Princess Nokia: "There's No Money in Record Deals & I'm Not Looking to Be Taken Advantage of"

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In part one of Snobette's interview with Princess Nokia, the New York singer & rapper discusses her next "entirely rap" music project "1992," slated for a July release. Nokia explains why she plans to remain an independent artist, saying, "There is no money in record deals," adding, "I'm not a woman looking to be taken advantage of." She also explains the message behind her most recent video, "Tomboy," pointing out the video speaks to her identity as a NYC kid, and also is about duality and "being the coolest person and the ugliest at the same time." Nokia also discusses experiencing gentrification and how it's impacted her and the low-income NYC neighborhoods she grew up in. " Says Nokia, "[Gentrification] makes people feel like they're f***ing animals, like they're worth is nothing."
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  • @ReneeRawrz13
    @ReneeRawrz138 жыл бұрын

    Her voice is so amazing and calming!

  • @Belihoney
    @Belihoney8 жыл бұрын

    I love seeing those of us that were in foster care prosper

  • @leuvenfra

    @leuvenfra

    7 жыл бұрын

    BelizeHunni That's so cute. Hope all of you keep prospering❤

  • @Belihoney

    @Belihoney

    7 жыл бұрын

  • @donaldwilson3579

    @donaldwilson3579

    4 жыл бұрын

    Did not know that but now her personality makes sense...

  • @selenagrinage5631

    @selenagrinage5631

    2 жыл бұрын

    I know this is a hella old video but here lately within the past couple of weeks I’ve had this energetic calling 2 Princess Nokia and not I’m not for sure as 2 why 👁👁 lol but I’m loving it real HEAVY but anyway back 2 why I stopped and chose 2 comment on your post👀👀I’m also #Belizean and just wanted 2 show some BELIZEAN LOVE🙌🏾💪🏾 🇧🇿🇧🇿🇧🇿💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾🇧🇿🇧🇿🇧🇿💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾 🖤🖤🖤🖤B.E.L.I.Z.E🖤🖤🖤🖤‼️

  • @trevorjonathan4405
    @trevorjonathan44057 жыл бұрын

    Her personality and dualism reminds me of PRINCE ALOT, the way she went from street to posh at the end of the interview - her androgyny - use of alter ego's... both Gemini's

  • @luvpurple95

    @luvpurple95

    7 жыл бұрын

    Trevor Jonathan yas she's such a Gemini 💕

  • @finetuning13
    @finetuning137 жыл бұрын

    I love how she responded to the interviewer asking about NY "upgrading" with "Gentrification fuckin sucks." Thank you

  • @msrhdes76
    @msrhdes767 жыл бұрын

    "I like the duality of making something beautiful that isn't supposed to". #love #art #powerfulmind

  • @leuvenfra

    @leuvenfra

    7 жыл бұрын

    msrhdes76 I don't want to be all dramatic here but I feel like that sentence explains my life.

  • @msrhdes76

    @msrhdes76

    7 жыл бұрын

    Dramatic or subtle. Be who you are dear.

  • @shootmewithawatergun
    @shootmewithawatergun7 жыл бұрын

    her code switchin makes me feel so not alone. it's like she's in two different languages. i love it. i do the same.

  • @missdaydreamss
    @missdaydreamss7 жыл бұрын

    She's so natural not on some image bullshit. She so bad ass. She's not like rihanna who adopted a bad girl image for popularity and sales, she a real woman!!! Down to earth af

  • @leuvenfra

    @leuvenfra

    7 жыл бұрын

    Miss Daydreams Exactly!!

