The Green Room: Flo Milli

Rolling Stone

Rolling Stone caught up with Flo Milli for the latest episode of the Breakdown.

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00:00 (upbeat music)

00:02 - What's up y'all?

00:02 It's your girl, Felicia Shana with Rolling Stone

00:04 and we are here at Brooklyn Steel,

00:06 catching up with Flo Milli ahead of her

00:07 Thanks For Coming Here Ho Tour.

00:09 Now we chatted about all things projection and comparison

00:11 and just what's coming up next

00:13 for the Alabama born rapper.

00:14 - You give me life.

00:17 Every single way you give me life.

00:20 And it can't be overstated how much the girls

00:22 are winning right now.

00:24 - Oh of course.

00:25 - In a big way.

00:27 And what I love the most is that

00:28 everyone's collaborating with each other.

00:31 Tell me why you think that dynamic has changed.

00:34 Why are we there now?

00:35 And what are you hoping to do in the future

00:38 as women in hip hop continue to grow?

00:40 - Honestly, that's so interesting.

00:42 I don't know why we're there now.

00:44 Maybe because I feel like that a lot of girls

00:47 can relate to each other.

00:48 Like when I have conversations with my other peers,

00:52 I know we've had conversations where we're like,

00:55 man, you go through this too.

00:57 And I think it's just easier and better for us

00:59 and more smooth sailing to prove the haters wrong

01:02 who try to pin us against each other.

01:04 Because it's petty.

01:06 Yeah, of course, everybody's not gonna get along.

01:09 Cool, you don't have to force everything.

01:10 But when we get along, we get along.

01:12 So why fix something that's not broken?

01:16 - That's a word.

01:17 A lot of y'all need to hear that.

01:20 In an interview with Andre G,

01:22 you kind of talked about your fans coming to your defense,

01:26 but it was a bit misguided.

01:27 And I thought that was really powerful to say,

01:29 look, I'm bouncing those projections that you have

01:33 of me in my life away.

01:34 - It's crazy 'cause I didn't even know what projection.

01:38 I had to learn all that stuff on my own.

01:40 So it was crazy and I learned it through fame,

01:44 all that projection shit.

01:46 When I first started to come into this,

01:49 I used to take everything personally on the internet

01:51 that was said about me.

01:53 And then when I started to learn about things

01:55 like trauma, things like projection,

01:57 I'm like, wait, I get it.

02:00 It's not about me, it's about you.

02:02 Sometimes you could be a mirror to people.

02:05 And I feel like when you're living in your truth

02:07 and when you're living in your power,

02:09 people who are not, they get triggered.

02:11 And they don't even know why they're triggered.

02:13 They're just like, damn, this person has the audacity

02:16 to do what I've been thinking about doing my entire life,

02:18 but I just don't have the balls to do it.

02:20 And that could be triggering.

02:21 Either you could take that and be inspired,

02:23 or you could be a hater and just be miserable.

02:25 So it's like, two choices, bitch.

02:26 Choose one.

02:27 - Choose up, quickly!

02:29 We're in desperate need of y'all to choose up.

02:32 How do you stay grounded in those moments

02:34 where you feel as if maybe someone's trying

02:36 to take you off your journey or distract you

02:39 or do these things where they're like,

02:40 she's underrated and, you know.

02:42 - Yeah, they love to say that.

02:44 - Yeah, and it's like, I low-key feel like

02:47 I learned that some people just wanna hit tweet.

02:50 You gotta understand, they're trying to get out

02:52 of their situation, so they're like,

02:53 what can I say that can piss somebody off

02:55 or get this person's attention?

02:57 Again, it don't have nothing to do with me,

02:59 but I don't let that type of stuff get under my skin

03:01 because I know that I'm in a better position

03:03 than I ever was.

03:05 Like, I remember when I was nine years old,

03:07 praying on my twin bed, like, God, please,

03:10 for all the stuff that I have right now.

03:11 So it's like, nobody can ever take that away from me,

03:14 you know what I'm saying?

03:15 So it's like, that stuff don't, it just rolls off my--

03:18 - 'Cause you have to honor nine-year-old you

03:21 who was begging for this moment,

03:23 and in this moment, more than you could

03:25 probably have ever imagined.

03:26 - Right.

03:27 - And speaking of nine-year-old you,

03:29 I wanna talk about this journey that we've been on

03:31 for the last three albums,

03:32 because we've been in my VH1 reality TV dream.

03:36 So let's talk a little bit about your journey

03:37 from beef to now BGC.

03:39 What do you think is the biggest lesson that you've learned,

03:42 and what are you most excited for

03:44 in this next chapter, next phase?

03:47 - The biggest lesson I learned?

03:50 Damn, that's a good question.

03:52 I can't just say one lesson, you know?

03:55 I've learned a lot of lessons ever since beef to now,

03:59 but I guess right now, I guess I would say

04:02 how important living in the moment is,

04:05 instead of always wanting something better.

04:09 I'm that type of person, I'm like,

04:11 all right, once I reach one goal,

04:12 I don't even give myself time to sit in that.

04:17 I'm always like, all right, I gotta reach this.

04:19 And then it's like, wait, just give yourself a moment.

04:22 Look at where you're at right now.

04:24 This is what you asked for 10 years ago,

04:26 so you gotta enjoy the moment

04:29 and appreciate how far you came.

