New York’s Young M.A. covers Fader’s first “Sex Issue.” In her interview, she of course opens up about her sexuality as well as her childhood and rise to fame.
Check out several excerpts from the interview.
On dealing with fame
“I’m definitely grateful for the attention, but it is weird,” M.A says, in the low, raspy accent that denotes her as a ride-or-die denizen of Brooklyn. “I still feel normal. Like, I don’t feel like I’m a superstar. I still put myself in a position to be humble, to be normal. I don’t live in a big house, I’m not real extravagant or anything. I just like to be regular. I don’t want to lose myself.”
On her place in the music industry.
“I hear from all different people, not just people like me, or lesbians. It be straight people, it be grown men, it be grown women, people that have been sick or depressed that say, ‘Oh, you made me want to go do what I want to do for myself and chase my dreams.’ That’s my purpose.”
On the loss of her older brother.
“To lose him put me in a real lonely position, because this is somebody I always knew, who was right there with me, walking me to school. He raised me. I didn’t know how to handle things without my brother, but music just kept coming back to me. I used to write about it a lot, just so I could cope with it. I think that’s why I love music so much; I think if I didn’t have music, I would be in a bad position.”
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