  • @Brother_E

    @Brother_E

    4 жыл бұрын

    Miss Daydreams RIGHT!!! 💯💯

  • @spacelumps
    @spacelumps8 жыл бұрын

    An amazing soul and so gorgeous. Her perspective on anti-gentrification is very inspiring to me. ♥

  • @thatovoandthatxo93
    @thatovoandthatxo937 жыл бұрын

    did anyone notice how much her persona in her voice changed the whole time? I love that shit haha

  • @Spaceyamzz
    @Spaceyamzz8 жыл бұрын

    Yes!!!!!!!!!!!! I love how she got right to the point about Gentrification in New York. Princess Nokia is everything. 🙇🙇🙇🙇

  • @Hannah-cm8cn
    @Hannah-cm8cn7 жыл бұрын

    she gives me life... she knows who she is it's refreshing

  • @tamayrapersaud5060
    @tamayrapersaud50607 жыл бұрын

    I love her personality 😩😍she's hood but classy and Down to earth at the same time

  • @erincurley1234
    @erincurley12346 жыл бұрын

    I love how the interview wouldn't say gentrification, so Princess Nokia looked at the camera and said "I think gentrification fucking sucks." this is why I love her

  • @kriss8695
    @kriss86957 жыл бұрын

    Her voice alone is one of the most relaxing things I've ever heard. I can listen to her talk all day

  • @network323
    @network3237 жыл бұрын

    Princess Nokia is so dope. I am into everything she is into also. I also rap, I also skate and I love Anime and super heros. She is original. Shout out to her!!

  • @ppaa929
    @ppaa9298 жыл бұрын

    She was hella slept on last year .... im glad shes getting the clout she deserves

  • @beingfromnewjersey
    @beingfromnewjersey8 жыл бұрын

    Princess Nokia for President

  • @bigmommagriffin

    @bigmommagriffin

    8 жыл бұрын

    Oh yes honey I'm wit u!!! #NOKIAFORPREZ

  • @kinseybean8419
    @kinseybean84195 жыл бұрын

    I love rewatching her old interviews. Shes the best

  • @carlyhunt8495
    @carlyhunt84958 жыл бұрын

    she is the sweetest peach

  • @gala5000
    @gala50007 жыл бұрын

    Man this lady is a fucking genius

  • @nectarhead894

    @nectarhead894

    7 жыл бұрын

    settle down mate

  • @invadingminds
    @invadingminds7 жыл бұрын

    She's so soft spoken..even when she's cursin to be damned lol that always surprises me about her lol

  • @andreagonzalez7034
    @andreagonzalez70347 жыл бұрын

    "I can make everything work for me " ♥️her

  • @MsJustLovley
    @MsJustLovley6 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for calling out gentrification for what it is. This interviewer was trying to make it seem like it was such a positive thing.

  • @Snobette

    @Snobette

    6 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the comment but no I wasn't. There are people in poor neighborhoods who view gentrification as a positive and it's okay to present Nokia with that idea to see what her take is because it makes for a much more interesting exchange. Tbh, I mostly see gentrification as bad yet sadly inevitable.

  • @alinaarachnaphobic

    @alinaarachnaphobic

    4 жыл бұрын

    "How do you feel about the way new york has upgraded and specifically how it has impacted your people" Its all in the words you use; "Upgraded", implies a good thing "Your people", implies seperation, between pre-gentrification, and gentrifiers. You also laughed in the interview, when Princess Nokia spoke about speaking up about gentrification in real time. You say some people from "working class / poor neighborhoods believe gentrification has an upside" ...who? The new rich white peoplr have moved in? Maybe its time you do more research on gentrification. Several people have commented, and commented on replies about you speaking up for gentrification and not one of these people has been able to see your point of view -sincerely, an East Oakland CA born and bred native who has been experiencing gentrification to devestating effects

  • @Snobette

    @Snobette

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@alinaarachnaphobic this is a million years ago but as I stated I do NOT view gentrification as a good thing but neighborhoods are not monoliths, people have different feelings about neighbors changing esp poor and working class people who are home owners (yes they exist). The assumption that everyone who is poor or working class thinks the exact same way is the equivalent of a stereotype and you as an East Oakland resident should know that. And I don't have to do research. I already stated my feelings about the dynamic which are not positive. However, gentrification is very complex and not easily broken down in a sentence or two.

  • @0da.theactivists456
    @0da.theactivists4567 жыл бұрын

    she knows her self and embraces it 👌

  • @Gloomy_spice
    @Gloomy_spice7 жыл бұрын

    her vocabulary is so efficient like what am i doing

  • @yupitsme09
    @yupitsme097 жыл бұрын

    She speaks to me, she speaks to us. YOU all know who we are. She is US. She represents US.