04:31 So I would say gratitude, for sure.

04:33 - We're rounding out this trilogy

04:35 with the album that's coming.

04:37 So what's gonna be the preparation

04:38 going into the next phase?

04:40 'Cause like you said, it's really personal.

04:42 So this album, I feel, is going to be a personal offering.

04:45 - Yes. (laughs)

04:46 - And then what are we gonna get going forward?

04:50 - Going forward, I feel like you're just gonna get deeper,

04:54 how do I say this?

04:56 I feel like I'm unfolding different parts of me

04:58 that people didn't know.

04:59 Because I feel like a lot of people

05:01 have tried to put me in a box

05:03 of being one specific way.

05:05 But I feel like when I introduced myself to the world,

05:08 it was a certain phase of my life.

05:10 And I feel like, of course, we're always changing.

05:12 That's what we're here to do.

05:13 So it's just showing them the growth

05:15 and different parts of me that I've never shown the world.

05:19 'Cause I am a very private person.

05:23 I like to protect my personality and everything about it

05:27 because I know how I shine.

05:29 And I know people be hatin', so it's like, yeah.

05:32 - That part. (laughs)

05:34 But to that point about protecting your personality,

05:36 I love that you've created these personas

05:38 that you're introducing.

05:39 So we have what?

05:40 We have Dirty Flo Anna.

05:41 - Yes, we got Dirty Flo Anna, Flo Ski.

05:43 - Love her.

05:44 - Florence Millionne.

05:46 - Love Florence. - And Flo Jo.

05:47 - I just love them all.

05:48 - Yes, thank you.

05:49 - If we could get them all in a room,

05:52 what do you think each of them would say

05:54 is their favorite song from your discography?

05:56 - Okay, I would say Florence Millionne

05:59 would probably say her favorite song is B-Flo Mix.

06:04 Dirty Flo Anna.

06:07 The only reason why I can't answer

06:11 is because some of the songs are not out yet.

06:13 - I knew you were gonna say that.

06:14 - Yeah.

06:15 - I knew you was gonna make me mad

06:16 and I knew you was gonna say it.

06:19 - Yeah, I just gotta be real 'cause when I was first

06:23 coming out, I feel like all of that was Florence Millionne.

06:25 Or me just finding myself and just sharing

06:29 what I had so far.

06:31 But now it's different depths of me,

06:33 so yeah, you gonna see that.

06:36 - Well, I'm upset because I really wanna know

06:37 what Dirty Flo Anna has to say.

06:39 - I can tell you that Dirty Flo Anna

06:41 is very much a cunt bitch.

06:44 If I had to give her a sign, she would be a Scorpio.

06:47 Very much sex symbol.

06:48 - I'm scared of her.

06:49 - Yeah, that's what she gives, girl.

06:51 - I'm scared of her.

06:52 I'm really so scared, y'all.

06:55 - She's nothing to play with.

06:57 She's very vengeful, very like,

07:00 you won't see her coming.

07:01 - Right.

07:02 - You won't know she's coming.

07:03 But yeah, that's her energy, that's her vibe.

07:05 - What about Floski?

07:06 'Cause I feel the most energetically aligned with Floski.

07:09 - Okay, Floski, if you ever seen my Flo Milli freestyle,

07:13 that's her vibe.

07:14 She's very much, not weird, but I would say

07:18 she's like my hippie side.

07:20 She's my smoker, skater girl,

07:23 very much chilling with the guys,

07:24 very much unpredictable, but she's cool.

07:27 She laid back and she could turn up too now.

07:31 But if I had to, her description would be right now,

07:35 I feel like I'm Floski.

07:36 'Cause she wears dreads, she's very much different.

07:40 She got the sauce, cool kid, bops.

07:42 I love her and I can't wait to see more of her.

07:45 - Actually, I wanna know,

07:46 what do you think about the fans in New York?

07:48 'Cause I was looking at your Instagram

07:49 and everybody gets a little word.

07:51 You're like, "Billy won't, won't, won't."

07:53 I don't care.

07:54 What about Brooklyn, New York?

07:56 - Wait, Brooklyn, New York is actually my favorite.

07:59 I hope nobody gets mad, but I think New York

08:02 was one of my favorite cities that I ever fell in love with.

08:06 Because I noticed New York is very different.

08:09 It never gave me bougie vibes.

08:12 It gave me kinda back home vibes

08:13 and I know that sounds crazy

08:14 'cause Alabama and New York is totally different.

08:17 But what I respect about New York is

08:19 when y'all come to have a good time,

08:20 y'all come to have a good time.

08:21 Y'all don't care about all the designer shit.

08:23 It's just like, "Bitch, I got this from the thrift store

08:25 "and I'm finna still have a good fucking time

08:28 "and look good while doing it, the fuck."

08:30 So I love it. - Look at it.

08:32 - Even when I don't do shows and I have hostings

08:34 or it's just Fashion Week, it's just real bitch vibes.

08:39 Everybody I meet from New York is just real.

08:42 I don't know.

08:43 - You heard it here first and I'm tired of telling y'all.

08:46 I really am.

08:47 I'm really tired of telling y'all.

08:48 So thank you so much for validating me.

08:51 - Yes, of course.

08:52 - And I will be clipping this so everybody knows.

08:54 - Period.

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