Blue cotton print vintage t-shirt from a \u00a0selection at FILTH MART, blue denim dungarees by TOPSHOP, pink cotton jacket with fur collar by MIU MIU, necklace by MIYAKO BELLIZZI and pink leather high top trainers by REEBOK<\/em><\/p>\nHave something to say<\/b><\/p>\n
\u201cIn the beginning when I first started rapping, I didn\u2019t really care too much about having a message, it was more just making bars and saying shit that sounded cool. Now when I go into the studio, I think about the full song and I always think about my listeners. It\u2019s personal, I put more thought into my lyrics. \u2018Tell The Children\u2019 was definitely a message for my people. I wrote that song before the Ferguson Grand Jury verdict came back. That was very deep for me. I felt like my people needed some words. It\u2019s very real, it\u2019s very true. Hip-hop needs that. Everything is so cool and flashy and \u2018money money money\u2019, but nobody really talks about the shit that goes on in the streets.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mo\u2019 money, mo\u2019 problems<\/b><\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m still shook up about the first time I met Timbaland. We sat on the couch and had a conversation for two hours, just a genuine conversation. He wasn\u2019t talking about money, he wasn\u2019t talking about a deal, it was more, \u2018Where are you from? How did you get into music?\u2019 We talked about how we both started in our basements. It was a real conversation, no motive. We\u2019re not thinking about a big cheque, it\u2019s about making good music.\u201d<\/p>\n
Trends come and go, originality stays<\/b><\/p>\n
\u201cIf you listen to what everybody else is doing and fall in line, you won\u2019t be memorable because you\u2019re just doing the same thing as everyone else. Tim always says to me, \u2018We gotta stay in our own world!\u2019 His production doesn\u2019t sound like anything else on the radio. That really helped me push myself to get creative and be more unique. I sing and rap and I\u2019d never try to pick between the two, my album is definitely a mixture of both \u2013 that\u2019s a part of who I am, that\u2019s Tink.<\/p>\n
Fuck the haters<\/b><\/p>\n
\u201c<\/b>What would I say to my haters? I\u2019d tell them, \u2018You can do it too\u2019. Hate comes from people who are upset because they feel like I\u2019ve got something they don\u2019t. It comes from a place of jealousy and envy. My message would be, \u2018You can do it, now make something of yourself.\u2019 If someone\u2019s pissing you off, the best way to respond is to turn around and walk away, because they have the problems, not you, and you have more important things to do.\u201d<\/p>\n
Make goals<\/b><\/p>\n
\u201cAs an artist I want to sell a lot of records, and as a person I want to be able to touch people with my message and my voice. It\u2019s bigger than just Chicago, than the United States. I really wanna take this thing as far as it can go.”<\/p>\n
Cynicism sucks<\/b><\/p>\n
\u201c<\/b>When you don\u2019t believe you can do something, you\u2019re not going to do it, it\u2019s not going to happen. That\u2019s why you have to program your mind to believe that it\u2019s coming. It may not be tomorrow, it may not be next week, but when you think about something all the time, it\u2019s on your mind and it will come.\u201d<\/p>\n
Thou shalt not wear an ill-fitting bra<\/b><\/p>\n
\u201c<\/b>There are so many different types of girls, but I think every girl needs to own a good bra. It\u2019s the one thing we all need, no matter what kind of girl you are.\u201d<\/p>\n
Love = everywhere<\/b><\/p>\n
\u201c<\/b>Every night before I go to bed, I look for the love on social media. I try to look out for the positive energy in my comments. Yes, there\u2019s a lot of negative, but I like to find fans from different countries, seeing responses from the Bahamas and Africa is amazing and it makes me feel good.\u201d<\/p>\n
Siblings are the one<\/b><\/p>\n
\u201c<\/b>When I need someone to talk to, I confide in my older brother, TJ. Siblings will cheer you up when you need it, and they\u2019re not afraid to tell you the truth, so I get the realest advice from him.”<\/p>\n
Learn from mistakes \n\u201c<\/b>My only regrets are the times I\u2019ve doubted myself. Sometimes you can spend too much time watching what other people do instead of focusing on yourself. I\u2019ve learnt that now, I\u2019m Tink and I can only be Tink. I have to do what works for me.\u201d<\/p>\n
<\/a><\/p>\nBlack and white stripe trouser suit by CHANEL, white cotton jacket by ADIDAS for TOPSHOP and white canvas trainers by VANS<\/p>\n
Photographer:<\/strong> Ben Rayner<\/p>\nFashion Editor:<\/strong> Zara Markin<\/p>\nWords:<\/strong> Shannon Mahanty<\/p>\nPhoto Assistant:<\/strong> Adam Levett<\/p>\nFashion Assistants:<\/strong> Julia Bayliss, Thistle Brown and Miyako Bellizzi<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As Tink – the hoodrich rap girl straight out of Windy City – drops her new track with Tazer “Wet Dollars”, we take a look at her\u00a0Ten Commandments.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":51053,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9418,9419],"tags":[7054],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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