appeal. I mean, she's, you know, she definitely, like, walks
03:35into a room. People notice her. You know, she radiates.
03:38I just make music to fight being an outcast. I always felt like an outcast. Even in music now, I
03:45still feel like an outcast.
03:47Who that is, ho? That girl is a tomboy. That girl is a tomboy. That girl is a tomboy.
03:58I came into this because people like me, they're not appreciated. I mean, people don't love you unless you're cool.
04:05So I just wanted to be the epitome of not cool and make that cool.
04:10With my little titties and my fat belly. My little titties and my fat belly. My little titties and my
04:15fat belly.
04:16I really hope that what girls convey from my music or from my message or from my speech or even
04:24from my actions is that it is okay to be unapologetic as long as you do it with dignity.
04:30Who that? Who that? Who that? Princess Nokia baby fat. I'll be where the ladies at. Who know how to
04:36shake it fast? We gon' spit that brazy trap. You know that I'll take it back. I'm spittin' that endless
04:41mess. Yeah, ho.
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