10 Gems From ScHoolboy Q's Heartfelt Interview

Friday was an emotional day for ScHoolboy Q as he released his Blank Face LP, but also received tragic news. The TDE rapper gave an interview to Letty and Real 92.3 to share the emotions he was experiencing in his own life and put his album into context with what the world is experiencing.
This past week, two Black men, Alton Sterling and Philando Castile, were shot and killed by police. The incidents put the country's racial tensions on full display.

ScHoolboy Q tries to put everything in perspective as he analyzes what's going on and gives his fans 10 insights into his thoughts.

"It's a tragic day for me, even though my album dropped," he says. "To be honest, it's gonna be another day that's gonna be just as tragic. It's called life. We lose people, we bring people into the world. We have expectations on things and then things come out sideways. Nobody's perfect."

ScHoolboy Q Details Breaking Out Of "Retirement"

Earlier this week, ScHoolboy Q shared the story of how he almost stopped making music after his 2014 album, Oxymoron. He said it was a matter of making sure his daughter was his priority in his life. He further details the situation in the new interview.

"I took a break from music to the point where I quit," he says. "I didn't even like tell people I'm retired or tell Top or like Interscope. It was just a thing where it was just like I'm never gonna give 'em my album so they'll get the point."

He says he broke out of his retirement after he "just woke up one day." ScHoolboy Q changed his music making process, which inspired him to formulate Blank Face LP.

"I just put the studio in the crib and it was like, I'd rather just do it that way," he says.

"Blank Face LP" Reflects ScHoolboy Q's Maturity

While Oxymoron told ScHoolboy Q's story balancing being a father and a gangster, the 29-year-old says that he was able to reach a new level of introspection on Blank Face LP.

"I was just in a growing up stage," he says. "I'll be 30 in October. I know I look 45 it's ok. I'll be 30 in October. When you hit that age, it's almost like you done seen things twice. You done experienced things. Things went your way then it didn't go your way. The kid is seven now. I still remember when she was nine months. Life is changing. I'm not really a gangbanger no more, but I also wanted to touch on that and let people know. That's why I got lyrics where I say, 'Let's put the rags down to raise our kids.' I have stuff like that where I say, 'The teachers ain't teaching / The judge taught us numbers / Pops was never home so through the streets we learn colors.' It's just like certain things I woulda never said I woulda been like 'Aw, no, I'm too tough, I can't be going all on that.' That political thing, I just opened up myself and that comes with recording at my house."