The LA-based Aussie rapper talks falling in love with hip-hop, its influence and "In Motion."
Adelaide Has a Solid Hip-Hop Scene
While some places like Harlem, Atlanta and Compton are viewed as centers of hip-hop, Allday's hometown, Adelaide, can be put in that category as well.
"It's pretty big," he explained. "Adelaide, especially, the mainstream culture is basketball and hip-hop. It's a weird thing. For whatever reason, it just works. It was big there growing up."
He Won't Be Boxed Into One Genre
"I never really fit into a scene," he said. "I grew up around people who were hip-hop based. I had my education in old school hip-hop and decide how much that to utilize in my own music and what direction to go in. That kind of thing."
