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I got my style from my mom, she was a classy lady.

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I'm a bounce artist, straight born and raised from New Orleans, Louisiana, and I love what I do.

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Everyone has a butt. No matter what size it is, you can work it.

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I love Red Bull, they support everything that I do. They always support music and they're always pushing music.

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About 1998, my best friend, Katey Red, was the first transsexual male to come out with bounce music. And I background Katey for about two years. And then that's when the game totally switched when me and Katey jumped in it.

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I've always loved to cook. It helps me to relax and gives me peace. It's my nourishment.

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Gay folks go to church. We pray to the Lord too.

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Outside of Bounce, I listen to Beyonce, Sia, Rihanna.

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I'm comfortable with who I am.

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Bounce is taking flight all over the globe. New York especially, and L.A., Canada, Portland, Washington. It keeps getting bigger and bigger.

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I come from a community plagued with so much poverty and violence and homophobia.

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The bigger artists are definitely looking and paying attention to the culture and the style of bounce music.

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No one can predict what God is going to do.

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I can't pull back. I'm 6 foot 3, I'm tall, and I'm gay. I light up the room.

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Beyonce has a platform; what's a better way to speak on your platform than through your music?

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When I go shopping, I try to specify certain things for certain events, but most of the time, I have so much stuff to pull from at home in the closet.

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Bounce music is uptempo, heavy bass, call and response.

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Duffy is go hard or go home. It's just a concept that I wanted to have when we're doing different things. When me and my dancers go in, we usually go hard or we go home. We're not here to play. We go duffy.

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A lot of people think that I am trans but I'm not trans. I am a gay male with hair and nails. So if you say 'he' or 'she' it doesn't matter. I know who I am.

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It has to do a lot more than just twerking. It's feel good music; it makes people have a good time. It doesn't matter what type of situation they're in, we bounce all around New Orleans. Weddings, birthday parties, funerals. The whole nine yards, and it's a happy music, it turns people from a frown to a happy smile.