  • @mm-lh1nt
    @mm-lh1nt7 жыл бұрын

    A good female rapper who is actually intelligent and not obsessed with superficial shit.

  • @MissICandii2011
    @MissICandii20118 жыл бұрын

    She is art

  • @pophangtime88
    @pophangtime887 жыл бұрын

    she's so attractive on so many levels!

  • @mermaidtingzzz
    @mermaidtingzzz7 жыл бұрын

    Her train story legit happened to me and my family on our block we've lived on generationally for over 50 yrs. Elitist sloppy drunks girls on some bullshit only the ethnic ppl around them would've got arrested for.

  • @Peacevk
    @Peacevk7 жыл бұрын

    first time heard about her today and I think she is great.

  • @abrown5526
    @abrown55267 жыл бұрын

    I dig her message and her confidence. A very inspiring, intelligent, and strong woman.

  • @laleldon
    @laleldon8 жыл бұрын

    Te amo preciosa! I'm so excited for your new project

  • @ara-pf5zx
    @ara-pf5zx7 жыл бұрын

    i love her mannerisms like yes ! same tho !

  • @awhinaneru6723
    @awhinaneru67236 жыл бұрын

    Listening to her talk is even a song itself

  • @byopslive3545
    @byopslive35458 жыл бұрын

    Incredibly well spoken and spot on

  • @dawnslight676
    @dawnslight6767 жыл бұрын

    she reminds me of Jada Pinkett-Smith

  • @jaivonjenkins2164
    @jaivonjenkins21648 жыл бұрын

    Empress Nokia!!

  • @pearl_heartsss
    @pearl_heartsss8 жыл бұрын

    MAKE A SONG WITH JUNGLEPUSSY

  • @br33stAr10469
    @br33stAr104697 жыл бұрын

    hol up...did the interviewer just try to make gentrification sound good???

  • @Snobette

    @Snobette

    7 жыл бұрын

    Some people who live in NYC''s poor & working class neighborhoods believe gentrification has upside. Nokia absolutely does not agree and we value & respect her view. It's a very complex dynamic and not everyone thinks the same way. Our goal is to conduct interviews in which people like Nokia have a platform to be experts and add their views to the debate.

  • @adamdelfosse5363

    @adamdelfosse5363

    7 жыл бұрын

    no we don't ny's don't

  • @br33stAr10469

    @br33stAr10469

    7 жыл бұрын

    Snobette idk anybody in the poor/working class who knows what gentrification is and thinks that it's effects will be beneficial for them but okay... Sounds like you're talking about the ny's who can deal with the effects and not the ones who would have a more difficult time

  • @lauranaut

    @lauranaut

    6 жыл бұрын

    Nah. Folks in those neighborhoods want the respect and dignity that residents of other neighborhoods are treated with. That's a different thing. Gentrification leads to the displacement of working class families of color. Those families only wanted to live and work in a neighborhood where the government wasn't trying to establish blight to kick them out and profit off development deals. They wanted for the city to care about their safety, sanitation, and education as much as they care for affluent folks in the surrounding area. So, yes, it's complex, but you just warped a legitimate point of view into a falsehood. Don't play, Snobette.

  • @NYCHeavyHitz212

    @NYCHeavyHitz212

    6 жыл бұрын

    br33stAr10469 Some neighborhoods are looking much nicer(which we can all agree on), but nicer for who?(white people, which is the downside) The average person doesn't see that.

  • @mastervader218
    @mastervader2187 жыл бұрын

    love this chic she embodies what a real New Yorker thinks and is...straight up and down!

