‘I’m trying to spread positive vibes.’ – YBN Nahmir

‘Stay humble, always.’ – YBN Nahmir

‘When I was younger, I used to watch a lot of cartoons.’ – YBN Nahmir

‘I used to do ‘GTA’ videos, I used to do everything.’ – YBN Nahmir

‘Every year I do a song for my homeboy Valley, who passed away from a heart attack.’ – YBN Nahmir

‘What’s the point of blowing up if you can’t give back to the people who helped you blow up?’ – YBN Nahmir

‘When I first started to blow up, everybody thought I was rich. Everybody started asking for stuff. My friends started becoming fans. Even my teachers began to act like fans.’ – YBN Nahmir

‘I’m trying to spread peace, low key.’ – YBN Nahmir

‘I grew up in Birmingham, Ala. Nobody really blow up from Birmingham, Ala.’ – YBN Nahmir

‘I used to be on some nerd-type stuff.’ – YBN Nahmir

‘I always had a big fan base on the Internet, but it wasn’t as a rapper. It was just as, ‘Nahmir.” – YBN Nahmir

‘Me and my homeboy Almighty Jay – he YBN too – we used to just be freestyling in XBOX parties.’ – YBN Nahmir

‘My ultimate goal? To move my momma out of Birmingham. To move my whole family out of Birmingham, my friends, my family, me. It don’t even need to be out of Birmingham, just to a better community, a gated community or something.’ – YBN Nahmir

‘I’m trying not to get too big-headed.’ – YBN Nahmir

‘It’s like everybody try to sound the same exact way because they think it’s going to get them some fame, but nah. You’ve got to be different.’ – YBN Nahmir

‘I used to be on the Internet a lot, so all my friends on the Internet were from California.’ – YBN Nahmir

‘The Bay, they got their own sound, they don’t try to be like nobody. They smooth out there.’ – YBN Nahmir

‘Everyone was messaging me like, ‘Yo, ‘Rubbin Off the Paint’ goes hard.’ Everybody in school knew it. The teachers know my song.’ – YBN Nahmir

‘I didn’t think nobody knew I listened to Bone Thugs-n-Harmony.’ – YBN Nahmir

‘I don’t gotta act hard… People be getting face tattoos to act hard.’ – YBN Nahmir

‘Don’t spam your music to people… let the people around you share it.’ – YBN Nahmir

‘I’m going to reach that No. 1 on Billboard.’ – YBN Nahmir

‘I don’t see myself working with Lil Pump. He goes crazy though. We have two different sounds, but he goes hard.’ – YBN Nahmir

‘My sound is inventive.’ – YBN Nahmir

‘I like ‘SpongeBob’ for real – I used to watch it 24-7.’ – YBN Nahmir

‘Relationships will get you far in this industry. It’s about how you move and how you act. Just be yourself.’ – YBN Nahmir

‘Shamir and Nasir were my homeboys. They were from Philly and they’re Muslim. I’m not a Muslim, but I liked their names. They were like, ‘your name starts with an N, so just come up with Nahmir.’ So I just put ‘Nah’ in front of ‘Amir.” – YBN Nahmir