KaMillion chatted with Billboard on the red carpet of Billboard's 2023 R&B/Hip-Hop Power Players & Live.
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00:00 First of all, I mean, you look amazing.
00:02 So tell me about pulling this look together tonight.
00:04 - You know, it was nothing.
00:05 I woke up and my fairy glandmother was like,
00:08 I know what to do.
00:10 - Wow, I need a fairy glandmother, absolutely.
00:12 So you've been dropping new music,
00:13 a couple singles since your EP.
00:15 So are we working on a new album?
00:16 What's coming next?
00:17 - I am working on new music.
00:19 I'm so excited about the new sound.
00:21 I'm just living life, honey,
00:22 and experiencing different things.
00:23 And I think that's where the best music comes from,
00:25 just experiences.
00:27 So you bitches just know.
00:30 - Hey, now also this writer's strike
00:32 has been affecting people right now
00:33 and it's affected you a little bit too.
00:35 So tell me how it's been to see all that going down.
00:38 - Definitely, I can't really speak on it too much,
00:40 but I stand in solidarity,
00:42 especially as an actress as well,
00:44 a newcomer to the game.
00:45 So I just hope it ends soon, you know,
00:48 stop playing with people coins.
00:49 - Stop playing with coins, I love that.
00:51 We need to all live in that world.
00:53 Come on now.
00:54 - And you can't AI this, baby.
00:57 - Never, never AI.
00:58 - Yes, no.
01:00 - And then also I want to ask you,
01:01 we're celebrating 50 years of hip hop.
01:02 What's a core hip hop memory for you?
01:05 - A core hip hop memory for me is Missy Elliott.
01:08 - Ooh, what's your favorite Missy song?
01:11 - All of them.
01:12 - Every single one?
01:13 - Especially the visuals, Get Your Freak On.
01:16 Oh my God, just, she's an innovator.
01:18 You know, she was ahead of her time
01:20 and she set the bar so high, you know.
01:23 So we just trying to live in her world,
01:24 you know, following those footsteps.
01:26 - Nice, and you're doing a great job doing that.
01:28 And where do you see hip hop in 50 years?
01:30 - Wow, I see, wow, music distribution,
01:34 I'm sure it's gonna enhance or change or whatever,
01:36 but I hope it elevates, you know,
01:38 and I hope people, I feel like
01:41 it's not just gonna be a young man's game.
01:43 Like, you know, people, so many people are going viral
01:45 for just dope songs and messages online.
01:48 So don't give up and don't feel like it's ever too late
01:51 for you to pop out and talk your shit.
01:53 - First of all, you just said viral in my head,
01:55 when I know you've seen this fight in Montgomery, Alabama.
01:58 Have you been cracking up about that?
01:59 - I actually just did a video on my page.
02:02 - Oh. - Yeah.
02:03 - We gotta go check it out.
02:03 - Y'all gotta go check it out for some laughs,
02:05 but you know, I just think, you know,
02:08 it was a lot of built up frustration
02:10 and everybody stuck together
02:11 for who they were sticking together for.
02:12 - Yes, and I love it.
02:13 - And it was, everybody walked away
02:15 and lived to fight another motherfucking day.
02:17 So at the end of the day, put them dupes up
02:20 and don't be scared to get hit,
02:21 'cause don't start nothing if you don't wanna.
02:24 - Oh my God, I love you so much.
02:25 Thank you for talking to us.
02:27 - For sure.
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