  • @Musicbeastful
    @Musicbeastful6 жыл бұрын

    This is why I love her! 💞😩

  • @ninaluv948
    @ninaluv9487 жыл бұрын

    yes yes yes, beautiful inside and out🕊

  • @mayann7696
    @mayann76967 жыл бұрын

    I LOVE HER

  • @grizzlyblue486
    @grizzlyblue4868 жыл бұрын

    I LOVE P NOKIA SO MUCH

  • @jpair205
    @jpair2056 жыл бұрын

    she is extra real and smart the been hiding her her over cardi B

  • @OLWHartist
    @OLWHartist7 жыл бұрын

    I'm in love

  • @kimmortaltheartist
    @kimmortaltheartist8 жыл бұрын

    i loooooveeeeeeeee princess nokiaaaaa

  • @eloisadelmararenastorresde8548
    @eloisadelmararenastorresde85487 жыл бұрын

    Princess Nokia we need to see you in México. Will you come to visit us soon?

  • @jazminrodriguez451
    @jazminrodriguez4517 жыл бұрын

    I love her😘😘😘😘

  • @DJCandy-ws1sc
    @DJCandy-ws1sc8 жыл бұрын

    LOVE YOU DEST!!!!!

  • @fredskates314
    @fredskates3147 жыл бұрын

    her fits are freshhh

  • @marshon918
    @marshon9187 жыл бұрын

    i'm in Love. and her shit is dope

  • @cooperbass3493
    @cooperbass34936 жыл бұрын

    What jumper is she wearing I'm in love with it!

  • @juliovaldes4674
    @juliovaldes467411 ай бұрын

    Girl you a role model guide these lost souls

  • @errikadixob1323
    @errikadixob13237 жыл бұрын

    love her 😍

  • @rkancerii5131
    @rkancerii51317 жыл бұрын

    At 3:57 she makes up the word "Prosperily". This is pure gold! It's like a SNL skit about hip hop but real.

  • @Mickyel
    @Mickyel4 жыл бұрын

    Love you girl

  • @VesnaXBLACK
    @VesnaXBLACK7 жыл бұрын

    WOW! she is awesome :D

  • @hellowhitepeople
    @hellowhitepeople8 жыл бұрын

    blessing

  • @WilliamGone
    @WilliamGone7 жыл бұрын

    i respect this

  • @rithyros8408
    @rithyros84087 жыл бұрын

    she reminds of a female pac...she should roll with this image and rap on some pac shit....

  • @paulinemikhailovna8588
    @paulinemikhailovna85887 жыл бұрын

    LOVE HER

  • @victorjonas822
    @victorjonas8227 жыл бұрын

    I love her!

  • @theolfactive677
    @theolfactive6777 жыл бұрын

    She's awesome

  • @EshixCee
    @EshixCee7 жыл бұрын

    Love her

  • @alexandramarie5668
    @alexandramarie56685 жыл бұрын

    i love her

  • @evelyngalvan771
    @evelyngalvan7716 жыл бұрын

    👏👏caption👏👏

  • @therepentantsoul
    @therepentantsoul8 жыл бұрын

    👏🏽👏🏽

  • @chattyjazzy7997
    @chattyjazzy79976 жыл бұрын

    I thought cardi b was on something wow shes amazing im truly feeling her music, and shes so different and down to earth. Feeling her energy, shes speaking real shit💞💞💞💞

  • @kcidguzman
    @kcidguzman2 жыл бұрын

    We are the most incredible

  • @goddrgn
    @goddrgn7 жыл бұрын

    Her mind is dope.

  • @Ken.rodriguez_
    @Ken.rodriguez_7 жыл бұрын

  • @8AshleyKnight8
    @8AshleyKnight87 жыл бұрын

    elder soul

  • @pr4208
    @pr42087 жыл бұрын

    God I love her

  • @ellomartin2264
    @ellomartin22648 жыл бұрын

    sounded just like Cardi B right around 1:27

  • @ellomartin2264

    @ellomartin2264

    8 жыл бұрын

    ***** wrong, she just sounded like her at that moment regardless if they have same regional accent or not, people can sound different, theres something called "Voice". 50 cent, Jayz and Nas all from New York, do they sound the same? FOH with "it's called a New York accent" tryna be a smartass.

  • @Userfication

    @Userfication

    7 жыл бұрын

    Prod. by elloMartin damn, you bucked real hard real quick lmaooooooo

  • @dontaskdontworry

    @dontaskdontworry

    6 жыл бұрын

    Prod. by elloMartin I know this is old but this is mad funny how you went off lmaoooo 😂

  • @8AshleyKnight8
    @8AshleyKnight87 жыл бұрын

    legend

  • @doncarrera601
    @doncarrera6018 жыл бұрын

    i like her.

