Kreayshawn is about to be a mother, and the Oakland, Calif.-based rapper who shot to stardom on the strength of her goofy 2011 YouTube hit “Gucci Gucci” seems to be OK with hip-hop taking a backseat these days. In an interview with “Frank 151,” Kreay addressed the life changes she’s made since she became pregnant — including giving up marijuana.
“It wasn’t really hard to quit,” says Kreay. “I found out really early then I was like ‘Oh my god, this is it, this is the last time I’m ever smoking,’ and I haven’t smoked since … but I quit smoking cigarettes last year. That’s hard ’cause you’re actually really addicted to it. But weed is different ‘cause you’re not physically addicted to it. So it was really easy to quit smoking weed. But you can’t smoke weed while breastfeeding either, so that’s a whole six months of not smoking weed either.”
“I just tweeted a second ago, ‘What is a blunt? I don’t even know what a blunt is anymore,'” she says. “I haven’t even seen one in so long … now they got all these hookah pens, vape pens … those weren’t even out when I was smoking. All this s— that’s come out while I’ve been pregnant … what is this technological stuff? Everything’s advancing.”
“When I was younger and I was on probation, I like used that juice that makes your pee not have weed in it, but you can’t really do that with this. You really have to be good,” she added.
Since 2011, Kreay inked a major record deal and released her debut album Somethin’ ‘Bout Kreay, which tanked. She’s also seen her crew, The White Girl Mob, basically fall apart. When asked about her music career plans, Kreay was ambivalent about the future.
“I have no idea. Every year is always a drastic change,” she says. “I can’t really say. People always say “Are you gonna quit making music?” How do you quit making music if that’s what you like doing? If you’re a painter, you’re not just gonna quit painting. You might quit painting for a second but you’re always a painter. You have the brushes. You have the paint. I’m always gonna be making music.”
“Since I wasn’t working on anything for me personally, that’s why I wanted to do as many features as possible in the meantime. I still wanna have that. I still wanna listen to my own music and make s— with my friends, and make some cool songs with people who I like their music and stuff like that. You don’t know what happens after you have a baby though. It’s so weird. People are like ‘What kind of mom are you gonna be?’ And I’m like ‘I don’t know … I’ll be chill, I guess?’ ”
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