KaMillion Talks New Music, Love for Missy Elliott & More | R&B Hip-Hop Power Players & Live 2023 - video Dailymotion

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KaMillion chatted with Billboard on the red carpet of Billboard's 2023 R&B/Hip-Hop Power Players & Live.

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00:00 First of all, I mean, you look amazing.

00:02 So tell me about pulling this look together tonight.

00:04 - You know, it was nothing.

00:05 I woke up and my fairy glandmother was like,

00:08 I know what to do.

00:10 - Wow, I need a fairy glandmother, absolutely.

00:12 So you've been dropping new music,

00:13 a couple singles since your EP.

00:15 So are we working on a new album?

00:16 What's coming next?

00:17 - I am working on new music.

00:19 I'm so excited about the new sound.

00:21 I'm just living life, honey,

00:22 and experiencing different things.

00:23 And I think that's where the best music comes from,

00:25 just experiences.

00:27 So you bitches just know.

00:30 - Hey, now also this writer's strike

00:32 has been affecting people right now

00:33 and it's affected you a little bit too.

00:35 So tell me how it's been to see all that going down.

00:38 - Definitely, I can't really speak on it too much,

00:40 but I stand in solidarity,

00:42 especially as an actress as well,

00:44 a newcomer to the game.

00:45 So I just hope it ends soon, you know,

00:48 stop playing with people coins.

00:49 - Stop playing with coins, I love that.

00:51 We need to all live in that world.

00:53 Come on now.

00:54 - And you can't AI this, baby.

00:57 - Never, never AI.

00:58 - Yes, no.

01:00 - And then also I want to ask you,

01:01 we're celebrating 50 years of hip hop.

01:02 What's a core hip hop memory for you?

01:05 - A core hip hop memory for me is Missy Elliott.

01:08 - Ooh, what's your favorite Missy song?

01:11 - All of them.

01:12 - Every single one?

01:13 - Especially the visuals, Get Your Freak On.

01:16 Oh my God, just, she's an innovator.

01:18 You know, she was ahead of her time

01:20 and she set the bar so high, you know.

01:23 So we just trying to live in her world,

01:24 you know, following those footsteps.

01:26 - Nice, and you're doing a great job doing that.

01:28 And where do you see hip hop in 50 years?

01:30 - Wow, I see, wow, music distribution,

01:34 I'm sure it's gonna enhance or change or whatever,

01:36 but I hope it elevates, you know,

01:38 and I hope people, I feel like

01:41 it's not just gonna be a young man's game.

01:43 Like, you know, people, so many people are going viral

01:45 for just dope songs and messages online.

01:48 So don't give up and don't feel like it's ever too late

01:51 for you to pop out and talk your shit.

01:53 - First of all, you just said viral in my head,

01:55 when I know you've seen this fight in Montgomery, Alabama.

01:58 Have you been cracking up about that?

01:59 - I actually just did a video on my page.

02:02 - Oh. - Yeah.

02:03 - We gotta go check it out.

02:03 - Y'all gotta go check it out for some laughs,

02:05 but you know, I just think, you know,

02:08 it was a lot of built up frustration

02:10 and everybody stuck together

02:11 for who they were sticking together for.

02:12 - Yes, and I love it.

02:13 - And it was, everybody walked away

02:15 and lived to fight another motherfucking day.

02:17 So at the end of the day, put them dupes up

02:20 and don't be scared to get hit,

02:21 'cause don't start nothing if you don't wanna.

02:24 - Oh my God, I love you so much.

02:25 Thank you for talking to us.

02:27 - For sure.

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KaMillion Talks New Music, Love for Missy Elliott & More | R&B Hip-Hop Power Players & Live 2023

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