  • @criccodenti7562
    @criccodenti75626 жыл бұрын

    ROSARIO DAWSON TWIN SISTER.

  • @jbarnzgodd3610
    @jbarnzgodd36107 жыл бұрын

    she got swaggggg lol i want her lol

  • @rudezgurl415

    @rudezgurl415

    7 жыл бұрын

    she's got a man

  • @jbarnzgodd3610

    @jbarnzgodd3610

    7 жыл бұрын

    Christina Her sooo

  • @trinitymccord

    @trinitymccord

    7 жыл бұрын

    Christina Her who's her man ?

  • @rudezgurl415

    @rudezgurl415

    7 жыл бұрын

    he's a spoken word artist

  • @g.hernandez540
    @g.hernandez5407 жыл бұрын

    estass hermoosaaa perritaaa!! siguee asiiiii!!

  • @kcidguzman
    @kcidguzman2 жыл бұрын

    Been ready now we angry

  • @clrajoy
    @clrajoy8 жыл бұрын

  • @javrielmaestre3683
    @javrielmaestre36837 жыл бұрын

    I want to know what is the reason behind the NASA hat

  • @breeward7339

    @breeward7339

    7 жыл бұрын

    Javriel Maestre it's just cute lol that's all

  • @stiankova5412
    @stiankova54126 жыл бұрын

    She's a gemini what do you expect?

  • @manuelagiraldo340
    @manuelagiraldo3407 жыл бұрын

    waaash

  • @kendrickkakarot4353
    @kendrickkakarot43534 жыл бұрын

    Princess Nok Nok

  • @skyleilani8069
    @skyleilani80697 жыл бұрын

    goddess

  • @metronomepulse
    @metronomepulse7 жыл бұрын

    Collaborate with BJORK!

  • @johannesfrings9373
    @johannesfrings93736 жыл бұрын

    she could have a bright political future someday who knows ..love her mindset ..

  • @kcidguzman
    @kcidguzman2 жыл бұрын

    Destiny single handed lay changed the entire world

  • @interdimensionalyoutube9379
    @interdimensionalyoutube93798 жыл бұрын

    I love her and her music to death, but 1992? Reaaaallyyyy? :/

  • @GouldingDelRey

    @GouldingDelRey

    8 жыл бұрын

    What's wrong with it?

  • @hellowhitepeople

    @hellowhitepeople

    8 жыл бұрын

    sit with that uncomfortableness

  • @MmmKayHuuNay

    @MmmKayHuuNay

    7 жыл бұрын

    glory_and_gore It's too Taylor-swiftly-snakes ppl-e

  • @veesancez

    @veesancez

    7 жыл бұрын

    I like it. I was born that year. relatable

  • @zthealchemist
    @zthealchemist7 ай бұрын

    Destiny is real af

  • @som3thingelse217
    @som3thingelse2178 жыл бұрын

    she's so cool

  • @jpair205
    @jpair2056 жыл бұрын

    latino female Pac

  • @Ankylophobia
    @Ankylophobia7 жыл бұрын

    is that chew in her cheek?

  • @duvipearson6251
    @duvipearson62517 жыл бұрын

    Sensible girl. consciouss

  • @2tomatom
    @2tomatom7 жыл бұрын

    Fresht

  • @ericfact6431
    @ericfact64317 жыл бұрын

    the interviewer I don't like!

  • @Kutopia3999
    @Kutopia39993 жыл бұрын

    well that didn't age well

  • @Snobette

    @Snobette

    3 жыл бұрын

    This was five years ago, the landscape for up-and-coming female rappers was very different...

  • @Kutopia3999

    @Kutopia3999

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@Snobette ??....there are several successful independent artists who are doing their thing, without a label.

  • @Snobette

    @Snobette

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@Kutopia3999 even if that's the case (and tbh I don't know of any global female rappers that are indie), why can't she change her mind?

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